In this issue
In this issue
- Peace in Europe: a precious legacy demeaned
- Faith groups’ dismay at UK boycott of UN disarmament meeting
- ‘Extraordinary rebellion’ of conscientious objectors preserved
- Cities in polluting countries most at risk from flooding
- Christian Aid criticises Cameron over UK tax havens
- Pfizer blocks drug sales to US executioners
- Yemen’s food situation on verge of ‘humanitarian disaster’
- UN-mediated Yemen peace talks find consensus on some issues
Monday 16 May 2016
12 May 2016
Peace in Europe: a precious legacy demeaned
David Cameron has suggested that Brexit could put European peace at risk.
16 May 2016
Faith groups’ dismay at UK boycott of UN disarmament meeting
The UN Open-ended Working Group has completed its second session (13 May 2016) on working out how to bring in new treaties that could lead to multi-lateral disarmament. The UK government is boycotting this intergovernmental meeting.
14 May 2016
‘Extraordinary rebellion’ of conscientious objectors preserved
When Norman Gaudie refused to participate in World War I he acted from the deepest conviction that all life is sacred.He knew it was wrong to take a life and so he refused to fight. Faced with conscription, he was prepared to die for his belief.
16 May 2016
Cities in polluting countries most at risk from flooding
To mark the start of Christian Aid Week, a new report by the charity highlights the world cities most at risk from future coastal flooding.
13 May 2016
Christian Aid criticises Cameron over UK tax havens
David Cameron missed his best chance to stop secrecy in UK-controlled tax havens while other world leaders announced plans to introduce public registers of company owners in their own countries, Christian Aid warned as the Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Summit ended.
14 May 2016
Pfizer blocks drug sales to US executioners
The world’s second largest pharmaceutical firm has officially withdrawn from the lethal injection drug trade, imposing strict distribution controls to prevent its drugs reaching execution chambers across the USA.
13 May 2016
Yemen’s food situation on verge of ‘humanitarian disaster’
The food security and nutrition situation in Yemen will turn into a humanitarian disaster unless urgent funding is accessible for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to deliver timely aid, the UN agency has warned.
16 May 2016
UN-mediated Yemen peace talks find consensus on some issues
In his latest update on the Yemeni peace talks currently under way in Kuwait, the UN envoy for the conflict-torn country has reported that the two delegations discussed proposals to bridge the gap between their respective visions, reaching consensus on some issues.