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Widespread Destruction Across Khan Younis As Gazans ‘struggle To Survive’
Friday, 12 April 2024, 1:36 pm | United Nations
People in Gaza are struggling to survive, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, who was part of a team carrying out an assessment mission on Wednesday in the southern city of Khan Younis following the Israeli military ... More >>
A Class Analysis Of The Trump-Biden Rerun
Friday, 12 April 2024, 12:45 pm | Independent Media Institute
Hostility has intensified between the two major parties as their opposition has become more extreme. This keeps happening because neither found nor implemented any solutions to the deepening problems besetting the United States. More >>
Russian Attacks ‘A Daily Destructive Pattern’ In Ukraine, Security Council Hears
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:23 am | UN News
Russian attacks on cities and towns across Ukraine, including intense and systematic targeting of the energy infrastructure, “have become a daily destructive pattern” in recent weeks, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Ukraine: March The Most Dangerous Month For Children Since Last Summer
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:16 am | Save The Children
With 11 children killed and 46 more injured, March 2024 has become the most dangerous month for children in Ukraine since July last year, Save the Children said today. According to latest UN figures, at least 57 children were killed or injured in Ukraine ... More >>
Ecuador-Mexico: ‘Cardinal Principle’ Of Diplomatic Inviolability Must Be Upheld Says UN Chief
Friday, 12 April 2024, 9:38 am | UN News
The decision by Ecuador to forcibly enter the Mexican Embassy on Saturday and arrest a former vice president of the Andean country on corruption charges represents a breach of international law, the UN Secretary-General has said. More >>
Colombia Serves As ‘A Model’ For Countries Using Dialogue To Forge Peace
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:12 pm | UN News
Colombia has reached an “important juncture” in advancing peace after decades of war, but efforts to sustain the current momentum must be redoubled, the head of a UN mission in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Environmental Journalist Alexander Kaufman Receives East-West Center’s Inaugural Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:49 pm | East West Center
Supported by a generous endowment from the Melvin M.S. Goo Memorial Fund, the fellowship provides financial support to a Chinese or American journalist, author, or writer for projects that enhance understanding between the United States and China. More >>
ManageEngine Simplifies Cloud Cost Management For Enterprises Across Multi-cloud Environments
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 1:10 pm | ManageEngine
Reduces redundant cloud resources and mitigates the risk of costly cloud sprawl Quickens cloud cost tracking, budgeting and forecasting through AI-driven models More >>
‘Fear And Loss’ Multiplies In Sudan Exodus
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 1:08 pm | UN News
Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan since the war between rival militaries erupted last April, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. More >>
New Online Tool Shows Climate Finance Gaps & Limited Direct Funding To Indigenous Communities
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:22 pm | Rights and Resources Initiative
New Online Dashboard Brings Transparency to Climate Finance; Gives Open Access to Funding Data for Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and Afrodescendant Peoples’ Tenure Rights and Forest Guardianship More >>
Armenia’s Escape From Isolation Lies Through Georgia
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:39 am | Independent Media Institute
Surrounded to its east and west by hostile neighbors and devoid of allies, Armenia’s geopolitical situation faces severe challenges. A growing partnership with Georgia could help the small, landlocked country to expand its options. More >>
Optimism Returning In Australia’s Industries But Cost Control And Talent Remain A Burden
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:37 am | Autodesk
Study of 451 Australian Design & Make companies reveals greater confident from AEC and D&M sectors, with digitalisation and sustainability strategies progressing amid ongoing operational challenges More >>
VAST Data Extends Global Namespace Capabilities With Google Cloud To Simplify & Secure Hybrid Cloud AI & Data Pipelines
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:03 am | VAST Data
Sydney, AUSTRALIA – April 11 , 2024 – VAST Data , the AI data platform company, announced at Google Cloud Next 2024, the availability of the VAST Data Platform with Google Cloud. By extending the VAST Data Platform's global namespace with Google ... More >>
New UN Report Calls For Trillions More In Development Investment To Rescue Sustainable Development Goals
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 10:58 am | UN Department of Global Communications
Bold actions needed to scale up SDG investment and reform global financial system. More >>
Simon Stiell (Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change) Address To Chatham House: Two Years To Save The World
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 10:42 am | UNFCCC
As of today, national climate plans - called Nationally Determined Contributions or NDCs - in aggregate will barely cut emissions at all by 2030. More >>
Octopus Farm Must Be Stopped, Say Campaigners, As New Documents Reveal Plans Were Reckless And Threatened Environment
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 9:32 am | Compassion in World Farming
Environment report was insufficient & exposes ‘hypocrisy’ of Nueva Pescanova’s sustainability claims More >>
The Myth That India’s Freedom Was Won Nonviolently Is Holding Back Progress
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 8:55 am | Independent Media Institute
Some struggles can be kept nonviolent, but decolonization never has been—certainly not in India More >>
Findex Announces New Investment Partnership With Mercury Capital (40% Stake)
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 11:16 am | Findex
Melbourne, 10 April 2024 - Findex, Australia's leading provider of integrated wealth management, advisory and accounting services, has announced its new investment partnership with Australian and New Zealand private equity investment firm Mercury Capital. ... More >>
Shipwreck Tragedy Off Djibouti Coast, Drone Attacks Continue At Ukraine Nuclear Plant, Madagascar Cyclone Update
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 10:06 am | UN News
At least 38 migrants - including women and children – died when their overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the UN migration agency (IOM) reported on Tuesday. More >>
Hepatitis Killing Thousands Daily, WHO Warns In New Report
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 8:58 am | UN News
The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Tuesday. More >>
Winston Peter’s Bluff And Bluster At The United Nations Fools Nobody Here
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 1:36 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Winston Peters’ bluff and bluster in his General Assembly speech at the United Nations yesterday are a classic case of doing one thing at home and saying another for overseas audiences. Peters’ described the war on Gaza as an “utter ... More >>
There Is No Such Thing As Collective Wisdom
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 10:59 am | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
On the same day the college basketball tournament called “March Madness” ends, the eclipse madness culminates in America. Only people with no relationship to nature flock in the millions to experience four minutes of a celestial event that scared ... More >>
World News In Brief: Haiti, Lebanon, UNEP Welcomes Iran Prisoner Release, Healthcare For The Displaced
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 10:53 am | UN News
UN humanitarians on Monday made clear the emergency response in Haiti’s capital continues despite ongoing insecurity caused by months of gang-led violence there. More >>
Indiscriminate Aerial Bombing In Abra, Philippines, Violates International Humanitarian Law
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:51 am | ICHRP
On April 2, 2024, the Philippine Air Force bombed and fired rockets in the area of Gapay Village, Pilar, Abra Province, a mountainous area near the boundary with Ilocos Sur Province, forcing the closure of schools and the evacuation of up to 212 families ... More >>
Attacks On Ukrainian Nuclear Facilities ‘Must Cease Immediately’: UN Atomic Watchdog
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:39 am | UN News
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the targeting marked a “major escalation” in the level of danger facing the power plant. More >>
Security Council Urged To ‘End The Bloodshed’ In Gaza
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:16 am | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza. More >>
Palestinian Request For UN Membership Moves On To Specialized Committee
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 9:13 am | UN News
The Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialized committee set up to vet new members. More >>
Kiingi Tuheitia To Attend Pacific Leaders Meeting In Hawai’i
Monday, 8 April 2024, 3:49 pm | Te Tari o te Kiingitanga
Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII will attend the inaugural meeting of Traditional Pacific Traditional Leaders in Hawai’i in June to discuss issues of regional and international concern such as climate change and environmental protection. ... More >>
Kacific And Microsoft Partner To Reach 10 Million People In The Asia Pacific With Internet Access Initiative
Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:38 pm | Kacific
Singapore, 8 April 2024 – Kacific Broadband Satellites Group and Microsoft are collaborating to bring high-speed satellite internet access to 750 rural educational and healthcare institutions with a geographical coverage of 10 million across the ... More >>
Getting Children Back To School In Deadly Gang-ravaged Haiti
Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:25 pm | United Nations
Against the backdrop of a humanitarian crisis and gang violence in Haiti, UN agencies are warning that children are suffering not just from a lack of schooling but also through witnessing violence. More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Greatest Of All Time Fights For Peace
Monday, 8 April 2024, 9:56 am | UN News
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali took on fights outside the ring for civil rights and against war, bringing strong messages to the UN since the 1970s. More >>
Gaza: ‘No Protection’ For Civilians, Aid Workers, Security Council Hears
Monday, 8 April 2024, 9:51 am | UN News
Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the carnage in Gaza as the war enters its sixth month amid a man-made famine, Israel’s constant bombardment, targeted killings of aid workers and Palestinians civilians and “zero ... More >>
Gaza: ‘Systematic Dismantling Of Healthcare Must End’ Says WHO
Monday, 8 April 2024, 9:33 am | UN News
With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has now become “totally inadequate” following six months of brutal fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, said the World Health ... More >>
UN Underscores Commitment To Stay And Deliver In Myanmar
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:51 am | UN News
The ongoing escalation of the conflict in Myanmar, more than three years after the military takeover, is severely affecting people across the country, with spillover effects in the region, two senior UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday. ... More >>
Sudan: Aid Lifeline Reaches Darfur Region In Bid To Avert ‘Hunger Catastrophe’
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:49 am | UN News
Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a “hunger catastrophe”, after nearly a year of heavy fighting. “The ... More >>
Israel Must Allow ‘Quantum Leap’ In Aid Delivery UN Chief Urges, Calling For Change In Military Tactics
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:45 am | UN News
The past six months of Israel’s military campaign has also brought “relentless death and destruction to Palestinians”, with over 32,000 reported killed, the vast majority women and children. More >>
(1) Humanitarian Work In Occupied Palestinian Territory (EN/AR) / (2) Kyrgyzstan Law Risks Undermining Work Of NGOs
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:42 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence Location: Geneva Date: 5 April 2024 Subject: (1) Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel: Vital need to ensure humanitarian aid and protect humanitarian workers (2) Kyrgyzstan’s ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Chile To Prioritise Cultural Rights
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Chile has an obligation to provide a solid legal and structural framework for the exercise of cultural rights, both in law and in practice,” said Alexandra Xanthaki, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights More >>
How Elite Infighting Made The Magna Carta
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:36 am | Human Bridges
The papacy’s role as organizer of the Crusades empowered it to ask for—indeed, to demand—tithes from churches and royal tax assessments from realms ruled by the warlord dynasties it had installed and protected. England’s nobility and clergy ... More >>
The Unremarkable Death Of Migrants In The Sahara Desert
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:30 am | Globetrotter
More and more migrants have sought the Niger-Libya route after the fall of the Libyan state in 2011 and the crackdown on the Moroccan-Spanish border at Melilla and Ceuta. More >>
Costs On The Rise And Volatile, But Trade Facilitation Could Mitigate Challenges Ahead
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:22 am | UN ESCAP
Despite high implementation rates in various trade facilitation reforms in the region, progress in paperless trade has been slow and uneven, while growing geopolitical tensions and heightened inflation have further made business between countries more ... More >>
U.N. Security Council: Refer Mass Internment Of Muslims And Other Atrocities In Myanmar To ICC
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:19 am | Fortify Rights
Mass arbitrary detention, life-threatening restrictions in Rakhine State More >>
New Perspectives And Approaches Needed To Boost Affordable And Long-term Financing In Asia And The Pacific
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:16 am | UN ESCAP
Donors should prioritize the development financing needs of recipient countries over political interests. Multilateral development banks need to improve their lending capacities, including through fresh capital injections. More >>
Applications Open For APEC’s Healthy Women Research Prize
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:12 am | APEC
Applications for the 2024 APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize, which calls for innovative research on the link between women’s health and economic participation, are now open. More >>
Lenovo Leads The Next Wave Of Personal Computing In Asia Pacific With AI-powered Innovation
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:02 am | Lenovo
SYDNEY, Australia, April 4, 2024 – As an innovator delivering one of the broadest portfolios from the pocket to the cloud, Lenovo is strengthening its foothold in Asia Pacific with its latest generation of consumer PCs and setting a new standard ... More >>
Belle Binder Wins Tasmanian AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 4:50 am | AgriFutures
The AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, supported by platinum sponsor Westpac, is Australia’s leading Award in acknowledging and supporting the critical role women play in rural and regional businesses, industries and communities. More >>
Comment By OHCHR-UN's Volker Türk Ahead Of The 30th Anniversary Of The 1994 Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 6:56 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The tragic events of 1994 in Rwanda should forever shock the conscience of humanity and be a constant reminder to States of the need to do everything in their power to prevent the crime of genocide worldwide. States must redouble their efforts to ... More >>
Misleading Product Labelling Concerning – Consumer Council of Fiji
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 6:00 am | Consumer Council of Fiji
Consumers must be provided with any and all information pertaining to the products they are intending to purchase so that they can make informed decisions. The recent controversy surrounding the ‘Golden Circle’ brand Apple Juice has brought this ... More >>
GAZA: Over 2% Of Gaza’s Child Population Killed Or Injured In Six Months Of War
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 5:28 am | Save The Children
Nearly 26,000 children - or just over two percent of Gaza’s child population - have been killed or injured in Gaza in six months of a war which has decimated the health system and severed access to education, Save the Children said. In the six ... More >>
Tanya Egerton Wins Northern Territory AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award
Friday, 5 April 2024, 12:49 pm | AgriFutures
The AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, supported by platinum sponsor Westpac, is Australia’s leading Award in acknowledging and supporting the critical role women play in rural and regional businesses, industries and communities. More >>
Russia: Oleg Orlov Trial Is An Abuse Of Legal System For Political Purposes, Says UN Expert
Friday, 5 April 2024, 10:12 am | OHCHR
“In keeping Oleg Orlov behind bars, on charges that have no grounds in international law, the Russian authorities show everyone in Russia the instruments they are willing to use to silence peaceful dissenters and independent voices and demonstrate the ... More >>
WHO Negotiations For Pandemic Treaty Extended Due To Disagreements
Friday, 5 April 2024, 8:36 am | Globetrotter
Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) failed to reach an agreement on the text of the Pandemic Treaty during the recently concluded ninth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB). More >>
Argentine Diplomats Expelled From Colombia Following Explosive Comments By Milei
Friday, 5 April 2024, 8:34 am | Globetrotter
In response to his comments, wherein he called Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro a “terrorist assassin,” Colombia’s Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of Argentina’s diplomats from their embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. More >>
Gaza: Aid Worker Killings Prompt Temporary Halt To UN Operations After Dark
Friday, 5 April 2024, 8:30 am | UN News
UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to the killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen on Tuesday. More >>
$414 Million Appeal For Palestine Refugees In Syria, Lebanon And Jordan
Friday, 5 April 2024, 6:42 am | UN News
The funding will be used to keep cash and in-kind food assistance running, along with healthcare, education, and technical and vocational training. More >>
IAS Calls On Uganda To Abandon Its Anti-gay Law
Friday, 5 April 2024, 6:16 am | International AIDS Society
IAS – the International AIDS Society – is deeply concerned about the HIV response in Uganda following its Constitutional Court’s ruling to uphold the Anti-Homosexuality Act. More >>
Protect Rights Online And Off: Uganda’s Court Upholds Criminalization Of LGBTQ+ Advocacy
Friday, 5 April 2024, 6:12 am | Access Now
Access Now condemns the Uganda Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act . This deadly blow to human rights is legitimizing discrimination, intolerance, and violence against people at risk in Uganda — online and off. “The ... More >>
Israel/Gaza: UN Experts Deplore Attacks On Al-Shifa Hospital, Urge States To Stop The Massacre
Friday, 5 April 2024, 5:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Al-Shifa Hospital was the largest single provider of health care in Gaza and its destruction was described by the World Health Organization as having “ripped the heart out of the health system”. By destroying it, Israel is denying access to ... More >>
Uganda: Türk Dismayed At Ruling Upholding Discriminatory Anti-gay Law
Friday, 5 April 2024, 5:28 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
“The Ugandan authorities must uphold the rights and dignity of all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Criminalization of and application of the death penalty to consensual same-sex relations are contrary to Uganda’s international ... More >>
Unravelling The Legacies Of Slavery
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 7:14 am | UN News
Racism, discrimination and crippled economies and health are among centuries-old legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and part of the stark messages behind the #RememberSlavery special events and newly unveiled chilling exhibits at UN Headquarters. ... More >>
