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Current Global Legal Regime on Sea
The third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which began in 1973, was only concluded with the…
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Australia saves Barrier Reef World Heritage status, cops climate deadline
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) controls World Heritage listings and on Friday night a committee of…
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Federal Government faces criticism after telling UN raising the age is the duty of states and territories
Currently, children as young as 10-years-old can be held criminally responsible and face incarceration in Australia. This is four years…
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‘It will be a catastrophe’: fate of Syria’s last aid channel rests in Russia’s hands
Just over half a mile away from the Bab al-Hawa border crossing connecting Syria and Turkey a 6th-century triumphal arch…
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Letter to President Biden from Greek – American organisations
July 8, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden: As we approach…
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‘Politics aside, we’ve abandoned children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
I have witnessed a lot in my career, heading up humanitarian responses in the world’s most violent, dangerous, and impoverished…
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The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro?
Will the generals stay the course? Could they break with him, at peril to their institutional interests? These questions, crucial…
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What Should Be on the Agenda for the UN Secretary-General’s EU Meetings
Together, the two organisations can strengthen multilateral crisis management in a period of geopolitical tensions. ICG UN Secretary-General António Guterres…
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UN calls for member states to halt flow of arms into Myanmar, months after coup
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged…
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Turning Engagement Into a Regional Dialogue Mechanism in the Middle East
Iranian and American negotiators are in Vienna to find a way to restore the 2015 nuclear deal that President Donald…
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More than 30,000 children at risk of death in Ethiopia’s famine-hit Tigray region, UN warns
Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked Tigray region, now hit by famine,…
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UN envoy warns ‘mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure’ possible in Myanmar’s Kayah State
Myanmar’s military has been battling on multiple fronts to impose order since its February 1 coup against Aung San Suu…
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UN says global food prices have reached their highest mark in a decade
The FAO’s food price index has now risen for 12 consecutive months to reach its highest value since September 2011,…
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UN alarm at detentions from Tigray camps
Three aid workers and a doctor told Reuters this week that Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers forcibly detained more than 500…
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Does the World Have a Responsibility to Protect Myanmar?
As pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar continue in the wake of the February 1 coup, many protesters within the country are…
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The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea
The Issue. The proponents of U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) claim that…
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