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Regulating Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Could Improve the Health of the Next Generation
Decision-makers could adopt a new chemical evaluation tool to save lives and money.
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US Withdraws Funding for Haiti Elections
The US State Department suspends electoral assistance to Haiti.
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Systemic Sexism in Canada Could Derail National Inquiry Into Missing Indigenous Women
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls may be derailed if Trudeau doesn't tackle institutionalized discrimination.
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Civil Society Under Serious Attack
Despite their contribution to social justice, civil society organizations came under “serious attack” in 109 countries in 2015.
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No Recognition of “One Humanity” at the World Humanitarian Forum
The inadequate provision of humanitarian aid has been used as a substitute for reforming a global economic and political framework.
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UN Defers Safety of Journalists Around the World
By denying the Committee to Protect Journalists consultative status, a UN committee is doing a major disservice to reporters.
BDS and the Eternal Holocaust
It's unsettling, to say the least, that the UN should lend its facilities to an initiative equating BDS with Nazism.
The Middle East: Mother of All Humanitarian Crises
The United Nations reported more people are displaced by conflict than at any time since 1945.
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Arriving in Erbil and Wondering: What Lies Ahead?
It is somewhat eerie because I see no movement inside or around any of the buildings; none whatsoever.
The War on Drugs Failed, So Why Isn’t It Over?
Why are politicians so far behind, even as calls for legalization go mainstream?