Is the USA Fit to Rejoin the UN Human Rights Council?
TORONTO, Canada, Feb 24 (IPS) – A month into Joe Biden’s presidency, the U.S. has rejoined nearly all the multilateral institutions and international commitments...
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Mexico to Ban Glyphosate, GM Corn Presidential Decree Comes Despite Intense Pressure from Industry, U.S. Authorities
CAMBRIDGE MA, Feb 24 (IPS) – Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador quietly rocked the agribusiness world with his New Year’s Eve decree to...
Cuba Prioritises Sustainable Water Management in the Face of Climate Challenges
HAVANA, Feb 23 (IPS) – With the construction of aqueducts, water purification and desalination plants, and investments to upgrade hydraulic infrastructure, Cuba is seeking...
Myanmar: Heroes and Villains
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Feb 23 (IPS) – Myanmar’s State Counsellor was recently deposed and arrested along with other leaders of her ruling party –...
How Technology Can Promote Multilingualism & How it Cannot
GENEVA, Feb 23 (IPS) – Ian Richards is a UN economist, staff representative and is fluent in two UN languages; Mohammed Chiraz Baly is...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 (IPS) – The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is adversely impacting most developing countries disproportionately, especially the United Nations’ least...
Coup in Spain, Yesterday and Today
MIAMI, Feb 22 (IPS) – Forty years ago, on February 23, 1981 (later known as 23-F), in the middle of the afternoon in a...
Sustainable Energy Key to COVID-19 Recovery in Asia and the Pacific
BANGKOK, Thailand, Feb 22 (IPS) – The past year is one that few of us will forget. While the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Boon and Bane of LDC Graduation: The Bangladesh Experience
SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (IPS) – Bangladeshis at the present time share a modicum of justifiable pride in the fact that the world merits this...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (IPS) – Ramu Damodaran is Chief, United Nations Academic ImpactLegends are the lodestars of history, the marriage of Sir Dorabji...
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