Chamanga, Ecuador after the 16 April 2016 earthquake. Hundreds of people have been killed and widespread damage has been reported up to 190 miles away from the epicentre. Photo: UNHCR/Santiago Arcos GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–22 April 2016 – The Government of Ecuador and the United Nations today launched an urgent $72.7 million appeal[Read More…]
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‘We are in a Race Against Time,’ says UN Secretary General Ban, as Leaders Sign Landmark Paris Climate Accord
View of the GA Hall Opening Signing Ceremony of the Paris Climate Treaty. Video capture UN Web NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–22 April 2016 – As world leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York this morning to officially sign the Paris Agreement on climate change – the landmark accord that sets[Read More…]
Congressman Blumenauer on UN Special Session on Drug Policy: We Need a More Just and Compassionate Approach
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016 – This week, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) joined leaders from around the world in New York at the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem. Representative Blumenauer, who attended the opening day’s events as a Congressional observer, released the[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: My Brother’s Keeper – Two Years of Expanding Opportunity & Creating Pathways for Success
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Two years have passed since the President signed a Presidential Memorandum in 2014 establishing the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Task Force (the Task Force), a coordinated Federal effort to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure that all young[Read More…]
Nurses’ YUGE, Red #BernieBus Now Crisscrossing Pennsylvania
Students feeling the bern at Northampton Community College in Bethelem, PA. PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. Registered nurses aboard National Nurses United (NNU)’s #BernieBus have moved onto campaigning for Bernie in Pennsylvania in preparation for that state’s important primary election on April 26. Nurses are crisscrossing the Keystone State, educating voters, particularly[Read More…]
Senate and House Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Waste, Unnecessary Duplication Across Federal Government
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. Today, bipartisan lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation to increase the effectiveness of the federal government by giving Congress and agencies the tools to better measure and manage waste and inefficiencies in government programs. The Getting Results through Enhanced Accountability and Transparency (GREAT) Act[Read More…]
Public Statement by the Global Commission on Drug Policy on UNGASS 2016
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. The Global Commission on Drug Policy is profoundly disappointed with the adopted outcome document agreed at the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on “the world drug problem”. The document does not acknowledge the comprehensive failure of the current drug control regime to reduce drug[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton’s Remarks at Gun Violence Discussion in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, CT–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. Today, Hillary Clinton spoke with family members of gun violence victims about her commitment to enact commonsense gun safety measures as president in Hartford, Connecticut. Participants included Erica Smegielski, the daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School who was killed in the shooting[Read More…]
Senate Appropriations Committee Votes to Prevent DEA from Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws
Vote Comes Just a Week After Committee Voted to Allow Veterans Administration Doctors to Recommend Marijuana to Veterans; Nationwide Bi-partisan Momentum for Drug Policy Reform Grows Stronger Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. In yet another huge victory for marijuana reform, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted today by 21 to 8 to[Read More…]
Agua Caliente, Nez Perce, Yankton Become Latest Tribal Nations to Partner with Interior to Reduce Fractionation in Indian Country
Agreements will guide implementation of Buy-Back Program WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor announced today that the Department of the Interior has signed agreements with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in California, Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, and the[Read More…]
