24/08/2019
By Inger Andersen*
23 August 2019 (UN Enviroment)* — The ongoing fires in the Amazon rainforest are a harsh reminder of the environmental crises facing the world – of climate, of biodiversity and of pollution.
The ongoing fires in the Amazon rainforest are a harsh reminder of the environmental crises facing the world – of climate, of biodiversity and of pollution.
We cannot afford more damage to this precious natural resource, which is home to 33 million people – including 420 indigenous communities -, 40,000 plant species, 3,000 freshwater fish species and more than 370 types of reptiles.
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23/08/2019
By Robert J. Burrowes*
DAYLESFORD, Australia, 23 August 2019 — Something is causing the worlds glaciers and mountain ice fields to melt. And, despite your first thought, it is not the ongoing climate catastrophe.
It does not matter where on Earth the glaciers and mountain ice fields are located, they are all melting. Moreover, the projected timeframe for some of them to disappear altogether is ‘imminently’; that is, within years.
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23/08/2019
21 August 2019 (Wall Street International)* — The theocratic revolution of 1978 led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which ended the monarchy and dictatorship of the Shah, Reza Pahlavi, had several consequences on the political map of the Middle East.
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We must not forget that the United Kingdom and the United States were great allies of Iran and of Pahlavi.
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22/08/2019
The United Nations announced on Wednesday [21 August 2019] that it is being forced to close down several humanitarian programmes in Yemen because money pledged by Member States to pay for them has “failed to materialize”.
OCHA/Giles Clarke | This baby boy weighed 2.5 kg when he was born in Yemen. Now at four months old he suffers from severe acute malnutrition. (file)
“We are desperate for the funds that were promised,” said Lise Grande, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen. “When money doesn’t come, people die.”
At a pledging event for Yemen held in February, the UN and humanitarian partners were promised $2.6 billion to meet the urgent needs of more than 20 million Yemenis. To date, less than half of this amount has been received.
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22/08/2019
By John Scales Avery*
A new book
John Scales Avery
I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Fascism, Then and Now”. It can be freely downloaded from the following link: http://eacpe.org/app/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Fascism-then-and-now-John-Scales-Avery.pdf
Please circulate the link to your friends who might be interested.
Parallels between fascism of the 1930’s and neo-fascism today
There are many extremely worrying similarities between fascism in Europe in the 1930’s and the neo-fascism that we can see around us today.
For example, Donald Trump, according to his forst wife, kept a book of Hitler’s speeches beside his bed, and studied it thoroughly. Today, he imitates Hitler’s rhetoric, as is discussed in Appendix A.
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21/08/2019
UN Photo/Manuel Elias | Maria Luiza Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to Secretary-General António Guterres, briefs the Security Council meeting on challenges to peace and security in the Middle East. (20 August 2019)
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21/08/2019
Intensifying clashes in the southern Libyan town of Murzuq involving air and drone strikes in recent days have left at least 90 people dead and displaced thousands of “terrified” civilians, the UN said on Tuesday [20 August 2019].
UN OCHA/Giles Clarke | IDP Tawerghan children in a damaged car in the Qaryounis IDP settlement in Benghazi. The Qaryounis settlement is home to 204 families almost all of whom were displaced from Tawergha in 2011.
“Casualties on all sides of the fighting have continued as a result of airstrikes by planes and drones, indiscriminate rocket attacks and shelling, and direct fighting on the ground,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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21/08/2019
One month ago, the United Nations top Yemen envoy told the Security Council the country was facing “a crucial moment” in the course of its long and bloody conflict, and on Tuesday [20 August 2019], he again urged members to acknowledge that recent infighting around the Government stronghold of Aden were “a clear sign” that the conflict must be brought to a swift, peaceful end.
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© UNHCR/Saleh Bahulais | Shaker Ali sits in front of what used to be a marketplace in Aden, Yemen. (22 June 2019)
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21/08/2019
20 August 2019 — While the world’s oceans contain some 200,000 identified living species, the actual numbers could reach the millions – all exposed to the dangers of climate change, pollution and over-exploitation. To stem these threats, the United Nations is meeting to negotiate a treaty that would protect three-quarters of the earth’s surface by 2030.
UNEP/NOOR/Kadir van Lohuizen | An underwater sculpture at Molinere Bay, in the Marine Protected Area of Grenada.
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20/08/2019
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 2019 (IPS)* – Recently, Christine Lagarde, outgoing Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), argued that developing ‘countries need a seat at the table’ to design rules governing international corporate taxation.
Anis Chowdhury
This acknowledges recent IMF findings that developing countries lose approximately USD200 billion in potential tax revenue yearly, about 1.3 per cent of their GDP, due to companies shifting profits to low-tax locations.
Oxfam estimated in 2018 that extreme poverty could be eradicated for USD107 billion annually, i.e., about half the lost revenue.
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