Woochong Um Opinion by Armida Alisjahbana – Woochong Um – Kanni Wignaraja (bangkok, thailand) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) – The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the start of an unprecedented…
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the S tate of Palestine, addresses the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) – Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Friday, July 15, 2022 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jul 15 (IPS) – Pundits are focused on Joe Biden’s tanking poll numbers, while progressives continue to be alarmed by his dismal job performance. Under the apt headline “President Biden Is Not Cutting the…
Thanks to the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), fishers on Lake Victoria may soon have a drone keeping an eye on them and making sure they do not fall victim to border conflicts. Credit: TUK by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Thursday, July 14, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Jul 14 (IPS) –…
Opinion by UN SG (united nations) Thursday, July 14, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 (IPS) – In his opening address to the 2022 Ministerial meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, July 13-15.Our world is in deep trouble – and so too are…
World hunger in 2021 reached 828 million people, an increase of 46 million from 2020 and 150 million since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: FAO. Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (rome) Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Inter Press Service This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and designated…
Mumtaza Bano (centre), is ploughing the field along with other women in her village in south Kashmir. Farmers in the region have experienced a heat wave which has turned much of the area, known for lush green hills, into a dry wasteland. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (srinagar,…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Jul 13 (IPS) – Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. Michel de MontaigneDuring the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and…
Sandy Recinos Executive Secretary against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (SVET) from Guatemala – Former congresswoman Rosi Orozco from México – Ann Basham Chief Executive Officer at Ascend Consulting, United States. Mobile Units for the Prevention of Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Human Trafficking “UNIVET”, which allows sharing information,…
More than 1.3 million people in Ontario, Canada, the most populous province in one of the world’s wealthiest countries, are food insecure. Credit: Ottawa Food Bank by Juliet Morrison (ottawa) Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Inter Press Service Ottawa, Jul 12 (IPS) – Lisa Argiropulos, a single mother of two teenage sons…
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