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Historic UN Conference Vows to Restore Ocean Health

By J Nastranis

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Our ocean is critical to our shared future and common humanity in all its diversity. Our ocean covers three quarters of our planet, connects our populations and markets, and forms an important part of our natural and cultural heritage.

It supplies nearly half the oxygen we breathe, absorbs over a quarter of the carbon dioxide we produce, plays a vital role in the water cycle and the climate system, and is an important source of our planet’s biodiversity and of ecosystem services.

It contributes to sustainable development and sustainable ocean-based economies, as well as to poverty eradication, food security and nutrition, maritime trade and transportation, decent work and livelihoods. (P13) INDONESIAN｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | PORTUGUESE | SPANISH | TAGALOG | THAI
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Putting People and Faith at the Centre of Disaster Risk Reduction

By Nobuyuki Asai

Note: The writer belongs to the Office of Peace and Global Issues, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), based in Tokyo. He attended the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction conference, held in Cancun from May 22 to 26 – The Editor

TOKYO (IDN-INPS) – Clarification of numerical targets was one of the main issues in this conference. According to an expert, relevant statistics standards vary from country to country and, while their unification is a challenge, it was agreed on this occasion that steps should be taken in this direction. Further progress was also made with announcement of the formation of a civil society disaster risk reduction (DRR) advisory group aimed at putting people at the centre of DRR.…

UN Chief Lauds Kazakhstan, Vows Close Cooperation with SCO

By Ramesh Jaura

ASTANA (IDN) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appreciated Kazakhstan for playing “an increasingly dynamic role on the international stage” as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, stressed the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and urged it to show leadership on climate change.

Obviously delighted at the UN Chief’s participation in the SCO Summit, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev noted: “This is the first time in the SCO history the UN Secretary-General takes part in its work. And it is quite symbolic that it has coincided with the accession of two new members – India and Pakistan. It means that the organization is becoming the real political power in the international arena.” JAPANESE…

Where Forced Child Pregnancy is Not Fiction

By Phil Harris

ROME (IDN) – She is 10-years-old when she is raped by her mother’s companion and becomes pregnant. Extremely ill, undernourished and underweight during her pregnancy, her mother requests an abortion and although the law permits termination of a pregnancy if authorities deem the carrier’s health is in danger, the request is denied by the State.

The girl’s mother is arrested and temporarily imprisoned for failing in her duty of care to her daughter, despite having previously reported the abuse to the police, who did not act.

Meanwhile, the State sends the girl to an institution against her wishes, where she is made to stay until the birth of her child. She is not allowed any visitors, apart from an aunt who is allowed to come once a week for two hours. (P12) ｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Sharjah von der UNESCO zur Weltbuch-Hauptstadt 2019 ernannt

Von Phil Harris

PARIS (IDN) – Sharjah wurde von der UN-Bildungs-Wissenschafts- und Kulturorganisation (UNESCO) für 2019 zur Weltbuch-Hauptstadt erklärt und das weist auf eine große Errungenschaft für die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate (UAE) und die gesamte arabische Welt hin. Diese Ehre ist die Anerkennung der Vorreiterrolle des Emirats bei der Unterstützung und dem Ausbau der lokalen und regionalen Verlagsindustrie, der Förderung des Lesens zu einer wesentlichen Kulturpraxis sowie von interkulturellen, wissenschaftlichen Dialogen.…

Oceans in Crisis Around Africa

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE (IDN) – As soon as dusk falls, Petina Dube emerges from her house balancing a sack full of garbage which has been lying uncollected in her yard amid reports that the municipal garbage collectors have no fuel to carry out their job across many residential areas in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare.

At the age of 43, Dube, a resident of Warren Park high density suburb in Harare, apparently does not care where the garbage will go after she dumps it. “I am honestly not worried about where this garbage will end up; I will just dump it by a stream not far from here,” says Dube.But for many environmental experts like Happson Chikova, who holds a degree in environmental studies from Zimbabwe’s Midlands State University, waste dumped anywhere eventually ends up in oceans and this spells bad news for marine life. (P11) HINDI｜JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | PORTUGUESE
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世界の最貧困層は気候問題の解決を求める

A beach at Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu, on a sunny day. / Wikimedia Commons. 【ボンIDN＝ラメシュ・ジャウラ】

気候変動に対してとりわけ脆弱な世界で最も貧しい４８カ国が、２０１５年のパリ（気候変動）協定の履行に関してこの数カ月間で「大きな進展」が見られるかどうか重大な関心を寄せている。

ドイツのボンで２週間にわたって開催された国連気候変動会議（5月8日～18日）の閉幕に当たってこのことを強調したのは、後発開発途上国（LDC）グループの議長であるエチオピアのゲブル・ジェンバー・エンダリュー氏である。今年１１月のCOP２３に向けた準備会合にあたる今回の会議には１４０カ国の代表が参加した。…

Les plus vulnérables du monde exigent des actions en faveur du climat

Par Ramesh Jaura

BONN (IDN) – Les 48 pays les plus pauvres du monde, de surcroît les plus exposés au changement climatique, ont exprimé leur vive inquiétude quant à savoir si les progrès substantiels seraient faits au cours des prochains mois dans la mise en œuvre des différents points de l’Accord de Paris de 2015 sur le changement climatique.

Gebru Jember Endalew d’Éthiopie, président du groupe des pays les moins avancés (PMA), a souligné cette préoccupation lors de la clôture d’une session de négociations de deux semaines sur le changement climatique, organisée sous l’égide des Nations unies le 18 mai à Bonn, et à laquelle participaient des délégués de 140 pays.…

विश्व के सबसे गरीब और सबसे संवेदनशील देश जलवायु परिवर्तन पर कार्यवाही चाहते हैं

रमेश जौरा द्वारा

बॉन (आईडीएन) – दुनिया के 48 सबसे गरीब और जलवायु परिवर्तन के संबंध में सबसे संवेदनशील देश इस बात को ले कर खासे चिंतित हैं कि क्या आने वाले महीनों में 2015 में पेरिस में हुए जलवायु परिवर्तन समझौते के सभी पहलुओं को लागू किया जाएगा।

इस बात को सर्वाधिक अविकसित देशों के समूह (एलडीसी) के अध्यक्ष, इथियोपिया के गेब्रू जेम्बर एन्दलेव ने बॉन में दो सप्ताह की संयुक्त राष्ट्र जलवायु वार्ता के अंतिम दिन 18 मई को जोर दे कर कहा। इस वार्ता में 140 देशों के प्रतिनिधियों ने भाग लिया।

एलडीसी उन देशों का समूह है जिन्हें संयुक्त राष्ट्र ने उनकी न्यून सकल राष्ट्रीय आय, कमज़ोर मानवीय संसाधन और अत्यधिक आर्थिक असुरक्षा के आधार पर “सर्वाधिक अविकसित” देशों के रूप में वर्गीकृत किया हुआ है।…

The World’s Poorest and Most Vulnerable Want Climate Action – Arabic

بلدان العالم الأكثر فقرا والأكثر تعرضا يريدون إجراءات مناخية

من راميش جورا

بون (IDN) – تعرب الدول الـ 48 الأكثر فقرا في العالم، والتي هي معرضة بشكل خاص للتأثر بتغير المناخ، عن قلقها المتنامي بشأن ما إذا كان سيتم تطبيق “تقدماً جوهريا” خلال الأشهر المقبلة بشأن تنفيذ اتفاق باريس 2015 المتعلق بتغير المناخ بصفة شاملة كما هو منصوص عليه.

هذا ما أكده رئيس مجموعة دول العالم الثالث (LDC)، السيد جيبرو جيمبر إنداليو من إثيوبيا، بعد ترشيحه من قِبل مندوبو 140 دولة خلال دورة مفاوضات الأمم المتحدة بشأن تغير المناخ التي استمرت أسبوعين في 18 مايو بمدينة بون الألمانية.…

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Month:

Historic UN Conference Vows to Restore Ocean Health

Putting People and Faith at the Centre of Disaster Risk Reduction

UN Chief Lauds Kazakhstan, Vows Close Cooperation with SCO

Where Forced Child Pregnancy is Not Fiction

Sharjah von der UNESCO zur Weltbuch-Hauptstadt 2019 ernannt

Oceans in Crisis Around Africa

世界の最貧困層は気候問題の解決を求める

Les plus vulnérables du monde exigent des actions en faveur du climat

विश्व के सबसे गरीब और सबसे संवेदनशील देश जलवायु परिवर्तन पर कार्यवाही चाहते हैं

The World’s Poorest and Most Vulnerable Want Climate Action – Arabic

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