fact check: cnn's democratic debate, night 2
The science that Inslee was referring to likely comes from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s report published in 2018. ..…
the japan-korea semiconductor flap
Trump's threat to annihilate North Korea caused Korean leaders Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in to meet and sign series of agreements lowering tensions on the peninsula. ..…
greece raises awareness for world day against human trafficking
Marked every July 30th, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is event instituted by United Nations, with the aim of stopping the exploitation of people for profit and to help victims rebuild their lives... ..…
in puerto rico ‘the people united will win!’
Each year, during the time of United Nations Decolonization Hearings on the colonial case of Puerto Rico, we carry out and support series of activities in support of independence and decolonization. ..…
senate confirms trump nominee for united nations
Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft speaks at ceremony at Rideau Hall Ottawa on Oct 23, 2017 WASHINGTON The Senate voted 56-34 Wednesday to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for U.S to United Nations, approving Republican donor with ties to the coal industry.. ..…
u.s. imposes sanctions on iran's foreign minister zarif
Trump administration would make decisions on whether to grant Zarif travel visa, including for trips to United Nations, on case by case basis, holding open the possibility that he might attend U.N. ..…
trump sanctions iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif
It also impedes Zarif's international travel, although the administration intends to fulfill the obligation to permit official travel to United Nations New York. ..…
who won the cnn democratic presidential debate? (hint: elizabeth
He has degree and masters Foreign Service from Georgetown and has worked in US Senate, World Bank, Children's Defense Fund, United Nations Development Programme, and as stringer for Economist. ..…
presstv-‘israel risks demographic death sans two-state solution’
Shtayyeh also lashed out at Jason Greenblatt, Trump's Middle East envoy, ing at last UN Security Council meeting that Palestinians have aspiration, not right, to East Jerusalem al-Quds as their capital... ..…
presstv-bomb kills 34 civilians in afghanistan
Just on Tuesday, United Nations said civilians were being killed and wounded at a shocking level Afghanistan. ..…
the world’s population will stop growing in 80 years
According to his calculations based on UN's, the proportion of all humans on Earth under the age of 25. ..…
when will the world’s population stop growing?
The UN's data suggest that during the eight decades from 2020 to 2100, the number of people aged 80 or older will rise from 146 million to 881 million during roughly that same span of time, humans median age will increase from 31 to 42.. ..…
sweden’s impending moral and economic collapse
Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, had this to say about Swedish of the so-called first in the world, visiting Iran wearing Hijabs, Chadors, and long coats indoors deference to Iran's Hijab law.. ..…
moscow increases pressure on tbilisi, exploiting weaknesses of
By court to house arrest , The chairperson of the political council of United National Movement, Nika Melia, was sentenced. ..…
how joe biden's privatization plans helped doom latin america and fuel
Meanwhile, a UN Office of Drugs and Crime report found that coca cultivation reached record levels in Colombia in 2018. ..…
john ratcliffe is not qualified to be director of national
Bush tapped an experienced hand to fill it: John Negroponte had served as an ambassador in four countries, including Iraq; been UN ambassador; and worked at the National Security Council. ..…
we just witnessed 3 major developments that could easily lead to
Yes, President Trump and Kim Jong-Un have been talking, but things remain extremely tense and it wouldn’t take very much at all for a major conflict to erupt on the Korean peninsula. . ..…
joe biden fueled the latin american migration crisis –
Meanwhile, a UN Office of Drugs and Crime report found that coca cultivation reached record levels in Colombia in 2018. ..…
ronald reagan's racist conversation with richard nixon
“Have in mind one fact: Did you realize there is not, of the 40 or 45—you’re at the United Nations—black countries that are represented there, not one has a president or a prime minister who is there as a result of a contested election such as we were insisting upon in Vietnam?” ..…
a preliminary survey of ccp influence efforts in hong kong
First, it is selectively showing its domestic population negative news about the anti-extradition protests (such as portraying only the alleged violence of protesters, or clips from Cantonese singer Denise Ho calling on the United Nations to kick out China). ..…
what is the status of the iran nuclear agreement?
The day of that certification, known as Implementation Day, United States, European Union, and United Nations all repealed or suspended their sanctions. ..…
in germany's extermination program for black africans, a template for
For Germany, the process had happened once before — in Southwest Africa, to expedite the transfer of un-killed Hereros to be worked to death . . ... In Southwest Africa, to expedite the transfer of un-killed Hereros to be worked to death, the Germans loaded them into cattle cars. ..…
gender equality: a paradigm shift in concepts and status
Very soon, took keen interest in raising development questions in the UN, and challenged the legalistic of Commission on Status of Women. ... As result, United Nations declared, in the mid-1970s, 1978-1985 the ' United Nations Decade for Women The introduction..…
as us beefs up military presence in the gulf, yemen’s houthis turn
Under the agreement, both Houthis and Coalition forces agreed to withdraw their troops from Yemeni ports of Hodeida, Ras Issa, and Salif, and to allow the deployment of UN monitors.. ..…
can public works help fight ebola in the democratic republic of congo?
declaration by United Nations, International Labor Organization, and World Bank identified two main challenges related to this topic the lack of unified framework, and need to strengthen the empirical evidence on the relationship between employment and peacebuilding. ..…
un report says grave violations against children increase in
Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, briefs press on Annual Report of Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict at the UN headquarters New York, July 30, 2019. ..…
squaring the circles in syria’s north east
Washington should use its remaining influence to address Turkish concerns about PKK's in the east while protecting YPG and Moscow should help YPG and Damascus reach agreement on the east's into Syrian state on the basis of decentralised governance.. ..…
uae prioritised efforts to combat human trafficking - emirates24
On the occasion of the annual World Day against Trafficking in Persons on 30th July, the United Nations, UN, called on communities to counter human trafficking crimes. . ..…
asia/lebanon - interreligious summit asks politicians to defend
Wednesday, 31 July 2019 lbcgroup tv... ..…
netflix: everything coming and going for august 2019
Un bandido honrado (Netflix Original) . . . . Available August 31 . Luo Bao Bei: Season 1 . ..…
unearthed phone call proves ronald reagan was indeed a racist
Tim Naftali, writes that Reagan, called Nixon October 1971, the day after United Nations had voted to recognize People's Republic of China. In the call, he says, Reagan is heard referencing the way Tanzanian delegation started dancing in General Assembly when the UN took the..…
killing democracy: us imperialism, civil war and genocide in guatemala
These horrors, that claimed more than 200,000 lives, 93 percent of the deaths at the hands of the Guatemalan military, culminated in the 1996 peace accord under the auspices of the United Nations. ..…
signs of tension reduction appearing in persian gulf
o Iranian Foreign Minister's plan of 'non-aggression pact, plan for Persian Gulf and presented it to UN Security Council and UN General Assembly on July 2019. ... By holding bilateral and multilateral consultations between interested parties, Practical work on launching the process of..…
james walker
The UN is not doing enough to tackle its sexual abuse epidemic. Former staff Published on October 2018... Three former UN staff and former to Secretary General explain how the UN downplays the issue,... ..…
intercept article calls on democrats to step up attack on julian
The UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy was investigating the pervasive surveillance of Assange in the embassy as a possible breach of international law shortly before he was dragged out of the building by British police on April 11. . ..…
malaysia’s monarchy and the deep state – asia sentinel
Organizations like Perkasa were opposed to the ratification of the UN International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) on the basis that it would threaten Malay rights. . ..…
civilians caught in crosshairs of yemen war
United Nations . . . Civilians Caught in Crosshairs of Yemen War . Tara Kavaler . . . . . . . . . . . . ... In an interview with the AFP, United Nations Development Program administrator Achim Steiner said that out of the $2.6 billion dollars pledged toward humanitarian..…
spotlight: un report says grave violations against children
Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, briefs press on Annual Report of Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict at the UN headquarters New York, July 30, 2019. Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict said that more than..…
jacques: ann arbor’s anti-bias law an overreach
Green calls this coercion, labeling it “un-American” and “unconstitutional.” ..…
u.n. warns 'worst humanitarian disaster' of the century is unfolding
UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) July 30, 2019 . . What's happening in Idlib 'makes a mockery' of the responsibility of the five permanent veto-wielding council members - Russia, China, the United States, Britain and France - to ensure international peace and security, she said. . ..…
shanghai resolutions: a wake up call for combating global terrorism
They call on the international community to promote global cooperation in combating terrorism with the central role of the UN by fully implementing corresponding UN Security Council resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in compliance with the UN Charter..…
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UN Censures Bahraini Regime over Execution of Two Dissidents . TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Nations has strongly condemned the execution of two young activists in Bahrain, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents and..…
report claims misconduct by unrwa officials
UNRWA was established by the UN in 1949 to provide relief to Palestinian refugees. ... The report was sent to United Nations secretary December and UN investigators have collecting information related to the allegations, ... © 2000-2019 Middle East Online. ..…
us sanctions iran's foreign minister
But he is expected to be able to continue to visit United Nations New York, albeit under tight restrictions... ..…
end of killings urged as ph turns deadliest for environmental
They pressed for the inclusion of cases of killings of environmental defenders and other political activists in the recently approved resolution of United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the killings and human rights violations in Philippines... ..…
will america and iran go to war?
In his first speech to United Nations General Assembly on Sept 19, 2017, he called on the world to join U.S. in demanding that Iran's government end its pursuit of death and destruction... ... UN into the May incident remarked on its sophistication, using fast boats, limpet..…
the united states is not a nation: the problem with "national
United States has experienced, as well, separatist movements, including, most notably, of America.. ..…
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