Window of opportunity closing for South Sudan, on road to lasting peace — Global Issues

Window of opportunity closing for South Sudan, on road to lasting peace — Global Issues

“This includes the full and proper participation of women in all the mechanisms contemplated by the [Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan]”, said Nicholas Haysom, who is also Head of the UN Mission there (UNMISS). SRSG Haysom at UNSC: Renewed legislative activity is noticeable following completion…

Iranian government to cut power supply for the country’s legal crypto mining rigs

Iranian government to cut power supply for the country’s legal crypto mining rigs

According to local news outlet Arz Digital, the day prior, Rajabi Mashhadi, a spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Energy, said that the entity would be cutting the power supply to all of the country’s licensed crypto mining firms by the beginning of July. Citing an anticipated electricity deficit from the…

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa addresses the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Her second, three-year term as head of UNFCCC ends in July. Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (new york) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – With Patricia Espinosa due to step…

Israel Heads for 5th Election in 3 Years After Government Collapses, Officials Say
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Israel Heads for 5th Election in 3 Years After Government Collapses, Officials Say

JERUSALEM — Israel’s governing coalition will vote to dissolve Parliament within the next week, bringing down the government and sending the country to a fifth election in three years, the prime minister’s office and two coalition officials said on Monday. The decision throws a political lifeline to Benjamin Netanyahu, the…

$3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees — Global Issues

$3.2 billion plan launched to support local families and refugees — Global Issues

The 2022 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) aims to deliver critical assistance to more than three million people as vulnerabilities rise, and to support public infrastructure, services, and the local economy.  Today, over 126 partners launched the LCRP to help support displaced &host communities in #Lebanon ,incl.:– 1.5M Lebanese– 1.5M…