Biodiversity also offers countless services, both locally and globally. Fish provide 20% of the protein intake for about three billion people. More than 80% of human food is provided by plants. Almost 80% of people in rural areas of developing countries use traditional herbal medicines for basic health care. About 60% of all infectious diseases … Read more
Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, met today with his Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian counterparts. He underlined our deep concern in the face of the ongoing escalation, the human toll of which is already very heavy, and our desire to contribute to a rapid easing of tensions. He again strongly condemned … Read more
An ice hockey match is held in Beijing’s Olympic ice rink as a test event on April 1, 2021, ahead of the 2022 Winter Games / AFP / Archives – – – – China on Thursday accused the United States of taking athletes “hostage” after the words of a senior American official criticizing the upcoming … Read more
RFQ 043 / CLT / 2021 TRADITIONAL ART VIRTUAL STORE SERVICE Companies interested in participating in the call should send by email to: its quotation and the required annexes, following the UNESCO formats that are attached. Indicate in the reference: RFQ 043 / CLT / 2021 TRADITIONAL ART VIRTUAL STORE SERVICE – Call Start Date: … Read more
The undersecretary of Human Rights, in charge of Clarisa Botto, launched the campaign ‘A book, an opportunity’ with the aim that the community donate books for inmates of the Provincial Penitentiary Service. “We thought it was appropriate to work with this campaign and it is having a very good impact because it has to do … Read more
On Thursday, the Progress Party put forward a proposal in the Storting to establish time-limited and geographically limited visitation zones in particularly crime-prone areas. – With this proposal, the police will be given the right to visit people completely without them having to have a specific suspicion, said FRP’s justice policy spokesman Per-Willy Amundsen to … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 highlighted structural grievances and inequalities in access to human rights around the world and exacerbated them. People who are already marginalized, including women and refugees, have been particularly hard hit by the devastating effects of the spread of Covid-19. Many governments failed to adequately protect particularly vulnerable groups. Governments and … Read more
France and Germany are concerned about the increase in ceasefire violations, while the situation had stabilized since July 2020 in eastern Ukraine. We are following the situation with great vigilance, in particular the movements of Russian forces, and call on the Parties to restraint and to immediately de-escalate tensions. We reaffirm our support for the … Read more
Фото: Getty Images US Department of State publishes annual report on the observance of human rights in the world – – The authors of the document criticized Kiev’s weak policy to prosecute officials accused of abuse. The US Department of State on Tuesday, March 30, released its 2020 report on human rights compliance in a … Read more
Torture of Crimean residents The United States received a large number of reports that the occupants in Crimea tortured and insulted residents who opposed the occupation. Human rights observers reported that Russian occupants subjected Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians, in particular, to physical violence. For example, in January, Russian security officials detained a 17-year-old Crimean … Read more