Financing is vital for growth. Credit: Unsplash / Towfiqu Barbhuiya Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Inter Press Service The writer is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 04 (IPS) – The…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, April 03, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 03 (IPS) – As signs of a new Cold War are fast emerging at the United Nations, the US continues its war of words with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The rivalry, which extends from…
Despite advances in gender representation in legislative bodies, the track record of women in the executive branches of government – as heads of state or heads of government — remains low. by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, March 08, 2023 Inter Press Service This feature is part of a series to…
Opinion by Ulrika Modeer, Steve Utterwulghe (united nations) Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (IPS) – Flexible and predictable funding allows UN agencies to respond promptly and with agility in times of crisis. In countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, and Ukraine, UNDP implements projects and programmes…
As Pakistanis rebuild their lives, says UNDP, all development must be resilient and disaster and climate proof. Credit: UN Development Programme/Jamil Akhtar Opinion by Shiraz Ali Shah, Khusrav Sharifov (peshawar, pakistan) Monday, February 13, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 13 (IPS) – Last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan cost…
Credit: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Monday, January 30, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (IPS) – Parliamentarians worldwide face increasing human rights violations and a greater risk of reprisal simply for exercising their mandate or expressing their ideas and opinions. Asia follows the…
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Friday, January 27, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jan 27 (IPS) – As Turkey approaches its centennial anniversary this October, President Erdogan is stopping short of nothing to win the election in June to fulfill his life-time dream of presiding over the celebration. The…
Opinion by Christopher Marc Lilyblad (mindelo, cabo verde) Thursday, January 26, 2023 Inter Press Service MINDELO, Cabo Verde, Jan 26 (IPS) – On 20 January, the world’s best sailors arrived in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, completing the initial leg of the 2023 edition of The Ocean Race. Coinciding with this stop was…
A Security Council meeting in progress. Credit: United Nations Opinion by Purnaka de Silva (new york) Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jan 25 (IPS) – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the principal organ within the United Nations System that is mandated under the tenets of…
The UN’s empty corridors when the world body went into a lockdown mode because of the Covid-19 pandemic beginning March 2020. Credit: United Nations by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jan 17 (IPS) – A new variant of Covid-19, spreading across New York…
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