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Kazakhstan Reaffirms Willingness to Assist in the Maintenance of Peace and Security

By Marat Beketayev, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The UN Security Council organized on 17 May 2018 a High-Level Open Debate on “Maintenance of international peace and security: Upholding international law within the context of the maintenance of international peace and security,” reflecting the purposes of United Nations as spelt out in Article 1 of the UN Charter. Following are extensive excerpts from the draft statement by the Kazakh Minister of Justice who stressed: “Kazakhstan considers this to be a very timely and valuable debate”. Engaging in such reflection is the sign of a healthy institution with strong and far-sighted leadership, and we congratulate Poland on providing such leadership during its time in the chair. – The Editor.…

ジェンダー平等、女性のエンパワーメントに取り組むアフリカ

Photo: UNICEF's youngest Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan in Chad. Credit: UNICEF UK. 【ヨハネスブルクIDN＝ジェフリー・モヨ】

２９歳のルラマイ・グワタさんにとっては、毎年３月８日の国際女性デーを祝うべき理由がなかった。彼女は、家庭内の争いごとを巡って夫から激しい暴力を受け、病院で傷を癒していたからだ。

２カ月後、世界が「母の日」を祝う中で彼女の傷は治癒したが、自分が夫から虐待を受けている姿を２人の子どもたちに見せてしまった苦しい記憶から逃れられずにいる。…

UN Chief Lauds India for Deepening South-South Cooperation

By Santo D. Banerjee

NEW YORK (IDN) – UN Secretary‑General António Guterres has commended India’s “very important role in shaping the Sustainable Development Goals“. He was speaking at an event marking the first anniversary of the India‑United Nations Development Partnership Fund in New York.

The Fund aims at supporting sustainable development for low-income nations with 22 projects having already been approved in 25 partner countries ranging from hurricane rehabilitation and climate early warning system to government accountability and agriculture.…

भारत के जनसाधारण ने प्लास्टिक से होने वाले प्रदूषण को परास्त करना शुरू कर दिया है

सुधा रामचंद्रन द्वारा

बैंगलोर (आईडीएन) – 32 वर्षिय राजेस्वरी सिंह ने विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस पर एक छः-सप्ताह तक चलने वाले मैराथन अभियान की शुरुआत की, जिसमे वे एक सामान्य संदेश ‘प्लास्टिक का प्रयोग करना बंद करें’ को फैलाते हुए, 5 जून को विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस पर नई दिल्ली पहुँचने के लिए पश्चिम भारत के वड़ोदरा से तकरीबन 1,100 किलोमीटर की पदयात्रा करेंगी, और इस पदयात्रा के दौरान उनका जोर पूरे रास्ते किसी भी प्रकार के प्लास्टिक की पैकिंग वाले पेय पदार्थों या खाद्य पदार्थों का प्रयोग नहीं करने पर रहेगा।

वास्तव में, उन्होंने पिछले दशक से किसी भी प्रकार के प्लास्टिक का प्रयोग नहीं किया है। इसके अतिरिक्त, उनका संदेश इस वर्ष के विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस के विषय – ‘प्लास्टिक से होने वाले प्रदूषण को परास्त करें’ (‘Beat plastic pollution’) – को स्वर प्रदान करता है। विश्व में 10 सबसे अधिक प्लास्टिक का प्रयोग करने वाले देशों में स्थान रखने वाला भारत, इस बार वैश्विक मेज़बान की भूमिका निभा रहा …

CTBTO Symposium Underlines Importance of Youth and Women

By Reinhardt Jacobsen

VIENNA (IDN) – “Now more than ever, this type of diplomacy has a particular importance,” said Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba, in a high-level session of the 2nd CTBT Science Diplomacy Symposium at the Vienna International Centre.

“The challenges that define the 21st century such as nuclear disarmament, climate change, food security, and poverty reduction have scientific dimensions. No country will be able to solve these problems by itself; those are global troubles which require global solutions and collaboration,” she added.…

Climate Change Is The Central Challenge For Humanity

Viewpoint by Franz Baumann

This article is based on Talk given to the UN Association of New York 23 May 2018. Dr. Franz Baumann joined the UN Development Program in 1980 and began working in the UN Secretariat in 1985. He retired in 2015 as an assistant secretary-general, special adviser on environment and peace operations, after working about a dozen assignments under five secretaries-general, in four duty stations and on three continents. Dr. Baumann is now a visiting professor at New York University. – The Editor

NEW YORK (IDN) – The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, by training a physicist and by temperament not given to hyperbole, last November called Climate Change “the central challenge for humanity.”[1] I will try to explain why this is by no means an alarmist, but an acutely realistic assessment.…

Sustainable Development Now at the Heart of the UN

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations General Assembly has approved a landmark consensus resolution, which Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed assures will allow the world body to transform a “cacophony” of efforts under way to make sustainable development a reality into a “symphony”.

Secretary-General António Guterres has described the plan as “the most ambitious and comprehensive transformation of the UN development system in decades,” paving the way for a new era of “national ownership” of development, supported by the whole UN system, in a tailored fashion, allowing countries to pursue sustainable economic and social development.…

الشباب يترأسون الدعوة إلى أهداف التنمية المستدامة في آيسلندا

إعداد لوانا فييل

ريكيافيك (IDN) – قررت آيسلندا إطلاق حملة الدعوة إلى أهداف التنمية المستدامة (SDGs) من خلال إنشاء مجلس يضم 12 شاباً تتراوح أعمارهم بين 13 عاماً و18 عاماً، تحت رعاية مكتب رئيس الوزراء (PMO).

تقدم أكثر من 140 شاباً لشغل 12 موقعاً، ووفقاً لنيلسينا لارسن إينارسدوتير، منسق المشروع، فإن “جميعهم كان لديهم العديد من الأفكار الرائعة، لذلك كان الاختيار صعباً للغاية”.

وقد تعاونت إينارسدوتير، التي تعمل مع منظمة اليونيسف في آيسلندا كمتخصصة في مشاركة الأطفال والشباب، مع مكتب رئيس الوزراء من أجل المشروع.

وسيتم تعيين مجموعة أخرى من الشباب في العام المقبل لنفس الغرض.…

İzlanda’daki SDG Tanıtımının Başını Gençler Çekiyor

Lowana Veal

REYKJAVIK (IDN) – İzlanda, Başbakanlık Ofisi (PMO) himayesinde 13 ila 18 yaşları arasındaki gençlerden oluşan 12 kişilik bir gençlik konseyi kurarak, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedefleri (SDGs) için öncü tanıtım yapılmasına karar verdi.

12 yer için 140’tan fazla genç başvurdu ve projenin koordinatörü Nilsina Larsen Einarsdottir’e göre, “hepsinin çok parlak fikirleri vardı, bu yüzden seçim yapmak oldukça zordu.”…

Grassroots India Beginning To Beat Plastic Pollution

By Sudha Ramachandran

BANGALORE (IDN) – A 32-year-old Rajeswari Singh launched on a six-week marathon mission on World Earth Day setting out to walk some 1,100 kilometres from Vadodara in western India to reach New Delhi on World Environment Day on June 5, spreading a simple message ‘Stop using plastic’, and accentuating it by forgoing all the way any kind of plastic packaged drinks or food.

In fact, she hasn’t used any kind of plastic over the past decade. Besides, her message echoes the theme of this year’s World Environment Day – ‘Beat plastic pollution’ – with India, among the world’s top ten consumers of plastic, playing global host. (P06) HINDI | INDONESIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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Month:

Kazakhstan Reaffirms Willingness to Assist in the Maintenance of Peace and Security

ジェンダー平等、女性のエンパワーメントに取り組むアフリカ

UN Chief Lauds India for Deepening South-South Cooperation

भारत के जनसाधारण ने प्लास्टिक से होने वाले प्रदूषण को परास्त करना शुरू कर दिया है

CTBTO Symposium Underlines Importance of Youth and Women

Climate Change Is The Central Challenge For Humanity

Sustainable Development Now at the Heart of the UN

الشباب يترأسون الدعوة إلى أهداف التنمية المستدامة في آيسلندا

İzlanda’daki SDG Tanıtımının Başını Gençler Çekiyor

Grassroots India Beginning To Beat Plastic Pollution

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