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Milei Celebrates Violent Repression Of Thousands Protesting Hunger In Argentina

Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:48 pm | Globetrotter

The mobilization, organized by the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) was one of many that took place in cities across the country to raise awareness of the critical situation faced by workers in the informal economy. More >>

German Police Shut Down Pro-Palestine Conference

Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:40 pm | Globetrotter

German police dramatically stormed the stage of the conference and proceeded to shut down speakers after the Congress had already begun, interrupted and stopped the conference livestream, and broke into the control room to shut off the power. More >>

Governments Convene At UN To Deliberate Digital Pathways To Accelerate Region’s Sustainable Development

Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:04 pm | UN ESCAP

Asia and the Pacific is uniquely placed to leverage digital technologies to overcome sustainable development challenges. More >>

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Pandemic Experts Express Concern Over Avian Influenza Spread To Humans

Friday, 19 April 2024, 1:04 pm | UN News

The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals including humans is a significant public health concern, senior UN medics said on Thursday, as they announced new measures to tackle airborne diseases. More >>

Palestine’s Status At The UN Explained

Friday, 19 April 2024, 12:59 pm | UN News

What will it take for Palestine to become a full UN Member State? As the Security Council takes up the matter while the devastating war in Gaza enters its seventh month, we looked at Palestine’s current status and what it takes to become a UN ... More >>

Earth Day 2024 Focuses On Planet Vs Plastics

Friday, 19 April 2024, 12:53 pm | Slow Food International

From the Slow Food Earth Markets Network: Concrete Solutions to Reduce the Use of Plastics in the Food Chain and Protect the Environment Earth Day 2024 focuses on Planet vs Plastics “It is urgent to denounce once more the overuse of ... More >>

New Report Accuses UNESCO Of Complicity In The Eviction And Abuse Of Indigenous People

Friday, 19 April 2024, 11:52 am | Survival International

On-the-ground investigations by Survival researchers, in Indigenous communities across Africa and Asia, have uncovered repeated cases of torture, rape, and killings of Indigenous people in and around World Heritage Sites. More >>

UN Experts Deeply Concerned Over 'scholasticide’ In Gaza

Friday, 19 April 2024, 11:23 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

“With more than 80% of schools in Gaza damaged or destroyed, it may be reasonable to ask if there is an intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system, an action known as ‘scholasticide’,” the experts said. More >>

Senator Cardin Must Help End The Blockade Of Cuba

Friday, 19 April 2024, 10:37 am | Independent Media Institute

Cuba is going hungry. The costs of food and other basic necessities are skyrocketing. Rolling blackouts periodically plunge the island into darkness. Parents struggle to find milk for their children. For the first time in history, the government has ... More >>

New Zealanders Flock To Fiji: Figures Reveal Highest Ever Number Of Kiwi Visitors

Friday, 19 April 2024, 9:02 am | Tourism Fiji

According to the latest tourism data released by Tourism Fiji, more Kiwi visitors are travelling to the island nation than ever before, with New Zealand retaining its position as Fiji’s second-largest visitor arrival market and continuing to ... More >>

Embrace Innovation ‘To Make Sustainable Transport A Reality For All’

Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:39 am | UN News

Reducing the transport sector’s impact on the environment while improving access to service, especially in developing countries, topped the agenda of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. More >>

‘Investing In Youth Is Investing In Peace’, UN Security Council Hears

Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:36 am | UN News

The UN’s top political and peacebuilding official on Wednesday emphasized the pivotal role of youth in shaping the future of societies, stressing the need to involve them in decision-making on issues ranging from conflict to climate change. More >>

Transform Landmark Indigenous Rights Declaration Into Reality: UN General Assembly President

Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:06 am | UN News

Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard their cultures, and expand their participation at the UN, “deep chasms” endure between commitments made and reality on the ground, ... More >>

The Museum For The United Nations - UN Live Launches A New Global Music Initiative To Recognise The Value Of Nature

Friday, 19 April 2024, 5:48 am | UN Department of Global Communications

The goal of this evergreen initiative is to activate fans, raise funds, spark a global conversation about how we value nature, and inspire a sense of agency in our collective efforts to protect the planet. More >>

Violations Of Women’s Reproductive Health Rights Trigger Rise In Preventable Deaths

Friday, 19 April 2024, 4:38 am | UN News

African women are 130 times more likely to die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications than women in Europe and Northern America, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) said in a new report published on Wednesday. More >>

Gaza-bound Kiwi Doctors Farewelled – ‘Succeed And Return Home Safely’

Thursday, 18 April 2024, 5:01 pm | Aotearoa Healthcare Workers For Palestine

Dr Wasfi Shahin, Dr Faiez Idais and Dr Adnan Al-Kenani are three Kiwi doctors bringing humanitarian and medical aid to Gaza as part of Kia Ora Gaza’s Freedom Flotilla. More >>

NZCTU Stands In Solidarity With Myanmar Community In Opposition To Junta Visit

Thursday, 18 April 2024, 3:46 pm | NZCTU

Today NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff was to join the Myanmar community at a rally outside MFAT’s Lambton Quay offices at 12.15pm, in opposition to the attendance of officials from the illegal Myanmar military junta at today’s ASEAN-NZ dialogue ... More >>

ITUC Report: Trade Unions Demand Reform To Address Global Sovereign Debt Crisis

Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:45 pm | ITUC

To coincide with a series of major global financial meetings, the ITUC has released a key report recommending immediate action, comprehensive reform and deeper trade union involvement in sovereign debt policy at all levels. This month sees the Spring ... More >>

Perceptions Of Social Dominance And How To Change Them

Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:18 pm | Human Bridges

Yale University research team found that infants as young as three months seem to be able to recognize that voice pitch correlates with body size, with smaller organisms producing a higher pitch sound. More >>

Human Rights Coalition Condemns Red-Tagging Of Peasant Advocate In Dasmariñas, Cavite

Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:02 pm | ICHRP

This past week, peasant organization KASAMA – TK announced that its Deputy General Secretary, Jeverlyn Seguin, is wanted by Task Force Ugnay under the 2nd Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Since March, members of the ... More >>

Going For Green: Is The Paris Olympics Winning The Race Against The Climate Clock?

Thursday, 18 April 2024, 6:49 am | Carbon Market Watch

The 2024 Paris Olympics promises a gold-winning climate performance and to set the pace for future games. Our in-depth assessment reveals that, despite improvement, the carbon footprint of the Olympics remains far too high to be sustainable. This ... More >>

Head Of Palestine Relief Agency Due To Brief Security Council On Gaza Crisis

Thursday, 18 April 2024, 6:40 am | UN News

The Commissioner-General of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) is due to brief the Security Council at 3:00 PM in New York on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and Israeli demands to abolish the frontline agency, intensify. More >>

NZDF Working With Pacific Neighbours To Support Solomon Islands Election

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contingent of more than 200 personnel has been providing logistical support to Solomon Islands, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as the country geared up for today’s general election. More >>

UN Leaders Call For More Action To End Racism And Discrimination

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 3:01 pm | UN News

Tuesday marked the opening of the third session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, bringing together anti-racism activists, human rights defenders, government delegations and others. More >>

Gaza: UN Experts Deplore Use Of Purported AI To Commit ‘Domicide’ In Gaza, Call For Reparative Approach To Rebuilding

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:53 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

UN experts on 15 April deplored the purported use of artificial intelligence (AI) and related military directives by Israel in occupied Gaza leading to an unprecedented toll on the civilian population, housing, vital services and infrastructure. More >>

Israel And Iran Must De-escalate Conflict To Protect Human Rights, Warn UN Experts

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:44 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

Retaliatory military attacks between Israel and Iran violate the right to life and must cease immediately, UN experts said on 16 April. More >>

BRIEFING NOTES: Occupied Palestinian Territory

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:33 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urges all States with influence to do everything in their power to halt the increasingly horrific human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. More >>

Israel/Gaza: UN Experts Condemn Destruction Of Judicial Infrastructure, Call For Protection Of Justice Operators

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:18 pm | OHCHR

UN experts on 16 April called for the protection of justice operators in Israel and condemned the destruction of judicial infrastructure in Gaza. More >>

Humanitarians Locked In Aid Delivery ‘Dance’ To Avert Famine In Gaza

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 11:54 am | UN News

Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays and other impediments, the head of the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories said on Tuesday. More >>

UN Youth Forum Focuses On Sustainable Future For All

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 11:33 am | UN News

Young leaders from around the world are sharing their visions and actions to advance sustainable development at a three-day meeting that opened on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York. More >>

Libyan Leaders Must Put National Interests Above Their Own, Top Envoy Tells Security Council

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 11:13 am | UN News

Efforts to foster dialogue and address the concerns of Libyan politicians are being met with “stubborn resistance, unreasonable expectations and indifference” on their part, contrary to the national interest, the UN envoy to the North African More >>

Geneva Conference Pledges $630 Million In Life-saving Help For Ethiopia

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 10:45 am | UN News

Ethiopia’s international partners convened in Geneva on Tuesday to address the urgent need for increased humanitarian funding for the crisis-hit country, pledging a total of almost $630 million. More >>

UN Leaders Urge ‘wholesale Reform’ Of Global Financial Architecture

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 10:28 am | UN News

The Secretary-General and President of the General Assembly on Monday led the clarion call for urgent reform of the global financial system, notably how to approach debt relief on behalf of the billions of citizens living in the developing world. More >>

‘Reckless Attacks’ On Ukraine Nuclear Plant Must Cease, Chibok Abductions 10 Years On, Action Against Plant Pests

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 10:07 am | UN News

A recent spate of “reckless attacks” on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine must end immediately, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the UN Security Council on Monday. More >>

Tourism ‘Intrinsically Susceptible’ To Climate Shocks, Political Unrest, Pandemic Threat

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 9:42 am | UN News

“We need a global tourism sector that is sustainable – one with deep local value chains that expand demand for locally made products and services in ways that also directly and positively benefit local communities.” More >>

25 Years On: Uncontacted Tribe Left To The Mercy Of Armed Loggers And Violent Gangs

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 5:22 am | Survival International

Many Kawahiva are known to have been killed by loggers and ranchers in recent decades. Others have died from diseases the outsiders have brought in. Those that survive are the last of the Kawahiva. More >>

Sudan: UN Committee Urges End To Ethnic Violence And Hate Speech, Calls For Immediate Ceasefire

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 7:52 pm | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies

GENEVA (16 April 2024) – Alarmed by the increase of ethnic violence in Sudan since the outbreak of hostilities on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial ... More >>

Suspending The Rule Of Tolerable Violence: Israel’s Attack And Iran’s Retaliation

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 4:26 pm | Binoy Kampmark

For decades, Israel has struck targets in sovereign countries with impunity, using doctrines of pre-emption and self-defence. In doing so, the state always hoped the understanding of tolerable violence would prevail. With the war in Gaza and the fanning More >>

Property And Debt In Ancient Rome

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 4:15 pm | Michael Hudson

The Roman concept of property is essentially creditor-oriented. As Rome’s power grew, practices quickly became predatory. More >>

It’s Official: Coral Reefs Are Facing A Mass Global Bleaching Event

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 2:56 pm | Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

This is the fourth global bleaching event in recorded history, the second to hit reefs in the past ten years. More >>

Humanitarian Appeal For 2024 Critically Underfunded, Raising Just 1/5 Of Amount Raised To Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 2:44 pm | Save The Children

In the first 105 days of 2024, the amount of money raised for the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is less than a fifth of what was pledged in just two days to rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Save the Children said. More >>

Sudan Catastrophe Must Not Be Allowed To Continue: UN Rights Chief Türk

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 11:22 am | UN News

A full year of conflict in Sudan has already caused immense suffering and death but the situation could easily worsen with the news that the warring parties are arming civilians, UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday. More >>

What Makes The Bully Breed “America’s Dogs”

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 10:35 am | Hugh Grant

One of the most common household pets in the United States is a dog, within millions of families and individuals considering these furry friends a key part of their lives. Providing the companionship that so many long for, dogs are often a popular choice ... More >>

NGOCHR: A Call For Justice On Reported Murder Of 19 Year Old Gender Diverse Person In Fiji

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 5:24 am | NGO Coalition on Human Rights

NGOCHR request that the full force of the State from Home Affairs, Fiji Police Force and Ministry for Health and Medical Services are brought to bear on this horrific case. More >>

IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings: Time For A Democratic Reform Of Global Institutions

Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 4:31 am | International Trade Union Confederation

The ITUC calls for a major democratic reform of the international financial architecture as a key demand in its For Democracy campaign, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank hold their spring meetings. More >>

‘Step Back From The Brink,’ To Avert Full-scale Middle East Conflict, Says UN Chief

Monday, 15 April 2024, 3:29 pm | UN News

The people of the Middle East are facing a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict, António Guterres said on Sunday, urging “maximum restraint” across a region “on the brink”, hours after Iran launched attack drones and missiles ... More >>

One Year Of War In Sudan - Forgotten Crisis Now World's Largest Child Displacement

Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:26 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ

Despite the magnitude of the situation and extreme suffering of millions of families and children, the situation there risks becoming a forgotten crisis in eyes of the rest of the world. More >>

Fishers In Madagascar Adapt To Deadly Seas Due To Climate Change

Monday, 15 April 2024, 5:22 am | United Nations

Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) are finding ways to adapt to the new circumstances they face. More >>

Press Release: Embassy Of Israel In Wellington On The April 13 Iranian Attack

Monday, 15 April 2024, 5:19 am | Embassy of Israel in Wellington

On the evening of April 13, 2024, Israel experienced a severe and unprecedented direct attack from Iran. This aggressive act involved the launching of hundreds of missiles and UAVs targeting Israel, marking a significant escalation in regional ... More >>

Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Iranian Attacks Against Israel

Monday, 15 April 2024, 5:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

"I remind all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law." More >>

The Decline Of Extreme Poverty

Monday, 15 April 2024, 4:51 am | Globetrotter

One of the foremost accomplishments of the industrial age is the “immense progress against extreme poverty.” It created an economy that requires less sacrifice of human labor and can generate more goods and services for the populations of the world, ... More >>

UN Pays Tribute To Victims And Survivors Of The 1994 Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda

Sunday, 14 April 2024, 5:23 am | United Nations

The UN renewed its commitment to never forget the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda during a candle lighting ceremony on Friday to mark 30 years since the horrific events there unfolded. More >>

Wave Of Increased Food Insecurity Hits West And Central Africa

Sunday, 14 April 2024, 5:00 am | United Nations

Almost 55 million people are facing further food and nutrition insecurity in West and Central Africa during the region’s three-month lean season from June through August, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. More >>

Nigeria First Country To Introduce ‘revolutionary’ Meningitis Vaccine

Sunday, 14 April 2024, 4:40 am | United Nations

Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Friday. More >>

Over 1,600 students graduated during the USP Laucala Campus Graduation

Saturday, 13 April 2024, 4:35 pm | University Of The South Pacific

The university also acknowledged that of the 1,697 graduates, 62% are female, boosting the institution’s reputation of women empowerment, having produced higher female-to-male graduate ratios in several years. More >>

"Future Made In Australia" Is A Step Towards A Competitive Economy

Saturday, 13 April 2024, 11:39 am | Investor Group on Climate Change

The vision outlined by Prime Minister introducing the Future Made in Australia Act (the Act) is a step towards making Australia competitive in a world accelerating the clean energy transition. Australian superannuation funds and other institutional ... More >>