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Legalization of Industrial Hemp Positions NutraFuels
Friday, 21 December 2018, 2:28 pm | Asia Corporate News Network - ACN Newswire
Coconut Creek, FL, Dec 21, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- NTFU applauds the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill allowing federally insured banks to legally work with merchants for product processing as well as the removal of barriers for research ... More >>
The UN International Human Solidarity Day
Friday, 21 December 2018, 1:38 pm | HWPL
Feature Article: The UN International Human Solidarity Day The UN Emphasizes the Importance of Solidarity for the Fundamental Resolution of Worldwide Poverty Peace Education Expands Through Affiliation of Educators in 12 Countries Crime Rates That ... More >>
Refurbished Centre to strengthen disaster response in Fiji
Friday, 21 December 2018, 12:31 pm | Secretariat of The Pacific Community - SPC
The newly-refurbished Lautoka District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) funded by the European Union (EU) under the Building Safety and Resilience Project was opened today by the Permanent Secretary for Rural and Maritime Development, Mr. Meleti Bainimarama. More >>
UN alarmed by violence ahead of Bangladesh election
Friday, 21 December 2018, 12:04 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN experts have expressed alarm about political violence, restrictions on freedom of expression and the rise of religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh ahead of general elections on 30 December. More >>
Migrants crossing Libya subjected to “unimaginable horror"
Friday, 21 December 2018, 12:02 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Migrants and refugees are being subjected to “unimaginable horrors” from the moment they enter Libya, throughout their stay in the country and – if they make it that far -- during their subsequent attempts to cross the Mediterranean sea, according ... More >>
UN human rights experts concerned about Huang Qi’s health
Friday, 21 December 2018, 12:01 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* have expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating health of detained human rights defender, Huang Qi, in China. More >>
New migration pact highlights key role of business
Friday, 21 December 2018, 11:36 am | UNHCHR
GENEVA (20 December 2018) – UN experts today welcomed a call in the recently adopted Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) for States to partner with business to protect the rights of migrants and to ensure they share economic ... More >>
Glove Manufacturer Accused of Labor Rights Abuse
Friday, 21 December 2018, 10:36 am | Eagle Protect
A NZ news organisation has reported on a recent Reuters article (December 2018), highlighting labour abuse and exploitation of workers in factories of a major supplier of disposable gloves to NZ industries. More >>
Trump, Tibet & Beijing Confrontation on U.S. Visas
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 6:59 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Tibet's government-in-exile cheered the U.S. Senate's passage of an act demanding U.S. diplomats, journalists and other Americans be allowed to freely visit Tibet, but Beijing warned President Trump if he signs it into law, "China-U.S. ... More >>
Japan set to announce walk out of IWC
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 3:00 pm | Humane Society International
BREAKING: Japan set to announce walk out of International Whaling Commission to begin new era of Pirate Whaling More >>
Trade unions ramp up opposition to Hungary’s ‘slave law’
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 1:09 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 19 December 2018 (ITUC OnLine): Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in opposition to a new law that imposes drastic measures on working people in Hungary. The contentious law increases the limit on overtime to 400 hours a year and breaches ... More >>
Rukban refugee camp on Syria-Jordan border lacks necessities
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 12:40 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Euro-Med: Rukban refugee camp on Syria-Jordan border lacks necessities of life, unfit for life after 9 deaths recorded More >>
Guatemala: UN experts concerned about indigenous leader
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 10:07 am | UNHCHR
Guatemala: UN experts concerned indigenous leader convicted in retaliation for opposition to Oxec hydro project More >>
DRC: UN reports hundreds of human rights violations
Thursday, 20 December 2018, 10:05 am | UNHCHR
DRC: UN reports hundreds of human rights violations as security situation in North Kivu deteriorates More >>
Creso Pharma Brings Together Cannabis Experts
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 2:12 pm | Asia Corporate News Network - ACN Newswire
SEATTLE, WA, Dec 19, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- CFN Media Group ("CFN Media"), the leading agency and financial media network dedicated to the North American cannabis industry, announces publication of an article discussing Creso ... More >>
One small flight for a drone, one ‘big leap’ for health
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 1:05 pm | UN News
On a small island in the remote South Pacific, a one-month-old baby has become the world’s first child to be given a vaccine delivered by a drone, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced. More >>
‘Chance for peace’ in South Sudan finally within reach
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 1:04 pm | UN News
The security situation in South Sudan has significantly improved since the recently signed peace deal between the opposing parties in the country’s civil war, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, head of UN Peacekeeping ( DPKO ), told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Worth going 'extra mile' for a new Syrian constitution
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 1:03 pm | UN News
Efforts to establish a constitutional committee for Syria are worth going the “extra mile” for, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Tuesday, after meeting the foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey - guarantors of a fragile ceasefire ... More >>
Child in Vanuatu given world’s first drone-delivered vaccine
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:45 am | UNICEF
On a remote island of the South Pacific country of Vanuatu, one-month-old Joy Nowai became the world’s first child to be given a vaccine delivered commercially by drone. More >>
States must ensure all migrants enjoy all human rights - UN
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:31 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The Global Compact on Migration is an important starting point for improved global migration governance that puts migrants and their human rights at the centre, UN human rights experts said on the occasion of today’s International Migrants Day, ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief welcomes adoption of UN Declaration
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10:29 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday welcomed the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other people working in rural areas. “Globally, peasants feed the world but ... More >>
Bank Mandiri and JCB Issued Precious Credit Card
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 8:49 am | Asia Corporate News Network - ACN Newswire
KARTA, Dec 18, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - PT Bank Mandiri Persero (Tbk) ("Bank Mandiri") and PT JCB International Indonesia, a subsidiary of JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., have started ... More >>
Ebola: How Many Must Die Before WHO Acts? asks AHF
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 12:34 pm | AIDS Healthcare Foundation
With the world’s second worst Ebola outbreak in history recently spreading to a major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and Merck must do more to ensure all options are on the table to fight the ... More >>
UN Watch Welcomes General Assembly Resolution on Iran
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 12:11 pm | UN Watch
Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch applauds the passage of today’s Western-drafted UN General Assembly resolution criticizing Iran’s human rights record, by a vote of 84 to 30, with 67 abstentions. More >>
Prospect of peace in Afghanistan ‘never been more real'
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 11:53 am | UN News
A negotiated end to the 17-year conflict in Afghanistan “has never been more real…than it is now”, the head of the United Nations peace mission in the country has said, highlighting a series of important milestones achieved over recent months. More >>
General Assembly affirms Global Compact on Refugees
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 11:52 am | UN News
The United Nations General Assembly affirmed a non-legally binding Global Compact on Refugees on Monday, marking the latest move by Member States to support the rights of 258 million people on the move worldwide. More >>
COP24 closes with deal but not enough ambition
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 11:33 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The COP24 climate talks in Katowice closed following complicated negotiations. A deal was reached on the rulebook for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, but it lacks the urgency and ambition required to stop dangerous climate warming. “While ... More >>
WWF presents its highest award to the Carpathian Convention
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 11:33 am | WWF
WWF awarded today a Gift to the Earth, its highest award, to the Convention for the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathian Mountains at a ceremony at the UN in Vienna. “WWF has given a Gift to the Earth, its highest award, to ... More >>
Blockpass, Ethfinex Promoting Decentralised Asset Management
Monday, 17 December 2018, 8:23 pm | Asia Corporate News Network - ACN
HONG KONG, Dec 17, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - In its continuing work with Ethfinex, Blockpass is pleased to announce that it is now helping to facilitate decentralised asset management as RigoBlock launches its ICO on Ethfinex's token sale platform. ... More >>
Ensure U.N. Security Council Refers Myanmar to the ICC
Monday, 17 December 2018, 5:21 pm | Fortify Rights
United States: Ensure U.N. Security Council Refers Myanmar to the ICC 23 Rohingya groups worldwide call on the U.S. government to push for international accountability for genocide More >>
DHL Express named Asia Pacific’s best employer for 5th year
Monday, 17 December 2018, 4:56 pm | DHL Express NZ
DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, has been named 2019 Top Employer for Asia Pacific as well as nine countries and territories in the region: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, ... More >>
May Days in Britain
Monday, 17 December 2018, 4:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It is hard to envisage sympathy for a person who made a name as a home secretary (prisons, detentions, security and such) taking the mast and banner of her country before hopeless odds, but inadequate opponents will do that to you. Vicious, venal ... More >>
Secularism turning into Hinduism in India
Monday, 17 December 2018, 9:22 am | Syed Atiq ul Hassan
Officially India is a secular country but is it really a secular country today, this is the million-dollar question for the world now. More >>
Systematic violations of Palestinians’ right
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 2:10 pm | Euro-Med Monitor
Euro-Med: PA should open a serious investigation into systematic violations of Palestinians’ right to peaceful assembly More >>
The Kosovo Blunder: Moves Towards a Standing Army
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 1:46 pm | Binoy Kampmark
There never is a time not to worry in the Balkans. The next conflict always seems to be peering around the corner with a malicious enthusiasm, eager to spring at points of demagogic advantage and personal suffering. The centrepieces of future disaster ... More >>
At COP24, world nations agree on a concrete way forward
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 1:05 pm | United Nations
At COP24, world nations agree on a concrete way forward to bring the Paris climate deal to life More >>
New Era of Global Climate Action To Begin
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 11:31 am | UNFCCC
Press Release: New Era of Global Climate Action To Begin Under Paris Climate Change Agreement https://unfccc.int/news/new-era-of-global-climate-action-to-begin-under-paris-climate-change-agreement-0 More >>
UN Secretary-General's remarks at the conclusion of the COP2
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 11:16 am | United Nations
I’d first like to thank the Presidency of the COP for the enormous efforts it deployed to organize this 24th session in Katowice, Poland. I also want to acknowledge the tireless work of Patricia Espinosa, the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC [UN Framework ... More >>
COP24 countries fail to agree on basic accounting principles
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 11:08 am | Carbon Market Watch
COP24 overshadowed by market failure as countries fail to agree on basic accounting principles and the future of the CDM More >>
Australian recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital
Sunday, 16 December 2018, 11:06 am | General Delegation of Palestine
Following the Australian government’s announcement today that it will proceed to both recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and consider an embassy move after a negotiated settlement of the city’s final status, we state the following: More >>
APEC Agrees Priorities for 2019
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 12:13 pm | APEC
“ We are committed to a new vision for APEC, one where we achieve full integration and where sectors that have lagged behind can benefit from integration, such as small- and medium-sized businesses and women,” said President Sebastian Piñera at the ... More >>
Yemen ceasefire deal
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 12:11 pm | United Nations
The freshly agreed Yemen ceasefire deal covering the key Red Sea governorates of Hudaydah and Taiz has been welcomed by the World Food Programme ( WFP ), which on Friday expressed hope that it would improve access for humanitarians and, just as ... More >>
PLO on Australia and Jerusalem
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 12:08 pm | PLO
In a letter to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Dr. Ashrawi calls on the Australian government to respect its international obligations, refrain from changing its policy on Jerusalem More >>
Most fished shark in the world denied protection at UN
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 12:05 pm | Humane Society International
Humane Society International says the rejection of the blue shark for increased conservation efforts at a UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) shark meeting is a terrible outcome for the species which is caught in numbers ... More >>
DRC: Calls for measures to prevent further violence
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 12:00 pm | UNHCHR
DRC: UN Human Rights Chief calls for measures to prevent further violence ahead of crucial election More >>
International Organisation of Migration Chooses Tactilis
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 11:49 am | Tactilis
International Organisation of Migration Chooses Tactilis Card for Pilot Programmes BANGKOK, Dec 14, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - Tactilis Pte. Limited, developers and manufacturers of a new biometric computer card technology, have entered an agreement for three ... More >>
Up to 92% of sharks in Queensland waters gone
Friday, 14 December 2018, 6:43 pm | Humane Society International
14th December 2018 — The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and Humane Society International (HSI) say Australians would be shocked to learn that in the past 55 years, shark populations have declined by up to 92% off the Queensland coast1 ... More >>
Airbus Group spent HK$180million to enlarged shareholdings
Friday, 14 December 2018, 3:42 pm | Asia Corporate News Network - ACN Newswire
HONG KONG, Dec 14, 2018 - (ACN Newswire) - Avichina (2357.HK) announced that on 13 December 2018, that a number of institutions have increased their shareholdings on the Company, in which their existing strategic shareholder, Airbus Group spent ... More >>
Poland: Government must not roll back women’s rights
Friday, 14 December 2018, 12:23 pm | UNHCHR
WARSAW (13 December 2018) – Poland is at a critical juncture with regard to its record on women’s rights. It must refrain from rolling back women’s rights, particularly in the areas of family and culture, as well as sexual and reproductive health, and ... More >>
Poland: UN experts condemn measures
Friday, 14 December 2018, 12:22 pm | UNHCHR
Poland: UN experts condemn measures to stop human rights defenders join climate talks GENEVA (13 December 2018) - UN human rights experts* have expressed concerns at reports that several human rights defenders have been harassed, arbitrarily detained ... More >>
COP24 Must Put Health First in Climate Negotiations
Friday, 14 December 2018, 12:15 pm | Global Climate and Health Alliance
Katowice, 13 December 2018:- The Global Climate and Health Alliance today called for countries to follow through on their commitment to protect the “right to health” under the Paris Agreement, ensuring that COP24 negotiators explicitly include “health” ... More >>
Richard Branson Welcomes Astronauts Home
Friday, 14 December 2018, 9:42 am | Virgin Galactic
Mojave, California, USA (13 Dec 2018): Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fourth powered test flight and first space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Please find reporting materials below for news coverage and multimedia reporting. More >>
Be Offensive and Be Damned
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 4:21 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It has been an ordinary year for universities in Australia. While the National Tertiary Education Union pats itself on the back for supposedly advancing the rights and pay of academics, several face removal and castigation at the hands of university management. ... More >>
‘Staunch support’ for Iran nuclear deal tempered by concern
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 1:30 pm | United Nations
While there is “staunch support” among Member States for the 2016 Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA , that is tempered by concerns over some of its other activities, which Iran “should carefully ... More >>
Boosting the Benefits of Cruises to Fiji’s Economy
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 1:21 pm | International Finance Corporation
Suva, Fiji, December 13, 2018—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with the Fijian Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism and the cruise tourism industry to measure the economic impact of cruising in Fiji. The study - supported by the ... More >>
Helping Papua New Guinea Develop a Corporate Bond Market
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 1:20 pm | International Finance Corporation
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in co-operation with the Bank of Papua New Guinea and government and industry representatives is helping Papua New Guinea develop a corporate debt market. More >>
Home-grown initiatives to end violence against women
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 12:45 pm | Fiji Women's Crisis Centre
Home-grown initiatives in the Pacific to address violence against women and girls have better chances of succeeding and bringing about change, than overseas-designed programs that are implemented with good intentions but in the wrong context. More >>
Join the Talanoa Call for Action
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 12:07 pm | UNFCCC
UN Climate Change News, 12 December 2018 – Today, at the closing of the Talanoa Dialogue, the Presidencies of this and last years’ UN Climate Change Conferences (COP24 and COP23) issued the Talanoa Call for Action . This statement calls for the ... More >>
WWF presents its highest award to Danube basin commission
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 12:04 pm | World Wildlife Fund
WWF presented today a Gift to the Earth, its highest award, to the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) at a ceremony at the UN in Vienna. More >>
Unacceptable dolphin deaths in southern Australian fishery
Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 4:24 pm | Humane Society International
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and Humane Society International (HSI) have today called on the Australian Government to urgently act to protect dolphins in southern Australia. More >>
