Human Wrongs Watch
Record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are close to famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday [14 June 2019].
14/06/2019
“In Limbo” – Poor identification of Missing Leaves Bereaved Families of Mediterranean Migrants
Human Wrongs Watch
Berlin, 14 June 2019 (IOM)* – A new briefing from IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) shows that thousands of people lost in the Central Mediterranean crossing have not been identified.
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Migrants on an inflatable raft in the Channel of Sicily. © Francesco Malavolta/IOM 2015
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13/06/2019
UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees Is “Competent, Resilient and Resolute” – Independent Expert Report
10 June 2019 (UNRWA)* — A performance assessment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) commissioned by some of the world’s top donors has found that the Agency is “competent, resilient and resolute”, with an overall rating of “highly satisfactory” in four of the 11 areas of the assessment. UNRWA engagement in the region is considered highly relevant as it delivers critical support for the Palestine refugee population, to the host authorities and to the wider development processes of the region.
2018 UNRWA Photo by Carlos Pérez Osorio
13/06/2019
An Uncertain Future for Palestinian Refugees
Human Wrongs Watch
– The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been forced to justify its existence at the United Nations ahead of a pledging conference later this month.
UNRWA came under fire by Jason Greenblatt, US Special Envoy for International Negotiations, at a Security Council meeting late last month.
Allegations and criticism raised by Greenblatt did little to aid the already precarious financial situation of the Agency. Last week, UNRWA held a press conference at the UN in an attempt to raise awareness — and funds for their work.
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13/06/2019
“Batshit Jobs” – No-One Should Have to Destroy the Planet to Make a Living
An in-depth look at workers’ participation in the climate and ecological breakdown, and how this might be transformed into ecological care, and leveraged for change.
Anti-fracking protester, London 2019 | SOPA Images/SIPA USA/PA Images
11 June 2019 (openDemocracy)* — For too long, we have related to climate change mainly as consumers and voters. We have been responsibilised as meat eaters and airplane travellers, we have been urged to vote for the party with the most green agenda, but we have never been addressed as workers.
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13/06/2019
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution in the Crosshairs of US Imperialism
Human Wrongs Watch
By Roger D. Harris – TRANSCEND Media Service
With the likes of John Bolton and Elliot Abrams directing US foreign policy, the US government has abandoned all pretense of “plausible denial” for its illegal regime-change initiatives. The “humanitarian” bombs may not be falling but, make no mistake, the US is waging a full-bore war against the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela.
Back in 1998, Venezuela had had nearly a half a century of two-party rule. A duopoly, not unlike the Republican and Democratic parties in the US, alternated in power imposing a neoliberal order. Poor and working people experienced deteriorating conditions of austerity regardless of which party was in power.
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13/06/2019
So Much Good News for a Change! – Nobel Women’s Initiative
Human Wrongs Watch
By Nobel Women’s Initiative*
12 June 2019 — With thousands of people from around the world coming together at the Women Deliver conference (us included!) beginning on June 2nd in Vancouver, there was bound to be some major developments! Here’s your quick rundown on the most important stories to come out of the past two weeks.
Canada’s First Women, Peace and Security Ambassador
After much anticipation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that Jacqueline O’Neill has been named Canada’s first-ever Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security! Sending a huge congratulations fo Jacqueline, whose decades of experience makes her the perfect candidate for this vital job.
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13/06/2019
‘Pay Greater Attention, Allocate More Funds to Addressing Child Labour in Domestic and Local Food Supply Chains and Subsistence Farming’ – FAO Urges
Human Wrongs Watch
On World Day Against Child Labour []12 June 2019], FAO urges greater attention to addressing child labour in local food supply chains
The number of children in child labour in agriculture has increased by 10 million since 2012. Local children carrying bundles of cassava sold at a street market in Bassongo, Central African Republic.
Rome/Brussels (FAO)* – FAO on 12 June 2019 urged nations to pay greater attention and allocate more financial resources to addressing child labour in domestic and local food supply chains and in subsistence farming where the vast majority of child labour in agriculture occurs.
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