Archive for July 13th, 2018

13/07/2018

‘Mass Extraction of Raw Materials Is Taking Place in Low-Income Countries to Support the Fast-Paced Consumption Practices of Higher-Income States’

A reckoning on the importance of maximising the world’s resources is taking place across the world, and achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 depends heavily on reeling in our global consumption and production patterns, a key UN forum heard on 12 July 2018
Saeed Rashid | Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans is threatening marine life | UN News Centre.
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That was one focus on the fourth day of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), currently taking place at UN Headquarters in New York, when delegates debated the best way to make SDG 12 a reality, highlighting what countries consume and produce.

13/07/2018

‘Migration Should Not Be Seen in Terms of Good or Bad, But as a Phenomenon That’s Been Part of Human History, with Immense Benefits If Well Handled’

Human Wrongs Watch

12 July 2018 — International migration “has been with us forever,” and a safe and orderly means of facilitating it is “in everybody’s interest”, said a UN envoy.

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UNHCR/A. D’Amato Risking their lives to reach Europe from North Africa, a boatload of people, some of them likely in need of international protection, are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Italian Navy.

Speaking to UN News during the final round of negotiations on a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration, Louise Arbour said that migration should not be seen in terms of good or bad, but as “a phenomenon that’s been part of human history”, with immense benefits if well handled.

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