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UN experts call for protection of trafficked workers from Viet Nam in Saudi Arabia
- UN News
Some women and girls being recruited in Viet Nam to serve as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, are suffering sexual abuse and torture, leading a group of UN independent human rights experts on Thursday to call on both nations to curb human trafficking.
Ordinary Afghans ‘broke and broken’, warns UN migration agency chief
- UN News
A stark warning for the people of Afghanistan has been issued by UN migration agency chief António Vitorino who on Thursday said that ongoing conflict, grinding poverty and climate-related emergencies, have pushed the country to the brink of collapse.
COP26: Combined Exclusive Maritime Zone for Africa to Combat Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 04 (IPS) - “Working together means we widen the number of like-minded actors towards a common good” –Dr. Azza Karam, Secretary-General of Religions for Peace International.
As global leaders and civil society actors participate in COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is a significant problem that must be tackled.
‘Dramatic’ boost needed in climate adaptation: UN environment agency
- UN News
Although policies and planning for climate change adaptation are increasing, financing and implementation lag behind, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report launched on Thursday.
Daughters of a Lesser God (I) 800 Million Girls Forced to Be Mothers
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Nov 03 (IPS) - Imagine your child, your daughter, being genitally mutilated and, further on, sold or even handed over for free to an older man who will force her to become a child mother, when her body is still far from being formed and thus able to bear with a so early pregnancy.
Yemen: Four children killed or maimed a day, as war grinds on
- UN News
At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days.
COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney presents watershed private sector commitment for climate finance
- UN News
It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wednesday to align $130 trillion – some 40 per cent of the world’s financial assets – with the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, including limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Israel settlement expansion ‘tramples’ on human rights law, experts contend
- UN News
Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has drawn strong condemnation from two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.
‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan
- UN News
Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a “climate of fear”, threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the country, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday.
COP26 Discussions Must Prioritize Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, Nov 03 (IPS) - Local, national and world leaders, and committed climate change activists are in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to share the progress they’ve made since the COP21 in Paris six years ago and to discuss what comes next. One of the issues that must be on the table at COP26 is the worrying impact of climate change on agriculture in Africa.
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