Why do Senator Penny Wong & Anthony Albanese think they know better than the heads of Save the Children US UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency UNICEF World Food Programme World Health Organization (WHO)? These agencies are all calling for an immediate #CeasefireNOW in #Gaza. Australia needs to cease providing cover for Israel’s deadly, disproportionate response.

Must read: 'Gaza’s children are calling on us to speak up' Will you heed the call? What side of history will you be on? Anthony Albanese Senator Penny Wong #CeasefireNOW smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

Civilians are #NotATarget. They must be protected. At all times. Everywhere.

A story of Olives and Cactus: “Wherever you see cactus, know there was a Palestinian village in that place ” . That’s what they tell you if you ever visit the West Bank. Israel has been removing, bulldozing , erasing villages and cities for decades to terraform the land . But the

"Thousands of children killed cannot be collateral damage. Pushing a million people from their homes & concentrating them in areas without adequate infrastructure is forced displacement. Severely limiting food, water & medicine is collective punishment." -- Philippe Lazzarini UNRWA

The foul allegations of rape have been dropped by the Israeli government. The forty beheaded babies has been downscaled to one dead baby, not beheaded, and killed by persons unknown. Two thirds of Israelis killed on October 7 were military personnel. The killers of the remaining

SNV World Irish Foreign Ministry Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) UN Human Rights Asia International Alert Kenya & the Horn of Africa Alliance for Peacebuilding Climate Diplomacy and Security Geneva Peacebuilding Platform Crisis Group Simon O'Connell Nic Hailey Swedwatch Naturskyddsförening What do financial institutions need when financing conflict-affected states? - patience and calculated risk - long-term view with robust safeguards - gender-responsive approach, ensuring women have a voice - indigenous rights policy - grow! - Stephanie Speck Green Climate Fund #COP28

BREAKING: Egypt & Mauritania have invoked UNGA Res 377 - Uniting for Peace - to address Gaza genocide. Res.377 states that if UN Security Council, due to lack of unanimity of permanent 5 members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility to act to maintain intnl peace &

Mary Robinson reacts to the release of the draft text at #COP28: “It is not good enough to say you recognise and respect the science but then fail to take heed of its dire warnings in the collective action you commit to. It is not good enough to note with ‘alarm and serious

Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer. Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike. This was the last poem he published.

Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, reacts to the final COP28 agreement: “The COP28 agreement, while signalling the need to bring about the end of the fossil fuel era, falls short by failing to commit to a full fossil fuel phase out. If 1.5°C is our ‘North Star’, and science

No, COP28 will not enable us to hold the 1.5°C limit, but yes, the result is a pivotal land-mark. It makes clear to finance, business and societies that we are now finally - 8 years behind Paris schedule - at the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel driven world economy (1/4).

Told JAMES BAYS it is of utmost importance that the members of the United Nations General Assembly realise if UNRWA collapses in #Gaza, the Palestinian community will feel this ad the last betrayal of the International Community. Talk to Al Jazeera aljazeera.com/program/talk-t…

what a humiliation of Samantha Maiden

What a leader Usman Khawaja is. So beautifully spoken. Thank you Uzzie for continuing to speak out & standing up for human rights ✊🏼🙏🏼

Again, one of the most profound liturgies I have heard. From Bethlehem.

Babies are #NotATarget. Schools are #NotATarget. Children are #NotATarget. Civilians are #NotATarget. Hospitals are #NotATarget. Humanitarians are #NotATarget. Healthcare workers are #NotATarget. They must be protected. At all times. Everywhere.

Mafalda Duarte very inspiring!

Insightful discussions in today’s panel with Stephanie Speck ,Noriyuki SHIKATA (四方敬之),Tanna Krewson&Jay Paxton at #RigaStratComDialogue covering cognitive resilience &trust in institutions 🙏 to adress the questions on NATO’s diverse decision making environment&the support for 🇺🇦 STRATCOMCOE