07/08/2016
With global tensions rising and progress on nuclear disarmament hard to find, “the world needs the Hibakusha spirit more than ever,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 6 August 2016 said, citing the determination and perseverance of those survivors of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attacks as an example for championing peace and a seeking a better future for all.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome). Photo: UNESCO/G. Boccardi
In a message delivered to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan, by Kim Won-soo, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the Secretary-General commended the solemn gathering to remember the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first use of nuclear weapons in war.
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06/08/2016
4 August, 2016 (RT)* – We keep hearing about a ‘moderate opposition’ instead of calling them what they are. These are radical Islamic jihadi terror groups, Jim Jatras, former U.S. diplomat and GOP Senate policy adviser, told RT.
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**Map of countries surrounding Syria (red) with military involvement. | Author: 0ali1 | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. | RED: Syria | BLUE: Countries that support the Syrian government | GREEN: Countries that support the Syrian rebels | YELLOW: Countries where support is divided between the Syrian government and the Syrian rebels
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RT: Given the complex situation on the ground it is always difficult to determine who has done what, but with the repeated allegations, why does the U.S. continue to support groups which are being accused of committing war crimes?
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06/08/2016
1 August 2016 (UN Women)* – More than 2,000 girls and women have been abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria. The international community continues to advocate for their safe return. But after the girls are back, what happens to them? What happens to the children of rape and their young mothers?
Women and children at an internally displaced persons camp in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Photo: UN Women/Ikechukwu Attah
Hussaina Dahiru, from north-east Nigeria escaped Boko Haram, but tragically died at child birth.
A programme by UN Women is working with girls and women who have survived Boko Haram’s attacks and making sure that the humanitarian response addresses their specific and unique needs.
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06/08/2016
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“My routine consisted in working from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., then I went to school from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. In these two hours I learned many things, a little bit of everything…
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… I was qualified as an Administrative Assistant. I purchased a piece of land and a motorcycle, thanks to the opportunity to go and work, to become literate… It changed my life,” Jeferson said.
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The programme offers professional training during two to six months for people in high-risk situations or rescued from slavery-like working conditions.
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06/08/2016
Beirut (UNRWA)* – In a metal makeshift shelter in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, lives 48-year-old Jihad Abu Mihaisen, a Palestine refugee, with her husband and two children.
Photo: UNRWA
Jihad’s life, like that of all Palestinians living in Gaza, is strongly impacted by the blockade, now in its tenth year.
Electricity and fuel shortages, food insecurity, sky-rocketing unemployment rates, extreme water pollution, repeated armed violence and ongoing political paralysis are their daily reality.
In this trying situation Jihad has to take care of her two children and her husband, as she is the main breadwinner for her family.
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06/08/2016
Rose Lokonyen, 23, leads team of ten-athlete refugee olympic team behind the flag of the International Olympic Committee.
Rose Lokonyen carries the Olympic flag and leads the Refugee Olympic Team at Opening ceremony of Rio Games. © UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau
By Jonathan Clayton
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, 5 August 2016 (UNHCR) – To tumultuous applause, ten refugee athletes made history on Friday evening marching into the famed Maracanã Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio2016 Olympics.
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06/08/2016
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 5 August 2016 said that it is responding to a growing food security emergency causing malnutrition in children in both rural and urban areas of crisis-gripped South Sudan.
A mother holds her severely malnourished 22-month-old baby in the Al Sabah children’s hospital in Juba, South Sudan, while awaiting treatment at the UNICEF-supported nutrition ward. Photo: UNICEF/Albert González Farran
“The situation in South Sudan is catastrophic, and even more so for children,” UNICEF spokesperson Christophe Boulierac told a news briefing in Geneva, where he also pointed out that so far this year, the agency has treated 120,000 children under age five for severe malnutrition; a nearly 50 per cent increase over the same period in 2015.
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05/08/2016
ROME, 3 August 2016 (IPS) – The media are increasingly reporting events in a basic manner, and have by and large abandoned the process of deep analysis. Now is the moment to focus our attention on terrorism. This topic will remain a pressing issue for quite some time.
Roberto Savio
We now know that terrorism has many causes, which can be rooted in religion to feelings of social exclusion and from a desire for glory to the actions of a damaged psyche.
There is no way to fight against the unpredictable, and in mentally unstable minds emulation is an important factor.
The danger is that we will probably fall into the ISIS trap, and this kaleidoscope of confusion could subsequently result in a war of religion, which will further radicalize European Muslims.
In fact, until now, no act of terror has come from immigrants (except a mentally disturbed afghan).
Yet, it is important to take into account that for every European killed, there are over 120 Arabs who die because of ISIS.
Since the United Nations Conference on Climate Change concluded last December, climate topics have almost disappeared in media content, and in public debates.
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05/08/2016
Indigenous schoolchildren standing in front of the Miskhamayu school in an isolated part of Bolivia’s Andes highlands. Many students walk 12 km or more every day, along steep roads and trails from their remote villages, to get to school. Credit: Marisabel Bellido/IPS
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05/08/2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 4 August 2016 paid a visit to the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he encouraged refugee athletes to show the world their strengths.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with the Olympic Refugee Team at the Olympic UN Photo/Mark Garten
“I know you have had very sad, terrible stories and experiences, but you are a source of inspiration for all of us. Your stories are very sad but, at the same time, you can be a source of hope for many people,” Ban told the refugee athletes – from South Sudan, Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia – who will make history by participating in the 2016 Olympic Games as part of the first-ever Olympic Refugee Team.
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