30/11/2018
A group of United Nations human rights experts issued a joint statement on 28 November 2018 calling on States to live up to their commitments to protect women human rights defenders, as they come under increasing attack, and with inadequate protection.
UN Women/Dzilam Mendez | In Mexico City, an artistic installation consisting of a number of signs of Venus, representing women, stresses the magnitude of femicidal violence. (March 2018)
Marking International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, 29 November, the statement said that the current global context of “unchecked authoritarianism” along with “the rise of populism, of corporate power and of fundamentalist groups” have contributed to closing the space for civil society.
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30/11/2018
29 November 2018 — A new study released by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, shows that the deteriorating crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), five years into the latest civil conflict to hit the country, has left practically every child needing protection from armed groups, which now control four-fifths of the country’s territory.
UNICEF/Gilbertson V | In November 2018, 1.5 million children require humanitarian assistance n the Central African Republic.
The report, “Crisis in the Central African Republic: In a neglected emergency, children need aid, protection – and a future”, finds that life has become harsher and more dangerous for children: thousands are trapped within armed groups, with thousands more, subject to sexual violence.
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30/11/2018
A two-State solution where Israel and Palestine live side-by-side as sovereign nations is still “the only option” for lasting peace, and “containing the situation is not sufficient,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on 28 November 2018, marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
UNRWA/Marwan Baghdadi | The rubble of demolished Palestinian homes in Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem overlooking Pisgat Ze’ev settlement.
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The Assembly adopted
Resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine in 1947, but an independent and sovereign state has yet to be realised.
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29/11/2018
Creating a movement that can have the impact XR aims for will require confronting the political as well as the moral challenges posed by climate change.
XR twitter. November 17, 2018. Fair use.
27 November 2018 (openDemocracy)* — During October and November 2018, a new environmental campaign called Extinction Rebellion (XR) has attracted widespread mainstream media attention in the UK, with its call to ‘Fight for Life’ in the face of an ‘unprecedented global emergency’.
Currently, it is trying to set up chapters in many other parts of Europe and the US as well.
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29/11/2018
As is generally true in the cases of intractable social problems–drugs, militarism, global warming, etc.–also in the case of low wages and precarious employment, in order to solve the problem, it is necessary to redefine the problem.
Especially when we are dealing with socially created realities–as we are when we try to solve the problems of low wages and precarious employment–we should bear in mind that the ways people think about the problems create them. If people are going to solve the problems, they need to think differently.
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29/11/2018
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COP24, as it’s known, kicks off this weekend. For the next two weeks, a number of very smart experts and politicians will be locked in meeting rooms in a conference centre in Katowice trying (we hope) to move the Paris Agreement forward and ramp up climate commitments.And it’s in moments like this that our voices really need to be heard. So here’s your chance!
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29/11/2018
- It is still possible to keep global warming below 2°C, but the technical feasibility of bridging the 1.5°C gap is dwindling.
- Global CO2 emissions increased in 2017, after a three-year period of stabilization.
- If the emissions gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the 2°C temperature goal can still be reached.
Paris, 27 November 2018 (UN Environment)* – Global emissions are on the rise as national commitments to combat climate change come up short. But surging momentum from the private sector and untapped potential from innovation and green-financing offer pathways to bridge the emissions gap.
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29/11/2018
28 November 2018 — On the eve of the G20 international forum in Argentina, and ahead of next week’s COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for global leadership to be stepped up, “at a time of declining global trust.”
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | Press Encounter with the Secretary-General António Guterres, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on 28 November 2018.
In a press briefing on Wednesday [28 November 2018], Guterres said that the meetings, both of which he is attending, come at a crucial moment: “Our world is obviously facing a crisis of confidence. Those left behind by globalization are losing trust in governments and institutions,” he told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York.
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28/11/2018
Migrants who have made, or who are making the journey to the United States border in caravans confront increasing threats to their lives, liberty and security, United Nations independent experts said on 28 November 2018, calling for their full protection.
IOM/Rafael Rodríguez | Central American migrant caravan passing by Chiapas, Mexico. 2018.
Nine UN experts pointed out that the migrants are seriously vulnerable, facing challenges such as shortages of healthcare, water, sanitation, food, and shelter. They are also at increased risk of trafficking and sexual exploitation.
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27/11/2018
Amidst a $33 million funding shortfall, plunging temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa pose a major threat to children in the region, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday [27 November 2018].
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UNICEF/Anmar | Students in West Mosul, Iraq, attend the UNICEF-supported Ithar School, which runs a shift for boys and a shift for girls. During the last war, many children dropped out of school.
With cold and rainy weather sweeping through, nearly one million children affected by crises across the region face the risk of life-threatening or debilitating illness.
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