Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

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Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, have welcomed the proposed New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Prevention Act, which is currently under discussion. They urged lawmakers to adopt the draft bill, which compels…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

Lack of clean water, spread of disease, major risks — Global Issues

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Homes have been flooded, forcing many to leave, and access to water, specifically clean water, is emerging as a major challenge. In an interview with UN News, International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokesperson Olivia Headon, speaking from Kyiv, said the agency along with other humanitarian partners, had been rushing clean…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq — Global Issues

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Ambassadors were briefed by Christian Ritscher, Special Adviser and Head of the UN Investigative Team to promote accountability for these crimes, UNITAD, established five years ago. The Islamist group declared a self-styled caliphate across parts of Iraq and northern Syria in 2014, before being militarily defeated and driven from Iraq…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’ — Global Issues

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater action to protect oceans in his message to mark World Oceans Day on Thursday. “The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet’s…

World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030 — Global Issues

World off track for reaching key goal on sustainable energy by 2030 — Global Issues

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Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the UN Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), warns that current efforts are not enough to achieve the SDG 7 on time. There has been…

Dam destruction sparks nuclear safety, humanitarian concerns — Global Issues

Dam destruction sparks nuclear safety, humanitarian concerns — Global Issues

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The UN Office in Ukraine tweeted that “thousands of people in Ukraine are in peril” following the major breach in the Soviet-era Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric plant, on the country’s largest river, the Dnipro, in the southeast, with video showing torrents of water cascading through. The Ukrainian and Russian governments…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

UN Security Council to welcome five new non-permanent members — Global Issues

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Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia will join the premier body for maintaining international peace and security, starting in January, serving for a two-year period. They were among six countries vying for five non-permanent seats around the Council’s horseshoe-shaped table that will become vacant at the end…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns Türk — Global Issues

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The UN human rights office, OHCHR, and its mandate has become a powerful vehicle for change, progress, dignity, and justice, yet “this is far from enough to meet today’s challenges”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in his keynote address at the +30 Symposium, Vienna World Conference:…

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief — Global Issues

UN deeply saddened as latest earthquake kills three, in wake of floods — Global Issues

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The 5.5 magnitude quake struck in the department of Grand’Anse, following torrential rains which have displaced more than 13,000 people. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life, destruction of property and suffering of the Haitian people caused by the earthquake”, said UN Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric. “The Secretary-General extends…