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Ending fast fashion – EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
To ensure sustainable and circular textiles in a socially just manner, MEPs in the Environment Committee today adopted their recommendations
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Ending fast fashion – EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
Europe
Asylum and migration: Parliament confirms key reform mandates
Plenary agreed on Thursday to open talks with EU member states on several asylum and migration policy files.
Human Rights
China: ‘Vocational training’ programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour
“Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been ‘transferred’ from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015, through a programme described as voluntary, but in practice…
Human Rights
New UK law curtails key civil and political rights: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called the Public Order Bill “deeply troubling legislation”, after it completed its passage through parliament on Wednesday. “It is especially worrying that…
News
UN humanitarians will return to Khartoum ‘as quickly as possible’: UN aid coordinator
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Abdou Dieng, speaking from Port Sudan, told reporters in the briefing room in New York that senior leadership would be returning to the Sudanese capital, as…
Human Rights
Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN
The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and…
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Syria: UN envoy points to ‘important juncture’ in efforts towards peace
“We are at a potentially important juncture, with renewed attention on Syria – particularly from the region – that could assist our efforts in advancing a political solution to this…
Health
Pets reduce the risk of food allergy in children
Those who grew up with a dog are less likely to be allergic to eggs, milk and nuts, and cats reduce the risk of allergies to eggs, wheat and soy…
Human Rights
The fight against Disinformation and propaganda
A conference entitled "The fight against Disinformation and propaganda " was organized at the European Parliament on April 24th 2023 by EPP group with the participation of human rights organizations…
Environment
Increase in extreme melting in Greenland linked to phoenix and ‘atmospheric rivers’
The most intense melting events in northeastern Greenland are due to long, narrow bands of water vapor called "atmospheric rivers." The warm, dry downslope winds known as the "blow" also…