'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
Aligning inclusive, quality education with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was centre-stage on Friday 24 January 2020[], as the President of the UN General Assembly held a high-level interactive meeting for the International Day of Education. (*).
“The education sector is wrestling with mammoth challenges worldwide”, said Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, in his message for the day. Continue reading
25 January 2020 (UN News)* — Following confirmed cases of the Novel coronavirus in Europe, the United Nations health agency released a statement on the need for the international community to work together as one to combat the infectious disease.
Castillo, who participates in the World Encounter Against Imperialism, remarked that there is a systematic massacre occurring in his country.
Demonstrators take part in a protest against the government of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque, in Bogota, Colombia, January 21, 2020. | Photo: Reuters (Photo posted here from teleSUR).
The head of the UN health agency, WHO (World Health Organization), declared on Thursday [23 January 2020] that the respiratory disease Novel Coronavirus, is not yet an official Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but warned that is an emergency in China.*
However, after two days of deliberations, the WHO Emergency Committee, which advises the head of the agency, was divided on whether to declare a PHEIC.
24 January 2020 (RT)* — The World Health Organization (WHO) held off designating a new fast-spreading coronavirus as an international health threat, but did deem it a crisis within China, where the pathogen has infected some 830 people and killed 26.
FILE PHOTO: A worker in a protective suit is seen at the closed seafood market in Wuhan, China, the suspected origin point of a novel coronavirus gripping the country. © Reuters / Stringer. (Photo posted here from RT’s article).
1 Jan 2020 – Press Release
Mairead Maguire Resigned Today from the Nobel Women’s Initiative Board and Organization
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Maguire, who won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in peacemaking in Northern Ireland and is a co-founder of The Peace People, Ireland said:
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The world is “doomed” in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday [23 January 2020]. (*).
(UN News)* — Myanmar must take steps to protect its minority Rohingya population, the top UN court unanimously ruled on Thursday [23 January 2020].
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) also ordered authorities to prevent the destruction of evidence related to genocide allegations.
Over 18 million hectares have burned in the Australian bushfire season 2019–2020 as of mid-January according to media reports, destroying over 5,900 buildings including over 2,800 homes. In addition to human fatalities, many millions of animals are reported to have been killed.
