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Leading Athletes Stress the Role of Sport in Building a Better World for All

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) — The United Nations is convinced that sport promotes values such as diversity, tolerance and respect and contributes to the empowerment of women and young people, individuals and communities, as well as to health, education and social inclusion objectives. With this in view, the UN Department of Global Communication's office at the country level has initiated SDG Zone at Tokyo, titled "Teaming Up through Sport to Advance the SDGs". (P13) ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | PORTUGUESE

: Ramesh Jaura; Goal 3; 15 August 2021

Image: Three of the major groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean: Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Australia and New Zealand React To IPCC Report Warning With Rhetoric Rather Than Action

By Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY (IDN) — The most comprehensive report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued a dire warning to countries in the Pacific region where rising sea levels and increasing temperatures could wipe out island nations and make dry habitats uninhabitable. But the two major powers in the region—Australia and New Zealand—have reacted to the report with defensive rhetoric rather than moving to implement immediate action to save the region. (P12) HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWAHILI

: Kalinga Seneviratne; Project Articles; 12 August 2021

Photo: Ms. Shefali Ghosh from Savar, near Dhaka, teaches her daugher in the kitchen. Credit: The World Bank

Clean Cooking Technology Important To Achieving Sustainable Energy Access

By Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY (IDN) — In the Asia-Pacific region which is home to about 60 percent of the global population, some 1.6 billion people primarily rely on open fires or simple stoves fueled by kerosene, coal, or biomass such as wood, dung and agricultural residues for their daily cooking needs, that impacts on climatic change and health hazards. (P11) GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | THAI

: Kalinga Seneviratne; Project Articles; 07 August 2021

Image: Screenshot from 'Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids'.

Global Progress on The Fight Against Tobacco Thereatened

Viewpoint by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) — In 2020, 3.6 million kids in the United States used electronic cigarettes, including 1 in 5 high school students. A growing percentage of them did so frequently or daily, a sure sign of addiction.

With 83% of youth e-cigarette users using flavored products, the evidence is clear that flavored e-cigarettes have driven this epidemic.

: IDN-INPS Editor; Goal 3; 30 July 2021

Photo: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

UN Chief Calls for Action As the Pandemic Leaves Millions Vulnerable

By Caroline Mwanga

NEW YORK (IDN) — The COVID pandemic has pushed no less than 124 million more people into extreme poverty. "Many millions" have been left vulnerable to the scourge. Half of victims in low-income countries are children, noted UN Secretary General António Guterres noted just ahead of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. adding that Most are trafficked for forced labour, added the UN Chief.

: IDN-INPS Editor; Goal 3; 25 July 2021

Image credit: Convention on Biological Diversity.

Bringing 'Humanity in Harmony with Nature' Vital Objective of A New Global Biodiversity Framework

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) — The Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has published the first official draft of a new global framework for biodiversity to guide actions to conserve and protect nature and its basic services to humans by 2030.

: IDN-INPS Editor; Goal 13+14+15; 25 July 2021

Photo: Ambassador Chen Xu. UN human rights council passes China's resolution calling for people-centered development for human rights. Source: Global Times.

China's Development Rights Push Counters Western 'Hypocrisy' At UNHRC

By Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY | GENEVA (IDN) — China came out with its guns blazing at the recently concluded 47th sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) pointing out western hypocrisy on human rights, by particularly targeting Canada and Australia. China was supported on this counterattack by over 60 developing country members of the UN body.

: Kalinga Seneviratne; Goal 16; 22 July 2021

Image: Conflicts in Africa by ethnic region. Source: Good Governance Africa

An International Court of Ethnic Disputes Is Necessary

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power*

LUND, Sweden (IDN) — Just before he died at the end of the twentieth century, the great philosopher Isaiah Berlin said, "It was the worst century that Europe ever had. Worse, I suspect, even than the days of the Huns. And why? Because in our modern age nationalism is not resurgent; it never died. Neither did racism. They are the most powerful movements in the world today cutting across many social systems”.

: IDN-INPS Editor; Goal 16; 20 July 2021

Photo: A view of Morocco. Source: High Atlas Foundation.

Sub-Saharan African Migrants to Morocco at a Crossroads

Viewpoint by Max Berengaut*

MARRAKECH (IDN) — Entering Morocco, Sub-Saharan African migrants find themselves at a crossroads. There is the promise of an economic future waiting for them in Europe, but the path to it is perilous. They require either an assurance of asylum status or some familial relationship with a European in order to enter Europe without any problems. Unfortunately, many will have neither, forcing them into dangerous and irregular means of entry into Europe, or at times leading them to stay in Morocco.

: IDN-INPS Editor; Goal 8; 18 July 2021

Photo: A young market vendor sells peanuts in Urozgan, a central province of Afghanistan. © UNICEF/Omid Fazel

Despite Deepening Humanitarian Crisis, Afghanistan Faces Funding Shortfall

By Radwan Jakeen

NEW YORK (IDN) — Nearly 18 million Afghans or half the population of the South Asian country require assistance. A third of the country is malnourished, while half of all children under five are experiencing acute malnutrition.

In view of this critical situation, Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, has urged donors to step up support for the country. He said a $1.3 billion appeal, launched earlier this year, is less than 40 per cent funded. The $450 million received so far, half of which came from the United States, falls far short of what is needed.