Archive for March 18th, 2022

18/03/2022

At Least 70 Migrants Reported Dead or Missing Off Libya

Human Wrongs Watch

Tripoli, 17 March 2022 (IOM)* – At least 70 migrants are missing at sea and presumed dead off the Libyan shore in the past two weeks, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 

Mediterranean Sea. Photo IOM/Mohamed Muse

On 12 March, a boat reportedly carrying 25 migrants capsized near the Libyan coast of Tobruk. Authorities rescued six migrants and recovered seven bodies while 12 remain missing.

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18/03/2022

Don’t Risk Our Multi-Billion Dollar Pension Fund in Wall Street, Warn UN Staffers

Human Wrongs Watch

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 2022 (IPS)* – The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), which is expected to provide retirement, death, disability and related benefits for staff, upon cessation of their services– has a staggering portfolio amounting to over $81.5 billion ranking far, far ahead of the UN’s annual budget of $3.1 billion and its average peacekeeping budget of over $6.4 billion.
 

The thousands of UN retirees and their beneficiaries, numbering over 71,000 at last count, who depend on their pensions for economic survival, are relentlessly protective of the Fund—while protesting all attempts at risky investments.

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