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“Oceans: our allies against climate change. How marine ecosystems help preserve our world.” Credit: FAO
A cigarette vendor in Manila sells a pack of 20 sticks for less than a dollar. Credit: Kara Santos/IPS
A letter signed by nearly 200 public health organizations and labour rights groups worldwide is calling on the Governing Body of the Geneva-based UN agency to expel tobacco companies from its subsidiary membership.
By Bart Minten* | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
19 October 2017 – Global trade in Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Fair Trade and Organic certified coffee has seen remarkable growth in nearly two decades, but in Ethiopia the benefits for small coffee farmers haven’t been as significant as may be widely perceived.
Bart Minten/IFPRI | Workers sort coffee cherries at a mill in Ethiopia’s Jimma region. Consumers pay higher prices for Fair Trade and Organic certified coffee, but IFPRI research shows that Ethiopian coffee farmers see only a fraction of those premiums.
More must be done to stop babies from dying the day they are born, United Nations agencies said in a new report issued on 19 October , which argued that life-saving know-how and technologies must be made readily available – particularly in Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – where they are most needed.
A nine-day-old baby boy is cradled by his mother (partially visible) in Bambaya Village in Fiama Chiefdom, Kono District, Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF/Phelps
The United Nations migration agency and its partners are supporting Bangladesh in coordinating assistance for the influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, including with clean water and sanitation, shelter, food and psychosocial care for the most vulnerable.
A reception point for Rohingya refugees at Haria Khali Primary School in Sabrang Union of Teknaf Upazila, in Bangladesh. OCHA/Anthony Burke
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