The worldwide degradation, fragmentation, and destruction of ecosystems are accelerating and generating serious consequences for flora, fauna and human well-being. Credit: Guillermo Flores/IPS Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, April 25, 2022 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Apr 25 (IPS) – Since the first Earth Day observed on 22 April…
Ambassador Christian Wenaweser has served as the Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York since 2002. Opinion by Christian Wenaweser Friday, April 22, 2022 Inter Press Service Apr 22 (IPS) – The author is Liechtenstein’s UN Ambassador, in an interview on how his country’s veto initiative…
“At a time when the people of the UK have opened their hearts and homes to Ukrainians, the government is choosing to act with cruelty and rip up their obligations to others fleeing war and persecution” says HRW report. Credit: UNOHCR by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, April 21, 2022 Inter Press…
The planet is losing 4.7 million hectares of forests every year – an area larger than Denmark, according to a new UN report. Credit: UNDP by Baher Kamal (madrid) Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 20 (IPS) – The gloomy picture is drawn from indisputable scientific conclusions and…
Refugees entering Poland from Ukraine at the Medyka border crossing point. March 2022. Credit: UNHCR/Chris Melzer Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Apr 19 (IPS) – “The war in Ukraine is a European …and a Christian… matter… It does not require the…
A rainy day in the camps under COVID-19 lock-down, Maina IDP camp, Kachin, Myanmar. Credit: UNICEF/UNI358777/Oo. Opinion by Navid Hanif (united nations) Monday, April 18, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) – As the world is rocked by a confluence of crises, the global economic outlook for 2022…
Opinion by Lysa John, Oli Henman (london / johannesburg) Friday, April 15, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple crises such as searing inequality and escalating climate change, this conflict…
Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait, at the “Blue Dot” established by UNICEF, UNHCR and partners in Chișinău. “Blue Dot” support centers offer protection, temporary shelter, food and psychosocial support to meet the urgent needs of families fleeing Ukraine. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Thursday, April 14, 2022 Inter…
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