A project of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC
A Joint Media Project of
the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
By Sean Buchanan
LONDON (IDN) – In the last year, anti-corruption movements across the globe have gained momentum as millions of people joined together to speak out against corruption in their governments.
Protests from Latin America, North Africa and Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia made headlines as citizens marched in Santiago, Prague, Beirut and a host of other cities to voice their frustrations in the streets.
By Kalinga Seneviratne
SYDNEY (IDN) – Australia’s worst summer in living memory has burnt over 18 million hectares. The UN Environments Programme (UNEP) estimates that more than 5,900 buildings including over 2,800 homes have been destroyed as of mid-January. In addition to a death toll of 33 people so far, about one billion animals, and many more bats and insects, are likely to die in total over the coming weeks and months as a result of lost habitat and food sources, says UNEP.…
Viewpoint by Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General
GENEVA (IDN) – International trade has proven to be a critical mechanism for growth and development. It helps build stronger value chains, mitigate conflict and provides access to higher quality and quantities of goods and services.
It has also provided consumers with access to a more diversified and nutritious food basket. However, for trade to improve food security to the greatest number of people across the globe, greater international cooperation is necessary.…
Viewpoint by Adam Tooze*
NEW YORK (IDN) – There are turning points in history. Moments that matter, that mark beginnings and ends. As Martin Luther King reminded us: “There is such a thing as being too late”. It is that which can give politics its fierce urgency. As far as global climate politics is concerned, 2020 may be such a moment — and it is vital that Europe should not be late.
The latest round of United Nations-sponsored global climate talks, COP26, to be hosted in Glasgow from November 9 to 19, was always going to be important. This is the moment, when the Paris agreement of 2015 is scheduled for another round of updated national commitments that reflect the ever-more alarming reality of the climate emergency.…
Kizito Makoye 작성
다르 에스 살람(DAR ES SALAAM), 탄자니아 (IDN) – 압둘(Abdul)*은 다르 에스 살람(Dar es Salaam)의 번화한 신자(Sinza) 교외 지역에 위치한 자신의 가게에서 플라스틱 의자에 걸터 않아, 액체와 스틱이 들어 있는 작은 키트를 걱정스런 눈으로 보고 있다.
압둘은 “저의 HIV 감염 여부를 알고 싶어요”라며 자신의 시계를 흘긋 보며 말한다.
조금 전, 28살인 이 상인은 플라스틱 면봉으로 자신의 위쪽 잇몸을 긁어 체액을 채취해 검사 키트에 삽입했다.
잠시 후, 한 줄 또는 두 줄이 표시되면 그것으로 검사 결과를 확인한다.…
بقلم كيزيتو ماكوي
دار السلام، تنزانيا (IDN) – بينما كان عبدول* يستلقي على كُرسي بلاستيكي في متجره بضاحية سينزا الصاخبة بمدينة دار السلام، أخذ ينظر بقلق إلى أداة صغيرة تحتوي على سائل وعصا.
“أرغب في معرفة وضع فيروس الإيدز لديَّ” قال ذلك عبدول بينما كان ينظر في ساعته.
منذ لحظات مضت، قام التاجر البالغ من العمر 28 عامًا بسحب إحدى المسَّاحات البلاستيكية ومرَّرها فوق لثته العليا لسحب بعض السوائل من لعابه ووضعها على تلك الأداة لإجراء الاختبار.…
Viewpoint by Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens
GENEVA (IDN) – On January 23, 2020, a panel of 17 judges of the World Court (ICJ) voted unanimously calling on Myanmar (formerly Burma) to take all measures in its power to prevent genocide of the remaining 600,000 Rohingya that the Court stated were extremely vulnerable to violence at the hands of the military. The Court calls for emergency provisional measures in order to respect the requirements of the 1948 Genocide Convention.…
By Santo D. Banerjee
NEW YORK (IDN) – As the United Nations prepares to mark its 75th anniversary in September, the Organisation has yet to fulfil the obligation enshrined in the mandate of the Charter: “to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom“ by employing “international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples“.
The authors of the landmark World Social Report 2020 point out that fifteen years ago, the Report on the ‘World Social Situation‘ had warned that growing inequality could jeopardize the achievement of internationally agreed development goals.…
By Devinder Kumar
NEW DELHI | BANGKOK (IDN) – Prolonged trade disputes and wide-ranging policy uncertainties have catapulted the world economy into a significant and broad-based deterioration in 2019. This threatens to hamper efforts to reduce poverty, create decent jobs, broaden access to affordable and clean energy, and achieve many other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
According to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2020 report, gross product growth slipped to 2.3 per cent in 2019—the lowest rate since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.…
【ニューヨークIDN＝J・ナストラニス】
１０年前の１月１２日にハイチを襲った壊滅的な地震によって国連職員１０２人を含む数十万人のハイチ市民が命を落とし、数百万人が被害を受けた。
国連人道問題調整事務所（OCHA）の最近の報告によると、この震災は人類史上最も被害の大きかった震災ワースト１０に入るという。にもかかわらず、昨年２月に始まった１億２６００万ドルの人道支援計画に対して、まだ３２％の資金しか提供されていない。OCHAによれば、この比率は世界最低であるという。…
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