'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
Congolese nationals forced back across the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after being expelled from neighbouring Angola, “are returning to a desperate situation,” a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson said on 16 October 2018.
Conflict diamonds and climate change: Cooperate, don’t compete over natural resources urges Guterres.
The struggle over natural resources often lies at the heart of violent conflicts, fuelling strife in many parts of the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on 16 October 2018, urging governments and everyone with a stake in valuable resources, to think hard about how they are managed and exploited.
Too many businesses are putting profit above human rights and “ignoring” their obligations, while governments fail to “regulate and lead by example”, according to a United Nations human rights report, published on 16 October 2018.
In the report drawn up by a group of UN rights experts, companies are being urged to comply with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights , which provides a framework for how States and investors, should address shortcomings in board rooms and business practice at all levels.
16 October 2018 – The top United Nations human rights official has called on Saudi Arabia and Turkey to “reveal everything they know” about the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.
The Saudi journalist and critic of the Kingdom has not been seen since he visited his country’s consulate in Istanbul on the afternoon of 2 October, Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
More than a year into the crisis in Cox’s Bazar, the number of Rohingya refugees has reached nearly one million, with young girls in Bangladesh refugee camps sold into forced labour accounting for the largest group of trafficking victims, reported the UN Migration Agency (IOM) on 16 October 2018.
The agency says that families desperate to earn money are frequently sending their daughters to work in dangerous environments.
QUESTION 1Although international migration is today the subject of great concern and attention, migration has always been a part of the history of humankind and accompanies the evolution of societies. Between 1990 and 2015, the number of international migrants has increased from 153 million to 248 million.
New report analyses links between rural and international migration
ROME, 15 October 2018 (FAO)* – A new report on migration launched today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization urges that policies should not stem or accelerate migration but maximize the contribution of rural migration to economic and social development while minimizing the costs.
Agricultural policies should work to maximize the contributions of rural migration to economic and social development, while minimizing the costs, says a major new report released on 15 October 2018 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The agency’s annual report titled, The State of Food and Agriculture 2018 (SOFA), points to migration as a choice, its costs and benefits, and lays out the implications arising from important investment decisions surrounding rural development.
Image from World Food Programme.
1) Zero hunger could save the lives of 3.1 million children a year1
2) Well-nourished mothers have healthier babies with stronger immune systems
3) Ending child undernutrition could increase a developing country’s GDP by 16.5 percent2 Continue reading
15 October 2018 (FAO)* – The 7.5 billion humans alive on the planet today are, more than ever, putting a strain on the planet as they consume much of the world’s resources in their – our – daily lives. We have become disconnected with the natural resources and processes need to produce the food we eat. Who is sticking up for our world – and the future generations who will inherit it?
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Healthy and nutritious food is one of the essential elements of a good quality of life. Photo: ©FAO
