The New Social Contract: an Opportunity for Deliberative Participation
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jul 09 (IPS) – These days there hasn’t been certainly a shortage of reports portraying the decline of liberal democracy around the...
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Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year, with “devastating and life-long consequences” for their mental health,...
Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to get enough to...
The United Nations stands ready to support Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in efforts to resolve their decade-long disagreement over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), senior officials told the Security Council on Thursday. ...
Top UN Haiti envoy hails commitment to hold new elections
The UN Special Representative for Haiti on Thursday, acknowledged the legitimacy of Prime Minister Claude Joseph to lead the Caribbean nation, following the “cowardly”...
Time running out for countries on climate crisis front line
The world’s running out of time to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius, a matter of life or death for climate...
A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human...
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Jul 08 (IPS) – June 2021 marked the launch of UN Decade on Ecosystem restoration. This effort aims at reversing the...
Calls to Halt Construction of Massive Oilfield in One of Africas last Wildernesses
BRATISLAVA, Jul 08 (IPS) – Wildlife and environmental campaigners have called for international action as concerns grow over a project to create a massive...
Bangladesh’s Indigenous Forest Dwellers Fear Losing Ancestral Land as Officials Grapple with Land Grabs
TANGAIL, Bangladesh, Jul 07 (IPS) – When the Bangladesh Forest Department felled Basanti Rema’s banana orchard, Rema, a Garo indigenous forest-dweller of Madhupur Forest,...
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