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Kushner Eyes Gaza Real Estate, Incites Population Transfer Crimes |
22 March 2024 |
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’
Donald Trump’s son-in-law also says Israel should bulldoze an area of the Negev desert and move Palestinians there
Jared Kushner has praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property” and suggested Israel should remove civilians while it “cleans up” the strip.
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Kushner Eyes Gaza Real Estate, Incites Population Transfer Crimes |
22 March 2024 |
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’
Donald Trump’s son-in-law also says Israel should bulldoze an area of the Negev desert and move Palestinians there
Jared Kushner has praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property” and suggested Israel should remove civilians while it “cleans up” the strip.
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UN 2023 Water Conference Preparatory Meeting |
By :UN |
17 October 2022 |
The Preparatory Meeting to the UN 2023 Water Conference, will be held on the 25 October 2022 at the UN HQ, in New York. The aim is to finalize the themes of the interactive dialogues and other outstanding organizational matters of the UN 2023 Water Conference. Details are available here, More...
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Women Resist UN Corporate Capture |
By :Women;s Major Group |
24 September 2022 |
“Bigger than BlackRock: Challenging UN Corporate Partnerships”
Feminist economic justice must outweigh investment profits for UN Women
On 23 August 2022, the feminists behind #BlockBlackRock met with UN Women representatives to express concerns about the announced partnership with the world’s largest investment firm, BlackRock, and with the broader approach to corporate partnerships.
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"HR, Environmental Law Must Govern Business" |
By :David Boyd, OHCHR |
04 July 2022 |
Human rights and environmental due diligence laws crucial to combat irresponsible business activities – UN expert
Press release
GENEVA—Rampant deforestation, chemical and plastic production, fossil fuel exploitation and other large-scale extractive activities by business entities are harming people and the planet, a UN expert said today, introducing a blueprint for laws to More...
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Evolving ETOs |
By :Joseph Schechla |
16 June 2022 |
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Africities9 CSO statement on social justice |
By :Africities9 CSO Forum |
20 May 2022 |
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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
By :Joseph Schechla |
24 March 2022 |
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2°C above pre-industrial level, dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit More...
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MENA Civil Society Assesses SDG Progress |
By :HIC-HLRN |
16 March 2022 |
HIC-HLRN participated with Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) in the “Regional CSO Forum on Sustainable Development,” on 13–14 March 2022 at Beirut, Lebanon. The gathering of diverse policy analysts representing the Middle East/North Africa region’s civil society covered the range of contemporary development issues represented in the Sustainable-development Goals More...
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World Bank: Lebanon Elite’s `Zombie` Economy |
By :Yousef Saba and Nadine Awadalla, Reuters |
25 January 2022 |
World Bank berates Lebanon`s elite for `zombie` economy
Summary
Rulers have `captured` the state for economic gain, bank says
Lebanon`s economic implosion one of world`s worst ever
GDP has plunged by 58% since 2019 in `zombie` economy: report
DUBAI—The World Bank blasted Lebanon`s ruling class on Tuesday for "orchestrating" one of the world`s worst national More...
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