17/03/2019
15 March 2019 (UN Environment)* —
Plastic, as a material, has revolutionized the way we package food, distribute it and safely consume it. It is estimated that packaging accounts for more than a quarter of plastic worldwide, increasing the shelf life of many products and making food shopping more convenient for billions.
However, the world is waking up to the long-lasting impact that inappropriate management of plastic packaging is having on our environment, especially in our oceans.
Ways to address the plastic problem are now being discussed at the Fourth UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi.
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16/03/2019
- Launched today [14 March 2019] at the UN Environment Assembly, the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion is seeking to halt the environmentally and socially destructive practices of fashion.
- The fashion industry is the second-biggest consumer of water and is responsible for 8-10 per cent of global carbon emissions – more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined.
Nairobi – The UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion, launched today [14 March 2019] at the UN Environment Assembly, is seeking to halt the environmentally and socially destructive practices of fashion, and instead harness the industry as a driver for improving the world’s ecosystems.
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16/03/2019
13 March 2019 (Wall Street International)* — With all the pretty things we can say about Lebanon, it becomes quite ugly when we attempt to allude to politics and the current economic situation. However, when a father gets to a point of burning himself alive in his daughters’ school burdened by the unbearable education fees, the ugliness slaps us hard on the face and lays bare a harsh reality that no longer can be tolerated.
The death of George Zreik on the 8th of February 2019, subdued by the merciless administrative of academic institutions marks a shameful day for Lebanon and for its politicians and religious figures in particular.
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16/03/2019
15 March 2019 (UN Women)* — The High-level Group on Justice for Women (HLG), comprising of justice, human rights and gender experts from different parts of the world, launched a pathbreaking global report on Justice for Women on 13 March, at a side event on the margins of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
Jeni Klugman, author of the the Justice for Women Report, speaks at a side event on the margins of the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York. Photo: UN Women/Amanda Voisard
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16/03/2019
- At a meeting of the world’s top environmental body, ministers lay groundwork for a new model of development to protect planet’s degraded resources
- Ministers agree to tackle environmental crisis through innovation and sustainable consumption and production
- Delegates commit to significantly reduce single-use plastic products by 2030
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16/03/2019
A major aid operation is under way in Mozambique and Malawi to help victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai, which has reached the densely-populated Mozambican port city of Beira, after registering maximum wind speeds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour, UN agencies said on Friday [15 March 2019].
UNICEF/Juskauskas | Aerial view of Tengani, Nsanje, Malawi, affected by floods due to the incessant rains from March 5 to March 9 2019.
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15/03/2019
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to ‘stand united against anti-Muslim hatred’ following a mass shooting in New Zealand on Friday [15 March 2019] targeting two mosques, which has left at least 49 dead and many others wounded, some critically.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe | The flag of New Zealand (centre) flying at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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15/03/2019
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 2019 (IPS)* –– The Middle East, one of the world’s most politically-volatile and war-ravaged regions, has doubled its arms imports during the past five years, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
UN Security Council in session.
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15/03/2019
© UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne | Boys reach through bars at a jail for juveniles in the Delmas neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2005
In fighting the global drug problem, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent underscored that States must acknowledge and amend the devastating impact of judicial policies on people of African descent, who are more likely to be stopped, searched, arrested, convicted, and harshly sentenced for drug crimes, in many countries.
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