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Ancient Silk Route Hub Gets Ready for Modern Tourism

By Kalinga Seneviratne

BUKHARA, Uzbekistan (IDN) – The city of Bukhara was a major trading hub of the ancient Silk Routes that connected Asia to the Arab world and Europe. With the Uzbekistan government’s lifting of restrictions on foreign tourists in 2016 and global interests on the ancient Silk Routes gathering momentum, this 2000-year-old city is poised to become a major tourist hub of Central Asia.

The city grew up nourished by the merchants that arrived from Persia, India, China and Russia and it was a popular and important resting point in the development of these routes between the 10th and 17th centuries. (P06) ARABIC | CHINESE | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | TURKISH
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Child Hunger Threatens Africa’s Social and Economic Future

By Ronald Joshua

ADDIS ABABA (IDN) – Africa’s future economic and social progress is under threat from alarmingly high levels of child hunger, and the severity and scale of the problem is such that it requires nothing short of a radical and transformative political and economic agenda, according to a new study released at the Eighth International Policy Conference on the African Child.…

Stop Tuvalu and the World from Sinking

By Sean Buchanan

NEW YORK (IDN) – Like many of the world’s low-lying islands, Tuvalu, the South Pacific island whose highest point is less than five metres above the waves, faces the threat of being submerged under rising seas.

“We must stop Tuvalu from sinking and the world from sinking with Tuvalu,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a tweet posted during a recent trip to the South Pacific.…

Cambodia, Recipient in 1993, Gives Back to UN Peacekeeping

By Santo D. Banerjee

NEW YORK | JUBA, South Sudan (IDN) – “Cambodia received peacekeeping troops in 1993, and we feel that we have to contribute in the same way as other countries did when they worked in the UN mission in our country,” remembers Colonel Channy Vongvannak. “So, we understand that countries and people suffer during conflict – and they need help.”

UN peacekeepers from around the world were deployed to Cambodia between February 1992 and September 1993 as part of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) which was established to ensure implementation of a political settlement of the conflict in the south-east Asian country.…

ヘイトクライムの背後にあるのは信仰ではなく信仰者の操作

【ニューヨークIDN＝ショーン・ブキャナン】

世界各地で礼拝所を標的とした一連のヘイトクライムによる攻撃が仕掛けられる中、異文化間対話のためのフォーラムが５月２日に開かれ、「こうした卑劣な攻撃にはひとつのパターンがある。それは『他者』への憎悪であり、加害者らは、宗教コミュニティ全体を乗っ取り、宗教間の対立を煽っている。」と指摘された。

国連「文明の同盟」特別代表のミゲル・アンヘル・モラティノス氏は、アゼルバイジャンのバクーで開かれた第５回「文化間対話に関するグローバルフォーラム」（国連後援）で演説し、問題は決して信仰そのものにあるのではなく、「聖典の歪んだ解釈により信仰者を背後で操作し、互いに対立させようとする者たちの存在なのです。」と語った。…

サイクロンに襲われた南部アフリカの困難

Photo: Cyclone Idai has impacted the lives and livelihoods of almost three million people across Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Credit: UNDP Zimbabwe 【チマニマニ（ジンバブエ）IDN＝ジェフリー・モヨ】

サイクロン「イダイ」がアフリカ南部に襲来し、その５週間後の４月２５日、今度はサイクロン「ケネス」がモザンビークを襲った。この被害について世界食糧計画（WFP）は、もっぱら農村地帯である被災地の漁民・農民の生活は今後数か月にわたって影響を受けるであろうとコメントした。

約３万１０００ヘクタール（７万６６００エーカー）の作物が収穫期に失われた。「地域の食料事情はすでにかなり不安定な状態にあります。」とハーブ・バーフーセル報道官は語った。

４月２８日、アントニオ・グテーレス国連事務総長の報道官は、サイクロン「ケネス」がモザンビークとコモロにもたらした人命の損失と破壊の報に接して、事務総長は「きわめて遺憾に思っている」と述べた。事務総長は「短期的、中期的、長期的な対応を行うのに必要な追加の支援」を国際社会に呼びかけた。…

Deep Sea Marine Science Is Key to Unlocking the Potential of Our Oceans

Viewpoint by Michael W. Lodge and Vladimir Ryabinin

The following is a joint op-ed by Michael W. Lodge, Secretary-General of International Seabed Authority, and Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of IOC-UNESCO.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (IDN) – There has never been a time of greater promise or greater challenge for the future of our oceans. This is the topic on everyone’s minds as the international community gathers in Copenhagen (May 13-15) for the first Global Planning Meeting for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).…

Bukan Keyakinan, melainkan Manipulasi Umat Beragama di Balik Serangan Kebencian

Oleh Sean Buchanan

NEW YORK (IDN) – Menyusul serangkaian serangan kebencian baru-baru ini di berbagai tempat ibadah di seluruh dunia, sebuah forum dialog antar budaya pada tanggal 2 Mei mengatakan bahwa “dalam semua serangan keji dan pengecut ini… kita melihat pola umum: kebencian terhadap ‘agama lain’. Para penjahat ini membajak seluruh komunitas agama, mengadu domba satu sama lain.”…

आस्था नहीं बल्कि आस्थावान को धूर्तता से दिग्भ्रमित करना घृणा से प्रेरित हमलों का कारण है

सीन ब्यूकेनन द्वारा

न्यू यॉर्क (IDN) – दुनियाभर के उपासना स्थलों पर हाल ही में हुए घृणा से प्रेरित कई हमलों के बाद, 2 मई को आयोजित हुई अंतरसांस्कृतिक संवाद की एक संगोष्ठी में कहा गया कि “इन सभी नृशंस एवं कायरतापूर्ण हमलों में… हमें एक तरह की समानता दिखाई देती है: ‘दूसरे’ से घृणा। ये अपराधी संपूर्ण आस्था समुदायों को अपने प्रभाव में लेकर, धर्मों को एक दूसरे के विरुद्ध खड़ा कर रहे हैं।”

अलाइअन्स ऑफ सिवलाइज़ेशन (UNOAC) के उच्च प्रतिनिधि, मिगेल ऐंजल मोरातीनोस ने, बाकू, अज़रबैजान में यूएन समर्थित 5वे वर्ल्ड फोरम ऑन इंटरकल्चरल डायलॉग के दौरान संबोधन करते हुए, कहा कि आस्था कभी भी समस्या नहीं थी, समस्या वे लोग हैं “जो धार्मिक पुस्तकों की विकृत व्याख्या के द्वारा आस्थावानों को धूर्तता से दिग्भ्रमित करके एक दूसरे के विरुद्ध खड़ा कर देते हैं।”…

Finding Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa

By Caroline Mwanga

NEW YORK (IDN) – ‘Towards durable solutions for forcibly displaced persons in Africa’ is the overarching theme of the African Dialogue Series (ADS 2019) being organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) from May 21 to 23, 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The three-day ADS will coincide with the celebration of Africa Day on May 24, 2019, organized by the AU Permanent Mission to the UN, and the events will feature Member States, the African Union, The United Nations System Entities, Members of the Diaspora, Civil Society (including women and youth groups), Private Sector, Media and Academia as well as development partners.…

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Month:

Ancient Silk Route Hub Gets Ready for Modern Tourism

Child Hunger Threatens Africa’s Social and Economic Future

Stop Tuvalu and the World from Sinking

Cambodia, Recipient in 1993, Gives Back to UN Peacekeeping

ヘイトクライムの背後にあるのは信仰ではなく信仰者の操作

サイクロンに襲われた南部アフリカの困難

Deep Sea Marine Science Is Key to Unlocking the Potential of Our Oceans

Bukan Keyakinan, melainkan Manipulasi Umat Beragama di Balik Serangan Kebencian

आस्था नहीं बल्कि आस्थावान को धूर्तता से दिग्भ्रमित करना घृणा से प्रेरित हमलों का कारण है

Finding Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa

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