China and the UN at 50- What We Can Obtain Collectively

China and the UN at 50- What We Can Obtain Collectively

[ad_1] Opinion by Siddharth Chatterjee (beijing) Monday, October 11, 2021 Inter Press Service BEIJING, Oct 11 (IPS) – China was one of many architects of the United Nations and was the primary signatory of the UN Constitution in San Francisco in 1945. But it surely was solely in October 1971, with the Chinese language delegation led … Read more

Will Taliban Honour UN Treaties Signed by Afghanistan Over the Final 20 Years?

Will Taliban Honour UN Treaties Signed by Afghanistan Over the Final 20 Years?

[ad_1] by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, October 06, 2021 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 06 (IPS) – When the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan receives the political blessings of the 193-member Common Meeting– and finally inherits its seat on the United Nations– it must in the end show its credentials as a member of excellent … Read more

Afghan Girls – The Rising Narrative and Why it’s Improper

Afghan Girls – The Rising Narrative and Why it's Improper

[ad_1] Opinion by Daud Khan, Leila Yasmine Khan (rome and amsterdam) Tuesday, October 05, 2021 Inter Press Service ROME and AMSTERDAM, Oct 05 (IPS) – The USA and its allies have repeatedly acknowledged that selling ladies’s rights was one of many key causes they have been in Afghanistan. The US navy prime brass, in a letter … Read more

Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s anticipated to endure acute malnutrition

Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s anticipated to endure acute malnutrition

[ad_1] Acute meals insecurity is affecting 14 million folks in Afghanistan who’re with out dependable entry to water, meals and fundamental well being and diet providers, following years of battle and the financial disaster, which has been exacerbated following the Taliban takeover in August.  The alarm was sounded following a two-day go to to town of Herat by … Read more

Digital Fairness for All Ages

Digital Fairness for All Ages

[ad_1] Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Friday, October 01, 2021 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 01 (IPS) – The rising quantity and share of older individuals in Asia and the Pacific symbolize success tales of declining fertility and rising longevity; the results of advances in social and financial improvement. This demographic transition is … Read more

Zero Starvation Marketing campaign in Vietnam Targets Distant Areas and Cities

Zero Starvation Marketing campaign in Vietnam Targets Distant Areas and Cities

[ad_1] A Dao household sharing a meal in Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, Vietnam. The Alliance of Bioversity Worldwide and the Worldwide Heart for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) help the Vietnam authorities’s Zero Starvation problem. Credit score: Alliance of Bioversity Worldwide and CIAT – Trong Chinh by Siri Jamieson (rome, italy) Friday, October 01, 2021 Inter Press … Read more

UN rights chief requires investigation into ‘heartbreaking’ killing of veteran Rohingya activist

UN rights chief requires investigation into ‘heartbreaking’ killing of veteran Rohingya activist

[ad_1] Mohib Ullah, chair of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH), was shot lifeless on Wednesday by unknown assailants within the Kutupalong /Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, positioned within the south of the nation. The camp was established in August 2017 and homes greater than 750,000 Rohingya, a primarily Muslim minority group … Read more

Iraq: ‘Ethical obligation’ to make sure justice for Yazidi and different survivors of ISIL crimes

Iraq: ‘Ethical obligation’ to make sure justice for Yazidi and different survivors of ISIL crimes

[ad_1] On 1 March, the Iraqi Parliament handed the Yazidi [Women] Survivors Legislation (YSL) to ship long-awaited help not solely for Yazidi ladies, however different ethno-religious survivors focused by the ISIL extremist group, when it occupied massive swathes of Iraq from 2014-2017.  “This regulation represents one concrete step taken by the Authorities of Iraq within the implementation of the Joint Communiqué on the Prevention … Read more

Afghanistan: Fast decline in public well being situations, WHO warns

Afghanistan: Fast decline in public well being situations, WHO warns

[ad_1] In line with the World Well being Group (WHO), the COVID-19 response has additionally declined and nearly half of the nation’s youngsters are prone to malnutrition. Furthermore, the company identified that solely 17 per cent of the over 2,300 well being amenities beforehand supported by the World Financial institution, are totally practical, two-thirds of … Read more

Younger Migrant Staff Bear Brunt of COVID-19 Pandemic

Younger Migrant Staff Bear Brunt of COVID-19 Pandemic

[ad_1] Analysis consultants Nandinchimeg Magsar (Mongolia), Sangeet Kayastha (Nepal), Anna Marie Alhambra (Philippines) and Dr Vazirov Jamshed (Tajikistan) briefed a webinar organised by APDA on the influence of COVID-19 on the youth. by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Inter Press Service Johannesburg, Sep 29 (IPS) – Most households within the Republic of Tajikistan had … Read more