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in der Deklaration von Windhoek freie, unabhängige und pluralistische Medien sowohl auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent als auch weltweit. In Erinnerung daran wurde der 3. Mai später von den Vereinten Nationen zum Internationalen Tag der Pressefreiheit erklärt. Jedes Jahr wird an diesem Tag an die Bedeutung von freier Berichterstattung erinnert. Deutschland auf Platz 10 der Rangliste der...
können, hätte das unzähligen Menschen das Leben gerettet und viel Leid erspart. Die tragische Realität des Krieges: Opferzahlen steigen Darauf weisen auch Zahlen des Kinderhilfswerks der Vereinten Nationen hin. Die Zahl der Kinder, die in der Ukraine getötet wurden, sei in diesem Jahr im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um fast 40 Prozent gestiegen, warnt Unicef. Zwischen dem 1. Januar und dem 31. März...
completely omits the report: On April 18, 2024, the USA vetoed a draft resolution in the UN Security Council (UNSC) that envisages full membership of Palestine in the United Nations. The proposed resolution therefore failed. Twelve member countries of the UNSC voted in favor of the bill, Switzerland and Great Britain abstained. "The background is the fear...
Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out
to authorize these arms transfers.” Signatories include Representatives Barbara Lee, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. [...] The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has a similar opinion. "The Israeli government has admitted mistakes," said Guterres on Friday. »But the essential problem is not who made the mistakes...
The world will be watching every step from Baku." The two sentences from a comment by Christiana Figueres, the former head of the United Nations Climate Secretariat, read almost like a warning. The world climate conference COP 29 will take place at the end of the year in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. The The less controversial title of Figueres' comment translates as: "Azerbaijan...
Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany
are now the “present and future of addressing water scarcity,” said Manzoor Qadir, deputy director at the United Nations University (UNU) Institute for Water, Environment and Health. Salt water everywhere, but no drinking water Around 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered with water, but of these more than 1,4 trillion liters, less than three percent...
Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD
2 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Each of these three reactor explosions on three different days met the criteria for classification as an INES 7 catastrophic accident. March 11th The United Nations deserves reform Reform of the United Nations: Friendly frontal attack on the veto powers Hundreds of organizations are preparing UN future summits. Reform of the United Nations as a goal...
Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good
Intelligence (AI) react in such a situation? Should AI even be brave or even human? Who actually really benefits from AI? Courage to reform the United Nations Security Council In the long term, it is unacceptable that the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council and 4 other nuclear states impose their will on the other states of the world. "The fish stinks from...
now a departure from conventional plastic production. The background is the ongoing negotiations about an international plastics agreement, which are currently being conducted at the United Nations level. [...] However, it will still take some time until a UN agreement is reached. The next round of negotiations will take place in April in Canada, and a final round is planned in South Korea at the end of 2024. *...
Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support
which has often supported North Korean positions in the past, condemned the test in clear terms. At the request of the USA and Japan, the United Nations Security Council then convened an emergency meeting. On January 10, 2016, a U.S. B-52 bomber flew over South Korea in what was seen internationally as a reaffirmation of U.S.-South Korean...
can be. Then wholesale electricity buyers are paid for it. Especially when demand for electricity is low on weekends and public holidays, prices can fall far into the red... * United Nations | Nuclear weapons tests | Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Nuclear weapons ban: Germany must decide now Civil society has the power to shape the world. This particularly concerns the...
immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The paper achieved the necessary two-thirds majority, Germany abstained and the USA voted against. The United Nations General Assembly has voted by a large majority in favor of an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza war. 153 member countries voted in favor of the resolution, 23 abstained. Ten states...
Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy
COP 28 took place in the oil-rich emirate of Dubai, chaired by Sultan Al Jaber, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Oreskes: Did you know that there is a United Nations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control? It explicitly states that the tobacco industry is not allowed at the negotiating table because it has proven itself to be an untrustworthy partner... * 7...
could be. But it's not just Adnoc that behaves in a non-transparent manner, the government of the United Arab Emirates has also not reported its methane emissions to the United Nations for almost ten years, the Guardian also recently reported. Methane can escape when fossil fuels are extracted. The risk of greenwashing at the climate conference This...
Environmental pollution in the Global South Africa drowns in plastic In African countries, people die in floods of plastic when it rains. Many are calling for a global ban on plastic. The United Nations wants to act. Every time the rainy season sets in, the plastic waste in the ditches becomes a deadly trap. This was also the case last Tuesday, when a storm hit in the middle of the night...
Since then, 168 Palestinians have been killed there by Israeli forces and another eight by Israeli settlers. Three Israelis died in Palestinian attacks. According to the United Nations, 16 Bedouin and farming communities, home to about 1150 people, have been displaced and forced to evacuate or demolish their homes and livestock pens. [...] Some of the residents are...
Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?
more) of what would be compatible with the goal of limiting global warming to 1,5 degrees Celsius agreed in the Paris Climate Agreement, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and leading research institutes. More and more coal will be produced worldwide until 2030. Oil and gas production volumes are expected to continue to increase until at least 2050. "The...
resigned from office because of what he considered to be an overly lenient attitude towards the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. He wanted to express his protest against the "total failure" of the United Nations in protecting the Palestinian civilian population... * Think | Intellectuals | Philosophers Precht & Co.: Mocking intellectuals is fashionable. We need them...
Newsletter XLIII 2023 October 22nd to 28th *** 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Current news + background knowledge The PDF file "Nuclear Power Accidents" contains a number of other incidents from various areas of the nuclear industry. Some of the incidents were never released through official channels, so this information is only available to the public on...
Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism
increasingly changeable climate," writes the WMO in its publication. According to the United Nations, more than 3,6 billion people, i.e. more than 45 percent of the world's population, will have no adequate access to water for at least one month of the year. By the year 2050 This could even affect five billion people. But while on the one hand there is too little water available...
