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the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC

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African Climate Groups Deplore Development Bank for Funding High-Risk Pipeline

By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network

NEW YORK (IDN) – A climate justice movement of over 100 major organizations in Africa and abroad has joined hands to press the African Development Bank (AfDB) to drop its support of an “exceptionally high-risk project” that threatens the livelihoods of millions of people in East Africa.

In a letter to the Bank President AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina, leaders of environmental and social groups from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and South Africa, among others, warned that the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) posed global climate risks and environmental damage including harm to freshwater supplies and biodiversity in the region.…

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Sustainable Water Governance Is Critical for Achieving Peace in Horn of Africa

By Anniek Barnhoorn, Florian Krampe, Luc van de Goor, Elizabeth Smith & Dan Smith*

STOCKHOLM (IDN) – As the global climate changes, climate-related security risks are making the existing political, social, and economic challenges even more complicated. The 230 million people who live in the Horn of Africa are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as droughts and floods. Political fragility and transnational complexities make water governance a matter of regional high-level politics as well as geopolitical tensions. In short, sustainable water governance is critical for achieving resilient peace.…

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COVID-19: UN Joins Kenya in $267.5 million Flash Appeal

By Devendra Kamarajan

NAIROBI (IDN) – The Government of Kenya, the United Nations and humanitarian partners have launched a Flash Appeal requesting $267.5 million to respond to the most immediate and critical needs of 10.1 million people.

Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning, Ukur Yatani Kanacho, said: “When times are challenging you get to know your friends better. I would like to commend the Kenya United Nations Country Team and humanitarian partners for being real friends and fighting with us shoulder to shoulder as we fight this deadly pandemic.”

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COVID-19: A Global Buddhist Network Contributing to Overcoming the Pandemic

Viewpoint by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada

Following is the text of a press release conveying President Harada‘s Message in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. [Read in Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.]

TOKYO (IDN) – Japan, where until recently we hoped that we would contain the spread of COVID-19, has now entered into a state of emergency, facing a surge in the number of confirmed cases and redoubling its efforts to save precious lives. 
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COVID-19 Dapat Menuntun Ke Perlindungan Keanekaragaman Hayati dan Satwa Liar yang Lebih Baik

Oleh Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY (IDN) – Dampak positif dari pandemi COVID-19 bisa menjadi pemahaman yang lebih baik untuk melindungi keanekaragaman hayati dan larangan global terhadap perdagangan hewan liar untuk makanan.

Keyakinan bahwa COVID-19 berawal di “pasar basah” di Wuhan, Tiongkok, tempat hewan liar dijual untuk konsumsi manusia, telah membuat pemerintah Tiongkok melarang perdagangan hewan liar dan kampanye internasional yang terus berkembang sehingga ini dapat dijadikan hukum internasional yang dapat ditegakkan. …

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COVID-19或可导致生物多样性和野生动物获得更佳保护

作者：卡林加·塞纳维拉特纳（Kalinga Seneviratne）

悉尼（IDN）– COVID-19大流行病可能会导致的一个积极结果，就是对保护生物多样性的更深入了解，以及全球禁止将野生动物作为食物的贸易。

由于COVID-19被认为是始于中国武汉一个出售野生动物给人食用的“湿货市场”（wet market），导致中国政府禁止野生动物贸易，并且有一场正在不断扩大的国际运动要求将此变成一项可执行的国际法。

在武汉“湿货市场”（海鲜市场）以及中国和越南各地的许多此类市场，无数野生动物被出售供人食用，包括活狼崽、蝾螈、鳄鱼、蝎子、老鼠、松鼠、狐狸、麝香猫和海龟。…

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COVID-19 Could Lead to Better Protection of Biodiversity and Wild Animals

By Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY (IDN) – A positive outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic could be a better understanding of protecting biodiversity and a global ban on the trade in wild animals for food. The belief that COVID-19 began at a “wet market” in Wuhan in China, where wild animals were being sold for human consumption, has led to the Chinese government banning the trade in wild animals and a growing international campaign for this to be made into an enforceable international law. (P01) ARABIC | CHINESE | INDONESIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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Violence Against Women Is the Growing Shadow Pandemic

Viewpoint by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Following is the statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women on 6 April 2020.

NEW YORK (IDN) – With 90 countries in lockdown, four billion people are now sheltering at home from the global contagion of COVID-19. It’s a protective measure, but it brings another deadly danger. We see a shadow pandemic growing, of violence against women.

As more countries report infection and lockdown, more domestic violence helplines and shelters across the world are reporting rising calls for help.…

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COVID-19 Crisis: The Group of 77 Call for Strengthening South-South and North-South Cooperation

Applause for UN Chief’s Leadership While Missing Out His ‘Global Ceasefire’ Plea

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – Short of referring to the clarion call by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on March 23 for “an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world”, in support of the bigger battle against the devastating pandemic, the Group of 77 (G77) has in a statement congratulated him for his “strong leadership in this time of crisis” and welcomed the launch of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund “to strengthen health systems and assist vulnerable populations across the globe”.…

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