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Dying for a Cause: Environmental Defenders in the Firing Line
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sep 26 (IPS) - In 2017, South African activist Nonhle Mbuthuma took a stand against the powerful oil giant Shell, halting their plans to explore the pristine Wild Coast.
Flooding and Armed Conflict Aggravates Sudan’s Cholera Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - Sudan has been plunged into a deadly cholera outbreak in the midst of the Sudanese Civil War. Sudan is currently home to an approximate 15 million people, many of which have had to bear the brunt of hostilities between warring parties, widespread food insecurity, mass displacement, and extreme weather anomalies. Flooding, in particular, has been very damaging, leading to the collapse of critical infrastructures that ensure sanitation. This has caused the cholera outbreak to become a national concern.
Cultivating a Culture of Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - As global peace hits its lowest point since the Second World War, the International Day of Peace on September 21 offered a critical moment to reflect on and strengthen our peacebuilding efforts.
Nepal’s Prime Minister highlights climate crisis, global inequality at UNGA
- UN News
The world is at a historic watershed moment, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, with the contrasts between rich and poor, harmony and hatred, and economic development and environmental destruction more evident than ever.
Sudanese leader denounces ‘devastating aggression’ being waged by rebels against his country
- UN News
The President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that while his country was committed to peace, rebels funded by parties elsewhere in the region were waging “devastating aggression” against his country.
What happened Thursday at UNGA: Gaza crisis tops discussions; Africa pushes for Security Council reform; leaders act against ‘superbugs’
- UN News
At the UN on Thursday, world leaders urged a concerted diplomatic drive to end the war in Gaza and to avert further escalation in the region. Strong demands for genuine UN reform persisted, with several African leaders calling for permanent representation on the Security Council. In two high-level meetings, senior UN officials warned that some of the world’s most effective antibiotics are losing their effectiveness against “superbugs”, while others urged nations to “stop gambling with humanity’s future” by getting rid of nuclear weapons.
‘At this very moment the future of Lebanon’s people is imperiled’, Foreign Minister tells UN
- UN News
The Foreign Minister of Lebanon on Thursday said that the crisis in his country demanded urgent international action as Israeli attacks threatened to set off “a domino effect”, turning the entire Middle East region into “a black hole” of endless conflict.
Calls by African leaders for equitable representation on UN Security Council gain momentum
- UN News
The call for a more inclusive and representative Security Council resonated loud and clear at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, as African leaders demanded global powers address the longstanding inequity in the Council’s composition.
‘This is the moment for peace, progress, equality’: UK Prime Minister
- UN News
From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, the vast majority of humanitarian needs are driven by conflict – a catastrophe made by human hands – that is turning the geopolitical dial away from the rule of law and towards brute force and aggression, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom told the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Haitian leader supports creating UN-led mission to quell country’s gang violence
- UN News
Haiti is becoming more resilient, but can only fully recover with international solidarity, Edgard Leblanc Fils said on Thursday, voicing support for a UN-led peacekeeping mission to combat gang violence that has “paralyzed” the nation and left its people desperate and nearly without hope.
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