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18/06/2019

Modernization of World Nuclear Forces Continues Despite Overall Decrease in Number of Warheads – SIPRI

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Stockholm (SIPRI)* — The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 17 June 2019 launched the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2019, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security.

Modernization of world nuclear forces continues despite overall decrease in number of warheads: New SIPRI Yearbook out now

The modernization of nuclear forces continues

SIPRI Governing Board Chair Ambassador Jan Eliasson, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, says: ‘A key finding is that despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads in 2018, all nuclear weapon-possessing states continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals.’

18/06/2019

Peace Journalism: The Sower, the Seed, the Harvest

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By René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service

There is the New Testament symbol of the Sower and the Seed. The Sower has only one type of seed, which stands for the truth or at least that aspect of the truth that is appropriate for the period. He throws some of the seeds on ill-prepared hard ground. It is quickly covered over, some eaten by birds or stamped on by people passing. Some others are thrown on slightly prepared ground, but their roots do not go deep. The seeds are dried by too much sun or drowned by too much rain. Finally, some seeds are put into well-prepared ground, take root and in turn produce more seeds that can be used elsewhere.

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18/06/2019

Let’s Train Humans First … Before We Train Machines

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By Hazel Henderson*

ST AUGUSTINE, Florida, Jun 17 2019 (IPS)* – We humans are at the absurd stage in our technological evolution when we seem to have abandoned our common sense. Billions are spent by governments, corporations and investors in training computer-based algorithms (i.e. computer programs) in today’s mindless rush to create so-called “artificial” intelligence, widely advertised as AI.

Sophia the Robot speaking to UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at UN Headquarters in 2017. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elias

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18/06/2019

Billions Lack ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ – World Health Organization-UN Children Fund

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17 June 2019 – Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, while 4.2 billion go without safe sanitation services and three billion lack basic handwashing facilities, according to a new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

UNICEF/Sri Kolari | A mother and her two sons wash clothes in Maharashtra, India (June 2019).

“Mere access is not enough” said UNICEF’s Kelly Ann Naylor, Associate Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). “If the water isn’t clean, isn’t safe to drink or is far away, and if toilet access is unsafe or limited, then we’re not delivering for the world’s children”.

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17/06/2019

Climate Crisis and the 2020 U.S. Elections

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By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Trump and His Party Must Be Defeated

There are so many things wrong with Donald Trump that one hardly knows where to begin. He is a racist, habitual liar, tax evader, cruel cager of infants, misogynist, narcissist, bully, violator of numerous laws, both national and international, a friend of rich oligarchs and enemy of the poor, to mention only a few of his faults. He has made the United States resemble Germany, Italy or Spain in the 1930’s, when fascism was on the rise.

Pershing Square, Los Angeles, United States | Photo by Samantha Sophia @samanthabroxton | Unsplash

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16/06/2019

The Forgotten Migrants of Central America

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*By Caley Pigliucci**

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2019 (IPS)* – Rural and indigenous populations in countries like Guatemala and Honduras are increasingly on the move – either migrating internally or to neighbouring countries.

Traditional indigenous attire of a Mayan woman from the Quiche region of Guatemala. UN Photo/John Olsson

But the focus on these populations has been limited, leaving them forgotten and marginalized as they continue to be disproportionately affected by climate change.

The disappearance of farmlands and unreliability of crops due to climate change have led families to experience increased food and economic insecurity—that have forced some of them to migrate.

“In general, we can say that the majority of rural migrants are poor people, but often not the poorest, because the latter cannot afford the significant costs of these journeys,” Ricardo Rapallo, Senior Food Security Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), told IPS.

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16/06/2019

Remittances Matter: 8 Facts You Don’t Know about the Money Migrants Send Back Home

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This Sunday [16 June 2019] marks the second International Day of Family Remittances, observed every year on 16 June, in recognition of the fundamental contribution of migrant workers to their families and communities back home.

IFAD/Christine Nesbitt | The small amounts of $200 or $300 that each migrant sends home make up about 60 per cent of the family’s household income.

Here are eight things you might not know about the transformative power of these often small – yet major – contributions to sustainable development worldwide:

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15/06/2019

1 in 9 People Globally Are Supported by Funds Sent Home by Migrant Workers

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Rome/New York (IFAD)* – Remittances from international migrant workers to their families are expected to rise to over US$550 billion in 2019, up some $20 billion from $529 billion last year, Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), stated on 14 June 2019.

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15/06/2019

Over 60% of South Sudan Population Projected to Face Crisis Levels of Food Insecurity or Worse

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JUBA (FAO)* – The number of people facing a critical lack of food in South Sudan is the highest ever, three United Nations agencies on 14 June 2019 warned.

A joint rapid response to provide life-saving food and livelihoods supplies to communities in South Sudan. The number of people facing a critical lack of food in the country is the highest ever, FAO, UNICEF and WFP warn.

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15/06/2019

UN Suspends Handover of Any More Camps for Displaced Civilians to Sudanese Military, against Backdrop of Worsening Violence, Insecurity

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The joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), is suspending the handover of any more camps for displaced civilians to the Sudanese military, against a backdrop of worsening violence and insecurity across the country.

Tanzanian police officer Grace Ngassa (left), serving with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), talks to a woman resident of Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), near El Fasher, capital of North Darfur.

UN Photo/Albert Gonzlez Farran | Tanzanian police officer Grace Ngassa (left), serving with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), talks to a woman resident of Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), near El Fasher, capital of North Darfur.

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Modernization of World Nuclear Forces Continues Despite Overall Decrease in Number of Warheads – SIPRI

Peace Journalism: The Sower, the Seed, the Harvest

Human Wrongs Watch

By René Wadlow – TRANSCEND Media Service

Let’s Train Humans First … Before We Train Machines

Human Wrongs Watch

By Hazel Henderson*

Billions Lack ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ – World Health Organization-UN Children Fund

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Climate Crisis and the 2020 U.S. Elections

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By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service*

The Forgotten Migrants of Central America

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*By Caley Pigliucci**

Remittances Matter: 8 Facts You Don’t Know about the Money Migrants Send Back Home

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1 in 9 People Globally Are Supported by Funds Sent Home by Migrant Workers

Over 60% of South Sudan Population Projected to Face Crisis Levels of Food Insecurity or Worse

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UN Suspends Handover of Any More Camps for Displaced Civilians to Sudanese Military, against Backdrop of Worsening Violence, Insecurity

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