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23/02/2020

UN Accused of “Hypocrisy” Launching Equal Pay Day While Condoning Wage Discrimination

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21 2020 (IPS)* – The United Nations, which has long preached the irrefutable concept of income equality to the outside world, is now accused of condoning wage discrimination in its own backyard.

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The message from the UN Staff Coordinating Council in Geneva was brutally frank—“protesting the UN’s hypocrisy” for launching “International Equal Pay Day*” while failing to reverse an illegal pay cut that has left 3,000 staff being paid 5 per cent less than colleagues on the same grades.

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23/02/2020

Ten New Migratory Species Protected Under Global Wildlife Agreement

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(UN News)* — Asian elephants, jaguars and great Indian bustards were among 10 new species added to a global wildlife agreement on Saturday [22 February 2020].
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© Eric Ganz | Elephants bathing in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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The Thirteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) concluded in Gandhinagar, India, with resolutions and decisions adopted to help conserve migratory species globally.

“With COP13, the important role of CMS in protecting nature around the world has been strongly embraced”, affirmed CMS Executive Secretary Amy.

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23/02/2020

Hunger Threatens over Half of the Population in South Sudan

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Food security worsened significantly in areas hit by last year’s floods

Photo: ©FAO/Stefanie GlinskiAgong and her child from South Sudan, where some 6.5 million people are at risk of hunger.

JUBA (FAO)* – Some 6.5 million people in South Sudan – more than half of the population – could be in acute food insecurity at the height of this hunger season (May-July), three United Nations agencies on 20 February 2020 warned.

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21/02/2020

‘Deliberate Starvation’ Tactics Used in South Sudan Could Be a War Crime

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(UN News)* – The people of South Sudan have been “deliberately starved” in different parts of the country for ethnic and political reasons, and sexual violence against women and men as a weapon of war is ongoing, UN investigators said on Thursday [20 February 2020]

UNMISS | The United Nations has been providing food aid to hungry South Sudanese over a period of many years.
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The three-member commission,appointed by the UN Human Rights Council,also said South Sudan’s political elites are ‘oblivious’ to the suffering of civilians.

They warned of intercommunal conflict and terrible rights violations “in large swathes of territory”, as a new deadline approaches the formation of a unity Government after years of conflict.

Basis for a war crime

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21/02/2020

A Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Aims at Reinforcing Efforts to Save World’s Ecosystem

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 2020 (IPS)* – The UN’s highly-touted socio-economic agenda, which lays out an ambitious global plan for “people, planet and prosperity”, has been dominated by “goals, targets and deadlines.”

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Credit: IPBES

But regrettably, most developing nations are struggling to reach these goals—due largely to a shortfall in much-needed funding or lack of political will on the part of most governments.

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21/02/2020

Simple Urine Test Could Improve Early Detection of Bladder Cancer – WHO Study

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20 February 2020 (UN News)* — A new study conducted by researchers from the United Nations health agency revealed that bladder cancer mutations can be detected in urine up to 10 years before clinically diagnosing the disease.

© UNICEF/Karel Prinsloo | A nurse chats with a woman receiving chemotherapy in a hospital in Burera District, Rwanda.

The test is based on detecting mutations in the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene – a crucial element for cancer genesis and progression – the most common mutations in bladder cancer, according to the report conducted by the UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and international partners.

The new evidence is detailed in an article published by The Lancet, which highlights the potential of early detection.

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21/02/2020

Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh – Alive, Struggling, Fighting and Uniting

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18 February 2020 (IWGIA)*  — The situation for Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh in many ways echoes the situation of other Indigenous Peoples in Asia: they face heavy militarization; they are stigmatized as anti-national for wanting to be included in decisions affecting their lives – such as industrial development taking place on their ancestral lands, lands which they depend on for their livelihood; and their lands are grabbed at the speed of light, and with their land goes a huge part of their identity. Indigenous women are targeted, and rape is used systematically as a weapon to suppress them. The misery seems to be unending. Yet they are still here; alive, struggling, fighting, uniting.

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20/02/2020

The International Organization for Migration Calls on World Community, Including EU, for Urgent Action to Find Alternatives to Disembarkation in Libya

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Geneva (IOM)* – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on 19 February 2-2o called on the international community including the European Union to find an alternative safe disembarkation mechanism for migrants rescued fleeing Libya by boat after roughly 200 migrants were returned to Tripoli, hours after the city’s main port was heavily shelled on Tuesday [18 February 2020].

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IOM Libya staff assist migrants at a disembarkation point in Tripoli. Photo credit: IOM 2020

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20/02/2020

“Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice” – World Day

Two people in an extremely impoverished rural area in Brazil.
Two people in an extremely impoverished rural area in Brazil. ©J. Ripper/ILO

For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity.

The adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is just one recent example of the UN System’s commitment to social justice.

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20/02/2020

Raise Your Voice on Social Justice Day

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If the future is going to work for everyone, it will mean putting people and planet first. But how? Tell policymakers what you think!

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© Ronn aka “Blue” Aldaman

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20 February 2020 (ILO)* — On Social Justice Day 2020  the ILO is asking you why the future of work should put people and planet first?
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The ILO believes the only way we are going to achieve social justice, tackle inequality, reduce poverty and address climate change, is if we put people and planet first.

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