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Nearly Half the World’s Older Persons Lack Pensions
Human Wrongs Watch 52 per cent of older persons receive a pension, but levels are inadequate and the trend has been worsened by fiscal consolidation, ILO report says. Geneva (ILO)* – Nearly half – 48 per cent – of all people over…
If we had to pay the bill to nature, what would food waste cost us?
Human Wrongs Watch The full economic, environmental and social costs of food waste amount to approximately 2.6 trillion US dollars annually, according to UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Each year, 30 percent of global food production is…
The Environment: Very Holistic, Very Dialectic
Human Wrongs Watch By Johan Galtung*, 29 Sep 2014 – TRANSCEND Media Service – “Trees won’t save the planet” is the title of an article in INYT (21-22 Sep 2014) by Nadine Unger, professor of atmospheric chemistry at Yale University. Her thesis: The…
‘Returning to a Basic Level of Trust in Relations between Russia and the West’
Human Wrongs Watch By Lars-Erik Lundin*, 30 September 2014 (SIPRI) At the height of the cold war, during summits between the Soviet Union and the United States, US President Ronald Reagan frequently made reference to the Russian proverb ‘Доверяй, но…
Loss amid the Rubble in Gaza
Human Wrongs Watch By Catherine Weibel (UNICEF*) – For a young girl who lost her father and sister in the recent conflict in Gaza, returning to school is one step in a long process of recovery. GAZA, State of Palestine, 30…
A Permanent Memorial to Slave Trade at UN Called ‘The Arak of Return’
Human Wrongs Watch On 26 September 2014, at a high level ceremony on the margins of the UN General Assembly, the representatives of six nations – The Netherlands, New Zealand, Qatar, Senegal, Jamaica and Spain – marked the financing…
Ukraine – Truce or Trojan Horse: Retreat, Re-Armament and Relaunch
Human Wrongs Watch By Prof. James Petras*, September 2014 – TRANSCEND Media Service – The NATO proxy war in the Ukraine started with the violent US-EU-sponsored overthrow of the elected government via a mob putsch in February 2014. This was well…
517 Million International Tourists in Only Six Months
Human Wrongs Watch International tourist arrivals grew by 4.6% in the first half of 2014 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Destinations worldwide received some 517 million international tourists between January and June 2014, 22 million more than…
BP or not BP oil spill at the British Museum
By BP or nor BP On Sunday [22/9/14], seventy of us recreated BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill inside the British Museum: Gross Negligence from rikki on Vimeo. This is the eighth time we’ve performed inside the Museum to challenge their sponsorship…
As The Voices of Indigenous Peoples “Must Be Effectively Heard”, There Will Be a World Conference On Them!
Human Wrongs Watch The voices of indigenous peoples must be effectively heard and they must be consulted on issues that affect them, including rights to land and resources, the United Nations Human Rights Council heard on 17 September 2014. …
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