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
Viewpoint by Maíra Martini *
NEW YORK (IDN) — Governments gathered for the first-ever UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against corruption June 2-4, 2021. This could have been an opportunity for the more and the less advanced economies to come to the table and discuss bold improvements to the current international anti-corruption framework and architecture. It fell short.…
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power*
LUND, Sweden (IDN) — There’s hardly a person alive who doesn’t know that the Third World continents of Africa, Asia and Latin America are having a desperate struggle fighting the Coronavirus. At a time when the richer countries are winning the fight against the virus many Third World countries—like Brazil, India and South Africa—are overwhelmed by it.…
By Santo D. Banerjee
NEW YORK (IDN) — “The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods” was the theme for World Oceans Day 2021 as well as a declaration of intentions that launches a decade of challenges to get the Sustainable Development Goal 14, “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources”, by 2030.
The importance of the theme of this year’s World Oceans Day celebrated on June 8, is underlined by the fact that the ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth.…
Viewpoint by Dr Kakha Shengelia
The writer is the President of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) and President of Caucasus University (CU). The following is the text of Dr Kakha’s Foreword to Striving for People, Planet and Peace, 2021 Joint Media Project Report of the Non-Profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as flagship agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC.
TBILISI, Georgia (IDN) — It was in the year 2015 when the world convened and defined 17 concrete objectives to achieve till 2030 that would improve everyone’s lot around the globe. Touching on every aspect of human existence, from social inequalities to the planet we live on.…
Viewpoint by Nicolas J. S. Davies*
PORTLAND | USA (IDN) — A recent Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that worries about the COVID pandemic in the United States are at their lowest level since it began. Only half of Americans are either “very worried” (15%) or “somewhat worried” (35%) about the virus, while the other half are “not very worried” (30%) or “not worried at all” (20%).
But the news from around the world makes it clear that this pandemic is far from over, and a story from Vietnam highlights the nature of the danger.…
![[IDN-InDepthNews – 17 May 2021] * The author, a senior journalist based in New Delhi, is Editorial Consultant-WION TV and Senior Editorial Consultant of IDN. Photo: Crematoriums in India overwhelmed. Source: USA Today.](https://www.sdgsforall.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/covid-ravaged_india.jpg)
【ニューデリーIDN＝シャストリ・ラマチャンドラン】
インドで新型コロナウィルスがもたらしている津波のような感染と死は、弱まることなく続いている。中央・各州政府や民衆は、病床や医薬品、人工呼吸器、そしてこの危機を乗り越えるために必要な物資不足と闘い続けている。恐るべき死と、死に逝く者たちの窮状を目の当たりにして、人々の心に恐怖が蔓延している。人々は、新型コロナウィルスが、いつ、どこで、誰にどんな形で襲いかかるのか、もし身近な人が罹ってしまったらどう対処すればいいのかわからず、慄いている。
私は、ジャーナリストとして、いくつかのメッセージ・グループに属している。記者室や省庁、仲間内のグループから、１時間に１００件以上のメッセージがまるで紙テープのように飛び交っている。そのほとんどが新型コロナウィルスに関するもので、インド内外で何人亡くなったか、インドを支援するために各国からどれほどの支援物資が寄せられているか、といったものだ。この国は、１９４７年の分離独立以来で最も暗い、大量死の時を迎えている。…
【ブリュッセルIDN＝ラインハード・ヤコブソン】
エチオピア北部のティグレ州で横行している、紛争に絡んだ女性に対する性暴力犯罪の規模と残忍さが、世界中からの非難を集めている。
「欧州・アフリカ対外プログラム」（EEPA）が５月２５日に開いたウェビナーがこのテーマを扱ったのは偶然ではない。EEPAは、「アフリカの角」地域における平和構築や難民保護、強靭性（レジリエンス）の問題に特化した、専門知識・出版・ネットワーク化の能力を持ったセンター（本拠ベルギー）である。…
Na Reinhard Jacobsen
BRUSSELS (IDN) — Kiwango na ukatili wa uhalifu wa unyanyasaji wa kingono unaohusiana na mizozo dhidi ya wanawake uliofanywa huko Tigray umesababisha kushutumiwa kote ulimwenguni.
Haikushangaza kwamba Mpango wa Nje wa Ulaya na Afrika (EEPA) ulizingatia mada hiyo katika Mkutano wa mtandaoni ulioandaliwa mnamo Mei 25. EEPA ni kituo cha utaalam kilichoko Ubelgiji na maarifa ya kina, machapisho, na mitandao, iliyobobea katika maswala ya ujenzi wa amani, ulinzi wa wakimbizi, na uthabiti katika Pembe ya Afrika.…
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