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 Lisa Vives, Global Information Network
NEW YORK | 29 November 2023 (IDN) — Abdullahi Mire, a former child refugee from Somalia, is this year’s United Nations Nansen Refugee Award winner.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recognized the 36-year-old Mire for providing 100,000 books to Somali refugees in camps in Kenya.…
By Caroline Mwanga
NEW YORK | VIENNA | 27 November 2023 (IDN)— Almost 89,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2022 across the globe, the highest yearly number recorded in the past decades. Besides, available data suggest that while the total number of homicides globally has begun to fall in 2022 after a spike in 2021, the number of female homicides is not decreasing.…
By Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN | 26 November 2023 (IDN) — In the lead-up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) that will take place in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December, the Global Faith Leaders Summit has warned that we “stand at the precipice of history, considering the gravity of the challenges” ahead, and expressed concern for “the escalating climate impacts that imperil our cherished planet”.…
Na Ngala Killian Chimtom
YAoundE, Kamerun | 19 Novemba 2023 (IDN) – Zaidi ya viongozi vijana 150 wa Afrika wametoa wito kwa jumuiya ya kimataifa kuweka kipaumbele na kuongeza mtiririko wa fedha wa kukabiliana na hali ya hewa barani Afrika kwa zaidi ya mara mbili.…
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YAOUNDÉ, Cameroun | 19 novembre 2023 (IDN) – Plus de 150 jeunes leaders africains ont appelé la communauté internationale à donner la priorité aux flux de financement de l’adaptation au climat vers l’Afrique et à les multiplier par deux.…
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs testifies to the UN Security Council Session on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Sustaining Peace through Common Development” in New York on 20 November.
UNITED NATIONS | 21 November 2023 (IDN) — In my testimony I will refer to four (wars): the Ukraine War, which started in 2014 with the violent overthrow of Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovich; the Israel-Palestine War, which has flared repeatedly since 1967; the Syrian War, which began in 2011; and the Sahel Wars, which began in 2012 in Mali and have now spread throughout the Sahel.…
By Ngala Killian Chimtom
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon | 19 November 2023 (IDN) — More than 150 young African leaders have called on the international community to prioritize and increase climate adaptation finance flows to Africa by more than double. (P24) French | Japanese | Portuguese | Swahili | Turkish …
【ヤウンデ（カメルーン）IDN＝ヌガラ・キラン・チムトム】
１５０人以上のアフリカの若者たちが、気候変動対策の資金援助を倍増するよう国際社会に求めた。
「汎アフリカ気候正義連合」（PACJA）と「持続可能なエネルギーとアクセスを求めるアフリカ連合」（ACSEA）がアフリカ対応イニシアチブ（AAI）と共催して１１月１８日に初開催した「アフリカにおける対応資金フォーラム」の終幕にあたってこの呼びかけはなされた。…
By Professor Lyla Mehta and Dr Alan Nicol*
BRIGHTON/LONDON, UK | 18 November 2023 (IDN) — A hummingbird is the symbol of 2023’s World Toilet Day. (19 November). Fabled as a small actor in a huge drama—putting out a fire with tiny droplets of water—the analogy appears to be that every one of us doing our bit can make positive change happen in the sanitation world.…
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS | 17 November 2023 (IDN) — Are the killings of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza an act of genocide or “genocide in the making”?
According to a legal definition, genocide includes violent attacks with the specific intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
A Group of UN experts* say that grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to “a genocide in the making.”…
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