Human Wrongs Watch
February 2019 (UNHCR)* — A growing number of cities around the world are embracing refugees. This series looks at how they are helping the displaced to help themselves.
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17/02/2019
“Think Beyond, Live Within” – UN Calls for Governments, Public and Private Sector to Take a Critical Look at Their Consumption and Production Patterns
Human Wrongs Watch
14 Fbruary 2019 (UN Environment)* — World to Zero in on Solutions for the Future at UN Environment Assembly
Photo from UN Environment.
- UN calls for governments, public and private sector to take a critical look at their consumption and production patterns, urging to “Think Beyond, Live Within.”
- Countries to make measurable commitments toward stimulating innovation and implementing circular economy systems.
- Resolutions expected to cover the mainstreaming of biodiversity and the sound management of chemicals and waste, the use of big data, information management, indigenous knowledge solutions, the promotion of sustainable lifestyles and the efficient use of resources.
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17/02/2019
Science Combatting Desertification in the Sahel – The Incredible Work of a Young, Female Microbiologist from Burkina Faso
Barkissa Fofana, a young microbiologist from Burkina Faso, is confident that science can help combat climate change and desertification. ©FAO/Gideon Vink
16/02/2019
Food Is Much More than What Is on Our Plates – Six Ways to Value What You Eat and Where It Comes From
16 February 2019 (FAO)* — In a vast world of 7 billion people where all you hear about are our differences, there are some important things that connect us, and one of these is food. Food connects us all. We all need it, depend on it, survive because of it and derive happiness from it.
The story of food begins with a farmer. Why do we give our chefs stars and awards, but we forget about the part our food producers play? ©135pixels/Shutterstock | Photo from FAO.
In fact, food is part of who we are. It’s part of our habits and cultures. Hundreds of TV shows, movies and podcasts revolve around the topic of food, and cookbooks always sit among the bestsellers.
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16/02/2019
From the Field: Survival in Yemen against All Odds
Human Wrongs Watch
15 February 2019 — Fawaz, just 18-months old, suffered from severe acute malnutrition and was on the brink of death. In war-torn Yemen, he was one of hundreds of thousands of children, more likely to die, than survive.
OCHA/Giles Clarke | Fawaz, who suffers from severe acute malnutrition, and his mother in the hospital in Aden, Yemen. November 2018.
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15/02/2019
Two States ‘Side-by-Side’ Is the ‘Peaceful and Just Solution’ for Israel-Palestine Conflict: Guterres
Human Wrongs Watch
A “peaceful and just solution” to the Israel-Palestine conflict can “only be achieved” through two States “living side-by-side in peace and security”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated on Friday [15 February 2019].
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15/02/2019
$920 Million Needed to Assist over 900,000 Rohingya Refugees and the More than 330,000 Vulnerable Bangladeshis Hosting Them
With more than 745,000 Rohingya having fled violence in Myanmar to settle in Bangladesh, joining roughly 200,000 others already sheltering there, United Nations aid agencies and partners launched an appeal on Friday [15 February 2019] to help meet their “dire needs”.
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15/02/2019
Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen Remains ‘the Worst in the World’
An estimated 24 million people – close to 80 per cent of the population – need assistance and protection in Yemen, the UN warned on Thursday [14 February 2019]. With famine threatening hundreds of thousands of lives, humanitarian aid is increasingly becoming the only lifeline for millions across the country.
According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) the “severity of needs is deepening”, with the number of people in acute need, a staggering 27 per cent higher than last year, when it was already the most acute crisis on the globe.
15/02/2019
Over 500,000 People in Europe Estimated to Be Unrecognized as a Citizen of any Country; ‘Children Without a Nationality Have Limited Access to Basic Rights and Services’ – UN
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14 February 2019 — United Nations agencies are calling on States and regional organizations across Europe to take urgent action to ensure that thousands of currently stateless children are given the support and protection they deserve.*
With more than 500,000 people in Europe estimated to be unrecognized as a citizen of any country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored that children without a nationality have limited access to basic rights and services, like education or healthcare, and can face life-long discrimination.
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14/02/2019
Measles Cases Nearly Doubled in a Year amid Rising Severe and Protracted Outbreaks All Over the Planet – World Health Organization
Human Wrongs Watch
A projected near-doubling of measles infections has been identified amid rising severe and protracted outbreaks all over the planet, in poor and rich countries alike, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday [14 February 2019].
The appeal to Member States to close gaps in vaccine coverage follows the previously announced news that an estimated 110,000 people died from the highly infectious but easily preventable disease in 2017.
