Scaling up Climate-Smart Trade Policies in the Pacific — Global Issues

Scaling up Climate-Smart Trade Policies in the Pacific — Global Issues

Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu – Juan Rodrigo – Alexey Kravchenko (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 17 (IPS) – The impacts of the climate crisis are acutely felt in the Pacific region. In recent years, the region has been hit by devastating climate events,…

UN chief strongly condemns ballistic missile launch — Global Issues

UN chief strongly condemns ballistic missile launch — Global Issues

Strongly condemning DPRK’s Thursday launch of an intercontinental-range missile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his calls on Pyongyang to immediately desist from taking any further destabilizing actions. News reports said the missile was fired just hours before the start of a Japan-Republic of Korean summit in Tokyo, on regional security…

More than two years on, impact of Myanmar military coup ‘devastating’ — Global Issues

More than two years on, impact of Myanmar military coup ‘devastating’ — Global Issues

Now in its third year, Noeleen Heyzer said that “the impact of the military takeover on the country and its people, has been devasting.” She thanked Member States for renewing the resolution for the continuation of her mandate and support for an “all-stakeholder approach in promoting a Myanmar-led process, reflective…

Parliamentarians Pledge to Act on Grim Realities of Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence — Global Issues

Parliamentarians Pledge to Act on Grim Realities of Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence — Global Issues

Delegates at the Arab and Asian Parliamentarians’ Meeting to Follow-Up on ICPD25 Commitments: Addressing Youth Empowerment and Gender-Based Violence, held in Jakarta, Indonesia held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Mar 13 (IPS) – Child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV), sexuality…

Scaling up Climate-Smart Trade Policies in the Pacific — Global Issues

‘Nepal is ready for its next chapter’ — Global Issues

There are currently 46 so-called Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a United Nations designation. They have been participating in an international conference in Doha, Qatar, focused on how best to support their development and future graduation from the LDC group. Subhash Nepali (left) and colleagues mark the release of the Least…

Vanuatu Twin Cyclones Underscore the Pacific’s Vulnerability to Compounding Climate-Disaster Risks — Global Issues

Vanuatu Twin Cyclones Underscore the Pacific’s Vulnerability to Compounding Climate-Disaster Risks — Global Issues

Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu, Sanjay Srivastava (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 10 (IPS) – Two destructive Category 4 tropical cyclones, Judy and Kevin, and an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude impacted over 80 per cent of the Vanuatu population from 1 to 3 March…

Scaling up Climate-Smart Trade Policies in the Pacific — Global Issues

UN supports aid effort after cyclones, earthquake — Global Issues

According to the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office, more than 250,000 people have been affected, which is almost 80 per cent of the country’s population. First Judy, then Kevin Less than a week after Cyclone Judy forced residents to evacuate from the capital Port Vila, they were then hit by Cyclone Kevin,…

Parliamentarians Tackle Youth Employment, SRHR in Post-COVID Asia and Pacific — Global Issues

Parliamentarians Tackle Youth Employment, SRHR in Post-COVID Asia and Pacific — Global Issues

Delegates at the Youth Empowerment: Education, Employment and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights forum held in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Mar 08 (IPS) – With more than 600 million youth aged between 18 and 24…

Breaking the silence of domestic abuse in Tajikistan — Global Issues

Breaking the silence of domestic abuse in Tajikistan — Global Issues

Like many women in Tajikistan, Shermatova Marjona has experienced gender-based violence. Ms. Shermatova met her husband while she was working abroad as a cleaner in Moscow, Russia. It wasn’t long before they were married, and he persuaded her to send all the money she earned to her father-in-law in Tajikistan,…

Scaling up Climate-Smart Trade Policies in the Pacific — Global Issues

Tatmadaw army’s ‘scorched earth’ policy in spotlight — Global Issues

“Continuous” violence, including the killing, arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance of opponents in Myanmar between 1 February 2022 and 31 January 2023, have left the country’s people desperate for outside help, OHCHR’s James Rodehaver said, unveiling the Office’s latest report on the crisis. “Despite all the challenges that they…