24/06/2021
(Stockholm) — The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 14 June 2021 launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2021, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. A key finding is that despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads in 2020, more have been deployed with operational forces.
SIPRI Yearbook 2021
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24/06/2021
A new freely downloadable book
John Scales Avery
I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the reasons why the institution of war continues to threaten human civilization and the biosphere, and the steps that might be taken to rid the world of war.
The book may be downloaded and circulated free of charge from the following link:
https://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Why-War-by-John-Scales-Avery.pdf
Albert Einstein’s letter to Sigmund Freud
“Why War?”, the title of this book, was also the title of a famous letter written to Sigmund Freud by Albert Einstein.
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23/06/2021
Addis Ababa, 23 June 2021 – Communities affected and uprooted by the ongoing conflict in Tigray [Ethiopia] continue to experience devastating levels of suffering. Humanitarian agencies urgently require increased resources in order to reach those desperate for relief.
IOM is providing water, sanitation and hygiene services to thousands of IDPs in Shire, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Photo IOM / Kaye Viray
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23/06/2021
(UN News)* — With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on 22 June 2021.
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World Bank/Ghullam Abbas Farzami | Women carry bundles through a neighbourhood of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
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From politics to security, the peace process to the economy, Deborah Lyons, Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (
UNAMA),
said the “possible slide toward dire scenarios is undeniable”.
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23/06/2021
22 June 2021 (UN News)* — Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack identity papers and are essentially “invisible to the authorities”.
© UNHCR/Katie Barlow | John who was photographed in southeast London has been recognized as stateless in the UK.
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22/06/2021
International Widows’ Day – 23 June 2021
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women*
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained health systems, widened socio-economic gaps, and shifted strategic, political, and funding priorities, all of which disproportionately affect women and girls, particularly those who are most marginalized.
The doubled risk of death for men from COVID-19 has not only created more widows; the pandemic has in many cases magnified the impact of the challenges they face, for example when confronted by extreme poverty from being disinherited from land and property with no alternative source of support.
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22/06/2021
Martha Alicia Benavente, from Tucurú, a small municipality in Guatemala, is a mother of four children whom she raised alone after her husband passed away. She trained for six months to become a solar engineer, and she is bursting with energy. She can’t wait to start building solar lamps so that her community can have sustainable energy at last. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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22/06/2021
Hawa was pregnant when she lost her husband and the rest of her family in the fighting in the Central African Republic. She fled and crossed into Cameroon, becoming a refugee at the Gado camp, where she gave birth to Haphisi. PHOTO:UN Women/Ryan Brown
22 June 2021 (United Nations)* — For many women around the world, the devastating loss of a partner is magnified by a long-term fight for their basic rights and dignity.
Despite the fact that there are more than 258 million widows around the world, widows have historically been left unseen, unsupported, and unmeasured in our societies.
Today, as armed conflicts, displacement and migration, and the COVID-19 pandemic leave tens of thousands of women newly widowed and many others whose partners are missing or disappeared, the unique experiences and needs of widows must be brought to the forefront, with their voices leading the way.
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22/06/2021
NAIROBI, Jun 18 2021 (IPS)* – Every year, people in Sub-Saharan Africa consume 34 million tons of milled rice, of which 43 percent is imported. But the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly hampered supply chains, making it difficult for imported rice to reach the continent. Indeed, if immediate action is not taken, the supply shortfall will further strain the region’s food systems which are already impacted by the pandemic.
Rice fields in Northern Ghana. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
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