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Tanzania Champions Aquatic Foods at UN Ocean Conference in Nice
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 17 (IPS) - With less than six harvest seasons left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the urgency to find transformative solutions to end hunger, protect the oceans, and build climate resilience dominated the ninth panel session at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France.
Ocean Protection is a Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Colombia, Jun 17 (IPS) - The services the ocean provides are the backbone of our collective health, wealth and food security, yet today just 2.7% of the ocean has been assessed and deemed to be effectively protected. In failing to establish adequate safeguards, not only are we condemning communities and ecosystems across the world to decline and collapse, we are also overlooking a significant economic opportunity.
Weaponizing Food Worsens Starvation
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 17 (IPS) - Wars, economic shocks, planetary heating and aid cuts have worsened food crises in recent years, with almost 300 million people now threatened by starvation.
Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears
- UN News
The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
UN condemns deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainian capital as civilian toll mounts
- UN News
At least 14 civilians were reportedly killed and more than 100 injured in Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, as Russian drone and missile strikes struck multiple Ukrainian cities in one of the heaviest nights of bombing in months.
‘Syria simply cannot withstand another wave of instability,’ Security Council hears
- UN News
A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to political transition following the overthrow of the Assad regime last December and nearly 14 years of devastating civil war.
More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
- UN News
Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Disaster Risk Reduction: The Insurance That Always Pays Off
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 16 (IPS) - Floods, earthquakes, and droughts are striking the wallets of the world harder than any other time in history. According to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, the cost of disasters is only growing, with annual expenditures exceeding $2.3 trillion; accounting for over 2% of global GDP, and if represented as a nation, it would have the seventh largest GDP.
Private Sector Key to Unlocking the Future of Development
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 16 (IPS) - Geopolitical tensions – from deepening rivalries between major powers to regional conflicts – have placed acute pressure on the international development agenda. Development assistance from major funders has been on the decline. The world is becoming more unpredictable.
DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
- UN News
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.
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