Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem, three UN independent human rights experts said in a statement on Monday 26 July 2021.
27/07/2021
Free, Fair Palestinian Elections, Must Include East Jerusalem: UN Independent Human Rights Experts
27/07/2021
UN Climate Science Talks Open amid Heatwaves, Floods and Drought
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Negotiations began on 26 July 2021 to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide.
26/07/2021
Beware UN Food Systems Summit Trojan Horse
Human Wrongs Watch
– Undoubtedly, the world needs to reform existing food systems to better serve humanity and sustainable development. But the United Nations World Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) must be consistent with UN-led multilateralism.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
For the first time ever, the World Economic Forum (WEF), a partnership of some of the world’s most powerful corporations, is partnering the UN in launching the Summit, now scheduled for September, with its ‘Pre-Summit’ beginning today.
Food insecurity is primarily due to inequalities and deprivations as victims lack the means to obtain the food they need.
The UN should not serve those who cynically use hunger, starvation and deprivation to advance private commercial interests.
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26/07/2021
Refugee Athletes Stride into Global Spotlight as Tokyo Games Begin
Opening ceremony features refugee athletes marching out under the Olympic flag, showcasing the power of sport and sending a message of hope to 82 million displaced people worldwide. | Français | عربي
Members of the Refugee Olympic Team meet UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and IOC President Thomas Bach at the Olympic Village in Tokyo. © Stephen Pattison
26/07/2021
Space: The Final Frontier for The Planet’s Wealthiest?
Space travel was once about collective efforts to go beyond the limits of one’s imagination. Now it’s an exhibition of extreme entitlement
Billionaire Jeff Bezos is launched into space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on 20 July 2021 | Joe Skipper/Reuters/Alamy
26/07/2021
Hepatitis Can’t Wait
Human Wrongs Watch
By World Health Organization*
World Hepatitis Day- 28 July 2021
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- 1,100,000 deaths per year caused by Hepatitis B and C infections
- 9,400,000 people are receiving treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus infection
- 10% of people who have chronic infection with hepatitis B virus are diagnosed, and 22% of which receive treatment
- 42% of children, globally, have access to the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine
26/07/2021
Is It Time to Create a UN Political Body for Climate Change?
Human Wrongs Watch
– As a wisecracking cynic once remarked: “The sun would never set on the British empire because God wouldn’t trust an Englishman in the dark“. Perhaps it was an uncharitable remark because most of the British colonies have long gone.
Trusteeship Council. Credit: UN Photo/CCOI
But when I quoted this witticism to a British journalist, he countered: “I am sure it was told by a Scotsman.“
Since Scotland is not a colony, its demand for independence is not a matter of decolonization, which is virtually dead on the UN’s political agenda.
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26/07/2021
Afghanistan: Threats of Taliban Atrocities in Kandahar
Human Wrongs Watch
By Human Rights Watch*
Insurgent Forces Hold Hundreds; Executions of Residents Linked to Government
A family flees Panjwai district in Kandahar province on July 4, 2021, after the Taliban captured the area. © 2021 Javed Tanveer / AFP via Getty Images
25/07/2021
From Invasion to Failed State: Iraq’s Democratic Disillusionment
Western-style democracy has failed Iraq, bringing a dystopian economy, an ineffectual government and more pain for its long-suffering people
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US Marines patrol the streets of Al Faw, October 2003. | Public Domain
25/07/2021
Drowning – Key Facts
WHO/Yoshi Shimizu
- Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths.
- There are an estimated 236 000 annual drowning deaths worldwide.
- Global estimates may significantly underestimate the actual public health problem related to drowning.
- Children, males and individuals with increased access to water are most at risk of drowning.
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