Five takeaways from the 2022 State of Civil Society report
27/6/2022: In a year of immense disruption, mayhem and contestation, concerned citizens and civil society organisations are responding by campaigning for justice and helping out those worst affected. CIVICUS’s 2022 State of Civil Society Report takes stock of the role of the sector.
Source: Inter Press Service
Aid Transparency Index at risk of closure
24/6/2022: The Aid Transparency Index, which scrutinizes aid data from the biggest donors, is at risk of closure if it cannot find more funding by the end of the year. The index is a biennial tool produced by Publish What You Fund, a UK nonprofit, which assesses data submitted to the International Aid Transparency Initiative by the world’s major aid agencies.
Source: Devex
Will the world deliver at the UN Summit of the Future?
21/6/2022: A mere 15 months from now, the UN is committed to convene a Summit of the Future in response to the Secretary-General’s groundbreaking report, “Our Common Agenda.” Is it possible to deliver a tangible outcome document that will improve global governance?
Source: PassBlue
Global refugee resettlement needs will rise steeply next year
21/6/2022: More than 2 million refugees will be in need of resettlement next year, according to the Needs Assessment for 2023 released by the UN Refugee Agency. As the figure for 2021 was only 39,266, the Agency is calling on states to significantly increase places made available.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
FAO outlines five urgent steps to address global food crisis
24/6/2022: The G7 ministerial conference "Uniting for Global Food Security” hosted in Germany was addressed by the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. He outlined five urgent steps to halt the global food crisis.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
South Africa to develop first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine
23/6/2022: A South African biotech company has teamed up with a Belgium-based firm to develop an African Covid-19 vaccine. The partners said they will seek to develop vaccines that are cheaper to produce and easier to store and distribute in rural and remote locations.
Source: The East African
The UK government’s Bill of wrongs
22/6/2022: The UK government has proposed legislation to replace the Human Rights Act with a so-called “British” Bill of Rights. Designed to reduce constraints of the European Convention on Human Rights, the new Bill would significantly weaken rights across the board for all.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Landmines: US moves closer toward global ban
21/6/2022: The Biden administration has stated that the US will destroy stocks of antipersonnel mines except those needed for the Korean peninsular. The policy sets the goal of ultimately joining the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Eliminate nuclear weapons before they eliminate us
21/6/2022: The UN Secretary-General has addressed the First Meeting of States Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, taking place in Vienna. The treaty was adopted in July 2017 and entered into force in January 2021.
Source: UN News
Glencore pleads guilty to bribery in African operations
21/6/2022: Glencore has pleaded guilty to paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure crude oil in five African countries. It is the mining company's latest mea culpa in a series of bribery investigations worldwide.
Source: DW