Fri 16 April 2021: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended the Security Council to refer cases of conflict-related sexual violence in a number of countries to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The countries in question include six members of the Arab League: Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Libya and Somalia. The UN chief made the recommendation […]
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Wed 14 April 2021: The environmentalist NGO Greenpeace opposes the discharge of radioactive water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) into the sea, as it contains the dangerous isotope tritium, Vladimir Chuprov, unit head at Greenpeace Russia, told Sputnik on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Japan announced its decision to release treated radioactive water […]
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Sat 03 April 2021: The first-ever extensive report on the Syria war authored by Russian civil society groups was launched on Friday, highlighting the role of Moscow’s 2015 intervention in the conflict and its impact on Syrians. “A Devastating Decade: Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian War in the Syria War” is the result of two-years work by Russian […]
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Tue 30 March 2021: Nearly nine in 10 leading global climate economists think climate change will deepen income inequality between rich and poor countries, with most calling for urgent action to cut planet-warming emissions, a survey showed on Tuesday. The impacts of rising temperatures could create “enormous difficulties” for nations already burdened by economic challenges and high […]
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Sun 28 March 2021: Cities around the world were turning off their lights Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like COVID-19. Starting off the event, at 8:30 pm the skylines of Asian metropolises from Singapore to Hong Kong went dark, […]
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Sun 21 March 2021: The United Nations Human Rights Council has begun a discussion over police violence against people of African descent, with a warning from UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet that “brutality and discrimination” against those people continues to occur. In an appeal issued in Geneva on Friday for States to take action, the […]
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Sun 21 March 2021: The UN General Assembly President, Volkan Bozkir, said that the lack of providing everyone access to safe drinking water was a global “moral failure”, as he opened a high-level meeting on water-related issues and targets on Thursday. “If I may be candid: it is a moral failure that we live in […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: Today is Global Recycling Day. The day assumes even more significance amid the pandemic as recycling items has taken a big hit and people are using more disposable things for safety. According to a report in news agency Reuters, “From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: Deadly small particle pollution in four of five nations exceeded World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations last year despite Covid lockdowns, according to a report released Tuesday. The partial or complete shutdown of transport and industry for months at a time in 2020 reduced average levels of so-called PM2.5 pollution across the […]
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Wed 10 March 2021: A senior World Health Organization official said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because of numerous concerns, including ethical considerations that coronavirus vaccines are not easily available globally. At a press briefing on Monday, WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said there are “real […]
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