Credit: IPS Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, November 28, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) – A sign outside the United Nations reads, perhaps half-seriously, that it is a “No Drone Zone”—and “launching, landing or operating Unmanned or Remote-Controlled aircraft in this area is prohibited”. The…
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, chair of COP27, reads the nine-page Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, the document that concluded the climate summit on Sunday Nov. 20, to an exhausted audience after tough and lengthy negotiations that finally reached an agreement to create a fund for loss and damage, a…
One of the many activities held on Energy Day (Nov. 15) at COP27, where discussions are taking place for two weeks on how to make further progress on global climate action. The consensus among observers is that the energy transition away from fossil fuels will accelerate in the wake of…
Representatives of native women from Latin America and other continents pose for pictures at COP27, taking place in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Some 250 indigenous people from around the world are attending the 27th climate conference. CREDIT: Daniel Gutman/IPS by Daniel Gutman (sharm el-sheikh) Saturday, November 12, 2022 Inter…
Opinion by A.H. Monjurul Kabir (new york) Thursday, November 10, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 10 (IPS) – We are living in a world where both our bilateral and multilateral achievements, consensuses on human rights and social justice, and our resolve to public good are being tested like never…
UN Security Council Meets on Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine. October 2022. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe by Joseph Gerson (new york) Thursday, November 03, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 03 (IPS) – On November 1, a statement of solidarity with Russians opposed to the Ukraine War was…
Andrew Anderson, Executive Director of Front Line Defenders opens the Dublin Platform at Dublin Castle on 26 October 2022. Credit: Kamil Krawczak for Front Line Defenders Opinion by Andrew Anderson (dublin, ireland) Wednesday, November 02, 2022 Inter Press Service DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 02 (IPS) – Before she was murdered in Honduras…
Workmen at a Dar es Salaam harbour loading bags of wheat destined for Central Africa. Credit: FAO/Giuseppe Bizzarri by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, October 31, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – A war of words between Russia on the one hand, and the US, Britain, France…
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Opinion by Soraya M. Deen, Christine M. Sequenzia (los angeles / washington dc) Friday, October 21, 2022 Inter Press Service LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) – Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)…
Credit: United Nations Opinion by Manzoor Qadir, Guillaume Baggio (hamilton, canada) Thursday, October 20, 2022 Inter Press Service HAMILTON, Canada, Oct 20 (IPS) – Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, “clean water and sanitation for all.” According to the latest SDGs progress assessment, 2 billion people…
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