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(UN News)* — The United States on Wednesday [] vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
19/11/2024
Where Is the US Evil Empire Heading Now?
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By Maung Zarni – TRANSCEND Media Service*
7 Nov 2024 – Empires do NOT reform. Resilience is the term associated with the Oppressed, not the Oppressor. (Try imagine being enslaved or colonized for 300 years).
Maung Zarni
With elite delusions and a popular sense of “being special/ exceptional/ unique/ superior), Empires get toxic at home and abroad, decay, get overpowered/ crushed or simply collapse.
USA is no exception, except it has the capacity to bring humanity at large with it, to Hell.
I do not hate Americans as a people – just another population of fellow humans, who deserve life, not more or less than any other population.
But, with every cell in my body, I absolutely loath Empires and Imperialisms, whatever their names.
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16/11/2024
The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees Is Living Through the “Darkest Moment” of Its 75 Year History
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(UN News)* — The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is living through the “darkest moment” of its 75 year history, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Wednesday [], pointing to a trifecta of legislative, operational and security challenges.
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16/11/2024
UN May Face Another Calamity– Under a Second Trump Presidency
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– US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House on January 20 next year may be another calamity for the United Nations—particularly if the second term turns out to be a re-run of his first presidency (2017-2021).
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14/11/2024
‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
Human Wrongs Watch
– During his electoral campaign, incoming U.S. President Donald Trump highlighted that the U.S. holds more oil reserves than any other country, even surpassing Saudi Arabia. In this context, he openly encouraged big businesses to tap into these reserves with the words: ’Drill, baby, drill.’
Trump’s focus: Drilling for oil, not saving the planet. Credit: Shutterstock
The US president-elect has also threatened to impose record tariffs on electric cars’ imports from China, by increasing them between 100% and 200%, and has hinted at higher taxes on European vehicles as well.
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05/11/2024
First Famine, Now Cholera and Dengue Fever Surge Hits War-Torn Sudan
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(UN News)* — War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are surging and hunger levels remain “above the famine threshold”, humanitarians have warned.
01/11/2024
‘Acute Food Insecurity Is Set to Increase in Magnitude and Severity in 22 Countries and Territories’
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New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
Livestock-holding farmers and herders receive animal fodder distributed by FAO to support local food production in Rafah, Gaza Strip. ©FAO/Yousef Alrozzi
Rome, 31 October 2024 (FAO/WFP)*– Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report.
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01/11/2024
UN Remains Paralyzed as “Rogue Nations” Violate Charter and Escalate War Crimes
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– The United Nations continues to be virtually paralyzed – and remains politically impotent amidst two raging conflicts—as Russia and Israel keep defying the world body.
Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías
The killings of civilians and the destruction of cities, particularly by Israel, are devastating and continue despite repeated warnings from the UN, its humanitarian agencies, the International Criminal Court (ICC), UN human right experts and the Security Council.
Which prompts the question: has the UN outlived its usefulness –even as it commemorated its 79th anniversary on the annual UN Day on October 24?
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29/10/2024
Displacement in Sudan Crosses 11 Million as Devastating Crisis Reaches New Heights
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By Amy E. Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration*
Port Sudan, 29 October (IOM)* – Good morning, I am glad to be able to speak with you this morning live from Port Sudan.
I arrived here yesterday on a four-day visit, into a deteriorating security situation with alarming reports of new atrocities.
29/10/2024
Dying in Waiting: Gaza’s Children Face ‘Lethal’ Delays in Medical Evacuation – UNICEF
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GENEVA, 25 October 2024 (UNICEF)* – “Children are being medically evacuated from Gaza at a rate of fewer than one child per day. If this lethally slow pace continues, it would take more than seven years to evacuate the 2,500 children needing urgent medical care.
UNICEFFILE Photo, 9-year-old Jouri in the European Hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza on 9 April 2024. The bones in Jouri’s right arm, wrist and the right side of her face had several breaks, likely requiring further surgery. She had serious open wounds that were yet to receive reconstructive surgery – the hospital was not able to do this so was forced to focus on keeping the wound clean.
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