Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’ — Global Issues

Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’ — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“The cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption must stop”, underscored Rosemary DiCarlo.  Depravity of war  Amidst a new wave in recent days of missile and airstrikes in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and other cities far from the frontlines, the senior UN official drew attention to the missile strike…

Dozens dead and injured as UN condemns ‘utterly deplorable’ shopping centre attack — Global Issues

Dozens dead and injured as UN condemns ‘utterly deplorable’ shopping centre attack — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

At least ten people have reportedly been killed by what Ukrainian authorities have said was a Russian missile strike on a crowded shopping centre, and attack which the UN condemned on Monday as “utterly deplorable”. The mall in the eastern city of Kremenchuk – a city which has largely escaped…

Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’ — Global Issues

UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’ — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The four-day mission marked the first visit by a UN human rights High Commissioner in more than two decades, and she noted that some of the same rights challenges from that era persist today. Ms. Bachelet hailed an “unprecedented ruling” handed down this week, sentencing three people for incitement to hatred…

Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’ — Global Issues

Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Beginning her briefing with a wider perspective, Wairimu Nderitu said that hateful and contentious narratives that form in the wake of growing hostility, violence and discrimination, could have a “devastating impact” on societies at large. “We saw it in the lead up to the Holocaust, in Rwanda in 1994” and…

Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’ — Global Issues

UN and partners deliver lifesaving aid to Donetska region — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The 12 trucks carrying food, water purification tablets, hygiene and other desperately needed household items, arrived in the region on Monday.  Yesterday, humanitarians delivered 12 trucks of life-saving items to 64K people in Kramatorsk & Sloviansk.Intense hostilities left the entire population of these two cities in desperate need of assistance….

Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’ — Global Issues

‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the intense heatwave made its way from North Africa. The UN agency explained that an Atlantic low-pressure system between the Azores and Madeira is fuelling the warm front, pushing it towards western Europe. 10 degrees above normal And although it’s only mid-June, temperatures in…

The Weaponization of Energy & Europe’s Way Out — Global Issues

The Weaponization of Energy & Europe’s Way Out — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Credit: European Commission Opinion by Reghina Dimitrisina (brussels) Tuesday, June 14, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jun 14 (IPS) – The fast-changing environment requires Europe’s energy system not only to adapt but to also find the right mechanisms to ensure its unity in the face of turbulent challenges. In March 2022,…

Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and disruption ‘must stop’ — Global Issues

Mediterranean Sea journeys for migrants have grown more deadly: UNHCR — Global Issues

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Latest data visualisation figures from UNHCR, shows that there were 3,231 dead or missing at sea last year, a sharp rise from 2020. We are concerned by a rising death toll at sea related to refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.https://t.co/8SzbYb7qea — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) June 10,…

At Half-time, the European Green Deal is Still Grounded — Global Issues

At Half-time, the European Green Deal is Still Grounded — Global Issues

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NGOs call for Europe to opt for citizen-controlled renewable energy in Brussels. Credit: FoE Europe/Lode Saidane Opinion by Jagoda Munic (brussels) Friday, June 10, 2022 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jun 10 (IPS) – Jagoda Munic is Director, Friends of the Earth EuropeThis month marks the mid-point of the much-heralded European Green…