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32 sunday, 23 June 2019- edited by Ilaria
Saltarelli and Martina Paterna
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41st
Congress of the Nonviolent Radical Party,
Transnational and Transparty (NRPTT) will be held
in Rome from 5 to 7 July 2019 at Auditorium
Antonianum (viale Manzoni 1) beginning on Friday
5th July at 11 am.
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The
world’s population is expected to increase by 2
billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7
billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050,
according to a new United Nations reportWorld
Population Prospects 2019:
Highlights published on monday by the
Population Division of the UN Department of
Economic and Social Affairs.The new population
projections indicate that nine countries will make
up more than half the projected growth of the
global population between now and 2050: India,
Nigeria, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ethiopia, the United Republic of Tanzania,
Indonesia, Egypt and the United States of America
(in descending order of the expected increase).
Around 2027, India is projected to overtake China
as the world’s most populous country.
The
population of sub-Saharan Africa is projected to
double by 2050 (99% increase).
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The
number of people fleeing war, persecution and
conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018. This is the
highest level that UNHCR, the United Nations
Refugee Agency, has seen in its almost 70
years.
Data
from UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report,
shows that almost 70.8 million people are now
forcibly displaced. To put this in perspective,
this is double the level of 20 years ago, 2.3
million more than a year ago, and corresponds to a
population between that of Thailand and
Turkey.
The
figure of 70.8 million is conservative, in
particular as the crisis in Venezuela is still
only partly reflected in this
number.
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On
Thursday, an Iranian missile destroyed a U.S.
drone. Majid Takht-e Ravanchi, Iran’s
ambassador to the United Nations asked the UN
Secretary General to present his letter as a
"document to the Security Council". This letter
explains that the American drone “Despite
repeated radio warnings, it entered into the
Iranian airspace where the air defense system of
the Islamic Republic of Iran(…). On Friday,
the New York Times said US President Donald
Trump had initially
approved
targeted military strikes against Iran and
“the operation was underway in its early stages
when it was called off”.
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According
to the ruling by UK Court of Appeal, british arms
sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful becouse they
did not proprerly consider whether the weapons
would be used to commit “serious violation of
international humanitarian law” in
Yemen.
The
decision in London on Thursday follows a challenge
by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT).
International
Trade Secretary Liam Fox said the government would
not grant any new licences for export to Saudi
Arabia and its coalition partners while it
considers the implications of the
judgment.
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The
World Food Programme (WFP), confirmed on Friday in
a statement that it has started a “partial
suspension” of aid to areas of Yemen controlled by
Houthi opposition forces, including the capital,
Sana’a. In total, WFP estimates that around
three-quarters of the people in Yemen who do not
have reliable access to food, some nine million,
are in areas controlled by Houthis.
Back
in May, WFP’s Spokesperson, denounced “the
obstructive and uncooperative role of some of the
Houthi leaders in areas under their
control.”
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