UN nations endorse a 'Pact of the Future,' and the body's leader says it must be more than talk
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a blueprint to bring the world’s increasingly divided nations together to tackle ...
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Corporations Plunder US West’s Water Amid Worst Drought in 1,200 Years
Profiteering companies are lining up to buy water rights in the western US as the water supply dwindles. We have only 4 days to raise $31,000 for Truthout. Independent journalism is a pillar of ...
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Thirty years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Achieving gender equality, the rights and empowerment of women and girls
As the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for ...
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UN: World Leaders Should Act to End Rights Crises
World leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly’s annual General Debate this week should call for action to ...
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UN rights expert urges urgent action as Haiti crisis worsens
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The United Nations' expert on human rights in Haiti said on Friday that the situation in ...
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Human Rights Council President Names New Member of Nicaragua Human Rights Probe
Download logo The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco), has appointed Reed Bródy of Hungary as member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua. Mr.