One Hundred Years On, Argentine State Acknowledges Indigenous Massacre in Trial — Global Issues

One Hundred Years On, Argentine State Acknowledges Indigenous Massacre in Trial — Global Issues

During one of the hearings in Buenos Aires, the court trying a 1924 indigenous massacre in the Chaco heard the testimony of historian Nicolás Iñigo Carrera, from the University of Buenos Aires, who has been studying indigenous history in Argentina for decades. The expert witness described in detail the conditions…

Relief chief underlines need for urgent support as millions face drought in Horn of Africa — Global Issues

Relief chief underlines need for urgent support as millions face drought in Horn of Africa — Global Issues

The drought follows four consecutive failed rainy seasons, and the fear is the number could jump to 20 million if the current below-average rains fail.  Imagine having to choose between feeding your child or sending them to school. Communities I met in Turkana County, #Kenya today, are facing these impossible…

Amid fresh Russian claims, no trace of secret bioweapons programme — Global Issues

Amid fresh Russian claims, no trace of secret bioweapons programme — Global Issues

“This remains the case today,” Thomas Markram said.  The Russian Federation, the United States and Ukraine are all States Parties to the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention prohibiting the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of biological and toxin weapons.  Channels for recourse  Mr. Markram – who is also the…

Unity among nations, in push for greater space security at UN-led talks — Global Issues

Unity among nations, in push for greater space security at UN-led talks — Global Issues

The first Open-ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats that’s been meeting all week in the Swiss city, is the result of a UN General Assembly resolution last December, seeking to promote “norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours” among countries already present in the cosmos – or which are planning to have a…

‘Coalition of the willing’ to ensure healthy diets from sustainable food systems — Global Issues

‘Coalition of the willing’ to ensure healthy diets from sustainable food systems — Global Issues

The Coalition of Action for Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for all (HDSFS), brings together governments, UN agencies, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and social movements.  It is one of the outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit held in September 2021, as part of the Decade of Action…

Inequality Tightens Its Grip on the Most Vulnerable — Global Issues

Inequality Tightens Its Grip on the Most Vulnerable — Global Issues

Every year, 570 million tons of food are wasted at the household level people. Global food waste accounts for 8–10% of greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: Claudia Ciobanu/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, May 13, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, May 13 (IPS) – Please do not say you were not aware that…

Call to Freedom for Millions of Children Trapped in Child Labour as Global Conference to Comes to Africa — Global Issues

Call to Freedom for Millions of Children Trapped in Child Labour as Global Conference to Comes to Africa — Global Issues

A child beneficiary holding a drawing portraying domestic violence, at the Centre for Youth Empowerment and Civic Education, Lilongwe, Malawi which partnered with the ILO/IPEC to support the national action plan aimed at combating child labour. Credit: Marcel Crozet/ILO by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, May 13, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi,…

Russian Invasion Blamed for 44 Million People Marching Towards Hunger & Starvation — Global Issues

Russian Invasion Blamed for 44 Million People Marching Towards Hunger & Starvation — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, May 13, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) – The Russian invasion of Ukraine last February has triggered multiple crises in several fronts: the deaths of thousands of civilians, the destruction of heavily populated cities, the rise in military spending in Europe,…

The Time to Support the Global South is Now — Global Issues

The Time to Support the Global South is Now — Global Issues

Martin Schulz Opinion by Martin Schulz (berlin) Friday, May 13, 2022 Inter Press Service BERLIN, May 13 (IPS) – While the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is shaking up the European security order, other parts of the world are being particularly affected by the war’s ‘side effects’. The struggle against…

World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation — Global Issues

World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation — Global Issues

Through its newly published Drought in Numbers report, released in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, during the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15), UNCCD’s compendium of drought-related information and data is helping inform negotiations for the final outcomes of the conference when it closes on 20 May. UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw, said that the…