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UK’s Newly Passed ‘Safety In Rwanda’ Bill Is Anything But Safe: UN Officials
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:37 pm | UN News
Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” bill, two top UN officials sounded an alarm on Tuesday about its harmful impact on global responsibility-sharing, human rights and refugee protection. More >>
UN Chief Calls For All Hands On Deck At Climate Promise 2025 Launch
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:28 pm | UN News
Top UN officials launched a fresh global campaign to tackle the climate emergency on Tuesday, with social media influencers, Indigenous leaders and corporate giants showing what they’ve done and what’s to come. More >>
Silence The Guns, Amplify Women’s Voices For Peace To End Rape In Wartime
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:21 pm | UN News
The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023, a “dramatic increase” of 50 per cent over the previous year, the Security Council heard on Tuesday. More >>
World News In Brief: South Sudan Tax Impositions, Somalia Flash Floods, Ukraine Attacks
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:14 pm | UN News
The UN acknowledges assurances from the South Sudanese government that the recent imposition of taxes on fuel and supply trucks does not apply to the Organization. More >>
UNRWA Committed To Implement Independent Review Recommendations
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 2:08 pm | UN News
The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday reiterated that he welcomed the recommendations of a much-awaited report on its efforts to ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations of serious breaches when they arise. More >>
Latest Hunger Data Spotlights Extent Of Famine Risk In Gaza, Sudan And Beyond
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:57 pm | UN News
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, ... More >>
UNRWA Seeks $1.2 Billion To Meet Urgent Needs In Gaza And The West Bank
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:45 pm | UN News
The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, launched a $1.2 billion appeal on Wednesday to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip and to respond to needs in the West Bank as violence there increases. More >>
New Global Campaign Boosts Lifesaving Vaccines
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:38 pm | UN News
Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi launched on Wednesday a campaign to scale up programmes to save lives, marking the start of World Immunisation Week, celebrated annually during the last ... More >>
UN Migration Agency Assists Survivors Of Deadly Shipwreck Off Djibouti
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:29 pm | UN News
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is offering medical care, food, shelter and psychosocial support to 33 migrants who survived a shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti on Monday, as local authorities continue search and rescue operations. More >>
Russia Vetoes Security Council Draft Resolution On A Weapon-free Outer Space
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:20 pm | UN News
Russia used its veto to quash a draft resolution aimed at keeping weapons out of outer space. More >>
Pedal Power: Community Health Workers In Cote d’Ivoire Get On Their Bikes To Tackle Malaria In Remote Villages.
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 12:50 pm | Save The Children
Malaria is endemic in Cote d’Ivoire which is listed among the top 10 countries with the most cases of the disease. In 2022 the West African nation which has a population of about 28 million accounted for 3% of all malaria cases globally, according to ... More >>
UK: Implementation Of ‘Cass Report’ Key To Protecting Girls From Serious Harm, Says UN Expert
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 11:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Cass Review, led by an independent consultant pediatrician, Dr. Hilary Cass, over a four-year period, stresses the importance of considering this phenomenon within the context of poor mental health and emotional distress affecting the broader adolescent ... More >>
Tanzania’s Lack Of Investigation & Action Equivalent To Condoning Ritual Killings & Mutilations Of People With Albinism
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 11:03 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) expressed deep regret today for Tanzania’s unwillingness to follow up on three petitions filed to the Committee concerning the mutilation of people with albinism and the lack of ... More >>
Movements Affirm That Imperialism Is In Decline, But Mass Struggle More Necessary Than Ever
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 10:39 am | Globetrotter
During the first two days of debate and discussion, panelists and participants discussed the pressing tasks of the left and progressive movements to organize the masses and confront the climate crisis, the rise of the right, imperialist attacks, and fortify ... More >>
Students Launch Encampments In Solidarity With Gaza Across The U.S.
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 10:24 am | Globetrotter
Almost a week after Columbia students launched their Gaza solidarity encampment, students across the country have followed their example and begun encampments in public spaces in their own universities in solidarity with Palestine. More >>
New Study Finds Mental Harm Inflicted On Myanmar’s Rohingya A Form Of Genocide
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 9:22 am | Fortify Rights
Fortify Rights and the Lowenstein Clinic recommend that state parties to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court (ICC), immediately refer the situation in Myanmar to the ICC Prosecutor, requesting a full investigation into ... More >>
General Assembly Debates Security Council’s Rising Veto Use
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 8:36 am | UN News
The General Assembly on Tuesday debated veto power in the Security Council on the eve of the second anniversary of a special measure adopted to monitor its use, following on the heels of the United States vetoing Palestine’s bid last week for full UN ... More >>
Victory Against GM Golden Rice And Bt Eggplant In The Philippines Court, A Crucial Win In The Global Fight Against GMOs
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 5:14 am | PAN Asia Pacific
The resilience of farmers, consumers in the Philippines against GMO crops in their countries which have been vindicated by the Supreme Court have become a testament that people’s persistence prevails in the face of corporate capture of our agriculture ... More >>
Pacific Children Get Health Boost With Government Immunization Commitments
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 4:50 am | UNICEF
Nine Pacific countries have committed to greater protection for children against life threatening diseases by expanding their immunization programme that has been implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with Ministries of Health and funding from ... More >>
Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 4:33 pm | Mau a Samoa i le Sitiseni 2024
The Mau a Samoa i le Sitiseni 2024, a group of Samoans led by former Members of Parliament Anae Lupematasila Arthur Anae, and Afioga Aupito Toeolesulusulu Tofae Sua William Sio is stepping up its advocacy and awareness raising campaign to inform ... More >>
‘Nowhere Is Safe’ For Children In Occupied Palestinian Territory With At Least 24 Children Killed In Gaza And West Bank
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 11:03 am | Save The Children
At least 24 children have reportedly been killed in three days of violence in the occupied Palestinian territory including 21 children killed by airstrikes in Rafah, and at least three children killed in Israeli force raids in a refugee camp in Tulkarm ... More >>
Healing Page By Page In Earthquake-affected Türkiye
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:06 am | UN News
Book by book and page by page, Türkiye’s booklovers are bringing life back to cities ravaged by the deadly 2023 earthquakes through the power of reading, with help from cash grants from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM). More >>
Mass Graves In Gaza Show Victims’ Hands Were Tied, Says UN Rights Office
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:03 am | UN News
Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human ... More >>
UN Envoy Urges International Solidarity With Haiti As Gang Violence Spirals
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 6:01 am | UN News
As gang violence increases in Haiti, the international community must continue to stand in solidarity with the population, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Monday. More >>
World News In Brief: Rising West Bank Violence, Dialogue Critical In Kosovo, Free Detained Afghan Activist
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:58 am | UN News
The UN Middle East envoy has expressed concern about increased levels of violence in the West Bank, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Monday. More >>
UN Chief Urges ‘Surge In Investment’ To Overcome $4 Trillion Financing Gap
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:56 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for a “surge in investment” to give developing countries a chance to build better lives for their people. More >>
Raising Hairless Primates
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:52 am | Human Bridges
Viewing my children through primatological glasses provides me with an ongoing perspective on raising them. Remembering that we’re all one big primate family makes the wilds of human parenting a little more manageable—and fun. More >>
Elites In The Global North Are Scared To Talk About Palestine
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:45 am | Globetrotter
Over the past six months, newspapers and television shows in the United States have generally written about the genocidal violence using passive voice: bombs fell, people died. More >>
Albania: High Number Of Pre-trial Detainees, Access To Healthcare Matters Of Concern, UN Torture Prevention Body Says
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:39 am | UN Treaty Bodies
“The high number of pre-trial detainees is concerning. Steps must be taken without delay to reduce the prison population in Albania, as a means of preventing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment,” said Vasiliki Artinopoulou, head of the delegation. More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Deplores Harrowing Killings Of Children And Women In Rafah
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“Given the prevailing climate of impunity, this should include international investigators,” he added. “Hospitals are entitled to very special protection under international humanitarian law. And the intentional killing of civilians, detainees, and others ... More >>
UK-Rwanda Asylum Law: UN Leaders Warn Of Harmful Consequences
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:35 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Following the passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” Bill by the UK Parliament, two UN leaders have again sounded the alarm on the harmful impact it will have on global responsibility-sharing, human rights and refugee protection. More >>
Indian Experts Say Mega-project Will Lead To Uncontacted Island Tribe's "Extinction"
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:33 am | Survival International
A group of renowned Indian experts on the Indigenous peoples in the region have written an open letter to the Indian government, demanding that the controversial Great Nicobar Development Project be scrapped. More >>
First Person: ‘Our Tears Are Dry, We Are Exhausted’ – Youth Voices In Haiti
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:25 am | UN News
A youth activist in Haiti has described how years of gang violence, kidnappings and insecurity in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced their “tears to run dry”. More >>
Novak Djokovic, Aitana Bonmatí, Jude Bellingham, Simone Biles The Big Winners At The 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:23 am | Laureus
Twenty-fifth edition of sport’s most prestigious global Awards brings the world’s greatest athletes to Madrid. More >>
Independent Review Panel Releases Final Report On UNRWA
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:16 am | UN News
An independent panel released its much-awaited report on Monday about the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), providing 50 recommendations and noting that Israeli authorities have yet to provide proof of their claims that UN staff are involved ... More >>
Thousands Of Children Killed Or Maimed By Explosive Weapons In Populated Areas: UNICEF
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:12 am | UN News
Meaningful action to prevent the use of explosive weapons in populated areas could reduce the number of child casualties in conflicts by nearly half, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday. More >>
Secretary-General Calls For UN 2.0 To Tackle 21st Century Challenges
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:10 am | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday emphasised the need for a “strengthened and updated” United Nations to better reach and support people around the world. More >>
Heatwave Deaths Increased Across Almost All Europe In 2023, Says UN Weather Agency
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:05 am | UN News
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday. More >>
Celebrate Earth Day With Our Struggle For Self-determination!
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 3:00 pm | IPMSDL
Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination is the power to determine our future, self-govern, and manage the environment, biodiversity, waters, and resources within our ancestral territories. More >>
Myanmar: Khaing Zar Aung Expresses ”Honour And Sadness” For Global Rights Prize
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:32 pm | ITUC
Khaing Zar Aung told the ITUC: “I receive the 2024 Arthur Svensson prize with great honour and sadness, because while I am awarded, the working people of my country suffer." More >>
UN Expert Publishes User Guide On Right To Healthy And Sustainable Environment
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:30 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The User Guide aims to provide useful and inspiring advice to civil society, social movements and communities on how to accelerate implementation of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. More >>
After Months Of Diagnostic Delay, A Migrant Worker Could Access TB Services Only When A Community Health Worker Met Him
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:24 pm | CNS
A migrant worker who was sick for over three months, actively sought medical help and advice, but his health kept deteriorating. Despite having constant cough, fever, and increasing weakness since months, neither he nor his treating doctor(s) thought ... More >>
Uniting For Global Reproductive Health Equity
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:20 pm | UNFPA Asia and the Pacific
Opinion-Editorial by UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Director on the launch of the State of World Population Report 2024 More >>
EU-Israel Data Transfer Adequacy Greenlit Again: NGOs Call For Scrutiny Over Red Flags
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:17 pm | Access Now
Through an open letter , Access Now, EDRi, and nine human rights organisations are calling on the European Commission to scrutinise and reconsider its decision to re-confirm the data transfer adequacy with Israel made on January 15, 2024. Given Israel’s ... More >>
UK: Airlines And Aviation Authorities Should Not Facilitate Unlawful Removals To Rwanda, UN Experts Say
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:13 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 April 2024) – UN experts* today expressed concern about the role of airlines and aviation authorities in facilitating unlawful removals to Rwanda under the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of ... More >>
Collaborative Maritime Framework Set to Transform Pacific Island Maritime Sector
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 1:12 pm | Pacific Community - SPC
Responding to a request from Pacific Transport ministers, the Pacific Community (SPC) has convened a meeting with Heads of Maritime from 15 PICTs in Nadi this week. More >>
Gaza: Rate Of Attacks On Healthcare Higher Than In Any Other Conflict Globally Since 2018
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 9:10 am | Save The Children
The rate of attacks per month on healthcare in Gaza since the beginning of the war has been higher than in any other recent conflict globally, standing at an average of 73 attacks each month, according to new analysis by Save the Children. More >>
Morobe Beekeeper Alma Napo Wins The Grand Prize In The Lily Homemade Microbusiness Entrepreneur Competition
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 5:51 am | Lily magazine
Judges were impressed with the all-natural cough drop medicine Alma Napo developed from raw, rich and organic honey, ginger and lemons grown right on her doorstep in the Buang mountains (Morobe). More >>
UN Experts Urge Immediate Release Of Afghan Rights Defender
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 4:58 am | OHCHR
Ahmad Fahim Azimi was imprisoned on 17 October 2023 by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan along with his colleague Siddiqullah Afghan, seemingly in connection with their work and advocacy for women's and girls' right to education. More >>
UN Policy Forum Opens With Call For Region To Embrace Digital Opportunities And Innovate For Sustainable Development
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 4:44 am | UN ESCAP
More than 800 participants from 61 member States, associate members and permanent observers as well as representatives from academia, international organizations, youth, business and civil society are attending the session this week. More >>
European Union Funds Film Raro2 To Save Culture In The Pacific.
Monday, 22 April 2024, 2:17 pm | Film Raro2
Film Raro2 is an initiative to capacity build and empower Pacific storytellers to tell their own digital stories and at the same time be the global conduit to share what Pacific stories are, with international filmmakers. More >>
Reverse The Massive Increase In World Military Spending
Monday, 22 April 2024, 12:52 pm | Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition
“Figures supplied by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) indicate a worldwide large increase in military spending at a time when the world faces problems that cannot be resolved by military action,” said Peter Murphy from ... More >>
The False Diversity Of Identity, Part Two
Monday, 22 April 2024, 10:26 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
With respect to dialogue and cooperation between people of dissimilar or similar histories and ethnicities in a fractured world, perhaps it boils down to serious people resolving the following questions within. Can two or more people discover ... More >>
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2024: Action For Climate-Related Workplace Hazards
Monday, 22 April 2024, 7:52 am | ITUC
There is an urgent need for emergency preparedness to be integrated into workplace safety policies, in democratic consultation with workers’ trade unions. More >>
Telling The ‘Untold’ Stories Of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, And Hopes—in Gaza And Beyond
Monday, 22 April 2024, 5:36 am | Independent Media Institute
The media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and written accounts from Palestinian people about their culture and daily life. More >>
South Korea’s Election Outcome: Opposition Party Triumphs, President Yoon Faces Diplomatic And Domestic Challenges
Monday, 22 April 2024, 5:08 am | Globetrotter
Opposition party wins in South Korea’s election, posing challenges for President Yoon’s governance and foreign relations, notably with China. Despite this, Yoon’s alignment with the U.S. and Japan is likely to continue, amid domestic concerns like ... More >>
Grand Slam Champion Garbiñe Muguruza Announces Retirement Ahead Of Laureus World Sports Awards
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:41 am | Laureus
The 30-year-old initially stepped back from tournament tennis in 2023 and ahead of the Laureus World Sports Awards – taking place in Madrid on Monday, April 22 – officially ended her competitive career and revealed that her future will include ... More >>
USA: Historic Union Victory At Volkswagen Factory An “Inspiration For Democracy At Work”
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:39 am | ITUC
The ITUC congratulates the workers at the Volkswagen car plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA for their historic vote to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). More >>
Mixed Efforts To Achieve Energy Goals Highlighted At The End Of Sustainability Week
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:36 am | UN News
The unanimous declaration of the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All in 2012 aimed to hone on the importance of improving “access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound energy services and resources ... More >>
Sudan: Famine Risk Is Real, FAO Warns
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:33 am | UN News
Millions are on the brink of famine in Sudan but “a window of opportunity” exists for the international community to act now as the main planting season approaches, a senior official with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday. More >>
