by Staff Writer | Jun 12, 2022 | Briefing
THE FIRST MEETING OF STATES PARTIES (1MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will take place in Vienna, Austria from 21 to 23 June 2022. At this inaugural meeting, States Parties will commit to concrete actions to implement obligations under...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 11, 2022 | Briefing
FOUR IN 10 POLICE FORCES in England and Wales are missing opportunities to detect, and therefore deal with, crime linked to gambling because they do not ask about it when interviewing people in custody, new research for the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related...
by Staff Writer | Jun 10, 2022 | Briefing
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS, but deep gratitude for his life and gifts, that Bruce Kent’s family have announced his death, on 8 June, after a short illness. He would have been 93 year old on 22 June. At the time of his death Bruce was a Vice-President of CND, a...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 10, 2022 | Briefing
CARERS WEEK CHARITIES are calling for an urgent 12-month plan of targeted support for unpaid carers, as many struggle with the ongoing impact and legacy of the pandemic, together with the strain of the social care and cost of living crises. For the first time, the...
by Staff Writer | Jun 9, 2022 | Briefing
A TWO MONTH TRUCE in the conflict between the Government in Yemen and Houthi rebels has been renewed for an additional two months, starting on 2 June, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg has announced. Mr. Grundberg said: “For the past two months,...
by Agency Reporter | Jun 9, 2022 | Briefing
ACCESS TO SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING must be made a human right in law to ensure the Government is accountable for properly resourcing efforts to address the homelessness crisis in England, says Amnesty International. The organisation warned that the crisis is...
