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12/07/2021

Nothing About Us, Without Us, Asian Youth Tell Parliamentarians

Human Wrongs Watch 

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jul 12 2021 (IPS)* – Youth advocates from Asian countries called for an overhaul of a system that excluded young people from participation in policymaking.
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Some of the delegates at the Intergenerational Dialogue of the Asian Parliamentarians and Youth Advocates on Meaningful Youth Engagement. Credit: APDA

During an interaction with parliamentarians from 23 countries, youth representatives considered an enabling political framework to be the most crucial reform required to remove inequities.

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12/07/2021

‘Millions of Workers around the World Lose Their Lives Every Year or Suffer from Chronic Diseases Due to Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace’

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Work together to end preventable deaths from toxic chemicals

7 July 2021 (ILO)* — Millions of workers around the world lose their lives every year or suffer from chronic diseases due to toxic chemicals in the workplace. In a video message to the Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says global cooperation is needed to end these preventable deaths and illnesses.

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12/07/2021

“No Comment — And Don’t Quote Me on That”

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By Thalif Deen*

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 12 2021 (IPS)* – When a Southeast Asian ambassador hosted a lunch for journalists, including reporters from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, he told us there was an ulterior motive for the sumptuous lunch at his residence.

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefing journalists in a pre-pandemic era. At left is his Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elias

“We will soon begin our two-year term as a non-permanent member of the Security Council – and we need your cooperation (read: news coverage)”.

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11/07/2021

Can History Help Us Out of This Muddle? – The Oppression Machinery

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By Ladislau Dowbor*

World history is nothing but an endless, dreary account of the rape of the weak by the strong.

(Herman Hesse)

History has had the tendency to present our countries in the light of the glorious past
History has had the tendency to present our countries in the light of the glorious past | Image from Wall Street International.

10 July 2021 (Wall Street International)* — For a long time, particularly in schools, history has had the tendency to present our countries in the light of the glorious past, our neighbors in much darker tones, but most of all it has centered on the key moments of structural change.

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11/07/2021

Six-Fold Increase in People Suffering Famine-Like Conditions Since Pandemic Began

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By Oxfam International*

11 people are likely dying every mi

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Almost a billion of us go to bed hungry every night. Not because there isn’t enough food for everyone, but because of the deep injustice in the way food is produced and accessed | OXFAM.

A new Oxfam report released on 9 July 2021 says that as many as 11 people are likely dying of hunger and malnutrition each minute. This is more than the current global death rate of COVID-19, which is around seven people per minute.

The report, ‘The Hunger Virus Multiplies’ says that conflict remains the primary cause of hunger since the pandemic, pushing over half a million people into famine-like conditions – a six-fold increase since 2020.

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11/07/2021

Venezuela: Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation, Threatened by the Invasions Resulting from Extractive Activities, Illegal Groups, and Covid-19

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By LUIS JESÚS BELLO*

8 July 2021 (IWGIA)** — The Jödi, the Yanomami and the Uwottüja living in voluntary isolation are threatened by the invasions that result from extractive activities and by the presence of illegal groups in the area: to the environmental impact we should add the socio-cultural and sanitary ramifications.

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The isolated groups are aware that foreign agents are potential disease carriers, which represents a motivation to remain isolated. The Covid-19 pandemic worsens this situation due to the high epidemiological and immunological vulnerability.

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11/07/2021

‘Ensure Reproductive Health Rights for All’

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World Population Day, 11 July 2021

11 July 2021 (UN News)* — Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.

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A mother and her newborn in Suai, Timor-Leste.
UN Photo/Martine Perret | A mother and her newborn in Suai, Timor-Leste.
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In his message for World Population Day, observed on Sunday, the UN chief called for closing gaps in access to sexual and reproductive health services which the crisis has created.

Grim milestones

The pandemic “continues to upend our world, reaching one grim milestone after another,” said Mr. Guterres.

Last week, the global death toll due to COVID-19 officially surpassed four million.

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10/07/2021

A Robust New Strategy for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

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The targets of the new 2030 Strategy of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) are in alignment with blue transformation, a pillar of FAO’s new Strategic Framework

Photo: ©David Salvatori

The GFCM’s ambitious new 2030 Strategy will boost fisheries and aquaculture in the Black Sea and Mediterranean region.

ROME (FAO)* – An ambitious commitment adopted 9 July 2021 by 22 countries plus the European Union aims to secure a sustainable future for fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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10/07/2021

South Sudan at a Crossroads

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By Human Rights Watch*

Challenges and Hopes 10 Years After Independence

9 July 2021 — Ten years ago, on July 9, 2011, South Sudan gained its long-fought independence from Sudan. Since then, the new country descended into a bloody seven-year civil war, and while a peace deal was inked by warring parties in 2018, fighting between communities, as well as government human rights abuses, rage on.

Southern Sudanese wave the national flag and cheer at South Sudan's first national soccer match after the country declared its independence, in the capital Juba on July 10, 2011Southern Sudanese wave the national flag and cheer at South Sudan’s first national soccer match after the country declared its independence, in the capital Juba on July 10, 2011 © 2011 AP Photo/Pete Muller

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10/07/2021

Swift, Durable Solutions Needed to Protracted Rohingya Crisis

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Cox’s Bazar (IOM)* – Almost 900,000 Rohingya refugees in congested camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar District desperately need urgent action to secure their future, nearly four years after they were forced to flee Myanmar, a senior International Organization for Migration (IOM) official said. 

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