Middle-Income Country Trap? — Global Issues

Improving Livestock Health Is a Net Positive Move Towards Net Zero — Global Issues

Opinion by Carel du Marchie Sarvaas (brussels, belgium) Tuesday, November 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov 21 (IPS) – The recent downturn in sales of alternative meat products is only the latest evidence that the world is unlikely to give up animal protein completely in the long run. In…

Will the UN Ever be Able to Eradicate Systemic Racism Within? — Global Issues

Will the UN Ever be Able to Eradicate Systemic Racism Within? — Global Issues

Credit: UN Staff News Opinion by Shihana Mohamed (new york) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 20 (IPS) – In the midst of the Israel-Hamas conflagration, a significant anniversary at the United Nations –October 24th was the 78th year since its founding–went unremarked by the larger world….

Global Call to Action on World Toilet Day to Meet 2030 Sanitation Goals — Global Issues

Global Call to Action on World Toilet Day to Meet 2030 Sanitation Goals — Global Issues

Marking World Toilet Day on November 19th, the global community faces a pressing sanitation crisis affecting 3.5 billion people. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPS Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa) Sunday, November 19, 2023 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, Nov 19 (IPS) – World Toilet Day 2023, on 19 November, focusing…

Middle-Income Country Trap? — Global Issues

The Carnage in Gaza Cries Out for Repudiation & Opposition. Maybe Poetry Can Help. — Global Issues

Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Nov 17 (IPS) – Two centuries ago, Percy Shelley wrote that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” Yet elite power has routinely vetoed their best measures. Still, the ability of poetry to…

Middle-Income Country Trap? — Global Issues

A Bigger and More Relevant Role for Youth Within the UN System

Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Inter Press Service So far, initiatives have been fragmented with each agency and programs doing a bit on its own, mostly through symbolic and tokenistic ways. Dr. Felipe Paullier of Uruguay, the recently appointed first Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, instead,…