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Grown gdpwise 5 per year since 2000. Violent extremism is amongst the major risks to economies in part of africa. Tunisias gdp gross has been cut from 3 to 1 . Chads gdp contracted 1 in 2015 from a growth of 5 in 2014. And countries like kenya and nigeria saw a reduction of 25 of tourism following terrorist attacks. We in undp estimate that at least 33,000 people have died on african soils since 2011 as victims of violent extremism. And 6 million are currently internally displaced due to radicalization. Mr. Chairman, over the last two years undp has held a number of consultations, conducted a series of studies and commissioned research to better understand the violent extremism scourge in africa. These various studies and research converge in showing three major findings. One, while the drivers of radicalization are multifaceted and defy easy analysis, their major roots are to be found in the combination of poverty and low human development, a sense of economic and political exclusion
Among the partners, vietnam is the only country that bans independent religious groups, the only country considered one of the worst violators of internet vietnam harbors severe child labor and forced child labor violators and regularly jails and tortures those who speak out for human rights, political inclusion with a right to practice their religion. There are today over 100 prisoners of conscience in vietnam wynn van didefend of religious freem down and he was detained and detained last september for continuing his work. His arbitrary detention undercuts any claim that the current vietnamese leadership can become a trusted u. S. Partnership. Prior to his arrest i had the previous to meeting with him in hanoi at his law officer at 10 dwayne tran yip street in 2005. I was deeply impressed with his passion for truth, his defense of universally recognize the his tate, extraordinary courage and deep aabiding live for as a result name. He is truly a patriot. His wife Vu Minh Khanh is with
(Sen Nguyen is a Vietnamese journalist - the author of this article won the 2023 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration, hosted by the International Labour Organization. Her entry, titled “Risk, rewards and remittances in Vietnam's Nghe An province” published in Al Jazeera, was chosen out of more than 400 entries from 85 countries.) Aljazeera.com…