Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking — Global Issues

Indonesian doctors act on tell-tale signs of family violence — Global Issues

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When the parents of an injured five-year-old boy told Dr. Fai’zah A. Salim that he fell off a ladder, she was not convinced and suspected otherwise. Trained by UNFPA in the Central Sulawesi capital city of Palu to identify both physical and psychological signs of domestic violence, she referred the…

Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking — Global Issues

Dialogue ‘only way forward’, UN official says in wake of latest launch — Global Issues

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“I emphasize the importance of re-establishing communication channels, particularly between military entities,” said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, briefing ambassadors at the Security Council. “Exercising maximum restraints is critical to avoid unintended escalation. Diplomacy and dialogue – not isolation – is the only…

Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking — Global Issues

109-year-old Tulsa Massacre survivor reflects on legacy of slavery in UN visit — Global Issues

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Together with her grandson, Ike Howard, the 109-year-old Ms. Fletcher came to UN Headquarters this week to commemorate the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO) International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Standing in front of the Ark of Return monument, Ms. Fletcher and Mr….

Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking — Global Issues

New global fund ‘welcome boost’ to safeguarding biodiversity — Global Issues

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The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, launched at the Global Environmental Facility Assembly in Vancouver, Canada, will support the implementation of the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and guide nature towards recovery by 2050. Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, emphasized…

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Da’esh and affiliates still a threat in conflict zones, UN counter-terrorism officials report — Global Issues

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Ambassadors were briefed by two senior UN counter-terrorism officials who presented the Secretary-General’s latest report on the group, also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which showed that the threat in non-conflict areas remains low. “This analytical distinction can obscure what is the complex, context-…

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Six years on, still no justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Friday, 25 August, marks the sixth anniversary of the start of a massive offensive by Myanmar’s military against the mainly Muslim minority in Rakhine state. Some 10,000 Rohingya men, women, children and newborns were killed, more than 300 villages burnt to the ground, and over 700,000 forced to flee to…

Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking — Global Issues

IAEA monitoring treated water release from Fukushima nuclear plant — Global Issues

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Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog were present to monitor and assess that all relevant international safety standards were applied, as part of a multiyear review of a process that could last for decades. The decision to release the water into the sea has sparked criticism in Japan and the…

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‘Tensions and divisions’ eroding human rights — Global Issues

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“Given the tensions and divisions arising from the constitutional referendum, the Central African authorities urgently need to engage all actors in a genuine political dialogue aimed at de-escalating the situation”, said Yao Agbetse, the UN Independent Expert on the Central African Republic, at the end of a 10-day visit to…