Health, Environment and Human Rights
A Brief Summary (as Outlined in Detail here..) The grouping of China, India, Brazil and South Africa has emerged as a significant force in Copenhagen and they could lead the way in future negotiations, the head of the UN climate panel said on Wednesday. A climate change meeting ended last week in Copenhagen...
Posted on December 24, 2009 by admin | No Comments
A Brief Summary (as Outlined in Detail here..) The grouping of China, India, Brazil and South Africa has emerged as a significant force in Copenhagen and they could lead the way in future negotiations, the head of the UN climate panel said on Wednesday. A climate change meeting ended last week in Copenhagen with a non-legally binding political...
Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dr. Mazhar Khan | 1 Comment
Book: The Unheard Truth Unheard Truth Author: Irene Khan, Secretary General , Amnesty International. The first woman, first Asian and first Muslim to head the world’s largest human rights organization, she has led AI through developments in the wake of September 11, confronting the backlash against human rights; broadening the work of...
Today’s news about UN treating caste system in India as a Human Rights Violation got me thinking. Though every Indian ( religious diversities immaterial) knows and understands caste system, yet the impact on the younger generation in the metro cities is really felt only during the admission process to various educational courses. Inspite...
Posted on June 17, 2009 by Dr. Mazhar Khan | No Comments
Let us just once take a quick peek into the conditions that have left millions of people stranded. Some times in their own lands and sometimes as unwelcome guests on a foreign soil. June 20th is World Refugee day…for countless people this day may mean nothing but carrying on with their everyday lives. But for me and worldwatch.in it...
Posted on June 10, 2009 by admin | 3 Comments
If all your humble requests, health alarms and statutory warnings have failed to make someone dear to you to quit, try embarassing him / her. According to a recent study conducted by the University of Sydney Department of Psychology, embarrassing a smoker by talking of the smell that lingers with smokers after a ciggie break can prove to be...
Posted on June 10, 2009 by admin | No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO — The roads that led two Current TV employees, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, to be sentenced this week to a North Korean labor camp were in some regards as different as their lives here in California. Demonstrators on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco last week seeking the release of Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee. Ms. Ling,...
Posted on June 8, 2009 by admin | No Comments
NEW ORLEANS New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is feeling well after he and his wife were quarantined in China because a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin’s office said Sunday the couple and a security guard were quarantined at a hotel in Shanghai as a precaution and were exhibiting no swine flu symptoms. Nagin’s...
Posted on June 5, 2009 by admin | No Comments
Today, I fulfill a long held desire of being involved in affairs influencing the world around us. This blog is a way to collect and dissipate information on topics that need as much mass appeal as possible. Human Rights, Environment and Health. These terms may seem disconnected, but there is a very distinct thread running through all of...
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