UN : Human rights challenges in countering the world drug problem (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The world drug problem has a major impact on the enjoyment of human rights, and responding to the harms associated with drug use and to the illicit drug trade constitutes a major public policy challen ge, of which all aspects have human rights implications.

UN : Invasive species, "horsemen" galloping the biodiversity "apocalypse" (PRIV)
(IPS, Bulawayo/Bonn)
Mango farmer Eufria Nyadome used to earn USD 60 from selling a 20-litre bucket of fresh mangoes and now can barely make USD 20 even though her mango trees are giving a good yield. She is throwing away buckets of rotten mangoes.

UN : From trauma to healing - practising self-care in refugee camps (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
A Rohingya woman tells a forum of peer counselors the story of her divorce.