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[ ] OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani described the new directive, which reportedly took effect on Tuesday, as “yet another direct blow” by the de facto authorities against Afghan women and girls. “It is profoundly discriminatory, short-sighted and puts the lives…

[ ] “All night, there was heavy bombing around the Kamal Adwan Hospital”, said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the UN health’s agency Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Speaking from the enclave to journalists in Geneva via video, he reported that…

[ ] Asmaa Niang, who is from Morocco, spoke to UN News at the UN Convention to Control Desertification (UNCCD) meeting known as COP16 and explained why as an athlete she has the “responsibility to give back and inspire others…

[ ] Aid has continued to flow from Türkiye across three border crossings into the embattled northwest and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that it had opened community kitchens in Aleppo and Hama – cities now reportedly occupied…

[ ] Announcement of Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Drought Resilience Partnership Initiative. Credit: Anastasia Rodopoulou/IISD/ENB| by Stella Paul (riyadh & hyderabad) Friday, December 06, 2024 Inter Press Service RIYADH & HYDERABAD, Dec 06 (IPS) – While many delegates at the 16th meeting…

[ ] MAN OF THE SOIL: Anura Kumara Dissanayake Opinion by Neville de Silva (london) Friday, December 06, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Dec 06 (IPS) – On 26 December 2004 a powerful Asian tsunami swept over many of Sri Lanka’s…

[ ] Opinion by Rabab Fatima (united nations) Thursday, December 05, 2024 Inter Press Service Under Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). UNITED NATIONS, Dec 05 (IPS) – The…

[ ] The funding will be used to deliver life-saving reproductive health services and vital gender-based violence prevention programmes to more than 45 million people. The appeal comes as an estimated 11 million pregnant women will require urgent support in…

[ ] Debris left after Cyclone Winston in 2016. At least 44 people died, and any villages were completely destroyed. Credit: Vlad Sokhin / Climate Visuals by Tanka Dhakal (the hague) Thursday, December 05, 2024 Inter Press Service THE HAGUE, Dec…

[ ] Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Thursday, December 05, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 05 (IPS) – Despite uneven economic recovery since the pandemic, poverty, inequality, and food insecurity continue to worsen, including in…