Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit — Global Issues

Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

This new wave of reprisals follows years of persistent crackdowns on civil society and human rights defenders, using security as a pretext to undermine their legitimate right to participate in public affairs, they said in a statement. Egypt is hosting COP27, which will be held in the resort town of…

Empty shelves and rising prices linked to Ukraine crisis push Tunisians to the brink — Global Issues

Empty shelves and rising prices linked to Ukraine crisis push Tunisians to the brink — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“There is no sugar, I have to take a taxi very far away to buy one kilogramme of sugar,” one woman explains in frustration, at a market in Kairouan, a town several hours drive south of the capital, Tunis. “The prices are going up! Poor people can no longer afford…

Put the people first, Guterres urges, with extended and expanded truce — Global Issues

Put the people first, Guterres urges, with extended and expanded truce — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

In a statement on Friday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said it was time for Government forces and their allies, together with Houthi rebels and their international backers, to “choose peace for good.” The hiatus since 2 April, has been twice renewed, providing the longest period of relative calm since the…

Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit — Global Issues

Forced out of school, but refusing to give up on education in Afghanistan — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

year after the Taliban takeover, 17-year-old Mursal Fasihi is still in disbelief that she cannot go back to school. Once a dedicated student, Ms. Fasihi – like all girls of secondary school age – has been unable to return to the classroom due to rules imposed by the country’s de…

Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit — Global Issues

With help, Iraq’s spirit of hope, forward-looking youths can keep nascent democracy on track, Prime Minister says — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“The hope embodied by the people of Iraq, had enabled them to snatch opportunities for life, progress and peace from the clutches of crisis and conflict,” the Prime Minister told leaders gathered in New York for the Assembly’s annual high-level debate. The people of Iraq had also used that same spirit…

Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit — Global Issues

At UN, Iran’s leader decries West’s ‘double standard’ towards country’s nuclear programme — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“I explicitly declare that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons and such weapons have no place in our defence doctrine,” Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi told Member States gathered for the high-level General Debate. This is despite the fact that other governments have continued to produce…

Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit — Global Issues

Syrians ‘can come together to rescue their country’ from war, Security Council hears — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Najat Rochdi said she had already seen the potential for bridging divides between Syrians during civil society dialogues, and the divergent views represented through the Women’s Advisory Board, which “demonstrates to all of us that, despite many differences among them, common ground can be found.” She added that “Syrians can…