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Of Cockroaches and Humans
By Roberto Savio
ROME, Dec 19 2018 (IPS)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian Nobel laureate honoured for her work in neurobiology, once gave a splendid conference with the title “The imperfect brain”. There she explained that man [...] Read more »
Is it Time to End Cheque Book Diplomacy at the UN?
By Thalif Deen
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Investors Turn Kenya’s Troublesome Invasive Water Hyacinth into Cheap Fuel
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Media Advisory: How much land is degraded globally?
By UNCCD Press Release
BONN, Germany, Dec 19 2018 (UNCCD)
The first global assessment of land degradation based on Earth observation data reported by governments will be presented and reviewed at the Seventeenth Session of the [...] Read more »
The Arduous Search for Dignity Through Integration and a Pay Check
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On International Migrants Day a Call for Dignity, Respect for Migrant Choices
António Vitorino is Director General of International Organization for Migration (IOM)
By António Vitorino
GENEVA, Dec 18 2018 [...] Read more »
Promotion of Arabic language and culture is key to harnessing unity in diversity, says Chairman of the Geneva Centre
By Geneva Centre
GENEVA, Dec 18 2018 (Geneva Centre)
On the occasion of the 2018 World Arabic Language Day, the Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue Dr. Hanif Al Qassim stated that the [...] Read more »
Global Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition
Child labourers rescued in [...] Read more »
Taking Away the Ladder
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury
KUALA LUMPUR & SYDNEY, Dec 18 2018 (IPS)
The notion of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and later, South Africa) was concocted by Goldman Sachs’ Read more »
Strengthening extension and rural advisory services to contribute to reaching the 2030 Development Agenda: What works in Rural Advisory Services?
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Limiting Climate Change to 1.5 C is not Impossible, Says IPCC Chair
Lee Hoesung was appointed Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2015. He is also the Endowed Chair Professor of economics of climate change, [...] Read more »
Blue Fashion Steals the Show at Nairobi Conference
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Fish Farming Takes on Crime in Papua New Guinea
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Q&A: How Political Will can Accelerate Green Growth in Africa
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