Time is running out amid escalating crises in Haiti
6/3/2024: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for the urgent deployment of the Council-mandated multinational security support mission in Haiti. This follows a mass prison breakout of more than 4,500 inmates, including prominent gang members.
Source: UN News
ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian commanders for alleged war crimes
5/3/2024: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against two commanders of the Russian Armed Forces, each allegedly responsible for the war crimes of directing attacks at civilian objects in Ukraine. Amnesty International calls on the international community to ensure that Mr Kobylash or Mr Sokolov are immediately arrested if they leave Russia.
Source: Amnesty International
As conference ends in stalemate, does the WTO have a future?
4/3/2024: The 13th World Trade Organization ministerial conference has failed to resolve any issues of significance, raising the inescapable question of whether the global trade body has a future. The US appeared largely disinterested in the proceedings, with its representative leaving early.
Source: The Conversation
UN Environment Assembly reaffirms collaborative action for the planet
1/3/2024: The recently concluded sixth UN Environment Assembly aimed to boost multilateral efforts to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution. Debates highlighted the historic role of multilateral environmental agreements in addressing the world’s most pressing environmental issues.
Source: UN Environment Programme
People displaced across the Americas to testify on the climate crisis
29/2/2024: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will take evidence from the frontline of the climate emergency in Mexico, Honduras, the Bahamas and Colombia, as part of a special hearing in Washington sought by regional human rights groups.
Source: The Guardian
Joint NGOs call on UN to urge a ceasefire in Gaza
29/2/2024: Leading non-governmental humanitarian agencies have appealed to the UN to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. This move followed a stark warning given to the UN Security Council that at least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip are facing famine-like conditions.
Source: Oxfam International
Climate Migration report focuses on the Middle East and North Africa
28/2/2024: A new report from the human rights group EuroMed Rights highlights the growing impact of climate change on human migration patterns in the Middle East, North Africa, and wider Euro-Mediterranean region. Data shows that extreme weather events spur over three times more displacement than armed conflicts.
Source: Morocco World News
UN calls for teachers to be prioritized to transform education
27/2/2024: A panel set up following the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit has made recommendations for governments to invest in education and offer teachers competitive salaries. New data estimates that countries must recruit an additional 44 million primary and secondary school educators by 2030, including 15 million in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: Devex
Somalia-Turkey pact inflames maritime spat with Ethiopia
26/2/2024: The recent Turkey-Somalia defence and economic cooperation agreement comes amid growing frustration over Ethiopia's maritime deal with Somaliland. The future of maritime security in the Horn of Africa rests on the delicate balance between safeguarding legitimate interests and respecting territorial integrity.
Source: DW
The World Social Forum: counterweight to the World Economic Forum
23/2/2024: The 2024 annual meeting of the World Social Forum has been held in Nepal, attended by fifty thousand participants from over 90 countries, exchanging strategies to address the multiple global crises, from climate catastrophes to unfettered capitalism, inequality, social injustice, wars and conflict.
Source: Inter Press Service