Cluster bombs found in Sri Lanka, UN expert says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-17861187 Press Release: President of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Sri Lanka, Must Come Clean on Past Use. http://www.itjpsl.com/assets/press/28-sept-2018-cluster-munition-press-release-ITJP-final.pdf It’s a massive twist to Sri […]
Two additional regulations made under the
United
Nations Act implement the UN suppression of terrorism sanctions and
sanctions against Taliban, ISIL (Da esh) and Al-Qaida. The
Canadian authorities do not maintain a consolidated list of all
designations under the
United Nations Act
regulations. However, the UN publishes a consolidated list of all
designations under the UN Security Council resolutions on
its website.
The sanctions imposed under the
United Nations
Act regulations vary depending on the target jurisdiction
or group and generally include arms embargoes, trade restrictions,
and prohibitions against providing financial services or technical
assistance in respect of such covered activities. In addition,
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This treaty – the initiative of hundreds of organizations and individuals from around the world that united under the banner of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons – was ready to be signed in September 2017, after a difficult battle with the nuclear powers and their supporters, which as expected did everything possible to thwart it. No nuclear states took part in the conference that negotiated the terms of the accord, which took place at the United Nations in March and in June-July 2017.
Discussions on the treaty only began after a failed attempt by the United States to deny funding to the conference. The Netherlands, the only one of NATO’s then-29 member states to participate in the event, was also the only one of the 124 participating states to vote against the treaty. One country, Singapore, abstained. In an extraordinary gesture of protest, the U.S. and British ambassadors to the UN, as well as e
Two additional regulations made under the
United Nations Act implement the UN suppression of terrorism sanctions and sanctions against Taliban, ISIL (Da esh) and Al-Qaida. The Canadian authorities do not maintain a consolidated list of all designations under the
United Nations Act regulations. However, the UN publishes a consolidated list of all designations under the UN Security Council resolutions on its website.
The sanctions imposed under the
United Nations Act regulations vary depending on the target jurisdiction or group and generally include arms embargoes, trade restrictions, and prohibitions against providing financial services or technical assistance in respect of such covered activities. In addition, the
Covid-19 is hampering efforts to clear the world’s mine fields
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How has Covid affected your life? For those in the world s war zones, the impact of the pandemic has been truly devastating. Coronavirus is one of many dangers facing those who have fled violence and bloodshed. It has also left refugees with agonising choices: to remain in lockdown in camps, where resources may become scarce; or to return home, and risk death.
In north east Nigeria, which is at the epicentre of a grave humanitarian crisis, there was a landmine casualty every single day for the first 20 weeks of last year. Here, food and other humanitarian aid has been disrupted by the pandemic. Strains on the system have prompted the government to accelerate its plans to resettle displaced people, including to areas heavily contaminated with improvised landmines planted by Boko Haram. Desperate people forage for food and firewood in areas riddled with explosives with devastating consequences.