'Unseen' News and Views
Heavy flooding and landslides in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, has left thousands of children and families in an increasingly dire situation with critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 9 July 2019 warned, while scaling up relief efforts to those vulnerable children.
DAYLESFORD, Australia, 9 July 2019 — I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it.
A girl showing signs of fear and anxiety in an uncertain environment | Author: D Sharon Pruitt | Source | CC BY 2.0
The following interview with the Iranian journalist Javad Hieran-Nia was published in Iran together with Middle Scholar’s Statement on Trump’s Iran Policy.
Tehran | CC BY 2.0 | Author: | Source: flickr.com
The links below are from the Iranian publications Mehr News and Tehran Times.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/437548/Attack-on-Iran-would-be-an-unmitigated-disaster-for-all
Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday [8 July 2019], underscoring that children should never be held in immigration detention, or separated from their families.
“As a pediatrician, but also as a mother and a former head of State, I am deeply shocked that children are forced to sleep on the floor in overcrowded facilities, without access to adequate healthcare or food, and with poor sanitation conditions”, said High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.
More than four years of conflict have taken a devastating toll on children – and their parents.
UNICEF/UN0318233/Aljaberi | Newborn girl born on 31 Dec 2018 lies in nursery at 22 May Hospital in Dolaa Hamdan, Sana’a Governorate.
SANA’A, Yemen, 14 June 2019 (UNICEF)* – More than four years of armed conflict have brought Yemen’s essential public services to the brink of total collapse. The first to feel the effects are, invariably, the nation’s most vulnerable: mothers and babies.
The amazing impact of a 10 trillion dollars-worth chemical industry.
Why do chemicals and waste matter? | UN Environment.
In case you were not aware or just do not remember: all you eat, drink, breathe, wear, take as a medicine, the cosmetics you use, the walls of your house, among others, is full of chemicals.
And all is really ALL.
7 July 2019 (ICAN – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)* — On July 7th, 2017 we made history together. Can you believe it’s been two years since the historic UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted?
In that time, ICAN campaigners around the world have kept pushing to promote this treaty and end nuclear weapons, and they’re achieving some incredible successes. Will you join them?
Volatile shelling affects vital water infrastructure five times during the last week of June.
KYIV/GENEVA (UNICEF)* – An escalation in fighting is threatening access to safe water and sanitation for 3.2 million people, including 500,000 children, as well as the safety of workers risking their lives to repair damaged infrastructure in Eastern Ukraine, said UNICEF on 4 July 2019.
Mexico City (FAO)* – A joint action program to promote rural development and the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger so that migration becomes an option and not a necessity, is the objective of a High-level meeting on migration, development and food security in Mesoamerica that kicked-off in Mexico City on 2 July 2019.
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Thanks to the generosity of border towns in Costa Rica, thousands of Nicaraguan children fleeing social and political crisis at home have been able to go back to class.
Nicaraguan and Costa Rican schoolgirls in a group hug during recess at a school in Upala, Costa Rica. © UNHCR/Flavia Sanchez
HUMAN WRONGS WATCH 