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[ ] Across the world young and old are responding to this threat by adopting new approaches to working on the land that may not only prevent more degradation but may also provide new livelihood opportunities. The issue of desertification,…
[ ] Ana Di Pangracio works for the civil society organization Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or FARN which is involved in projects to restore degraded land in Argentina. She spoke to UN News in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she…
[ ] The Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V), co-led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced the 2025-2026 regional response plan to…
[ ] Titled ‘The Syrian Government Detention System as a Tool of Violent Repression,’ the report from the UN International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) draws on over 300 witness interviews, medical forensic evidence and the Syrian Government’s own documentation.…
[ ] Houthi rebels are holding more than 50 staff from the UN, international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, and diplomatic missions, in addition to four other UN personnel detained in 2021 and 2023. International law violated, aid…
[ ] Backed by more than 140 nations and adopted without a vote, the resolution recognised that addressing the unlawful trade in such items is vital to preserve the identity and traditions of communities worldwide and enabling them to freely…
[ ] The UNESCO committee that protects so called Intangible Cultural Heritage is meeting in Asunción, Republic of Paraguay, until Saturday, to add new entries to the UN culture agency’s list of world treasures. With more than 700 inscriptions to…
[ ] “As you have heard many times by now, today’s Iraq is not the same as the Iraq of 20 years ago, or even five years ago. Iraq today is more secure, stable and open, despite the many obstacles…
[ ] Submissions from Papua New Guinea laid bear the country’s diversity and heightened vulnerability to climate change. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (the hague & nairobi) Friday, December 06, 2024 Inter Press Service THE HAGUE & NAIROBI, Dec 06…
[ ] Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini, Leah Mitaba (lusaka, zambia) Friday, December 06, 2024 Inter Press Service LUSAKA, Zambia, Dec 06 (IPS) – Over the past few years, new “tools of control” affecting the work of civil society organisations have multiplied,…
