During the last three months, more than 10,000 housing units were advanced, Tor Wennesland told ambassadors at the UN Security Council in New York. “Settlements further entrench the occupation, fuel violence, impede Palestinian access to their land and resources, and systematically erode the viability of a Palestinian State as part…
“Azerbaijan must also promptly and independently investigate alleged or suspected violations of the right to life reported in the context of its latest military offensive…during which dozens of people, including peacekeepers, were killed,” said, Morris Tidball-Binz, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Thousands…
They called for his immediate release and for the US “to comply with its obligations under international law…and drop all charges against him.” Allegations Mr. Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy by the Government in Caracas in April 2018 to undertake official missions in Iran to secure humanitarian deliveries,…
According to findings from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 130 million students worldwide experience bullying, which has been exacerbated by the spread of digital technologies. UNICEF estimates that one in every three students from 13 to 15 is a victim. Suicide risk The Council heard heartfelt testimony from 15-year-old Santa…
That’s the message from UN chief António Guterres on World Tourism Day observed on Wednesday. According to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), tourism employs one in every 10 people on Earth. To protect tourism jobs, Mr. Guterres said that governments and businesses must invest in sustainable and resilient practices,…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 27 (IPS) – In recent years, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have spread rapidly. While usually profitable for the private partners, PPPs have generally not served the longer-term public interest. PPPs as miracle all-purpose…
The state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company is completing its seventh refinery on a 600-hectare site at Dos Bocas in the municipality of Paraíso, in the southeastern state of Tabasco. The plant will process some 290,000 barrels of fuels per day when it reaches full capacity. CREDIT: Erik Contreras-Gerardo Morales…
Jamaat-i-Islami party stage protest in Peshawar against price-hikes. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar, pakistan) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Sep 26 (IPS) – “We are under extreme stress about skyrocketing prices of essential edible commodities and the cost of gas and electricity. The situation is…
Kagbeni village in September 2022. This year’s flood swept away houses and infrastructure and destroyed livestock and crops. Photo: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (kathmandu) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Sep 26 (IPS) – After heavy rains caused a flash flooding in the high mountains in the trans-Himalayan…
Civilians are evacuated in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, after the Azeri attack on September 19. Local administration data estimates the population of Karabakh at 120,000. Credit: Siranush Sargsyan/IPS. by Karlos Zurutuza (rome) Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Sep 26 (IPS) – On September 19, the sound of…
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