DrALJONES
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Report: "UN rights staff demand Gaza war be called genocide"

They accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of failing to speak out...

and "compared the UN’s inaction over Gaza to its failure to stop the 1994 genocide in Rwanda."

"Failing to denounce an unfolding genocide undermines the credibility of the UN & the human rights system itself.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-rights-staff-demand-gaza-war-be-called-genocide

#UN#GazaGenocide#USPol #europol#Press .
DrALJONES
@DrALJONES@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Report: "UN rights staff demand Gaza war be called genocide"

They accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of failing to speak out...

and "compared the UN’s inaction over Gaza to its failure to stop the 1994 genocide in Rwanda."

"Failing to denounce an unfolding genocide undermines the credibility of the UN & the human rights system itself.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-rights-staff-demand-gaza-war-be-called-genocide

#UN#GazaGenocide#USPol #europol#Press .
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Dear Canadians supportive of #Palestine and against the ongoing #Genocide in Israel and the Humanitarian catastrophe that is ongoing.

There is a House of Commons e-Petition e-6751 currently open for signature.

It states:

Whereas:
Under Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions, Canada is required to respect international humanitarian law;

Under Article 59 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel as an occupying power must allow and facilitate humanitarian aid by impartial organizations;

Canada’s own International Assistance Accountability Act requires that all Canadian foreign aid uphold human rights and international legal standards; and

Israel’s policy and actions violate all of these obligations.

We, the undersigned, Citizens and Residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to

1. Publicly and unequivocally reject the militarized aid model currently used in Palestine;

2. Request the full restoration of access for UN agencies and established humanitarian NGOs, including UNRWA and the World Food Programme;

3. Insist on safe and immediate entry for Canadian healthcare workers and other international humanitarian personnel to Palestine;

4. Withhold Canadian funding from any entity or model that does not comply with principles of neutrality, impartiality, independence, and humanity; and

5. Ensure that all Canadian aid to Gaza is delivered through internationally recognized humanitarian channels.

#Israel#Gaza#UN#UNWRA
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6751
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Dear Canadians supportive of #Palestine and against the ongoing #Genocide in Israel and the Humanitarian catastrophe that is ongoing.

There is a House of Commons e-Petition e-6751 currently open for signature.

It states:

Whereas:
Under Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions, Canada is required to respect international humanitarian law;

Under Article 59 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel as an occupying power must allow and facilitate humanitarian aid by impartial organizations;

Canada’s own International Assistance Accountability Act requires that all Canadian foreign aid uphold human rights and international legal standards; and

Israel’s policy and actions violate all of these obligations.

We, the undersigned, Citizens and Residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to

1. Publicly and unequivocally reject the militarized aid model currently used in Palestine;

2. Request the full restoration of access for UN agencies and established humanitarian NGOs, including UNRWA and the World Food Programme;

3. Insist on safe and immediate entry for Canadian healthcare workers and other international humanitarian personnel to Palestine;

4. Withhold Canadian funding from any entity or model that does not comply with principles of neutrality, impartiality, independence, and humanity; and

5. Ensure that all Canadian aid to Gaza is delivered through internationally recognized humanitarian channels.

#Israel#Gaza#UN#UNWRA
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6751
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming "systematic obstruction of aid" by Israel, hours after Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy the territory's largest city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/world/gaza-famine-un-declaration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #hunger #un #hamas
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

The Japan-led Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, closed by adopting a joint communique that reaffirms the importance of multilateral trade to counter global protectionist moves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/ticad-yokohama-declaration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ticad #africa #shigeruishiba #africajapanrelations #development #yokohama #un #tariffs #us
tyil
@tyil@fedi.tyil.nl replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@gert@social.coop Nothing, the #USA is a good vassal state and will veto any sanction the #UN might want to place on #Israel. They've been doing it for decades, after all.
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Millions of dollars of funding cuts from donors and U.N. cost-cutting could hamper evidence gathering and undermine efforts to seek justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar, the head of a U.N. investigation said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/asia-pacific/un-probe-rohingya-cost-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #un #myanmar #rohingya #humanrights
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, urged Japan to attend the 2026 review conference for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/nakamitsu-disarmament-efforts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #izuminakamitsu #un #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nagasaki #hiroshima