The Week With IPS 9/15/2017

	Why Aung San Suu Kyi Chooses Silence Roshni Majumdar On 23rd August, just days before thousands of Rohingyas began fleeing their homes from Rakhine State, Aung San Suu Kyi’s recently appointed Rakhine Advisory Commission, established in 2016, submitted its final report. The engaging of an independent Commission, tasked with recommending newer ways of ... MORE > >
	At Key Finance Meet, Mongolia Seeks Path to a Greener Economy Stella Paul Rapid growth of a coal-fired economy often leads to environmental degradation, and Mongolia is a case in point. Alongside an impressive 5.3 percent GDP growth rate, the country has also been witnessing its worst levels of air pollution and is now trying hard to shift to a greener economic model, ... MORE > >
	Secretary-General Talks Myanmar, Trump Ahead of General Assembly Tharanga Yakupitiyage In an environment full of major threats, countries must work together towards peace and stability, the Secretary-General said ahead of the General Assembly. As the UN gears up for the 72nd Session of the General Assembly, when leaders from around the world will convene, the Secretary-General ... MORE > >
	Civilians ‘Direct Targets’ as Conflict Spreads in Central African Republic Lindah Mogeni Rape, torture, pillage, murder and forced displacement by the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC) rebel forces are the new horrifying realities faced by communities in Basse-Kotto, Central African Republic, according to the prominent London-based human rights group Amnesty ... MORE > >
	Dear Nobel Laureate, 19 September is 144 hours too late Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service   Dear Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, We learned today that you will address the Rohingya issue via television in Myanmar on 19 September - over 144 hours from now. We also learned that you will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, a world body that ... MORE > >
	Alert: Nature, on the Verge of Bankruptcy Baher Kamal Pressures on global land resources are now greater than ever, as a rapidly increasing population coupled with rising levels of consumption is placing ever-larger demands on the world’s land-based natural capital, warns a new United Nations report. Consumption of the earth's natural reserves ... MORE > >
	Improved Fish Processing Brings Dramatic Gains for Women Friday Phiri Fishing is the capture of aquatic organisms in marine, coastal and inland areas. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), marine and inland fisheries, together with aquaculture, provide food, nutrition and a source of income to 820 million people around the ... MORE > >
	Latin America in Search of Sustainable Food Systems Edgardo Ayala A paradigm shift is needed regarding how food is produced, consumed and marketed in Latin America and the Caribbean, in order to curb health problems related to poor nutrition. Finding healthy and sustainable food production systems was the idea debated by experts, academics and representatives ... MORE > >
	Floods, Hurricanes, Droughts... When Climate Sets the Agenda Baher Kamal When officials and experts from all over the world started the first-ever environmental summit hosted by China, they were already aware that climate and weather-related disasters were already seriously beginning to set the international agenda – unprecedented floods in South Asia, strongest ever ... MORE > >
	Latin America Discusses How to Finance the Sustainable Development Agenda Daniel Gutman Is it possible for the financial sector of Latin America and the Caribbean not only to think about earning money but also to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? The answer was sought in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at a regional roundtable on sustainable finance, the United ... MORE > >
	“I Decide for Myself”: South Sudanese Woman Shows Power of Knowledge Arlene Alano Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang is a teacher at a nursery and primary school in Rumbek, a town in central South Sudan. It is her dream job, but it did not come easily. Like many girls in South Sudan, Ms. Balang was married, and became a mother, while just a teenager. In South Sudan, about 45 per ... MORE > >