Children collect rubbish in a dust storm in the Shabelle IDP settlement in Garowe, Somalia. Photo: UNICEF/Kate Holt NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2015 – The United Nations has strongly condemned this morning’s attack on a UN vehicle in north-eastern Somalia, which killed four UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) workers and seriously injured[Read More…]

“This is not unrelated to the videos we have seen of Eric Garner being taken down in the street. This is not unrelated to the video we have seen of Walter Scott in North Charleston being shot down like a dog”- Dr. Jill Stein St. Joseph, MI—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2015. Dr.[Read More…]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the International Monetary and Finance Committee Meeting in Washington, D.C. April 2015. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–18 April 2015 – Financing will be key for the creation and unveiling of an ambitious post-2015 development agenda, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today, as he stressed[Read More…]

Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–18 April 2015 – United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonoviæ, has strongly condemned the “brutal” suicide attack that reportedly killed at least 35 people and injured more than 100 others in the Afghan city of Jalalabad earlier[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2015. Hi everybody.  Wednesday is Earth Day, a day to appreciate and protect this precious planet we call home.  And today, there’s no greater threat to our planet than climate change. 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record.  Fourteen of the 15 hottest years on record have all fallen[Read More…]

Zimbabwe, Harare–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2015.  Today thousands of women and men farmers of the international peasant movement La Via Campesina mobilize worldwide against Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which affect peasant and small-scale agriculture and national food sovereignty. Since April 17, 1996[1] La Via Campesina celebrates this day[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2015 – 12:04 P.M. EDT   PRESIDENT OBAMA:  It is a great pleasure to welcome my partner and friend, Prime Minister Renzi, to the White House.  Benvenuto.  I actually should say welcome back.  Not many people know this, but Matteo came to the White House several years[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2015 I support honest trade, just as anyone who supports a growing and prosperous Oregon economy. Oregonians deserve a framework for trade that recognizes real problems and seeks real solutions. For 20 years, I’ve heard strong criticisms about the weak NAFTA agreement, which I did not vote for. It’s[Read More…]

BURLINGTON, Vt. –(ENEWSPF)–April, 17, 2015 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other national leaders to oppose a proposed 12-nation trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “For decades, corporate America has been pushing disastrous trade agreements on the American people.[Read More…]

To escape the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, a mother and her baby son took refuge in a bomb shelter in the city of Donetsk. Photo: UNICEF/Francesca Volpi GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–17 April 2015 – The United Nations human rights office said today that it is increasingly worried that the dire situation in parts[Read More…]