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UN summit jump-starts global drive for responsible business actions on Sustainable Development Goals

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 23:26
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rallied corporate leaders and entrepreneurs gathered for a summit in New York to focus on key areas required to reach a new era of sustainability, including responsible practices, transformative partnerships, breakthrough innovation and targeted investment.

UN pays tribute to British parliamentarian Jo Cox

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 22:18
Standing up for values and principles that unite us – not divide us – and never succumbing to violent provocations in today’s world is vital so that extremists and perpetrators do not declare victory, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General emphasized today at a ceremony in tribute to Jo Cox, the United Kingdom Member of Parliament who was killed this past week.

Bahrain: UN special adviser stresses urgency of de-escalating tensions sparked by protests

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 19:22
Noting the new protests and increased tensions in Bahrain triggered by the revocation of the citizenship of a prominent Shia religious leader, a senior United Nations human rights advisor called on the Government to ensure that the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is fully respected and that any response to the protests is in accordance with the country’s obligations under international human rights law.

Caribbean region must boost efforts to prepare for increased drought – UN report

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 18:37
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean, so countries in the region must enhance their capabilities to deal with this and other extreme weather-related challenges to ensure food security and hunger eradication, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said in a new report.

« En Europe, les opinions publiques ont peur du saut dans l’inconnu »

Politique étrangère (IFRI) - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 11:15

Dans son édition du 20 juin 2016, La Fabrique de l’Opinion analyse les bouleversements politiques et les revendications nationalistes et extrémistes auxquels est confrontée l’Union européenne. Il s’appuie pour cela sur l’article du président de la Fondation Robert Schuman Jean-Dominique Giuliani, « Extrémismes, populismes et nationalismes à l’assaut de l’Europe » publié dans le numéro d’été de Politique étrangère (n°2/2016).

Le référendum sur le Brexit le montre une nouvelle fois : le « bouc émissaire européen » fonctionne à plein. Pourtant les fondations de l’Union européenne sont plus solides qu’il n’y paraît, notamment parce que les opinions publiques ont peur du saut dans l’inconnu.

Ce bouc émissaire est utilisé à peu près partout en Europe. L’arme préférée des extrémistes, dont le caractère populiste est ainsi confirmé, est le référendum. Depuis les débuts de la Communauté européenne, 56 référendums ont été organisés au sein de l’Union. Bien que seuls 16 d’entre eux ont été négatifs, les partis populistes continuent à les réclamer, en faisant ainsi l’arme suprême contre l’intégration européenne démontrant les réticences des peuples.

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L’interpellation populiste n’est pas une spécificité européenne. Elle est bien commune à tous les ensembles démocratiques et constitue pour eux un défi bien réel. Les mutations technologiques, économiques, culturelles et sociales, qui transforment sous nos yeux l’ordre mondial, imposent à l’évidence des changements majeurs dans l’exercice de la Démocratie représentative. Dans ce maelstrôm, la construction européenne est particulièrement interpellée du fait de son caractère original, inédit et inachevé. Son passé l’expose par ailleurs tout particulièrement au retour d’un nationalisme frileux complètement dépassé par les réalités du monde. Les ressentiments ethniques, les frustrations historiques, les peurs ancestrales et les réflexes conditionnés des Européens, sédiments
de l’histoire sur lesquels l’Union européenne s’est bâtie, constituent autant de risques
susceptibles de peser sur révolution politique de l’Europe.

Les crises récentes nous montrent que les fondations en sont pourtant plus solides qu’il n’y paraît. Elles sont faites d’intérêts souvent partagés, à défaut d’être acceptés comme communs, mais aussi d’engagements légitimes, de traités signés et appliques, d’un droit très avancé, vraisemblablement suffisamment souple pour supporter de vraies attaques et suffisamment solide pour les contenir. Les mois et les années qui viennent vont les mettre à l’épreuve et apporter une confirmation ou un démenti à cette affirmation – il est vrai – optimiste.

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Disarming armed groups, civilian protection crucial for Central African Republic – UN expert

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 07:00
Concluding her seventh visit in the country, Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR), expressed concern about the threats from armed groups and large-scale banditry to the protection of civilians, natural resources and to the crisis recovery process.

UNESCO chief condemns killing of journalist in Texas

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 07:00
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today called for an investigation into the killing of Jacinto Hernández Torres, also known as Jay Torres, a Spanish-language journalist in Texas.

Ban condemns terrorist attack against Jordanian guard post at Syrian border

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 02:41
Condemning today's terrorist attack against a Jordanian border guard post at the north-eastern border with Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered his condolences to the families of the victims and reiterates his solidarity with the Government and people of Jordan.

South Sudan: Special investigation into Malakal violence completed, says UN

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 02:12
A United Nations independent high-level board of inquiry has completed a special in-depth investigation into how the UN responded this past February to deadly violence in a protection of civilians site in the town of Malakal, in northern South Sudan.

‘Searchlight of international scrutiny’ must focus on crimes of sexual violence in conflict – UN deputy chief

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 02:09
Addressing an event commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today stressed the importance of prevention and early response efforts, as well as the need to shift shame and stigma from victims to perpetrators.

As UN takes stock of landmark resolution on weapons proliferation, Ban urges greater prevention efforts

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 01:18
While Governments around the world have been working decidedly and collectively to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons, the international community must intensify efforts in that regard in order to keep up with and effectively address global challenges, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

Progress on economy, improving security is imperative for Afghanistan, UN envoy reports

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 00:58
Progress on the economy and improving security is imperative so that Afghans have confidence in their Government, the United Nations envoy in Afghanistan said today.

UN humanitarian wing and partners respond to unprecedented suffering in 2015

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 00:26
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released its 2015 annual report, articulating its response to the humanitarian challenges and human suffering, in all corners of the world that have overstretched the UN relief arm.

Niger: UNICEF reports more than 240,000 uprooted from homes in Diffa region

UN News Centre - Wed, 22/06/2016 - 00:10
More than 240,000 people, or a third of the population, in Niger&#39s Diffa region have now been uprooted from their homes since violence by Boko Haram insurgents began three years ago, a senior United Nations official said today.

‘Credibility of international community at risk’ as Syria war grinds on – senior UN officials

UN News Centre - Tue, 21/06/2016 - 23:18
With the conflict in Syria now well into its fifth year, and the country dealing with a grinding crisis that has brought death, displacement and regional instability, the international community must not lose momentum in attaining a comprehensive and concrete political solution, senior United Nations officials emphasized today.

A Rule of Law Meltdown Is Behind the Murder of Bloggers in Bangladesh

Crisisgroup - Tue, 21/06/2016 - 10:42
A series of gruesome attacks on bloggers in Bangladesh has shocked the country and the world. But they are only one element in a years-long cycle of mounting violence. Large-scale political repression has created a climate of injustice that extremist groups have easily exploited in their war against secularists and liberal thinkers.

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