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UNPO: Coronavirus: UN Facilitates Aid to Abkhazia

WebBelow is an article published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia . The Abkhaz Foreign Minister met with the delegation of the World Health Organization on Wednesday, March 18,2020.

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World Health Organizatiom Statement on Indigenous …

WebUntitled Document. The World Health Organization is pleased to have the opportunity to address the 22nd session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. We note that the activities of both the Working Group and the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues have done much to advance the cause of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples.

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UNPO: Lakota Nation: Appeals for Health Clinic

WebThe Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is an international membership-based organization established to empower the voices of unrepresented and marginalized peoples worldwide and to protect their fundamental human rights.

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UNPO: Coronavirus: Abkhazia Isolated

WebBelow is an article by Eurasianet, written by Joshua Kucera.. In a global pandemic, there may be a benefit to be an isolated, unrecognized state. The three de facto breakaway states of the South Caucasus – Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh – all officially remain coronavirus-free even as the proper states surrounding …

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State of the World's Indigenous Peoples Report Launched

WebThese are just a few of the startling statistics in the United Nations’ first publication on the State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a thorough assessment of how indigenous peoples are faring in areas such as health, poverty, education and human rights. While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world’s population

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Zanzibar: Health Services Improving but Lack Skilled …

WebZanzibar: Health Services Improving but Lack Skilled Personnel and Adequate Funds. The Second Vice-President, Mr Iddi, announced at the Annual Joint Health Sector Review meeting that Zanzibar has reduced child mortality, raised the average life expectancy of its population and reduced the prevalence of diseases, such as malaria.

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UNPO: Hmong: Doctor Works to Improve Healthcare …

WebDr.Lor immigrated from a Thai refugee camp to Madison, WI at the age of 6 and grew up particularly aware of a communication gap that exists between the Hmong people and their understanding of Healthcare. In her research, Dr. Lor uses her experience as a Hmong-American to seek ways to improve accessibility to healthcare services for …

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Coronavirus: ICG Report assesses Abkhazian Response to …

WebBelow is an article by Civil.ge. On May 7, the International Crisis Group, a think tank, published a report assessing response to COVID-19 pandemic by Moscow-backed authorities in Georgia’s occupied territories – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.. The Crisis Group argued that the pandemic posed significant threat for …

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UNPO: Ahwazi: Environmental And Health Crisis

WebThe health ministry admitted earlier this year that over 80,000 people country-wide died every year due to air pollution, causing around a fifth of all deaths. Mohammad Reza Amlazadeh, the provincial head of crisis management, said the governor's office is holding meetings over the health crisis and claimed that Ahwaz City was not the …

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UNPO: Zanzibar: Improvement in Health Sector Needed

WebThe Minister for Health in Zanzibar has stated that in order to improve the health system in the Isles, problems such as insufficient funding and inefficiency need to be addressed rather than plans to construct new buildings.

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Balochistan: Malnutrition and Child Mortality Still Rampant

WebAccording to United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) that 16 percent of the children in Balochistan are malnourished, 52 percent are stunted and 39.6 percent are underweight. Balochistan has the highest infant and mother mortality in comparison to other provinces just due to malnutrition. Due to poor economic conditions, families do not have any

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UNPO: Zanzibar: Intensive Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality

WebZanzibar: Intensive Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality. Maternal mortality is caused by limited access to reproductive health care, insufficient skilled health workers and poverty - one of many challenging problems facing Zanzibar. Below is an article published by Tanzania Daily News: Saving the lives of both mothers and their infants …

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Hmong: Minorities, Cultural Barriers and the Challenges of Mental

WebMental health can be a difficult issue to tackle but officials at the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association say addressing mental health in the Hmong community is an added challenge. Sarah Driever says mental illness is hard to explain, especially when English is not someone's first language. Issues like anxiety and depression can

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Coronavirus: Ambazonia Conflict Rages During Health Crisis

WebIn the English-speaking regions of Cameroon (known as Ambazonia), the conflict between the Anglophone minority and Francophone majority rages on as government forces have refused to agree to the ceasefire unilaterally declared by the anglophone side due to the coronavirus. Around 3000 people have died and nearly a …

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UNPO: Abkhazia: Fact Sheet on Refugee Program

WebAbkhazia: Fact Sheet on Refugee Program. Since the 1992-93 Abkhazian Georgian war, more than 60,000 refugees have been successfully resettled in Abkhazia, which represents the largest peaceful resettlement program in modern times. This has occurred in spite of an ongoing campaign by the Georgian government to politicize the refugee process by

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UNPO: Chechnya: Chechen Minister of Health statement at the UN

WebChechnya: Chechen Minister of Health statement at the UN Commission for Human Rights. Dr. Oumar Khanbiev, the Minister of Health and the General Representative of the President, addressed this morning in Geneva the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. In his speech, Dr. Khanbiev emphasized that Russia is not engaged …

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UNPO: Ogaden: Restrictions by Ethiopian Government Exacerbate

WebThe Ethiopian government has imposed a trade embargo and strict restrictions on trade and movement on the Ogaden region, exacerbating this crisis even further. Civilians are unable to trade with neighbouring Somalia nor gain access to necessary health care facilities. Around 7 million Somalis are estimated to inhabit the Ogaden region the

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UNPO: Ahwazi: Ahwaz City Named Most Polluted On Earth

WebAhwaz City's measure of air-born particulate matter (PM10) is 372 ug/m3, which is a third more than the world's second-most polluted city, Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar and the only city in the world where average PM10 levels rise above 300 ug/m3. The astonishing level of air pollution has taken its toll on the local population, …

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UNITED NATIONS NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION TO ABKHAZIA, …

Web1. As in the rest of Georgia, all economic indicators in Abkhazia fell precipitously in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union. The material destruction caused by the Georgian-Abkhaz war in 1992-93 ensured further decline in the social and economic arena, and economic activity in the Abkhaz region is now at a virtual standstill.

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Ogoni: Infant Mortality Increases as Niger Delta Remains Polluted

WebThey report that the Niger Delta region has been suffering from high rates of infant mortality, with 4 out of 10 children dying within three months of being born. Additionally, a recent study from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland has found that of the 16,000 infants killed within their first month of life, 11,000 infants would have

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UNPO: Self-Determination of Nations: Pros and Cons

WebThe concept of self-determination in international legal acts was formalized during the post-war decolonization period and primarily aimed to legalize independence of emergent countries and to facilitate their statehood. It may appear that this latter circumstance rules out the right to self-determination today because it is already an

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UNPO: State-Legal Relations Between Abkhazia and Georgia

WebThe Abkhaz, like many other numerically small peoples, have over the course of their history had to struggle for survival among their more numerous neighbours, and for the preservation of their national identity, culture, language, and statehood.

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