Container cargo ship named the ‘Cecilie Maersk’ or ‘Maersk Sealand’ is leaving Conakry port. © Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace
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06/04/2018
From Midwife to MP – Advancing the Rights of Women in the Comoros
06/04/2018
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 14,651 in 2018; Deaths: 498
Human Wrongs Watch
Geneva, 3 April 2018 – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, reports that 14,651 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through the first 91 days of 2018, with about 42 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece (35%) Spain (23%) and Cyprus (less than 1%).*
This compares with 29,221 at this point in 2017, and with 165,697 at this point in March in 2016.
IOM Athens’ Kelly Namia reported Monday that over the four days (27-30 March), the Hellenic Coast Guard informed IOM of at least five incident requiring search and rescue operations off the island of Lesvos. The Coast Guard rescued 175 migrants and transferred them to that island.
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06/04/2018
The Possibilities of a Digital Vision – The Architecture behind Science Fiction movies
Human Wrongs Watch
April 2018 (Wall Street International)* — Technology has been used to help us dream, communicate and built.
«Metrpolis» (1927), Fritz Lang | Photo from Wall Street International.
06/04/2018
10 Reflections on Today’s Crisis
Human Wrongs Watch
By Roberto Savio*
ROME, April 2018 — It is now clearly evident that we are in a period of transition, even though its outcome remains uncertain.
Roberto Savio
The political, economic and social system that has accompanied us since the end of the Second World War is no longer sustainable.
The exponentially growing inequalities have, according to Amnesty International, taken us back to almost to levels seen in Victorian times – albeit now at a global level.
Ten years ago, 652 people had the same wealth as 2.3 billion people. Now there are eight.
Today’s eighteen-year-olds, according to projections of the International Labour Organization, will retire with an average pension of 632 euros a month.
Despite official warnings, we are, amidst great indifference, breaching the 2 degrees centigrade temperature limit beyond which our planet will undergo irreversible changes.
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06/04/2018
UN Calls for Restraint ahead of Renewed Palestinian Protests at Gaza Fence
Human Wrongs Watch
After last week’s deadly violence near the Gaza fence and with fresh protests planned at the Gaza-Israel border on 6 April 2018, the United Nations has urged all parties to refrain from any act that could lead to further violence or place civilians – especially children – in harm’s way.*
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06/04/2018
‘Family Farmers Must Remain Central to Agroecology Scale-Up’
Human Wrongs Watch
Rome, 5 April 2018 (FAO)* – Family farmers must remain central to bringing agroecology to scale, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed in his closing remarks to the 2nd International Agroecology Symposium at FAO in Rome.
06/04/2018
The World Banks on Sunshine — New UN-Backed Renewable Energy Report
Human Wrongs Watch
In 2017, solar energy dominated global investment in new power generation like never before, according to a new United Nations-backed report, which shows a steady move away from fossil fuel-based power production to ‘green’ power sources.
06/04/2018
Burundi: Security Council Urges Dialogue amid Deteriorating Political and Humanitarian Situation
Human Wrongs Watch
Expressing deep concern over the slow pace of the inter-Burundian dialogue and the lack of engagement by the Government, the United Nations Security Council called on all stakeholders, in particular the authorities to commit to the dialogue and reach an agreement ahead of the 2020 elections.
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