Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — More than 260 media professionals were killed in the recent hostilities in Gaza – the deadliest conflict for journalists in decades.
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02/12/2025
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Journalism Is ‘Both a Battleground and a Lifeline’
02/12/2025
Gaza: UN Reports Expanded ‘Winterisation’ Efforts as Cold Weather and Heavy Rain Continue to Impact Displaced Palestinians
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — The UN says humanitarian partners in Gaza are scaling up winterisation efforts as cold weather and heavy rain continue to impact displaced Palestinians.
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02/12/2025
UN Chief Warns Unpaid Dues Near $1.6 Billion, as Budget Cuts Deepen
Human Wrongs Watch
By Vibhu Mishra
(UN News)* — With nearly $1.6 billion in unpaid dues, the UN Secretary-General warned on Monday [] that chronic late payments are hampering the world body’s ability to function, even as sweeping cuts move forward through the General Assembly’s main budget committee.
António Guterres told the Fifth Committee the UN is facing its most fragile cash position in years, despite sharp reductions already built into next year’s budget plans.
UN News/Vibhu Mishra | The United Nations Headquarters as seen from First Avenue in New York City.
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02/12/2025
World Must Pay to Make America Great Again
Human Wrongs Watch
– US President Trump’s economic strategy for his second term aims to get the rest of the world, especially its wealthy allies with greater means, to pay more to help strengthen the US economy.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Recent US initiatives have undoubtedly accelerated de-dollarisation but these have largely been unavoidable consequences of its own actions rather than due to any conspiracy by others to that end.
De-dollarisation distraction
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff recently observed, “We are absolutely at the biggest inflection point in the global currency system since the Nixon shock to end the last vestige of the gold standard.”
After the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, the gold price was set at $35 per ounce. In August 1971, US President Richard Nixon ended this gold-dollar parity.
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