Inter Press Service - Global

Artículos

• ASEAN Parliamentarians Cannot Escape ‘Lawfare’ or Violations of their Human Rights

  30 de enero, por Jan Servaes
  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 same trend according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). It is the second most dangerous region for (...)

• The Value of Insects: Why We Must Act Now to Protect Them

  27 de enero, por Esther Ngumbi — Environment, Food and Agriculture, Global, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations, Insects
  Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture granted a conditional license for the first-ever honeybee vaccine. This is an exciting step that will protect bees from American foulbrood disease and ultimately help to stop the alarming decline in their numbers. But the honeybee is just (...)

• Erdogan’s Desperate Bid to Become the New Atatürk

  27 de enero, por Alon Ben-Meir — Democracy, Development & Aid, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations, IPS UN Bureau
  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 Turkish people should deny him this historic honor because of the reign of terror to (...)

• The Year of Debt Distress and Damaging Development Trade-Off

  27 de enero, por Anis Chowdhury
  As the year 2022 drew to an end, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned, “Developing countries face ‘impossible trade-off’ on debt”, that spiralling debt in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) has compromised their chances of sustainable development. In early (...)

• As the Climate Crisis Bites, Soil Needs Doctors Too

  26 de enero, por Paul Virgo — Development & Aid, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Global, Headlines, Poverty & SDGs, TerraViva United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), SOIL
  In a wiser world, the term ‘treating someone like dirt’ would be a good thing. After all, 15 of the 18 nutrients essential to plants are supplied by soils and around 95% of the food we eat comes directly or indirectly from them, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (...)