Archive for October 15th, 2024

15/10/2024

The World’s Farmers Produce Enough Food to Feed More than the Global Population, Yet…

Human Wrongs Watch

By the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)*

… Around 733 million people are facing hunger and over 2.8 billion people in the world are unable to afford a healthy diet

16 October 2024 – World Food Day

The world’s farmers produce enough food to feed more than the global population yet, hunger persists. Around 733 million people are facing hunger in the world due to repeated weather shocks, conflicts, economic downturns, inequality, and the pandemic.

Unhealthy eating is one of the main risk factor of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases. The Right to Food is not just about access to food, it is about access to nutritious food. ©FAO/Eduardo Soteras

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15/10/2024

Dear Pentagon

Human Wrongs Watch

By Alberto Portugheis – TRANSCEND Media Service*

10 Oct 2024 – As someone on the Pentagon’s mailing list, I was recently sent a question:

‘How do you think the Pentagon is faring and what suggestions do you have to improve our performance?

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My reply:

Dear Pentagon,

For those who love wars, watching the death of millions of innocent people of all ages killed by bullets, landmines, grenades, bombs, ballistic and cruise missiles, torpedoes and laser beams, the Pentagon is doing fantastically well!

For those who don’t mind the 120 million people the War industry forced, since the end of WWII, abandon their homes to avoid and early death, the Pentagon is their model organization. 

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15/10/2024

Gaza: School Set for Polio Vaccine Campaign Hit in Deadly Strike

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — A second round of polio vaccinations for thousands of children began in central Gaza on Monday [] despite reported strikes on a school-turned-shelter in Nuseirat and a hospital courtyard in Deir Al-Balah where “multiple tents” were set ablaze as people slept.

A second round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza.
© UNRWA | A second round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza.
“Throughout the night, I spoke to a colleague sheltering in the compound who told me, ‘We miraculously survived, the fire caught everywhere even the tent where we were sleeping burnt. The scene is terrifying,’” said Louise Wateridge, spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA.