Archive for December 19th, 2024

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19/12/2024

UNCCD COP16 Spotlights Drought But Fails to Agree on a Legally Binding Protocol

Human Wrongs Watch

By Stella Paul

RIYADH & HYDERABAD, Dec 17 2024 (IPS)* – The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 16) concluded early hours of Saturday with a renewed focus on building drought resilience globally.
 
COP16 in Riyadh launched a drought resilience initiative, which also saw contributions of over USD 12 billion for land restoration and drought resilience. Credit: IISD/ENB

COP16 in Riyadh launched a drought resilience initiative, which also saw contributions of over USD 12 billion for land restoration and drought resilience. Credit: IISD/ENB

However, the COP also failed to agree on bringing a legally binding drought protocol.

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19/12/2024

US Backs Israel’s Land Grab in Syria

Human Wrongs Watch

By Dave DeCamp | Antiwar – TRANSCEND Media Service*

The US State Department framed Israel’s incursion into Syrian territory as ‘self-defense.’

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Today [9 Dec 2024], the US State Department backed Israel’s seizure of territory in Syria that came after the collapse of the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, framing it as a defensive action.

Israel seized a buffer zone between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the rest of Syria’s territory that was established in 1974 and also captured several areas beyond the zone.

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19/12/2024

Winter Rains, Cold and Aid Obstacles amid Israeli Bombardment Worsen Ordeal for One Million Gazans

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(UN News)* — Nearly one million Gazans risk spending winter without adequate shelter as UN agencies struggle to provide cold weather assistance, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment, repeated evacuation orders and restrictions on aid deliveries, they warned on Wednesday [].

A makeshift store in Gaza, where ongoing Israeli bombardment has damaged or destroyed 170,812 structures - or 69 per cent of the total - according to UNOSAT analysis.
© UNFPA/Media Clinic | A makeshift store in Gaza, where ongoing Israeli bombardment has damaged or destroyed 170,812 structures – or 69 per cent of the total – according to UNOSAT analysis.

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