05/04/2019
The International Plant Protection Convention adopts standards on fumigation and six pests, including Xylella fastidiosa and the oriental fruit fly.
A technician checks olives for pests’ infestations in Italy where Xylella fastidiosa has led to the decline of 180,000 hectares of olive groves.| Photo from FAO.
ROME, 3 April 2019 (FAO)* – The body charged with keeping plant pests and diseases at bay and trade in plants safe has adopted new international measures to prevent pests from crossing borders and spreading.
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05/04/2019
By Oksana Grytsenko in Toretsk, Ukraine*
Ukraine is one of the most mine-affected countries in the world, limiting freedom of movement and posing a serious threat to civilians crossing the contact line. | Español | Français
Tetiana Nikiforova, 37, works as a deminer with the HALO Trust in Ukraine. © UNHCR/Marta Iwanek
3 April 2019 (UNHCR)* — Sheltering in the basement of his family home in eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr Zayika, 71, was in the dark. Shelling had severed the electricity supply. Venturing out to check on some electrical wires, he felt his foot snag on a wire.
“There was a flash,” he recalls. “Something hissed on my right. Then there was a blast.”
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05/04/2019
UNMAS/Juan Arredondo |Through the 2016 peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Colombian mine action sector has expanded significantly providing new employment opportunities for both men and women.
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05/04/2019
A major new UN-led report, involving more than 60 international organizations, warns that a comprehensive overhaul of the world’s financial system is necessary, if governments are to honour commitments to tackle critical issues, such as combatting climate change and eradicating poverty by 2030.
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World Bank/ Dominic Chavez | Residents living in a slum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. | Photo from UN News.
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04/04/2019
Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men “everywhere”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday [4 April 2019].
OCHA/Htet Htet Oo | Elderly woman in Muse Township, Northern Shan State, Myanmar, March 2018.
“Whether it’s homicide, road accidents, suicide, cardiovascular disease – time and time again, men are doing worse than women”, said Dr. Richard Cibulskis, main author of WHO’s World Health Statistics Overview 2019.
Apart from the average increase from 66.5 years, to 72 years overall, its findings also show that “healthy” life expectancy – the number of years individuals live in full health – increased from 58.5 years in 2000, to 63.3 years in 2016.
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04/04/2019
3 April 2019 (Wall Street International)* — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump have several things in common. Netanyahu is currently facing the prospect of indictment on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Trump is facing numerous charges based upon the efforts of Congressional investigative committees, and investigations at both the State (New York) and federal levels. The allegations, which are still in the formative stages, indicate Trump has obstructed justice, committed campaign finance violations, and has abused his power while in office.
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04/04/2019
4 April 2019 — Trump’s policies and motives behind them require further understanding, along with their impact on the American internal affairs, and, more importantly, on the international and regional situation. This also includes the major issue in the Middle East, the conflict with the Zionist project.
![US to recognise Israel sovereignty over Golan - Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/m22-3-2019.jpg?resize=933%2C583&quality=75&strip=all&ssl=1)
US to recognise Israel sovereignty over Golan – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]
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04/04/2019
Rome (IOM)* — With regard to its activities in Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) would like to clarify that we follow the UN position indicating that Libya cannot yet be considered a safe port.
IOM in Libya is present at the disembarkation points to deliver primary assistance to migrants that have been rescued at sea.
However, following their disembarkation, migrants are transferred to detention centres under the responsibility of the Libyan Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM) over which the Organization has no authority or oversight.
The detention of men, women and children is arbitrary. The unacceptable and inhumane conditions in these detention centres are well documented, and IOM continues to call for alternative solutions to this systematic detention.
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04/04/2019
- Emissions from cooling sector set to grow 90% by 2050 without action
- Cool Coalition is dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward UN 2019 Climate Change Summit
- Action on clean and efficient cooling can avoid emissions, support Kigali Amendment and save up to USD 2.9 trillion globally between now and 2050
Copenhagen, Denmark (UN Environment)* – As global temperatures rise and the growing energy demands of air conditioning threaten to emit more greenhouse gases, over 20 leaders today [3 April 2019] committed to a new global effort on clean and efficient cooling, which can make a huge positive impact on climate change, help achieve sustainable development and save money.
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03/04/2019
3 April 2019 — More than two billion people face grave health risks because basic water facilities are not available in one in four medical centres globally, the UN has said, in an appeal to countries to do more to prevent the transmission of treatable infections that can turn deadly if not washed or flushed, away.*
UNICEF/Meyer | Children wash their faces, outside their home, in South Sudan (2018).
In the first assessment of its kind, the WASH (Water sanitation hygiene) in Health Care Facilities report, from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, also finds that one in five health care facilities has no toilet or latrine – a problem that affects at least 1.5 billion people, and likely reflects a lack of facilities in the wider community.
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