The Thai authorities are working alongside UN agencies to not just improve the availability of services following the change in the way people are sentenced for drugs crimes, but also reduce the stigmatization of people who use drugs and ensure they have access to services where they feel comfortable. UN…
Dr Abhijit Bhattacharya, MS, Central Hospital Kalla, Eastern Coalfields Ltd., assesses an x-ray of a TB patient. Credit: ILO by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, July 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jul 21 (IPS) – In a surprise move, pharma giant Johnson and Johnson (J&J) has agreed not to enforce some…
A weaker Russia needs Iran more; on the other hand, a weaker Russia threatens both countries’ authoritarian model of governance. Opinion by Emil Avdaliani (tbilisi, georgia) Friday, July 21, 2023 Inter Press Service TBILISI, Georgia, Jul 21 (IPS) – Iran is not interested in a highly powerful Russia that could block…
Opinion by Kwan Soo-Chen, David McCoy (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 19 (IPS) – For years, the concept of climate justice has been built on the understanding that countries and communities contributing the least to global warming are disproportionately bearing the impacts…
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 18 (IPS) – The world faces a disaster emergency, yet nowhere is the threat more immediate than in Asia and the Pacific. Ours is a region where climate change-induced disasters are becoming more frequent…
Climate change poses a direct threat to small-scale peasants in Afghanistan, with soaring summer temperatures and frigid winters becoming increasingly challenging. Monday, July 17, 2023 Inter Press Service Jul 17 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is…
Simita Devi, whose daughter spent days in hospital recently suffering from typhoid caused by contaminated water, collects clean water brought to the surface by a solar pump. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (champad, india) Tuesday, July 04, 2023 Inter Press Service Champad, India, Jul 04 (IPS) – Simita…
António Guterres was addressing the Council of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the world’s largest regional security body in terms of landmass and population which currently includes China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and new member Iran. The UN has had a cooperation agreement with the Asia-focused SCO…
Since then, as international funding has stalled amid skepticism about the Taliban’s return, the UN has been acting as the world’s “eyes and ears” in Afghanistan. After shifting mainly to humanitarian work, UN agencies and partners are finding ways to help the long-suffering population meet basic needs and preserve hard-won…
The trainee police officers are part of a network of law enforcement specialists in Thailand, but also across the region, who are cooperating across borders to stem trafficking operations by international crime syndicates. They are collaborating under the border liaison office (BLO) network, supported by the UN Office on Drugs…
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