11/07/2019
Nothing Left to Go Back For: UN News Hears Extraordinary Stories of Loss and Survival as Mozambique Rebuilds from Deadly Cyclones
11/07/2019
‘A Quarter of Pacific Islanders Live Below ‘Basic Needs Poverty Lines’
Human Wrongs Watch
While progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been made over the past four years, some vulnerable island States are losing momentum in the race to 2030, according to discussions at the United Nations’ annual High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 10 July 2019.
In 2015, the UN set out a vision for “people, planet, peace and prosperity” through partnership and solidarity, when it adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
11/07/2019
Humanity’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’
Human Wrongs Watch
By Robert J. Burrowes*
Starving, enslaving, raping, torturing and killing our children
The impact of war on children | Photo from Wall Street International.
10 June 2019 (Wall Street International)* — In a recent article titled Challenges for Resolving Complex Conflicts, I pointed out four conflict configurations that are paid little attention by conflict theorists.
In this article, I would like to discuss a fifth conflict configuration that is effectively ignored by conflict theorists (and virtually everyone else).
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11/07/2019
One in Four People in Africa Pay Bribes to Access Services – Survey
Human Wrongs Watch
Corruption disproportionately affects the poor and young
Citizens speak out about corruption in Africa | Transparency International.
11 July 2019 (Transparency International)* — The tenth edition of Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Africa, released on African Anti-Corruption Day by Transparency International in partnership with Afrobarometer, reveals that more than half of all citizens surveyed in 35 African countries think corruption is getting worse in their country.
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10/07/2019
Monsters Walk the Earth. Why These Three Countries Are the Real Troika of Evil
Human Wrongs Watch
By Philip Giraldi | Strategic Culture Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service*
Americans, Saudis and Israelis have become monsters in the eyes of the rest of the world even if in their own minds they are endowed with special privilege due to their being “Exceptional,” “Chosen by God” or “Guardians of Mecca and Medina.” All three countries share a dishonest sense of entitlement that supports the fiction that their oppressive and illegal behavior is somehow perfectly legitimate.
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10/07/2019
New Study: How Much Do Climate Fluctuations Matter for Global Crop Yields?
Human Wrongs Watch
Washington D.C., 8 July 2019 (IFPRI)* – The El Niño-Southern Oscillation has been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and other partners.
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Source: Flickr (ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet) (from IFPRI).
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10/07/2019
Groundbreaking Cancer-Fighting Drugs Now Included in Updated World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines
Human Wrongs Watch
The UN health agency, WHO, announced on 9 July 2019 that dozens of new drugs have been added to the list of essential medicines that every country should have, including new cancer treatments that can be swallowed rather than injected.
10/07/2019
‘Threat from Petty Criminals Who Turn to Terrorism, a Growing Concern’
Human Wrongs Watch
The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the UN Security Council heard on 9 July 2019.
That warning came from Tamara Makarenko, an International Consultant, who works with the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), speaking at an open debate on threats to international peace and security.
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