A Joint Media Project of
International Press Syndicate Japan
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
Heated Debate on Giving a Constitutional Voice to Indigenous Australians
By Kalinga Seneviratne
SYDNEY (IDN) — Each year on January 26, Australians celebrate “Australia Day”, a national holiday that marks the day Captain Arthur Phillip sailed into Sydney Cove in 1788, planted the Union Jack and proclaimed the continent for the British Crown.…
Economic Crisis Threatens Sri Lanka’s Education Gains
By Hemali Wijerathne
COLOMBO (IDN) — Sri Lanka’s free education system, which was judged to have achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for education and is considered a post-independence success story, is now under threat due to the present economic crisis in the country of 22 million people. (P29) ｜GERMAN｜HINDI｜JAPANESE｜INDONESIA｜PDF…
UNICEF Calls for Urgent Action to Ensure Education Resources
By Caroline Mawanga
NEW YORK (IDN) — A one percentage point increase in the allocation of public education resources to the world’s poorest 20 per cent is expected to pull 35 million primary school-aged children out of learning poverty globally, says the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
However, a new report released on January 17 points out that children from the poorest households would benefit the least from national public education funding.…
UN Report Finds Survival Chances of a Child or Youth Worrisome
By Jaya Ramachandran
GENEVA (IDN) — Some five million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).…
UN Focuses on Global Sustainable Development in 2023
By J Nastranis
NEW YORK (IDN) — The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comprising 169 targets, which are an urgent call for action by all—developed and developing in a global partnership.…
Water Is Key to Climate Action and Sustainable Development
UN 2023 Water Conference will be the first of its kind since 1977
Viewpoint by Gilbert F. Houngbo*
This article was issued by Africa Renewal and is being republished with their permission.
NEW YORK (IDN) — Water flows through all major global issues; from health to hunger, gender equity to jobs, education to industry, disasters to peace.…
UNICEF Pledges Humanitarian Assistance in 11 Emergencies
By Radwan Jakeem
NEW YORK (IDN) — UN Children’s agency UNICEF has pledged to continue to support children and families facing humanitarian crises across the globe in 2023. “Today, there are more children in need of humanitarian assistance than at any other time since the Second World War,” says UNICEF.…
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