Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

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10 November 2023 "Stop the violence. Guarantee the safety of humanitarian workers. Provide safe access to ensure humanitarian assistance to all those in need. Make sure people have enough to eat, clean water to drink, medical care and shelter. Free the hostages. Bring to justice – in line with human rights law – the perpetrators of serious violations.:

EU:Nature restoration: Council and Parliament reach agreement on new rules to restore and preserve degraded habitats in the EU

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Yesterday the Council presidency and European Parliament representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a regulation on nature restoration.

Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel

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#CeasefireNow: Open Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives

The World Down Syndrome Congress 2024 (9-12 JULY 2024)

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Down Syndrome International (DSI) are responsible for the World Down Syndrome Congress. DSI are committed to organising the World Down Syndrome Congress (WDSC) in different locations around the world every 3 years.

ADB:Emerging Asia's $23.2 Trillion Answer to Economic Shocks: Local Currency Bond Markets

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These charts illustrate how local currency bond markets can be a powerful tool to stabilize currencies and economies during crises such as the pandemic and global shocks.By Cheonkoo Kim, Donghyun Park, Jungsoo Park, Shu Tian

The Asia Foundation and Stanford HAI Announce “AI Perspectives from Asia” Program

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San Francisco, November 6, 2023 — The collaboration will produce research, offer educational training, and host convenings to support policymakers and civil society in the Asia Pacific region as they harness AI’s potential and mitigate its harms.

VSO and FOOD INJUSTICE

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As we mark World Food Day, one statistic should be at the forefront of your mind. Currently one in ten people go to sleep hungry each day.

Fossil fuel producers ‘literally doubling down’, new UNEP report warns

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Contrary to pledges to cut fossil fuel production, government policies worldwide will add up to a doubling of production in 2030, a new report from the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday.

CPJ: Journalist death toll climbs in Israel-Gaza war

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The Israel-Gaza war has become the deadliest month for journalists covering conflict since CPJ began documenting journalist fatalities in 1992.

MSF: In plain sight: the human cost of migration policies and violent practices at Greek sea borders

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Accounts of violence at Greece’s borders have proliferated in recent years, against a landscape in which medical and humanitarian assistance for people crossing into Greece by land and sea is limited or absent, and independent scrutiny of border management practices is non-existent.

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