Global crises



Late-2000s financial crisis since 2007 - Since 2008 Great Recession, period of general economic decline observed in world markets beginning around the end of the first decade of the 21st century - 2008-2013 Timeline of the Great Recession - Effects of the Great Recession - 2010-present European sovereign debt crisis - The Great Recession in Europe is part of the Great Recession worldwide, which began in the USA - World economy
2012/2013: 9. April 2012: Laut ILO (International Labour Organization) wächst die Arbeitslosigkeit weltweit - 30 April 2012: ILO warns global employment situation is 'alarming' - 22 May 2012: Youth unemployment rising, ILO report warns - 22 January 2013: World unemployment figures set to rise in 2013, claims UN labour agency
October 2015: 13 October 2015: Global inequality is growing, with half the world’s wealth now in the hands of just 1% of the population, according to a new report
January 2016: 19 January 2016: Unemployment worldwide will rise by about 2.3 million this year to 199.4 million, making existing jobs vulnerable and fuelling potential social unrest as the global economy slows, an International Labour Organization's report warns
January 2018: 22 January 2018: Global unemployment in 2018 is projected to remain at a similar high level to last year’s and vulnerable employment is on the rise, according to ILO - Unemployment rate in 2018 by country
Since January 2020 worldwide crisis and recession due to 2019 Chinese coronavirus outbreak: Since January 2020 international socio-economic impact of the 2019 Chinese coronavirus pandemic, by continent and country - Since February 2020 global stock market crash that began on in February 2020 - 2020 Chinese coronavirus worldwide recession, which has been claimed to have started affecting the world economy due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, as many economists agree that the recession is already happening, supported by findings from surveys of purchasing managers in the USA, Europe and China, and as the USA currently has almost five times as many unemployment claims as during the previous peak in 1982 - Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
Since March 2020 daily increase in death rates and expansion of worldwide crisis: 8 March 2020: Economies struggle due to latest Chinese coronavirus developments worldwide, as death toll has surged above 3,500 worldwide, with 105,000 cases recorded in 95 countries and territories - 9 March 2020: New week of the Chinese coronavirus crisis is beginning with another unexpected consequence, an oil price crash driven by the outbreak of relatively unrestricted economic warfare between Saudi Arabia, Russia and the West, as the green revolution in Western and other countries poses an existential threat to the Russian economy, as nations also are shutting borders, ceasing trade and, particularly damaging in an era of global supply chains, locking down supplies within their borders - 9 March 2020: World markets plunge on back of Chinese coronavirus-driven recession fears. as global stock markets suffering their biggest falls since the 2008 financial crisis while the oil price crashed amid panic selling because of the double threat of a coronavirus-driven global recession and an oil price war - Since March 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war - 30 March 2020: Asian shares with fresh losses as countries reported surging numbers of infections from the coronavirus in many parts of the world
April 2020 expansion of worldwide crisis: 9 April 2020: Half a billion more people could fall into poverty due to covid-19, as Oxfam also warns 'devastating economic fallout of pandemic’ could set back efforts against poverty in some areas of the world by decades - 14 April 2020: Global economy faces worst recession since the Great Depression, IMF says
29 April 2020 1.6 billion people in 'immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed': 29 April 2020: 1.6 billion people, almost half the global workforce, are in 'immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed' by the economic impact of covid-19, ILO has warned, as of the total global working population of 3.3 billion, about 2 billion work in the 'informal economy', often on short-term contracts or self-employment, and suffered a 60% collapse in their wages in the first month of the crisis
5 June 2020 mining sites around the world hotspots for spread of covid-19: 5 June 2020: Mining sites in Canada, the USA and around the world have become hotspots for the spread of covid-19, and approximately 4,000 mine workers in 18 countries have tested positive, according to a report by an international coalition of non-profit groups
8 October 2020 world’s garment workers face ruin as fashion brands refuse to pay $16bn: 8 October 2020: Powerful USA and European fashion companies have refused to pay overseas suppliers for more than $16bn of goods since the outbreak of covid-19, with devastating implications for garment workers across the world, according to analysis of newly released import data
21 December 2020 Latin America's new 'lost decade' due to covid-19: 21 décembre 2020: La pandémie provoquée par le coronavirus a détruit en 2020 une grande partie de ce que l’Amérique latine était parvenue à réaliser au cours d’années de réformes et d’investissements, la pauvreté a explosé, le chômage a augmenté, et la région doit désormais faire face au spectre d’une nouvelle 'décennie perdue'
30 April 2021 Eurozone falls into double-dip recession: 30 April 2021: Eurozone falls into double-dip recession amid covid-19 pandemic, 'The Guardian' reports live
12 December 2021 covid-19 disrupted health services globally, triggered worst economic crisis since the 1930s: 12 December 2021: More than half a billion people globally were pushed into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets during the height of the covid-19 pandemic, according to the WHO and the World Bank, as the pandemic disrupted health services globally and triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, making it even more difficult for people to pay for healthcare, a joint statement said
14 January 2022 covid-19 created billionaires while 140 million people in Asia plunged into poverty: 14 January 2022: Covid-19 created new ‘pandemic billionaires’ in Asia, while wealthiest got richer, 140m people fell into poverty as jobs were lost, wiping out years of gains for poorest, Oxfam says in new report
26 September 2022 leading economies sliding into recession as Russia's Ukraine war cuts growth, finds OECD: 26 September 2022: The world’s leading economies are sliding into recession as the global energy and inflation crises sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cuts growth by more than previously forecast, according to OECD
26 September 2022 leading economies sliding into recession as Russia's Ukraine war cuts growth, finds OECD: 26 September 2022: The world’s leading economies are sliding into recession as the global energy and inflation crises sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cuts growth by more than previously forecast, according to OECD
14 October 2022 IMF's 216 global countries by GDP, 'Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa': 13 October 2022 list of 216 global countries by GDP, listed and updated by 'Wikipedia' - 14 October 2022: IMF's 'Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa', as growth in 2022 is expected to slow sharply to 3.6%, as a worldwide slowdown, tighter global financial conditions, and a dramatic pickup in global inflation spill into a region already wearied by an ongoing series of shocks. Rising food and energy prices are impacting the region’s most vulnerable, and public debt and inflation are at levels not seen in decades. Against this backdrop, and with limited options, many countries find themselves pushed closer to the edge.
January 2023 'Global Risks Report' on the edge of a low-growth, low-cooperation era and eroding climate action: 11 January 2023: As 2023 begins, the world is facing a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar. We have seen a return of 'older' risks – inflation, cost-of-living crises, trade wars, capital outflows from emerging markets, widespread social unrest, geopolitical confrontation and the spectre of nuclear warfare – which few of this generation’s business leaders and public policy-makers have experienced. These are being amplified by comparatively new developments in the global risks landscape, including unsustainable levels of debt, a new era of low growth, low global investment and de-globalization, a decline in human development after decades of progress, rapid and unconstrained development of dual-use (civilian and military) technologies, and the growing pressure of climate change impacts and ambitions in an ever-shrinking window for transition to a 1.5°C world. Together, these are converging to shape a unique, uncertain and turbulent decade to come, according to World Economic Forum
11 April 2023 IMF's 'World Economic Outlook': 11 April 2023 IMF's 'World Economic Outlook', as the global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several decades. The cost-of-living crisis, tightening financial conditions in most regions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering covid-19 pandemic all weigh heavily on the outlook. Global growth is forecast to slow from 6.0% in 2021 to 3.2% in 2022 and 2.7% in 2023. This is the weakest growth profile since 2001 except for the global financial crisis and the acute phase of the covid-19 pandemic.
13 April 2022 IMF chief says global growth estimate of 2.8% is ‘most worrisome’: 13 April 2022: IMF's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told a news conference at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington, that the global economy has proven remarkably resilient to multiple shocks, but has yet to overcome a combination of weak growth and sticky inflation, as IMF’s projection of 2.8% global growth for 2023 'is not enough to bring opportunities to businesses and people around the world, and most worrisome is the projection for weak growth over a longer period of time'

Since Paleolithic Era - between 500,000 and 10,000 BC - economic history of the world, as the primary socio-economic unit was the band (small kin group). Communication between bands occurred for the purposes of trading ideas, stories, tools, foods, animal skins, mates, and other commodities. Economic resources were constrained by typical ecosystem factors, including density and replacement rates of edible flora and fauna, competition from other consumers (organisms) and climate. Throughout the Upper Paleolithic, humans both dispersed and adapted to a greater variety of environments, and also developed their technologies and behaviors to increase productivity in existing environments. The following eras and periods - Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages etc. - show proven gradual domestication of plants and animals and the formation of settled communities at various times and places. The Neolithic shows that exchange and trade became necessary, as 21st century's historians argue that the first object or physical thing specifically used as general equivalent in the exchange was probably cattle - Timeline of international trade

Capitalist mode of production - Capitalism based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit - Criticism of capitalism
18th/19th centuries establishment of the domination of the capitalist mode of production: During the 18th/19th centuries domination of the capitalist mode of production and 'Industrial Revolution', industrialists replaced merchants as a dominant factor in the capitalist system and effected the decline of the traditional handicraft skills of artisans, guilds and journeymen, as industrial capitalism marked the development of the factory system of manufacturing, characterized by a complex division of labor between and within work process and the routine of work tasks and eventually established the domination of the capitalist mode of production, as the surplus generated by the rise of commercial agriculture encouraged increased mechanization of agriculture - British Agricultural Revolution and an increase in agricultural production due to increases in labour and land productivity between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries - 'Enclosure' in England of consolidating (enclosing) small landholdings into larger farms, as by the 19th century unenclosed commons had become largely restricted
Since the 19th century economic recessions: Working conditions, social structure and standards of living during and since the 18th/19th centuries Industrial Revolution, the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the USA in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840, as economic recessions began and occurred from the late 1830s
1844/1885 'The Condition of the Working Class in England': 'The Condition of the Working Class in England' (Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England), an 1845 book by the German scientist Friedrich Engels written during Engels' 1842–44 stay in Manchester, the city at the heart of the capitalist industrial Revolution and compiled from Engels' own observations and detailed contemporary reports, as an English translation was published in 1885
18th/19th centuries Industrial Revolution's effects on cotton production and expansion of slavery: 18th/19th centuries Industrial Revolution's effects on cotton production and expansion of slavery, as cotton became profitable, leading to the widespread growth of cotton plantations in the emerging USA and Brazil, as American countries' labour shortages resulting from destruction of Native American cultures made slavery even more attractive as cotton plantations became highly efficient and profitable - 1783–1815 expansion and rise of the 'Second' British Empire and Britain's imperial century (1815–1914)
Overseas empires and establishments by colonial empire: Overseas empires, as colonists - following the Roman empire since the Middle Ages - initially came from European kingdoms that had more or less highly developed military, naval, governmental, and entrepreneurial capabilities - Establishments by colonial empire
Since 1929 'Weltwirtschaftskrise' and Great Depression: Since 1929 Great Depression, a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the USA, as the timing of the crisis varied across the world lasting until the late 1930s, and as it was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century, commonly described as an example of how intensely the capitalist mode of production and global economy can decline - Seit 1929 Weltwirtschaftskrise zum Ende der 1920er und im Verlauf der 1930er Jahre beginnend mit dem New Yorker Börsencrash im Oktober 1929
Since early 2020 economic impact of the covid-19 pandemic: Since early 2020 economic impact of the covid-19 pandemic, having far-reaching economic consequences including the covid-19 recession, the second largest global recession in recent history - Since 2019 covid-19 economic impact by continent and by country
31 March 2022 Ukrainian and Russian economies will shrink by 20%, 10% amid Putin's aggression against Ukraine: 31 March 2022: The economies of Russia and Ukraine will shrink by 10% and 20% respectively in 2022, according to the EBRD, warning in its first economic forecast since Russian regime’s invasion on 24 February that the war had triggered 'the greatest supply shock since at least the early 1970s' and would have a severe effect on economies far beyond the immediate area of the conflict'
2 April 2022 global food price fears as prices of basics in Africa and the 'Middle East': 2 April 2022: Global food price fears as prices of basics in Africa and the 'Middle East' such as oil and wheat are shooting up and shortages are showing on supermarket shelves in Lebanon, Somalia and Egypt, after Ukraine farmers forced to reduce crop planting

Wage labour - Wage slavery refers to a social relation where a person's livelihood depends on wages or a salary, especially when the dependence is total and immediate
2014/2015 developing world's workers trapped in vulnerable jobs: 27 May 2014: Half of developing world's workers trapped in vulnerable jobs, says ILO - 24 July 2014: More than 2.2 billion people are 'poor or near-poor', amid financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts, UNDP's report says - 19 mai 2015: Une étude de l'Organisation internationale du travail indique que seulement un quart des travailleurs à travers le monde a un emploi stable - 13 October 2015: Global inequality is growing, with half the world’s wealth now in the hands of just 1% of the population, according to a new report
January 2016 vast and growing gap between rich and poor and unemployment: 18 January 2016: The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population, as a global network of tax havens further enables the richest individuals to hide $7.6 trillion, according to Oxfam - 19 January 2016: Unemployment worldwide will rise by about 2.3 million this year to 199.4 million, making existing jobs vulnerable and fuelling potential social unrest as the global economy slows, an International Labour Organization's report warns
April 2017: 6 April 2017: The risk of human rights tainted tungsten, tin, tantalum and gold (3TG) entering the supply chains of tech firms is extending well beyond the traditional home of 'conflict minerals', DR Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa, according to new research from risk analysis firm Verisk Maplecroft - 7 April 2017: Tech companies must do more to avoid using minerals tainted by rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Peru, Myanmar and elsewhere, according to Verisk Maplecroft
November 2018: 26 novembre 2018: La croissance des salaires au plus bas en 2017 depuis 2008 et les salaires sont insuffisants pour honorer les besoins de nombreuses personnes dans de nombreuses régions du monde, selon OIT
April 2020 migrant workers are bearing the brunt of the covid-19 in the Middle East: 19 April 2020: Crammed into work camps, stood down from their jobs, facing high rates of infection and with no way home, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers are bearing the brunt of the covid-19 pandemic in the Middle East, migrant advocates and diplomats say

Direct and indirect consequences of colonialism and colonization - History of colonialism - History of European colonialism
Settler colonialism: Settler colonialism - Colonialism and genocide - Genocide of indigenous peoples
Exploitation colonialism: Exploitation colonialism
During late 19th and early 20th centuries colonial expansion by European powers, USA and Japan: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries colonial expansion by European powers, the USA and Japanese empire
Wars of independence, decolonization (withdrawal of colonial powers): Wars of independence, since 18th/19th centuries first successful following revolutions in colonial power states - Mainly since World War II Decolonization, the withdrawal from its colonies of a colonial power, the acquisition of political or economic independence by such colonies
April 2019 debt repayments by the world’s poorest countries have doubled since 2010: 3 April 2019: 'Debt' repayments by the world’s poorest countries have doubled since 2010 to reach their highest level since just before the internationally organised write-off in 2005, campaigners have warned
September 2019 mining companies' human rights abuses: 5 September 2019: Most of the world’s top companies extracting key minerals for electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines have been linked with human rights abuses in their mines, according to the international corporate watchdog BHRRC, revealing that 87% of the 23 largest companies mining cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel and zinc – the six minerals essential to the renewable energy industry – have faced allegations of abuse including land rights infringements, corruption, violence or death over the past 10 years

Poverty by country - List of countries by GDP - List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty - List of countries by unemployment rate
Economic inequality
January 2015 fast growing gap between rich and poor: 19 January 2015: The gap between the richest people and the majority of the world's population is widening fast as wealth accumulated by the richest 1% will exceed that of the other 99% in 2016, British Oxfam charity says
January 2016: 18 January 2016: The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population, as the wealth of the poorest 50% dropped by 41% between 2010 and 2015, despite an increase in the global population of 400m - April 2016 'Panama Papers', period of release 1970s–2016
2017 rising inequality: 16 January 2017: The world’s eight richest billionaires control the same wealth between them as the poorest half of the globe’s population, Oxfam says blaming rising inequality on aggressive wage restraint, tax dodging and the squeezing of producers by companies, adding that businesses were too focused on delivering ever-higher returns to wealthy owners and top executives - 28 septembre 2017: Les grosses fortunes ont proliféré dans le monde en 2016, selon Capgemini - 14 décembre 2017: Europe, Afrique, Asie ou continent américain, 'les inégalités ont augmenté dans presque toutes les régions du monde', assure un 'rapport sur les inégalités mondiales', qui compare de façon inédite la répartition des richesses au niveau mondial et son évolution depuis près de quatre décennies
January-June 2018 rising inequality: 22 January 2018: The world’s richest one percent raked in 82% of the wealth created last year while the poorest half of the population received none, according to Oxfam report, calling for action to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor, as report shows that 42 people hold as much wealth as the 3.7 billion who make up the poorest half of the world’s population - 7 April 2018: The world’s richest 1% are on course to control as much as two-thirds of the world’s wealth by 2030, according to an alarming projection produced by the House of Commons library that has lead to a cross-party call for action - 2 June 2018: Citizenship for sale, how tycoons can go shopping for a new passport
October 2018: 26 October 2018: World's billionaires became 20% richer in 2017, making more money in 2017 than in any year in recorded history and increasing their wealth to $8.9tn, according to a report by Swiss bank UBS
January 2019 growing concentration of the world’s wealth: 21 January 2019: The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a British report, showing that the 26 richest billionaires own as many assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of the planet’s population, and that the 'growing gap between the rich and poor is undermining the fight against poverty, damaging economies and fueling public anger across the globe'
September 2019 ranks of super-rich continue to grow: 25 September 2019: Ranks of super-rich continue to grow despite global turmoil, as economic woes fail to stop further 2,124 people becoming ultra-high net worth people
February 2020 record $1.43tn in dividends to shareholders around the world in 2019: 17 February 2020: Companies paid out a record $1.43tn in dividends to shareholders around the world in 2019, as record-breaking annual dividend payout from listed companies (3.5% higher than in 2018) was driven by strong performances in stock markets in North America and emerging economies, including by some unusually high special dividends, although global economic uncertainty slowed the annual pace of growth
3 February 2021 up to 124 million more people were forecast to be living in extreme poverty in 2020: 3 February 2021: Two decades of progress in the reduction of extreme poverty, the elimination of which is one of the sustainable development goals, have been pushed into a sharp reverse by a combination of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, the growing climate emergency and increasing debt, as with the World Bank warning of a 'truly unprecedented increase' in levels of poverty this year, and renewing calls for debt forgiveness, experts are warning of a growing crisis in multiple areas from education to employment, likely to be felt for years to come
14 January 2022 world’s poorest bear brunt of climate crisis: 14 January 2022: World’s poorest bear brunt of climate crisis, shown by 10 underreported emergencies as 'Care International' report highlights ‘deep injustice’ neglected by world’s media, and as extreme weather along with covid-19 wipes out decades of progress
5 October 2022 goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030 out of reach, World Bank report says: 5 October 2022: The world is unlikely to meet a longstanding goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030, the World Bank has said, citing the effects of 'extraordinary' shocks to the global economy, including the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, saying in its new report released on Wednesday higher food and energy prices had hindered a quick recovery after covid-19 dealt the 'biggest setback' to global poverty in decades


Diseases of poverty

Hunger, Famine, Starvation, and malnutrition - List of famines
World food, hunger crises and and 21st century 'Global Hunger Index': 2022 saw a rapid increase in food prices and shortages of food supplies, food and hunger crises around the world listed by continent and country by 'Wikipedia'. The crises follow food security and economic crises during the covid-19 pandemic and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as other observers of the food commodities markets, warned of a collapse in food supply and price increases. Much of the concern is related to supply shortages of key commodity crops, such as wheat, corn, and oil seeds, which could cause price increases. - Global Hunger Index, a tool that measures and tracks hunger globally as well as by region and by country. The GHI is calculated annually, and its results appear in a report issued in October each year. The 2021 Global Hunger Index indicates a critical hunger situation described as arising from the devastating combination of the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and increasingly severe and protracted conflicts. Progress toward achieving the SDG 'Zero Hunger by 2030', which was already far too slow, has stagnated or even, in some countries, seen reversals
2000-2021 global and regional trends in hunger and country rankings: 2000-2021 global and regional trends in hunger and country rankings
2016 drought drives global rise in hunger: 5 June 2016: Drought drives global rise in hunger, as millions of people are suffering the impact of severe drought across three continents
2017 world hunger rising: 11 March 2017: The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 with more than 20 million people in countries in Africa and the Middle East facing starvation and famine, UN official says - 15 September 2017: World hunger rising for first time this century, sparking concern that conflict and climate change could be reversing years of progress, according to the state of food insecurity and nutrition in 2017, a report produced by five UN agencies
2018 world hunger rising: 22 mars 2018: L'intensification des conflits et la sécheresse persistante dans plusieurs régions du monde ont fait grimper à 124 millions le nombre de personnes jugées à la merci d'une famine à la fin 2017, une augmentation de 15% comparé à l'année précédente, selon UE, FAO et PAM
July 2019 world hunger rising: 15 juillet 2019: La faim dans le monde affectait 821,6 millions de personnes dans le monde en 2018, contre 811 l'année précédente, selon un rapport annuel publié par plusieurs organisations de l'ONU qui déplorent une troisième année consécutive de hausse
12 May 2020 malnutrition leading cause of death and ill health worldwide: 12 May 2020: Malnutrition leading cause of death and ill health worldwide, as covid-19 pandemic highlights weakness of food and health systems, and 'Global Nutrition Report' finds one in nine, or 820 million people, of world’s population is hungry
2020 Global Hunger Index by severity: 2020 Global Hunger Index by Severity, as world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030, with areas highly vulnerable to a worsening of food and nutrition insecurity exacerbated by the health, economic, and environmental crises of 2020
13 October 2020 ending world hunger by 2030 would cost $330bn according to study: 13 October 2020: Ending world hunger by 2030 would cost $330bn, study finds, as research suggests that by targeting enhanced aid money more effectively and with greater innovation, a solution is possible
5 May 2021 'Global Report on Food Crises' highlights the high severity and numbers of people in crisis: 5 May 2021: 'Global Report on Food Crises' highlights the remarkably high severity and numbers of people in crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) or equivalent in 55 countries/territories, driven by persistent conflict, pre-existing and covid-19-related economic shocks, and weather extremes, as the number identified in the 2021 edition is the highest in the report’s five-year existence
8 November 2021 45 million people on the edge of famine according to the UN: 8 November 2021: 45 million people on the edge of famine, as the UN food agency says global hunger spiked by three million within a year, with conflict, climate change and covid-19 main driving factors, and as jump from 42 million people earlier in the year was largely down to a food security assessment that found another three million people facing famine in Afghanistan, WFP said
30 November 2021 number of hungry people in Latin America and the Caribbean has risen by 30% since 2019: 30 November 2021: The number of hungry people in Latin America and the Caribbean has risen by 30% since 2019 to reach its highest level in 15 years, a coalition of UN agencies said, calling the situation 'critical', as more than 59 million people across the region currently are not getting enough to eat, an increase of 13.8 million people in just one year, 2021 report says
June-August 2022 WFP's and SISAAP's analysis of Chad’s food security situation: March 2022 WFP and SISAAP's Cadre Harmonisé analysis of Chad’s food security situation projected that a total of 2.1 million Chadians will be severely food insecure (phase 3 and above) during the lean season when food becomes scarce and expensive, especially in the Sahelian belt region - 26 août 2022: Selon un récent rapport du OCHA, plus de 340.000 Tchadiens ont été affectées par des inondations sans précédent causées par des pluies torrentielles survenues dans le pays au cours de ces dernières semaines.

Use of starvation as weapon in Syria, and 2013 Assad regime's 'starvation until submission campaign': 30 October 2013: Assad regime's 'starvation until submission campaign', blocking food and medicine from entering and people from leaving besieged areas of Syria, causing starvation and death, according to residents and medical staff
March 2014 Assad's army using starvation as a 'weapon of war': 10 March 2014: Assad's army has been using starvation as a 'weapon of war' in its siege of the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, according rights group, saying nearly 200 people have died since an army siege was tightened in July 2013 and access to food and medicine cut
Since 2015 starvation as weapon: Use of starvation as weapon during Assad's war against the Syrian people, since 2015 in Madaya
January 2016 siege and starvation in Madaya: 7/8 January 2016: Siege and starvation in Madaya, immediate medical evacuations and medical resupply essential to save lives
November 2017 children starve in siege of Syria's former breadbasket Rif Damashq province: 24 November 2017: Children starve in siege of Syria's former breadbasket Rif Damashq province, as the siege by Assad forces of eastern Ghouta, which also suffered in the deadly 2013 sarin gas attack, has continued for years with conditions getting steadily worse
Since 2016 famine in Yemen: Since 2016 Famine in Yemen
October 2016 starving children fight for lives in hospital: 4 October 2016: Yemen famine feared as starving children fight for lives in hospital
November 2017 extreme hunger and disease: 16 November 2017: International aid group 'Save the Children' says an estimated 130 children or more die every day in war-torn Yemen from extreme hunger and disease
September 2018 more than 5 million children at risk of famine: 19 September 2018: More than five million children are at risk of famine in Yemen as the ongoing war causes food and fuel prices to soar across the country, according to charity 'Save the Children'
October 2018: 15 October 2018: Yemen on brink of 'world's worst famine in 100 years' if war triggered by Iranian-backed Houthis continues, as UN warns that famine could overwhelm country in next three months, with 13 million people at risk of starvation - 23 octobre 2018: Jusqu'à 14 millions de personnes pourraient souffrir de la famine au Yémen si les conditions de vie restent les mêmes, selon l'ONU
February 2019 devastating impact of Yemeni war: 15 February 2019: Starving girl shows devastating impact of Yemeni war
22 July 2020 Yemen on brink of famine again according to UN: 22 July 2020: Yemen on brink of famine again, UN agencies WFP, FAO and Unicef warn, saying millions face devastating hunger if relief efforts are not stepped up in a country ravaged by war, locusts and now covid-19, threatening to reverse recent efforts to stabilise food security in the country
28 October 2020 Yemen on brink of losing entire generation of children to hunger: 28 October 2020: Yemen on brink of losing entire generation of children to hunger, UN warns, as food security crisis means acute malnutrition among under-fives at highest levels since war engulfed the country
3 December 2020 Yemen 'one step away from famine' as donors dry up amid covid-19: 3 December 2020: The window to prevent the return of famine to Yemen is rapidly closing, UN agencies have warned, with a new assessment showing millions could head further into hunger in the coming months as donors dry up amid covid-19
1 March 2021 war and famine could wipe out the next generation of Yemenis: 1 March 2021: War and famine could wipe out the next generation of Yemenis, as after years of violence half the population is going hungry and 400,000 under fives are at risk of dying from malnutrition, 'The Guardian' reports
October 2017 D.R of Congo: 29 October 2017: Millions face starvation in the D.R. of Congo, UN warns
2018 in South Sudan: 10 January 2018: Starvation as a weapon of war in South Sudan
Since 2020 famine in the Tigray War: Since 2020 famine in the Tigray War, an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia which resulted from the Tigray War since 2020 leading to death and starvation. As of May 2021 there are 5.5 million people facing acute food insecurity and over 350,000 people experiencing catastrophic famine conditions. It is the worst famine worldwide since the 2011 famine in Somalia
29 September 2021 Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis 'stain on our conscience, as UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths calls for urgent action: 29 September 2021: The crisis in Ethiopia that is pushing the war-scarred Tigray region towards starvation is a 'stain on our conscience', UN humanitarian chief says, as Martin Griffiths issued one of the most sharply worded criticisms to date of the worst famine situation in decades, calling on Ethiopia’s incoming new government to lead the country away from 'the abyss that it’s peering into'
29 January 2022 UN warns that nearly 40% of Tigrayans face 'extreme lack of food': 29 January 2022: In the face of an extended de-facto blockade of the war-hit region with humanitarian groups forced to increasingly curtail activities, WFP's January 2022 report details compounded effect of multiple drivers of food insecurity resulted in 83% (4.6 million people) of the population surveyed in the Tigray Region being classified as food insecure, of which two million (37% of the population) are severely food insecure. The highest prevalence of food insecurity was recorded in the North western, Eastern and Central zones
2021 Madagascar food crisis linked to climate change: Since summer 2021 Madagascar food crisis, after severe drought in southern Madagascar caused hundreds of thousands of people, with some estimating more than one million people, to suffer from food insecurity and being on the verge of famine, as some organizations have attributed the situation to the impact of climate change aggravated by the covid-19 pandemic
27 October 2021 global community urged to step up relief efforts for Madagascar’s drought-hit south: 27 October 2021: Rights group urges global community and Madagascar’s government to step up relief efforts for the island nation’s drought-hit south, as more than a million people on Madagascar’s parched southern tip are on the brink of famine and some are already dying, the global rights watchdog said in a report released ahead of the UN’s climate conference in Glasgow
21 April 2022 World Bank warns of 'human catastrophe' from food crisis: 21 April 2022: World Bank warns of 'human catastrophe' from food crisis, 'The Guardian' reports on the 57th day of Putin's war crimes against the Ukrainian people

Starvation as a weapon of war the new normal due to lack of action and punishment
December 2017 global call to world's presidents 1,000 days since the escalation of war in Yemen: 19 December 2017: A global call to USA's president Trump, UK's PM May, and France's president Macron, as December 2017 marks 1,000 days since the escalation of a war that has turned the Middle East’s poorest country into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, leaving Yemen ravaged by preventable diseases and on the verge of a historic famine, and as after 1,000 days of war Yemen can't wait, as USA, UK, and France are permanent members of the UN Security Council and at the same time major weapons suppliers to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, bearing a special responsibility to use the full extent of their leverage to press their partners in the region to end the crisis and to become the brokers of peace, despite Iranian regime's connections with Yemeni Houthis
September 2018 starvation as a weapon of war the new normal: 10 September 2018: Starvation being used as a weapon of war has become the new normal, according to Save the Children, saying that more than half a million infants in conflict zones could die of malnutrition by the end of the year if they do not receive treatment - The impact of conflict-related hunger on children, a lethal weapon of war, 'Save the Children Fund' says in 2018
September 2019 UK, USA and France may be complicit in Yemen war crimes according to UN: 3 September 2019: UK, USA and France may be complicit in Yemen war crimes, UN report says
April/June 2020 Yemen the largest humanitarian crisis in the world according to UN: April 2020: Yemen is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with more than 24 million people, some 80% of the population, in need of humanitarian assistance, including more than 12 million children, as since Houthis' 2015 coup and escalation the country has become a living hell for the country’s children, according to UN
23 September 2021 16 million in Yemen ‘marching towards starvation’: 23 September 2021: 16 million in Yemen ‘marching towards starvation’ as food rations run low, and as UN aid worker describes ‘horrific’ scenes in one hospital where starving and malnourished children ‘look like skeletons’
22 December 2021 WFP again warns that 16 million Yemenis 'marching towards starvation': 22 December 2021: Nearly 8 years of fighting betweem Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen has created what the UN has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, World Food Programme has said it has been 'forced' to cut aid to Yemen due to a lack of funds, warning there will be a surge in hunger in the war-torn country in the coming months, with four million people internally displaced during the fighting, with WFP targeting 11.1 million for food assistance in November of 2021, as in September, the agency warned that 16 million Yemenis were 'marching towards starvation', saying 'from January, eight million will receive a reduced food ration'

Women's rights by region (continent) - Women's rights by country - Women's suffrage
2015: 5 June 2015: Women worldwide are the backbone of healthcare with few rewards for $3tn contribution, report says - 9 September 2015: Women’s economic opportunities and working rights still widely subject to restrictive legislation in 155 countries, having at least one law that limits women’s economic opportunities, while 100 states put restrictions on the types of jobs women can do and 18 allow husbands to dictate whether their wives can work at all, World Bank report says
March 2018: 9 March 2018: International Women's Day was celebrated across the world on Wednesday at a time when the women of the Eastern Ghouta are hiding in the cellars with their children to escape a brutal campaign waged by the Russian and Iranian-backed Syrian regime on the area
28 September 2021 female Afghan judges now hunted by the murderers they convicted: 28 September 2021: Female Afghan judges hunted by the murderers they convicted, as more than 220 trailblazers of women's rights in Afghanistan and the staunch defenders of the law and the country's most marginalised now - after the Taliban takeover - are in hiding due to fear of retribution under Taliban rule. Six former female judges spoke to the BBC from secret locations across Afghanistan.
Violence against women - Causes of sexual violence - Violence against women by country - International rape statistics - Domestic violence - Honor killing - Refugee women and children
2013/2014 over one woman in three globally a victim of domestic violence: 20 june 2013: More than one woman in three around the globe is a victim of domestic violence, the WHO says - 10 June 2014: A four-day summit on sexual violence in war is to begin in London - 30 October: UN's Ban Ki-moon backs Guardian’s global media campaign against FGM
2016 at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM: 5 February 2016: On the eve of the international day of zero tolerance for FGM, UN says that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM, as the countries with the highest prevalence are Somalia 98%, Guinea 97% and Djibouti 93%
2016 Syrian women going through unspeakable suffering: 8 March 2016: Syrian Coalition's Suheir al-Atassi says Syrian women have been going through unspeakable suffering, whether due to displacement, loss of loved ones, detention, sexual violence, and death by starvation or under torture or in bombardment by the Assad regime
2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of violence against women: 28 June 2018: India is the world’s most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of 548 experts, ranking Afghanistan and Syria second and third, followed by Somalia and Saudi Arabia and the the USA the only western nation in the top 10 - 26 November 2018: Of a total of 87,000 women murdered globally in 2017 about 50,000 or 58% were killed by the partner or family members, according to UN
23 November 2020 ahead of 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November': 23 novembre 2020: Flambée des viols au Nigeria ou en Afrique du Sud, hausse des disparitions de femmes au Pérou, augmentation des féminicides au Brésil ou au Mexique, associations débordées en Europe, du Nigeria au Brésil, de la France à l’Inde, aucun pays n’échappe à l’explosion collatérale des agressions subies par les femmes, donnant cette année une résonance particulière à la Journée internationale pour l’élimination des violences, mercredi - 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November'
24 Februar 2021 abused Iranian woman dies of heart attack before execution, still gets hanged: 24 February 2021: Iranian Zahra Ismaili who died of a heart attack, forced to wait behind 16 men who were executed and watch, shortly before her execution, but was hanged anyway to placate her alleged victim’s mother, as Ismaili’s lawyer Omid Moradi, said her husband, who was a high ranking intel official, was abusive and that she killed him out of self-defense, 'The Times' reported

Infant mortality - List of countries by infant mortality rate - Child mortality
10 January 2023 fve million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday in 2021: 10 January 2023: Five million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday in 2021, with almost half (47%) dying during their first month, according to new UN figures. Most of the deaths could have been prevented with better healthcare, say campaigners, adding that deaths among newborn babies haven’t reduced significantly since 2017. The figures, published by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, showed that while mortality rates have fallen since 2000, progress has slowed over the past 12 years. Children born in sub-Saharan Africa are 15 times more likely to die in childhood than children in Europe and North America.

Children's rights - Child neglect, a deficit in meeting a child's basic needs, including the failure to provide adequate health care, supervision, clothing, nutrition, housing as well as their physical, emotional, social, educational and safety needs
15 October 2019 malnutrition: 15 octobre 2019: Un jeune enfant sur trois est mal nourri, selon un rapport de l’UNICEF
18 October 2019 lack of education: 18 October 2019: 9 out of 10 children in the world’s poorest countries are unable to read a basic book by the age of 10, according to data compiled by the World Bank and the UN
February 2020 every country worldwide failing to shield children’s health and future: 19 February 2020: Every country in the world is failing to shield children’s health and their futures from intensifying ecological degradation, climate change and exploitative marketing practices, says a new report by the WHO, Unicef, and Lancet, calling for radical changes
2 March 2020 CDU and EU von der Leyen's cronyism with Russian, Iranian and Assad regime's war criminals: 2 March 2020: Child drowns at sea off Greece in first fatality of CDU and EU von der Leyen's cronyism with Russian, Iranian and Assad regime's war criminals
Since March 2020 crisis of education and schools amid covid-19: 27 août 2020: La pandémie de covid-19 et la fermeture des écoles se sont traduites par l’impossibilité pour au moins un tiers des élèves dans le monde, soit 463 millions d’enfants, de bénéficier d’un enseignement, faute de pouvoir le faire virtuellement, selon un rapport de l’Unicef
20 August 2021 a billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts, Unicef says: 20 August 2021: A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts, Unicef says, as report launched with youth activists paints ‘unimaginably dire’ picture
6 September 2021 education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns: 6 September 2021: Education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns, as covid-19, climate breakdown, poverty and war threaten return to school after pandemic kept 1.5bn children out of classes
Child labour and poverty: Child labour - Child labour by country - - List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor - Child labour law
Child poverty
2014 increase of child poverty: 28 October 2014: Child poverty has increased in 23 countries in the developed world since the start of the global recession in 2008, Unicef says
2017 152 million children subject to child labour: 19 September 2017: The ILO have released a companion estimate of child labour, which confirms that about 152 million children, aged between 5 and 17, were subject to child labour in 2016
June 2019 progress on opposing child labour stalls: 14 June 2019: Progress on ending child labour stalls in countries supplying goods to west, as China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia among otherwise thriving countries failing to make headway on issue affecting 152 million minors, a study has found
26 May 2021 child labour in poorest countries rose during covid-19 report says: 26 May 2021: Child labour in poorest countries rose during covid-19, says report, as study finds children in Ghana, Nepal and Uganda in dangerous, exploitative work, with long hours and little pay
10 June 2021 child labour worldwide increased since 2016 amid fears of further increase in 2020/21: 10 June 2021: Child labour worldwide increases for first time in 20 years, and the covid-19 crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters towards the same fate, Unicef has said in a joint report with the International Labour Organization, as UN children’s agency also reports that the number in child labour already stood at 160 million at the start of 2020, following an increase of 8.4 million in four years
Child slavery: Child slavery
Child abduction, laundering and trafficking of children: International child abduction - Child laundering - Trafficking of children
Crimes and violence against children and military use: Crimes and violence against children - Military use of children
2014 violence against children tolerated and even accepted as normal in many parts of the world: 5 September 2014: No country immune from violence against children that is tolerated and even accepted as normal in many parts of the world, Unicef report says - 21 October 2014: One child dies every five minutes as a result of violence, but only a minority die in war zones, Unicef report says
2016 torture of children in Syria etc. and chemical attacks: 28 juillet 2016: En Syrie, en Irak et au Nigéria, des milliers d'enfants sont torturés et détenus sous couvert de lutte contre le terrorisme, selon Human Rights Watch - 8 September 2016: As chemical weapons watchdog chief says Aleppo gas attack disturbing, the UN Security Council is due to discuss a report by the UN and the watchdog group OPCW, blaming Assad regime forces for previous toxic gas attacks
March 2017 5.8 million of Syria’s children are in need of aid: 6 March 2017: Children in Syria are suffering from 'toxic stress', a severe form of psychological trauma that can cause life-long damage, as 5.8 million of the country’s children are in need of aid in Assad's war against the Syrian people since 2011, according to a study of 'Save the Children' and its partner agencies in Syria
October 2017 reports on children in armed conflicts: 5 October 2017: Millions of children caught in conflict, victims and targets of despicable harm, as children from countries such as Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen, suffer an unacceptable level of violations by parties to conflict, according to UN's 2016 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict - 1 novembre 2017: Trois quarts des enfants âgés entre 2 et 4 ans, environ 300 millions de filles et de garçons dans le monde sont victimes de violences domestiques, selon Unicef
December 2017 children in war zones used as weapons of war, recruited to fight, forced to act as suicide bombers, and used as human shields: 28 December 2017: Children caught in war zones are increasingly being used as weapons of war, recruited to fight, forced to act as suicide bombers, and used as human shields, according to Unicef, summarising 2017 as a brutal year for children caught in conflict and stating that parties to conflicts were blatantly disregarding international humanitarian law
August 2018 4,360 incidents of attacks hitting 1,356 schools in Syria since 2011: 8 August 2018: SNHR said in a report that there were 4,360 incidents of attacks hitting 1,356 schools in Syria since 2011, which caused about half of them to go out of service, documenting the deaths of 528 civilians as a result of attacks on schools and educational institutions, as the Assad regime attacked 996 schools, the Russian forces are responsible for attacking 169 schools and the international coalition forces are responsible for attaching 87 schools - According to SNHR 224,948 Syrian civilians including 29,017 children killed since March 2011
December 2018 Iranian backed Houthis' child soldiers in Yemen: 19 December 2018: Iranian backed Houthis in Yemen have inducted 18,000 child soldiers into their army since the beginning of their war in 2014, a senior Houthi military official acknowledged to the AP, as former child soldiers describe Houthis’ 'efficiency' when it comes to recruitment, deployment and battlefield deaths of young boys and children as young as 10 fight, kill and die
2019/2020 only glimmers of hope to prosecute Assad’s, Iranian and Russian war crimes since 2011 including crimes against Syria's children: 9 March 2019: Facing Russian regime's blocking attempts to investigate Assad’s war crimes, there are only glimmers of hope, due to European and American obsequiousness towards perpetrators - UN Security Council has refused to address war crimes in Syria through ICC since 2011 - 24 December 2019: Justice, Syria and the International Criminal Court, as ally of the Assad regime Russia is vetoing all efforts by the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the ICC - 19 February 2020: Unicef decried the extremely dire conditions children in northwestern Syria, coming under onslaught by Assad's and Putin's regime, are going through, saying that more than 500,000 children have been displaced in northwest Syria since 1 December 2019
March 2020 el-Sissi forces arrested, forcibly disappeared and tortured children: 23 March 2020: Egyptian security forces under president el-Sissi have arbitrarily arrested, forcibly disappeared and tortured children as young as 12 while prosecutors and judges turned a blind eye, international rights group 'Human Rights Watch' said
21 June 2021 violence against children in conflict and war zones rising: 21 juin 2021: Selon un rapport des Nations Unies publié lundi, les enlèvements d’enfants dans les zones de conflit ont augmenté de 90%, les violences contre les enfants et les viols de mineurs ont explosé
23 November 2021 world’s highest child soldier numbers in West, Central Africa, UNICEF says: 23 November 2021: World’s highest child soldier numbers in West, Central Africa, as more than 21,000 children recruited by government forces and armed groups in conflict-hit region during past five years, UNICEF says
30 January 2022 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthis died fighting, UN says: 30 January 2022: 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthis died fighting, as UN report found children aged between 10 and 17 years are being lured into fighting Yemen’s internationally recognised government, and as Iran-backed Yemen’s Houthis sourcing key components for weapon systems from companies in the Middle East, Europe and Asia
Child abuse: Child abuse
School corporal punishment and corporal punishment in the home: School corporal punishment - Corporal punishment in the home
Street children and orphanages: Street children is a term for children experiencing homelessness who are living on the streets of a city, town, or village - Orphanage, a residential institution devoted to the care of children whose biological parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them
Child marriage: Child marriage - Child marriage by region and country
2017: 11 October 2017: Early marriage not only deprives girls of education and opportunities, but also increases the risk of death or serious childbirth injuries, as at least 20,000 girls around the world are married off illegally each day, with child marriage often deeply rooted in tradition despite being outlawed in a growing number of countries, according to new analysis

Refugee women and children, facing many of the same issues in refugee camps as they do in urban slums and rural villages, broad issues such as inequality and abuse are seen universally - Refugee camps - Mental health of refugee children
2016: 14 March 2016: No place for children - the impact of five years of war on Syria's children and their childhoods, Unicef report - 7 September 2016: Child refugee figures have jumped by 75% in five years and children now make up more than half of the world’s refugees, Unicef says calling for urgent action to protect the 50 million child migrants worldwide
September 2018: 2 September 2018: 'Home – Drawings by Syrian Children' is a book filled with the truest international language that we big people need to listen to closely and seriously, documenting journeys of escape, fleeing unimaginable horror, murderous men and the end of their homeland
January 2019: 15 January 2019: Winter weather kills 15 displaced children in Syria, according to UN, saying that freezing temperatures and lack of medical care claimed victims, most aged under a year and one just an hour old, thousands continue to flee fighting
2 March 2020 CDU and EU von der Leyen's cronyism with Russian, Iranian and Assad regime's war criminals: 2 March 2020: Child drowns at sea off Greece in first fatality of CDU and EU von der Leyen's cronyism with Russian, Iranian and Assad regime's war criminals
5 March 2020 over 80% of Syria refugees since December are women and children: 5 March 2020: Over 80% of Syria refugees are women and children, according to UN, telling the Arab League that 'more than 900,000 people have been displaced since 1 December, (and) women and children together comprise 81% of the newly displaced population'
8 May 2021 IRC said UK's government had cut 75% of its funding for Syria: 8 May 2021: IRC said UK's government had cut 75% of its funding for Syria, where more than 12 million people have been displaced by conflict, also saying it was particularly concerned about women and girls living in camps in north Syria who will no longer have access to safe spaces or services
20 June 2023 on World Refugee Day calls upon international community to adopt 'courageous stance' to put an end to Syrian refugees’ sufferings: 20 June 2023: Today all people around the world mark the 'World Refugee Day', amid risks and threats burden millions of refugees, with Syrian refugees struggling with the most tragic situations and crises for over 12 years - as according to UN’s statistics - the number of Syrian refugees has exceeded five million, many of whom have experienced harsh conditions in refugee camps in Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq, under the mercy of 'timid' aid and support by international powers, which have failed so far to help Syrian refugees

Refugee crises - Refugee - Refugees by nationality - Right of asylum - List of countries by refugee population - Refugee camp - Refugee camps
Since 1914-1918 WWI millions of European civilians made refugees by German, Austro-Hungarian empires: First World War 1914-1918, caused by the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, uprooted millions of European civilians who were made refugees either by enemy occupation or by the state’s forcible deportation, the resulting crisis had profound consequences, not only for the individuals directly affected but also for officials and relief workers who attempted to relieve their suffering and for communities that hosted refugees and not ending in 1918
1933-1945 NSDAP ruled German empire's wars, refugee crises and the Holocaust: Between Germany's NSDAP rise to power in 1933 and Germany's surrender in 1945, more than 340,000 Jews emigrated from their country, but after Germany annexed Austria in March 1938 and particularly after the German November pogroms 1938 nations in western Europe and the Americas feared an influx of refugees, placing limits on immigration and often turning back desperate people - MS St. Louis German ocean liner trying to find homes for 908 Jewish refugees from Germany in 1939, but after denied entry to Cuba, Canada, and the USA, the refugees were finally accepted in various European countries, and historians have estimated that approximately a quarter of them died in German death camps during World War II - 'Exodus 1947' was a ship that carried 4,515 Jewish emigrants from France to British Mandatory Palestine in July 1947, mostly Holocaust survivors, but the British Royal Navy seized the ship in a battle and deported all its passengers back to Europe and Germany detaining refugees in camps likened to German concentration camps
April 1942: April 1942 - remembered 18 April 2017: Allies of World War II Soviet Union, United Kingdom and USA, that together opposed the Axis powers' aggression and war crimes, knew of Holocaust in 1942, 2 years before previously assumed, UN documents prove, shedding damning light on refusal to take in refugees. The Holocaust was decided in January 1942 after German empire's 'Blitzkrieg' war - based on some technical 'innovations', tanks and warplanes - against the Soviet Union was stopped - 1919–1939/45 German empire's military evolution, 'Blitzkrieg', leading military commanders Guderian and Rommel, its war on the Eastern Front 1941–1944 and the disastrous end - The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945, and in which Jews were targeted for extermination as part of a larger event involving the persecution and murder of other groups, including in particular the Roma, ethnic Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, as well as political opponents, 'incurably sick', homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses
1939-1945 and since 1945 deportations and displaced persons: During World War II, NSDAP ruled Germany deported between seven and nine million Europeans, mostly to Germany and after Germany's surrender in May 1945, the Allies repatriated to their home countries more than six million displaced persons, but most Jewish survivors, who had survived concentration camps or had been in hiding, were unable or unwilling to return to eastern Europe because of postwar antisemitism and the destruction of their communities during the Holocaust
Following World War II, since 1950s global refugee crises and reports: Since 1950s refugee crises in Africa, in the Americas, in Asia, in Europe, in the Near and Middle East - List of UNHCR registered refugees by country/territory of origin between 2006 and 2014
2016/2017 extent of hidden crises: 22 May 2017: Extent of the hidden crises, that forced 31 million people to flee within their countries in 2016, revealed by Norwegian Refugee Council report
June 2018 68.5 million people fleeing war or persecution worldwide: 19 June 2018: Record 68.5 million people fleeing war or persecution worldwide, including 25.4 million refugees, 40 million internally displaced and 3.1 million asylum seekers, as UNHCR sees five countries accounting for two-thirds of all refugees including Syria (6.3 million), Afghanistan (2.6 million), South Sudan (2.4 million), Myanmar (1.2 million) and Somalia (986,400)
November 2018 migration rises worldwide: 1 November 2018: As migration rises worldwide, so has its toll according to an AP tally, saying tens of thousands of people die or simply disappear during their journeys, barely counted in life, these migrants rarely register in death, almost as if they never lived at all
May 2019 new record numbers of people forced from their homes: 10 May 2019: Record numbers of people have been forced from their homes by conflict in a crisis that has received 'pitiful' international attention, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council, finding that a total of 41.3 million people were living in a state of internal displacement by the end of 2018 due to violence
June 2019 over 70 million people fleeing: 19 June 2019: The number of people fleeing conflict and oppression worldwide and forced to flee their homes has exceeded 70 million for the first time since records began, according to the UN’s refugee agency, saying that the figure is a conservative estimate, because the impact of the crisis in Venezuela is still not known, also adding 'year on year the international community is proving unable to make peace'
November 2019 UN accused of trying to starve out refugees: 28 November 2019: The UN has been accused of trying to starve out refugees and asylum seekers who are sheltering for safety inside a centre run by the UN refugee agency in the Libyan capital of Tripoli
18 June 2020 number of refugees worldwide shot up by nearly nine million people last year: 18 June 2020: The UN refugee agency says the number of asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and refugees worldwide shot up by nearly nine million people last year, the biggest rise in its records, as its annual 'Global Trends' report says that the 79.5 million people account for 1% of all humanity amid conflict, repression and upheaval, as 68% of forcibly displaced people come from only 5 countries indluding Myanmar, Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan and Venezuela
18 June 2021 global displacement hits new record high with 82.4 million in 2020: 18 June 2021: Global displacement hits new high, as the number of people forcibly displaced by conflict, violence and persecution reached a record 82.4 million (48m IDP, 26.4m refugees) in 2020, according to the latest annual 'Global Trends' report released today by UNHCR, as even during a year in which over 160 countries closed their borders at the peak of the pandemic, the world’s population of forcibly displaced people grew by nearly 3 million, a 4% increase from 2019 and the ninth year in a row the figure has risen - June 2021 Global forced displacement at end-year 2020, as Syria comes first with 6,8 million displaced citizens, mostly refugees (92%), as Venezuela comes second followed by Aghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar - UNHCR reported a whole of 91.9 million forcibly displaced people including people of concern in 2020
17/18 December 2020 EU's containment policies resulted in mental health crisis for refugees: 17 December 2020: Years of entrapment on Aegean islands has resulted in a mental health crisis for thousands of refugees, with one in three contemplating suicide, a report by support experts has revealed, as containment policies pursued by the EU have also spurred ever more people to attempt to end their lives, according to a report released by the International Rescue Committee IRC, ahead of the 'International Migrants Day' observed by all UN member states, committed to Human Rights, on 18 December 2020


Since WWII 20th/21st centuries refugee and migrant crises by global region, timeline: Since World War II 20th/21st centuries refugee and migrant crises by global region and timeline - Modern and contemporary refugee crises by continent and countries
Since 1948 Palestinian refugee crisis, diaspora: Since 1948 Palestinian refugees - Palestinian diaspora - Palestinian refugee camps were established after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War to accommodate the Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian exodus
Since 1948 Palestinian refugee camps in Syria: Palestinian refugee camps in Syria - Since 1957 Yarmouk Camp
January 2014 Assad regime’s helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk: 17 January 2014: Assad regime’s helicopters dropped barrel bombs on the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk, reportedly killing at least 9 people and wounding many - 18 January 2014: Damascus Yarmouk refugee camp receives aid for first time in months after reports that people have died of hunger and lack of medical care - 10 March 2014: According to Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas told Syrian opposition to trust Russia's Putin regime, not USA - 28 December 2014: 2,589 Palestinian-Syrians had been killed since March 2011, rights group says
April 2017 HR watchdog calls for release of 1,200 Palestinian detainees from Syrian regime prisons held by Assad since 2011: 19 April 2017: Human rights watchdog calls for the release of 1,200 Palestinian detainees from Syrian regime prisons held by Assad since 2011, including women with children, as group releases report claiming 461 prisoners have been executed or killed under torture since 2011
2018 23 Palestinians were killed in Syria during March: 2 April 2018: 23 Palestinians were killed in Syria during March, including 15 victims killed by gunfire, 7 killed as a result of bombardment and one as a result of lack of medical treatment, as 3,685 Palestinians have died since the beginning of Assad's war against the Syrian people seven years ago, according to the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria
2 June 2023 UN agency for Palestine refugees on verge of financial collapse: 2 June 2023: UN agency for Palestine refugees on verge of financial collapse, as chronic underfunding over the past decade, and resultant severe austerity measures, mean UNRWA is already operating with a $75 million shortfall, putting its lifesaving programmes across the Middle East at risk
Since 2011 refugees of Assad's war against the Syrian people: Since 2011 Refugees of Assad's war against the Syrian people
Since 2014 border barriers constructed: Since 2014 International and European refugee and migrant crisis - Border barriers constructed during the European migrant crisis
2014 record 3,072 people died in 9 months attempting to reach Europe: 29 September 2014: A record 3,072 people had died attempting to reach Europe during the first nine months of 2014, the International Organisation for Migration says, urging the world’s governments to engage to stop this violence against desperate migrants
2015 politicians accused of shameful failure over worldwide refugee crises: 15 June 2015: Human rights organisation accuses politicians of shameful failure over worldwide refugee crises and neglect for the deaths of thousands of civilians fleeing wars in the Middle East and Africa - 18 décembre 2015: 2015 marquée par un nombre record de réfugiés et une vague sans précédent de migrants via la mer Méditerranée, dont une grande majorité venait de Syrie
2016 drowned two-year-old boy off Greece’s Agathonisi island: 3 January 2016: A drowned two-year-old boy becomes Europe's first known refugee casualty of 2016 after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in hit rocks off Greece’s Agathonisi island - 26 January 2016: UN warns 2.5 million Syrian children will become refugees by the end of 2016 - 29 January 2016: Refugees are not a crisis, we are human beings, activists in the UK say in a letter, underlining that the world must work together to solve crises also by fighting against racism, murder and war - 4 February 2016: Increasingly intensive Russian airstrikes are pushing tens of thousands of Syrians from Aleppo towards the Turkish border, as Europe is struggling to respond to the existing refugee crisis - 7 February 2016: It was Bashar Assad, his allies and Islamic State terrorists who butchered their families and took their homes, but the USA, Britain and European countries left Syrian refugees in Turkey to face their fate - 9 February 2016: Russian airstrikes in Syria send thousands of more refugees arriving at the Turkish-Syrian border - 16 avril 2016: De violents combats, impliquant tous les protagonistes de la guerre en Syrie, poussent sur les routes des milliers de civils dans le nord - 20 June 2016: As a record 65 million men, women and children are forced from their homes by war and persecution last year, UN refugee agency sounds alarm over failure of nations to find collective solutions - 26 October 2016: A record number of people have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea, making 2016 the deadliest year for refugees and migrants trying to reach Europe, according to UNHCR's William Spindler
2017 refugees in camps near Lebanon’s Arsal as snowstorm hits: 30 January 2017: Activists appeal for humanitarian action to save thousands of refugees in camps near Lebanon’s Arsal as snowstorm hits - 30 March 2017: The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt has passed 5 million for the first time in Syria's six year conflict, according to the UN refugee agency
January 2018 997'905 Syrian in Lebanon, mostly women and children, UN documented in beginning World Cup year: 19 janvier 2018: Le Haut-Commissariat de l'ONU pour les réfugiés a recensé 997'905 réfugiés syriens enregistrés au Liban, en grande majorité des femmes et des enfants, avec 58% des ménages vivant dans une extrême pauvreté - 20 January 2018: Thirteen Syrians, including five children and women, froze to death crossing into Lebanon when an icy storm hit a route in the mountains near a border post with Syria
March 2018 refugees flee Eastern Ghouta, the place of chemical attacks 100 years since WWI: 16 March 2018: Refugees flee Eastern Ghouta - 18 March 2018: Kurds flee Afrin after Turkish troops and Arab forces they sponsor have encircled their home city except for the squeeze point they used to flee, ahead, Shia militants allied to Assad's army man checkpoints deciding who can pass
May 2018 Spanish firefighters, Danish volunteers in court accused of trying to help migrants enter Greece: 7 May 2018: Three Spanish firefighters and two Danish volunteers have appeared in court accused of trying to help migrants enter Greece via the island of Lesbos, after working as volunteers to aid thousands of migrants, mostly Syrians, risking their lives to reach Europe via Lesbos and other Greek islands, saying 'humanitarian assistance can not and should not be criminalised'
August 2018 Syria's refugees fear for their future, after Sochi World Cup: 30 August 2018: Syria's refugees fear for their future after war, saying 'we can’t go back'
November 2018 Assad regime delays entry of aid to the al-Rukban Camp, UN says: 1 November 2018: Assad regime delays entry of aid to the al-Rukban Camp, UN says
May 2019 escalation including airstrikes and barrel bombs by Russian and Assad's forces in NW Syria: 5 May 2019: Continuous escalation including airstrikes and barrel bombs by Russian and Assad's forces in North Western Syria displaces tens of thousands - 6 May 2019: Russian and Assad's air raids and barrel bombs force more than 300,000 civilians to displace in 6 days, according to SOHR
July 2019 population of Rukban camp in USA-protected desert zone in southern Syria has dwindled to a quarter: 29 July 2019: The population of Rukban camp in a USA-protected desert zone in southeast Syria has dwindled to a quarter of the more than 40,000 who lived there five months ago due to Russian moves to block supplies, Syrian aid workers, diplomats and residents said
July 2019 refugees face forcible return to warzones: 29 July 2019: Syrians living in Istanbul and Beirut have been targeted by immigration authorities in recent weeks, as thousands face forcible return to warzones under air attack - 29 July 2019: As 1,000 Syrians arrested in Turkey, crackdown fears intensify and refugees worry about being returned to the Turkish province they arrived in, or worse, Idlib
August 2019 more than 450,000 new Syrian refugees due to Assad and Putin: 2 August 2019: Bombing and shelling by the Assad regime and Russia on the provinces of Idlib and Hama in the past three months have forced more than 450,000 people to flee their homes for the Turkish borders, MSF says, adding that the aggression has led left hundreds dead and thousands injured
18 December 2019 'International Migrants Day' - Russian and Assad regime's attacks on civilians including a convoy of displaced people: 18 December 2019: The civilian death toll continues to rise with Russian and Assad regime's attacks on towns and villages and a convoy of displaced people being hit on the Aleppo-Damascus highway
27 December 2019 criminal Assad's and Russian regime's Christmas message: 27 December 2019: More than 235,000 people have fled Idlib region in Syria following two weeks of murderous Assad's and Russian regime's air and ground assaults on opposition stronghold, says UN, as Syrian woman fights back tears speaking about the conditions for her family in the city of Maarat al-Nu’man in the Idleb countryside due to the heavy bombardment there - 27 December 2019: 40,000 civilians flee Saraqib in 100 hours as international community turns blind eye to the humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib
January 2020 northern Syria attacked by Russian regime's and Assad's airstrikes forcing 700,000 civilians to flee towards Turkey: 31 January 2020: Northern Syria has been battered with 200 Russian regime's and Assad's airstrikes in the past three days in an assault that has pushed 700,000 civilians to flee towards the Turkish border, sparking fears of an impending international crisis
2 March 2020 CDU and EU von der Leyen's cronyism with Russian, Iranian and Assad regime's war criminals: 2 March 2020: Child drowns at sea off Greece in first fatality of CDU and EU von der Leyen's cronyism with Russian, Iranian and Assad regime's war criminals
Since 2016/2017 Rohingya refugee crisis following the Rohingya persecution in Myanmar: 2017 Rohingya refugee crisis following the Rohingya persecution in Myanmar since 2016 - 17 October 2017: UN released aerial footage showing thousands of Rohingya Muslims after they crossed the Naf river into Bangladesh, joining at least 536,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar since Augus - 20 October 2017: More than 300,000 Rohingya refugee children 'outcast and desperate', Unicef says
September 2018: 19 September 2018: ICC's Fatou Bensouda announces investigation into the deportations of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh
4 December 2020 Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya families to remote island: 4 December 2020: Bangladesh has begun moving Rohingya families from camps near the Myanmar border to a settlement on a remote island, despite concerns about its safety and a lack of consent from the refugees
Since 20th century Afghan refugees in Pakistan: Afghan citizens temporarily residing in Pakistan as refugees or asylum seekers - Monthly updated 'Registered Afghan Refugees in Pakistan', according to UNHCR
Since 2005 waves of returning Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan for Afghanistan: After in 2005 the government of Pakistan began registering all Afghans, and the number of registered Afghans was reported at 2.15 million in February 2007, after 2010 amid emerging Arab spring, in a first wave a reported 229,000 Afghan refugees returned from Pakistan, and in 2016 a total of 380,884 Afghan refugees left Pakistan for Afghanistan, as most were born and raised in Pakistan but are still counted as citizens of Afghanistan, as the UNHCR reported in December 2020 that about 1.4 million registered Afghans still remained in Pakistan
20 September 2021 Pakistan says it is unable to take any more refugees, deporting new arrivals back to Afghanistan: 20 September 2021: Fleeing Afghan Hazaras face uncertain future in Pakistan, as Pakistan says it is unable to take any more refugees and has begun deporting new arrivals back to Afghanistan
23 September 2021 dozens of Afghan women have escaped Taliban rule with the assistance of Israeli NGO: 23 September 2021: Dozens of Afghan women have escaped Taliban rule with the assistance of an Israeli humanitarian organization working with two Israeli businessmen, according to a Yediot Ahronoth report saying Sylvan Adams and Aaron Frenkel provided the funding for Israel's successful effort to help the women – the Afghan women's national cycling team – leave Afghanistan, where the Taliban has increasingly moved to restrict the rights women gained in the two decades after 9/11 and the group's ouster from power
Since February 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis in the heart of Europe: Since 24 February 2022 - the date of dictator Putin's ordered invasion Russia's independent neighbor state - Ukrainian refugee crisis, the ongoing movement of people caused by Russian military's invasion and war crimes, beginning shortly before the invasion started in late February. More than 2.8 million refugees have left Ukraine as of 13 March 2022, while an unknown number of people have been displaced within the country. The invasion has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II and its aftermath, the first of its kind in Europe since the wars of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and one of the largest refugee crises in the world in the 21st century, with the highest refugee flight rate in the world.
February/March 2022 neighboring countries of Ukraine, number of refugees who have entered them: Countries bordering Ukraine which have received more than 10,000 Ukrainian refugees until 19 March 2022 according to UNHCR figures, including Poland (2,050,392 refugees), Romania (527,247 refugees), Moldova (362,514 refugees), Hungary (305,518 refugees), and Slovakia (245,569 refugees), as UNHCR said on 19 March 2022 the entirety of Ukrainian refugees since February includes 3,389,044 citizens - 17 March 2022: Czech Republic on the verge of its capacity to handle more refugees, equipped to take in the number of refugees that corresponds with 2% of the population, or over 200,000 people, as PM Petr Fiala said that there are currently 270,000 refugees in Czechia who have fled 'hostilities'
Since 15 April 2023 ongoing refugee crisis after the outbreak of the 2023 Sudan conflict: Since 15 April 2023 ongoing refugee crisis after the outbreak of the 2023 Sudan conflict. By 2 May 2023, an estimated 100,000 people have fled the country, while over 300,000 to 400,000 people have been displaced within the country. Thousands more were reported to have been displaced, mainly residents of Khartoum. On 24 April 2023, several countries including Chad and South Sudan reported several thousand civilians, some coming by bus or car or on foot in severely dangerous conditions. The vast majority of these civilians entered the neighboring country of Chad with the UN reporting most of these people came from Darfur and Khartoum, but thousands more moved to other countries. By 24-28 April 2023, The Guardian and the UN had reported 20,000 civilians in Chad, at least 20,000 to 30,000 in South Sudan, 40,000 and at least 25,000 more waiting in Egypt or at the border, 3,500 to 4,000 (including 1,400 Turkish nationals) in Ethiopia and hundreds to the Central African Republic. Several people were reportedly stuck or displaced across the country due to the increase in violence and a humanitarian crisis which had affected 16 million civilians across the whole country.

Internally displaced persons, peopple forced to flee their home but who remain within their country's borders, often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee, as at the end of 2014, it was estimated there were 38.2 million IDPs worldwide, the highest level since 1989, the first year for which global statistics on IDPs are available
2007-2014 IDPs and people in IDP-like situations by country/territory: 2007-2014 UNHCR registered IDPs and people in IDP-like situations by country/territory, as at the end of 2014, it was estimated there were 38.2 million IDPs worldwide, as the countries with the largest IDP populations were Syria (7.6 million), Colombia (6 million), Iraq (3.6 million), the D.R. Congo (2.8 million), Sudan (2.2 million), South Sudan (1.9 million), Pakistan (1.4 million), Nigeria (1.2 million) and Somalia (1.1 million
June 2019 41.3 million internally displaced persons: 19 June 2019: An unprecedented 70.8 million people around the world have been forced from home, among them nearly 25.9 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18, including 41.3 million internally displaced persons, according to UN
Since October/December 2019 UN's panel on Internal Displacement: 3 December 2019: UN's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement, following statement of 23 October announcing the establishment
April 2020 50.8m people around the world recorded as internally displaced in 2019: 28 April 2020: A total of 50.8 million people around the world were recorded as internally displaced last year, forced from their homes by conflict and disaster. This is the highest number ever, and 10 million more than in 2018, according to IDMC, as covid-19 is likely to impact aid for people forced from their homes by conflict and disaster around the world - 2020 IDMC’s Global Report on Internal Displacement, the official repository of data and analysis on internal displacement, as this year's GRID breaks down data by conflict, violence and disasters across 145 countries
5 May 2020 UN says 19 million children among 46 million displaced in 2019: 5 May 2020: UN children’s agency says that an estimated 46 million people — 19 million of them children — fled violence and conflict last year but remained in their home country, and millions more were displaced by disasters
23 September 2020 internal displacements reach 15m since January with worst 'still to come': 23 September 2020: Internal displacements reach 15m since January with worst 'still to come', as millions of people were uprooted from their homes by conflict, violence and natural disasters in the first six months of this year 2020, according to new research
1 December 2021 new records of migration and internal displacements in 2020: 1 décembre 2021: Le nombre de migrations dans le monde a augmenté en 2020 pour atteindre 281 millions de personnes, soit 3,6 % de la population mondiale. Une hausse limitée par les restrictions de voyage liées au covid-19. Le nombre de personnes déplacées à l'intérieur de leur propre pays, lui, a explosé en raison d'une série de conflits, de violences et de catastrophes naturelles, selon l'ONU
11 May 2023 conflict and climate disasters combine to create record rise in displaced people: 11 May 2023: Cconflict and climate disasters combine to create record rise in displaced people, as the number of people around the world who were forced to flee their homes leapt by a fifth last year. By the end of 2022 the number of internally displaced people IDPs – those forced from their homes but remaining within their country of residence – reached 71 million, according to figures published by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre IDMC, up from 59.1 million in 2021.

Causes of refugee crises include war and civil war, human rights violations, environment and climate crises, economic hardship
2008-2016 list of refugees and total population of concern by UN region: 2008-2016 list of refugees and total population of concern by UN region, including 21,288,728 people in Africa in 2016, 31,168,078 people in Asia in 2016, 8,061,269 people in Latin America in 2016, and 6,210,994 people in Europe in 2016
Since 2014 motives in the European refugee crisis credited to political conflicts such as Syria: Migrant motives in the European refugee and migrant crisis since 2014/2015 - primarily credited to the inundation of refugees due to political and social conflicts in regions such as Syria, the greatest number of refugees fleeing to Europe originate from Syria
June 2018 5,645,518 total registered Syrian refugees: 5,645,518 total registered Syrian refugees on 7 June 2018
18 December 2019 'International Migrants Day' - Russian and Assad regime's attacks on civilians including a convoy of displaced people: 18 décembre 2019: Alors que c'est ce mercredi 'la journée internationale des migrants', l'ONU rappelle que 71 millions de personnes ont été déplacées à cause des guerres ou persécutions - 18 December 2019: The civilian death toll continues to rise with Russian and Assad regime's attacks on towns and villages and a convoy of displaced people being hit on the Aleppo-Damascus highway
23 September 2020 millions of people were uprooted by conflict, violence and natural disasters since January 2020: as millions of people were uprooted from their homes by conflict, violence and natural disasters in the first six months of this year 2020 according to new research
20 May 2021 refugee organisation says 30m new displacements in 2020 due to floods, storms or wildfires: 20 May 2021: Intense storms and flooding triggered three times more displacements than violent conflicts did last year, as the number of people internally displaced worldwide hit the highest level on record, as there were at least 55 million internally displaced people by the end of last year, according to figures published by the IDMC, and as there were more than twice as many people displaced within their own country as forced out of their country as refugees


Outline of war - List of ongoing armed conflicts - Causes of war - War, history of war and types of war - Lists of wars by date - time is the same for all, but not lifetime

Ethnic conflict
Ethnic conflicts by region and country: Ethnic conflicts by region and country

Nationalism and its history - Nation - Nation state - Types of nationalism
Nationalism by country: Nationalism by country - Neo-Fascism and neo-Nazi linked politics by country
Nationalism in the 21st century: Nationalism in the 21st century

Chauvinism, an exaggerated nationalism and a belligerent belief in national superiority
Racism: Racism - Racism by country
White supremacy ideology resulting from European means of violence: White supremacy ideology centered upon the sight, that 'white' people are superior in certain characteristics, traits, and attributes (in fact the means of violence mainly developed in Europe since many centuries and now worldwide) to people constituting the majority of the world's population - White nationalism by country

Imperialism, originating from the Roman 'imperium', a policy of extending a state's power and influence through colonization, use of military force and other means, originating from the Roman 'imperium', which means the conquest and rule over large territories for the purpose of slave hunting and submission
Colonialism and exploitation colonialism: Colonialism, the establishment of a colony in one territory by a political power from another territory, and the subsequent maintenance, expansion, and exploitation of that colony - Exploitation colonialism, the national economic policy of conquering a country to exploit its natural resources and its native population
History of colonialism: History of colonialism

Military history, as essential subjects of military history study are the causes of war, the social and cultural foundations, military doctrine on each side, the logistics, leadership, technology, strategy, and tactics used, and how these changed over time
Periods of military history since ancient warfare: Periods of military history since ancient warfare
Roman military, slavery in ancient Rome and Roman economy: Roman empire's military and Imperial Roman army, the terrestrial armed forces deployed by the Roman Empire from about 30 BC to 476 AD, the final period in the long history of the Roman army - Slavery in ancient Rome - Roman economy

Dictatorship, an authoritarian form of government, characterized by a single leader or group of leaders - Military dictatorship, a dictatorship wherein the military exerts complete or substantial control over political authority, and a dictator is often a high ranked military officer
Caesarism and the rule of military warlords: Caesarism and the rule of military warlords following the dictatorship of Julius Caesar and the rise of the Roman Empire since 60 BC - Emperor - Emperors by country
Bonapartism: Bonapartism, Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte's coup d'état in December 1851 in France and his rule as Napoleon III 1852-1870
Fascism: Fascism, a form of authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy
National Socialism: National Socialism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party, a form of fascism, but also incorporating antisemitism, anti-communism, scientific racism, and eugenics
Military dictatorships, neo-fascism and neo-Nazism in the 20th and 21st century: Military dictatorships in the 20th and 21st century - Neo-fascism since World War II - Neo-Nazism consists of post-World War II militant social or political movements seeking to revive and implement the ideology of Nazism

History of weapons, as humans have developped and used weapons in warfare, hunting, self-defense, law enforcement, and criminal activity for thousands of years, using different materials from stone and wood to different metals, chemicals and modern synthetic materials such as plastics
Crime of aggression: Crime of aggression - An invasion is a military offensive in which large parts of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering, liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory - List of invasions - Military conquest - Warfare
Timeline of the gunpowder age and gunpowder weapons since 2nd century: Timeline of the gunpowder age, beginning with Taoist experminents since second century developping the re-gunpowder formula - Taoism, going back at least to the 4th century BCE - History of gunpowder
Since the later middle ages 'advanced' warfare: 'Advanced' warfare since the later middle ages, as Europeans were by all means trying to outclass the Byzantines, the Indians, the Arabs, the indigenous people in Africa and the Americas in siege technology
Early modern warfare: Early modern warfare is associated with the start of the widespread use of gunpowder and the development of suitable weapons to use the explosive, including artillery and firearms
1700-1900 long rifle: 1700-1900 long rifle, also known as Kentucky or Pennsylvania rifle, was one of the first commonly used rifles characterized by an unusually long barrel, used by British American colonies in their wars against Native Americans and other wars - Since the early 1700s the longrifle was developed in southeastern Pennsylvania, becoming more popular due to their longer effective range, when a rifleman could hit a man-sized target at a range of 200 yards or more
Since 19th century military technology amid industrial revolutions: History of military technology - Rise of capitalism, the economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit
Militarization in modern history: Militarization, the process by which a society organizes itself for military conflict and violence - Militarism as a cause of World War I, as German kingdom of Prussia and empire is considered the major wellspring of European militarism in modern history based on 'advanced' gunpowder weapons - List of military writers including German Nazigeneral Heinz Guderian, who developed principles of Blitzkrieg 'Achtung – Panzer', and German Nazigeneral Erwin Rommel 'Infantry Attacks' - July/August 1945 adressing the Empire of Japan 'Potsdam Declaration' of USA's Harry S. Truman, UK's Winston Churchill and China's Chiang Kai-shek, forced to state if Empire of Japan did not surrender, it would face 'prompt and utter destruction', but the empire - also after receiving many millions of leaflets since years and now - not even responded, busy and eager to continue killing and war crimes

Will, parts of the mind along with reason and understanding, as since Aristotle actions divided into three categories including voluntary acts, non-voluntary actions, involuntary or unwilling acts - A so-called 'general will' ('volonté générale'), the supposed 'will of the people as a whole', a term used by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the preparation of the French Revolution since 1789, then in Article Six of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen), as following thinkers argued that Rousseau's account of the general will will inevitably lead also to the 'Reign of Terror', the ending of the French Revolution - In the 19th century the following thinker Karl Marx argued that 'in the analysis of economic forms neither microscopes nor chemical reagents are of assistance. The power of abstraction must replace both'

Arms industry depending on decisions and production processes - Weapons by country - Since 19th/20th century development of modern physics and chemistry linked with industrial revolution and history of technology - History of military technology and world wars - Modern military technology
Weapons by user, by function and by industry - Lists of weapons by type

Forces of self-destruction and weapons of mass destruction: Weapons of mass destruction - Chemical weapon, chemical agents and poison gas - Chemical warfare - Biological warfare - Weapons of mass destruction by country
Since 1914 chemical warfare in German empire's WWI amid advanced industrial era: Chemical warfare, industrial era and World War I 1914-1918 started by German Empire and Austria-Hungary - Chlorine gas was first used as a weapon in World War I by Germany in assaulted Belgium in 1915 - Since 1917 Mustard agent, first used effectively in World War I by the German army against British and Canadian soldiers near Ypres, Belgium, in 1917 and later also against the French Second Army - Chemical warfare, World War II 1939-1945, Imperial Japanese Army's chemical warfare and NSDAP-Germany
1920s, 1942-1945 German empire's Zyklon B extermination tool: Zyklon B, a cyanide-based pesticide invented in Germany in the early 1920s, in early 1942 Zyklon B emerged as the preferred killing tool of Nazi Germany for use in extermination camps during the Holocaust
1928 no real change in Germam empire: 11 June 1928: Sir W. Davison asks the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has obtained any explanation from the German Government with regard to the large quantities of phosgene poison gas found to be stored in Hamburg contrary to the express terms of the peace treaty, as disclosed by the recent explosion of a tank containing the gas, with consequent serious loss of life, and what action is being taken in the matter - 1928: Aus ist's mit den bösen Kriegen, sagt der Völkerbund, Friedenstauben munter fliegen um das Erdenrund, Es ertönt in jedem Land Friedensmusik, Und geächtet und verbannt ist jetzt der Krieg, Nur zum Spaß macht man Gas, weil's noch keiner kennt, Panzerkreuzer sind das beste Friedensinstrument, Tankgeschwader, Fliegerbomben - nur für den Sport, Niemand denkt mehr an den Massenmord
1936-1939 Spanish fascists supported by German and Italian empire: 1936-1939 support for the Spanish fascists by Germany and Italy and policiy of non-intervention and isolationism of the Republic by the United Kingdom, France and USA, later identified as disastrous
September 1936 League of Nations tolerated fascists' war against democracy: September 1936: Spanish FM Julio Álvarez del Vayo appealed to the League of Nations in September 1936 for arms to defend Spain's territorial integrity and political independence, but the League members would not intervene in the Spanish Civil War nor prevent foreign intervention in the conflict, did ban foreign volunteers in February 1937, while Adolf Hitler and Mussolini continued to aid Franco's fascists
1938 poison gas 'Sarin' produced in Germany: Sarin was discovered in 1938 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld in Germany by 'scientists' at IG Farben who were attempting to create stronger pesticides and in mid-1939, the formula for the agent was passed to the chemical warfare section of the German Army Weapons Office, which ordered that it be brought into mass production for wartime use
1983–1988, 1991 use of poison gas including 'Sarin': 1983–1988 use of mustard and nerve agent in the Iraq–Iran War by Iraqi Saddam regime forces - Halabja chemical attack by Saddam regime forces against the Kurdish people that took place on 16 March 1988, killing between 3,200 and 5,000 people and injuring 7,000 to 10,000 more, most of them civilians - 1991 use of chemical weapons by Saddam regime forces in Southern Iraq against the Popular Uprising
August 2013 poison gas 'Sarin' used by Assad regime against the Syrian people: 21 August 2013: Ghouta chemical attack occurred in Syria, two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin - Foreign government assessments regarding the August 2013 Ghouta sarin gas attack - International reactions to the Ghouta chemical attack
April 1915 - present, Chlorine first used by German war criminals: 16 September 2016: Chlorine, the gas of war crimes, first used by German war criminals 1915 in Belgium and later used since 2011-present by Assad and connected war criminals against the Syrian people - 16 September 2016: UN-led international inquiry has identified two Syrian Assad regime air force helicopter squadrons and two other military units it holds responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians
June 2018: 19 June 2018: The rapid rise of synthetic biology has raised the risk of a new generation of bioweapons, according to a major USA report
October 2018 Assad's chemical attacks: 15 October 2018: A BBC investigation shows for the first time the extent to which chemical weapons have been crucial to Assad regime's war-winning strategy, saying there is enough evidence to be confident that at least 106 chemical attacks have taken place in Syria since September 2013, when Assad signed the international Chemical Weapons Convention and agreed to destroy the country's chemical weapons stockpile following the Ghouta chemical attack
February 2019 Assad's chemical attacks: 17 February 2019: New report shows there were at least 336 chemical attacks over the course of Assad's war in Syria, with 98% of them carried out by Bashar Assad’s regime, the remaining 2% attributed to the Islamic State terrorist group, and with approximately 90% of all confirmed attacks occurring after the infamous 'red line' war crime of August 2013, according to the 'Global Public Policy Institute', calling on the international community to target the military formations responsible for attacks including regime’s helicopter fleet, to prevent delivery of chemical munitions
6 October 2020 UN and EU member Germany asked by human rights groups to probe Syria chemical attacks 2013 and 2017: 6 October 2020: Human rights groups ask Germany to probe Syria chemical attacks, as 3 organizations - including Open Society Justice Initiative, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and the group Syrian Archive - want German AG to investigate deadly sarin attacks on Eastern Ghouta in 2013 and Khan Shaykhun in 2017, arguing there is enough evidence to blame regime and Assad - 6 October 2020: A group of NGOs has submitted a criminal complaint to the German courts over sarin gas attacks in Syria, a legal milestone which marks the first step on the long road to holding Bashar al-Assad’s regime accountable for its use of chemical weapons

Forces of self-destruction and nuclear weapons: Nuclear weapon and Nuclear warfare - Nuclear weapon design - List of nuclear weapons - List of states with nuclear weapons - Nuclear weapons debate
1939-1945 German, Italian and Japanese empires World War II and nuclear warfare: In contrast to conventional warfare the use of nuclear weaponry in nuclear warfare produces never seen destruction in the shortest possible time also having a long lasting radiological warfare dimension
History of nuclear weapons - Since 19th/20th century development of modern physics linked with industrial revolution and history of technology - Nuclear history by country

Since early 20th century timeline of nuclear weapons development: Timeline of nuclear weapons development since early 20th century
Since 1933 German Nazis in power and nuclear arms race: Nuclear arms race before, during and since German, Italian and Japanese empires World War II, having man-made causes, origins, weapons and methods
Since April 1939 Nazi Germany's nuclear weapons program: Since April 1939 German nuclear weapons program, neglected after the German Nazi army's, including later Nazi Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, brutal invasion, later occupation of Poland and never seen genocide
Since 1930s-1940/41 Japanese empire's program to develop nuclear weapons: Japanese program to develop nuclear weapons, conducted during World War II
August-October 1939 'Einstein–Szilárd letter' warning USA that Germany might develop atomic bombs: August-October 1939 'Einstein–Szilárd letter' sent to USA's Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany might develop atomic bombs
Since September 1939 German invasion of Poland leading to USA's Uranium Committee since October: Uranium Committee, later evolving into the S-1 Section of the OSRD, when that organization absorbed the NDRC in June 1941 and the S-1 Executive Committee in June 1942, that laid the groundwork for the Manhattan Project
Since 1942 USA's 'Manhattan Project': USA's 'Manhattan Project' since 1942 was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II - 'Trinity' nuclear test, the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on 16 July 1945, as part of USA's Manhattan Project and approved by the government on 25 July, warning aggressors and war criminals - 26 July 1945 'Potsdam Declaration' (USA, United Kingdom, China) stating, if Empire of Japan did not surrender, it would face 'prompt and utter destruction' - 'Operation Downfall' allied plan for the invasion of Japan to end World War II, abandoned when Japan surrendered following the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Since 1945 nuclear weapons tests by USA, Soviet Union/Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Israel and North Korea: 1945-2017 number of nuclear weapons tests by state (USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Israel and North Korea) - List of nuclear test sites - List of nuclear weapon test locations - Historical nuclear weapons stockpiles and nuclear tests by country - Nuclear weapons by country
May 1974 India's first nuclear bomb test, code-named 'Smiling Buddha': May 1974 India's first successful 'peaceful' nuclear bomb test, code-named 'Smiling Buddha', when a bomb was detonated on the Pokhran army base in Rajasthan by the Indian Army - International reaction to the nuclear test conducted by India, code-named 'Smiling Buddha'
2016 distribution of nuclear weapons: 13 June 2016: At the start of 2016 nine states, the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea, together possessed a total of approximately 15,395 nuclear weapons, Russia and the USA still account for more than 93% of all nuclear weapons, as both Russia and the USA have extensive and expensive nuclear modernization programmes under way, according to SIPRI
2016/2017 an estimated 15,400 nuclear weapons: 11 March 2017: There were an estimated 15,400 nuclear weapons in 2016, as China was thought to have 260 warheads in early 2016, India is thought to have 100-120 nuclear weapons now, Pakistan may have as many as 130 and North Korea now thought to have 10 nuclear weapons - 21 September 2017: China, India, North Korea and Pakistan expanding their nuclear arsenals, according to SIPRI, also saying that developments in North Korea’s nuclear program 'contributed to international political instability with potentially serious knock-on effects'
May 2018 Iranian regime's nuclear archive: 8 May 2018: Israel says it has briefed 22 countries on Iranian regime's nuclear archive smuggled out of Tehran earlier in this year 2018 to garner more support for renewed international pressure on Iran
June 2018 modernizing of existing nuclear weapon systems: 18 June 2018: All the nuclear weapon-possessing states are developing new nuclear weapon systems and modernizing their existing systems, as at the start of 2018 nine states possessed approximately 14,465 nuclear weapons, according to Sipri
Since 4 September 2019 Iranian regime's nuclear program: 4 September 2019: Iranian regime to develop nuclear centrifuges - 7 September 2019: Iran injects uranium gas into advanced centrifuges, violating nuclear deal - 10 September 2019: UN atomic watchdog confirms Iran installing advanced centrifuges, urging regime to ‘respond promptly’ to concerns over its breaches of limits set down in fast-unraveling nuclear deal with major powers
5 September 2019 Turkish Erdogan regime wants nuclear weapons: 5 September 2019: Erdogan tells his ruling 'Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi' that Turkey should have nuclear weapons like Israel, saying fact his country is barred from having atomic bombs is unacceptable, adding Israel is untouchable due to nuclear deterrent
10 September 2019 Saudi regime wants to enrich uranium: 10 September 2019: Saudi Arabia’s new energy minister said his country wants to pursue a 'full cycle' nuclear program, which would entail the kingdom processing and enriching its own uranium, after regime has previously announced plans to spend $80 billion to build 16 nuclear reactors over the coming two decades as it diversifies energy
27/28 October 2020 UN watchdog says Iran building new underground nuclear facility: 27 October 2020: UN watchdog says Iran building new underground nuclear facility, as inspectors confirmed regime has started building an underground centrifuge assembly plant - 28 October 2020: Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday showed, just as the UN’s nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran was building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant - 28 October 2020: UN nuclear agency says Iran is building underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant
13 January 2021 Kim Jong Un vows to boost North Korea’s nuclear arsenal: 13 January 2021: Kim Jong Un vows to boost North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, insisting USA (!) policy toward Pyongyang regime 'will never change'
12 June 2023 China, other states, fortify nuclear weapons arsenals, SIPRI says: 12 June 2023: The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are continuing to modernise their nuclear arsenals, with China’s stockpile of nuclear warheads rising by 17% in 2022, according to the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI

Nuclear proliferation
Since the 1970s Nuclear proliferation to Pakistan and North Korea: Nuclear proliferation to Pakistan and North Korea since the 1970s
Since 1980 Swiss engineer, network trafficking in nuclear proliferation to Pakistan, Iran, Libya, and North Korea: Since 1980 Swiss engineer Friedrich Tinner connected with the Khan network trafficking in the proliferation of nuclear materials and know-how to Pakistan, Iran, Libya, and North Korea and later cover-up to hide the involvement of Urs Tinner with the CIA - 31 May 2008: Nuclear bomb blueprints and manuals on how to manufacture weapons-grade uranium for warheads are feared to be circulating on the international black market, according to investigators tracking the world's most infamous nuclear smuggling racket
2004 Khan's confession and 2011 Tinner nuclear smuggling trial: 4 February 2004: Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, today asked the country's president to forgive him for selling its secrets abroad - 13 December 2011: Switzerland has charged three members of the Swiss Friedrich Tinner family for their role in the Abdul Qadeer Khan nuclear smuggling network, involving Switzerland's defence ministry destroying vital evidence in the case, and blocking the prosecution of the Tinners and the CIA for espionage, after a plea deal which will mean that their claims of collaboration with the CIA will not be examined in court
2015 tactics to trivialize proliferation risks: 28 May 2015: Myth of a peaceful nuclear technology and tactics to trivialize the proliferation risks, as the use of civil facilities and materials in nuclear weapons research or systematic weapons programs has been commonplace and has occurred in at least the following countries Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, UK, USA, and Yugoslavia
2017 threat of nuclear proliferation debate: 18 October 2017: Experts and former senior officials from around the world met in Paris to discuss the threat of nuclear proliferation, something they believe is ignored despite the dire situation and, according to some, worse than it was during the Cold War - October 2017 Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe 'Topical Issues of Nuclear Non-Proliferation'

Since 1950s list of nuclear close calls including incidents that could lead to, or could have led to at least one unintended nuclear detonation/explosion, as these incidents typically involve a perceived imminent threat to a nuclear-armed country which could lead to retaliatory strikes against the perceived aggressor, and as the damage caused by international nuclear exchange is not necessarily limited to the participating countries

Nuclear terrorism refers to any person or persons who detonate a nuclear weapon as an act of terrorism (meaning illegal or immoral use of violence for a political or religious cause), as in legal terms nuclear terrorism is an offense committed if a person unlawfully and intentionally 'uses in any way radioactive material … with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury; or with the intent to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or with the intent to compel a natural or legal person, an international organization or a State to do or refrain from doing an act', according to the 2005 UN International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

Vulnerability of nuclear plants to deliberate attack, of concern in the area of nuclear safety and security, as nuclear power plants, civilian research reactors, certain naval fuel facilities, uranium enrichment plants, fuel fabrication plants, and even potentially uranium mines are vulnerable to attacks which could lead to widespread radioactive contamination, as the attack threat is of several general types including commando-like ground-based attacks on equipment which if disabled could lead to a reactor core meltdown or widespread dispersal of radioactivity, and external attacks such as an aircraft crash into a reactor complex, or cyber attacks

Social production and reproduction, products, dual-use technology, and so-called AI: 'Dual-use' Technologien, Produkte als Resultat industrieller und technischer Revolutionen, Computer und EDV als verlängerter Verstand von Menschen mit Sprache(n), und sogenannte 'Künstliche Intelligenz' (ein Widersinn oder besser Oxymoron) und deren militärische Nutzungen
20 May 2023 'Artificial intelligence' can support progress in human production, but also destruction and killer robots: 20 May 2023: 'Artificial intelligence' holds huge promise and peril, as AI can support to fight the climate crisis and fuel a renewable-energy revolution, but it could also kill countless jobs, incite nuclear war and used in the production of killer robots and their 'expedient' use
19 June 2023 Elon Musk repeats call for artificial intelligence regulation: 19 June 2023: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of Twitter, reaffirmed his view that there should be a 'pause' on the development of 'artificial intelligence AI' and that the AI sector needed regulation. 'There is a real danger for digital superintelligence having negative consequences', Musk said at the Paris VivaTech event, adding 'I am in favour of AI regulation'.


Military robots are autonomous robots or remote-controlled mobile robots designed for military applications, from transport to search, rescue and attack - Lethal autonomous weapons, a type of autonomous military robot that can independently search and engage targets based on programmed constraints and descriptions and may operate in the air, on land, on water, under water, or in space - Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
April 2014 Russia leads new robotic arms race: 23 April 2014: Russia is taking the lead in a new robotic arms race, announcing that mobile robots, standing guard over five ballistic missile installations, can detect and destroy targets, without human involvement
April 2018 only 22 countries want global treaty to ban killer robots: 11 April 2018: Only 22 countries of the signatories to the UN's Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons support an outright ban of lethal autonomous weapons systems or killer robots - 11 April 2018: 5 years since the launch of the 'Campaign to Stop Killer Robots', a global coalition of non-governmental groups calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons, says we’re running out of time to stop killer robot weapons
October 2018 states opposing restrictions on so-called killer robots: October 2018: The latest effort toward imposing binding international restrictions on so-called killer robots was thwarted by Russia and the USA, as a group of states led by France and Germany are opposing a legally binding measure, as another group of two dozen countries and a number of civil society organizations advocate for a legally binding prohibition on use of such weapons
January 2019 61% of people worldwide oppose killer robots: 22 January 2019: Global poll shows 61% of respondents oppose the use of lethal autonomous weapons systems, also known as fully autonomous weapons or killer robots, but their voices are ignored by nationalist and aggressive regimes such as Russian and Chinese and appertaining companies, as opposition was at 59% in Russia, recently frustrating diplomatic talks also at the CCW in November 2018 by using consensus rules to hinder meaningful progress against the wishes of the majority of states
March 2019 Russia, United Kingdom and USA oppose killer robot ban: 29 March 2019: Russia, United Kingdom and USA among those opposing killer robot ban, as UN delegates discussed restrictions to lethal autonomous weapons systems that use AI
August 2019 survey of the tech sector’s stance on lethal autonomous weapons: 19 August 2019: Synesis (Belarus), AerialX (Canada), SenseTime and Yitu (China), EarthCube (France), Roboteam (Israel), BlueBearSystems and Montvieux (United Kingdom), Amazon, Anduril, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle and more (all USA), are named among the world's 'highest risk' tech companies that might be putting the world at risk through killer robot development, according to new global report from PAX, grading 50 companies from 12 countries, all working on big tech, hardware, AI software and system integration, pattern recognition, autonomous and swarming aerial systems, ground robots, as 'anything that's currently a weapon, people are working on autonomous versions, whether it's tanks, fighter aircraft, or submarines' (August 2019 survey of the tech sector’s stance on lethal autonomous weapons)
September 2019 former software engineer supports ban on killer robots: 15 September 2019: Former top Google software engineer Laura Nolan, who quit over military drone project and joined the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, fears AI and 'killer robots', having the potential to do 'calamitous things that they were not originally programmed for', could cause mass atrocities, warning they might accidentally start a war, and saying that killer robots not guided by human remote control should be outlawed by the same type of international treaty that bans chemical weapons
15 September 2021 UN rights chief urges moratorium on AI that risks rights abuses: 15 Setember 2021: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the sale and use of artificial intelligence AI systems that threaten human rights until adequate safeguards are in place to ensure the technology will not be abused, saying 'we cannot afford to continue playing catch-up regarding AI – allowing its use with limited or no boundaries or oversight, and dealing with the almost inevitable human rights consequences after the fact' in a press release
18 December 2021 ahead of Christmas UN talks against killer robots fail, countries incl. Russia, USA opposing: 18 December 2021: Country officials and campaigners have expressed disappointment after UN talks on autonomous weapons systems – known as 'killer robots' – stopped short of launching negotiations into an international treaty to govern their use following opposition from manufacturing states, as - unlike existing semi-autonomous weapons such as drones - fully-autonomous weapons have no human-operated 'kill switch' and instead leave decisions over life and death to sensors, software and machine processes, as UN panel report in March 2021 said the first autonomous drone attack may have occurred in Libya, as the coordinator at 'Stop Killer Robots' Richard Moyes said governments 'need to draw a moral and legal line for humanity against the killing of people by machines', adding 'a clear majority of states see the need to ensure meaningful human control over the use of force. It’s time now for them to lead in order to prevent the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of killer robots'

List of countries by past and projected military expenditure - Weapon development - Defence and military equipment companies by country - Firearm manufacturers by country - 3D printed firearms - List of notable 3D printed weapons and parts
Weapons trade - Arms trafficking, the trafficking of contraband weapons and ammunition - what constitutes legal trade in firearms varies widely, depending on local and national laws - Small arms trade or the small arms market refer to both authorized and illicit markets for small arms and light weapons and their parts, accessories, and ammunition - Companies by arms sales - List of countries by military expenditures - Weapons by country - List of countries by level of military equipment
2001/2005 Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, as of November 2015 it has 114 parties, including 113 states and the European Union, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Seychelles, United Kingdom have signed the protocol but have not yet ratified it, three of the top four arms manufacturers in the world — the USA, Russia, and France — did not sign the protocol - 2013/2014 Arms Trade Treaty, a multilateral treaty that regulates the international trade in conventional weapons, 92 states have ratified the treaty, and a further 41 states have signed but not ratified it
2011 rising landmine use: 23 November 2011: Landmine use 'highest since 2004' despite record clearances
2012 rising arms production and trade: 30. Januar 2012: Friedensforschungsinstitut Sipri prangert fehlende Kontrollen von Waffenschmuggel und Transportverboten an - 27. Februar 2012: Waffenindustrien wachsen trotz Wirtschaftskrise - USA und EU Konzerne größte Waffenproduzenten - 19. März 2012: Das Volumen der weltweiten Rüstungsgeschäfte hat in den vergangenen fünf Jahren um 24 Prozent zugenommen - auf die beiden grössten Rüstungsexporteure USA 30% und Russland 24% entfällt mehr als die Hälfte der weltweiten Waffenlieferungen - auf Platz drei folgt Deutschland mit neun Prozent - 29. August 2012: Jährliches Volumen des legalen internationalen Handels mit Kleinwaffen von mindestens 8,5 Milliarden Dollar
2013 arms trade treaty blocked by Iran, North Korea, Syria and not signed by China, Russia, USA: 29 March 2013: Iran, North Korea and Syria block UN arms trade treaty - 2 April 2013: By a vote of 154 in favor, 3 against (Iran, North Korea and Syria) and 23 abstentions (Russia, China, India, Indonesia etc.), UN adopts landmark treaty to regulate multibillion-dollar global arms trade - 3 June 2013: More than 60 countries sign arms trade treaty on first day, but not China, Russia and the USA
2014 SIPRI and AFP reports: 14 April 2014: Military spending continues to fall in the West but rises in China, Russia and Saudi Arabia and everywhere else, SIPRI says - 1 May 2014: European countries have approved billions in transfers of weapons and military-ready technology to China, AFP investigation shows
15 December 2014 Russian arms sales rise: 15 December 2014: Arms sales by Russian firms continue to expand despite a global downturn in defence spending, according to SIPRI
24 December 2014 Global arms trade deal without USA: 24 December 2014: Global arms trade deal takes effect, ratified by 60 nations, but not by the USA, the world's top arms exporter
2015 new killing technologies: 5 January 2015: 3D printing will revolutionize war and foreign policy not only by making possible incredible new designs but by turning the defense industry, IHS Technology, New America Foundation and BAE experts say - 6 October 2015: United Kingdom and USA are seeking to water down agreement over 'killer robots' (lethal autonomous weapons), so that any autonomous weapons deployed before United Nations's talks conclude will be beyond reach of ban, experts say
2015 arms spending rises: 16 March 2015: After Chinese arms sales surged 143% in 5 years, China now the world’s third-largest arms trader, the USA remains the first exporting 31% of global arms in 2010-2014 and Russia exported 27%, SIPRI says - 13 April 2015: Arms spending up globally, except in USA and western Europe, as Russia’s neighbors, like Iran’s, boost defense budgets, SIPRI says - 18 décembre 2015: Pour 2015, les budgets de défense en hausse dans le monde, les dépenses globales atteignent quelque 1650 milliards de dollars, selon un rapport
December 2015 arms for 'Islamic State' terrorists: 8 décembre 2015: Les transferts irresponsables d'armes effectués vers l'Irak depuis des décennies sont à l'origine du redoutable arsenal utilisé par le groupe Etat islamique, provenant d'au moins 25 pays dont une bonne partie de Russie, selon un ONG rapport
2016 arms imports and world military increase: 22 February 2016: Asia (India 14% of global arms imports, China 4.7%) and the Middle East (arms imports rose by 61% between 2006–10 and 2011–15) lead rise in arms imports, the USA (33%) and Russia (25%) remain largest arms exporters, says SIPRI - 3 avril 2016: L'utilisation d'armes interdites a atteint un niveau record depuis 2010 avec un pic entre 2014 et 2015, selon 'Handicap International' - 5 April 2016: World military expenditure totaled almost $ 7 trillion in 2015, according to SIPRI, an increase of 1% in real terms from 2014 also fueled by Mideast conflicts - 26 December 2016: USA and Obama administration increased weapons sales in 2015, maintaining its position as the world’s dominant supplier, as the sale of global arms dropped slightly to $80bn from 2014’s $89bn, according to a new USA congressional study
February 2016 equipment for 'Islamic State' terrorists: 25 février 2016: 51 sociétés de 20 pays (turques, indiennes, chinoises, brésiliennes, russes ou encore américaines) sont impliquées dans la fourniture des composants qui servent à fabriquer les bombes de l'Etat islamique, selon une étude commandée par l'UE
2017 global arms trade rises: 20 February 2017: Global arms trade reaches highest point since cold war era, as Middle East almost doubles weapons imports, as USA and Europe remain the main suppliers, as China joins top-tier exporters, as India was the world’s largest importer of major arms, and as arms imports by states in Asia and Oceania accounted for 43% of global imports in 2012–2016, according to SIPRI - 24 avril 2017: La Russie avec 69,2 milliards de dollars a repris en 2016 à l'Arabie saoudite, malgré la crise économique qu'elle traverse, la troisième place mondiale en matière de dépenses militaires, derrière les Etats-Unis et la Chine, selon SIPRI - 13 September 2017: North Korea singled out alongside Saudi Arabia and Iran as one of the world’s most secretive major exporters of small arms, including Kalashnikovs, rockets and machine guns, according to the Small Arms Survey Trade Update 2017 - 11 December 2017: Sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies totalled $374.8 billion in 2016, 1.9% higher compared with 2015 and representing an increase of 38% since 2002, according to SIPRI
2018 global transfer of major weapons systems SIPRI report: 12 March 2018: Global transfer of major weapons systems between 2013 and 2017 rose by 10% compared with the precedent period, as the USA, Russia, France, Germany, China and the UK remain the world's biggest weapons exporter, as India, which receives most of its arms from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and China were the world’s top five importers, and as 'based on deals signed during the Obama administration, USA arms deliveries in 2013–17 reached their highest level since the late 1990s', according to SIPRI
March 2019 SIPRI report on 2014–2018 period: 11 March 2019: The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2014–2018 was 7.8% higher than in 2009–2013 and 23% higher than in 2004–2008, according to SIPRI, also saying arms flows to the Middle East surge and that the 5 largest exporters in 2014–2018 were the USA, Russia, France, Germany and China
April 2019 military expenditure increase SIPRI report: 29 April 2019: Total world military expenditure rose to $1822 billion in 2018, representing an increase of 2.6% from 2017, according to SIPRI, saying that the five biggest spenders in 2018 were the USA, China, Saudi Arabia, India and France, which together accounted for 60% of global military spending, as military spending by the USA increased for the first time since 2010
December 2019 arms sales rise 4,6%: 9 December 2019: Sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 100 companies, excluding those in China, totalled $420 billion in 2018, marking an increase of 4.6% compared with the previous year, according to SIPRI
March 2020 USA and France dramatically increase major arms exports: 9 March 2020: USA and France dramatically increased major arms exports during the past five years, when USA, Russia, France, Germany and China were the largest exporters and the flow of arms to the Middle East, facing brutal and endless wars, has increased, as war crimes committing Russia came to Syrian with its own arms, as Saudi Arabia, India and Egypt are the largest arms importers, and as in 2019, when foreign military involvement in Libya was condemned by the UN Security Council, the UAE had major arms import deals ongoing with Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the UK and the USA, says SIPRI
12 September 2020 French-Greek massive arms deal: 12 September 2020: Amid tensions with Turkey and UN-backed Libyan government, Greece plagued by debt announces massive arms purchase including 18 French-made Rafale warplanes, four multi-purpose frigates and four navy helicopters, anti-tank weapons, navy torpedoes and airforce missiles, while also recruiting 15,000 new troops and pouring resources into the national arms industry and cyber-attack defence
7 December 2020 arms sales in 2019 8.5% more than in 2018: 7 December 2020: Sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 25 companies totalled US$361 billion in 2019, 8.5% more than in 2018, as largest companies have a geographically diverse international presence, Sipri says - 23 November 2020: Swiss banks have given loans and hold shares worth nearly $11 billion in companies like Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics, according to a study by independent researchers Profundo, as the Swiss National Bank SNB, UBS and Credit Suisse have the biggest exposure, and as Young Greens Party's Julia Kueng said 'an enormous amount of money comes from Switzerland into an industry which profits from death and destruction' - List of wars, ongoing armed conflicts and deaths by country, including Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, South Sudan, Libya, Ukraine
3 January 2021 Germany approved $1.41bn in arms exports to the 'Middle East' in 2020: 3 January 2021: German government approved $1.41 billion in arms exports during 2020 in arms deals to Middle East and weapons exports to countries involved in the deadly conflicts in Yemen and Libya, including weapons and military equipment worth €752 million to Egypt worth over €305.1 million to Qatar, over €51 million to the United Arab Emirates, €23.4 million for Kuwait and around €22.9 million to Turkey, and as licenses were granted to Jordan totaling €1.7 million and Bahrain amounting to €1.5 million, as Germany - responsible for two world wars - is among the world's top five weapons exporters
13 March 2023 surge in arms imports to Europe, while USA dominance of the global arms trade increases: 13 March 2023: Imports of major arms by European states increased by 47% between 2013–17 and 2018–22, while the global level of international arms transfers decreased by 5.1%. Arms imports fell overall in Africa (–40%), the Americas (–21%), Asia and Oceania (–7.5%) and the Middle East (–8.8%) - but imports to East Asia and certain states in other areas of high geopolitical tension rose sharply. The USA’s share of global arms exports increased from 33 to 40% while Russia’s fell from 22 to 16%, according to new data on global arms transfers published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI - 13 March 2023: France is challenging Russia’s position as the world’s second biggest arms exporter behind the USA, while Britain’s share of the global market has dwindled, SIPRI analysis has found, as a steep increase in sales and future orders of arms to countries in Asia, Oceania and the Middle East over the last five years suggests French suppliers could surpass their Russian rivals within a decade, as France’s share of global defence exports stood at 11% in the period 2018-22, up from 7.1% in 2013-17, a 44% increase, and as India, Qatar and Egypt were the biggest clients, 'The Guardian' reports


Forces of self-destruction and non-combat military accidents: Non-combat military accidents - Military nuclear accidents and incidents - List of military nuclear accidents - Sunken nuclear submarines
June 1942 Nazi Germany's Leipzig L-IV experiment accident: 23 June 1942 Nazi Germany's Leipzig L-IV experiment accident, as early type of a nuclear reactor L-IV led to the first nuclear accident in history, consisting of steam explosion and reactor fire, shortly after the Leipzig L-IV atomic pile — worked on by Werner Heisenberg and Robert Döpel — demonstrated Germany's first signs of neutron propagation, and as the device was checked for a possible heavy water leak
March 1954 USA's first deployable 'Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb': 1 March 1954 USA's first deployable 'Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb' in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with a miscalculation of high levels of fallout, as the 'secret' Castle Bravo test quickly became an international incident, prompting calls for a ban on the atmospheric testing of thermonuclear devices
September 1957 Russia's Kyshtym disaster and radioactive contamination accident: 29 September 1957 Kyshtym disaster, a radioactive contamination accident that occurred at Mayak, a plutonium production site for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant located in the closed city of Chelyabinsk in the Russian SFSR, the second worst nuclear incident (by radioactivity released) after the Chernobyl disaster
May 1962 French nuclear test 'Béryl incident' in the French colony of Algeria: 1 May 1962 French nuclear test 'Béryl incident' in the French colony of Algeria, during which soldiers were heavily contaminated by radioactivity, and ongoing health effects including leukemia 22 years later and cancer, as the number of contaminated in Algeria remains unknown to this day, and as the possible contamination of the food chain following the re-flight and local concentration of radionuclides have not been the object of study
Accidents and incidents involving military aircraft: Accidents and incidents involving military aircraft - Lists of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft since 19th century on the way to World War I and World War II
UAV-related incidents: Lists of UAV-related incidents by period and country
2019 military drone crashes: 9 June 2019: Military drone crashes raise fears for civilians, as two military drones are crashing every month on average, according to research that raises questions about the safety of the technology, both in conflict zones and civilian environments


Man-made disasters and violence by country: Man-made disasters by country - Violence by country - Wars by country - Lists of wars by country - War crimes committed by country - War crimes by country - Massacres by country - Terrorism by country - Terrorism committed by country
World War I by country - World War II by country - The Holocaust by country - Aftermath of World War II by country
Prior to WWI August Bebel's 'secret diplomacy' for years to keep the peace: Prior to WWI SPD's August Bebel saw with great concern that the German-British relationship was deteriorating, warning against an expansion of the German navy, as - in particular - his criticism of the naval armor led him to 'flee into secret diplomacy' and for years he had been in contact with British government circles, warning the British government several times that their armaments efforts would be eased, and until shortly before his death, he delivered political assessments and reports to the British, but the United Kingdom missed to take the friend of deceased Karl Marx seriously


Terrorism and terrorism by country: History of Terrorism - Terrorism by country - Terrorism committed by country - Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create fear and terror among masses of people to achieve a religious or political aim, and is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence during peacetime or in war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel), while the terms 'terrorist' and 'terrorism' originated during the French Revolution of the late 18th century and its 1793-1794 period 'Reign of Terror', called 'La Terreur' in France
Since August 1914 German terror 'Schrecklichkeit' in empire's march through Belgium starting WWI: Since August 1914 German terror, called 'Schrecklichkeit' or 'frightfulness' by English speakers to describe a perceived military policy of the German Army towards civilians in World War I, that was the basis of German actions during their march through Belgium in 1914, later in France, the Russian-held area of Poland, and in Russia
24/25 August 1914 Belgian city of Antwerp first civilian target to be bombed from the air by Germany: 24/25 August 1914 Belgian city of Antwerp the first civilian target to be bombed from the air, when Antwerp - at that moment the National Redoubt of Belgium - was bombed by German empire forces, but instead of targeting the surrounding fortresses, the Zeppelin LZ 25's intention was to bomb the clearly distinguishable historical centre of the city, and after dropping approximately ten bombs, ten people were killed and forty injured
Since August 1914 German bombing of cities during World War I and later: Since August 1914 German bombing of cities during World War I - April 1937 bombing of Guernica, an aerial bombing of the Basque town of Guernica carried out by Franco's allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, causing hundreds of civilian victims - World War II bombing of cities conducted by Germany - 1940-1941 German bombing campaign against British industrial targets, towns, and cities including Birmingham, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Glasgow, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Sheffield, Southampton, killing more than 40,000 civilians beginning with raids on London during the Second World War
German empire's WWI, NSDAP ruled German empire's war crimes in World War II, creation of the UN: German empire's World War I war crimes (including Chemical weapons in warfare, in Belgium, Bombardment of English coastal towns, Unrestricted submarine warfare), NSDAP ruled German empire's war crimes in World War II, massacres and war crimes by location in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, as 'Wikipedia' is listing also a timeline of German crimes in this period, that led to the creation of the 'United Nations'
20th, 21st centuries war crimes since 1946–1954 Indochina War, the October 1945 foundation of the UN: 20th, 21st centuries war crimes since the October 1945 foundation of the UN, since 1946–1954 Indochina War and many more following conflicts, listed by 'Wikipedia' by period focused on main global conflicts
2011–present Syrian Assad regime's, Iranian regime's, Russian Putin regime's war against the Syrian people: 2011–present Syrian Assad regime's, Iranian Mullah regime's and Russian Putin regime's war against the Syrian people (including chronologically listed massacres, war crimes, and missed, sometimes began prosecution of war criminals)
Since 24 February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Putin's war against the Ukrainian people, war crimes: 24 February 2022 – present Russian invasion of Ukraine as huge number of multiple buildings such as apartment buildings, hospitals, kindergartens schools, apartment buildings were bombed, as the International Criminal Court ICC has begun to investigate on war crimes
Since 3 March 2022 ICC's full investigation of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: Since 3 March 2022 International Criminal Court investigation in the situation in Ukraine, an ongoing investigation by the ICC into war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the annexation of Crimea by Russia's regime since 2014, the war in Donbas and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a forbidden Russian war of aggression. The full investigation obtained jurisdiction on 2 March 2022.
17 March 2022 family says Mariupol now a 'city of death, horror and fear' under constant Russian bombardment: 17 March 2022: A Ukrainian family, who escaped Mariupol, say it has become a 'city of death, horror and fear' with no food, utilities and under constant Russian bombardment
Russian war crimes in Putin regime's 2022 invasion of Ukraine: Russian war crimes in Putin regime's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, listed and documented by 'Wikipedia' with dozens of references


Since the the 1910s terrorist incidents by decade: Since the the 1910s terrorist incidents by decade - Terrorist incidents in the 1910s - Terrorist incidents in the 1920s
Terrorist incidents in the 1930s, in the 1940s and 1939-1945 World War II: Terrorist incidents in the 1930s - Terrorist incidents in the 1940s - 1939-1945 Axis powers' World War II (German, Italian and Japanese empires) - Genocide, the intentional action to destroy a people (usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group) in whole or in part - Mass murder, the act of murdering a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity and the desire to kill - September 1939 bombing of Frampol occurred during the German invasion of Poland in 1939, when the town of Frampol, without military value, but with a population of 4,000 people was bombed by German bombers under General von Richthofen on 13 September as a practice run for future missions and as German fighter pilots trained strafing techniques on refugees who were trying to flee from the city
Since 1942 (1970) terrorist incidents by year and country and lists: Since 1942 terrorist incidents by year - Since 1970 lists of terrorist incidents by year - Terrorist incidents by country - Lists of terrorist incidents by country
Since 2011 terrorist incidents by year: List of terrorist incidents 2011/I and 2011/II, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2012: List of terrorist incidents 2012/I and 2012/II, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2013: List of terrorist incidents 2013/I and List of terrorist incidents 2013/II, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2014: List of terrorist incidents 2014, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2015: List of terrorist incidents 2015, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2016: List of terrorist incidents in 2016, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2017: List of terrorist incidents in 2017, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2018: List of terrorist incidents in 2018, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
December 2020 Belgian court hearings end on Iran diplomat accused of bomb plot: 4 December 2020: Belgian court hearings end on Iran diplomat accused of bomb plot, as verdict for Assadollah Assadi expected on January 22, and as 48-year-old faces 20 years in prison if convicted of plotting to target 2018 rally outside Paris
4 February 2021 Iranian official Assadi convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against opposition group in France in 2018: 4 February 2021: Iranian official Assadollah Assadi was convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court that rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity, as three other defendants also received jail sentences, after Vienna-based diplomat Assadi, earlier detained in Belgium but refused to testify during his trial last year invoking his diplomatic status, did not attend the hearing at the Antwerp courthouse - 4 February 2021: Iranian 'diplomat' Assadi who masterminded a failed bomb attack at a rally outside Paris attended by five British MPs has been sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Belgian court for attempted murder and involvement in terrorism
List of terrorist incidents in 2019: List of terrorist incidents in 2019, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
List of terrorist incidents in 2020: List of terrorist incidents in 2020, mostly perpetrated by Islamists, including attacks by violent non-state actors for ideological and/or political motives, as terrorism related to drug wars, cartel violence, and ongoing military conflicts are listed separately
29 October 2020 Islamist terror attack in Nice: 29 October 2020 Nice stabbing, as three people were killed in a stabbing attack at Notre-Dame de Nice including a woman beheaded by the attacker, and as several additional victims were injured - 29 October 2020: Citizens killed, including a woman whose throat was slit by the assailant, shouting 'Allahu akbar', several injured in stabbing attack at Nice church, as suspected assailant detained after the apparent terror attack, third victim in life-threatening condition, amid high alert in France following 'protests' over 'prophet' Muhammad cartoons
11 November 2020 several hurt in Remembrance Day 'bomb attack' at Saudi cemetery: 11 November 2020: Several people have been hurt in a bomb attack at a Remembrance Day ceremony attended by foreign diplomats in the Saudi city of Jeddah, according to the French foreign ministry, as the 102nd anniversary of the armistice ending German, Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman empires first world war 1914-1918 is mainly commemorated in several European countries but not in Germany
5 December 2020 38 years later terror suspect Abu Zayed arrives in France: 5 December 2020: Nearly 40 years later Abu Zayed, suspect in deadly 1982 attack on Paris kosher restaurant, arrives in France for terror trial over gun and grenade attack that killed six, injured 22, as France's Yves Bonnet admitted during a hearing there was an 'unwritten contract' between France and the Abu Nidal Organisation
List of terrorist incidents in 2021: List of terrorist incidents in 2021 - List of 2021 terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State
2 January 2021 Tillabéri attacks: 2 January 2021, villages Tchombangou and Zaroumdareye in the Tillabéri Region of western Niger near the border with Mali were attacked, leaving at least 105 people dead and 75 others injured, as more than ten thousand people fled their homes after the attacks, following impunity after the May 2020 Tillabéri attacks, leaving at least least twenty people were killed
3 January 2021 Pakistan Machh attack: 3 January 2021 Pakistan March attack, as Islamic State militants killed 11 Hazara coal miners after being kidnapped, blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs before having their throats slit
4 April 2021 Taliban car bombing near Kabul killed at least 3 Afghan security personnel injuring 12 others: 4 April 2021: A Taliban car bombing near Kabul killed at least 3 Afghan security personnel and injured 12 others in an attack claimed by the Taliban, claiming in a statement that 45 Afghan security force members had been killed or injured in the blast, while - amid unabated attacks in Afghanistan - the violent Taliban has rarely taken responsibility since the formal start of peace talks and an agreement with the USA last year
30 April 2021 Puli Alam bombing as High school students are among 30 people killed: 30 April 2021 Puli Alam bombing, as High school students are among 30 people killed in a car bombing in the capital of eastern Logar province, as Afghanistan has seen a surge in violence since USA's president Biden announced troops would withdraw by 11 September, and aftermath
1 May 2021 car bomb kills students and more citizens in Afghanistan as USA starts farewell of its remaining forces: 1 May 2021: At least 21 people have been killed and nearly 100 wounded after a car bomb exploded in the Afghan city Pul-e-Alam south of the capital - targeting a guesthouse where dozens of people were living – including university students, causing widespread damage in the area, including to a hospital and residential houses -, that president Ashraf Ghani has blamed on the Taliban, as people were breaking their Ramadan fast and came together, timed with the eve of the formal start of the USA’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, now beginning with a murderous attack amid the farewell of USA's remaining forces
8 May 2021 mass murder car bombing at Sayed al-Shuhada school in western Kabul: 8 May 2021 car bombing and IED blasts in front of Sayed al-Shuhada school in Dashte Barchi in western Kabul, leaving at least 90 people dead and 240 injured. The majority of the casualties were girls between 11 and 15 years old. The attack took place in a neighborhood that has frequently been attacked by militants belonging to the regional Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIL-K)
10 May 2021 at least 11 people killed, dozens injured including women and children by roadside bomb in Zabul: 10 May 2021: At least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured including women and children after a roadside bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province - 10 May 2021: At least 40 people were killed in 10 provinces of the country and over 50 more were wounded in the last 24 hours, as chairperson of the 'Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission' Shahrzad Akbar said 'we repeat our call to the negotiating sides to return to the talks and expedite their efforts to end violence', based in Kabul pursuant to the Bonn Agreement in December 2001, UN General Assembly resolution 48/134, and article 58 of the Afghan Constitution - 19 September 2021: Stay home, female Kabul government workers told by new Taliban mayor of Kabul, ordering female municipal employees to stay home unless their jobs cannot be filled by a man, as in a separate development, the Afghanistan 'Independent Human Rights Commission' said it had been unable to fulfil its duties since the Taliban's takeover, adding in a statement that its buildings, vehicles and computers had all been taken over by the Taliban
15 May 2021 explosion inside mosque on the outskirts of Kabul killed at least 12 people: 15 May 2021: An explosion inside a mosque on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 12 people during Friday prayers, also wounding 15 worshippers as they gathered for the Eid al-Fitr holiday
20 May 2021 roadside bombings in southern, central Afghanistan killed 13 people including several children: 20 May 2021: Roadside bombings in southern and central Afghanistan killed 13 people, as one of the bombs struck a car carrying a family of 12 in southern Helmand province, and as several of the nine family members who died were children. The Nad Ali district where the explosion occurred is under Taliban control, as militants also stopped a bus in western Afghanistan, ordered three men to get out and shot and killed them
29 May 2021 deadly roadside bomb hit a bus carrying university staff in Parwan's Charikar city: 29 May 2021: A roadside bomb hit a bus carrying university staff in Parwan's city of Charikar in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing three teachers and wounding 15 others, according to Reuters, as UN says nearly 1,800 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in the first three months of 2021 during fighting between government forces and Taliban militants amid increased violence since USA announced plans last month to pull out all USA troops by 11 September
29 May 2021 4 people killed, many wounded in a bus explosion in Parwan: 29 May 2021: Four people were killed in an explosion that targeted a University bus carrying lecturers and employees of Alberoni University in Bagram district of Parwan, as chief medical officer at Parwan Hospital Qasim Sangin said 17 others were wounded in the explosion
1 June 2021 explosions targeted two buses with dozens of passengers in Kabul: 1 June 2021: Explosions targeted two buses with dozens of passengers heading toward Dashte-e-Barchi in western Kabul, as TOLOnews reported at least 8 people killed and 14 more wounded in the two blasts, and as eyewitnesses said there were about 30 casualties
9 June 2021 at least 16 people incl. civilians killed, many wounded in Taliban attack on Balkh Police HQ: 9 June 2021: At least 16 people, including 2 civilians, were killed and 117 others, including 67 civilians wounded in a Taliban attack on the police headquarters in Balkh province, as the Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadly attack
9 June 2021 many deminers killed and wounded in an attack by gunmen reportedly Taliban in Baghlan province: 9 June 2021: At least 10 deminers from the HALO Trust organization were killed and 16 more were wounded in an attack by gunmen on their office in the northern province of Baghlan, as Interior Affairs Ministry's spokesman Tariq Arian blamed the Taliban for the attack, as local Taliban denied involvement, but as several districts in Baghlan province have seen fierce fighting between the Taliban and government forces
30 July 2021 UN compound attacked in Herat city: 30 July 2021: UN compound attacked in Herat city and and at least 1 security guard was killed according to UNAMA, as since 'morning the Taliban have launched attacks from several directions on Lashkar Gah city', and as UN report this week said civilian casualties had been surging in Afghanistan with as many killed in May and June as in the previous four months
4 August 2021 Taliban terrorist attack on minister's house in Kabul left at least eight dead: 4 August 2021: An audacious attack on the Afghan defence minister's house in Kabul has left at least eight dead, the first major bombing by militants in the city for nearly a year, as Bismillah Khan Mohammadi fortunately was not at home on Tuesday night as gunmen detonated a car bomb and fired shots near the heavily fortified Green Zone, as four of the gunmen reportedly killed, as Mohammadi's family was evacuated, and as the Taliban said they were behind the attack, also warning of more terrorist attacks against government leaders
26 August 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing: 26 August 2021 Kabul airport suicide bombing following western states' abandonment since 2020 of their war on terror since 2001 and now during the evacuation from the Asian contested country, as at least 183 people were killed, including 170 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the USA military, its first casualties in the War in Afghanistan since February 2020. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility
8 October 2021 dozens killed in suicide bombing by ISIL affiliate at Kunduz mosque: 8 October 2021 Kunduz mosque bombing claimed by ISIL, as over 50 people were killed and another 100 were injured, but according to an estimate by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 100 people were killed and wounded - Islamic State – Khorasan Province, an affiliate of ISIL active in South Asia and Central Asia, as ISKP is active in Afghanistan, also including Pakistan, Tajikistan and India, where they claimed attacks, as well as Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bangladesh where individuals have pledged allegiance to it. The group was created in January 2015 by disaffected Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, although its membership includes individuals from various countries notably Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Myanmar
15 October 2021 Kandahar bombing: 15 October 2021 Kandahar bombing, as a bomb exploded at a Shia mosque during Friday prayers killing at least 33 people. It came a week after a bombing claimed by the 'Islamic State' (ISIL Khorasan Province) terrorist group at a mosque in Kunduz killed at least 50 people
15 October 2021 UK lawmaker David Ames stabbed to death at meeting with voters from his district: 15 October 2021: British lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death in a church at a meeting with voters from his electoral district, as police later said that they were investigating the stabbing as a terrorist incident potentially motivated by Islamic extremism, and as Whitehall officials even later confirmed to the BBC that the suspect - who is being held at a London police station under the Terrorism Act 2000 - is Ali Harbi Ali, a British national of Somali heritage

Since 1974 Abu Nidal terrorist organization: Since 1974 Abu Nidal Organization, designated as a terrorist organization by the USA, the United Kingdom, Japan, Israel and the European Union, strongly linked with Nidal's personal agenda as the group carried out hijackings, assassinations, kidnappings of diplomats, and attacks on synagogues, 90 attacks during the period 1974-1992 - Since 1972 list of attacks attributed to Abu Nidal
Since 1982 terrorist group 'Hezbollah': Since 1982 terrorist group Hezbollah's suicide and terror attacks in the Middle East and worldwide
1982-1983 Tyre truck bombings: 1982-1983 Tyre truck bombings, suicide bombings against the Israel Defense Forces' headquarters building in Tyre, killing 103 Israelis and 46–59 Lebanese, wounding 95 people, believed to be the responsibility of Hezbollah
1989 Hezbollah targeted Israeli diplomats in Brazil: 6 February 2017: Hezbollah targeted Israeli diplomats in Brazil in 1989, declassified files show
March 1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires: 17 March 1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires
July 1994 attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina in Buenos Aires: 18 July 1994 attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds, claimed by Hezbollah front, in 2006 Argentine prosecutors including Alberto Nisman accused the Iranian regime of directing the bombing and the Hezbollah militia of carrying it out
June 1996 Khobar Towers bombing: 25 June 1996 Khobar Towers bombing, killing 19 USA Air Force personnel, a Saudi local and woundign 498 people of many nationalities, in 2006 a USA court found Iran and Hezbollah guilty of orchestrating the attack - 12 September 2018: USA court orders Iran to pay $104.7m for 1996 truck bomb attack that killed 19 military personnel, as 15 military personnel who survived Khobar Towers bombing and 24 family members are entitled to payout
February 2005 assassination of Rafic Hariri: 14 February 2005 assassination of Rafic Hariri, the former PM of Lebanon, killed along with 21 others in an explosion in Beirut, suspected perpetrators Hezbollah terrorists
September 2018: 21 September 2018: Brazil arrests Hezbollah financier Assad Ahmad Barakat, a key figure for the Lebanese terror group, operating in an area where three South American nations meet, considered a haven for smugglers, traffickers and counterfeiters
February 2019: 25 February 2019: The United Kingdom announced that it plans to blacklist Lebanon’s Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in its entirety, including its political wing, saying that it could no longer distinguish between the two branches
8 August 2020 Hezbollah and ammonium nitrate that caused Beirut’s port blast: 8 August 2020: Israeli TV cites assessment Hezbollah's Nasrallah may have intended to use stockpile that caused Beirut port blast in 'Third Lebanon War’, noting cases in Germany and the UK where Hezbollah caught with same material, after British intelligence found four Hezbollah operatives with 3 tons of ammonium nitrate held in flour sacks 2015 in London, and after the discovery in Germany of Hezbollah operatives with enough ammonium nitrate 'to blow up a city' forcing Germany subsequently to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, because amounts of ammonium nitrate are equivalent to amounts of TNT, as in August 2020 seen in the port of Beirut after receiving the chemical compound in 2013, earlier used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, the 2011 Delhi bombings, the 2011 bombing in Oslo, and the 2013 Hyderabad blasts
19 August 2020 Hezbollah behind the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri and attempts to block a fair investigation: 19 August 2020: Israel responded Tuesday evening to a UN-backed tribunal’s conviction of a Hezbollah member for involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, saying the terror group was behind both the attack and attempts to block a fair investigation of it, including the trial at tribunal at The Hague
28 December 2020 Iran-backed Hezbollah says its precision missiles doubled in a year can hit all of Israel: 28 December 2020: Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group has doubled the number of its precision missiles over the past year, the organization’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview, also claiming his Iran-backed Shiite group has the ability to accurately hit any part of Israel
Since 1981/1987 terrorist group 'Islamic Jihad': Since 1981/1987 Islamic Jihad in Palestine, an Islamist terrorist organization whose objective is the destruction of the State of Israel, labelled a terrorist organisation by the USA, the EU, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel, as the Iranian regime is a major financial supporter of the terrorist group - Palestinian domestic weapons production
March 2018 Iran transfers millions to Hamas and Islamic Jihad: 8 March 2018: Iran transfers $100 million every year to Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, as $70 million is transferred to Hamas, while Islamic Jihad gets $30 million, and the vast majority of this money is used by the two organizations to further bolster their military wings, instead of aiding the civilian population in the Gaza Strip
January 2019 Islamic Jihad's and Hamas' threats: 6 January 2019: Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas figures praise Iran’s military support and threaten that in the next war the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip will reach all the cities in Israel
25 February 2019 Iran supported missiles: 25 February 2019: In documentary on Iranian TV, Gaza-based Palestinian terror group 'Islamic Jihad' says Iranian regime helped it make new projectile that can hit Tel Aviv and beyond, as well as precision missiles
Since 1990s terrorist group 'al-Qaeda': Since 1990s timeline of al-Qaeda attacks in the Middle East and worldwide - 18 September 2001: To fight against the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, the Afghan jihad and Osama Bin Laden, who founded the Maktab al-Khidimat, was supported by the USA dollars, pouring $3 billion into the Afghan Islamist movement via the CIA and Bin Laden received security training from the CIA itself
2001 September 11 al-Qaeda attacks against the USA: 2001 September 11 attacks, a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the USA, killing 2,996 people and injuring over 6,000 others
2011 CIA helped to create Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network: July 2011: How the CIA helped to create Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network - 9 December 2014: In USA's and CIA's efforts to support the Mujahideen against the Soviets in a proxy war, the USA's support of the Mujahideen included wealthy Saudi individuals who had the ability to channel money, and tens of thousands of Islamic fighters flooded into the various fighting factions of Afghanistan from around the world, from Libya, Somalia, even the Philippines and never before such an organization has been created, an international military organization unlike any other
Since 1979 rise of mujahideen fighters and Taliban: After the Soviet Union, asked for support in Afghanistan, became highly critical of Karmal's leadership because of the rise of violence and crime during his administration, the country - interested in reform especially under Mikhail Gorbachev - was able to depose Karmal and replace him in 1987 with Mohammad Najibullah, but Islamic mujahideen fighters engaged in war with those Soviet forces, after Pakistan's Zia-ul-Haq sent Akhtar Abdur Rahman to Saudi Arabia to garner support for the Afghan opposition against Soviet forces, while later USA's CIA and Saudi Arabian General Intelligence Directorate funnelled funding and equipment through the Pakistani Inter-Service Intelligence Agency to the Afghan mujahideen, as the about 90,000 Afghans, including Mohammed Omar, were trained by Pakistan's ISI during the 1980s, as then British professor Carole Hillenbrand concluded that the 'Taliban' have arisen from those USA-Saudi-Pakistan-supported mujahideen, saying 'the West helped the Taliban to fight the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan', and as in the 1990s Sunni Islamic fundamentalists and military organization 'Taliban' waged war against and within that country - 2/3 December 1989 Malta summit ends Cold War, then hailed as the most important since 1945 when Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt agreed a post-war plan for Europe at Yalta, and as Mikhail Gorbachev and George H. Bush met face-to-face for the first time against a backdrop of fast-moving change in Eastern Europe - 16 April 1992: After president Bush - and Ronald Reagan before him - chose Afghanistan as one of its test cases in foreign policy, administration officials exhibited no exuberance as the bloody Afghan conflict reached its endgame, and as the promising administration appealed Thursday to USA-armed Afghan rebels and terrorists to act with restraint as they drew to within a rifle shot of their goal of controlling the capital of Kabul and seizing president Najibullah - Nach seinem Sturz im April 1992 fand Afghanistans Präsident (seit 1987) Mohammed Nadschibullah (6. August 1947 - 27. September 1996), und im Februar 2017 anerkannt als Politiker mit der Chance Afghanistan zu befrieden, Asyl im Hauptquartier der Vereinten Nationen in Kabul, bis ihn 1996 die von außen unterstützten und aufgerüsteten Taliban abholten, folterten und kastrierten, bevor sie ihn schließlich öffentlich hängten - die Herrschaft der Taliban begann
Since 1996 Taliban massacre campaigns: Since 1996 Taliban massacre campaigns
Since 1996 Taliban violence against Afghan civilians: Since 1996 Taliban violence against Afghan civilians
March 2011 rising death toll of Afghan civilians: 9 March 2011: Over the past 4 years, 8,832 civilians have been killed in the Afghanistan conflict with civilian deaths increasing each year, according to UN, saying anti-government elements were linked to 75% of all civilian deaths as Taliban suicide attacks and improvised explosive devices killed the most Afghan civilians in 2010, taking 1,141 lives
2019 rising terrorist incidents in Afghanistan, targeting democracy, education and civilians: 2019 terrorist incidents in Afghanistan
14 September 2019 Taliban terrorists in Moscow for talks with Putin regime: 14 September 2019: Looking to bolster regional support, with visits also planned for China and Iran, Taliban terrorists have sent a delegation to Russia's Putin regime to discuss prospects for a withdrawal of USA troops from Afghanistan following the collapse of talks with the USA caused by series of terror attacks in the country, mass murder of civilians and killing of USA soldier
15/16 September 2019 Farah, Ghazni and Logar attacks: 16 September 2019: At least five civilians, including women and children, were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in western Farah province on Sunday, where the Taliban are active, as on Monday a sticky bomb attached to a mini bus belonging to Ghazni University exploded and killed the bus driver, wounding five Ghazni University students
17 September 2019 Taliban envoys in Tehran for talks with Iranian regime: 17 September 2019: Taliban envoys visit Iran
17 September 2019 Taliban attacks, encouraged by Iran and Russia, kill many civilians: 17 September 2019: At least 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in two Taliban attacks on 17 September in Afghanistan, as at least 24 people were killed and 30 more were wounded in a blast near an election rally in Charikar, the capital of Parwan Province - 17 September 2019 Taliban bombings
18 September 2019 Taliban death threats against students and education workers: 18 September 2019: Afghanistan's Taliban terrorist group on Wednesday warned teachers, students and other education workers to avoid the upcoming presidential vote or risk dying in attacks on election centres
19/20 September 2019 Taliban truck bomb kills dozens in Qalat: 19 September 2019: Taliban truck bomb has killed at least 30 people and wounded 95 others including several women, children, health workers and patients in Qalat's hospital when it exploded near hospital in southern Afghanistan's city of Qalat, the capital of Zabul province - 19 September 2019 Qalat Taliban suicide bombing - 20 septembre 2019: Le bilan d'un attentat des talibans ayant touché jeudi un hôpital dans le sud de l'Afghanistan est passé à au moins 39 morts et 140 blessés, selon les autorités de la province de Zaboul
20/21 September 2019 two confirmed Taliban attacks: 21 September 2019: A roadside bomb has killed at least two civilians and wounded five other people when the blast struck a vehicle Friday afternoon in Spin Boldak district in southern Kandahar province where the Taliban are active, and as two more blasts in Kabul on Friday night were claimed by the terrorist group
28 September 2019 Taliban terror attacks during election: 28 September 2019: Afghans head to the polls amid fears that voter turnout would be badly hit by disorganized balloting and threats of violence by Taliban militants, who targeted polling stations in the country's north and south, causing dozens of casualties
October 2019 Taliban election attacks destroying any future: 15 October 2019: 85 civilians were killed by the Taliban in attacks targeting September's Afghan election, according to UN report, saying attacks aiming to disrupt the electoral process also wounded 373 others, including 277 civilian casualties, a third of whom were children
18 October 2019 Haska Meyna mosque bombing: 18 October 2019 Haska Meyna mosque bombing - 19 October 2019: State blames Taliban for blasts targeting worshippers during Friday prayers, killing at least 69 people including children and elders
5 July 2021 Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan continue: 5 July 2021: More than 1,000 Afghan security personnel have fled across the border into Tajikistan after Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan, the Tajik border guard service said on Monday, while dozens of others were captured by the insurgents, after the crossings on Sunday underscore a rapidly deteriorating situation in the country as foreign troops near a complete withdrawal after 20 years of war in Afghanistan and with peace negotiations stalled - 1 May 2021 – present withdrawal of USA troops from Afghanistan
4 August 2021 Taliban terrorist attack on minister's house in Kabul left at least eight dead: 4 August 2021: An audacious attack on the Afghan defence minister's house in Kabul has left at least eight dead, the first major bombing by militants in the city for nearly a year, as Bismillah Khan Mohammadi fortunately was not at home on Tuesday night as gunmen detonated a car bomb and fired shots near the heavily fortified Green Zone, as four of the gunmen reportedly killed, as Mohammadi's family was evacuated, and as the Taliban said they were behind the attack, also warning of more terrorist attacks against government leaders
23 March 2022 Taliban have reversed decision to allow Afghan girls to return to high schools: 23 March 2022: Taliban have reversed a decision to allow Afghan girls to return to high schools, as schools were set to open after months of restrictions after the Taliban seized power last August, but a notice from the education ministry said schools would continue to remain closed, causing confusion, causing anger and disappointment to the last-minute move, the 'BBC' reports - 23 March 2022: Parents of Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui are seeking legal action against the Taliban over their son's death, as the 38-year-old Reuters journalist was killed last year after a Taliban ambush while reporting in Afghanistan, and as his parents have moved the International Criminal Court ICC against six Taliban leaders
Since 2000 Abu Sayyaf: Since 2000 timeline of Abu Sayyaf attacks in the southwestern part of the Philippines and some neighbouring countries
Since 2001 rise of terrorist attacks: 4 December 2012: The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected, a study of the Institute for Economics and Peace says
Since 2006 Al-Shabaab: Since 2006 timeline of Al-Shabaab related events in East Africa
Since 2007 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan: 'Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan' claimed and alleged attacks since 2007
Since 2009 Boko Haram: Since 2009 timeline of Boko Haram terror attacks in Nigeria and some neighbouring countries (28 January 2016)
25 February 2021 Boko Haram attack kills 16, mainly children playing football: 25 February 2021: A deadly attack by Boko Haram in the northeast of Nigeria killed at least 16 people, including children who were playing football in a field, local militia said on Wednesday
Since 2011 Hezbollah's involvement in Assad's war against the Syrian people: Since 2011 Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah's involvement in Assad's war against the Syrian people and timeline of Hezbollah's deployment in Syria - 23 December 2016: Lebanon’s terror group Hezbollah's Nasrallah says that Syrian dictator Assad's army’s recapture of east Aleppo, in fact attacked and destroyed by Hezbollah, Iran and Russia, has put an end to hopes that his regime could be ousted, adding that it is 'present, strong, effective, and no one in the world can ignore it'
Since 2013 Islamic State ISIL terrorists, followint 2003 invasion of Iraq: Since 2013 list of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State terrorists ISIL in the Middle East and worldwide - 10 December 2015: The international terrorist organization 'Islamic State' is the direct result of the USA-led George W. Bush-era invasion of Iraq since 2003, a rights group's report concludes
June 2015 terrorism-related death toll soared in 2014 with 13,463 attacks in 95 countries: 20 June 2015: Terrorism-related death toll soared in 2014 with 13,463 attacks in 95 countries, Country Reports on Terrorism report says - 17 November 2015: Terrorist killings up by 80% in 2014 with 78% of all deaths and 57% of all attacks in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria, with civilians increasingly targeted and fuelling flow of refugees, 2015 Global Terrorism Index says
2016 global terror fears: 1 January 2016: Welcoming in the new year 2016 amid global terror fears - 11 February 2016: Multiple sources reveal that the Russian construction company 'Stroytransgaz' had resumed work in the Tuweinan gas facility in the Syrian Deir Ezzor province after it was captured by 'Islamic State' terrorists in early 2014, that the Russian company sent employees to the facility after it fell to IS terrorists, adding that 'Stroytransgaz' utilized a Syrian subcontractor 'Hesco', owned by Russian-Syrian dual national George Haswani - 25 février 2016: 51 sociétés de 20 pays (turques, indiennes, chinoises, brésiliennes, russes et américaines) sont impliquées dans la fourniture des composants qui servent à fabriquer les bombes de l'Etat islamique, selon une étude commandée par l'UE - 3 March 2016: Islamic State terrorist group is making millions of dollars for its war chest by playing foreign currency markets under the noses of bank chiefs - 12 June 2016: On eve of Tel Aviv terror attack, Hamas called Ramadan 'month of jihad' - In 2016 several terrorist attacks occurred during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan 6 June to 5 July - 4 July 2016 Prophet's Mosque bombing in Medina
5 September 2016 Assad regime's intelligence in connection with twin bombings at mosques in Tripol: 5 September 2016: Lebanon court indicted two Syrian Assad regime's intelligence officers in connection with twin bombings at mosques in Tripoli in 2013, which killed more than 40 people
September 2016 Russia supports terrorism, Syrian Coalition says: 8 September 2016: Russia is one of the biggest supporters of terrorism and the USA has repeatedly reneged on the promises it made to the Syrian people and to the Free Syrian Army, Syrian Coalition's Abdul Ilah Alfahd says
November 2016: 16 novembre 2016: Selon une étude de l'Institute for Economics and Peace, le terrorisme a fait 10% de morts en moins l'an dernier avec les reculs du groupe Etat islamique et de Boko Haram en Irak et au Nigeria, après l'année 2015 aura été la deuxième année la plus meurtrière jamais vue
September 2017 governments and violent extremists in Africa: 7 September 2017: Hundreds of violent extremists in Africa have told researchers that government action aimed at countering terrorism and insurgency across the continent was the 'tipping point' for their decision to join an extremist group
March 2019 SDF liberated final area held by Islamic State terrorists: 23 March 2019: Syrian Democratic Forces announces it has liberated final area held by Islamic State terrorist group in village of Baghouz, saying caliphate is gone but pledging to fight remnants and commemorating 'thousands of martyrs whose efforts made the victory possible'
27 October 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed with Kurdish help: 27 October 2019: Syria’s Kurdish commander Mazloum Abdi, head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, hailed a 'historic operation' and joint intelligence work following USA media reports that Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed during a USA raid
November 2019 IS terrorist group has exploited Turkey's incursion into Syria and Trump's drawdown of USA troops: 20 November 2019: Islamic State terrorist group has exploited Turkey's incursion into northeastern Syria and Trump's drawdown of USA troops from the region, according to a report by the Pentagon's Inspector General, adding that the group will now likely have the 'time and space' to target the West
2021 list of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL, committed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan: 2021 list of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL, committed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan
19 July 2021 Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by ISIL: 19 July 2021 Baghdad suicide bombing - 20 July 2021: A suicide bomber has killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 citizens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said, as Islamic State group terrorists claimed responsibility for the attack
22 March 2022 four Israelis killed, several others wounded in Islamic terrorist attack: 22 March 2022 Beersheba stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack - 22 March 2022 four Israelis have been killed and several others wounded in an attack in the southern city of Beersheba, as three were stabbed to death outside the BIG shopping centre in Beersheba, while a fourth was rammed by a vehicle driven by the assailant, then the attacker was shot dead by a bus driver, as Israel's internal security agency said the assailant was an Israeli Arab who had once been jailed for supporting the Islamic State ISIL group.
February/March 2022 Bucha massacre, the killing of Ukrainian civilians by Russian Armed Forces in Putin's war: February/March 2022 Bucha massacre, the killing and abuse of Ukrainian civilians by Russian Armed Forces during the fight for and occupation of the Ukrainian city of Bucha amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photographic and video evidence of the massacre emerged on 1 April 2022 after Putin regime's forces withdrew from the city.
13 June 2022 at least 50 people died in an attack by terrorists on the village of Seytenga: 13 June 2022: At least 50 people have died in an attack by armed men on the village of Seytenga in north-eastern Burkina Faso, as attackers struck overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Seytenga commune, part of Seno province in borderlands where fighters linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL terrorists are embroiled in an armed uprising, as EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said 'the method used by the terrorist group that carried out the attack, namely the systematic execution of anyone they encountered in the village, is appalling'
Since 1990s/2014 Iranian Mullah regime supported Houthis in Yemen: On 11 January 2021, the USA designated the Iranian Mullah regime supported Houthis in Yemen a terrorist organization, imitating Hezbollah terrorists spreading of Shiite radicalism, formed with the aid of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's followers since 1979 to spread the Islamic Revolution and a distinct version of Islamic Shia ideology 'Valiyat al-faqih or Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists'

List of designated Terrorist groups and/or organizations - Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
Since 1984 Iranian Mullah regime added to USA list of state sponsors of terrorism: On 19 January 1984 Iran was added to the list, according to Country Reports on Terrorism 2013, as Iranian Mullah regime continued its terrorist-related activity, including support for Palestinian groups in Gaza, for Hezbollah, also increasing its presence in Africa and smuggling arms to Houthi separatists in Yemen and Shia oppositionists in Bahrain, as the Iranian Mullah regime uses the 'Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force' and its regional proxy groups to implement foreign policy goals, to provide cover for intelligence operations, and to create instability in the Middle East, as the IRGC-QF is the regime’s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists abroad, including Syria as a crucial causeway in its weapons supply route to Hezbollah, after since 2011 Iran continues to provide arms, financing, training, and the facilitation of Iraqi Shia fighters to the Assad regime’s brutal crackdown - State Sponsors of Terrorism USA list
4 February 2021 Iranian official Assadi convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against opposition group in France in 2018: 4 February 2021: Iranian official Assadollah Assadi was convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court that rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity, after Vienna-based diplomat Assadi, earlier detained in Belgium but refused to testify during his trial last year invoking his diplomatic status, now did not attend the hearing at the Antwerp courthouse

List of airliner shootdown incidents in the history of commercial aviation by decade
Since 17 July 2014 flight MH17 shootdown by Putin regime: Cause of MH17 crash - 28 September 2016: Dutch-led joint investigation team including representatives from Australia, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Belgium states that there is 'irrefutable evidence' that a Russian Buk 9M38 missile downed the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in 2014, killing all 298 people on board, also concluding that the Buk missile system was brought across the border from Russia and later transported back escorted by several other vehicles and by 'armed men in uniform', according to witnesses, photographs, video, damning intercepted telephone calls, radar data, forensic examinations, tests and reconstructions
Since 8 January 2020 Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by Iranian regime's terrorist organization with two Russian-made missiles: 8 January 2020 Ukrainian UIA flight 752 passenger plane shot down by Iranian regime's terrorist organization with two Russian-made missiles shortly after takeoff from Tehran Khomeini airport in Iran - 8 January 2020: Ukrainian passenger plane Boeing 737-800 soon after taking off from Tehran crashed, killing all 176 citizens from Afghanistan, Canada, Iran, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom on board
9-11 January 2020 Bellingcat geolocates footage of apparent Iranian missile strike on UIA flight PS752 to Tehran suburb: 9 January 2020: Bellingcat geolocates footage of apparent missile strike on UIA flight PS752 to Tehran suburb - 11 January 2020: After the supporting and MH17 experienced Russian Putin regime pushed back against Bellingcat and intelligence assesments that Iran shot down the plane with a Russian made surface-to-air missile, after telling the world 'with certainty' that a missile had not caused the crash, but knowing 'with certainty' all facts of its crime, not closing the country’s main international airport and its airspace, Ukraine president now demands punishment and compensation after Iranian regime admitted downing the plane and killing all 176 people on board
15 January 2020 new video footage showing two Iranian missiles killing all 176 passengers and crew: 15 January 2020: New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board
21 January 2020 Iranian threats against USA and the whole world: 21 January 2020: Iranian lawmaker offered a $3 million reward to anyone who killed USA' president Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms, as Iran’s war minister Amir Hatami said that regime’s missile attacks on USA bases in Iraq in response to the killing of Soleimani were 'just a slap, vowing to respond forcefully, and as USA secretary of state praises 3 South American countries for declaring Hezbollah a terror group


State crime, Crimes against humanity, War
War of aggression, sometimes also war of conquest, is a military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation
War crimes by type: War crimes - War crimes by type
War crimes since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907: List of war crimes since the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 in the age of modern industry and technology
War crimes committed by country: War crimes committed by country
Since 1914 German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman war crimes: Since 1914 German war crimes, as the government of the German Empire and its military in the age of modern industry and technology ordered, organized and committed war crimes in World War I - Ottoman war crimes and Ottoman World War I crimes - War crimes of World War I 1914-1918
Since August 1914 German 'strategic' bombing during World War I and later: Since August 1914 German 'strategic' bombing during World War I
Since January 1915 German large-scale use of chemical weapons: 31 January 1915 first instance of large-scale use of gas as a weapon, when Germany fired 18,000 artillery shells containing liquid xylyl bromide tear gas on Russian positions on the Rawka River, west of Warsaw during the Battle of Bolimov
Since 1923 Italian war crimes: Italian war crimes have mainly been associated with Fascist Italy in the Pacification of Libya, the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, and World War II - 1923-1932 Second Italo-Senussi War by Italian military forces to crush local resistance in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
Since early 20th century Japanese war crimes: Japanese war crimes, as war crimes were committed by the Empire of Japan in many Asia-Pacific countries during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II
Since April 1937 German and Italian bombing in Spain and 'strategic' bombing during World War II: April 1937 bombing of Guernica, an aerial bombing of the Basque town of Guernica carried out by Franco's allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, causing hundreds of civilian victims - World War II 'strategic' bombing conducted by Germany
Since 1939 war crimes of Germany, Italy, and Japan (and allies) in their World War II 1939-1945: German war crimes in World War II 1939-1945 - War crimes of 'Axis Powers' World War II 1939-1945, as Germany, Italy, and Japan (the Axis Powers) were the most systematic perpetrators of war crimes in history, now in the age of modern industry and technology
Since 1945 war crimes in and committed by country: War crimes in country - War crimes committed by country
1946-1954 French war crimes during France's Indochina War: French war crimes during 1946–1954 Indochina War, France's struggle against the independence movement claiming 500,000 to 1.5 million Vietnamese lives from 1945 to 1954, French concentration camps, torture, and massacres
1945–1949 Dutch war crimes during Indonesian War of Independence: Dutch war crimes during 1945–1949 Indonesian War of Independence
1950-1953 Korean War and war crimes: 1950-1953 Korean War and war crimes, including USA, North Korean and South Korean perpetrated crimes - Bombing of North Korea 1950-1953
1952-1960 British war crimes in Kenya: 1952–1960 Mau Mau uprising in Kenya and British attempt to suppress the insurgency, as British colonial authorities suspended civil liberties within the country. moved 320,000–450,000 Kenyans into concentration camps and created 'enclosed villages' - British war crimes in Kenya
1954–1962 Algerian War and French war crimes: 1954–1962 Algerian War and French war crimes - Algerian war's casualties, as the FLN estimated in 1964 that nearly eight years of revolution effected 1.5 million deaths from war-related causes - French use of torture in Algeria
1955–1975 USA's Vietnam War, war crimes and massacres: 1955–1975 USA's Vietnam War, USA's war crimes and massacres - Vietnam War crimes
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and war crimes: 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and war crimes
1975 Indonesian Invasion of East Timor: 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor
1975–1990 Lebanese 'Civil War' and war crimes: 1975–1990 Lebanese 'Civil War', involving the Iranian regime, the Syrian dictatorship, Hezbollah terrorists, Lebanese militias, the PLO, and war crimes
1978–present war in Afghanistan and war crimes: 1978–present civil war and war in Afghanistan, involving many countries, the UN and the Nato, and war crimes
1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War and war crimes: 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War and war crimes
1990 Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait: 1990 Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
1994–2009 Russia-Chechnya Wars: 1994–1996/1999–2009 Russia-Chechnya Wars and Russian war crimes
Agust 2008 Russia's war with Georgia: 21 January 2021: Russia committed human rights violation in Georgia war, ECHR rules, as European court of human rights says in a landmark judgment Putin regime responsible for murder of civilians, looting and burning of homes and the torture of Georgian prisoners of war in 2008 war with Georgia, and as evidence included witness statements, satellite footage, and video and phone intercepts
2003–2011 USA's and United Kingdom's Iraq War: 2003–2011 USA's and United Kingdom's Iraq War and war crimes
2011–present Assad's war against the Syrian people: 2011–present Assad's war against the Syrian people - Syrian Civil War crimes
Since 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and war crimes: Since 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and war crimes
March 2016 wars are being fought as in 'barbarian times': 7 March 2016: Wars are being fought as in 'barbarian times', warns Médecins Sans Frontières' Joanne Liu, as attacks against civilians in war zones across the world have grown more indiscriminate due to a focus by the major global powers on fighting terrorism and failure in their duty to uphold the rules of conflict
April 2019: 26 April 2019: The Syrian National Coalition has said that the mounting evidence of war crimes committed by Assad and his inner circle is enough to mount a successful prosecution

War crimes of dictator Assad's armed forces in Syria since 2011 - Casualties of Assad's war against the Syrian people -
Since 2011 timeline of Assad's, Iran's, Hezbollah's and Russia's war in Syria: Daily updated timeline of war and war crimes in Syria committed by Assad, Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian forces since 2011
September 2015 announced probe of Assad regime's crimes against humanity: 30 September 2015: France opens probe into Assad regime for crimes against humanity
2016 devastation of 4 years of Assad's, Russian and Iranian war against Syrians: 4 February 2016: Drone footage of Homs in western Syria, the country's third largest city, shows the devastation of four years of Assad's, Russian and Iranian war against Syrians - 11 February 2016: Fatalities caused by dictator Assad's, Russian and Iranian war against Syrians, directly and indirectly, amount to 470,000, according to the Syrian Centre for Policy Research, a far higher total than the figure of 250,000 used by the United Nations until it stopped collecting statistics 18 months ago
2017 wave of hospital attacks: 29 September 2017: Syrian doctors decry fresh wave of hospital attacks, accusing the international community of ignoring attacks on medical facilities
2018 ferocious bombing campaign by Assad backed by Russia and 2018-2020 timelin: In the February 2018 Rif Dimashq offensive eastern Ghouta is coming under a ferocious bombing campaign by regime forces who are backed by Russian air force - Since 2011 daily updated timeline of war and war crimes in Syria committed by Assad, Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian forces
14 April 2020 109 violations of Idlib ceasefire by Assad regime and Russia since March 5: 14 April 2020: Emergency Response Coordinators Team in northern Syria said that it had recorded at least 109 violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Assad regime forces and its Russian ally since March 5
2 March 2021 UN says mass arbitrary detentions in Syria may be war crimes: 2 March 2021: UN says mass arbitrary detentions in Syria may be war crimes, noting 'massive scale of detention' and abuses perpetrated by Syria's Assad regime, also listing other detentions
2011-2021 daily updated timeline of Assad's and allies' war in Syria: 2011-2021 daily updated timeline of war and war crimes in Syria committed by Assad, Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian forces
29 July 2021 Syria's Assad regime attacks former opposition in Daraa province, Russian airstrikes: 29 July 2021: Bashar al-Assad has attacked a former opposition stronghold with missiles and artillery shelling in an attempt to crush a simmering insurrection, in an unprecedented development in Syria’s decade-long war, as Deraa al-Balad and its surrounds, a district of Deraa city in the southern province of the same name, was targeted with heavy weaponry in tandem with a ground push on three axes from two Syrian army divisions and allied Iran-backed militias early on Thursday morning, in a large offensive which continued throughout the day - 29 July 2021: SOHR activists have documented a spike in the death toll of the massacre committed by regime forces in al-Yadoudah town in Daraa countryside, as five civilians, a woman and her little son and three other children, were killed in rocket fire by regime forces on the town, near Daraa city - 29 July 2021: SOHR activists have documented the death of eight civilians due to regime rocket fire on populated residential neighbourhoods in Daraa province. - 29 July 2021: Russian fighter jets renewed their airstrikes this afternoon, targeting positions in Ihsim and Mar’ian in Jabal al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib with over 5 airstrikes, which resulted in the injury of at least one man and caused material damage

List of barrel bomb attacks in Assad's war against the Syrian people - List of massacres during Assad's war against the Syrian people - Use of chemical weapons in Assad's war against the Syrian people
2012: 1 September 2012: Syrian Assad regime forces filmed dropping 'barrel bomb' on Homs
2016: 12 July 2016: Assad regime surrounds Aleppo, opposition groups resist despite intensified airstrikes using cluster, vacuum and barrel bombs, also targeting and killing civilians - 20 July 2016: Assad regime forces pounded the district of Daraya west of Damascus with at least 748 barrel bombs during June, killing at least 28 civilians and causing massive destruction in the rebel-held district - 21 July 2016: Assad's air strikes hit Al-Mashtal Park, Al-Jamaa and Al-Kastana neighborhoods in Idlib, killing at least 15 people
September 2018: 12 September 2018: Assad's forces fired chlorine, a banned chemical weapon, on a rebel-held Damascus suburb and on Idlib province this year, in attacks that constitute war crimes, bringing to 39 the number of chemical attacks which the Commission of Inquiry on Syria has documented since 2013, UN human rights investigators said on Wednesday
October 2018: 15 October 2018: A BBC investigation shows for the first time the extent to which chemical weapons have been crucial to Assad's war-winning strategy, saying there is enough evidence to be confident that at least 106 chemical attacks have taken place in Syria since September 2013, when Assad signed the international Chemical Weapons Convention and agreed to destroy the country's chemical weapons stockpile following the Ghouta chemical attack
2011-2021 daily updated timeline of Assad's and allies' war in Syria: 2011-2021 daily updated timeline of war and war crimes in Syria committed by Assad, Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian forces

Since September 2015 Russian military intervention in Syria perpetuating Assad's dictatorship, turning the tide of war in Assad’s favor - Since September 2015 Russian regime's war crimes and attacks on civilians in Syria - Since September 2015 Russian–Assad regime hospital bombing campaign - Casualties of Assad's war against the Syrian people since 2011
December 2015: 20 December 2015: Russian air strikes kill at least 73 people in rebel-held Idlib - 23 Decembert 2015: Amnesty International says Russian air strikes in Syria may amount to war crimes after gathering reports on, hundreds of civilians killed in their homes, medical facilities and other public spaces
2016: 24 January 2016: Intense Russian and Syrian bombing raids reportedly killed scores of children and civilians in recent days - 30 June 2016: Thanks in no small part to Russia, Hezbollah is now a full-fledged army, learning Russian methods of war, becoming familiar with advanced Russian weaponry, coming to understand the latest Russian technologies, and in some cases actually fighting alongside Russian special forces - 29 September 2016: Syria hospital attacks are 'war crimes', UN's Ban Ki-moon says - Daily updated timeline of war crimes in Syria committed by Assad, Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian forces since 2011
March 2018: 26 March 2018: The 'United Nations' has come under fire for sharing the coordinates of hospitals in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with Russia, only for one of them to be bombed days later, according to 'The Telegraph' - 26 March 2018: Syrian Coalition's Mohammed Yahya Maktabi said that the mass forced displacement taking place in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta is a 'war crime' as he condemned Russian’s major role in these crimes, adding that regime forces, the Iranian militias, and Russian air force are killing civilians, targeting popular markets, residential areas and public facilities and bombing hospitals, medical centers, and rescue workers - 27 March 2018: As more than half million people killed in seven years of brutal ground and aerial bombing by the Assad regime and its allies, and as Syrian children have taken the biggest share in the horrible death toll, the unstoppable roar of Russia's warplanes has caused a heart attack for Lojain Said, taking the life of the schoolgirl who lived in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, the Civil Defense rescue group says
August 2018: 22 August 2018: Russian regime's military have been key to propping up Syrian Assad regime and helping him reclaim key ground, as Russian ministry said Wednesday that over 63,000 Russian troops, including 434 generals, have fought in Syria and about 90% of Russian combat pilots have flown in Syria, using the operation to test some of its most advanced weapons, including the latest jets and cruise missiles, helping turn the tide of war in Assad’s favor and the Assad regime in August 2018 five years after the Ghouta chemical attack controls nearly two thirds of the country, compared to just one third back in 2014
September 2018: 30 September 2018: More than 18,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, have been killed in Russian air strikes on Syria since Putin regime began its assault three years ago, according to SOHR
November 2018: 1 November 2018: 'Syrian Archive' said that it had documented more than 1,400 attacks by Russian forces on civilians and civilian infrastructure since the start of the Russian direct military intervention on the side of the Assad regime in September 2015, as verified videos show that the Russian forces targeted at least 35 hospitals, 27 mosques, 23 schools and 27 public markets
2018/2019: 5 January 2019: The Assad regime and Russia are responsible for the majority of the recorded 223 massacres that took place across Syria in 2018, according to SNHR
January 2019: 5 January 2019: The Russian warplanes carry out a new round of aerial bombardment and of their first targeting to the western countryside of Aleppo leaving 16 citizens dead and wounded including children - 30 January 2019: Russian warplanes return to kill Syrians and raise to more than 18,100 the number of casualties of the Russian bombardment in 40 continuous months
February 2019: 9 February 2019: Russian regime’s ambassador in Lebanon Zasypkin hails country’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group for fighting alongside Russia in Syria, also saying USA policies toward Iran could set off a fresh war between Israel and Lebanon - 9 February 2019: 4 civilians, including a woman, were wounded in rocket and artillery shelling by the Assad regime on the villages of Tal Minnis and Ma'arshammarin south of Idlib, and 8 civilians were killed and many others reportedly wounded in explosions of previously dropped cluster bombs by the Assad regime and Russian air forces in eastern rural Hama
March 2019: 1 March 2019: As a part of the aerial escalation, warplanes return to bomb Idlib and target major cities and towns along with ground shelling on several areas in the countryside of the province and Sahl Al-Ghab - 4 March 2019: Assad regime and Russia’s relentless bombing campaign on towns and villages in Hama and Idlib provinces forces tens of thousands to flee - 23 March 2019: Russian airstrikes killed at least 15 people, including four children and two women, and injured 27 others in at least 11 attacks on residential areas in rural Idlib including the town of Kfariya
April 2019: 8/9 April 2019: Suspected Russian long-range missiles hit the town of Jisr al-Shughour in rural Idlib, according to Syrian Civil Defense, as local observatory reported that the source of the missiles is the Russian warships stationed in the Mediterranean, wounding 12 civilians, including 10 children and a woman, and destroying a large amount of civilian property and infrastructure - 9 April 2019: The ongoing bombing campaign by the Assad regime and Russia has so far killed no fewer than 244 civilians since February 2, according to aid group - 17 April 2019: SNHR said that it had documented nearly 457 attacks in Syria by the Assad and Russian forces using cluster munitions, 24 of which occurred following the Sochi Agreement in September 2018 - 23 April 2019: Continuing Russian and Iranian-backed terror attacks, Assad regime and allied forces shell places and carry out raids on areas in Hama and Idlib province, amid aerial bombardments by Russian warplanes - 26 April 2019: Russian warplanes renew their airstrikes today evening on Sahl Al-Ghab and Jabal Shashabo leaving wounded and people stuck under the rubble in Al-Amqiyyah village - 27 April 2019: Warplanes and helicopters carried out a new round of shelling, as Russian warplanes reportedly killed 15 civilians in the countryside of Idlib and Hama - 27 April 2019: After killing 15 civilians, the Russian warplanes continue their escalation within 'Putin-Erdogan' areas and carry out more raids, as Assad regime forces continue shelling targeting southern countryside of Idlib, southern countryside of Aleppo and Hama province
July 2019: 7 July 2019: At least 544 civilians have been killed and over 2,000 people injured since a Russian-led assault on the last rebel bastion in northwestern Syria began two months ago, according to rights groups and rescuers - 12 July 2019: Assad and Russian forces have escalated their airstrikes in northwestern Syria, especially in Idlib and its countryside, killing and injuring dozens of civilians including children as well as knocking out six vital civilian centers since Thursday morning - 13 July 2019: After they killed 2 families, the Russian warplanes renew their bombardment on the countryside of Hama and Idlib, and bombardment by the regime’s warplanes on a village east of Idlib leaves about 11 casualties and wounded - 13 July 2019: It rose to 14, the number of casualties documented by SOHR following a massacre carried out by Russian warplanes targeting agricultural lands in the vicinity of Khan Shaykhun, as aerial and ground bombardment by regime’s forces south of Aleppo continues - 13 July 2019: Two months of intensive airstrikes by Syrian government forces and their Russian allies, coupled with a fierce ground assault on rebel-controlled Idlib province, have killed hundreds of people and caused massive displacement while achieving little to no gain for Assad's and Putin's murderous regime - 14 July 2019: Russian warplanes renewed their airstrikes on the Hama countryside, where they carried out more raids also targeting Maarrat al-Nu’man water pumping station and water reservoir as part of the systematic policy by the Russians and Assad regime to target vital and public facilities - 22 July 2019: Assad/Russian air strikes on a popular market and residential neighbourhoods killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens on Monday in an attack on Maarat al-Numan, a densely populated opposition-held city in southern Idlib province, rescuers and residents said - 22 July 2019: It rose to 23 (19 citizens including 2 children, a woman and a member of the Civil Defense, and 4 unidentified people), the number of casualties who were killed as a result of airstrikes carried out by Russian warplanes on a local market in Maarrat Al-Nu’man city
August 2019 crimes by the Assad regime and Russian air forces: 2 August 2019: Three million civilians in the province of Idlib are being subjected to daily violations and crimes by the Assad regime and Russian air forces, Syrian Civil Defense Corps said - 6 August 2019: Russian warplanes renew the airstrikes on the northern countryside of Hama - 17 August 2019: A suspected Russian airstrike hit a displaced people's gathering in the town of Hass south of Idlib province on Friday, killing at least 13 people, including at least four children, activists and war monitor SOHR said
September 2019 Russian airstrikes continue: 12 September 2019: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that the Assad regime forces backed by Russian warplanes may have committed war crimes in a report issued on Wednesday - 13 September 2019: Warplanes of the Russian 'guarantor of the truce' continue raids in Idlib once again, bombarding areas in its western countryside
26 September 2019 Russia expanding air base in Syria: 26 September 2019: Russian regime is expanding its Hmeimim air base in Syria and rebuilding a second landing strip to allow the facility to serve more aircraft, expanding the Russian/Iranian version of dialogue during UN general assembly meeting in New York, saying 'give us friendly words, a propaganda stage and markets, we will give you bombs and poison gas'
13 October 2019: 13 October 2019: Russian regime's warplanes target Idlib countryside once again amid renewed rocket shelling by Assad regime forces on the area - 13 October 2019: Extensive evidence gathered and analyzed over months by USA newspaper proves that Russian warplanes bombed four Syrian hospitals in the span of 12 hours in May as part of Putin regime’s effort to keep Syria's Bashar Assad in power, saying 'recklessly or intentionally bombing hospitals is a war crime, but proving culpability amid a complex civil war is extremely difficult'
15 October 2019: 15 October 2019: The Russian air force used cluster bombs to hit the village of al-Bara south of Idleb city, killing a mother and her child, reports Zaman Al Wasl, after two civilians were killed and four others injured when Assad regime forces carried out surface-to-surface missiles attack on Birnas village
16 October 2019: 16 October 2019: Russian warplanes target Latakia Mountains and south Idlib
19 October 2019: 19 October 2019: Russian warplanes carry out raids on positions in Jabal al-Akrad and the southern countryside of Idlib, and dozens of raids on the countrysides of Hama, Idlib, and Latakia
23 October 2019: 23 October 2019: Assad's barrel bombs and air raids by Russian warplanes target Latakia countryside in conjunction with ground shelling on the southern countryside of Aleppo and Russian aerial bombardments of Idlib countryside
25 October 2019: 25 October 2019: Assad regime and Russian forces resumed their deadly attacks in rural Idlib as regime airstrikes hit a vegetable market in al-Janoudiya in northwestern rural Idlib, killing six civilians and wounding 16 others, and as two other people, one of them a child, were injured in Russian airstrikes that hit the Kafranbel in southern rural Idlib
6 November 2019: 6 November 2019: Russian regime's airstrikes on Idlib countryside kill 3 children of the same family, who displaced from Al-Lataminah city in Hama countryside a month ago, due to bombardment by the Russian warplanes on the residential neighborhoods in Al-Dar al-Kabirah village in the southern countryside of Idlib - 6 November 2019: Russian warplanes bombard Idlib countryside along with tens of ground strikes that targeted the eastern countryside of Idlib - 6 November 2019: As airstrikes return to escalate in 'Putin-Erdogan' area, the murderous Russian warplanes target children’s hospital in Jabal al-Zawiyah and leave casualties of the medical staff
20 November 2019 Russian and Assad's bombing has killed 1,300 people since April: 20 November 2019: Bombing by Assad and Russian regime forces of the last opposition-held pockets of Syria has killed 1,300 people and displaced almost 1 million more since April, according to monitors
21 November 2019 Russian torture and killing of a prisoner in Syria in 2017 documented: 21 November 2019: Russian-speaking man who filmed the torture and killing of a prisoner in Syria has been identified as a member of Wagner, a Russian private military company with ties to Putin's regime that has aggressively expanded into the Middle East and Africa in recent years
25 November 2019 Idlib offensive as Russian warplanes bombard hospital: 25 November 2019: Russian warplanes bombard a hospital in Jabal Al-Zawiya, as more than 80 raids and barrel bombs target Idlib countryside - 25 November 2019: With intensive support from Russian warplanes, Assad regime forces continue to advance southeast of Idlib and control new villages and locations in the area
31 December 2019 Putin's warplanes take 11 hospitals and medical facilities out of service: 31 December 2019: Russian and Assad regime’s warplanes and their murderous crews were not only content to kill, injure and displace hundreds of thousands of civilians, but they also target infrastructure, as Putin's warplanes take 11 hospitals and medical facilities out of service in the latest flare-up of violence in Idlib
Since January 2020: Since January 2020 timeline of Russian regime's and Assad's war against the Syrian people - Casualties of Russian regime's and Assad's war against the Syrian people
1 January 2020 Russian warplanes target the vicinity of Idlib city with more than 22 air strikes: 1 January 2020: Murderous Russian warplanes targeted the vicinity of Idlib city with more than 22 air strikes after midnight, where the area includes the Central Prison of Idlib, which has been hit before by Russian air strikes, while Assad regime forces shelled areas in villages located in rural Maarat al-Numan, also shelling the opposition-held village of Sarmin in the country's northwest, hitting a school and killing at least six people, including a female teacher and four students, as SOHR documented Assad's new year's massacre
3 February 2020 Russian and Assad regime continue to murder civilians as Turkey retaliates: 3 February 2020: Over 220 regime and Russian airstrikes pound Aleppo and Idlib countryside since early morning, as SOHR documented a spike in the number of civilians who were killed today as a result of aerial bombardment on Aleppo countryside, and as 4 children and 3 females among 9 civilians were killed after targeting by regime jets to a vehicle carrying displaced people in Jam’eyyat Al-Rahal - 3 February 2020: Russian and Assad regime airstrikes in Idlib killed at least 11 civilians, as 9 of the civilians were killed by strikes carried out by Russia while two were killed by Assad regime, according to Syrian civil defense group - 3 February 2020: Russian and Assad regime airstrikes in Idlib killed at least 11 civilians, as 9 of the civilians were killed by strikes carried out by Russia while two were killed by Assad regime, according to Syrian civil defense group - 3 February 2020: Turkish, Assad regime troops killed as regime forces face off in Idlib, and as Erdogan says initial information shows some 30 Assad regime soldiers 'neutralized in operation' involving F-16 warplanes on some 40 targets in Hama, Latakia and Idlib province - 3 February 2020: Turkish soldiers killed as battle for control of Idlib escalates, amid Russian airstrikes, which have already driven 700,000 civilians to the Turkish border
9/10 February 2020 Russian and Assad regime continue to murder civilians as UN remains silent: 9 February 2020: SOHR documented today a massacre of 9 citizens including a woman, as the Russian warplanes bombed Kafr Noran town in the western countryside of Aleppo, also documenting the death of at least 3 people in Russian airstrikes targeting Orem al-Soghra area, also documenting the death of 4 citizens including a child by barrel bombs on al-Atareb in the countryside of Aleppo, while two citizens were killed in Sheikh Ali village in Aleppo countryside by the Russian murderous warplanes, as Assad regime killed two citizens by bombing and groundshelling in Idlib province - 10 February 2020: Russian air strikes Monday killed at least five civilians in the last major opposition bastion in northwestern Syria - 10 February 2020: Death toll of Russian jets’ massacre rises to 9 in Abyan, west of Aleppo, including 6 children, 2 women and a man, including displaced persons, while Russian raids left at least 20 people injured, including 7 children and 2 women - 10 February 2020: With full Turkish support, Turkish-backed factions and Turkish troops begin intensive rocket attack on Assad regime forces positions, east of Idlib, as Turkish forces also targeted with heavy artillery Jab al-Ramlah airstrip in Hama countryside, and as intensive aerial bombardment continued by Assad's and Russian jets and helicopters in western and southwestern rural Aleppo
24 February 2020 Russian and Assad regime continue to murder civilians: 24 February 2020: SOHR documented the killing of five civilians in Russian aerial bombardment on Kawkaba and Faterah in Jabal Al-Zawiya, amid ongoing bombardment by regime and Russian jets on towns and villages - 24 February 2020: Assad regime and Russian jets target Turkish post south of Idlib, killing and injuring ten soldiers, as the number of raids carried out by regime and Russian jets on Monday rose to 120, and as civil defense center in Balion put out of service after being directly targeted by Russian jets
2 March 2020 UN says Russia committed war crimes in Syria as world expects end of impunity: 2 March 2020: Russia committed war crimes in Syria, finds UN report, as Putin regime blamed for indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas without 'a specific military objective', also documenting 'unprecedented levels of displacement and dire conditions for civilians' in Syria
5 March 2020 Russian aerial attack leaving more than 25 civilians dead or injured: 5 March 2020: 15 civilians killed in Russian aerial bombardment on assembly of internal displaced people in rural Idlib - 5 March 2020: Russian jets target consentrations of displaced persons near Ma’rat Misrin in Idlib countryside, leaving more than 25 civilians dead or injured, as Russian jets carried out more raids on the vicinity of Idlib city
9 June 2020 Russian regime's new deadly airstrikes: 9 June 2020: Russian jets have executed nearly 15 airstrikes since Tuesday, targeting places in Kansafrah, Balyon, Al-Bara, Al-Mawzarah, Al-Fterah, Kafr Oweid and other areas in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib, as the intensive airstrikes killed a civilian in Balyon, while others sustained various injuries - 9 June 2020: SOHR documented the killing of three children due to the explosion of an old unexploded bomb in Idlib city
14/15 July 2020 escalating Russian airstrikes on northern Syria: 14 July 2020: Russian jets step up airstrikes on Kabana, while other airstrikes hit southern Idlib, amid aerial attacks escalation - 14 July 2020: Russian jets renew shelling Jabal Al-Zawiya, and over 20 air raids hit 'de-escalation zone' today, as SOHR documented the death of a civilian in a rocket attack by Assad regime forces on Ariha - 14 July 2020: More Russian air raids hit 'de-escalation zone' and man and his child killed in ground shelling on Ariha - 15 July 2020: Assad regime forces renew intensive shelling on areas in Jabal Al-Zawiyah
21 July 2020 Russian Putin regime's jets flying and Assad regime killing civilians: 21 July 2020: Russian jets fly over Idlib and Assad regime forces renew rocket attacks on Idlib countryside, targeting Al-Fterah, Kansafra, Sfuhen, Saan, Majdaliyah - 21 July 2020: SOHR activists have documented the killing of two civilians in regime rocket attacks in the past few hours on Barratah village
3 August 2020 Russian airstrikes kill civilians and support attack by Assad regime: 3 August 2020: Russian airstrikes hit rural Idlib, killing a family of three persons - 3 August 2020: Russian airstrikes pave the way for fierce attack by Assad regime forces on Al-Haddadah frontlines, as SOHR activists monitored Russian jets flying over the northern countryside of Latakia, along with executing several airstrikes on the hills of Kabana and Al-Haddadah frontline in Jabal Al-Akrad, as areas of Kabana, Al-Tuffahiya and Al-Haddadah also came under intensive artillery and rocket fire power by regime forces
16 August 2020 Saudi Mohammed bin Salman known for the Khashoggi assassination 'encouraged' Russia intervention in Syria since 2015: 16 August 2020: Saudi strongman Mohammed bin Salman 'encouraged' Russia intervention in Syria, turning his country’s foreign policy on its head and gave a covert green light for Russia’s intervention in Syria, according to a lawsuit by former top intelligence official Saad Aljabri filed in a federal court in Washington, also alleging that the abrupt switch of course by the man who is now Saudi Arabia’s crown prince alarmed the then CIA director John Brennan, who met Aljabri in July and August of 2015 to pass on a rebuke from the Obama administration
9 September 2020 Russian airstrikes continue: 9 September 2020: Russian airstrikes on Kabani hills in Jabal Al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia, as Jabal Al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib came under intensive rocket attacks by Assad regime forces - 9 September 2020: Assad regime forces continue shelling positions in Jabal Al-Zawiyah, while Russian reconnaissance drones fly over the area
11 September 2020 Russian airstrikes on areas between Idlib city and Sheikh Yousef village: 11 September 2020: SOHR monitored Russian jets flying this morning over Idlib province, along with executing two airstrikes on the area between Idlib city and Sheikh Yousef village, as a civilian died affected by his injuries he had a few days in Assad regime rocket fire on Ariha area in southern Idlib, as regime ground forces fired several rockets on Al-Ruwayha and Bayanin village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib, coinciding with flights by Russian reconnaissance drones over the area
15 September 2020 Russian airstrikes targeting Idlib province: 15 September 2020: Squadron of six Russian jets executed nearly 15 airstrikes this morning, targeting north-western Idlib province, as Russian jets are still flying over the area, as Assad regime forces renewed their bombardment targeting southern Idlib, as reconnaissance drones were seen flying over the area, and as Russian airstrikes leaving casualties, according to SOHR
21 October 2020 Russian airstrikes on Al-Rami village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah: 21 October 2020: Russian jets strike positions in Jabal Al-Zawiyah for the second day, as targeted village of Al-Rami hosts large number of refugees and displaced people - 21 October 2020: SOHR documented the injury of six civilians, including women and two children, in today’s airstrikes by Russian fighter jets on Al-Rami village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib - 21 October 2020: Opposition factions repel regime attack on Fulayfel, south of Idlib
26 October 2020 more deadly Russian airstrikes north-west of Idlib: 26 October 2020: Russian airstrikes on a rebel camp in northwestern Syria on Monday killed more than 50 fighters and wounded nearly as many, according to Syrian opposition and war monitor SOHR, reporting that death toll of the Russian airstrikes continues to rise, with 56 fighters killed and over 100 injured so far in Russian airstrikes on camp of al-Sham Corps close to Turkey, north-west of Idlib, as SOHR monitored more and renewed Russian airstrikes on the 'de-escalation zone' in the area of Jabal al-Dawila north-west of Idlib, and as the targeted area hosts camps for displaced people
7 November 2020 more Russian airstrikes on southern Idlib: 7 November 2020: SOHR monitored the flight of Russian jets over Idlib, along with executing nearly seven airstrikes on Shenan, Freka, Sarja, and Bayanin in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib, 12 days after Al-Dwaylah massacre - 7 November 2020: Russian fighter jets flying over Jabal Al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib, executing further airstrikes on the region, bringing the number of airstrikes since morning to 13
10 November 2020 more Russian airstrikes on northern Syria: 10 November 2020: SOHR activists say that Russian airstrikes on Idlib province rose to five, targeting the outskirts of the towns of Benin and Shenan in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib
13 November 2020 more Russian airstrikes on northern Syria and Assad regime attacks: 13 November 2020: SOHR has monitored Russian fighter jets executing airstrikes on Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern Idlib countryside, coinciding with intensive shelling by the Assad regime forces with rocket-propelled grenades on the villages and towns of southern Idlib countryside
28 December 2020 more Russian airstrikes on northern Syria: 28 December 2020: SOHR has monitored Russian jets executing airstrikes on Kabana frontlines in Jabal al-Akrad in Latakia province, coinciding with the flight of four Russian fighter jets over the area of 'Putin-Erdogan', as SOHR also monitored Assad regime forces shelling of areas in southern and eastern Idlib countryside, as Russian reconnaissance drones fly over the region
9 January 2021 more Russian airstrikes on northern Syria for first time in 2021: 9 January 2021: SOHR monitored this morning Russian jets flying Jabal al-Akrad in northern countryside of Latakia, executing airstrikes on Kabana frontlines, for first time in 2021, also monitoring rocket attack by Assad regime forces on Idlib countryside, also targeting five towns in southern Idlib
6 March 2021 Russian warships and Assad attack oil market and oil refineries: 6 March 2021: After attacks with surface-to-surface missiles fired by Russian warships and Assad regime forces stationed in military barracks in Aleppo on an oil market and oil refineries in Tarhin and Al-Hamaran in areas under the control of Turkish forces and their proxy factions, nearly 30 people killed and wounded, while fire brigades still extinguishing blazes - 6 March 2021: Assad regime forces renew shelling areas in Idlib and Hama and rocket attacks targeting positions in Kansafrah, Al-Faterah, the surrounding areas of Al-Bara, Bayanin and Al-Ruwayha in southern Idlib, as Russian reconnaissance drones were seen flying over the 'de-escalation zone'
21 March 2021 many Syrians killed and wounded in rocket attack on Al-Atareb hospital and airstrikes: 21 March 2021: Many people killed and wounded in Assad regime rocket attack on Al-Atareb hospital in the western countryside of Aleppo, as victims include a child and a medic in the hospital, as the death toll is expected to rise further, and as the bombardment left civilians and medics injured, some seriously, after yesterday SOHR sources reported two Russian airstrikes on the bushes of Bayanin village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib, also on Bakfala village in the northern countryside of Jisr Al-Shughur with vacuum missiles
10 June 2021 Russian airstrikes: 10 June 2021: 15 Russian airstrikes and Assad regime 150 rocket fire caused eight killed and wounded people including a civilian and her kid in southern Idlib, as SOHR activists have reported death of at least 8 fighters by regime forces in southern Idlib countryside, and as rocket fire has targeted a civilian car in Ibleen, and as some factions fighters who have arrived to the site of attack have been also targeted by another rocket causing casualties, and as Russian airstrikes targeted areas in eastern Idlib countryside, with jets still hovering over the region - 10 June 2021: Deaths rise to 10 including three civilians amid large wave of displacement in Jabal al-Zawiyah
5 August 2021 Russian airstrikes: 5 August 2021: Russian warplanes have bombarded areas around al-Barah town, nearby the Turkish military post in the neighborhood, as on the other hand, regime forces have bombarded Tiqad town in western Aleppo countryside - 5 August 2021: Russian jets target Idlib and Hama countryside with five airstrikes, while regime forces renew shelling positions in Sahl al-Ghab
20-22 August 2021 Russian airstrikes: 20 August 2021: Russian warplane targeted with six raids posts of the factions in Ain Shaib area in Idlib countryside for the second day on row - 21 August 2021: In renewed airstrike Russian jets attack positions in the 'de-escalation zone', bringing the number of airstrikes since early August to 41 - 21 August 2021: 15 children and one woman among 18 civilians killed in 11 days, amid military escalation by Russian and regime forces, as SOHR documented the death of a little girl affected by the injury she had in yesterday’s bombardment by regime forces on Kafr Nuran town, as the girl’s little brothers had been also injured in that bombardment, as the kids were visiting their father’s grave - 22 August 2021: SOHR that Russian fighter jets have executed several airstrikes with high-explosive missiles on the outskirts of Kansafra, Mar’yan and al-Mawzarah towns in the southern countryside of Idlib, as airstrikes coincided with frequent flights by Russian reconnaissance drones, and as Assad regime forces shelled, with heavy artillery, the villages of Kherbet al-Naqous, al-Sarmaniya, Qulaydeen, al-Qaherah, al-Ankawi, al-Daqmaq and al-Zaqoum in Sahl al-Ghab in the north-western countryside of Hama
19 September 2021 Russian airstrikes: 19 September 2021: SOHR reported flights by Russian reconnaissance drones over south Idlib countryside, west Hama countryside and south Aleppo countryside, as Assad regime forces fired several rockets on the villages of al-Fterah, Fulayfil, al-Bara and Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib, also targeting Sheikh Suleiman frontline in the western countryside of Aleppo with mortars and heavy machineguns - 19 September 2021: Assad regime rocket attacks on Jisr al-Shughur kill child, with ongoing intensive Russian airstrikes on 'de-escalation zone' - 19 September 2021: Russian jets attack positions in south of M4 highway, amid ongoing inaction by Turkey - 19 September 2021: Russian jets target more areas in 'de-escalation zone', bringing the number of today’s airstrikes to 17
25 September 2021 continuing Russian airstrikes: 25 September 2021: Russian jets attack positions in eastern Idlib in ongoing airstrikes, as a kamikaze drone, believed to be Russian, attacked the outskirts of al-Bara and Jabal al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib - 25 September 2021: Russian fighter jets renew targeting positions in 'de-escalation zone'
6 December 2021 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-west Syria: 6 December 2021: SOHR reported that Russian fighter jet has executed two airstrikes on Al-Barah town in Jabal al-Zawiyah in the southern of Idlib countryside, where Turkish bases and posts are located, coinciding with the ongoing flying of Russian fighter jets over the de-escalation zone
25 December 2021 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 25 December 2021: SOHR reported that 3 airstrikes by Russian fighter jet hit the vicinity of Maarat Masrin city north of Idlib, after on December 11 SOHR activists documented the death of a civilian and the injury of 12 others three caused by Putin regime's airstrikes on Al-Yaqoubiyan area
Since 1 January 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 1 January 2022: SOHR documented the death of a woman and two children and the injury of ten others, including children, in airstrikes by Russian fighter jets which hit makeshift tents of displaced people from Aleppo countryside in the countryside of the northern city of Jisr Al-Shughur, West of Idlib as Russian fighter jets also have bombed more than 12 areas near Idlib and Jabal Al-Zawiyah south of Idlib - 2 January 2022: Russia fighter jets target Jericho city in third day of growing escalation in Putin-Erdoghan area, as Russia escalates aerial bombardments with ten Russian raids targeting various areas in Idlib - 3 January 2022: Amid the continuous Russian escalation for the fourth consecutive day, SOHR documented ten raids by Russian fighter jets on Al-Bara region, Jabal Al-Zawiyah in south Idlib, and more raids - 3 January 2022: Civilians, including children, injured amid Russian airstrikes also targeting poultry farm NW of Idlib - 4 January 2022: SOHR reports that four Russian fighter jets have targeted areas in Al-Barah town and its surroundings in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in south Idlib countryside, as the attacks left wounded people and material damages
6 February 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 6 February 2022: SOHR activists reported a new Russian aerial bombardment, when Putin regime's fighter jets have executed four airstrikes, targeting Kafr Shalaya area in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in the southern Idlib countryside, coinciding with the flight of Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the area, as regime's fighter jets conducted in January 50 airstrikes on the so-called 'de-escalation zone' that caused the death of a women and three children
23 April 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 23 April 2022: SOHR reported renewed aerial bombardment by Russia in 'Putin-Erdogan' area, where Russian fighter jets have executed airstrikes, targeting Kabbanah frontlines in Jabal Al-Akrad in northern Latakia countryside, shortly before noon - 23 April 2022: Russian air-to-air missiles hit safe zone in Aleppo countryside, igniting panic and fear among civilians
11 May 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 11 May 2022: SOHR reported that Russian fighter jets carried out two airstrikes on Harsh Bayannin in southern Idlib countryside, as Assad regime forces fired more than 20 rockets on areas in Kafr Nuran frontline in the western countryside of Aleppo and also shelled Al-Fatirah, Fulayfil, Bayannin, Svohn and Al-Bara in Jabal Al-Zawiyah
14 May 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 14 May 2022: SOHR reported that Russian fighter jets have executed four airstrikes in the western countryside of Aleppo, coming after a bus carrying regime-backed shiite militants from Nubl and Al-Zahra was hit by the opposition factions in the western Aleppo countryside, leaving ten regime-backed militiamen killed
6 July 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria, amid ongoing war against Ukraine: 6 July 2022: SOHR monitored further Russian airstrikes on Wednesday, as the number of raids by Russian fighter jets on Al-Ruwaihah, Shannan, Sarjah, Bayannin and forest of Bayannin in southern Idlib coutryside has risen to ten, as activists in Putin-Erdogan area have monitored renewed Russian aerial bombardment for the first time in nearly two months
22 July 2022 murderous Russian air attack in northern Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province: 22 July 2022: Seven civilians, including four children from one family, have been killed in a Russian air attack in northern Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province, according to the Syrian Civil Defence, as well as family members and medical staff. Friday’s attack on the village of al-Jadidah, near the city of Jisr al-Shughour, also injured 12 others, including eight children.
31 August 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria, amid ongoing war against Ukraine: 31 August 2022: Russian fighter jets have carried out two airstrikes in 'Putin-Erdogan' area for the second time in August, bombarding the perimeter of Sarjah village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah and the vicinity of Al-Kounsourah, west of Idlib, after on 23 August SOHR activists reported that 14 Russian airstrikes hit the perimeter of Idlib city - 31 August 2022: SOHR activists reported that hours after Russian airstrikes Assad regime ground forces shelled areas in 'Putin-Erdogan' area, where heavy artillery shells hit the vicinity of Kansafra town in southern Idlib countryside, and B9 shells hit the vicinity of Bastroun and Al-Shaikh Sulaiman villages in Aleppo countryside
8 September 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 8 September 2022: Russian fighter jets carried out airstrikes on areas in the vicinity of Hafsarja, Sejer and the vicinity of Al-Ghafar village in Sahl Al-Roj area in western Idlib countryside, the first aerial bombardment carried out by Russian fighter jets in this September - 8 September 2022: SOHR documented the death of a civilian and his son and the injury of others in Russian airstrikes on a house and industrial facility in Al-Sheikh Yusuf area in western Idlib countryside, as the number of airstrikes executed by Russian fighter jets has risen to 12, targeting areas hosting civilians - 8 September 2022: Assad regime forces shelled Bayannin village and the vicinity of Shanan village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib countryside, and Maklbis village in western Aleppo countryside
27 September 2022 ongoing Russian airstrikes on North-West Syria: 27 September 2022: Assad regime forces shell 12 towns and villages in Putin-Erdogan area, coinciding with an intensive flight of reconnaissance aircraft over the targeted areas - 27 September 2022: Russian fighter jets executed at least three airstrikes on areas in Bab Al-Hawa area and Sarmada perimeter north of Idlib, as the targeted areas are crowded with displaced person camps, and hosts headquarters of Jayish Al-Izzah faction. Russian aerial bombardment comes amid an intensive flight of reconnaissance aircraft over the area. - 27 September 2022: Assad regime forces bombard areas in western Aleppo countryside in 'Putin-Erdogan' area, coinciding with Russian airstrikes in the northwestern region of Syria - 27 September 2022: SOHR reported that Russian warplanes have executed airstrikes over 'Putin-Erdogan' area, with two of them being 'air-to-air' missile in an area where displacement camps are located in the vicinity of Al-Atareb area and Ma’arat Al-Na’san, and Taftanaz city in Idlib countryside
September/October 2022 Russian jets execute 40 airstrikes and commit massacre: September 2022 Russian jets execute 40 airstrikes and commit massacre, while ground attacks kill 26 people, including civilian, according to SOHR on 3 October 2022
11 October 2022 Russian jets execute several airstrikes in North-West Syria: 11 October 2022: Russian fighter jets have executed several airstrikes with vacuum missiles, targeting areas controlled by factions and jihadist groups in the northern countryside of Latakia, and the vicinity of Za’iniyeh town of Jisr Al-Shughour in the western countryside of Idlib, in 'Putin-Erdogan' area
20 June 2023 Russian jets execute several airstrikes in North-West Syria: 20 June 2023: Russian warplanes launched four new air strikes within 'Putin-Erdogan' area, targeting the outskirts of Al-Sheikh Baher village in the western countryside of Idlib, witnessing a remarkable escalation for the early hours of today by the Russian warplanes, where they carried out eight air strikes in different areas in Idlib countryside
25 June 2023 SOHR reported increased number of Russian airstrikes: 25 June 2023: SOHR sources have reported that the number of people who were killed in today’s airstrikes by Russian fighter jets on the 'de-escalation zone' has increased to 11 in the first massacre by Russian fighter jets in 2023, as the number of casualties in airstrikes on Idlib climbs
27 June 2023 Russian jets launched more airstrikes in N/W Syria causing causalities: 27 June 2023: Russian warplanes launched new airstrikes on 'Putin-Erdogan' area, targeting the vicinity of Serjah village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah with 7 airstrikes, coinciding with an airstrike targeted the vicinity of Jabal Al-Arbaein in the southern countryside of Idlib, amid information about causalities in the targeted areas, as Assad regime forces fired high-explosive missiles on the vicinity of Al-Barah town in Jabal Al-Zawiyah area in the southern countryside of Idlib
5 August 2023 Putin regime's jets launched more murderous airstrikes in N/W Syria: 5 August 2023: Four civilians, including a woman were injured by shrapnel due to the airstrikes carried out by the Russian warplanes on the outskirts of Idlib city amid the rushing of ambulances to the targeted location to transport the injured - 5 August 2023: In Russian airstrikes on west of Idlib, three persons of one family, including a woman and a child, were killed, and six persons were injured, as the rescue teams are working to pull them from under the rubble and take them to the hospital for treatment. It is noted that the number is likely to increase due to the presence of critical situations.
22 August 2023 Russian jets launched more airstrikes in N/W Syria causing causalities: 22 August 2023: Russian warplanes launched several airstrikes targeting the area between Maarat Masrin and Al-Sheikh Bahar towns in the northern countryside of Idlib, amid ongoing flight of the Russian warplanes and reconnaissance planes over the area - 22 August 2023: Civilians among 15 causalities in Russian airstrikes on military headquarters near refugee camp in Idlib countryside
27 October 2023 Russian jets launched more airstrikes in N/W Syria: 27 October 2023: Russian fighter jets executed two airstrikes on Al-Sarmaniyah village in Sahl Al-Ghab in western Hama countryside and Kabanah hills in northern Latakia countryside
31 October 2023 Russian jets launched more airstrikes in N/W Syria: 31 October 2023: Russian fighter jets executed five airstrikes in southern Idlib countryside and four airstrikes on the vicinity of Ain Shieb in western Idlib countryside
1 November 2023 Russian jets launched more airstrikes in N/W Syria: 1 November 2023: Russian fighter jets executed two airstrikes on the vicinity of Al-Halubah village in southern Idlib countryside
4 November 2023 Russian jet launched another airstrike in N/W Syria: 4 November 2023: Today morning, a Russian warplane targeted a military headquarter of HTS with two strikes, in Ain Shib village farms, west of Idlib city, resulting in large material damage
6 November 2023 Putin's jets launched more airstrikes in N/W Syria: 6 November 2023: Today, a Russian warplane carried out three airstrikes targeting the military headquarters of HTS and Ansar Al-Tawheed in Mashoun village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah, south of Idlib
29 February 2024 Russian warplanes launched more airstrikes in N/W Syria: 29 February 2024: A civilian was killed and four others were injured and taken to the hospital for treatment, as a result of airstrikes carried out by a Russian warplane a short while ago, targeting a building that includes a 'carpentry workshop' on the western outskirts of Idlib city. A short while ago, SOHR reported that a person was injured as a result of airstrikes carried out by Russian warplanes targeting the vicinity of Idlib city on the western outskirts.
2 March 2024 Russian jets carried out more airstrikes in N/W Syria: 2 March 2024: Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting the vicinity of Al-Ghasaniyah village in the western countryside of Idlib, also carrying out airstrikes with vacuum missiles targeting Al-Kabinah hills in Jabal Al-Akrad area in the northern countryside of Latakia
8 March 2024 Russian jets carried out more airstrikes in N/W Syria: 8 March 2024: Russian fighter jets carried out two airstrikes on Hursh Basinqoul in Jabal Al-Zawiyah area in the southern countryside of Idlib, using vacuum missiles, as Russian fighter jets also carried out two other airstrikes on Hursh Arab Said near the central prison in western Idlib, and as the Russian airstrikes coincided with frequent flights by reconnaissance drones over the regions

Since 2011 Iranian involvement in Assad's war against the Syrian people perpetuating Assad's dictatorship - Casualties of Assad's war against the Syrian people - List of Iranian assassinations - Torture and mistreatment of prisoners in Iran
Since 2013 timeline of increasing Iranian involvement in Assad's war and expansionism: With increasing Iranian involvement in Assad's war against the Syrian people from 2011 onwards, the Iranian regime's struggle against Israel, its declared aim to dissolve the Jewish state and the resulting Iran–Israel conflict shifted from a proxy war into a direct confrontation by early 2018 - Iranian regime's expansionism and Iran–Israel proxy conflict
November 2015 Iran recruiting Afghan refugees to fight and support Assad's regime: 5 November 2015: Iran is recruiting Afghan refugees to fight in the foreign military contingent supporting Assad's regime in Syria, promising a monthly salary and residence permits
January 2016 increased Iranian intervention: 27 January 2016: Syrian children protest against Iranian intervention, increased since Rouhani came to office
June 2016: 30 June 2016: Iranian regime covertly recruits Afghan soldiers to fight in Syria and to support the Assad regime
August 2018 war critic jailed: 27 August 2018: Ex-mayor of Tehran Karbaschi sentenced to year in jail for panning Iran’s actions in Syria, telling rally in Isfahan in 2017 there must be better way to help Syrians than by 'killing and pounding'
January 2019 Iran says 'fully ready and impatient' to eliminate Israel 'from the Earth': 21 January 2019: As Iranian regime's general Aziz Nasirzadeh, saying 'fully ready and impatient to confront the Zionist regime and eliminate it from the Earth', uses Syrian territory for Iranian crimes, Israeli military strikes Iranian targets inside Syria
July 2019 Iranian expansionism: 1 July 2019: Iranian militias are continuing to expand their influence in the southern and eastern Aleppo countrysides, and are purchasing land and property around their bases after blocking their owners from accessing them
7/8 September 2019 Iranian oil supplies to Assad: 7 September 2019: Iranian regime's oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 appears near Tartus naval base in Syria - 8 September 2019: Iran says tanker last seen off coast of Syria has reached its destination, and oil has been sold
9 September 2019 Iran-backed rockets at Israel: 9 September 2019: Iran-backed militia in Syria, operating under the command of Iran’s Quds Force, fired several rockets toward northern Israel in the predawn hours of Monday morning
10 September 2019 Iranian regime breaches assurances: 10 September 2019: UK's Foreign Office accuses Iranian regime of selling oil from seized tanker to Syria's Assad, saying regime breaching assurances with sale to 'Assad’s murderous regime’
3 October 2019 Adrian Darya 1: 3 October 2019: Satellite images show that once-detained Iranian-flagged oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 sitting off the coast of Syria has been approached by a smaller Iranian tanker, with mooring lines between them and a crane deployed on the larger vessel
8 December 2020 Iran's Rohani urges Assad to confront Israel 'until liberation of all occupied lands': 8 December 2020: Iran's Rohani urges Assad to confront Israel 'until liberation of all occupied lands', saying his country will continue to 'support' Syria

8 January 2020 Ukrainian UIA flight 752 passenger plane shot down by Iranian regime's terrorist organization with two Russian-made missiles shortly after takeoff from Tehran Khomeini airport in Iran - 8 January 2020: Ukrainian passenger plane Boeing 737-800 soon after taking off from Tehran crashed, killing all 176 citizens from Afghanistan, Canada, Iran, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom on board - 9 January 2020: Canada's PM Justin Trudeau said that Canadian officials have intelligence from their own sources and Canada's allies that shows Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 was shot down by an Iranian surface to air missile - 9 January 2020: Iran shot down plane with two Russian-made missiles, USA official says
9 January 2020 Bellingcat geolocates footage of apparent Iranian missile strike on UIA flight PS752 to Tehran suburb: 9 January 2020: Bellingcat geolocates footage of apparent missile strike on UIA flight PS752 to Tehran suburb
11 January 2020 Iranian and Russian crimes and 'certainty': 11 January 2020: After the supporting and MH17 experienced Russian Putin regime pushed back against Bellingcat and intelligence assesments that Iran shot down the plane with a Russian made surface-to-air missile, after telling the world 'with certainty' that a missile had not caused the crash, but knowing 'with certainty' all facts of its crime, not closing the country’s main international airport and its airspace, Ukraine president now demands punishment and compensation after Iranian regime admitted downing the plane and killing all 176 people on board, as Iranians protest against regime in Tehran, calling for 'supreme leader' to resign, saying 'down with dictator', as anger mounts over government’s conduct, as angry civilians are using social media to express their outrage, and as police said to use force to quell protests
14 January 2020 Iran arrests person who filmed the footage showing Ukrainian passenger plane being shot down: 14 January 2020: Iranian regime arrested the person who filmed the footage showing a Ukrainian passenger plane being shot down by a missile, said to be detained on charges related to 'national security', and in reality destroyed by the Iranian Khamenei, Rouhani, Zarif Mullah regime
15 January 2020 new video footage showing two Iranian missiles killing all 176 passengers and crew: 15 January 2020: New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board
15/16 December 2020 Iran's probe into downing of airliner has major flaws Canada report says: 15 December 2020: Iran is not conducting its investigation into the downing of a civilian airliner in January properly - 16 décembre 2020: Un rapport indépendant canadien sur le crash d’un Boeing ukrainien, abattu en janvier au-dessus de Téhéran, estime mardi que l’Iran ne devrait pas être autorisé à 'enquêter sur lui-même' et appelle à changer les règles de l’aviation civile en la matière
7 January 2021 no justice for victims of downed plane but families harassed, intimidated by Iranian regime: 7 January 2021: Iranian authorities have failed to conduct a transparent and credible investigation into the shooting down of Ukraine International Airline flight 752 on 8 January 2020, which killed all 176 passengers and crew onboard, Human Rights Watch said today

Terrorist group Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian Civil War - Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon - Hezbollah serves a strategic arm of Iran in Syria and Lebanon
Since 2011 terrorist group Hezbollah's involvement in Assad's war: Since 2011 terrorist group Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian Civil War has been substantial, and turned into active support and troops deployment since 2012 in support of the Assad regime forces across Syria
Since 2011 timeline of war crimes in Syria committed by Assad, Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian forces: Daily updated timeline of war crimes in Syria committed by Assad, Iranian, Hezbollah and Russian forces since 2011
February 2019: 9 February 2019: Russian regime’s ambassador in Lebanon Zasypkin hails country’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group for fighting alongside Russia in Syria, also saying USA policies toward Iran could set off a fresh war between Israel and Lebanon
15 September 2020 UN peacekeepers rescued refugees mostly Syrians from a boat off the Lebanese coast as one passenger had already passed away: 15 September 2020: A UN peacekeeping force rescued 36 people, mostly Syrians, and recovered the body of a passenger from a boat off the Lebanese coast on Monday, according to the UN refugee agency, as the destination of the boat was not immediately clear, but Lebanon and neighboring Cyprus have reported several migrant vessels trying to leave the Middle Eastern country in recent weeks
15 September 2020 USA's Pompeo warns France over Iran-backed Hezbollah's weaponry: 15 September 2020: USA Secretary of State warned France that efforts to resolve the crisis in Lebanon would be in vain without immediately tackling the issue of Iran-backed Hezbollah's weaponry, after French president said Hezbollah's elected arm has a legitimate political role, as Pompeo added that the USA 'has assumed its responsibility and we will stop Iran buying Chinese tanks and Russian air defence systems and then selling weapons to Hezbollah'

2 February 2018: North Korea has supplied weapons to Syria since 2012, including more than 40 shipments between 2012 and 2017 to Syria’s 'Scientific Studies and Research Centre', which oversees the country’s chemical weapons programme, according to a report by independent UN monitors - 4 August 2018: North Korea is cooperating militarily with Syria, has been trying to sell weapons to Yemen’s Houthis, and has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of UN sanctions continuing to defy Security Council resolutions through a massive increase in illicit ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products, as well as through transfers of coal at sea during 2018, according to a UN report

Since January 2018 Turkish military intervention in Syria
January 2018 Turkish aerial bombardment targeting Afrin: 21 January 2018: SOHR documented the death of 6 citizens including a child under the age of 8, because of the aerial bombardment by the Turkish warplanes, which targeted today areas in Afrin city and its countryside, as Turkey bring more military reinforcements amid continued aerial and missile shelling on the area, and as UN officials underscore the obligation on all parties to the conflict in Syria and the international community, to protect civilians from atrocity crimes, as dozens of people in eastern Ghouta and Idlib province have been killed in recent airstrikes, and schools and hospitals are being deliberately destroyed by the Assad regime and its allies
Since 9 October 2019 Turkey's Rojava offensive, an ongoing military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces against areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, commonly called Rojava - Turkish military action against the Syrian Democratic Forces and 2019 military intervention - International reactions to the 2019 Rojava offensive and reactions in Syria and Turkey
Since 9 October 2019 Turkish regime attacks Kurds in Syria: 9 October 2019: Turkey vows to press ahead with attack on Kurdish-led forces in Syria, as Kurds claim border is already being shelled, and Turkish regime says it will not be 'controlled by threats’ by the USA - 9 October 2019: Turkish troops advance into Syria as Trump washes his hands of the Kurds, as video footage shows civilians fleeing towns and as observers said at least seven civilians had been killed so far
10 October 2019: 10 October 2019: Turkish offensive triggers exodus of aid workers from Syria - 10 October 2019: Despite the intense ground shelling, Turkish forces fail to achieve any advancement east Euphrates and continue their shelling on Tal Abyad and Ras Al-Ayn
11 October 2019 civilian casualties of Turkey’s aggression: 11 October 2019: At least 11 civilians have died and dozens of fighters from the Kurdish-led SDF and Turkish invaders have been killed, reports say, as tens of thousands of people have fled their homes, amid growing international criticism of the offensive
11/12 October 2019 Erdogan's war crimes: 11 October 2019: Erdogan's bloodied clothes, body bags and corpse parts of innocent civilians in Syria - 12 October 2019: Kurdish civilians flee as Turkish forces bomb Syria for third day
13 October 2019 execution of Syrian civilians: 13 October 2019: Turkish proxies leading Erdogan's ground offensive on Kurdish towns in north-eastern Syria have executed nine civilians, including Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf and her driver, SOHR reported, as SDF said in a statement 'this is a clear evidence that the Turkish state is continuing its criminal policy towards unarmed civilians'
16 October 2019: 16 October 2019: Turkish military operation east Euphrates kills more than 70 civilians including many children so far and forces nearly 300 thousand people to displace from their areas - 16 October 2019: Video shows the moment the Turkish warplanes targeted a humanitarian support convoy in Ras al-Ayn 3 days ago, killing 19 people and injuring tens of others
16/17 October 2019: 16 October 2019: Turkish forces and their loyal factions carryout a new attack in Ras Al-Ayn city under a cover of heavy and violent aerial and ground bombardment - 17 octobre 2019: Les autorités kurdes en Syrie ont accusé jeudi la Turquie d'utiliser des armes non conventionnelles comme le napalm dans le nord de la Syrie - 17 October 2019: Humanitarian groups in northeastern Syria are scrambling to provide aid to hundreds of thousands of people, as rapidly shifting battle lines make it increasingly difficult to reach them, and as Save the Children says 'we have to leave', because Turkish onslaught displaces people, forcing them to flee to makeshift refugee camps
18 October 2019 Turkish war crimes: 18 octobre 2019: Les forces turques et leurs supplétifs ont commis des 'crimes de guerre' lors de leur offensive contre les forces kurdes en Syrie, selon Amnesty International, dénoncant des 'exécutions sommaires' et des attaques meurtrières contre des civils
18 October 2019 Turkish agression continues depite ceasefire agreement: 18 October 2019: Despite an announcement from the USA vice-president Mike Pence, that Turkish regime had agreed to a five-day ceasefire to allow the USA supervision of the withdrawal of Kurdish forces from the area, Turkish agression is continuing on the border between Syria and Turkey - 18 octobre 2019: Au moins cinq civils ont été tués vendredi dans le nord de la Syrie dans un raid aérien de la Turquie visant un village près de la localité frontalière de Ras al-Aïn
20 October 2019: 20 October 2019: Ras al-Ayn (Sari Kani) city under Turkish siege amid catastrophic humanitarian conditions, as 28 civilians lost their lives during the past 5 days in the city, as shelling and attacks by Erdogan-loyal factions continue, and as a new medical convoy is expected to enter and evacuate victims of Erdogan's agression - 20 October 2019: Turkish border guards kill a Syrian citizen as he tries to cross border from western countryside of Idlib
26 October 2019 Turkish war crimes: 26 October 2019: Calls for war crimes investigations into the conduct of militias used by Turkey in Syria are mounting after a spate of new videos depicting Ankara-linked fighters torturing Kurdish fighters and captives and mutilating dead bodies, after 170,000 Kurds have fled a battle zone along the Turkish border after a weeklong operation to push Kurds further into Syria - 26 October 2019: SOHR reveals medical reports confirming Turkey’s use of internationally prohibited weapons in northern Syria, calling on the international community to investigate and hold officials accountable
November 2019 IS terrorist group has exploited Turkey's incursion into Syria and Trump's drawdown of USA troops: 20 November 2019: Islamic State terrorist group has exploited Turkey's incursion into northeastern Syria and Trump's drawdown of USA troops from the region, according to a report by the Pentagon's Inspector General, adding that the group will now likely have the 'time and space' to target the West


Since 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
2014/2016 flight MH17 shootdown by Putin regime: 28 September 2016: Dutch-led joint investigation team including representatives from Australia, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Belgium states that there is 'irrefutable evidence' that a Russian Buk 9M38 missile downed the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in 2014, killing all 298 people on board, also concluding that the Buk missile system was brought across the border from Russia and later transported back escorted by several other vehicles and by 'armed men in uniform', according to witnesses, photographs, video, damning intercepted telephone calls, radar data, forensic examinations, tests and reconstructions - Cause of MH17 crash
2016 Ukrainian casualties: 31 May 2016: 10,000 Ukrainians killed by Russian-terrorist forces, more than 20,000 have been wounded and 1.8 million forced to flee their homes over the past two years, according to Ukrainian Defence Council - Casualties of the Ukrainian crisis and the Russian military intervention
2014-2018 MH17 shot down by Russian army: 24 May 2018: Joint Investigation Team, comprising the authorities from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine announces that the missile launcher used to shoot down flight MH17 in July 2014, killing 298 passengers and crew from 17 countries, was Russian army, specifically Russia's 53rd anti-Aircraft Brigade
May 2018 MH17 victims families' open letter to the Russian people: 22 May 2018: In an open letter to the Russian people families of the victims in downing of MH17 hold the Russian regime as ultimately responsible for the deaths of their family members, expressing confidence in the thoroughness and impartiality of the work conducted by the Joint Investigation Team, and condemning reports on MH17 coming out of the Russian regime and state media, asking 'do Russian people really want to live in a country where the truth has ceased to exist'
November 2018 Kerch Strait incident and Russian violations of international law: November 2018 Kerch Strait incident - 26 November 2018: Countries across the world and various politicians have reacted to Russia's attack on Ukrainian vessels in the Sea of Azov and called on Russia to stop violating international law - 28 November 2018: Following Russian regime’s seizure of three Ukrainian navy ships and crew, regime to deploy new missiles to annexed Crimea, as Ukraine president warns regime, saying 'I don’t want anyone to think this is fun and games. Ukraine is under threat of full-scale war with Russia' - 29 novembre 2018: La Russie bloque deux ports ukrainiens de la mer d'Azov
December 2018: 1 December 2018: Shooting of Ukraine's 'Berdyansk' boat by Russian regime most likely took place in international waters, as Ukrainian tug 'Yani Kapu' was intentionally rammed at least four times over a period of at least an hour, Bellingcat said - 1 December 2018: Russia must return Ukraine's sailors, vessels before administration consider rescheduled Trump-Putin summit, USA's Pompeo says - 2 décembre 2018: Poutine a affirmé que 'la guerre va continuer' dans l'est rebelle de l'Ukraine tant que les autorités ukrainiennes actuelles 'resteront au pouvoir'
19 June 2019 first trial of three Russian nationals and a Ukrainian suspect announced: 19 June 2019: Marking the beginning of the Dutch criminal proceedings, Dutch prosecutors say three Russian nationals and a Ukrainian will be tried on murder charges for their role in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, saying that evidence showed a direct line of military command between Ukrainian separatists and Russia's Putin regime, as suspects will be tried for murder in the case set to start in March 2020, according to Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand, the mother of one of the 298 victims - 19 June 2019: Identifying the separatists linked to the downing of MH17 by Bellingcat Investigation Team
16 October 2019 Putin's victims in the sixth year: 16 October 2019: Russia's hybrid military forces on October 15 mounted 26 attacks on Ukrainian Army positions in Donbas, killing two Ukrainian soldiers and wounding another four, as one of the Ukrainian troops shot dead by a sniper was a young woman who joined army ranks after her father, also a Ukrainian military, was killed in Donbas hostilities back in 2015
17 October 2019: 17 October 2019: On October 16, Russian occupation forces violated the ceasefire 30 times in the Donbas war zone, killing one Ukrainian soldier and wounding another one
14 November 2019 MH17 investigators say phone calls show Ukraine rebels' ties to Russia: 14 November 2019: MH17 investigators say phone calls show Ukraine rebels' ties to Russian Putin regime, as intercepts suggest separatists sought guidance from Russia before jet was shot down
28 January 2020 at least one of the suspects in the MH17 downing probe ready to stand trial: 28 January 2020: At least one of the suspects in the MH17 downing probe is ready to stand trial, according to the District Court of The Hague, not disclosing the name of the suspect
9 March 2020 trial of Russians and one allied Ukrainian accused of murdering 298 people in MH17 case: 9 March 2020: The trial of three Russians and one Ukrainian accused of murdering 298 people in the shooting down of the MH17 aircraft over eastern Ukraine has begun in the Netherlands, as presiding judge Hendrik Steenhuis said 'the loss of so many lives and the manner in which they so abruptly ended is barely conceivable', and as murderous and coward Russian Putin regime has always denied any involvement in the shooting down of the plane
11 March 2020 several witnesses in MH17 case in ‘fear for their lives’ if their identities are revealed: 11 March 2020: Several witnesses in ‘fear for their lives’ if their identities are revealed, hearing into shooting down of airliner is told, as Dutch prosecutors have accused Russia of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of MH17 flight in Ukraine in 2014, saying this has cast 'a dark shadow' over the impending trial of four suspects Russians Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Igor Girkin and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko
28 April 2020 key MH17 figure identified as senior FSB official Burlaka: 28 April 2020: Key 2014 MH17 shoot-down figure identified as senior Russia's FSB official Andrey Ivanovich Burlaka, who was in a crucial role supervising militant activities in Donbas and authorizing the flow of weapons across Ukrainian/Russian border, 'Bellingcat' investigation says
3 May 2020 journalists in Russian-occupied areas must be protected Ukraine says on World Press Freedom Day: 3 May 2020: Journalists in Russian-occupied areas must be protected, MFA Ukraine says on World Press Freedom Day
14 July 2020 three Ukrainian soldiers killed and another two wounded by Russia-led forces: 14 July 2020: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another two were wounded as Russia-led forces mounted 18 attacks in eastern Ukraine on Monday 13 July, continuing since 2014
12 November 2020 violations of latest ceasefire agreement by Russia-led forces on 11 November also known as WWI 'Remembrance Day': 12 November 2020: Ukraine Command have reported 3 violations of the latest ceasefire agreement by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on 11 November, also known as 'Remembrance Day' of World War I
1 April 2021 Lavrov threatens Ukraine could be 'destroyed' as Putin regime prepares Donbas escalation: 1 April 2021: Ukraine could be 'destroyed' in case of Donbas escalation, Russian regime's Lavrov threatens, as his statement comes amid regime's amassing troops and military hardware along Ukrainian border under the pretext of drills
11 April 2021 another Ukrainian soldier reportedly killed in artillery fire from Russia-backed troops: 11 April 2021: The Ukrainian military said a soldier was killed and another seriously wounded in artillery fire from Russia-backed separatists, violating the ceasefire ten times, as hostilities rose sharply in the east of the country where 27 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed this year, more than half the number who died in all of 2020, as attacks have intensified in recent weeks and Russia's Putin regime has built up troops along the Ukraine border
11 April 2021 voices of Russian indictees in the MH17 downing case, Dubinsky and Girkin, revealed: 11 April 2021: Dutch public broadcaster NOS has released transcripts of intercepted communications as part of the probe into the downing of MH17 passenger jet in the skies over Donbas in July 2014, as the tapes have captured, among others, the voices of the two indictees in the MH17 downing case, Sergei Dubinsky and Igor Girkin
7 June 2021 bitter week for families as evidence to be read in the murder trial: 7 June 2021 bitter week for families as evidence to be read in the murder trial in the Netherlands against four fugitive suspects accused of shooting down a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people in 2014
6 September 2021 MH17 plane crash trial hears trauma of relatives demanding justice: 6 September 2021: The families of those killed in the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 have begun to testify at the trial of four suspects, as about 90 relatives will speak at the high-security court in Schiphol over the next three weeks, and as international investigators say the plane was shot down with a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels
21 December 2021 amid growing tensions over attacked Ukraine Putin threatens Nato: 21 December 2021: After Russia's Putin regime annexed Crimea in 2014, also since 2014 sparking and supporting a conflict in east Ukraine that has left more than 14,000 dead, Putin is now demanding 'security guarantees' from Nato amid a Russian buildup of tanks and artillery for what could constitute an invasion force into Ukraine within weeks, even saying and threatening he will consider a military response if Russia feels 'threatened' by Nato
22 December 2021 Dutch prosecutors demand life sentences in MH17 downing by Russians and allied Ukrainian: 22 December 2021: Dutch prosecutors demand life sentences in MH17 downing, saying Russians Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinsky and Igor Pulatov, and Ukrainian separatist Leonid Kharchenko formed a team in 2014 to bring down planes using a missile system trucked in from a Russian military base, then targeting Malaysian passenger jet, killing all 298 passengers and crew by using Russian missile

Since February/March 2014 Russian regime's annexation of Crimea, after unmarked Russian soldiers began to take control of the Crimean Peninsula using a Russian naval base in Sevastopol, establishing checkpoints
September 2019 ECHR Russian Crimea annexation case: 11 September 2019: The Russian state directed and ran the 2014 military coup in Crimea, its subsequent annexation and is complicit in human rights abuses since 2014, Ukraine has told the European court of human rights
October 2019 UN report on the situation of human rights in Crimea: 15 October 2019: UN report on the situation of human rights in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in Ukraine notes that Russian regime violates Geneva conventions by deliberately resettling people from mainland Russia to the Ukrainian Crimea in attempts to alter demographics in the area

Since October 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis and December/January escalation: Since March 2021 and then since October 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis and December/January escalation when over 100,000 Russian troops were again massed near the border of an independant European country
Reactions to 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis of many states, international organizations and civil society groups: Reactions to 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, as many states, international organizations and civil society groups have reacted to the crisis between Russia and Ukraine that began in 2014, when the European country Ukraine defended its independence, after self-important Yanukovych and his 'Party of Regions' on behalf of Russia's Putin regime tried to create a 'controlled democracy' in Ukraine, tried to destroy the opposition, but sparked the 2014 Euromaidan protests in Kyiv and a renewed Ukrainian revolution in the traditional colors blue and yellow used as a symbol of Ukrainian lands since 12th century, established in the July 1410 Battle of Grunwald, and as a national flag officially used since the 1848 'Springtime of the Peoples' across the continent of Europe, defeated by Austrian, emerging German, and already existing Russian empire, as Russia's relative stability was attributed to the revolutionary groups' inability to communicate with each other
Since December 1994 Budapest Memorandum, 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia: 5 December 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to the 'Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons'. The memorandum was originally signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States. China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents, including security assurances against threats or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, as - as a result Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapon but Russia then alone controlled the codes needed to operate the nuclear weapons, as in 2009, Russia and USA released a joint statement that the memorandum's security assurances would still be respected after the expiration of the START Treaty, and as - after the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and USA stated that Russian involvement was a breach of its Budapest Memorandum obligations to Ukraine
27 January 2022 USA rejects Russia's demand to bar Ukraine from Nato: 27 January 2022: The USA has rejected Russia's demand to bar Ukraine from Nato, amid warnings Russia might invade its neighbour, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken was giving Russia a formal response but gave no concessions saying that he was offering Russia 'a serious diplomatic path forward, should Russia choose it', and as a Russian minister said his country would study Mr Blinken's response, delivered in coordination with Nato
27 January 2022 USA says Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline won’t open, Germany vowed to hit with 'strong sanctions': 27 January 2022: Russian regime's Putin is being briefed on a USA paper reaffirming support for Ukraine’s right to pursue Nato membership, as USA further says Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline won’t open if Russia invades Ukraine, as Germany has vowed to hit Russia with 'strong sanctions' if it invades Ukraine, including on the disputed Nord Stream 2 pipeline, 'The Guardian'reports live
3 February 2022 NRC's Jan Egeland warns against an escalation of Russian aggression against Ukraine: 3 February 2022: 'We Need Peace', but war in Ukraine would be humanitarian catastrophe for millions in the region, says NRC's Jan Egeland on the messages he is hearing from Ukrainians in their country - 3 February 2022: NRC Secretary General Jan Egeland warns that an escalation of Russian aggression against Ukraine would have catastrophic consequences for millions of civilians in the border regions, already suffering since 2014
7 February 2022 USA and EU 'in unity’ in response to Russia-Ukraine tensions: 7 February 2022: USA and EU ‘in unity’ in response to Russia-Ukraine tensions, USA Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, as president Joe Biden to meet German chancellor at White House while France’s Emmanuel Macron is to meet Russian regime's Putin - responsible for the crisis - in Moscow, 'The Guardian' reports live
9 February 2022 European citizens remarkably united with majorities supporting Nato/EU response: 9 February 2022: Most Europeans want to stand with Kyiv against Russia's Putin regime, as more than 60% of people surveyed believe Nato should come to Ukraine’s defence if Russia invades, according to ECFR study, which carried out the polling in seven countries, accounting for two-thirds of the EU’s population
Since 9/10 February 2022 Russia/Belarus days of joint military drills close to Ukraine border: 9 February 2022: Russia and Belarus will begin 10 days of joint military drills on Thursday, setting in train one of the most overtly threatening elements of the Putin regime’s buildup of forces around Ukraine’s borders, ratcheting up Ukraine tensions, as satellite imagery shows much Russian hardware has been moved to locations close to Ukraine border - 10 February 2022: Russia begins military drills with Belarus, the BBC reports, showing a map of the region incl. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk that was the 1941-1943 battleground of Soviet Union's defense against NSDAP ruled German empire's aggression in its second world war
>10 February 2022 UK secretaries Liz Truss, Ben Wallace warn Russian regime, BBC reports live: 10 February 2022: The BBC reports live, as UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss - in Moscow for talks with her Russian counterpart S. Lavrov - warns Russia's Putin regime that invading Ukraine would be disastrous, and as Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warns Putin regime saying 'Ukrainian people will fight'
11 February 2022 more Russian military drills targeting Ukraine on Friday: 11 février 2022: Nouvelles manœuvres russes à la frontière ukrainienne, information internationale en direct sur France24 - 11 February 2022: NATO has raised the alarm about the Ukraine crisis, warning of 'a real risk for a new armed conflict in Europe', and promised to reinforce its eastern flank
12 February 2022 USA's president Biden, Russian regime’s Putin made call, 'The Guardian' reports live: 12 February 2022: USA's president Biden and Russian regime’s Putin make call, as they speak after USA warned Russia could attack Ukraine 'any day’, after Macron told Putin sincere negotiations are incompatible with an escalation in tensions, and as thousands of Ukrainians rally in Kyiv amid fear of invasion, and as UK troops sent to help train Ukrainian army to leave country, 'The Guardian' reports live
13 February 2022 USA warns of 'crippling’ sanctions if Putin regime invades already endangered, suffering Ukraine: 13 February 2022: USA warns of 'crippling’ sanctions if Russia's Putin regime invades Ukraine, coming after a phone call between USA's president Biden and Putin ended with no breakthrough, 'Al Jazeera' reports live - 13 February 2022: Kyiv - experienced since July 2014 and MH17 case - tells airlines to skirt Black Sea amid Russian drills, 'The Guardian' reports live
14 February 2022 UK and USA say Russia could invade Ukraine any moment, urging Putin regime to de-escalate: 14 February 2022: Citing ‘latest information’, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says Russia could invade Ukraine any moment, urges Putin regime to de-escalate, as Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has affirmed that Ukraine still wants to join NATO despite Russia’s opposition, 'Al Jazeera reports with Live updates - 14 February 2022: Russian invasion could start at 'any time’, USA warns, as 'The Guardian' reports with live updates
15 February 2022 Nato demands it has yet to see 'real deescalation’ from Russia: 15 February 2022: Nato demands it has yet to see ‘real deescalation’ from Russia, saying announcement of troop withdrawal is good but alliance must see signs on the ground, following reports yesterday that Putin regime is sending thousands more troops to Ukraine border and Russian ambassador's to the EU warning of right to 'counterattack' in eastern Ukraine, 'The Guardian' reports with live news
16 February 2022 Nato's Jens Stoltenberg says no sign of de-escalation by Russian forces near Ukraine: 16 February 2022: Nato's secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg says there is no sign of de-escalation by Russian forces on the ground near Ukraine, warning the threat from Russia had become a 'new normal' in European security, informing that Nato was considering setting up new battle groups in central and SE Europe, BBC and 'The Guardian' report with live updates
17 February 2022 Russia still building forces on Ukraine border, says top Nato official: 17 February 2022: Russia still building forces on Ukraine border, says top Nato official, following deploymdng of 7,000 more troops to border, USA official claims, as Ukraine accuses Russia of cyber-attack on banks and defence ministry, marking day of unity against fears of a Russian invasion, and as western leaders prepare for security conference in Munich this weekend, 'The Guardian' reports with live news - 17 February 2022: Russia trying to create a pretext for its invasion? Questions from the media at a press conference in Kyiv, as BBC also reports with live updates
17 February 2022 Ukrainian military alleged that Russian-backed forces fired at Stanytsia-Luhanska: 17 February 2022: Ukrainian military’s command centre in the east on Thursday alleged that Russian-backed forces fired heavy artillery at the village of Stanytsia-Luhanska 'with special cynicism', an incident in the separatist conflict as justification for an invasion
18 February 2022 Russia has up to 190,000 military personnel in or near Ukraine: 18 February 2022: Russia has up to 190,000 military personnel in or near Ukraine, as observers say number of Russian troops inside Ukraine or near its borders is significantly higher than previously known, sccording to USA, as 'The Guardian' reports with live updates, as later 'The Guardian' reported that Russian state media said a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple USA warnings of false flag incidents, and as Putin and Lukashenko prepare ‘to actively take part’ in strategic nuclear drills
19 February 2022 Putin will impose Nato his will: 19 February 2022: Leaders of Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine order full military mobilisation, as Russia's Rostov region bordering Ukraine declared a state of emergency, citing growing numbers of people arriving from separatist-held areas in Ukraine after they received evacuation orders, as Russian regime’s Putin and Belarusian regime's Lukashenko, a close ally of Putin, took part in major military drills along Ukraine’s borders from a situation centre in the Kremlin on Saturday, as Nato's Jens Stoltenberg says Russia makes demands that it knows NATO cannot fulfill, adding now 'we have a Russia which is openly contesting core values for European security and then demonstrating their will to use force or the threat of force to get their will', further adding 'for the first time we now see Beijing joining Moscow in calling on NATO to stop admitting new members', 'Al Jazeera' reports with live updates - Enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the military alliance of 28 European and 2 North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. In October 2020 Ukraine's president Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine needs a NATO Membership Action Plan, as NATO membership will contribute to Ukraine's security and defense. In April 2021, following a Russian troop buildup near the Ukraine border, Zelenskiy repeated this request to receive peace
19 February 2022 Putin regime's Chief of General Staff pointed out 'guaranteed defeat of the enemy': 19 February 2022: Russian Putin regime said later on the day that its military successfully test-launched hypersonic and cruise missiles at sea and land-based targets during 'exercises', as Putin sat observing the 'war games' on screens along with neighbouring Belarus' dictator Lukashenko, from what the Kremlin described as a 'situation centre', saying 'all the missiles hit their targets, confirming their performance objectives', adding the drills included Tu-95 bombers and submarines, and as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made a reference to nuclear launch codes, saying 'such test launches, of course, are impossible without the head of state. You know about the famous black suitcase and the red button'. Two ballistic missiles were launched – one from a site in northwest Russia and the second from a submarine in the Barents Sea – hitting targets thousands of kilometres away in the far east peninsula of Kamchatka, the Kremlin said, claiming that the exercises are part of a regular training process, denying they signal an escalation in the standoff with independant - since 1991 - Ukraine, but in a Russian footage aired by RIA Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov told Putin 'the main purpose of the exercise is to train the strategic offensive forces’ actions aimed at delivering a guaranteed defeat of the enemy', as according to reporting 'Al Jazeera' Russian e.g. can use militarily 1511 attack aircraft, Ukraine 98
19 February 2022 Ukraine's Zelenskyy said Ukraine is Europe’s shield against Russia after 2 more soldiers killed: 19 February 2022: Later, in the afternoon, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy said in Munich Ukraine is Europe’s shield against Russia, as Polish PM Morawiecki later said in Munich 'it is naive to believe that fulfilling some of the demands of Russia will lead to peaceful cohabitation, peaceful coexistence', as Ukraine reported 2 more soldiers killed in separatists shelling today
20 February 2022 'can’t keep offering olive branch’ to Russia over Ukraine as killed people will never resurrect: 20 February 2022: Ukrainian president Zelenskyy is willing to meet Russian regime's Putin to seek a serious 'peaceful settlement', after former KGB agent since more then 20 years is terrifying the global community with poisonings including Plutonium, Novichok, with other forms of assassinations against opponents in Russia and abroad, with wars and war participations in Chechnya, in Syria, Africa, and since 2014 in Europe, and now in 2022 even threatening with nuclear weapons, with civilians in eastern Ukraine living amid destruction and shellings, hitting residential areas and 'kindergarten', as Russian military exercises in Belarus scheduled to end on Sunday will continue, Minsk regime has announced, pointing to an increase in tensions along the Ukraine border, saying Russian troops will not withdraw, as exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said the presence of Russian troops for extended military drills endangered her country’s sovereignty, stating 'the presence of Russian troops on our territory violates our constitution, international law, endangers the security of each Belarusian and the entire region', adding that her team would seek to have the deployment raised within the UN security council, according to 'Al Jazeera'
20 February 2022 'can’t keep offering olive branch’ to Russia over Ukraine as killed people will never resurrect: 20 February 2022: Putin regime had previously said the 30,000 troops it has in Belarus were simply carrying out readiness drills with its ally, but as 20 February arrived Putin and Belarusian dictator Lukashenko decided to 'continue inspections', citing increased military activity on their shared borders and an alleged 'escalation' in east Ukraine, as their decision and move is seen as a further tightening of the screws on independent but not respected Ukraine, already facing increased shelling from Russian-backed separatist and occupying rebels, the 'Kyiv Post' reports - 20 February 2022: Russia cannot restore the USSR, a country with closed borders, a planned economy, and public property, as Putin's Russia since late 1990s - after Gorbachev's failed perestroika since March 1984 encompassing a complex series of reforms to restructure society and the economy but opposed, obstructed by the USA supporting the Taliban - has little in common with that historical setup. It is a highly capitalistic state with robust oligarchic groups and endemic corruption, according to the 'Kyiv Post'
20 February 2022 'can’t keep offering olive branch’ to Russia over Ukraine as killed people will never resurrect: 20 February 2022: Russian troops will remain indefinitely, says Belarus, as fears rise of Ukraine invasion, according to 'The Guardian', further reporting another phone call by Macron, as Ukrainian president - responsible for the endangered country with a population of 41,167,336 citizens in January 2022 - calls for west’s help at Munich conference, 'The Guardian' further reports with live updates
21 February 2022 Ukraine calls for urgent EU sanctions on Russia to avert invasion: 21 February 2022: Ukraine rejects 'fake' Russian claims about border incursion, Luke Harding reports from Kyiv, Ukraine’s neighbours bracing for millions of refugees if Russia invades, as Ukraine calls for urgent EU sanctions on Russia to avert invasion, and as on the other side leaders of two-self proclaimed 'people’s republics' formally asked Russian regime's Putin to recognise their independence in a coordinated appeal on Monday, a move that is set to further inflame the situation in eastern Ukraine, as in the afternoon two-thirds of 110 battalions now positioned within 50km of the border, and as in the evening 'The Guardian' (Andrew Roth) continues to report - 21 février 2022: C'était 'prématuré' de parler d’un sommet réunissant le régime russe et les États-Unis pour désamorcer la crise autour de l’Ukraine, après dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, le gouvernement français avait pourtant annoncé que les deux états avaient 'accepté le principe d’un tel sommet' - 21 February 2022: USA's president Joe Biden is meeting his national security team about Russia and Ukraine, official said according to 'Al Jazeera' also reports with live updates, as Ukraine’s FM Kuleba said he would discuss de-escalation efforts with USA's Secretary of State Blinken on Tuesday
21 February 2022 2 Ukrainian servicemen killed in Donbas by occupiers’ shelling, also killing a civilian: 21 February 2022: Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed in Donetsk region in the occupiers’ shelling, as 'the illegal armed formations shelled the village of Novoluhanske, killing a civilian and damaging houses. A total of eight populated localities in the region – about 43,000 people – were left without electricity and/or water over a day', according to National Police, and - as of 17:00 21 February - Russian-occupation forces launched 54 attacks on Ukraine’s Armed Forces positions, wounding four soldiers
22 February 2022 Russia strongly condemned at UN after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine, and opposed: 22 February 2022: Russia strongly condemned at UN after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine, as Ukraine’s foreign minister appealed for strong sanctions as the only way of stalling further Russian encroachment, 'The Guardian' reports, also providing a live coverage of the Russia/Ukraine crisis - 22 February 2022: German Chancellor Scholz said that he halted the review process of Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with Russia in response to Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in Ukraine, 'so there can be no certification of the pipeline and without this certification, Nord Stream 2 cannot begin operating', according to 'Kyiv Post' - 22 February 2022: Russian regime's Putin signed a 'decree' to officially recognise the breakaway, self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk 'People’s Republics' DPR and LPR in war-torn eastern Ukraine, as this political sparked fears of a wider military campaign on Ukrainian territory, perhaps beginning war against an indepencent European country, as many - also in Russia - outside the corridors of power are critical of regime's move, and as Syria’s Assad regime 'supports' Putin’s decision to recognise the puppet states in eastern Ukraine as independent
23 February 2022 Ukraine urges citizens to leave Russia: 23 February 2022: Ukraine urges citizens to leave Russia, after Ukraine’s parliament approved imposing sanctions on 351 Russians, including lawmakers who supported Putin’s move to recognise eastern Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk 'People’s Republics' as independent and deploy troops to the breakaway regions, 'Al Jazeera' reports with live updates - 23 February 2022: Nato accuses Russia of trying to 'rewrite entire global security architecture’, as Nato secretary general Stoltenberg says risk of conflict is real as EU expected to level tough sanctions at Russia, and as EU is ready to launch a second set of sanctions against Russia if its troops move beyond Ukraine separatist regions, European Commission’s executive vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis said, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates
2 August 2023 Vladimir Putin aiming for ‘global catastrophe’, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy: 2 August 2023: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Russian regime's Putin of trying to trigger a 'global catastrophe' and the collapse of global food markets after Russian night strikes against a grain silo and loading facilities at an inland port on the Danube River, saying 'Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe. In their madness, they need world food markets to collapse, they need a price crisis, they need disruptions in supplies', 'The Guardian' reports.

24 February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (Wikipedia) and timeline of Putin's war (Langenberger Musikschule)




February 2015 Houthi coup d'état and takeover - Since 2004 Houthi insurgency in Yemen, a sectarian military rebellion pitting Zaidi Shia Houthis against the Yemeni military that began in Northern Yemen and has since escalated into a full-scale civil war - Since 2015 Yemeni Civil War between factions claiming to constitute the Yemeni government following the Houthi coup d'état, along with their supporters and allies - Human rights violations during the Yemeni Civil War since 2015
Since 2009 Iranian regime's and Hezbollah's support for 'Houthis': Since 2009 Iranian regime's, Hezbollah's and North Korean financial and military support for 'Houthis'
Since February 2015 timeline of the Yemeni Civil War, human rights violations, cholera outbreak and famine: Since February 2015 timeline of the Yemeni Civil War and human rights violations - Since 2016 Yemen cholera outbreak - Since 2016 Famine in Yemen
January 2019 illegally shipped Iranian fuel financing Yemen Houthi rebels' war: 19 January 2019: Illegally shipped Iranian fuel financing Yemen Houthi rebels' war, UN report finds
June 2019 Houthi's war death toll nears 100,000: 20 June 2019: Human cost of Yemen war laid bare as the death toll nears 100,000, according to a report outlining the war’s impact on civilians as well as fighters as the researchers call for resolution to conflict
August 2019 Houthi's missile strike and bombings in Aden: 1 August 2019: Iran-aligned Houthis rebels launch missile strike on military parade in Aden and coordinated suicide bombings target a police station in another part of the city, killing at least 51 people and wounding dozens
September 2019 war crimes in Yemen: 3 September 2019: As panel lists 160 key actors in Yemen war who could face charges, UN report says Britain, France and the USA may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic
October 2019 Houthi's Yemen war caused 100,000 victims til today: 31 October 2019: The death toll in Yemen’s war started by Iranian backed Houthis since 2015 has reached 100,000, according to a highly regarded database project that tracks the conflict, saying 20,000 people killed this year and 12,000 civilians among total since 2015
16 February 2020 Yemen airstrikes kill 31 civilians: 16 February 2020: After Houthis 'have massively expanded their arsenal with the help of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah', today shooting down Saudi Tornado aircraft on Friday in northern Al-Jawf province during an operation to support government forces, Yemen airstrikes kill 31 civilians, proving everything is allowed since 1914 and 2013
19 February 2020 devices found in missiles and Yemen drones link Iran to attacks, Houthis block UN’s aid: 19 February 2020: Devices found in missiles and Yemen drones link Iran to attacks following UN reports, concerning drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen's Houthis, recovered in downed Iranian drones in Afghanistan and Iraq - 19 February 2020: Yemen’s Houthis have blocked half of the UN’s aid delivery programs in the war-torn country, also trying to force the agency to give them greater control over the humanitarian campaign
17 March 2020 explosive-laden Iran-aligned Houthi boats destroyed: 17 March 2020: Saudi-led coalition in Yemen destroyed two explosive-laden boats launched and remotely-controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi group from the province of Hodeidah
30 March 2020 Iran-aligned Houthis launched ballistic missiles towards Saudi Arabia: 30 March 2020: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched ballistic missiles towards the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, and southern areas near the Yemeni border on Saturday night
11 April 2020 Houthis sentenced 4 journalists to death: 11 April 2020: A court run by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis sentenced 4 journalists to death, as the four were among a group of 10 journalists detained by the warmongering group and accused of 'collaborating with the enemy', and after rights group has called the charges 'trumped-up', saying the detained reporters were beaten, deprived of water and forced to hold cinder blocks for several hours
14 April 2020 fighting in Yemen escalated despite a ceasefire: 14 April 2020: Fighting in Yemen between Iran-backed Houthis and forces loyal to the exiled government has escalated, despite a ceasefire designed to help the war-torn country focus on containing the covid-19 pandemic, as coalition accuses Houthis of breaching unilateral truce 241 times in 48 hours
23 June 2020 Iran-backed Houthis attack deep in Saudi Arabia: 23 June 2020: Yemen's Houthis attack deep in Saudi Arabia, as Saudi-led coalition battling the Iran-backed group says it intercepted ballistic missile fired by the Houthis towards Riyadh
30 December 2020 Aden attack as blast rips through Yemen’s Aden airport targeting new cabinet members: On 30 December 2020 a plane carrying the newly formed Yemeni government landed at the Aden International Airport, as bombs exploded and gunmen opened fire, leaving at least 22 people dead, as Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani blamed the attack on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, adding that all the members of the government were safe - 30 December 2020: A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden as a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, as officials at the scene said they have seen bodies lying on the tarmac and elsewhere at the airport
11 January 2021 USA announced designation of Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organization: 11 January 2021: USA's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he plans to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organization, increasing pressure on Iran, also saying the designation of the Iran-backed Houthis and three of the group’s leaders are meant to hold them accountable for acts such as 'cross-border attacks threatening civilian populations, infrastructure, and commercial shipping', as the designation will take effect 19 January a day before the inauguration of Joe Biden
1 February 2021 ten years after the Arab spring Yemen has little hope left: 1 February 2021: Ten years after the Arab spring, Yemen has little hope left, as - racked by war, cholera and now covid-19 - the country faces the world’s worst famine in decades
6 March dozens killed following Iran-backed Houthi attacks: 6 mars 2021: De violents combats ont tué au moins 90 combattants au cours des dernières vingt-quatre heures dans la région pétrolière stratégique de Marib, dans le nord du Yémen, que les rebelles houthis tentent d’arracher depuis un mois aux forces loyalistes, selon des sources militaires gouvernementales
16 March 2021 HRW reports fire at detention facility after Houthis fired missiles: 16 March 2021: The UN has called for an independent inquiry into a horrific fire at a detention facility in Yemen’s capital Sana’a that left dozens of Ethiopian migrants dead and more than 170 injured, as HRW said that the fire occurred after Houthi rebels fired missiles into the detention centre where the migrants were protesting over their cramped conditions
12 May 2021 6 years ago Houthis seized Yemen's capital and war continues: 12 May 2021: More than six years after Houthi rebels seized Yemen's capital and forced its government into exile, a bloody war still rages across the country, and despite a Saudi-led bombing campaign that has destroyed Yemeni infrastructure and crippled its economy, the Houthis remain in control of most of the country's population centres, as the Guardian's Middle East correspondent explains why a new Houthi offensive could heap more misery on the millions of civilians caught in the crossfire
20 September 2021 UN, USA, UK condemn Houthis’ execution of 9 Yemenis: 20 September 2021: UN, the USA and the UK on Sunday condemned the executions of nine Yemenis by the country’s Houthi rebels over allegations that they were involved in the killing of a senior Houthi official in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition more than three years ago, after Iranian-backed Houthis on Saturday publicity executed the nine by firing squad


Since 4 April 2019 military campaign by Haftar's 'Libyan National Army' to capture the western region of Libya (Western Libya Offensive)
February 2018 French Total and Russian Novatek signed contract with Lebanon for oil and gas disputed by Israel: 9 February 2018: Consortium comprising energy giants French Total, Italy's ENI, and Russian Novatek signed its first contract with Lebanon to drill for oil and gas off its coast, including in a block disputed by Israel, as Israel warns against 'provocative behavior'
4 April 2019 Libyan warlord Haftar orders troops to march on Tripoli: 4 April 2019: Libyan strongman Haftar orders troops to march on Tripoli - 6 April 2019: Threat of Tripoli fighting raises atrocity concerns, according to Human Rights Watch, saying Haftar's LNA has a well-documented record of indiscriminate attacks on civilians, summary executions of captured fighters, and arbitrary detention - 6 April 2019: French FM Le Drian, whose country has been criticized for supporting Libyan eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, said rival factions in Libya needed to hold back and that Haftar should accept a UN-backed peace effort, amid beginning evacuations of international powers - 15 April 2019: Some foreign states unified by aim of Libyan instability, Libyan government spokesperson says
15/16 April 2019 civilian casualties, displacement to increase due to continued use of air strikes and heavy artillery, UN says: 15 April 2019: Civilian casualties and displacement expected to increase in Libya due to continued use of air strikes and heavy artillery, UN report says - 16 April 2019: Libya’s UN backed government of National Accord has made a call for political dialogue with eastern commander Khalifa Haftar, also calling for an end to the fighting
16-25 April 2019 at least 174 people killed and 758 wounded, including civilians: 16 avril 2019: Au moins 174 personnes ont été tuées et 758 blessées, dont des civils, depuis le lancement d'une offensive de Khalifa Haftar pour conquérir Tripoli, selon OMS - 17 April 2019: Nearly 180 people have died as a result of warlord Haftar’s assault on Tripoli, with at least four civilians killed in aerial bombardment on the Libyan capital overnight, as residents protest and government denounces attacks as barbaric, saying evidence will be passed to ICC - 25 April 2019: Young refugees held in the Qasr bin Ghashir detention centre in Libya have described being shot at indiscriminately by warlord Haftar's militias advancing on Tripoli, in an attack that reportedly left at least two people dead and up to 20 injured
3 July 2019 airstrike on migrant detention centre: 3 July 2019: An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, according to a health official in Libya's UN-supported government, blaming warlord Haftar for the airstrike, which destroyed centre holding mainly African migrants, as thousands of migrants from African countries are locked in dozens of facilities in Libya - 3 July 2019: Tripoli attack, apparently carried out by forces loyal to the warlord Khalifa Haftar, 'clearly could constitute a war crime, as it killed by surprise innocent people whose dire conditions forced them to be in that shelter', according to UN envoy Ghassan Salamé
10 July 2019 France admits Haftar military support: 10 July 2019: France admits it is owner of missiles found on Libyan rebel base used for Haftar's assault on Tripoli
13 July 2019: 13 July 2019: ICC Prosecutor initiates legal procedures in the airstrike of the immigration centre in Tajoura
5/7 August 2019 another murderous airstrike by French-backed Haftar: 5 août 2019: Au moins 42 civils ont été tués dans une frappe aérienne contre une ville du sud de la Libye, selon Ibrahim Omar, membre du conseil municipal de Morzouk, en accusant les forces de Khalifa Haftar, en ajoutant qu'un bâtiment gouvernemental où étaient réunies plus de 200 personnes, des notables et doyens de la ville pour régler des différends sociaux, a été visé par trois frappes, et en affirmant que les bombardements ont aussi fait plus de 60 blessés dont 30 dans un état grave - 7 August 2019: Libya’s FM demands ICC investigate Murzuq massacre
16 August 2019 UNSMIL deplores attacks on airports: 16 August 2019: UNSMIL deplores the ever-increasing and systemic attacks on airports in western Libya, including Zuwara and Mitiga, endangering the lives of thousands of civilian travelers, including UN staff and humanitarian workers, as Mitiga airport is the only functioning airport near Tripoli available for use by hundreds of thousands of civilians and for the delivery of humanitarian assistance
17 August 2019 Haftar's torture and executions: 17 August 2019: 12 prisoners of war, showing signs of torture and abuses, have been executed by Khalifa Haftar’s infamous Al-Kaniyat militia group after their detention in different frontlines in southern Tripoli, as two other civilians abducted by the same group in Qarabulli town east of Tripoli had the same fate, according to ministry
7 September 2019 billion dollar fund financing Libyan warlord Haftar: 7 September 2019: Inside the billion dollar fund financing Libyan warlord Haftar, who has the military backing of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and the political and military support of Russia and France in his five-year quest to conquer the vast oil-rich country of Libya
13 September 2019 Russian technicians support Haftar: 13 September 2019: Russian technicians are supporting Khalifa Haftar's forces by repairing its Soviet-supplied armoured fighting vehicles and artillery
26 September 2019 Khalifa Haftar’s war on Tripoli supported by France, the UAE and Egypt, Al-Sarraj told UN General Assembly: 26 September 2019: Khalifa Haftar’s war on Tripoli was encouraged by France, the UAE and Egypt, Libya's Al-Sarraj told UN General Assembly, saying the three foreign countries are interfering in Libya’s internal affairs and provided military and financial support for war criminal Haftar to launch his offensive, adding 'we condemn the three countries’ support to Haftar which constitute a flagrant violation of Security Council resolutions'
6 November 2019 airstrikes and Russian mercenaries: 6 November 2019: 2 Libyan policemen were killed in an air strike on a police station in the suburbs of Tripoli, the Government of National Accord said - 6 November 2019: 3 people were killed Tuesday in Libya in an airstrike carried out by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar - 6 November 2019: After Ukraine and Syria, Russian regime turns its attention to Libya's proxy war - 6 November 2019: In the last six weeks, about 200 Russian fighters, including experienced snipers, have arrived in Libya as part of a broad campaign by the Putin regime to reassert its influence across the Middle East and Africa, the New York Times reports
18 November 2019 workers in Libyan capital killed in airstrike by Haftar’s forces: 18 November 2019: At least ten workers were killed and 35 wounded in an airstrike by Khalifa Haftar’s forces on Monday that hit a biscuit factory in Libya's Wadi Rabea, 21 km from the centre of Tripoli, called a possible war crime by the UN, as Egypt, France and the UAE are among the countries accused of sending weapons to Haftar, and as the majority of those killed in the strike were apparently migrants while two were Libyans
November 2019 'Libya is ground zero for drone wars': 27 November 2019: 'Libya is ground zero for drone wars', according to Drone Wars research group's Chris Cole, saying 'a complex network of countries are involved and nobody is precisely sure who is doing what', after warlord Haftar launched his bloody offensive in April - 30 November 2019: UAE-backed drone strike kills entire family in south Libya, as Media Centre has confirmed the killing of a whole family including children, in addition to two migrant workers in an air raid conducted by an UAE-backed drone of Haftar
9/10 December 2019 Libya arms embargo systematically violated by UN states: 9 December 2019: Libya arms embargo being systematically violated by UN states, as Jordan, Turkey and UAE singled out for 'routinely and blatantly’ supplying weapons, and as report will not identify the country responsible for a particularly egregious air assault on the Tajoura refugee detention centre in July but will make it clear the attack used weapons available only to a foreign power - 10 December 2019: Libya GNA warns from Haftar’s possible entry to Tripoli with Russian support
23/24 December 2019 Egypt, Russia, UAE, and France's support for warlord Haftar: 23 December 2019: Detained pro-Haftar pilot reveals new details about Egypt, Russia, UAE, and France's support, saying Russian Wagner Group mercenaries depend on Tarhouna operations room with air-defense and electronic warfare systems, where a group of French experts working on logistical support, surveillance and wiretapping - 24 December 2019: Mercenaries flock to Libya raising fears of prolonged war, as hundreds of fighters from Sudan are joining anti-government Libyan National Army
1 January 2020 Haftar’s forces kill three civilians in airstrikes in Tripoli’s suburbs: 1 January 2020: Haftar’s forces kill three civilians in new airstrikes on a civilian area in Tripoli’s suburbs, the UN-backed government’s forces said in a statement
3 January 2020 Haftar airstrikes: 3 January 2020: Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli due to rocket fire and shelling, officials said, as Haftar’s forces admitted on Friday they had carried out air strikes in several locations, including south of the city of Sirte
4/5 January 2020 suspected Haftar airstrike kills dozens: 4/5 January 2020: An airstrike, that slammed into a military academy in Tripoli's Hadaba area just south of the city center, killed at least 30 people, most of them students, also wounding at least 33 others, as Libyan government blamed the airstrike on Haftar's armed forces and as France, Russia, Egypt, the UAE and others countries support Haftar
6 January 2020 urging UN to be more active, Turkey sends troops and electronic warfare tools as warlord Haftar enter city of Sirte: 6 January 2020: Turkey sends troops and electronic warfare tools to Libya in challenge to rogue general Haftar and UAE, after the first contingent of armed forces had already arrived in Libya to help the UN brokered-government in the country thwart the 9-month aggression by Haftar - 6 January 2020: Forces loyal to east Libyan warlord Haftar enter city of Sirte - 6 January 2020: Turkey urges UN to be more active in Libya amid Haftar offensive
7 January 2020 steep rise in civilians killed or injured in Libya by explosive weaponry and airstrikes: 7 January 2020: Civilians killed or injured in Libya by explosive weapons rose by 131% last year, with the number of incidents at its highest since 2011, the year of the Benghazi uprising, according to new data seen by the Guardian, as most of the 900 people who died or were hurt in explosions in the country in 2019 were victims of airstrikes - 7 January 2020: Several Libyan political parties have expressed concern about the upcoming visit of European foreign ministers to Tripoli, saying 'it is far too late', voicing their rejection to the 'political hypocrisy' of European countries by not rejecting aggression and military coups
8 January 2020 Haftar's new illegal air strikes: 8 January 2020: Haftar's forces said they carried out air strikes on Wednesday on a coastal road west of Sirte - 8 January 2020: Haftar's forces clash with government forces near Sirte
10 January 2020 3 Turkish soldiers killed in Libya as Haftar’s forces advance on Misrata: 10 January 2020: Three Turkish soldiers killed in Libya as Haftar’s forces advance on Misrata - 10 January 2020: Libya's Haftar rejects Russia-Turkey ceasefire plan after huge advances
26 January 2020 UN decried 'continued blatant violations' of arms embargo on war-torn Libya: 26 January 2020: UN decried 'continued blatant violations' by several countries of an arms embargo on war-torn Libya, flying in the face of recent pledges made last week at an international conference in Berlin, as UN support mission in Libya regrettably didn't name any specific nations, only saying they included 'several who participated in the Berlin Conference', after warlord Khalifa Haftar received support for his aggression since April from Egypt, France, Russia and the UAE
26 January 2020 Haftar’s forces shell civilian areas in Tripoli as UN condemns repeated ceasefire breaches in Libya: 26 January 2020: UN condemns repeated ceasefire breaches in Libya as Haftar’s forces shell civilian areas in Tripoli
28 January 2020 children killed and injured as Haftar targeted a school compound in Tripoli: 28 January 2020: Several children were killed and injured as forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar targeted a school compound in the capital Tripoli, according to the UN-recognized government - 28 January 2020: Libya GNA forces recapture Misrata town from Haftar forces
28 January 2020 world powers will be complicit in the collapse of the rule of law in Libya: 28 January 2020: World powers will be complicit in the collapse of the rule of law in Libya if they do not do more to call out the countries backing those responsible for disrupting the country’s oil exports, according to Libyan national oil corporation's Mustafa Sanalla, saying too many western powers were happy to let the countries meddling in Libya sign non-intervention agreements that they had no intention of honouring, adding 'we need not just words but action from UN security council members, particularly the UK, USA and France'
29 January 2020 Haftar’s shelling on Tripoli residential areas kills children: 29 January 2020: Haftar’s shelling on Tripoli residential areas kills three children and injures two others, hit as they were on the way to school, according to local official, amid Haftar's daily violations of the Berlin 'ceasefire'
30 January 2020 Libya’s GNA forces shoot down a Russian surveillance drone over Tripoli: 30 January 2020: Libya’s GNA forces shoot down a Russian surveillance drone over Tripoli
5 February 2020 2 civilians killed and 5 others injurd by Haftar’s forces: 5 February 2020: 2 civilians killed and 5 others injurd in renewed attacks by Haftar’s forces on southern Tripoli - 5 February 2020: Ordinary people continue to suffer the brunt of fighting in and around Libya’s capital Tripoli including the murder of children, despite international commitments, UN's OCHA says, estimating 900,000 people will need humanitarian assistance in Libya, as internal displacement surged by 80% in 2019 due to conflict, with 343,000 people now displaced caused by Haftar
6 February 2020 Haftar militias strike University of Tripoli: 6 February 2020: Haftar militias strike University of Tripoli, threatening the faculties of agriculture and pharmacy, as bomb squad defused projectile
12 February 2020 support for Haftar by Russia etc. continues as his forces block UN flights in and out of Libya: 12 February 2020: Despite promises given in Berlin by many countries including European in January, flow of foreign arms continues to fuel Libya’s war, as there were no sanctions to compel respect for a UN arms embargo nor were the violators, including Russian regime, UAE and France, shamed for their role in the conflict, the Washington Post reports - 12 February 2020: Haftar forces block UN flights in and out of Libya
14 February 2020 Russia conscripting Syrian men to fight on their behalf in Libya: 14 February 2020: Russia has been conscripting Syrian men to fight on their behalf in Libya, tempting them with large salaries writes Baladi News - 14 February 2020: Fierce battles near Tripoli - 14 February 2020: Libya's GNA demands UN call Haftar to account for cease-fire violations
16 February 2020 'arms embargo has become a joke', UN's Stephanie Williams says: 16 February 2020: At Berlin Conference on Libya January 2020 reaffirmed 'arms embargo has become a joke', and the country’s financial position is deteriorating rapidly, UN's Stephanie Williams told a news conference in Munich, monitoring unscrupulous violations by land, sea and air by the main perpetrators since April 2019, including Haftar's militias, Russia, Egypt, France, UAE, and Saudi-Arabia, without any accountability
26 February 2020 Haftar’s criminal militias continue to target Tripoli neighborhoods with artillery and rockets: 26 February 2020: Haftar’s criminal militias continue to target Tripoli neighborhoods with artillery and rockets, as sources on the ground confirm the killing of one person, noting injury to at least two others in the Hadba area - 26 February 2020: Past three months of Russian involvement in Libya suggest that the Putin regime is unable to tip the balance decisively there as it did in Syria, and worse, that Russian regime and allies either don’t know it or don’t want to know
27 February 2020 shelling stops flights at Tripoli's Mitiga airport: 27 February 2020: Shelling on Thursday morning forced a suspension of flights at Mitiga, the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli, after airport has come under fire repeatedly during attempts by warlord Haftar to take the capital
29 February 2020 despite so-called truce Haftar's bombardment of Libya’s capital Tripoli: 29 February 2020: Haftar's bombardment of Libya’s capital Tripoli intensified on Friday, residents said, forcing the evacuation of some patients from a hospital near the capital’s only functioning airport, despite truce
2 March 2020 Syrian dictator Assad joins forces with Libya's murderous warlord Haftar, also supported by France and Russian regime: 2 March 2020: Syrian dictator Assad joins forces with Libya's warlord Haftar, also backed by the Russian regime, and his aggession against UN backed government and to seize Tripoli - 2 March 2020: 1 child killed in Haftar militia attack, curbing hopes for peace in war-torn Libya
13 March 2020 UN too scared to stop breaches of arms ban to stop warlord Haftar: 13 March 2020: UN too scared to stop breaches of arms ban, says Libyan minister Fathi Bashagha, vowing to step up fight to end assault by Khalifa Haftar’s forces
19 March 2020 Haftar rockets kill 3 children, 5 women killed and 5 others wounded near Tripoli: 19 March 2020: Haftar rockets kill 3 children in Libya’s Tripoli despite cease-fire deal - 19 March 2020: Five women were killed and five others were wounded, including a child, when their houses were shelled near Libya's capital Tripoli, a health official with the UN-recognized government said
23 March 2020 Haftar’s forces kill 4 civilians in renewed attacks on areas near Tripoli’s airport: 23 March 2020: Haftar’s forces kill 4 civilians in renewed attacks on areas near Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport - 23 March 2020: Renewed bombardments were reported in Libya on Monday after a pause in fighting that followed the main combatants agreeing to a ceasefire because of the coronavirus epidemic
24 March 2020 workers killed in raid by Haftar militias: 24 March 2020: 2 expatriate workers have been killed and a citizen wounded in a raid by Khalifa Haftar militias, on the outskirts of Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli - 24 March 2020: Heavy bombings by warlord Haftar have killed aat least five civilians in the capital of Libya
24 March 2020 EU seems unconcerned by northern African battleground and dictators: 24 March 2020: Europe seems unconcerned by the chaos smouldering on its doorstep in northern Africa, as five-year-old conflict Libya supported by EU countries becomes world’s main theatre of drone combat, and as most recent ally of Khalifa Haftar, the warlord who has been attacking the Libyan capital Tripoli since April last year, is Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, now indirectly supported also by France
25 March 2020 intense bombardment shook Tripoli: 25 March 2020: An intense bombardment shook Tripoli through the night and a new battle erupted at airbase, hours after Libya reported its first case of coronavirus and despite UN calls for ceasefires around the world during the epidemic, as residents of the Libyan capital, seat of GNA government, said the shelling was the worst in weeks
2 April 2020 Haftar forces kill 2 civilians in Tripoli: 2 April 2020: Haftar forces kill 2 civilians in Libya’s Tripoli, GNA urges halt of arming militias - 2 April 2020: Libya’s FM protests EU’s softness on arms flow to warlord Haftar
9 April 2020 Haftar's militias target field hospital in Tajoura: 9 April 2020: Haftar's militias target field hospital in Tajoura
10 April 2020 Haftar forces attacked Tripoli hospital for 3rd time: 10 April 2020: Haftar forces attacked Tripoli hospital dedicated to the treatment of covid-19 patients for 3rd time, also killing one civilian and injuring six others in a rocket attack - 10 April 2020: 'Catastrophic situation in Tripoli after Haftar’s forces cut water supplies’, GNA says
16 April 2020 children and woman killed and wounded by Haftar: 16 April 2020: A woman and a child were killed and another five children were wounded by attacks and artillery shelling of several neighborhoods in Tripoli by warlord Haftar's forces seeking to capture the capital, a UN-backed government's spokesman says, despite UN calls for a cease-fire since April 2019
17 April 2020 Haftar' forces killed a doctor during an attack on Tripoli: 17 April 2020: Haftar' forces killed a doctor during an attack on southern Tripoli Friday
18 April 2020 Haftar steps up attack on Tripoli: 18 April 2020: Haftar steps up attack on Tripoli, causing civilian casualties, after suffering losses west of the city - 18 April 2020: Libyan Air Force strikes Hafta'r militias in Al-Wattia Military Base
23 April 2020 shelling and covid-19 create 'perfect storm’ in Libya: 23 April 2020: Intensifying shelling and covid-19 pandemic create 'perfect storm’ in Libya, UN's Stephanie Turco Williams warns
24 April 2020 civilians killed in attack by Haftar's forces, covid-19 cases: 24 April 2020: 3 civilians killed in attack by warlord Haftar’s forces, and 3 also injured in rocket attack on a civilian settlement in the Ain Zara region in southern Tripoli - 24 April 2020: A second death and another positive covid-19 case announced, bringing Libya’s total to two deaths and 60 positive cases
12 May 2020 Haftar attacks Tripoli airport amid ongoing deadly crisis: 12 May 2020: Shelling of Tripoli's airport hit fuel tanks and damaged passenger planes after Haftar forces fired rockets into Tripoli - 12 May 2020: Russia-trained Syrian fighters reportedly to join Haftar forces in Libya, as UN once again calls on the international community to push for a ceasefire in Libya - 12 May 2020: Turkish FM spokesman said Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the UAE were pursuing 'regional chaos and instability' in the eastern Mediterranean and sacrificing Libyans’ 'hope for democracy for the reckless aggression of dictators'
17 May 2020 Haftar attacks shelter for displaced people killing many: 17 May 2020: Bombs hit a shelter for displaced people in Libya’s capital Tripoli, killing at least seven people including a 5-year-old child from Bangladesh, also wounding many others in the latest attack on civilians by Haftar backed by Egypt, France, Russia, UAE and other Arab countries - 17 May 2020: Since hosting a Libya summit four months ago, the German government has approved arms exports worth €331 million to countries accused of supporting warring parties in the country, according a report from the German Economy Ministry
5 June 2020 blow to warlord Haftar, UAE's Khalifa, Egypt's el-Sisi, Russian regime's Putin, and France's Macron: 5 June 2020: In a blow to warlord Haftar, UAE's Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Egypt's el-Sisi, Russian regime's Putin, and France's Macron, UN-backed Libyan forces oust renegade general from Tripoli after his 14-month siege of the south of the city, now ending in failure when his forces retreated from the south of the city toward his heartlands in the south and the east of the country, as UN-recognised government's interior minister Bashagha hailed 'the beginning of the end of the entire dictatorship project', urging cities under Haftar’s control to rise up against him and spare themselves further conflict, amid remaining uncertainty that the extent of Haftar’s retreat may depend on the point at which newly arrived Russian fighter jets intervene to shore up his lines of defence
26 June 2020 end of Tripoli siege raises fears of full-scale proxy war in Libya: 26 June 2020: End of Tripoli siege raises fears of full-scale proxy war in Libya, as diplomatic efforts intensify to avert Cairo’s entry into Libya’s nine-year civil war amid wider tensions and escalate tensions between some of the Middle East’s most implacable foes including Egypt, the UAE, France, Russia, and on the other side Qatar and Turkey
4 September 2020 UN report accuses Russia of supporting Wagner Group in Libya: 4 September 2020: UN report accuses Russia of supporting Wagner Group in Libya, revealing that Russia has reinforced its logistical support for private military firm the Wagner Group in Libya with some 338 cargo flights from Syria in the nine months to 31 July - 4 September 2020: Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar faces legal action in USA for alleged war crimes, challenged in Virginia by relatives of military leader’s alleged victims




Civilian casualties occurs in a general sense, when civilians are killed or injured by non-civilians, mostly law enforcement officers, military personnel, or criminals such as terrorists and bank robbers, under the law of war, civilian casualties are civilians who perished or suffered wounds as a result of wartime acts - War casualties
Civilian casualty ratio is the ratio of civilian casualties to combatant casualties or total casualties in armed conflicts, list of war since World War I, statistics and estimations - The so-called collateral damage is a term for deaths, injuries, or other damage inflicted on an unintended target
War casualties by war - War casualties by nationality
August 1914 German destruction and sacking of Kalisz: August 1914 destruction and sacking of the city of Kalisz by German Empire troops at the beginning of World War I, also known as the Pogrom of Kalisz or Poland’s Louvain, a part of German 'Schrecklichkeit' atrocities
Since August 1914 German troops executed civilians in Europe: Since August 1914 German troops burned homes and executed civilians throughout eastern and central Belgium, including Aarschot (156 dead), Andenne (211 dead), Tamines (383 dead), and Dinant (674 dead), as the victims included men, women, and children - German terrorism called 'Schrecklichkeit', the basis of German actions during their march through Belgium in 1914, followed later in France, the Russian-held area of Poland, and in Russia
Since 1914/1915 German bombing and invasion of Warsaw: After aerial bombing of the city of Warsaw in 1914 with airships, German army's invasion of Warsaw since 1 August 1915
April 1937 bombing of Guernica: 26 April 1937 bombing of Guernica, an aerial bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, causing hundreds of civilian casualties
1 September 1939 bombing of Wielun: 1 September 1939 bombing of Wielun comprised air raids on the Polish town of Wielun by Germany's Luftwaffe, that destroyed at least 70% of the town's buildings (as much as 90%, in the city center), causing hundreds of civilian casualties according to historian Norman Davies, described as the first war crime committed by Germany in World War II
September 1939 German bombing of Frampol, practicing skills to kill: September 1939 bombing of Frampol occurred during the German invasion of Poland in 1939, when the town of Frampol, without military value, but with a population of 4,000 people was bombed by German bombers under General von Richthofen on 13 September as a practice run for future missions and as German fighter pilots trained strafing techniques on refugees who were trying to flee from the city
div>Since 1 September 1939 Germann bombing of Warsaw: Since 1 September 1939 Germann bombing of Warsaw in World War II refers to the aerial bombing campaign of Warsaw by the German Luftwaffe during the siege of Warsaw in the invasion of Poland in 1939, it also may refer to German bombing raids during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, as during the course of the war approximately 84% of the city was destroyed due to German mass bombings, heavy artillery fire and a planned demolition campaign
Since 2015 Russian bombing campaign in Syria: Since 2015 Russian bombing campaign in Syria, civilian casualties and war crimes - Since September 2015 Russian–Syrian hospital bombing campaign - Russian war crimes in Syria
February 2016 Russia committing war crimes by deliberately bombing civilians and aid workers: 21 February 2016: Russia committing war crimes by deliberately bombing civilians and aid workers, rights group says
2017 - January 2018 civilian casualties global survey: 8 January 2018: In a jump of 42% in a year, more than 15,000 civilians were killed by explosive weapons in 2017, a rise driven by airstrikes, which killed almost double the number of civilians in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to a global survey seen by the Guardian, also saying that the worst impacted countries were Syria, where civilian deaths increased by 55% to 8,051, Iraq, where there was a 50% increase, to 3,271, and Afghanistan, where 994 non-combatants died
30 August 2018 about 8,000 civilians killed by the Russian strikes in 35 months: 30 August 2018: About 8,000 civilians including 3,123 children and woman are among more than 18,000 people killed by the Russian strikes in 35 months of military operations in Syria, according to SOHR, as in seven years, the casualties of Russian and Iranian backed war have grown from the first handful of protesters shot by Assad's forces to hundreds of thousands of dead
31 August 2018 Poland lost more than 5 million citizens, including 90% of Poland's Jewish population in WWII: 31 August 2018: Poland says it lost more than 5 million citizens, including 90% of Poland's Jewish population, and over $54 billion dollars worth of assets under the Nazi German occupation of the country during World War II
July 2019 Russia and Assad regime step up murderous airstrikes against civilians: 22 July 2019: Russia and Assad regime step up murderous airstrikes against civilians in Idlib province, as Syrian Coalition urges international community to stop bombing of civilians amounting to war crimes and international crimes
August 2019 433 civilians killed across Syria in July: 5 August 2019: SNHR said that it registered the names of 433 civilians who were killed across Syria in July, mostly in the ongoing onslaught the Assad regime and Russia launched against Idlib and rural Hama
30 August 2019 Syrian towns and villages have been razed to the ground: 30 August 2019: 'Entire towns and villages have been razed to the ground' in northwestern Syria, according to satellite imagery presented by UN's Mark Lowcock in his briefing to the UN Security Council, saying that 'there can be no reason, rationale, excuse or justification for the destruction of civilian areas on the scale seen in Idleb today'
24 December 2019 at least 8 Syrians, including 5 children, killed by Russia's murder gang: 24 December 2019: At least 8 people, including 5 children, were killed Tuesday in Russian air strikes on a school in northwest Syria's Jubas village at the outskirts of Saraqib east of Idlib sheltering displaced civilians, according to SOHR
11 January 2020 at least 18 civilians, including 6 children, murdered in Idlib province, as German chancellor visits Putin: 11 janvier 2020: Parmi les 18 civils tués samedi dans des frappes du régime syrien sur la province d'Idleb, trois enfants ont été tués à Benniche, deux à Al-Nayrab et un à Idleb, selon l'OSDH
14 July 2020 escalating Russian airstrikes on northern Syria: 14 July 2020: Russian jets step up airstrikes on Kabana, while other airstrikes hit southern Idlib, amid aerial attacks escalation - 14 July 2020: Russian jets renew shelling Jabal Al-Zawiya, and over 20 air raids hit 'de-escalation zone' today, as SOHR documented the death of a civilian in a rocket attack by Assad regime forces on Ariha - 14 July 2020: More Russian air raids hit 'de-escalation zone' and man and his child killed in ground shelling on Ariha
10 November 2020 more Russian airstrikes on northern Syria: 10 November 2020: SOHR activists say that Russian airstrikes on Idlib province rose to five, targeting the outskirts of the towns of Benin and Shenan in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib
3 July 2021 Russian airstrikes on northern Syria tied with Assad's bombardments: 3 July 2021: SOHR documented 4 strikes by a Russian fighter jet on Sheikh Youssef area on the western outskirts of Idlib city, as the Russian airstrikes coincided with flight by another Russian jet over the 'de-escalation zone' - 3 July 2021: Nearly 25 civilians, mostly children, killed and injured in Assad regime bombardment on southern Idlib

Attacks on humanitarian workers and hospitals - Medical Neutrality refers to a principle of noninterference with medical services in times of armed conflict - Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war - Duty to rescue
Since 2011 PHR documenting assaults on Syrian health care: Since 2011 Physicians for Human Rights researchers begin documenting assaults on Syrian health care workers and infrastructure, creating an interactive map of attacks and revealing Assad regime’s systemic targeting of hospitals and health workers - Physicians for Human Rights website and interactive map of illegal attacks on Syrian health care
March 2015: 11 March 2015: More than 600 medical workers have been killed in Syria’s civil war in deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, most of them by Assad's forces, international rights group Physicians for Human Rights announced, saying it had documented 233 attacks on 183 medical facilities across Syria since March 2011
Since September/October 2015 Russian–Syrian hospital bombing campaign: Since September/October 2015 Russian–Syrian hospital bombing campaign - 29 September 2016: Syria hospital attacks are 'war crimes', UN's Ban Ki-moon says
Since September/October 2015: 29 October 2015: The escalation of attacks by Russia’s air forces, which began in late September, had targeted 12 hospitals in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama provinces, including six supported by Médecins Sans Frontières, a MSF statement says - 2 November 2015: 'Doctors Without Borders' is urging the permanent member states of the UN Security Council to comply with the responsibility to protect mandate to stop the escalating aerial massacres in Syria as quickly as possible
1 December 2015: A hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in Homs partially destroyed in a 'double-tap' barrel bombing, killing seven people including a young girl and wounding many, latest in apparent escalation of strikes on medical facilities by Russian and Assad terror warplanes - 2 December 2015: Doctors Without Borders reported two barrel bombing attacks against one of their hospitals in Zafarana in Syria’s Homs Province, which left at least 7 people dead and 47 others wounded, including 23 women and children under the age of 15
2016: 9 February 2016: An airstrike hit Tafas field hospital, some 12 km from the Jordanian border in southern Syria, that is supported by Médecins Sans Frontières, killing three people including a nurse and wounding six - 15 février 2016: Un hôpital à Hadiyé dans la région de Maaret al-Noomane, lié à MSF, a été bombardé, neuf personnes, dont un enfant, ont été tuées lors de frappes de l'aviation, vraisemblablement russe - 18 February 2016: Hospitals in opposition-held parts of Syria are refusing to share GPS coordinates with Russian and Syrian authorities because of repeated attacks on medical facilities and workers, Médecins Sans Frontières and humanitarian workers on the ground say - 23 February: Survivors of MSF Hospital targeted by warplanes in Maarat al-Nouman recount their stories - 9 May 2016: Attacks on hospitals and medical facilities by the regime and Russian forces continue unabated, as Assad’s jets on Sunday bombed a hospital in Kafrnaha in rural Aleppo which is supported by Doctors Without Borders destroying three ambulances and causing damage to the hospital building
June 2016: 1 June 2016: Hospitals are now normal targets of war, Médecins Sans Frontières' Michiel Hofman says, describing permanent members of the UN security council as complicit in killings, after Russia blamed for new strikes which targeted two hospitals and other parts of Idlib city, killing scores
July 2016: 24 juillet 2016: Des bombardements aériens, menés par la Syrie et la Russie, ont touchés les établissements dans les quartiers est de la ville, assiégés depuis le 17 juillet par le régime - 24 July 2016: Four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank in Syria's battered Aleppo city have been hit by regime air raids in the past 24 hours, including the children's hospital in a besieged eastern neighbourhood, where the bombardment killed a two-day-old baby, according to a group of doctors - 26 July 2016: Russian warplanes fired vacuum missiles and cluster bombs at residential neighborhoods, hitting Atareb's main hospital and medicine stores and wounding 45 more people - 29 July 2016: An airstrike has hit a maternity hospital in a rebel-held area of Idlib province supported by Save the Children, killing two people and injuring several others including a woman, who was six months pregnant and who lost her leg, and several babies, when their incubators crashed to the floor in the attack - 31 July 2016: Four new-born babies reportedly killed after a recent triple airstrike, which aid workers said came from Syrian government warplanes, hit besieged Aleppo’s last children’s hospital run by a group of Syrian doctors, the Independent Doctors’ Association, and backed by the charity Unicef - 31 July 2016: It rose to 9 (including 3 citizens, a child, a pharmaceutical and the deputy director of Jassem hospital) the number of people who were killed when the warplanes bombed areas of Jassem in the countryside of Daraa, where one of the raids targeted the town’s hospital area, as the Syrian Center for Policy Research puts the death toll from the six-year Assad war against Syrians at more than 470,000 people
August 2016: 8 August 2016: Hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in rebel-held northern province of Idlib that specialized in pediatrics hit by series of airstrikes in broad daylight, leaving four staff and five children dead and injuring six other hospital staff members - 11 August 2016: Facing an attack on a medical facility every 17 hours, 15 of the last 35 doctors in rebel-held eastern Aleppo have written a letter to USA's Obama with an urgent plea for intervention to stop the bombardment of hospitals in the besieged city by the Russian-backed Syrian air force, saying 'we do not need tears or sympathy or even prayers, we desperately need a zone free from bombing over eastern Aleppo to stop the attacks', as some doctors refused to sign the letter because they had no wish to make any more appeals to the west - 13 August 2016: Russian jets destroy pediatric and maternity hospital in Kafar Hamra in Aleppo province - 17 August 2016: Russian fighter jets destroy hospital in Daret Izza, rural Aleppo
2017: 16 February 2017: The Assad regime and Russian forces were behind airstrikes that hit two hospitals in northeastern Syria in February 2016, according to an investigation initiated by Doctors Without Borders, also saying that 25 people, including an MSF staff member, were killed and 11 others wounded in the attack - 1 April 2017: Airstrikes hit a hospital supported by medical aid group in Latamnah in Hama province last week, killing two people, with evidence chemical weapons were used, Medecins Sans Frontieres said - 22 September 2017: At least four hospitals were targeted by Assad regime and Russian strikes as warplanes conducted more than 105 raids within a 24-hour period, deliberately attacking medical facilities in northern Hama and southern Idleb province
January 2018: 4 January 2018: Russian jets on Tuesday bombed Hasan al-A'araj Hospital in the town of Ma'arat al-Nu'man in rural Idlib, destroying large parts of the hospital and putting the facility out of service - 8 January 2018: SNHR says that as many as 112 medical personnel and civil defense workers were killed in Syria in 2017, 51 of whom were killed in attacks by the Assad regime and 23 others in Russian airstrikes
March 2018: 26 March 2018: The United Nations has come under fire for sharing the coordinates of hospitals in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with Russia, only for one of them to be bombed days later, according to 'The Telegraph' - 26 March 2018: Syrian Coalition's Mohammed Yahya Maktabi said that the mass forced displacement taking place in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta is a 'war crime' as he condemned Russian’s major role in these crimes, adding that regime forces, the Iranian militias, and Russian air force are killing civilians, targeting popular markets, residential areas and public facilities and bombing hospitals, medical centers, and rescue workers - 27 March 2018: As more than half million people killed in seven years of brutal ground and aerial bombing by the Assad regime and its allies, and as Syrian children have taken the biggest share in the horrible death toll, the unstoppable roar of Russia's warplanes has caused a heart attack for Lojain Said, taking the life of the schoolgirl who lived in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, the Civil Defense rescue group says
April 2018: 2 April 2018: Russian forces have targeted a medical center in rural Idlib province as the province has become home to about two million people, half of whom were forcibly displaced by the Assad regime and its Russian and Iranian allies
May 2018: 2 May 2018: Strikes of warplanes destroy the building of Kafr Zita Hospital in the northern countryside of Hama and leave casualties
August 2018: 20 août 2018: L'humanitaire, activité de plus en plus risquée, selon le centre de recherches indépendant Humanitarian Outcomes
October 2018: 16 October 2018: Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria have killed medical aid worker Hauwa Mohammed Liman, who worked in Red Cross-supported hospital and was held hostage since March
April 2019: 30 April 2019: The intensifying airstrikes by the Russian air force knocked out two hospitals in the town of Latamina in northern rural Hama in the past 24 hours, local activists said
May 2019: 6 May 2019: Aerial bombardment by the Assad regime and Russian forces targeting large areas of the provinces of Idlib and Hama knocked out four hospitals on Sunday, killing a nurse and a civilian in one of these hospitals - 7 May 2019: Assad regime forces and Russia bombarding 12 medical sites over 10 days in the Hama and Idlib provinces in central and northern Syria, according to SNHR
June 2019: 2 June 2019: Dozens of prominent doctors have called for urgent action to halt the bombing campaign by Syrian and Russian planes that has targeted more than 20 hospitals in Syria’s north-west, putting many out of action and leaving millions of people without proper healthcare, after coordinates for many of those hit had been shared with the regime and its Russian backers by the UN
1 July 2019: 1 July 2019: Russian Donbas invaders opened fire at a medical evacuation vehicle of the Joint Forces which was transporting a wounded soldier in Ukraine, killing one serviceman and injuring two
12 July 2019: 12 July 2019: After UN had shared the coordinates of the hospital in Maarat al Numan with the warring parties, airstrikes against hospitals in northwest Syria, including an ambulance center, a clinic and two hospitals in Maarat al Numan, were strongly condemned by UN Secretary-General, who supported Assad's regime
August 2019: 15 August 2019: Russian double tap airstrike kills Civil Defense volunteer while trying to rescue a civilian near the village of Basika on Wednesday, after the Assad regime and Russian air forces bombed at least 29 healthcare facilities in the provinces of Idlib and Hama, causing dozens of civilian casualties - 16 August 2019: Russian airstrikes targeted an ambulance center in the town of Ma’aret Hurmeh in Idlib province, killing 3 medical workers 'as they were trying to rescue civilians wounded in the ongoing aerial bombardment', according to the Syrian American Medical Society, as at least seven people were killed in attacks on Idlib, according to SOHR
13 October 2019 proof that Russian warplanes bombed four Syrian hospitals in May: 13 October 2019: Extensive evidence gathered and analyzed over months by USA newspaper proves that Russian warplanes bombed four Syrian hospitals in the span of 12 hours in May as part of Putin regime’s effort to keep Syria's Bashar Assad in power, saying 'recklessly or intentionally bombing hospitals is a war crime, but proving culpability amid a complex civil war is extremely difficult'
10 November 2019 Turkish airstrike on Kurdish medics: 10 November 2019: Kurdish medics hit by shrapnel and injured in an attack on ambulance on its way to rescue people wounded in a Turkish airstrike, in the latest of what Kurdish groups say is a pattern of attacks against medical staff in north-eastern Syria, as ambulance with red markings indicating it was a medical vehicle was heading to villages north of the town of Tal Tamr
25 November 2019 Russian warplanes bombard a hospital in Jabal Al-Zawiya: 25 November 2019: Russian warplanes bombard a hospital in Jabal Al-Zawiya, as more than 80 raids and barrel bombs target Idlib countryside
5 December 2019 UN report predicts 'bleak outlook' for the world due to armed conflicts and climate emergency: 5 December 2019: Attacks on healthcare workers have reached a record high according to UN’s global humanitarian overview 2020 report, that predicts a 'bleak outlook' for the world’s poorest people due to intense armed conflict and the climate emergency, as the number of highly violent conflicts has risen to 41, from 36 in 2018, causing deaths, injuries, significant displacement and hunger, and as compliance with international law is declining, while attacks against aid and health workers in areas hit by conflict are putting 'millions of people at risk' by denying them care and aid
26 January 2020 Russian jets target Al-Eman Hospital in Serjeh area south of Idlib, Libyan warlord Haftar: 26 January 2020: Russian jets execute raids targeting Al-Eman Hospital in Serjeh area in Jabal Al-Zawiya south of Idlib, also targeting Maarrat Al-Nu’man city and other areas west of Aleppo - 26 January 2020: Libyan warlord Haftar's militias have targeted a cafe near 'Al-Safwa' hospital in Al-Hadaba district, wounding two of the hospital's staff, one of them was reported to be in a critical condition
8 February 2020 Russian jets knock out last two hospitals in western rural Aleppo: 18 February 2020: Russian jets knock out last two hospitals in western rural Aleppo
24 February 2020 Putin inspired Gaza rocket struck playground, kindergarten and health clinic in Sderot: 24 February 2020: Gaza rockets fired at Israel's south, linked to Russian and Iran-backed Assad regime, as violence erupts after morning lull, as rocket struck an empty playground and a kindergarten in the southern town of Sderot, sending rocket fragments smashing through walls, windows and furniture inside, and as more rockets are fired at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, also targeting a health clinic in Sderot, 'Times of Israel' reports
18 March 2020 hospitals and doctors in Yemen targeted at least 120 times by warring parties: 18 March 2020: Hospitals and doctors in Yemen have been targeted at least 120 times by the conflict’s warring parties, according to a report that gives the most comprehensive analysis to date of the devastating effect of war on the country’s healthcare system
6/7 April 2020 UN accuses Assad regime 'and/or its allies' of attacks on healthcare facilities: 6 April 2020: UN investigation found it 'highly probable' that the Syrian Assad regime or its allies were responsible for attacks on four civilian facilities in the last opposition stronghold in the northwest in 2019 - a school, a health care center, a hospital and a child care facility -, also saying it is 'plausible' that an attack on a second health center was also carried out by the Assad regime or its allies - 7 April 2020: UN inquiry stops short of directly blaming Russia over Idlib attacks, as report says 'government of Syria and/or its allies’ carried out strikes on hospitals and school
11 May 2020 Assad and Russian regime's 2019-2020 attacks on medical facilities and schools: 11 May 2020: December 2019 - March 2020 Syrian Assad regime backed by its ally Russia, subjected civilians in opposition-held areas in north-west Syria to a new wave of horrors attacking from the air and the ground repeatedly residential areas and crucial infrastructure, and the international community, including the UN Security Council, once again remained largely paralysed, according to rights group, documenting many attacks on medical facilities and schools that killed civilians, healthcare workers, teachers and children
21 March 2021 many Syrians killed and wounded in rocket attack on Al-Atareb hospital and airstrikes: 21 March 2021: Many people killed and wounded in Assad regime rocket attack on Al-Atareb hospital in the western countryside of Aleppo, as victims include a child and a medic in the hospital, as the death toll is expected to rise further, and as the bombardment left civilians and medics injured, some seriously, after yesterday SOHR sources reported two Russian airstrikes on the bushes of Bayanin village in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib, also on Bakfala village in the northern countryside of Jisr Al-Shughur with vacuum missiles

Economic warfare, involving the use of measures (e.g. blockade) of which the primary effect is to weaken the economy of another state - Commerce raiding, a form of naval warfare used to destroy or disrupt logistics of the enemy on the open sea by attacking its merchant shipping, rather than engaging its combatants or enforcing a blockade against them - International maritime incidents, including shipwrecks by war, ship bombings, ships sunk by aircraft, submarines and mines

Economic terrorism or financial terrorism - contrary to 'economic warfare' which is undertaken by states against other states, 'economic terrorism' would be undertaken by transnational or non-state actors
May 2019 Gulf of Oman attacks on commercial ships: 12 May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident resulted in damage to 4 commercial ships near the port of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman - 13 May 2019: The hull of a Norwegian-registered product tanker was damaged by an unknown object off the cost of the UAE port of Fujairah on Sunday - 13 May 2019: Saudi Arabia said that two of its oil tankers had been damaged in mysterious 'sabotage attacks' in the Gulf, as USA's Pompeo rushed to Brussels to hold emergency talks with his European partners about the mounting tensions in the region including the alleged attacks on the oil tankers and the status of the threat posed by Iran
14 May 2019 East–West Pipeline attack claimed by Houthis: 14 May 2019 East–West Pipeline attack was a Houthi drone attack that targeted the Saudi East–West Crude Oil Pipeline
15-17 May 2019: 15 May 2019: Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude exporter, said that attacks on two of its tankers and a major pipeline targeted the security of global oil supplies - 17 mai 2019: Les attaques de drones en Arabie Saoudite ont mis en lumière une arme redoutable qui préoccupe tous les pays
June 2019 oil tanker attacks near Hormuz attributed to Iran: 13 June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident, in which two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz - 13 June 2019: Two oil tankers were hit in suspected attacks in the Gulf of Oman, shipping firms and industry sources said, sending oil prices as much as 4% higher a month after four other tankers were damaged by limpet mines in the region - 14 June 2019: After USA military issues video showing Iranian forces interfering with vessel and removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the ships, Iranian regime’s foreign minister accused the USA, Israel and Saudi Arabia of a plot to 'sabotage diplomacy' and appeared to insinuate that those countries were behind the assaults - 14 June 2019: UK joins USA in accusing Iranian regime of tanker attacks as crew of the Norwegian-owned 'Front Altair' held by regime - 15 June 2019: USA's unmanned aircraft spotted Iranian regime's boats approaching ships hours before they were hit in alleged attack, USA official says - 17 June 2019: New images link Iran to oil tanker attacks, USA military says
20 June 2019 Iranian shoot-down of USA drone: 20 June 2019 Iranian shoot-down of USA Global Hawk surveillance drone with a 3rd-of-Khordad surface-to-air missile near the Strait of Hormuz - 21 June 2019: Major airlines from around the world avoid strait of Hormuz after Iranian strike on USA drone
June/July 2019 strikes and attacks attributed to Iran: 1 July 2019: Yossi Cohen, the head of the Mossad intelligence service, declared unequivocally that Iran was responsible for a series of strikes on oil facilities and ships in the Persian Gulf in recent months, as well as an attack on the Bahraini embassy in Baghdad last week
10/11 July 2019 Iran unsuccessfully tried to seize UK tanker: 11 July 2019: Britain confirms Iran unsuccessfully tried to seize UK tanker in the strait of Hormuz
21 July 2019 Iranian regime captured Swedish/British 'Stena Impero': 21 July 2019: A recording has emerged of Iranian coastguards telling a British Royal Navy frigate they want to inspect the captured Swedish/British Stena Impero for security reasons, as radio exchanges make no reference to a previous Iranian suggestion that the British-flagged oil tanker had been stopped due to an accident with a fishing vessel, a previous explanation given by Tehran regime for the capture of the ship
4 August 2019 Iran captured 'foreign vessel': 4 August 2019: In the regime’s third such seizure in a month, Iranian naval forces have captured a 'foreign vessel' in the Gulf, arresting 7 crew members and saying vessel was bringing 'smuggled fuel' to Arab Gulf states
17 August 2019 Shaybah attack: 17 August 2019 Shaybah attack was a suicide drone attack by the Houthis against Saudi Arabian oil and gas fields in the remote town of Shaybah
7 September 2019 Iranian regime captured foreign vessel: 7 September 2019: Iranian regime has seized a vessel for allegedly smuggling fuel in the Gulf and detained its 12 crew members from the Philippines
Since 14 September 2019 Iranian Abqaiq-Khurais attack on Saudi oil facilities, claimed by Houthis: 14 September 2019 Abqaiq-Khurais attack, a drone attack that targeted the Saudi Aramco oil factories in eastern Saudi Arabia - 14 September 2019: After previous attacks by Yemen’s Houthis and amid tensions between Iranian regime and USA, Iranian-backed Houthis claim attack on oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco, causing major fire at world's largest oil refinery crucial to global energy supplies
15 September 2019: 15 September 2019: USA secretary of state Pompeo accuses Iran of 'unprecedented attack’ on Saudi oil facilities, saying there is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen, as global supplies of oil are likely to suffer a 'major jolt' following Saturday’s attack by a swarm of explosive drones on the world’s biggest oil processing plant
16 September 2019 Iran seizes UAE vessel: 16 September 2019: Iran 'seizes UAE vessel' in Gulf amid Saudi oil attack standoff
16 September 2019 Iran reportedly fired cruise missiles and drones: 16 September 2019: Iran fired dozens of cruise missiles and drones in the Saturday attack on Saudi oil facilities, according to senior USA officials, saying that satellite imagery and other intelligence showed the strike was inconsistent with one launched from Yemen, where Iranian-backed Houthi rebels had claimed responsibility
18-23 September 2019 attacks on oil plants originated in Iran: 18 September 2019: USA points at Iranian regime for unprecedented strike on Saudi oil plants, saying the strikes originated in southwestern Iran and involved cruise missiles and drones, as Saudi too says will show evidence, Iranian weapons - 23 September 2019: Britain has concluded that Iran was responsible for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, as government considers taking part in a USA-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom’s defenses - 23 September 2019: Captured UK tanker Stena Impero believed to be still in Iranian waters
25 February 2020 Haftar and allies aiming to starve UN-backed government of crucial revenues: 25 February 2020: Financial losses over the blockade of Libya’s vital oil fields and ports have rapidly swelled, surpassing $2 billion on Tuesday, NOC said, as oil supplies have become a major point of conflict between rival governments in the war-torn country, after Libya’s eastern-based warlord Haftar forces seized large export terminals and choked off major pipelines last month, aiming to starve the UN-backed government of crucial revenues
3 February 2021 jailed academic as reprisal for seized Iranian ship Grace 1 pulls off daring escape back to Britain: 3 February 2021: British Iranian social anthropologist and father of four-year-old child, sentenced to 9 years and 3 months in jail in Iran for co-operating with 'a hostile state power', has smuggled himself out of Iran, escaping over the country’s treacherous mountainous border, as in an interview with the 'Guardian' Kameel Ahmady now in London explained he felt had no option but to flee after spending nearly 100 days in Evin prison, including a brutal spell in solitary confinement while he was being interrogated, saying 'I am Kurdish by ethnicity and I know some of the routes, but it was very dangerous'
26 March 2021 Iranian missile hit an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Arabian Sea: 26 March 2021: An Iranian missile hit an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Arabian Sea early Thursday, according to a Channel 12 News report, as the ship was making its way from Tanzania to India when the missile hit
21 April 2021 facing Iran threat at sea Israel working to change global naval warfare rules: 21 April 2021: Facing Iran threat at sea, Israel working to change global naval warfare rules, as IDF officials have been meeting with experts worldwide to express the challenges faced in modern warfare, after Israeli-owned ships were attacked in the Persian gulf
2 June 2021 Iranian Mullah regime's largest navy ship sank: 2 June 2021: Iranian Mullah regime's largest navy ship 'The Kharg' sank after catching fire near the mouth of the Gulf, but the entire crew was able to safely disembark, according to semi-official news agencies saying 'all efforts to save the vessel were unsuccessful and it sank', according to 'Haaretz' and the 'Guardian' and photos circulating on Iranian social media and satellite photos

'Attrition' warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a 'war' by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel (human victims) and material
19th-21st centuries examples and crimes (including 1914-1945 German empire's war crimes): 19th-21st centuries examples in history determining the path, noted by wikipedia, include the 1812 French invasion of Russia (called a textbook example how elements of attrition warfare interfered with Napoleon's military logistics and won the war without a decisive battle), example of 'attrition' warfare on the Western Front during German empire's WWI including the 1916 Battle of Verdun (completely inconsiderate, ruthless against ambushed foreign and own victims in large numbers), and more German war crimes 1914-1918 until empire's defeat because of the superiority of Allied Powers, since 1917 including the USA, also opposing empire's unrestricted submarine warfare, as more examples include the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War, the tonnage war in the Atlantic and Pacific during Axis Powers' World War II until 1945, the Air battle for Great Britain in World War II after the bombing of London, the static battles in World War II, including Soviet urban defense during the Battle of Stalingrad (not listed the 1941-1944 Siege of Leningrad), the Battle of Tabu-dong, and the final two years of the Korean War, the Vietnam War (Body count), the 'Long War' during the Provisional IRA's armed campaign against the British Army during 'the Troubles', the Israeli–Egyptian War of Attrition from 1967–1970, the Soviet–Afghan War, the later phases of the Iran–Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan 2001–present, the Sri Lankan Civil War after 2005, the 2011 Libyan civil war , the Kurdish–Turkish conflict 1978–present, since 2011-present Syrian Civil War (Assad's and allies' war against the Syrian people), in particular the Battle of Aleppo 2012-2016

War profiteering, as war initially had the objective of territorial expansion and resource gathering, states may also profit politically, economically and strategically, replacing governments that do not fulfill its interests by key allied governments - War profiteer, a persons or organization that profits from warfare or by selling weapons and other goods to parties at war - Since 1914 war profits reached their highest levels in heavy industry in Germany, after beginning a long-lasting brutal war against peaceful neighbours and other industrialized countries
July 2019 Assad's war since 2011 and family's business: 12 July 2019: Who gains the most out of Syria's civil war, Israeli newspaper 'Haaretz' asks, saying that cousin of Bashar Assad, Rami Makhlouf, despite the sanctions imposed by the USA and some European nations and now thought to be the wealthiest man in Syria, manages the Assad family's business and is making his fortune in construction franchises, imports, newspapers and media, as well as Syriatel, a mobile service provider company, which he heads, also representing state-owned as well as private Iranian companies that received permission to invest in Syria, as circle of winners from the war encompasses not only Syrian businessmen but Iranian and Russian ones as well


United Nations's inability to prevent conflicts - since the 20th century the United Nations fail to prevent conflicts, wars and war crimes, tolerating and even supporting mass murder for example in Syria
1960 UN resolution 138 following Argentine complaint and German and CIA's fears over the transfer of Adolf Eichmann to Israel: In June 1960, after a complaint that the transfer of Adolf Eichmann to Israel from Argentina constituted a violation of the latter's sovereignty, UN Security Council declared in its resolution 138, approved by eight votes, that such acts could endanger 'international peace and security' and requested that Israel make the appropriate reparation in accordance with the UN Charter, but Israel held the view that the matter was beyond the Council's competence and should instead be settled via direct bilateral negotiations, as the capture of Eichmann caused alarm at the USA's CIA and West German Bundesnachrichtendienst, which had known for at least two years that Eichmann was hiding in Argentina, but did not act, fearing what Eichmann might say in his testimony about West German national security advisor CDU Hans Globke, who had coauthored several antisemitic Nazi laws, according to documents declassified in 2006, also revealing that both agencies had used some of Eichmann's former Nazi colleagues to spy on European countries
1972-1981 Kurt Waldheim: United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim 1972-1981 - The International Committee of Historians and Waldheim's involvement with the Wehrmacht of NSDAP-rule German empire 1941-1945, his knowledge of Nazi war crimes - 2 May 2001: CIA knew about Waldheim's Nazi past long before he was appointed UN secretary general - 18 October 2018: Ruth Beckermann's film on Nazi-turned-Austrian president Waldheim, who played a key role in the brutal reprisals against the civilian populations of Yugoslavia and Greece, particularly in the deportation of most of Salonika’s large Jewish population to Nazi death camps, sheds light on rise of nationalism and neo-Nazism today
1994: United Nations accepted failing their responsibility to prevent the Rwandan genocide in 1994
1995/2002: 10 April 2002: UN and the Netherlands blamed over 1995 Srebrenica massacre, for failing to give the troops the support they needed to defend the local population and for handing over Bosnian Muslim civilians to Serb forces, according to the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
2009: UN admits Sri Lanka civil war failure during the final months in 2009
October 2015 UN unable to protect living people in Syria: 18 October 2015: Unable to protect living people in Syria, UN peacekeepers to guard heritage sites from Islamic State, as Unesco okays Italian plan to charge Blue Helmets with protecting sites in danger zones
Since August 2016: 29 August 2016: UN paid and pays tens of millions to Assad regime, paying more than $13m to the Syrian murderous regime to boost farming and agriculture, despite the EU has banned trade with the departments in question for fear of how the money will be used, also paying at least $4m to the state-owned fuel supplier, which is also on the EU sanctions list, also partnering with the Syria Trust charity under both USA and EU sanctions, spending a total of $8.5m etc. - 30 August 2016: UN under pressure to set up inquiry into Syria aid programme, as human rights groups say UN needs to restore trust after the British newspaper 'Guardian' revealed contracts had been awarded to agencies linked to dictator Bashar al-Assad
October 2016: 28 October 2016: UN hires Assad's friends and relatives for Syria relief operation, as almost two-thirds of the emergency health supplies needed in Syria have gone to regime-held areas and 64% of the kits and medicines provided by the WHO since January have been delivered to areas held by or supporting Assad regime, only 13% of WHO supplies have reached Syria’s 'besieged' areas, according to documents seen by the Guardian newspaper
2016/2017 UN payments to Assad regime's companies: 1 August 2017: The United Nations paid at least $18 million in 2016 to companies with close ties to Bashar Al Assad, some of them run by cronies of the Syrian dictator who are on USA and EU blacklists
September 2017 Putin threatens to veto UNIFIL mandate, supporting Hezbollah terrorists: 5 September 2017: Russian Putin regime threatens to veto UNIFIL mandate and renewal of UN peacekeeper force if Lebanon-based terror organization Hezbollah, its ally in Assad's war against the Syrian people, mentioned
Since December 2017 supported by UN Russian regime sends more weapons to CAR despite embargo: 15 décembre 2017: Autorisée par l’ONU, la Russie s’apprête à livrer des armes à la Centrafrique, malgré l’embargo imposé au pays depuis 2013 - 23 décembre 2017: La Russie a obtenu du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU une exemption à l’embargo sur les armes imposé à la Centrafrique - Since 2014 Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organisation and Putin-linked military company, whose contractors take part in various conflicts, including operations in Assad's war against the Syrian people, in the War in Donbass against the Ukrainian people and since 2017/2018 in the Central African Republic - 29 September 2018: Russian journalists in Africa reportedly eliminated by Russia's military company PMC Patriot connected with Russian regime's 'Defense Ministry' - 24 October 2020: Russian Putin regime sends more military equipment to CAR, as regime has opened a representative office in the central African country, bringing ten more armoured vehicles after solidifying its presence in the CAR in recent years, sending weapons and contractors and political 'advisors', and has been growing its role on the continent overall as part of a renewed push for global influence of neo-Nazis
February 2018 UN's Guterres supports Assad regime: 23 February 2018: With support of UN head Guterres Assad regime’s Bashar Ja’afari elected to the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization, as Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch, says that 'it is incomprehensible for the UN on one day to lament the Syrian regime’s killing and wounding of hundreds of thousands of Syrians - to declare the regime guilty of a 'monstrous campaign of annihilation’ of its own people - and to then hand this gift of false legitimacy to the mass murderer Bashar al-Assad'
March 2018 UN supports Russian attacks on hospitals: 26 March 2018: The 'United Nations' has come under fire for sharing the coordinates of hospitals in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with Russia, only for one of them to be bombed days later, according to 'The Telegraph'
June 2018 UN's Guterres meets Putin and attends propaganda soccer match: 12 June 2018: UN Secretary-General Guterres will travel to Russia, where he is scheduled to meet with murderous Russian regime's Vladimir Putin on 20 June and attend a World Cup soccer match at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium
22 July 2018 UN now with an Assad supporting Guterres failed to prevent even one of Assad's, Russian and Iranian war crimes since 2011: 22 July 2018: Israel transported several hundred Syrian civil defense workers and their families from southwest Syria to Jordan overnight Saturday, saying it had engaged in 'a humanitarian effort' at the request of the USA, some European countries and Canada, after many powerful countries and the United Nations - including a lot of subsidiary organs, organizations, and an Assad supporting Guterres - failed to prevent even one of Assad's, Russian and Iranian war crimes since 2011 - 24 July 2018: There remains an acute threat for several hundred Syrian rescuers trapped in the country’s south with no escape from approaching regime troops, after Assad regime officials and Russians said the Syrian civil defense volunteers were 'a red line' who should be 'eradicated', and as during previous evacuations from fallen opposition areas elsewhere, civil defense volunteers were specifically targeted, pulled from buses, tortured and filmed making false confessions about being paid agents, also because they helped document atrocities by Assad's forces and allies
July/August 2018 'Inner City Press' banned from the UN by Guterres for 361 days: 20 August 2018: Independent journalist Matt Lee forcibly removed from UN, stripped of press credentials, and 'Inner City Press' banned from the UN by Guterres for 361 days, reporting on Guterres' world of double-speak, harassment and hypocrisy
November 2018 'Les droits de l'homme ne s'appliquent plus': 18 November 2018: L'ex-procureure générale de la Confédération suisse et de l'ONU au TPIY et au TPI pour le Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte dresse un tableau sans concession de l'organisation des Nations unies et même de la justice internationale, déclarant 'Nous sommes tombés très bas. Les droits de l'homme ne s'appliquent plus', et appelant à réformer l'ONU
March 2011-2019 Syrian crisis and mass murder: 31 March 2019: As the Syrian crisis enters its ninth year, Assad's 'new' Syria is a police state more aggressive than ever with rampant poverty, a playground for superpowers, and the misery and grievances that caused the initial outbreak of mass protests - corruption, political repression and inequality - have only gotten worse, after hundreds of thousands of Syrians killed
30 May 2019: 30 May 2019: After 'over the past few hours, the Assad regime forces, the Russian occupation jets, and the Iranian militia have carried out four deadly attacks in Idlib and Aleppo provinces, bombing more than 35 towns and villages in the two provinces', the Syrian Coalition says 'these crimes have cast serious doubt about the very mission around which the United Nations was established, mainly to maintain international peace and security. These crimes have also shown how this institution, since it has been unable to intervene to resolve the most serious international conflicts, has become wholly irrelevant'
27 June 2019 UN's ability to write a letter: 27 June 2019: Following 8 years of a brutal war by Assad's, the Iranian and Russian regime against the Syrian people, facing daily war crimes such as killings of civilians, children and women, use of banned weapons including weapons of mass destruction, attacks on hospitals, schools, market places, torture and other atrocities, the United Nations are reacting ..., UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs Mark Lowcock, who told the Security Council he was 'not sure' hospitals that share coordinates of their location under a UN deconfliction system will be protected, has 'written to the Russian Federation to request information as to how the details provided through the deconfliction mechanism are used'
August 2019 Syrians feel left alone: 21 August 2019: Reporting inside the country since 2011 with stories of Syrian men and women paying such a high price in asking for freedom in their own country, journalist Sara Firth says evidence of war crimes undertaken by the regime and Russia given to the UN is answered with words and promises of investigation, but 'people tell us they feel left alone', indeed left alone, with an international community that cannot or will not act to prevent daily war crimes
September 2019 Hezbollah missile attack on Israel: 6 September 2019: UN peacekeepers conducted an independent investigation of Sunday’s Hezbollah missile attack on Israel at IDF’s request, visiting the areas hit in the strikes, will present findings to UN, as UNIFIL's head called the Hezbollah missile attack a 'serious incident in violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701', referring to the decision that ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War and required all armed terror groups remain north of the country’s Litani River
23 October 2019 civilians abandoned by the UN in Libya: 23 October 2019: Survivors of a deadly air strike on a migrant detention centre in Tripoli in July have told the BBC they feel abandoned by the UN, and are desperate to escape Libya - 23 October 2019: Mitiga Airport attacked by F-16 with USA-made bombs, according to Major General Joueili, saying 'this attack is clear evidence of the direct intervention of the parties supporting Haftar in his aggression on Tripoli' - 23 October 2019: The opposing sides in Libya’s war, backed by their foreign state sponsors, are carrying out indiscriminate attacks on civilians, using high-explosive weapons in heavily populated areas, in what is likely to be war crimes, rights group says
23 October 2019 Syrian Kurdish man set himself on fire outside the UN: 23 October 2019: Syrian Kurdish man, who resides in Germany, set himself on fire outside the UN refugee agency headquarters in Geneva, then tried to enter the UNHCR building, and was flown by helicopter to the specialised burns unit at the university hospital in Lausanne - 23 October 2019: Russian regime says oil sites in northeastern Syria should be controlled by Damascus, accusing the USA of betraying Kurds in Syria, but telling them to withdraw or be mauled, after Russian-Turkish agreement to continue Turkish illegal invasion of Syria - 23 October 2019: Syrian Assad regime inflicts 72 forms of torture on prisoners, report finds - 23 October 2019: Turkish forces target positions of the Kurdish forces in Maraanaz front in the northern countryside of Aleppo by artillery shells - 24 October 2019: Russian warplanes bomb the 'de-escalation' areas in conjunction with ground shelling and violent clashes in Latakia and Hama countryside - 24 October 2019: Assad regime’s helicopters and Russian warplanes target Kabani hills by barrel bombs and air raids - 24 October 2019: A Turkish bomb that struck a Kurdish community in northern Syria, left eight-year-old Sara with serious injuries, and her right leg was so badly damaged that it had to be amputated, as Sara's older brother, Hammoudi, was killed in the bombardment - 24 October 2019: The northern sector of Aleppo countryside witnesses renewed clashes between the Turkey-loyal factions and the Kurdish Forces, according to SOHR
November 2019 UN accused of trying to starve out refugees: 28 November 2019: The UN has been accused of trying to starve out refugees and asylum seekers who are sheltering for safety inside a centre run by the UN refugee agency in the Libyan capital of Tripoli
24 December 2019 mendacious UN's ability to warn: 24 December 2019: Residents of northwest Syria flee new murderous Russian and Assad regime offensive, as troops push toward rebel-held town Maaret al-Numan and strategic road it controls, civilians escape toward Turkish border and UN warns, again since 2011, of another looming humanitarian crisis, after mendacious UN's Guterres became an Assad regime supporter in 2018
10 January 2020 miserable 'United Nations' and about 9 years of Assad's, Iranian and Russian regime's war against the Syrian people: 10 January 2020: About 9 years of Assad's, Iranian and Russian regime's war against the Syrian people standing for continuous killing and destruction, while war criminals go unpunished, Russia and Iran are the regime’s winning cards, and geography of influence and control is constantly changing at the expense of millions of civilians, according to SOHR
26 January 2020 Haftar’s forces shell civilian areas in Tripoli as UN 'condemns' repeated ceasefire breaches in Libya: 26 January 2020: Haftar’s forces shell civilian areas in Tripoli, killing and injuring people, including children, as UN 'condemns' repeated ceasefire breaches in Libya following January 2020 ceasefire agreement in Berlin
29 January 2020 on the day of Liberation of Auschwitz in 1945 Russian forces kill civilians from the same family in Sarja village: 29 January 2020: Russian forces kill civilians from the same family in Sarja village in Idlib on 27 January, the day of Liberation of Auschwitz, 75 years on - 29 January 2020: Russian forces reportedly killed a girl in Einjara village in Aleppo on 28 January - 29 January 2020: Syrian Assad regime bombed Ali al Khatib Primary School in al Maghara village in Idlib on 28 January 28, dropping barrel bomb - 29 January 2020: Assad regime forces bomb south and west of Aleppo with hundreds of missiles and rockets as battles continue in the city’s western outskirts, as regime forces tried to advance after midnight in Tall Mostif in east Idlib countryside, repelled by opposition forces - 29 January 2020: Syria's Maaret al-Numan was a protest hub, before increased regime bombardment reduced it - without air defense - to a graffiti-daubed ghost town - 29 January 2020: News agency close to the Iranian military has revealed that its police were involved in the repression of Syrian protesters who went out in 2011 as part of the revolution against the Syrian regime, in a report coming days after the Syrian Assad regime confirmed that the Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani was involved in the first battle against rebels in Homs city
3 February 2020 Russian and Assad regime continue to murder civilians as Turkey retaliates: 3 February 2020: Over 220 regime and Russian airstrikes pound Aleppo and Idlib countryside since early morning, as SOHR documented a spike in the number of civilians who were killed today as a result of aerial bombardment on Aleppo countryside, and as 4 children and 3 females among 9 civilians were killed after targeting by regime jets to a vehicle carrying displaced people in Jam’eyyat Al-Rahal - 3 February 2020: Turkish, Assad regime troops killed as regimne forces face off in Idlib, and as Erdogan says initial information shows some 30 Assad regime soldiers 'neutralized in operation' involving F-16 warplanes on some 40 targets in Hama, Latakia and Idlib province - 3 February 2020: Turkish soldiers killed as battle for control of Idlib escalates, amid Russian airstrikes, which have already driven 700,000 civilians to the Turkish border
11 March 2020 despite UN embargo countries increasing deliveries of military supplies to warlord Haftar: 11 March 2020: International powers are increasing deliveries of suspected military supplies to factions in Libya’s civil war, ignoring a poorly enforced UN embargo as the shattered country braces for a new round of fighting, and as United Arab Emirates UAE, which is backing warlord Haftar is thought to have sent more than 100 deliveries by air since mid-January, according to flight-tracking data
11 February 2020 humanitarian disaster in Syria deteriorates amid ongoing international community’s shameful silence: 11 February 2020: Humanitarian disaster in rural Aleppo deteriorates to unprecedented serious levels as intensive aerial bombardment continues, and regime forces approach overpopulated areas amid ongoing international community’s shameful silence
12 March 2020 Assad's, Russia's and Iran's Syria war enters tenth year: 12 March 2020: Syria war enters tenth year with no hope in sight, as fighting and displacement still at its height, 9 years after demonstrators demanded the end of dictatorship
13 March 2020 UN too scared to stop breaches of arms ban to stop warlord Haftar: 13 March 2020: UN too scared to stop breaches of arms ban, says Libyan minister Fathi Bashagha, vowing to step up fight to end assault by Khalifa Haftar’s forces
14 March 2020 UN degenerated 'Human Rights' Council applauds Iranian criminal regime in periodic review: 14 March 2020: UN 'Human Rights' Council applauds Iranian regime in periodic review, as North Korean, Syria's Assad, Russia's Putin and Chinese Beijing regime praise Tehran's Mullahs for ‘protecting rights of vulnerable groups', ‘openness to dialogue’, after the January 2020 Iranian shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, murdering 176 international passengers and crew members, following the July 2014 Russian shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, murdering 298 international passengers and crew members, followed in February 2020 by Dutch trial, after prosecution formally charged four suspects amid Russian murderous regime's denials and threats against witnesses
10th year of Assad's war and ongoing brutal violence, followed by refugee crises since 2011: 15 March 2020: After even UN's secretary general supported Assad's dictatorship, Assad's grip on power seems certain, but Syria's future is anything but as his war now rumbling into 10th year gripped by brutal violence, followed by refugee crises concerning millions of desperate people, as Russian, Iranian regime and Hezbollah terrorists continue their violence in Syria - 15 March 2020: Syrian Revolution nine years on, 586,100 persons killed and millions of Syrians displaced and injured, SOHR reports
27 April 2020 a ‘human tragedy of terrible proportions’, according to UN, as Bangladesh 'always asked to take care': 27 April 2020: In a ‘human tragedy of terrible proportions’, according to UN, as Bangladesh urged to open its ports and allow boats carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees to come ashore so they can be given urgent medical care, food and water, as boats with children recently seen in the Bay of Bengal but have reportedly returned to the high seas, and as last week Bangladesh’s FM said the boats would not be allowed entry, adding 'Bangladesh is always asked to take care of the responsibility of other countries'
23 May 2020 UN accused of squabbling and failing: 23 May 2020: More than 660,000 people have been displaced from their homes in conflict zones around the world since March, despite a UN call for a global ceasefire during covid-19 pandemic, as NRC accuses the UN Security Council of failing to show leadership, and as NRC's Secretary-General Jan Egeland says 'while people are being displaced and killed, powerful members of the UN Security Council squabble like children in a sandbox', but 'now is not the time for kindergarten politics'
31 May 2020 75 years after WWII study shows that 60% of today's wars have lasted for at least a decade: 31 May 2020: After World War II lasted 6 years, 75 years on wars without end and the question why there is no peaceful solution to so much global conflict, as a new study shows that 60% of the world’s wars have lasted for at least a decade, from Afghanistan to Libya, Syria to Congo DRC, and as endless conflicts appear to become normalised, with politicians, generals, governments and international organisations incapable, uninterested or profiteering - Over 60% of armed conflicts ongoing for over ten years, shows 'International Institute for Strategic Studies' May 2020 Armed Conflict Survey
18 July 2020 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic test fuels debate about application of natural and social science: 18 July 2020: 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic test and terrible detonation, changing forever the course of history, ensuring the end of axis powers' World War II and their unprecedented crimes, leading to the development of the United Nations, expectations and hopes, but also marking the dawn of the atomic age, and then fueled nuclear debate and debate about contradictory application of natural and social science or rather about ignorance of social science
4 October 2020 after UN demanded an immediate end to fighting in September Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue: 4 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
5 October 2020 fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has escalated: 5 October 2020: Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has escalated dramatically after Baku accused Armenian forces of firing rockets at Azerbaijan’s second largest city of Ganja, which lies outside the contested territory - 5 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue after UN Security Council on 30 September called for an immediate end to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
October 2020 UN accused over failure to investigate 'war on drugs' killings in the Philippines: 8 October 2020: UN human rights council has been accused of a 'collective failure' over its decision not to call for an investigation into the tens of thousands of killings alleged to have occurred under Philippine president Duterte’s 'war on drugs', after 'World Organisation Against Torture' study in June concluded that children have been deliberately shot at and targeted as proxies
11 October 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh truce in jeopardy and ongoing ceasefire violations: 11 October 2020: Nagorno-Karabakh truce in jeopardy as accusations of violations fly, as Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other shelling civilian areas and escalating clashes, and as Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said that overnight shelling by Armenian forces on country’s second largest city Ganja had left 7 people dead and 33 wounded including children, less than 24 hours after the halt to fighting was supposed to take effect - Since September 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes and ceasefire violations
17 October 2020 Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed by shelling in Ganja: 17 October 2020: Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed by shelling in Ganja, as rescuers pull men, women and children out of rows of houses turned to rubble and people died with 40 more wounded in a sharp escalation of the conflict with Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh
27 October 2020 Armenia accused of deadly missile attack: 27 octobre 2020: L’Azerbaïdjan a accusé mardi l’Arménie d’avoir tiré un missile sur la région azerbaïdjanaise de Barda, proche du Nagorny Karabakh en guerre, ayant tué quatre civils et fait une dizaine de blessés - 27 October 2020: With clashes over the disputed Caucasus region entering a second month, international mediators are pushing to bring a stop to frontline clashes and shelling of civilian areas that have left hundreds dead
8 November 2020 Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's Shusha: 8 November 2020: Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Armenia denies it, as Shusha is of cultural and strategic importance to both side and as at least 1,000 people have died in nearly six weeks of fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh
20 November 2020 Tigray rebels launch rockets into Bahir Dar city in neighboring Amhara: 20 November 2020: As government troops close in on Tigray capital of Mekelle, the Tigray People's Liberation Front fired rockets into Amhara region in the second spate of rockets in the last fortnight, but no damage was reported, as Unicef said Friday, conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has left 2.3 million children in need of emergency aid
27 November 2020 UN Sudan expert's links to Russian oligarch Prigozhin and mercenaries revealed: 27 November 2020: After in 2018 the UN secretary general Guterres approved Dobronravin as Russia’s representative on a four-person UN expert panel on Sudan, leaked documents show links between the academic serving on the UN 'expert' panel on Sudan, and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian oligarch under USA sanctions who has led Russia’s recent push into Africa, as - according to the USA - Prigozhin runs the Wagner group, which has sent mercenaries to countries including Sudan, Libya and the Central African Republic, and is also behind a notorious internet troll factory that supported Donald Trump
28 November 2020 Iranian regime just a border fence away from Israel: 28 November 2020: Creeping in through Syria, Iranian regime is just a border fence away from Israel
30 December 2020 Aden attack as blast rips through Yemen’s Aden airport targeting new cabinet members: On 30 December 2020 a plane carrying the newly formed Yemeni government landed at the Aden International Airport, as bombs exploded and gunmen opened fire, leaving at least 22 people dead, as Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani blamed the attack on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, adding that all the members of the government were safe - 30 December 2020: Aden airport blasts kill 26 in attack 'directed at Yemen government', as UN special envoy Griffiths to Yemen wished 'the cabinet strength in facing the difficult tasks ahead', while Yemen needs no new year wishes but deeds against Houthi, Iranian, Russian, Syrian and Beijing regimes alliance
11 March 2021 UN calls for 'utmost restraint' from military murderers as more deaths reported: 11 March 2021: After 7 more people were reported shot dead by the military regime in protests, UN calls for 'utmost restraint' from the murderers, as British-drafted UN statement watered down by China, Russia, India and Vietnam, as USA applied fresh pressure with some sanctions, and as Amnesty says military using battlefield weapons on protesters
Since February 2022 escalating Putin regime's war crimes in Ukraine, despite UN Charter's prohibition: Since 24 February 2022 fresh and escalating wave of Russian Putin regime's war crimes in Ukraine, as - according to many specialists - the invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War that started in 2014, violated the Charter of the United Nations prohibition on aggression and constitutes a crime of aggression according to international criminal law. Many indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas by Russian forces have occurred during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which may constitute war crimes
12 April 2023 UN's Guterres too willing to accommodate Russian interests: 12 April 2023: The USA believes the UN's Guterres is too willing to accommodate Russian interests, according to fresh revelations in classified documents leaked online, as the documents contain candid observations from Guterres about Putin's criminal war in Ukraine. One leaked document focuses on the Black Sea grain deal, brokered by the UN and Turkey in July, and suggesting that Guterres was so keen to preserve the deal he was willing to accommodate Russia's interests. 'Guterres emphasised his efforts to improve Russia's ability to export', the document says, 'even if that involves sanctioned Russian entities or individuals'. His actions in February were 'undermining broader efforts to hold Moscow accountable for its actions in Ukraine'. - 2022-2023 Russian war crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war - July 2022 torture, castration and murder of a Ukrainian POW in Pryvillia - Russian execution of Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Matsievskyi without weapons, forced to dig his own grave during the Battle of Bakhmut - April 2023 Putin regime's beheading and mutilations of Ukrainian victims, including the crime documented in an exhibiting Russian video showing Russian soldiers decapitating a Ukrainian prisoner of war using a knife


Use of torture since 1948, abuse, mistreatment, murder of prisoners and death in custody by country
2014 torture in states worldwide: 13 May 2014: Nearly half of people around the world fear becoming a victim of torture if taken into custody, a poll for human rights group says showing that many states are carrying out torture or facilitating it in practice
Since 1932 Saudi-Arabian human rights abuses and torture: Since 1932 Islamic theocratic absolute monarchy in Saudi-Arabia, human rights abuses and torture
2015: 23 January 2015: Five worst human rights abuses in the reign of King Abdullah, torture, denied freedom of expression, persecution of minorities, non-Muslims and Shias, beheadings, violations of women's rights
June 2018: 6 June 2018: Saudi Arabia is systematically using anti-terror laws to justify torture, suppress all dissent and imprison human rights defenders, the UN has concluded following a five-day official inspection of the country at the invitation of the government
November 2018: 21 November 2018: Rights groups accused Saudi Arabia on Tuesday of subjecting several activists including some female human rights defenders detained since May to torture and sexual harassment - 21 November 2018: Saudi Arabia tortured female right-to-drive activists, says Amnesty
Since 20th century and 1979 torture in Iran: Since 1979 torture in Iran - Torture and mistreatment of prisoners in Iran - Since 1980s return of torture to Iran
1988: 1988 executions of political prisoners in Iran refers to the state-sponsored execution of political prisoners across Iran, starting on 19 July 1988 and enduring for approximately five months, 4,482 disappeared prisoners during this time, but as many as 30,000 dissidents may have been executed
2003: 10 January 2003: The Guardian Council rejected for a third time a bill approved by the reformist Parliament that would ban torture of prisoners
Since 20th century torture in North Korea: Prison camps and torture in North Korea
2013/2014: 17 September 2013: 'Unspeakable atrocities' reported by UN-mandated human rights inquiry on DPR Korea - 14 February 2014: UN rights inquiry to conclude North Korea should face international court over alleged starvation, extermination and abduction
Since 20th century torture in Russia: Since 20th century torture in Russia
May 2016 pro-Russian separatists tortured 4,000 people: 20 May 2016: Terrifying newspaper's report tells how pro-Russian separatists tortured 4,000 people in eastern Ukraine
September 2019 Ukrainian prisoner tortured by Putin regime: 16 September 2019: Ukrainian political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh, who has recently been freed from Russian captivity in a prisoner swap, has said he was tortured immediately after arriving in the Russian colony
Since 20th century torture in Syria: Torture in - Syria
2015: 14 March 2015: Nearly 13,000 Syrians, including 108 children, have been tortured to death in Syrian Assad regime prisons since March 2011, not including more than 20,000 detainees who have 'disappeared' in regime's prisons and whose fate remains unknown, and an estimated 200,000 people have been arrested over the past four years, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - 1 October 2015: Inside Syrian Assad regime’s death machine - 'They were torturing to kill'
May 2016 terrible conditions in Syrian Assad regime's prisons: 21 mai 2016: Au moins 60'000 personnes sont mortes en cinq ans sous la torture ou à cause des terribles conditions de détention dans les prisons du régime syrien, selon l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'homme - 7 June 2016: Assad regime forces tortured Palestinian boy Mohamed Diab, who was detained three years ago at the age of 13 following protests in Hama city, to death for participating in demonstrations against the Assad regime, as the number of Palestinians tortured to death in Assad's prisons has reached 444 victims, according to the Action Group for Palestinians in Syria
2017 Syrian Assad regime killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising: 7 February 2017: Syrian Assad regime killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at Saydnaya prison north of Damascus known to detainees as 'the slaughterhouse', according to Amnesty International, saying in a report that 20-50 people killed each week in 2011-2015 under authorization of senior Syrian officials as part of an extermination policy - 15 May 2017: Assad’s victims given voice in haunting new film by former BBC producers Sara Afshar and Nicola Cutcher, methodically documenting the brutality of the Assad government, its crackdown on democratic protests sinc 2011 and its jailing of activists including gripping firsthand testimony from some of the victims
29 July 2021 Syrian doctor charged in Germany with crimes against humanity: 29 July 2021: A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity for allegedly torturing people in military hospitals in his homeland and killing one of them, as the federal prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe said in a statement that Alla Mousa, who came to Germany in 2015 and practised medicine before he was arrested last year, was accused of 18 counts of torturing people in military hospitals in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus


Targeted killing, the premeditated killing of an individual or groups of individuals by a state, organization or institution outside a judicial procedure or a battlefield - An extrajudicial killing is the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process - Murder is the killing of another human being without justification - Homicides can be divided into many overlapping types, including murder, manslaughter, killing in war, euthanasia, and execution, depending on the circumstances of the death, and are treated differently in human societies

Since 1979/1980 Islamic Shia terrorism
Since 1958 Islamic Dawa Party, that later interacted with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, moved to Tehran in 1979: Since 1958 Islamic Dawa Party, an Islamist political party in Iraq. Dawa and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council are two of the main parties in the religious-Shiite United Iraqi Alliance. Later it interacted with the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the future dictator of Iran, during his exile in Najaf in Iraq. In 1979, Dawa moved its headquarters to Tehran, the capital of Iran. It bombed the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut in December 1981, the first of its international attacks.
15 December 1981 suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Lebanon's Beirut city: 15 December 1981 suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Lebanon's Beirut city, carried out by the Iraqi Shi'a Islamist group al-Dawa. The explosion leveled the embassy and killed 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon, and injured 110 others. The attack is considered by many to be the second modern suicide bombing, preceded by the 1927 Bath School bombings and presaged the 1983 USA embassy bombing and the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings.
Since 1988/89 Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa calling for the death of Rushdie and publishers, reception timeline: Since 1988/89 Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa calling for the death of Rushdie and his publishers, and reception timeline aince then when first Rushdie'se novel was published in the UK
12 August 2022 attack on Salman Rushdie known for 'The Satanic Verses' on stage: 12 August 2022 attack on Salman Rushdie - 12 August 2022: Author Salman Rushdie, who suffered years of Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses, has been attacked on stage speaking at an event at the Chautauqua Institution, as New York State Police said a male suspect ran up onto the stage and attacked Mr Rushdie and an interviewer and 'Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck'
24 October 2022 Salman Rushdie suffered ‘profound’ wounds in attack in August: 24 October 2022: Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand following an attack on stage during a literary event in western New York in August, according to his agent Andrew Wylie, saying 'he had three serious wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso'. The attack came 33 years after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini - the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989 - issued a 'religious edict' calling on Muslims to assassinate Rushdie.

Targeted killing in Russia and by the Russian regime since 1996, originating in the early modern age with the establishment of tsarist empire - History of Tsarist autocracy - the Tatar Yoke and the Sino-Mongol ideas and administrative system are credited with introducing some characteristics of an oriental despotism to Russia - after Ivan III (reigned 1462-1505) built upon Byzantine traditions and laid foundations for the tsarist autocracy which with some variations would govern Russia for centuries - Ivan the Terrible, the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Moscow ruler who declared himself 'Tsar of all Russia' from 1547 to 1584
Since 20th century worldwide terrorism by the KGB and FSB: Terrorism and support of terrorism worldwide by the KGB and FSB
2006 Russian regime's poisoning of British citizen Alexander Litvinenko: Russian regime's poisoning of British citizen Alexander Litvinenko and case of state-sponsored nuclear terrorism in London
27 February 2015 assassination of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov: 27 February 2015 assassination of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, opposed to the regime of Vladimir Putin, in central Moscow
March 2018 Salisbury 'novichok' poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal: 4 March 2018 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury using 'Novichok' nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union and Russia between 1971 and 1993
June/July 2018 Amesbury 'novichok' poisonings of two British nationals: 30 June 2018 Amesbury 'novichok' poisonings of two British nationals
14/15 September 2018: 14/15 September 2018: 'Bellingcat' investigation confirms that Russian nationals identified by UK authorities as obeying suspects in the Novichok poisonings on British soil in March and June are linked to Russian security services and military, directly contradicting claims by Russian regime's Putin on 12 September 2018, after one of the keys to identifying the insidious and coward murderous gang was the discovery of traces of novichok in their hotel room in London
26/27 September 2018: 26/27 September 2018: Anatoliy Chepiga, a Colonel in the GRU, who served in Chechyna and has received the highest honour usually awarded personally by Russian regime's Putin, is one of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and the killing of Dawn Sturgess, having travelled to the UK under the name Ruslan Boshirov, according to British investigative website Bellingcat and its partner The Insider
22 November 2018: 22 November 2018: DS Nick Bailey, who was left critically ill after being exposed to novichok at Skripal’s home on the night of the Russian attack in March, said that while he had made a physical recovery, the psychological impact had been serious
December 2018 FSB gang member confesses to string of murders in Siberia: 14 December 2018: A former FSB officer has confessed to being part of a criminal group of security agents accused of contract killings, armed robberies and kidnappings, Znak news reported from court in Yekaterinburg
January 2019 Russian regime's use of criminals: 18 January 2019: Russian regime's use of criminals as assets abroad
June 2019 Denis Sergeyev commanded Russian military team in the UK: 29 June 2019: Denis Sergeyev, believed to hold the rank of major general in the GRU, the 'third man' involved in the Salisbury poisoning commanded the Russian military team which carried out the attack, phone records suggest, as Bellingcat Investigation Team uncovered more details on Sergeyev’s role in several international GRU operations, including 'Mission London'
August 2019 Salisbury attack in 2018 'likely' approved by Putin, Scotland Yard says: 7 August 2019: Scotland Yard has examined the role of the Russian president Vladimir Putin in the 2018 novichok nerve agent attack in Salisbury, saying Putin is assessed as 'likely’ to have approved of nerve agent attack on Skripals
2019 Kadyrov regime's oppression and death squads: 21 September 2019: Ramzan Kadyrov rules the Caucasus republic through fear and oppression, amid reports of torture, but those seeking asylum in Europe are not safe, as assassins hunt them down
August/September 2019 assassination of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili: 23 August 2019 assassination of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili - 2 September 2019: The murder of Chechen Khangoshvili in Berlin looks like a Russian operation, but the CDU/SPD Merkel government is not making a public fuss about that - 27 September 2019: New evidence links Russian state to Berlin assassination of Chechen Khangoshvili by suspected 'Vadim Andreevich Sokolov', Bellingcat reports
14 July 2020 inquest must look into role of Russian officials in Salisbury attack: 14 July 2020: The role played by senior Russian officials in the Salisbury nerve agent attack should be investigated, the high court has been told, as lawyers for Dawn Sturgess’s family are arguing that public concern over the poisonings is so profound that her inquest should be widened to examine who ordered the attack and the network that backed the two agents accused of actually carrying it out
August 2020 'novichok' poisoning of Alexei Navalny: August 2020 'novichok' poisoning of Alexei Navalny who fell ill during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow and was hospitalized in Omsk, as his spokeswoman said that he was in a coma
7 September 2020 poisoned Russian opposition leader out of coma and responsive: 7 September 2020: Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said, after tests last week showed 'proof without doubt' that Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, and after British authorities identified the Soviet-era Novichok as the poison used against Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in 2018
14 September 2020 French and Swedish labs confirm Navalny's Novichok poisoning Germany says: 14 September 2020: Three laboratories have independently confirmed that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent, Germany said Monday, renewing calls for Russia to explain the incident, also saying it had brought the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons into its investigation of the criminal poisoning, adding that the OPCW had taken samples from him to be examined in its reference laboratories
17 November 2020 security agencies believe that Russian Putin regime intended to kill critic Alexei Navalny: 17 November 2020: Western security agencies believe that Russian regime intended to kill Putin critic Alexei Navalny and only failed because of quick action by first responders, also saying that the high-profile nature of the attack also suggests it was approved by regime's Vladimir Putin
14 December 2020 Russian FSB hit squad poisoned Alexei Navalny according to Bellingcat: 14 December 2020: An undercover hit squad working for Russia’s FSB spy agency poisoned the opposition activist Alexei Navalny in August, after shadowing him on multiple previous trips, the investigative website Bellingcat has claimed, citing 'voluminous' telecoms and travel data, and reporting that the squad had secretly tracked Navalny since 2017, as recent regime's crime apparently began after he announced plans to stand against Putin in presidential elections
21 December 2020 Navalny says Russian agent has admitted to role in death plot: 21 December 2020: One of the operatives allegedly involved in the attempt to kill Alexei Navalny has confessed to his role in the plot, and has revealed that the Russian opposition leader was apparently poisoned via his boxer shorts, after Navalny phoned two members of the team from Russia’s FSB spy agency trying to murder him, as one recognised him immediately and hung up and the second operative, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, was seemingly duped into thinking he was talking to an aide working for a top FSB general
24 December 2020 Novichok diagnosed within days say Alexei Navalny's German doctors: 24 December 2020: The Berlin doctors who treated Alexei Navalny have published clinical details of his novichok poisoning, in what the Russian opposition leader called the medical proof repeatedly denied by Russian regime's Vladimir Putin, as Navalny says 'at every press conference, he (Putin) exclaims, agitating with his hands to ask when the Germans will give their data', adding 'that’s no longer important now, the medical data is now published and available to the entire world'
13 January 2021 Navalny will return to Ruassia after being poisoned: 13 January 2021: Alexey Navalny says he will return to Russia on 17 January after being poisoned, and after recent reporting from investigative group Bellingcat and CNN revealed that Russia's FSB had formed an elite team specializing in nerve agents that trailed Navalny for years, and that phone and travel records suggest that the unit followed Navalny to at least 17 cities since 2017
21 April 2021 Putin regime's police have arrested key supporters of Alexei Navalny: 21 April 2021: Putin regime's police have arrested key supporters of Alexei Navalny and begun closing down central squares in Moscow and other cities before demonstrations planned for Wednesday evening in support of the jailed opposition leader, while regime critic’s regional headquarters have also been raided as police seek to disrupt, and eventually liquidate, his political organisation across Russia, and as tensions have grown between regime and western capitals over concerns about Navalny’s health in prison, as well as Russia’s military build-up on the border with Ukraine, and accusations of aggressive Russian intelligence operations including a fatal explosion at a Czech ammunition dump in 2014
21 September 2021 Russia responsible for the 2006 killing of Alexander Litvinenko, ECHR has found: In September 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ECHR found that Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko (a violation of Article 2). The Court ruled that there was a 'strong' case that Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun had been acting as agents of the Russian State, and that Russia had not carried out an 'effective domestic investigation', nor 'identifi[ed] and punish[ed] ... those responsible for the murder', as followoing the poisoning Lugovoy - a former KGB employee like Vladimir Putin - became a member of Russia's lower house of parliament Duma for the nationalist party LDPR - 21 September 2021 Judgment Carter v. Russia 'Russia was responsible for assassination of Aleksandr Litvinenko in the UK', ECHR's judgement document in PDF format
27 March 2022 murdered Putin rival Boris Nemtsov 'tailed' by agent linked to FSB hit squad: 27 March 2022: Bellingcat, The Insider and the BBC found evidence that Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov - who rose to prominence in the 1990s, served as PM under president Boris Yeltsin, and was widely tipped to be Yeltsin's successor - was shadowed on 13 trips before his 27 February 2015 murder. Boris Yeltsin supported former KGB agent Vladimir Putin's rise to power in the 1990s, and Mr Nemtsov was pushed to the margins of Russian politics. He became an effective campaigner, exposing corruption and denouncing Russia's 2014 attack on eastern Ukraine. On 27 February 2015, Mr Nemtsov was shot dead, just yards from the Kremlin, and just days before he was due to lead a protest against the war. 7 years later, the BBC - working with the investigative websites Bellingcat and The Insider - can reveal evidence that in the months running up to the killing, Nemtsov was being followed across Russia by Putin regime agent Valery Sukharev linked to a secret assassination squad.

North Korean politically motivated criminal actions, including international abductions, terrorism and targeted killings - Concentration camps in North Korea
September 2013: 17 September 2013: 'Unspeakable atrocities' reported by UN-mandated human rights inquiry on DPR Korea
February 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam: 13 February 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam, attacked with VX nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
April 2019: 1 April 2019: North Korea got away with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, as no one from the regime will stand trial over the death of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, leading to fears it will act again

Network of extralegal detention centers established by Chinese security forces and private security companies across the PR of China
Since 2014 Xinjiang extralegal detention centers: Since 2014 'Reeducation camps' operated secretly and outside of the legal system by the Xinjiang local government, people can be locked up without any trial and local authorities are reportedly holding hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and Muslims from other ethnic minorities in these camps


Hong Kong–Beijing regime (mainland China) conflict
June 1898 'Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory': 9 June 1898 'Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory' between Qing China and the United Kingdom
December 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration: December 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration
Since July 1997 special administrative region of Hong Kong: Since July 1997 special administrative region of Hong Kong, when the United Kingdom ended administration for the colony of Hong Kong, returning control of the city and its territory that became a special administrative region and continues to maintain governing and economic systems separate from those of mainland China
Since December 2017 Hong Kong Watch to monitor the conditions of human rights, freedoms and rule of law in Hong Kong: Since December 2017 Hong Kong Watch, a non-governmental organisation based in the United Kingdom that was established to monitor the conditions of human rights, freedoms and rule of law in Hong Kong, founded by British human rights activist Benedict Rogers in December 2017, two months after he was barred from entering Hong Kong
30 July 2020 outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested: 30 July 2020: Outcry in Hong Kong as 4 student activists arrested under new security law, the first political activists to be held since pro-Beijing legislation was imposed by the always more aggressive northern one-party state pretending to be China, ruling with police and military


Since 2016 deteriorating Beijing regime - Taiwan relations
August 2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan: August 2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan were a series of military exercises by the so-called People's Republic of China that encircled Taiwan, officially the Republic of China. The exercises, which drew criticism from the G7 nations, were a show of force intended to deter what the PRC perceives as USA involvement in so-called 'internal Chinese affairs' and to demonstrate Chinese military power in the region for both international and domestic audiences. The live-fire drills were unprecedented in recent history and took place in six zones that surrounded the island's busiest international waterways and aviation routes.
23 October 2022 China’s reputation has deteriorated rapidly over the last four years: 23 October 2022: China’s reputation has deteriorated rapidly over the last four years, particularly in the west, and a large share of global opinion would back some form of international help for Taiwan if Beijing tries to take the island by force, according to a survey by he YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project. The survey revealed a dramatic decline in China’s global standing since it was first run in 2019, with the percentage of respondents saying they felt China played a positive role in the world falling by as much as half in some countries. Pro-China sentiment has collapsed over the past four years from 46% to 24% in Poland, 36% to 17% in France, 30% to 13% in Germany, 32% to 11% in Denmark, 41% to 24% in Italy, 35% to 11% in the UK and 44% to 23% in India. It has fallen from 27% to 18% in the USA. While covid-19 partly informs this negative sentiment, with majorities of more than 80% convinced that the pandemic started in China, human rights abuses also appear to be an increasing focus

Attacks on press freedom in China intensify after 2019/2020 covid-19 outbreak: 20 March 2020: Beijing regime's attacks on press freedom in China intensify after the covid-19 outbreak since November/December 2019
16 November 2020 citizen journalist facing jail in China for Wuhan covid reporting and warning the world: 16 November 2020: Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan detained since May for reporting on the covid-19 outbreak from Wuhan is facing up to 5 years in jail after being formally indicted on charges of spreading false information, after she was arrested and held in a detention facility in Shanghai

Targeted killings in Pakistan, especially in Karachi and in Quetta, have been a rising form of violence and have contributed to security instability in the country

Wahhabism and targeted killings by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Political prisoners in Saudi Arabia - Torture in Saudi Arabia - Tiger Squad, a Saudi death squad that consists of approximately fifty members from the military and intelligence agencies and has a mandate to carry out covert operations and executions, allegedly created by Mohammad bin Salman to kill Saudi critics inside and outside of Saudi Arabia
October 2018 Khashoggi murder: 21 October 2018: As international condemnation grows over the 2 October 2018 disappearance of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and later admitted assassination, EU's foreign policy chief calls it a 'shocking violation' of international conventions - 23 October 2018: Khashoggi murder 'planned days in advance', Turkey's president says - 23 October 2018: Saudi sees $50 billion in deals at investment conference despite some boycotts over Khashoggi killing
9 November 2018 Emmanuel Macron PR man for Mohammed bin Salman following Khashoggi’s murder: 9 November 2018: French president Emmanuel Macron has been among the worst culprits, recently claiming that it was false to say Saudi Arabia is a major client of the French arms industry, but Macron's defence minister told lawmakers those arms sales were crucial for French jobs, as France is the world’s third-largest weapons dealer, with exports rising considerably during the past decade and Saudi Arabia was its second-largest customer in that period
November/December 2018 Emmanuel Macron, Putin and Trump PR men for bonesaw Mohammed bin Salman: 30 November 2018: G20 participants including Macron and Trump welcome Saudi prince at G20 stage, showing he’s not isolated and mocking humans, as Mohammed bin Salman and Russia's Putin both grinned broadly and greeted each other with an enthusiastic, thumping handshake that resembled a high-five, and hearty laughter - 1 December 2018: Macron's chat with bonesaw Saudi prince captured at G20
December 2018: 1 décembre 2018: Des messages interceptés par la CIA renforcent les soupçons sur le rôle du prince héritier saoudien dans la mort du journaliste Khashoggi en Turquie
February 2019 UN-led inquiry's evidence: 7 February 2019: UN-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said that evidence pointed to a brutal crime 'planned and perpetrated' by Saudi officials
June 2019 Khashoggi murder 'an international crime': 19 June 2019: The crown prince of Saudi Arabia should be investigated over the murder of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi because there is 'credible evidence' that he and other senior officials are liable for the killing, according to a damning and forensic UN report, as UN’s special rapporteur Agnes Callamard said the death of the journalist was 'an international crime'
4 February 2020 world has failed to punish Saudi Arabia, 'encouraged to do whatever it wants': 4 February 2020: Turkish scholar Hatice Cengiz, activist and fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi, has said the world has failed to hold Saudi Arabia to account over the journalist’s murder and the kingdom is being 'encouraged to do whatever it wants'
7 September 2020 Saudi court ruling farce mocking human rights: 7 September 2020: A Saudi court has overturned five death sentences over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, in a final ruling that jailed eight defendants for between seven and 20 years, as Khashoggi’s fiance Hatice Cengiz on Monday branded the Saudi court ruling a 'farce', saying 'the ruling handed down today in Saudi Arabia again makes a complete mockery of justice' and that 'the international community will not accept this farce', because 'the Saudi authorities are closing the case without the world knowing the truth of who is responsible for Jamal’s murder', 'who planned it, who ordered it, where is the body', 'the most important questions ... remain totally unanswered'
21 October 2020 Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee sues Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in the USA courts: 21 October 2020: Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is suing the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and two dozen other Saudis in the USA courts, accusing them of direct involvement in the dissident’s gruesome killing in Istanbul two years ago
November 2020 G20 Riyadh summit and community of corruption: 23 novembre 2020: Les organisateurs saoudiens interpellés sur l’affaire Khashoggi, un président américain au golf, des promesses sur l’accès aux vaccins …, ce qu’il faut retenir des deux jours d’un étrange sommet du G20 virtuel - 21–22 November 2020 G20 Riyadh summit, the fifteenth meeting of Group of Twenty in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia - 23 November 2020: Saudi Arabia denies crown prince met with Netanyahu, or any Israeli, after media reported that PM Netanyahu, Mossad chief flied to Saudi, held first known meet with crown prince, as meeting said held in presence of USA Secretary of State Mike Pompeo - 2 October 2018 assassination of Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul perpetrated by agents of the Saudi government - Reactions to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, denounced by the majority of the international community, but not by G20
22 November 2021 murdered Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee urges singer Bieber to cancel Saudi Arabia performance: 22 November 2021: Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has called in an open letter on singer Justin Bieber to cancel his performance in the kingdom’s second-largest city Jeddah scheduled for 5 December, after Khashoggi was killed and dismembered in 2018 after walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul the day before his wedding with Hatice Cengiz, was waiting outside
7/8 December 2021 Saudi royal guard arrested over murder of journalist Khashoggi, showing contrast of human cooperations: 7 December 2021: French police have arrested former member Khalid Aedh al-Otaibi of the Saudi royal guard who has also served as a personal security official for the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as arrest marks the first time that any individual accused by international experts of participating in the grisly state-sponsored execution of the Washington Post columnist, an Islamist execution that unveils the difference, contrast of misanthropic cooperation of criminals and the cooperation e.g. of musicians worldwide since centuries to bring joy to humans - 8 December 2021: Saudi man arrested at a French airport on suspicion of involvement in the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been released, after the Paris prosecutor concluded it was a case of mistaken identity, and it is believed that he shared the same name as the wanted man.
30 December 2021 hit squad members convicted of murdering Khashoggi living in luxury villas in Riyadh: 30 December 2021: At least 3 members of Saudi hit squad convicted by the kingdom of murdering Jamal Khashoggi are living and working 'in seven-star accommodation' inside a government-run security compound in Riyadh, according to a source connected to senior members of Saudi intelligence, as the assassins are believed to be staying in villas and buildings run by Saudi Arabia’s State Security agency, far from the walls of its infamous prisons. The source has spoken to two witnesses who claim to have seen the men. They said family members frequently visit the men, who are able to use a gym and workspaces on the site. All were sentenced before a Saudi court, in a trial broadly condemned as a sham – though only one of them, Salah al-Tubaigy – was named
2 October 2022 four years ago Khashoggi's murder, but finding the truth prevented by Saudis and Turkey: 2 October 2022: On this day four years ago, the world lost a brilliant thought leader, journalist, husband, father and grandfather - Jamal Khashoggi, his widow in 2022 says. Key pieces of evidence that hold these answers rest in Jamal’s personal devices including two mobile telephones, a laptop and a tablet, critical to knowing the full truth and advancing the cause of justice. But those devices are and remain in the possession of the government of Turkey, hiding the truth and ignoring human rights

6 February 2013: Globalizing torture, USA's CIA secret detentions and extraordinary renditions following the terrorist attacks of September 11 in 2001 'aided by 54 countries'
USA's 'Disposition Matrix' developed by the Obama Administration since 2010, going beyond existing kill lists, and creates a blueprint for tracking, capturing, rendering, or killing suspected enemies of the USA government - USA drone strikes in Pakistan 2004-present - List of drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004 - 'Unmanned: America's Drone Wars' documentary film released in October 2013
Civilian casualties from USA drone strikes
2014: 24 November 2014: Attempts to kill 41 men resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,147 people as of 24 November, one of the facts of the Obama administration's drone strikes, revealed by new analysis of data in Yemen and Pakistan and study by legal charity 'Reprieve'
2015: 16 October 2015: Snowden and Ellsberg hail leak of drone documents from new whistleblower, as classified documents on USA assassination program confirm, that the administration firmly prefers kill over capture despite claiming the opposite, that the USA does not know who it's killing, and that the military labels unidentified people it kills in targeted strikes as 'enemies killed in action', although victims may be family members or associates of actual targets or may just have been nearby, or mistakenly targeted
2016: 20 July 2016: 2004 to present CIA and USA military drone strikes just in Pakistan resulting in 172-207 killed children, 424-966 killed civilians, 2,499-4,001 total killed people, 1,161-1,744 injured people
Civilian casualties of the USA-led intervention in Syria
July 2016: 18 July 2016: To July 18th 2016, an overall total of between 3,181 and 4,267 civilian non-combatant fatalities had been alleged from 493 separate reported incidents in Iraq and Syria, of these Airwars presently estimates that a minimum of 1,422 civilians are likely to have died in USA-led coalition actions
2016; 19 juillet 2016: Près de 60 civils, dont 11 enfants, morts et des dizaines de blessés mardi dans des raids de la coalition menée par les Etats-Unis près du village d'al-Toukhar tenu par Daech dans la province d'Alep, selon l'OSDH - 20 July 2016: USA airstrikes on a Syrian village have killed at least 73 civilians, a majority of them women and children, activists say

Extrajudicial punishment is punishment for an alleged crime or offense carried out without legal process
Forced disappearance occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, placing the victim outside the protection of the law

Human rights abuses
November 2018 fundamental rights under attack in 111 of 196 countries: 28 November 2018: The report by Civicus Monitor, an alliance of civil society groups, found that fundamental rights – such as freedom of expression and peaceful assembly – were under attack in 111 of 196 countries, as countries use censorship, harassment or violence to repress public debate
February 2021 at least 331 human rights defenders murdered in 2020, report finds: 11 February 2021: At least 331 human rights defenders promoting social, environmental, racial and gender justice in 25 countries were murdered in 2020, with scores more beaten, detained and criminalised because of their work, analysis has found, as Latin America - the most dangerous continent in the world in which to protect environmental, land and human rights - accounted for more than three-quarters of all the murders of human rights defenders in 2020

Human rights abuses by country
Human rights abuses in Afghanistan
Human rights abuses in Burma in the 21st century called Myanmar
2 May 2021 eight citizens killed as Myanmar military regime's forces open fire on protesters: 2 May 2021: Eight citizens killed as military regime's forces open fire on protesters in Myanmar, and as protests against military rule were some of the biggest in days after a spell of dwindling crowds, as protests were now coordinated with demonstrations in Burmese communities around the world to mark what organisers called 'the global Myanmar spring revolution'
Since spring 2021 human rights abuses, continuing war crimes in Myanmar by military regime forces: December 2021 Human rights abuses and continuing war crimes in Myanmar as military regime forces, occupying the village of Kunnar in Kayah State’s Loikaw Township, set fire to 19 houses before retreating, according to local residents and resistance sources, amid massacres of civilians since February military coup
28 December 2021 resistance fighters found more than 30 burned bodies, including women and children: 28 December 2021: 'Save the Children' has confirmed staff membersw were killed in a Christmas Eve massacre blamed on the military that left more than 30 people dead in eastern Myanmar, as anti-military fighters said they found more than 30 burned bodies, including women and children, on a highway in Kayah state where pro-democracy rebels are resisting the military
Human rights abuses and discrimination in P.R. China
Human rights abuses and torture in Iran
20 November 2022 at least 58 Iranian children reportedly killed since anti-regime protests began: 20 November 2022: At least 58 Iranian children reportedly killed since anti-regime protests began, as rights groups say children as young as eight are among the victims of the crackdown by security services since the death of Mahsa Amini
Human rights abuses and torture in North Korea
Human rights and human rights abuses in Qatar - According to the USA State Department, expatriate workers from nations throughout Asia and parts of Africa are routinely subjected to forced labour in Qatar. Most of these people voluntarily migrate to the Emirate as low-skilled labourers or domestic servants, but are subsequently subjected to conditions indicative of involuntary servitude. Some of the more common labour rights violations include beatings, withholding of payment, charging workers for benefits which are nominally the responsibility of the emir, severe restrictions on freedom of movement, arbitrary detention, threats of legal action, and sexual assault. Many migrant workers arriving for work in Qatar have paid exorbitant fees to recruiters in their home countries - a practice that makes workers highly vulnerable to forced labour once in Qatar.
Décembre 2016 AI rapport sur les droits des travailleurs de la Coupe du monde de football 2022 au Qatar: 22 décembre 2016: L’ONG Amnesty International a publié le 31 mars 2016 un rapport sur les droits des travailleurs construisant les stades de la Coupe du monde de football 2022 au Qatar. Parce que la question est très sensible, le rapport, très critique pour l’émirat du Golfe, est abondamment relayé par les médias. Fruit d’une longue enquête, il lève un coin du voile sur les effroyables conditions dans lesquelles la Coupe du monde est préparée au Qatar. - 'Voiceless Victims' spying on Amnesty International
21st century forced migrant labor and exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar: 21st century forced migrant labor and exploitation of migrant workers, making up 90% of Qatar's constructive workforce. The country has a kafala system which is associated with outdated laws and procedures, which ties migrant workers to local Emirati sponsors with very little government oversight. First in October 2019 - following international indignation - Qatar abolished Kafala system and introduced basic minimum wage and wage protection system for migrant workers, ahead of World Cup 2022.
13 November 2022 Qatar’s World Cup cartoon 'The beautiful game ... say NO to Human Rights': 13 November 2022; Ben Jennings on Qatar’s World Cup cartoon 'The beautiful game ... say NO to Human Rights'
Human rights abuses in Pakistan
Human rights abuses in Russia
Human rights abuses and torture in Saudi Arabia
Human rights abuses in Syria
Human rights abuses in Yemen


Intelligence agencies by country

List of Secret police organizations - Death squads conduct extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances of persons for the purposes of political repression, genocide, or revolutionary terror, often conducted in ways meant to ensure the secrecy of the killers' identities
Secret police organizations and history: List of former and still existing secret police organizations by country, as they changed their names, and as few still exist under the same name as legitimate police forces
Since April 1933 NSDAP ruled Germany's 'Geheime Staatspolizei' Gestapo, SD and RSHA, GFP: Since April 1933 'Geheime Staatspolizei', abbreviated 'Gestapo', the official secret police of NSDAP ruled Germany and in German-occupied Europe, as the force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various security police agencies of Prussia into one organisation, as on 20 April 1934 oversight of the 'Gestapo' passed to the head of the SS Heinrich Himmler, who was also appointed Chief of German Police by Hitler in 1936 - 'Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS', the intelligence agency of the SS and the NSDAP originating in 1931, as the organization was the first Nazi intelligence organization to be established and was considered a connected organization with the Gestapo since 1933 through integration of SS members and operational procedures, as the SD was administered as an independent SS office between 1933 and 1939, after which it was transferred to the authority of the Reich Main Security Office 'Reichssicherheitshauptamt' - Geheime Feldpolizei, the secret military police of the German NSDAP 'Wehrmacht' until the end of the Second World War in May 1945

List of current secret police organizations
Since 1983 'Ministry of State Security' in Beijing: Since 1983 'Ministry of State Security', the civilian intelligence, 'security' and secret police agency of Beijing's regime, responsible for counter-intelligence, foreign intelligence and political 'security' (its military counterpart is the Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff), as the MSS has been described as one of the most secretive intelligence organizations in the world, until today headquartered in Beijing
Since 1999 Beijing regime's '610 Office': Since 1999 '610 Office' is or was an agency in the P.R. of China, named for the date of its creation and established for the purpose of coordinating and implementing the persecutions, as in 2018 the office was reorganized and its functions delegated to the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Public Security - Chinese intelligence activity abroad
Since 1983 'VAJA', the primary intelligence agency of the Iranian Mullah regime: Since August 1983 'Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran', the primary intelligence agency of the Iranian Mullah regime and a member of the 'Iran Intelligence Community', also known as VAJA and initially known as SAVAMA, after it took over the Shah's intelligence apparatus SAVAK, as the agency today is one of the three 'sovereign' ministerial bodies of Iran due to nature of its work at home and abroad
1988–1998 chain murders of Iran: 1988–98 chain murders of Iran, a series of murders and disappearances of certain Iranian dissident intellectuals who had been critical of the Mullah regime system, as the murders and disappearances were carried out by Iranian government internal operatives - referred to as 'chain murders' because they appeared to be linked to each other -, as the victims included more than 80 writers, translators, poets, political activists, and ordinary citizens, killed by a variety of means such as car crashes, stabbings, shootings in staged robberies, and injections with potassium to simulate heart attack, and as the pattern of murders did not come to light until late 1998 when Dariush Forouhar, his wife Parvaneh Eskandari Forouhar, and three dissident writers were murdered over a span of two months
Since 2005 'Oghab 2' Mullah regime's counter-espionage agency: Since 2005 'Oghab 2', an Iranian counter-espionage agency tasked to protect Mullah regime's nuclear facilities from threats, including sabotage and cyber warfare, as according to The New York Times, the Iranian regime has acknowledged that it is fighting nuclear espionage, and has foiled attempts to recruit spies and defectors to pass secrets out of their enrichment facilities
Since 1995 'Federal Security Service' FSB of the Russian Federation: Since 1995 'Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation FSB', the principal 'security' agency of Russia's Putin regime and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB since 1954 until today
October 2018 own goals by Russian spies expose GRU lost its way in the age of internet: 5 October 2018: String of own goals by Russian spies exposes a strange sloppiness, as GRU seems to have lost its way in the age of internet search and as bungling agents leave Putin exposed in the global spotlight, after hatefully saying 'traitors will kick the bucket'
Since 1971 Syrian Assad regime's 'General Intelligence Directorate': Since 1971 'General Intelligence Directorate', the most important civil intelligence service of Syria's regime of Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar al-Assad, playing a leading role in suppressing opposition and quelling internal dissent - 'Political Security Directorate', divided into an Internal Security Department and an External Security Department, and active against the Syrian opposition - Military Intelligence Division, the military intelligence service of Syria, with roots going back to the French mandate period 1923–1943, as its current organization was established in 1969, headquartered at the Defense Ministry in Damascus - Since 1963 'Air Force Intelligence Directorate', an intelligence service of Syria, possibly the country's most powerful and owing its importance to Hafez al-Assad's role as the Air Force commander, as despite its name, it is mainly involved with issues other than air force intelligence, taking an active part in the suppression of opposition since the Muslim Brotherhood rebellion in the 1980s

Police brutality - History of police brutality, as police violence is legally defined as a civil rights violation where law enforcement officers exercise undue or excessive force against a subject, that includes, but is not limited to, bullying, physical or verbal harassment, physical or mental injury, property damage, and death
Overview of cases of police brutality in Asia: Overview of cases of police brutality by continent and country including People's Republic of China, Middle East, Pakistan, Turkey etc. in Asia
Overview of cases of police brutality in Europe: Overview of cases of police brutality in Europe
Overview of cases of police brutality in the Americas: Overview of cases of police brutality in the Americas

Surveillance - Mass surveillance - Global surveillance refers to the mass surveillance of entire populations across national borders and can be traced back to the 20th century and a United Kingdom and USA agreement - Phone surveillance - Telephone tapping - Phone hacking - Computer and network surveillance
21st century mass surveillance by Beijing's one party regime: 21st century mass surveillance in China, the network of monitoring systems used by the Beijing one party regime to monitor citizens, primarily conducted through the regime's administration, although non-publicized corporate surveillance in connection with the regime has been speculated to occur. The regime monitors citizens through Internet, camera as well as through other digital technologies. It has become increasingly widespread under CCP's general secretary Xi Jinping's administration since 2012.
25 May 2019 journalist, dissident Khashoggi high-profile case in Saudi use of commercial spyware: 25 May 2019: Israeli firm 'NSO Group's Pegasus technology' won't say if it sold spyware linked to Khashoggi killing, after the death of Washington Post columnist and dissident Khashoggi is the most high-profile case, as another Saudi dissident who lives in exile in Canada alleged in the suit in December his communications with Khashoggi were monitored by Saudi Arabia using NSO software
23 September 2020 Putin regime targets Navalny and others, using imported phone-hacking tech: 23 September 2020: Putin regime's investigators targeting Navalny and others use Israeli phone-hacking tech, as committee headed by Putin associate Alexander Bastrykin claims it used Cellebrite’s technology more than 26,000 times for hacking phones
23 September 2020 treated in Berlin for Novichok poisoning Russian opposition leader Navalny's condition improved enough for him to be released: 23 September 2020: The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for poisoning said Wednesday that his condition improved enough for him to be released, and suggested a 'complete recovery' from the Russian nerve agent was possible
July 2021 international investigation said spying worldwide using sold malware rising: 20 July 2021: French prosecutors had opened a probe into allegations that Moroccan intelligence services used the commercial malware 'Pegasus' to spy on several French journalists, as collaborative, international investigation claimed that spying worldwide using the sold malware had been far more extensive than previously thought
7 February 2022 also Israel police used NSO's Pegasus spyware without a court order: 7 February 2022: Israel police used NSO's Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of public figures, including protest leaders, journalists, government employees and associates of former PM Netanyahu, according to a report by 'Calcalist' on Monday, saying the hacking tool was used without a court order, as Israel's 'Ynet' demanded on 21 January 'to form a Commission of inquiry to review the police and NSO affair', saying 'an internal probe will not be enough', according to 'Wikipedia' reporting that Pegasus spyware is used in the meantime by 23 global states

Censorship - Political censorship - Censorship by religion
Internet censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet enacted by regulators, or on their own initiative, as internet censorship puts restrictions on what information can be put on the internet or not - An Internet outage or Internet blackout is the complete or partial failure of the internet services, that can occur due to censorship, cyberattacks, disasters, police or security services actions - Since 2009 usage of Internet 'kill switch' in Beijing regime's China, in the area of Iran's Mullah regime, and more countries
Censorship by country: Censorship by country - 'Press Freedom Index' and 'Internet censorship and surveillance' maps are showing a very serious situation in a range of countries including P.R. China (one party Beijing regime), Iran (Islamist Mullah regime), Syria (Assad Ba'ath Party regime), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (wahhabism regime), Belarus (Lukashenko regime) and some other countries
Since 2009 usage of Internet 'kill switch' in Beijing regime's China: Since 2009 usage of Internet 'kill switch' in Beijing regime's China, in the area of Iran's Mullah regime, and more countries
Januar 2019 Beijing regime's China model for controlling what people in Africa and Asia can say and do online: 2 January 2019: As citizens of the D.R. of the Congo DRC pointlessly refresh their web browsers this week, they are getting a preview of just what Chinese-crafted cyberspace rules look like. The DRC on Monday became the latest country to cut its people off from the internet, as voters await the results of this weekend's highly-contested presidential election, after internet and social media shutdowns have become more and more common across Africa and Asia in recent years, particularly as authoritarian governments look to China as the model for controlling what people can say and do online
22 September 2021 Lithuania tells citizens to throw out Chinese phones over built-in ability to detect and censor terms such as 'democracy movement': 22 September 2021: Lithuania tells citizens to throw out Chinese phones over censorship concerns, as defence ministry has recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now, after a government report found the devices had built-in censorship capabilities. Flagship phones sold in Europe by China’s smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp have a built-in ability to detect and censor terms such as 'free Tibet', 'long live Taiwan independence' or 'democracy movement', Lithuania’s state-run cybersecurity body said on Tuesday


Cyberwarfare - Cyberterrorism - Information warfare - Cyberwarfare by country
Cyberwarfare by Russia including denial of service attacks, hacker attacks, dissemination of disinformation and propaganda, participation of state-sponsored teams in political blogs, internet surveillance using SORM technology, persecution of cyber-dissidents and other active measures, some of these activities have been coordinated by the Russian signals intelligence, which is part of the FSB (former KGB) but others have been directed by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Military of Russia
2007/2008 cyberattacks on Estonia and during the Russo-Georgian War: 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia - 2008 Cyberattacks during the Russo-Georgian War
Since 2013 'Trolls from Olgino' and Russian–Ukrainian cyberwarfare: Since 2013 'Trolls from Olgino' and 'Olgino's trolls' have become general terms denoting trolls who spread pro-Russian propaganda - Since 2013 Russian–Ukrainian cyberwarfare
2016 Russian interference in the USA elections: Russian interference in the 2016 USA elections
2017 suspected Russian interference in the French elections: 7 May 2017: Russian effort suspected in French election hacking attack, as Paris’ cybersecurity agency begins to probe leak of Macron campaign documents and as expert notes ‘Cyrillic script in the metadata’ of hacked files - 7 May 2017: WikiLeaks finds Russian trace in hacker attack on Macron's headquarters
June 2017 Russian hacker attacks: 23 June 2017: To stop Russia and other hackers, we need to overhaul the internet, says Israeli cyber expert Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel says ahead of next week’s Tel Aviv University 'Cyber Week 2017', calling for a radical overhaul of the internet in order to counter cyber warfare
June 2019 Russian 'spoofing': 27 June 2019: Russian regime blamed for disruption of GPS systems at Ben Gurion Airport, appearing to stem from electronic warfare known as 'spoofing' and to originate in Syria, where Russian troops and aircraft are fighting on behalf of the country’s dictator Bashar Assad - 28 June 2019: Signals disrupting satellite navigation for planes flying through Israeli airspace in recent weeks originate inside a Russian air base inside Syria, according to USA researcher, saying signals are detectable from space, appearing to come from new deployment of Russian regime’s electronic warfare systems

Cyberwarfare by and in China
23 September 2021 experts say China’s low-level cyber war is becoming severe threat: 23 September 2021: Experts say China’s low-level cyber war is becoming severe threat, as Beijing regime's state-sponsored hacking is at record levels, western experts say, accusing Beijing of engaging in a form of low-level warfare that is escalating despite USA, British and other political efforts to bring it to a halt

Cyberwarfare by Iran
28 January 2021 Hezbollah-linked network Lebanese Cedar APT attacked companies worldwide: 28 January 2021: Hezbollah-linked network Lebanese Cedar APT has breached 250 companies worldwide, as an Israeli cybersecurity firm's report shows that victims attacked include companies in the USA, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the Palestinian Authority

Computer crime and cyberattacks - Computer security - Outline of computer security - Computer systems at risk - Computer vulnerability
List and timeline of cyberattacks: List of cyberattacks - List of data breaches - Timeline of computer security hacker history
May 2013 hackers steal $45 million in global plot: 10 May 2013: Hackers steal $45 million in global plot involving bank databases, debit cards and cash machines
May 2017 WannaCry malware attack infecting computers in 99 countries demanding ransom: May 2017 WannaCry malware cyber attack, infecting over 75,000 computers in 99 countries, demanding ransom payments - 12 May 2017: Computers in thousands of locations have apparently been locked by a program that reportedly demands $300 in Bitcoin
Since May 2017 governments at the heart of global cyberattacks including 'Petya': 15 May 2017: Microsoft warns governments against storing computer vulnerabilities like the leaked one at the heart of the global cyberattack that has crippled computers in more than 150 countries, partly laying blame with the USA government and its agencies for the weekend assault - June 2017 global Petya cyberattacks, primarily targeting Ukraine - 27 June 2017: 'Petya' ransomware attack strikes companies across Europe and USA - 23 August 2017: Researchers who warned robot manufacturers in January about vulnerabilities in their home, business and industrial robots, say only a few of the problems have been addressed
December 2017 North Korea 'directly responsible' for the so-called WannaCry cyber attack USA says: 19 December 2017: North Korea is 'directly responsible' for the so-called WannaCry cyber attack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies across the globe earlier this year, according to USA official
January 2021 cybersecurity attacks targeting healthcare organizations amid covid-19 pandemic have spiked globally: 5 January 2021: Cybersecurity attacks targeting healthcare organizations amid the covid-19 pandemic have spiked globally, and since the start of November these attacks have surged 45%, Israel's Check Point Software Technologies said in a new report


Manifestations of information pollution: Manifestations of information pollution, in two groups including those that provoke disruption, and those that damage information quality
7. Dezember 2017 'Das Internet ... wird verseucht', Kriminelle können mit Routern, Webcams und Toastern fast jede Webseite lahmlegen: 7. Dezember 2017: 'Das Internet ... wird verseucht', Kriminelle können mit Routern, Webcams und Toastern fast jede Webseite lahmlegen - Verseuchte Webseiten sind mittlerweile ein beliebter Weg, um die Rechner von Internet-Surfern mit Trojanern oder Spionageprogrammen zu verseuchen, und dabei nutzen Hacker gerade bekannt gewordene oder im Untergrund gehandelte Sicherheitslücken in Browsern oder Betriebssystemen aus
February 2019 ongoing internet pollution provoking disruptions and more: 21.02.2019: Wenn ein Klick den Computer verseucht, gefährliche Webseiten und 'cookies'
2 February 2024 fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point: 2 February 2024: Tens of thousands of bogus research papers are being published in journals in an international scandal that is worsening every year, scientists have warned. Medical research is being compromised, drug development hindered and promising academic research jeopardised thanks to a global wave of sham science that is sweeping laboratories and universities. Last year the annual number of papers retracted by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the tip of an iceberg of scientific fraud.


Crime by country
Crime by country: Crime by country
Crime by country by type: Crime by country by type
Violence by country: Violence by country
Countries by intentional homicide rate: List of countries by intentional homicide rate, according to UNODC's global study data coming from the UNODC Research section of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - 'United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime' since 1997
20l3/2014 list of intentional homicide victims by continent, region, country, or dependent territory: UNODC's list of intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants by continent, region, country, or dependent territory - Homicide country data - UNODC's global country profiles
Homicide statistics by country and gender according to data given by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime - Statistics of sex differences in crime
List of countries by firearm-related death rate
2012-2016 44% of all homicides globally involve gun violence: 44% of all homicides globally involve gun violence and there were 1.4 million firearm-related deaths globally between 2012 and 2016, according to Amnesty International

Murder by decade and country: Murder by country - Murder by decade and country
Since 1900s murders in German empire, its colonies and abroad: 1900s murders in Germany (not including by German empire) - Herero and Namaqua genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century waged by the German Empire against the Herero (Ovaherero), the Nama, and the San in German South West Africa (now Namibia), between 1904 and 1908 - 1910s murders in Germany (not including by German empire) - 1920s murders in Germany
1930s murders in Germany (not including by German empire) - 1940s murders in Germany (not including by German empire)

Mass shootings by country: Mass shootings by country
Terrorism by country: Terrorism by country - Terrorist incidents by country
Torture by country: Torture by country
Police brutality by country: Police brutality by country - Crimes against police officers by country

Violence against children by country: Violence against children by country
School corporal punishment: School corporal punishment
Domestic violence by country: Domestic violence by country - Effects of domestic violence on children play a tremendous role on the developmental growth of children, as children experiencing domestic violence in the home often believe that they are to blame and live in a constant state of fear
Violence against women by country: Violence against women by country
Countries that have completely prohibited corporal punishment of children: Countries that have completely prohibited corporal punishment of children

Human trafficking by country: Human trafficking by country
Human rights abuses by country: Human rights abuses by country
Robberies by country: Robberies by country
Corruption, fraud and 'white collar' crimes by country: Corruption by country - Fraud by country

Organized crime - Organized crime by country - Transnational organized crime
September 2012: 27 September 2012: Organised crime is a big player in illegal logging, which accounts for up to 30% of all wood traded globally, the UN and Interpol are warning
July 2013: 24 juillet 2013: Le crime organisé international rapporte 870 milliards de dollars par an grâce aux trafics de drogue et d'êtres humains et à la cybercriminalité, selon une estimation de l'ONU
March 2017: March 2017: The fight against transnational crime needs to be redirected to combatting the money the crimes generate and shutting down the global shadow financial system that facilitates the moving and secreting of illicitly generated funds
December 2017: 7 December 2017: The global homicide rate rose last year for the first time in more than a decade, according to 'Small Arms Survey’s report', estimating that 385,000 people were killed in homicides across the world in 2016
October 2018: 16 October 2018: USA designates terrorist organization Hezbollah a transnational crime threat, having a sprawling network involved in money-laundering, drug trafficking, and organized crime as well as terrorism, whose reach extends across Africa and into Central and South America, and also well-documented links with drug cartels

Arms trafficking
2011/2012 'marchand de mort': 3 novembre 2011: 'Marchand de mort' Viktor Bout reconnu coupable de trafic d'armes - 6 April 2012: Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in prison by a New York judge after being convicted on terrorism charges
2012 Sipri against failure of gun control: 30. Januar 2012: Friedensforschungsinstitut Sipri prangert fehlende Kontrollen von Waffenschmuggel und Transportverboten an
2015 arms trafficking in the 'Middle East', ISIL and role of Russia: 8 décembre 2015: Les transferts irresponsables d'armes effectués vers l'Irak depuis des décennies sont à l'origine du redoutable arsenal utilisé par le groupe Etat islamique, provenant d'au moins 25 pays dont une bonne partie de Russie, selon un ONG rapport

Human trafficking - Human trafficking by country
2012: 25 September 2012: USA President Obama has decried human trafficking as 'modern slavery'
Contemporary slavery refers to the institutions of slavery that continue to exist in the present day - Contemporary slavery by continent and country
2013: 17 octobre 2013: 30 millions de personnes réduites en esclavage dans le monde
2016: 31 May 2016: More than 45 million men, women and children globally are trapped in modern slavery, far more than previously thought, with two-thirds in the Asia-Pacific, a 'Walk Free Foundation' study shows
2017: 19 September 2017: An estimated 40.3 million people were victims of modern slavery in 2016, a quarter of them children, according to new global slavery statistics released by UN’s International Labour Organisation and the Walk Free Foundation
2018: 19 July 2018: The Global Slavery Index, that describes modern slavery as a complex and often hidden crime that crosses borders, sectors and jurisdictions, reports an estimated 40.3 million global total number of enslaved people with most victims in Asia, published by the 'Walk Free Foundation'
Illegal drug trade - Illegal drug trade by country - Drug cartels, criminal organizations with the intention of supplying drug trafficking operations, ranging from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises
9 December 1926 Gandhi tries to get colonial Britain to ban opium in India: 9 December 1926: As addiction, particularly among the poor, has become a serious problem, Gandhi tries to get colonial Britain to ban opium in India
Since 1990s Afghan and Taliban opium smuggling into Iran: Since 1990s Afghan and Taliban opium smuggling into Iran
Since 2009, 2017 Obama administration covertly derailed DEA Hezbollah/Iran investigation: 18 December 2017: The Obama administration covertly derailed a campaign by the USA Drug Enforcement Administration that targeted the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group and its weapons and drug trafficking practices in order to help solidify the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, according to an investigative report by Politico
May 2015 rising opium production, the cash crop of the Taliban: 5 May 2015: Afghan poppy farmers say new seeds will boost opium output, the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan
December 2017 review of DEA Hezbollah/Iran investigation: 23 December 2017: USA attorney general orders review of DEA Hezbollah investigation, vowing to pursue terror groups, drug traffickers in wake of report asserting Obama administration derailed DEA campaign in order to clinch Iran nuke deal
June 2019 deaths from drug-related crimes and abuse on the rise: 29 June 2019: Deaths from drug-related crimes and abuse are on the rise according to a new UN report, as about 271 million people aged 15–64 used drugs in 2016
8 December 2020 Mexico's Sinaloa cartel has created a global network to rule the fentanyl trade: 8 December 2020: Not seriously held accountable, Mexico's Sinaloa cartel has created a global network to rule the fentanyl trade, as drugs bust in India sheds light on how adaptable cartels have come to dominate the lucrative global trade in the powerful synthetic opioid
18 May 2023 fentanyl increasingly sophisticated and deadly, arriving in Mexico from China: 18 May 2023: China-Mexico fentanyl pipeline increasingly sophisticated and deadly, as advanced money-laundering techniques and clandestine precursor imports combine to stoke the opioid crisis - 6 May 2023: Mexican president Obrador says his country has proof that illegal shipments of the powerful opioid drug fentanyl are arriving from China
2 July 2023 USA's drug agency chief calls on China and Mexico to help stem USA fentanyl crisis: 2 July 2023: USA's drug agency chief calls on China and Mexico to help stem USA fentanyl crisis, as DEA agency’s administrator Anne Milgram has called for further cooperation from China and Mexic
28 March 2023 tackling the illicit drug trade fuelling Assad's war machine: 28 March 202: The UK and USA have imposed sanctions on those responsible for the illicit captagon trade, which independent experts estimate could be worth up to $57 billion. Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine which is used throughout the Middle East, with 80% of the world’s supply produced in Syria. The Syrian regime is closely involved in the trade, as multi-billion dollar shipments leave regime strongholds such as the Port of Latakia, and Bashar al-Assad’s brother Maher al-Assad commands the unit of the Syrian Army facilitating the distribution and production of the drug.
9 July 2023 Syria's Assad regime involved in international trade of amphetamines: 9 July 2023: Syria's Assad regime cancels accreditation of two BBC journalists, accusing the British broadcaster of 'false' and 'politicised' coverage, after the BBC published a report last month on what it said were 'direct links' between the trade of an amphetamine known as captagon and the family of the dictator Bashar al-Assad, as well as his military
Piracy modern age - worldwide

White collar crime - White-collar criminals by nationality
Corporate crime
Tax evasion - Tax avoidance - Tax haven - List of offshore financial centres - Lists of identified offshore financial centres - OECD's List of Unco-operative Tax Havens
Since 2002 tax haven Monaco: Tax haven Monaco's absence of a personal income tax has attracted to it a considerable number of wealthy 'tax refugee' residents who derive the majority of their income from activity outside Monaco - 24 October 2002 Franco-Monégasque treaty greatly increases Monaco’s ability to conduct it own foreign relations, alleging that the Principality is an independent and sovereign State - Franco-Monégasque economic and political ties, including an agreement that French citizens with less than five years of residence in Monaco and companies doing more than 25% of their business outside the country would be taxed at French rates
In 2012/2013 up to $32 trillion of hidden financial assets in offshore tax havens: 23 July 2012: Rich individuals have at least $20 trillion - perhaps up to $32 trillion - of hidden financial assets in offshore tax havens, a study says - private 'elites' of 139 developing countries also putting wealth beyond the reach of local tax authorities - 3 April 2013: ICIJ investigating a cache of 2.5 million files cracks open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts, exposing hidden dealings of politicians, con men and the mega-rich
Since April 2013 Offshore Leaks: April 2013 Offshore Leaks, the name of a report originating from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, disclosing details of 130,000 offshore accounts in and called the biggest hit against international tax fraud of all times
Since November 2014 'Luxembourg Leaks': November 2014 'Luxembourg Leaks' financial scandal based on confidential information from 2002 to 2010, making available to the public tax rulings for over three hundred multinational companies based in Luxembourg
Since February 2015 'Swiss Leaks': February 2015 'Swiss Leaks' journalistic investigation of a giant tax evasion scheme allegedly operated with the knowledge and encouragement of the British multinational bank HSBC via its Swiss subsidiary HSBC Private Bank Suisse
June 2015 Profit-shifting and tax abuse deprive countries of resources needed to combat poverty: 2 June 2015: Profit-shifting and tax abuse by multinational corporations deprives developing countries of resources needed to combat poverty, says report by NGOs
Since April/May 2016 'Panama Papers': April 2016 'Panama Papers' set of 11.5 million leaked documents detailing financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,000 offshore companies associated with the Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca - 3 May 2016: The Netherlands, Luxembourg along with the USA, Britain, Switzerland and Ireland were among the top destinations for funds from corporations seeking to avoid tax last year, as the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands received $72bn of investment becoming a focus for businesses in Russia, China, the USA and Hong Kong, according to the UN
10 May 2016 ICJ consortium makes data on 200,000 entities available on its website: 10 May 2016: 'International Consortium of Investigative Journalists', that has published the names of thousands of offshore companies at the heart of the Panama Papers, makes data on 200,000 entities available on its website
List of people named in the 'Panama Papers': List of people named in the 'Panama Papers', including heads of state (King of Saudi Arabia Salman, UAE's Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the UAE and emir of Abu Dhabi, PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif), former heads of state, former heads of government, government officials of a very wide range of global states, and many more
July-September 2017: 25 July 2017: Almost 40% of corporate investments channelled away from authorities and into tax havens travel through the UK or the Netherlands, according to a study of researchers at the University of Amsterdam, showing the importance of developed countries cleaning up their financial sectors - 12 September 2017: Slow UK aid for hurricane-hit islands linked to tax haven ties, as Anguilla’s ex-attorney general Rupert Jones says UK government may fear exposing its role in Caribbean territories’ tax arrangements
Since November 2017 'Paradise Papers': November 2017 'Paradise Papers', a set of 13.4 million leaked documents relating to offshore investment, among those whose financial affairs are mentioned are Queen Elizabeth II and USA Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
List of people named in the November 2017 'Paradise Papers': List of people named in the November 2017 'Paradise Papers', including heads of state (Queen of the UK Elizabeth II, and further her son Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne), former heads of state and governments (including Pakistan's Shaukat Aziz, Germany's Gerhard Schröder, Qatar's Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani), cabinet officials, members of legislatures etc. from a very wide range of global states
5 November 2017 world’s biggest businesses, heads of state, global figures in politics, entertainment, sport involved: 5 November 2017: The world’s biggest businesses, heads of state and global figures in politics, entertainment and sport who have sheltered their wealth in secretive tax havens are being revealed in a major new investigation 'Paradise Papers' into Britain’s offshore empires, 'The Guardian' reports
6 November 2017 reaction around the world to release of 'Paradise Papers': 6 November 2017: Reaction around the world to release of 'Paradise Papers'
December 2017 EU's tax haven lists name 17 and 47 countries: 5 December 2017: EU named and shamed 17 countries in its first ever tax haven blacklist and put a further 47 on notice, including British overseas territories and the crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man
January 2018 offshore services, terrorist financing and transnational organised crime including Assad regime: 23 January 2018: The firm 'Appleby' at the heart of the Paradise Papers leak provided offshore services to FBME bank accused of facilitating terrorist financing, transnational organised crime and the Syrian government’s chemical weapons programme
October 2018 list of 21 countries with 'golden passport' schemes: 16 October 2018: A blacklist of 21 countries, including the 3 European countries Malta, Monaco and Cyprus, whose so-called 'golden passport' schemes, fast-expanding $3bn citizenships turning nationality into a marketable commodity, threaten international efforts to combat tax evasion, has been published by the OECD
April 2019 'Panama Papers' aftermath and escape: 3 avril 2019: 3 ans après le scandale des 'Panama Papers', les 22 Etats concernés par ce tentaculaire scandale d'évasion fiscale ont à ce jour réussi à recouvrer 1,2 milliard de dollars, selon le consortium d'enquête à l'origine des révélations
September 2019 bankers called 'the men who plundered Europe' on trial: 21 September 2019: Bankers called 'the men who plundered Europe' on trial for siphoning €60bn, as Shields and Diable are accused of tax fraud in ‘cum-ex’ scandal that exposes London City’s pursuit of profit
25 September 2020 Vatican cardinal Angelo Becciu resigns amid financial scandal: 25 September 2020: Head of the Vatican’s saint-making office cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu caught up in a real estate scandal resigned and gave up his right to take part in an eventual conclave to elect a pope, in one of the most mysterious episodes to hit the Holy See in years, as Pope Francis had accepted the resignation - Financial dealings of Italian prelate of the Roman catholic church Giovanni Angelo Becciu
March 2021 Britain’s overseas territories have topped a list of the world’s most significant tax havens: 9 March 2021: Britain’s overseas territories have topped a list of the world’s most significant tax havens ahead of Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, according to the campaign group Tax Justice Network, as the British Virgin Islands were ranked as the 'greatest enabler of corporate tax abuse', with the Cayman Islands in second place and Bermuda third - Corporate Tax Haven Index - 2021 Results (full ranking 1 - 70)
29 April 2021 an overhaul of the global tax system can wait no longer, according to OECD: 29 April 2021: An overhaul of the global tax system can wait no longer, according to OECD's Angel Gurria, saying the covid-ravaged global economy is at a crossroads: we can commit to greater tax cooperation or risk a tax-driven trade war
October 2021 'Pandora Papers', published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ: October 2021 'Pandora Papers' - 11.9 million leaked documents - were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ beginning on 3 October. The news organisations of the ICIJ described the document leak as their most expansive exposé of financial secrecy yet, containing documents, images, emails and spreadsheets from 14 financial service companies, in nations including Panama, Switzerland and the UAE, and surpassing their previous release of the Panama Papers in 2016
List of heads of state, policians, businesspeople named in the Pandora Papers: List of heads of state named in the Pandora Papers (including Jordanian king Abdullah II, Dominican Republic's president Luis Abinader, Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev, Montenegro's president Milo Ðukanovic, Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta, Ecuador's president Guillermo Lasso, Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba, Chile's president Sebastián Piñera, Republic of the Congo's president Denis Sassou Nguesso, Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky), former heads of state, former heads of government, heads of organizations, policians, businesspeople, football managers, players and more sport and entertainment professionals - Heads of government and former heads of government, including Côte d'Ivoire's PM Patrick Achi, Czech Republic's PM Andrej Babiš, UAE's PM and emir of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Lebanon's PM Najib Mikati, former PM of the UK Tony Blair, former PM of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Tung Chee-hwa, former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying, former PM of Lebanon Hassan Diab
3 October 2021 partial list of people named in the Pandora Papers including 35 current and former national 'leaders': List of people named in the Pandora Papers, a partial list of people named in the Pandora Papers including shareholders, directors and beneficiaries of offshore companies. In total, 35 current and former national leaders appear in the leak, alongside 400 officials from nearly 100 countries. More than 100 billionaires, 29,000 offshore accounts, 30 current and former leaders, and 300 public officials were named in the first leaks in October 2021
3 October 2021 Russian nationals disproportionately represented in the Pandora Papers: 3 October 2021: For rich Russians, the offshore world plays a special role in securing the wealth of oligarchs, cronies and public officials, after Vladimir Putin’s corrupt system made many of them rich. Russian nationals are disproportionately represented in the Pandora Papers, as ICIJ’s October 2021 analysis reveals that Russians are behind about 14% of the more than 27,000 companies whose ownership details are revealed by the leak. Among them, at least 46 Russian oligarchs were using offshore companies, the analysis found
Reactions to the Pandora Papers: Reactions to the Pandora Papers
Money laundering - Offshore financial centre
Since 1989 FATF: Since 1989 'Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering' FATF
Since 2000/2008: Since 2000 Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes - OECD 'gray list' - 2 April 2009: A progress report on the jurisdictions surveyed by the OECD global forum in implementing the international agreed tax standard
September 2018 Russian oligarch Abramovich case: 26 September 2018: Abramovich, one of the closest businessmen to Russian regime's Novichok/Polonium/Sarin-Putin, who once referred to him in an interview as 'our oligarch', known for 'suspicion of money laundering and presumed contacts with criminal organisations', seen as 'a danger to public security' by Swiss police, as Russian regime since 1990s has become a 'mafia state'
14 July 2020 investigation reveals money laundering network funding Assad regime: 14 July 2020: Global Witness published an investigation that revealed, for the first time, an active Russian-Syrian international network for money laundering that has been financing the Assad regime since the beginning of 2012, as investigation reveals the mechanism used to operate a money laundering network led by Mudalal Khoury, a Russian-Syrian banker with ties to Muhammad Makhlouf, who is the uncle to the head of the regime Bashar al-Assad
20 September 2020 leaked reports reveal money laundering and suspected terrorist-linked payments: 20 September 2020: Massive leak of financial intelligence reports reveals that Jordan-based 'Arab Bank' facilitated payments to organizations and bodies suspected to be connected to terrorism, even after the Jordan-based bank had agreed to pay massive amounts in compensation to terror victims, as information appears in a confidential financial intelligence report compiled by British SCB bank, which served as a correspondent bank for Arab Bank, detailing in thousands of documents $2 trillion of potentially corrupt transactions that were washed through the USA financial system and have been leaked to an international group of investigative journalists
Terrorism financing - State-sponsored terrorism - countries - State Sponsors of Terrorism - USA list - List of charities accused of ties to terrorism
Since 1979 Iranian regime's state-sponsored terrorism: Since 1979 the Iranian regime has been accused by members of the international community of funding, providing equipment, weapons, training and giving sanctuary to terrorists
Since 1982 Iranian regime's support of Hezbollah: Since 1982 Iranian regime's support of Hezbollah terrorist group and its terror attacks
Since 2000/2001 global fight against terrorist financing: Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering FATF blacklist issued since 2000 of 'Non-Cooperative Countries or Territories', perceived to be non-cooperative in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
June 2017: 23 June 2017: In its on-going review of compliance with the AML/CFT standards, the FATF identifies jurisdictions that have strategic AML/CFT deficiencies - 23 June 2017: The FATF remains concerned by the D.P.R. of Korea’s failure to address the significant deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime and the serious threat this poses to the integrity of the international financial system
March 2018 Iran transfers millions to Hamas and Islamic Jihad: 8 March 2018: Iran transfers $100 million every year to Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, as $70 million is transferred to Hamas, while Islamic Jihad gets $30 million, and the vast majority of this money is used by the two organizations to further bolster their military wings, instead of aiding the civilian population in the Gaza Strip
Since September 2018 EU and Iranian regime: 25 September 2018: European Union EU said its members would set up a payment system to allow oil companies and businesses to continue trading with the Iranian regime in a bid to evade sanctions, siding with its state-sponsored terrorism and war once again, as Iran video threatens missile strikes on UAE and Saudi Arabia, also threatening Israel
January 2019 Islamic Jihad's and Hamas' threats: 6 January 2019: Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas figures praise Iran’s military support and threaten that in the next war the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip will reach all the cities in Israel
January 2019: 19 January 2019: Illegally shipped Iranian fuel financing Yemen Houthi rebels' war, UN report finds
25 February 2019 Iran supports missiles to attack Israel: 25 February 2019: In documentary on Iranian TV, Gaza-based Palestinian terror group 'Islamic Jihad' says Iranian regime helped it make new projectile that can hit Tel Aviv and beyond, as well as precision missiles

Financial crimes - Securities fraud - Insider trading - Binary option operations, fraud and regulations
Illicit financial flows - Capital flight
Commercial crimes

Cheque, Cheque fraud, refers to a category of criminal acts that involve making the unlawful use of cheques in order to illegally acquire or borrow funds that do not exist within the account balance or account-holder's legal ownership - Check kiting, a form of check fraud, involving taking advantage of the float to make use of non-existent funds in a checking or other bank account. In this way, instead of being used as a negotiable instrument, checks are misused as a form of unauthorized credit - Bank fraud is the use of potentially illegal means to obtain hard currency, assets, or other property owned or held by a financial institution, or to obtain money from depositors by fraudulently posing as a bank or other financial institution, 'Überweisungsbetrug'

Beispiele von 'Komplementärwährungen' auf begrenzter, lokaler Grundlage, in Papua-Neuguinea (traditionelles Muschelgeld der einheimischen Bevölkerung, mit 'Fathom' als teilbarer oder zusammenfügbarer Einheit auf einigen Inseln), Japan, Deutschland (nach dem sog. Bethel-Euro, bis zur Euro-Einführung Bethel-Mark seit 1908, weitere regional begrenzte 'Regionalwährungen' d.h. lokale 'Gutscheinumläufe' auf der Grundlage von harter Währung mit Golddeckung im Nationalstaat, in Österreich, in Argentinien, in Brasilien ('alternative Währungen' sind regional in den Vierteln von brasilianischen Großstädten und in kleineren Städten im Landesinneren im Umlauf), Kuba, Südafrika (die selbstverwaltete Gemeinschaft von Orania in der Provinz Nordkap gibt seit 2005 die Komplementärwährung Ora heraus, die an den südafrikanischen Rand im Verhältnis von 1:1 gebunden ist und den Nutzern einen Preisnachlass auf alle in Orania gekauften Güter garantieren soll, wobei die Ora ist nur in Orania als Zahlungsmittel anerkannt ist - A local currency can be spent in a particular geographical locality at participating organisations, as a regional currency is a form of local currency encompassing a larger geographical area, while a community currency might be local used for exchange - Eine Regionalwährung, auch Regionalgeld oder Lokalwährung genannt, ist eine lokale 'Komplementärwährung', die innerhalb des lokalalen, regionalen Gebiets eines Landes - mit regulärer Geldwährung mit mit Bindung an Edelmetalle (Gold) und ihren verschiedenen ökonomischen systematisch zusammenhängenden Funktionen im Zirkulationsprozeß von Ware und Geld - zusätzlich, nicht alternativ als Zahlungs-, Investitions- und Schenkungsmittel zwischen Verbrauchern, Anbietern und Vereinen fungiert - Liste der sog. 'Regionalgelder' weltweit, nach Kontinent und Land, die laufend ergänzt werden kann dank Internet, daher laut 'Wikipedia' ohne Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit
Since 2003 Community Exchange System CES: Since 2003 Community Exchange System CES, an internet-based global trading network which allows participants to buy and sell goods and services without using a national currency. It may be described as a type of local exchange trading system network based on free software. While it can be used as an alternative to traditional currencies such as the Australian dollar or euro or South African rand, the Community Exchange System is a complementary currency in the sense that it functions alongside established currencies, founded following the establishment of tne internet in South Africa's city of Cape Town, as the Cape Town Talent Exchange. From there it spread to 99 countries, with the biggest take-up in Australia, where CES Australia was founded in 2011. This original CES takes the idea of LETS and similar systems a step further by providing the means for inter-community trading, today in 2021 a global network of communities using non-monetary exchange systems - Website of the 'Community Exchange Systems Ltd', a not-for-profit company registered in South Africa, also explaining how it works

Kritik von 'Kryptowährungen', auf der Grundlage von Scheinwährungen ohne jegliche Deckung seit weltweiter Nutzung des Internets, Softwarefehler, mangelhafte rechtliche Einordnung, Verteilung, Kursschwankungen und Kursmanipulationen, Ressourcen-Verbrauch, Spielfeld für kriminelle Aktivitäten, Lösegeldforderungen, Betrug, Geldwäsche und Steuerhinterziehung
2021 urgently needed increased regulation of cryptocurrencies begins amid global intensifying crises: 2021 increased regulation of cryptocurrencies in the USA, China, United Kingdom (where on 27 June 2021 the financial watchdog demanded that Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, cease all regulated activities in the UK), South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, El Salvador, Cuba
1 July 2021 South Africa’s $4 billion in previously crypto scams and disputed regulations: 1 July 2021: South Africa’s $4 billion in crypto scams has regulators scrambling to bring in new regulations, as South Africa has faced two of the largest crypto scams in the world this year, leading to nearly $4 billion stolen from investors, as Mirror Trading International made off with $170 million in January, while Africrypt founders allegedly absconded with $3.8 billion in April, and as country’s regulators are now racing to put in new regulations within the next three to six months, hopefully before another scam hits
29 December 2021 Bitcoin transactions, crypto crackdowns, booms and losses: 29 December 2021: China’s crypto crackdown sparks Thai crypto-mining boom, as small investors in Thailand are buying up cryptocurrency-mining rigs as the axe falls on China’s crypto-mines, and as Thai businessman Pongsakorn reports 'Chinese miners got rid of their machines and the price collapsed by 30 percent' - Gambling games by region, by country, also listed by century since 16th-century, always making some people rich and richer, and others poor and poorer - Problem gambling and 'Pathologisches Spielen'
6 February 2022 North Korea's missile programme funded through stolen crypto, UN report says: 6 February 2022: North Korean cyber-attacks have stolen millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency to fund the country's missile programmes, a UN report briefed to media says, as between 2020 and mid-2021 cyber-attackers stole more than $50m of digital assets according to investigators, also saying such attacks are an 'important revenue source' for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programme

Corruption - Corruption by country - Bribery
Since 1995 Corruption Perceptions Index: Corruption Perceptions Index since 1995, annually ranking countries 'by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys' - The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, promoting public awareness about how countries manage their oil, gas and mineral resources
2011 Russia and China come bottom of bribe-paying: 2 November 2011: Russia and China come bottom of bribe-paying Transparency-International survey
2013 dirty money leaving developing world jumped: 12 December 2013: Amount of dirty money leaving developing world jumped 14% in 2011, Global Financial Integrity report says - 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index
2014: 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index - Eritrea, Libya, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Sudan, North Korea, and Somalia highest rankings
2015: 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index - 68% of countries worldwide have a serious corruption problem, half of the G20 are among them, not one single country is corruption-free
2016 tax havens: 9 May 2016: More than 300 leading economists from 30 countries have today written to world leaders warning that there is no economic justification for allowing tax havens to continue, and urging them to bring an end to offshore financial secrecy - 12 May 2016: To end corruption, start with the USA and UK, allowing it in broad daylight, British newspaper says - 12 May 2016: British PM Cameron casts doubt at the close of 2016 'corruption summit' in London on whether the USA could be truly considered part of a coalition committed to the fight against corruption, saying some USA states fall far short on tax transparency and are less open than the United Kingdom’s crown dependencies
2016/2017 UN payments to Assad regime's companies: 1 August 2017: The UN paid at least $18 million in 2016 to companies with close ties to Bashar Al Assad, some of them run by cronies of the Syrian dictator who are on USA and EU blacklists
2016/2017 Transparency-International's Corruption Perceptions Index: 25 January 2017: Transparency-International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2016, shows growing levels of public sector corruption and more countries declining than improving compared with figures for last year - 17 février 2017: Les procureurs généraux de 11 pays se sont engagés jeudi à créer des équipes de travail communes pour coordonner leurs enquêtes sur le scandale de corruption d'Odebrecht, le groupe de BTP brésilien
January 2020 Airbus to pay record £3bn in fines for 'endemic' corruption: 31 January 2020: Europe’s largest aerospace multinational Airbus is to pay a record £3bn in penalties after admitting it had paid huge bribes on an 'endemic' basis to land contracts in 20 countries, including including China, Russia, Japan, Kuwait, Brazil, Turkey, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Ghana etc., and after judges declared that the corruption was 'grave, pervasive and pernicious, as planemaker agreed to pay the penalties on Friday after reaching settlements with investigators in the UK, France and the USA to end inquiries that started four years ago
15 April 2021 oil firm bosses’ pay ‘incentivises them to undermine climate action’: 15 April 2021: Oil firm bosses’ pay 'incentivises them to undermine climate action’, as lucrative pay and share options linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels by ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP, and as compensation packages for CEOs, often in excess of $10m, are linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels, exploration of new fields and the promotion of strong market demand through advertising, lobbying and government subsidies, the report says
30 April 2022 FBI wrecked UK's biggest fraud case, after UK's SFO has been in a turf war with USA officials: 30 April 2022: One month into her time as director of Britain’s Serious Fraud Office, Lisa Osofsky boasted that the white collar crime agency had some 'absolutely terrific cases' in its crosshairs. The former USA Department of Justice DoJ and FBI lawyer also pledged an 'international' and 'cooperative' approach, in a friendly nod towards her former employers.
3 November 2022 Glencore ordered to pay £280m after pleading guilty to African bribery schemes: 3 November 2022: Glencore has been ordered to pay £280m after pleading guilty to sprawling and 'blatant' bribery schemes, in a major victory for the Serious Fraud Office SFO, coming after Glencore admitted paying $28m worth of bribes in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan to get privileged access to oil cargoes between 2012 and 2016. In his judgment Mr Justice Fraser said bribery had been 'part of the culture' at Glencore’s London oil trading desk and that the company and employees had committed offences 'over a sustained period of time'.
Political corruption - Forms of political corruption include Bribery, Cronyism, Crony capitalism, Electoral fraud or vote rigging, Extortion, Graft (politics) Influence peddling, Kleptocracy, Lobbying, Nepotism, Patronage, Plutocracy, and Slush funds - Repression of political opponents and political repression, Police corruption and general police brutality also considered political corruption
Politicians convicted of corruption
3/4 August 1914 SPD members of parliament voted 96-14 to support Central powers' war: After the SPD leadership on 25 July 1914 appealed to its membership to demonstrate for peace and large numbers turned out in orderly demonstrations, SPD members of parliament voted 96-14 on 3 August 1914 to support Central powers' war (Germany, Austria-Hungary), the next day voting the money for the war in the parliament, sending the working people and people around the world to war and death
Since August 1914 pro-war socialist parties of the Central Powers: April 1915 'Vienna Socialist Conference of 1915' gathered representatives from the Socialist parties of Germany, Austria and Hungary to the only meeting of the pro-war socialist parties of the Central Powers during World War I
Since summer 1914 efforts to save peace and the international social democracy destroyed by Germany: Since 1900 International Socialist Bureau, the permanent organization of the Second International, established at the Paris congress of 1900 - September 1915 'Zimmerwald Conference' in Switzerland, the first of three international socialist conferences convened by anti-militarist socialist parties from countries that were originally neutral during World War I and subsequent conferences held at Kienthal and Stockholm, known jointly as the Zimmerwald movement, began the unraveling of the coalition between revolutionary socialists (the so-called Zimmerwald Left) and reformist socialists - Since February 1915 Inter-Allied Socialist Conferences of World War I
15 January 1919 assassination of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht: On 15 January 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, who had seen and saw the behaviour of the 'Social Democratic Party of Germany' as a complete betrayal, sending the working people in war and death, killed in SPD-linked ordered assassination in Berlin
Since 2002 Worldwide Governance Indicators: Worldwide Governance Indicators annually updated since 2002
2012: 18 February 2012: Germany's president quits over corruption charges
Since 2014 Crony-capitalism index: Crony-capitalism index since 2014
2016 UN payments to Assad's regime: 29 August 2016: Saying that it is perverse that UN and its agencies committed to human rights are throwing a lifeline to a regime that has no qualms about burning the entire country just to stay in power, expert in war studies Leenders reveals that UN agencies had paid 'lucrative procurement contracts to Syrian regime cronies who are known to bankroll the very repression and brutality that caused much of the country’s humanitarian needs', as the UN calls Assad's war against the Syrian people the 'world’s largest humanitarian crisis' but as brave and principled UN aid workers who were kicked out by the regime for refusing to comply with illegal restrictions on humanitarian access receive no support from their headquarters, as UNHCR is the biggest customer of the 'Four Seasons' in Damascus spending $6,822,445 at the hotel since the start of Assad's war crimes, as UN paid and pays tens of millions to Assad regime, as UN's $4bn aid effort in Syria, called morally bankrupt, and UN operations have quietly secured deals with individuals and companies under both Europe and USA sanctions - 8 September 2016: More than 70 aid groups have suspended cooperation with the UN in Syria and have demanded an immediate and transparent investigation into its operations because of concerns Syrian dictator al-Assad has gained 'significant and substantial' influence over the relief effort
2016/2017 UN payments to Assad regime's companies: 1 August 2017: The UN paid at least $18 million in 2016 to companies with close ties to Bashar Al Assad, some of them run by cronies of the Syrian dictator who are on USA and EU blacklists
2017 USA payments against Paris climate accord: 1 June 2017: Twenty-two senators and Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris climate accord writing a letter to the president when he was said to be on the fence about backing out, are big oil darlings and received more than $10m from oil, gas and coal companies the past three election cycles
May 2018 Spanish PP's Bárcenas jailed: 24 May 2018: Spain’s ruling party PP has suffered a major blow after its former treasurer Bárcenas was jailed for 33 years for fraud and money laundering, and the party itself was found to have profited from an illegal kickbacks-for-contracts scheme, in a case that has become emblematic of political corruption in Spain
June 2018 UN's Guterres meets Putin and attends propaganda soccer match: 12 June 2018: UN Secretary-General Guterres will travel to Russia, where he is scheduled to meet with murderous Russian regime's Vladimir Putin on 20 June and attend a World Cup soccer match at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium
October 2018 Trump won't halt Saudi arms sales despite assassination of Khashoggi: 11 October 2018: Trump announces investigation concerning Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but says he won't halt Saudi arms sales, triggering questions and troubling memories of governments' recent decisions not to punish 'ruthless' regimes in China, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Russia, Syria etc. for fear of jeopardising lucrative deals and due to obsequiousness
March 2019 oil firms lobbying to block climate change policies: 22 March 2019: Top oil firms, including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total, spending millions lobbying to block climate change policies, 'InfluenceMap' report says

Overview of Corruption in the Media
March 1914: March 1914: German newspapers beat the war drums
August 1914 German massacres of hundreds of unarmed Belgian civilians in Dinant: On 21/22 August 1914 German infantry and pioneers advanced into Dinant, killing seven civilians and burning 15–20 houses, on 23 August 1914 the Germans massacred 674 unarmed Belgian civilians in Dinant, civilians were lined up against a wall and shot, including men over 70, women or girls, children under 14 and even babies, 1,200 houses were burned down and 400 people were deported to Germany as an area of Dinant was systematically looted and burned down by the Germans, also destroying public and historic buildings, including the collegial church and the town hall - 1914/1915 official report of massacres of peaceable citizens, women and children by the German army and testimony of eye-witnesses - 1915/1917 'Le sac de Dinant et le légendes du livre blanc allemand du 10 mai 1915', par M. Tschoffen, procureur du roi de l'arrondissement de Dinant - 12 May 1915 Bryce Report into German Atrocities in Belgium
1914 Western Front German massacres: Atrocités allemandes en 1914 en Wallonie, en Flandre et en France
1914 Unterstützung der Massaker von Dinant durch die SPD und ihre Presse: 1914 verfassen Adolf Köster, Redakteur des SPD-Zentralorgans Vorwärts sowie des Hamburger Echos, und Gustav Noske, SPD-Abgeordneter im Reichstag, Chefredakteur der Chemnitzer Volksstimme und Wehrexperte der Partei, eine Schrift, die die Massaker von Dinant unterstützt und den Standpunkt des deutschen Heeres teilt
1918-1945 Nazi propaganda: The propaganda used by the German NSDAP in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler's dictatorship of Germany 1933–1945 was a crucial instrument for acquiring and maintaining power, and for the implementation of NSDAP, SS and Gestapo policies
1933-1945 and since 1945 German media corruption: Peter Köpf, 1995: Schreiben nach jeder Richtung - Goebbels-Propagandisten in der westdeutschen Nachkriegspresse

During World War II USA's 'Commission on Freedom of the Press': During World War II 'Commission on Freedom of the Press' (Hutchins Commission), formed to inquire into the proper function of the media in a modern democracy and established as a response to criticism from the public and government over media ownership - Media bias - Media bias controversies - Media manipulation - Propaganda

Media bias - Media bias controversies - Media manipulation - Concentration of media ownership
Propaganda - Propaganda by country - Propaganda organizations by country - Propaganda by topic - Propaganda by war
21st-century propaganda overview: Overview of 21st-century propaganda, including the Middle East (Afghan War, Iraq War, following conflicts and wars), North Korea, Mexican drug cartels, Mainland China (propaganda in the P.R. of China)
2016 Syrian 'message to an obsessed world': 18 July 2016: In 'a message to an obsessed world' Syrian artist Mohamed Youssef has taken advantage of the global preoccupation with the Pokemon game, featuring Pokemon in his designs alongside the tragic life Syrians are living, amid military operations and continuous bombardment, in an attempt to draw attention to a country where 9 million people have been forced to flee their homes and where cities have been obliterated by Assad’s regime, Russia, and allied militias, especially those backed by Iran

Commercialism, Kommerzialisierung von Sport/Profisport, Advertising and Crowd manipulation
Promotion and marketing: Promotion, marketing refers to any type of marketing communication used to inform target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or issue, most of the time is persuasive in nature, as helping marketers to create a distinctive place in customers' mind, it can be either a cognitive or emotional route, and as the aim of promotion is to increase awareness, create interest, generate sales or create brand loyalty
Promotion and marketing communications: Promotion and marketing communications
Advertising marketing communication: Advertising, a marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea, as sponsors of advertising are typically businesses wishing to promote their products or services - Advertising management

Commercialization of social media, interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks - Trustworthiness and reliability of social networks - Social network - Timeline of social media
December 2014: December 2014: A Review on Social Media Use or Abuse
May 2019: 15 May 2019: A 16 year-old girl has reportedly killed herself in Malaysia, after posting a poll on her Instagram account asking followers if she should die or not, and 69% of responders voting that she should


History of advertising: History of advertising
Since 1900 history of advertising by continent and country: Since 1900 history of advertising by continent and country
Since 1990s - after in Internet's early days prohibited - online advertising and history: Since 1990s history of online advertising, after in early days of the Internet online advertising was mostly prohibited
Since 1914 history of public relations and wartime propaganda: Since 1914 history of public relations and wartime propaganda in World War I and II
Media manipulation: Media manipulation
Online advertising and online marketing using the Internet to deliver promotional marketing messages to consumers: Online advertising, also known as online marketing, Internet advertising, digital advertising or web advertising, is a form of marketing and advertising which uses the Internet to deliver promotional marketing messages to consumers, as many consumers find online advertising disruptive and have increasingly turned to ad blocking for a variety of reasons
Unsolicited advertisement, in the 21st century especially by means of Internet abuse: Unsolicited advertisement comprise all of - but are not limited to - advertising mail, traditional junk mail, spamming, e-mail spam, 'direct mailing', telemarketing nuisance calls, unsolicited goods, advertising and marketing purposes which are sent without request, as unsolicited advertising usually violates informational self-determination, when the addresses to which advertising material is delivered have not been explicitly communicated to the sender by the addressee, i.e. no opt-in was done. Whereas traditional postal advertisements produce huge amounts of waste paper and plastic waste, modern electronic forms consume bandwidth and data storage space, and especially stealing the time from human beings and users.
Specific unsolicited advertising issues: Attention theft by creating situations in which marketers serve advertisements to consumers who have not consented to view them and who are given nothing in return. Perpetrators seek to distract targets with their advertising content, thereby commandeering their attention. - Specific attention theft issues include market research, invasion of privacy, false advertising etc. - Targeted advertising and online advertising, increasing because companies aim to minimize wasted advertising by means of information technology. Most targeted new media advertising currently uses second-order proxies for targets, such as tracking online or mobile web activities of consumers, associating historical web page consumer demographics with new consumer web page access, using a search word as the basis of implied interest, or contextual advertising. - Search engine marketing, as in 2007, USA advertisers spent US $24.6 billion on search engine marketing. In Q2 2015, Google (73.7%) and the Yahoo/Bing (26.3%) partnership accounted for almost 100% of USA search engine spend, as in October 2016, Google leads the global search engine market with a market share of 89.3%. Bing comes second with a market share of 4.36%, Yahoo comes third with a market share of 3.3%, and Chinese search engine Baidu is fourth globally with a share of about 0.68%.

Crowd manipulation: Crowd manipulation, the intentional use of techniques based on the principles of crowd psychology to engage, control, or influence the desires of a crowd in order to direct its behavior toward a specific action
'Herd behavior', apathy, indifference and dumbing down of people: Apathy, a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern about something, a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation, or passion - 'Herd behavior' in social and political contexts, following dumbing down of people by a governing power or market fads, aiming herd behavior of people, easily controlled - 'Herd behavior' is often a tool in marketing to increases in sales and even changes to the structure of society


Independent and ad-free social movements and and research institutions: Wikipedia encyclopedia with the purpose to benefit readers by acting as a widely accessible and free encyclopedia that contains information on all branches of knowledge. It is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and consists of freely editable content, written collaboratively by largely anonymous volunteers, a new global social movement in many languages
2021/2022 Nasa research and publication, the contrary of TV, radio and online advertising: Nasa's 'Telescope tasks' - resulting in images taken by the 'Hubble Space Telescope' and by 'James Webb Space Telescope' of galaxy clusters - certainly not done for advertising agencies (television advertisements, radio advertisements, and online advertising, promoted by 'Google' and followers, as online advertising, misusing the Internet to deliver promotional marketing messages to consumers, found disruptive and especially a theft of time by a growing number of consumers, turning increasingly - if possible - to ad blocking for many reasons

So-called 'Psychological warfare': So-called 'Psychological warfare' as the term is used 'to denote any action which is practiced mainly by psychological methods with the aim of evoking a planned psychological reaction in other people'. Various techniques are used, and are aimed at influencing a target audience's value system, belief system, emotions, motives, reasoning, or behavior. It is used to induce confessions or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives, and are sometimes combined with black operations or false flag tactics. It is also used to destroy the morale of enemies through tactics that aim to depress troops' psychological states'
'Psychological warfare' in Central Powers' World War I 1914-1918: 'Psychological warfare' in Central Powers' World War I 1914-1918, as following German empire's aggression against Luxembourg, Belgium, France and Russia the UK established a commission in 1915 to document German atrocities committed against Belgian civilians. So the start of modern psychological operations in war is generally dated to World War I. By that point, Western societies were increasingly educated and urbanized, and mass media was available in the form of large circulation newspapers and posters. It was also possible to transmit propaganda to the enemy via the use of airborne leaflets or through explosive delivery systems like modified artillery or mortar rounds. At the start of the war, the belligerents, especially the British and Germans, began distributing propaganda, both domestically and on the Western front. The British had several advantages that allowed them to succeed in the battle for world opinion, they had one of the world's most reputable news systems, with much experience in international and cross-cultural communication, and they controlled much of the undersea cable system then in operation. These capabilities were easily transitioned to the task of warfare. The British also had a diplomatic service that maintained good relations with many nations around the world, in contrast to the reputation of the German empire's services, as the empire since August 1914 was globally known as aggressor
Propaganda used by the German NSDAP political party since 1920/21: The propaganda used by the German NSDAP political party since 1920/21 in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler's dictatorship of Germany from 1933 to 1945 was a crucial instrument for acquiring and maintaining power, and for the implementation of Nazi policies. The NSDAP emerged from the extremist German nationalist, racist and populist 'Freikorps' paramilitary culture, which fought against the SPD's Luxemburg and Liebknecht faction and then communist called uprisings in post–World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into 'völkisch' nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti–big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric. This was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s the party's main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes.
History of NSDAP party's propaganda since 1919: History of NSDAP party's propaganda since 1919, as WWI 'Meldegänger' Hitler put these ideas into practice with the reestablishment of the 'Völkischer Beobachter', a daily newspaper published by the NSDAP from February 1925 onwards
'Psychological warfare' in Axis Powers' World War II 1939-1945: 'Psychological warfare' in Axis Powers' World War II 1939-1945, when - after NSDAP ruled German empire's aggression against Poland (following its February 1938 ending of the Sino-German alliance with the Republic of China to enter into an alliance with 'Empire of Japan', following its aggression against Czechoslovakia on 17 September 1938, the beginning of the undeclared German-Czechoslovak war), Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, France (leading to the July 1940 'Berlin Field Marshal Ceremony'), North Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans and Greece, since 22 June 1941 the Soviet Union, since December 1941, then in 1942/1943 with the 'Battle of Stalingrad, after in May 1942 German empire's military defeated Soviet offensives in the Kerch Peninsula and at Kharkov in Ukraine, and then launching their main summer offensive against southern Russia in June 1942, to seize the oil fields of the Caucasus and occupy the Kuban steppe, while maintaining positions on the northern and central areas of the front. The Germans split Army Group South into two groups, as Army Group A advanced to the lower Don River and struck south-east to the Caucasus, while Army Group B headed towards the Volga River, and the Soviets decided to make their stand at Stalingrad on the Volga, and in mid-February 1943 the Germans launched another attack on Kharkov, creating a salient in their front line around the Soviet city of Kursk, but later in 1943 failed in Ukrainian battles, preparing NSDAP-regime's final defeat in May 1945

Disinformation in the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Disinformation in the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis distributed by governmental agencies of Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) separatist areas of Ukraine in relation to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis leading to planned Russian aggression and war since February 2022
Russian propaganda themes: Russian propaganda themes, as numerous themes of disinformation either originated in Russia or favoring the Russian point of view have been reported, including 'Liberation of Ukraine' (independant since 1991), removing neo-Nazis from power (spreading in the Russian part of the former Soviet Union since 1991, encouraged and active in Putin's war crimes since the late 1990th), claims of Ukrainian and NATO aggression
Moscow's May 2022 'Victory Day' spectacles: Moscow's May 2022 'Victory Day' spectacles were like a cope cage on a tank — ineffective ultimately against a proper anti-tank weapon, still commented by Putin’s declarations in the context of memorializing 1945’s victory and making the comparison to his war against the Ukrainian people

Since late 20th century China's, Syria's and further information operations and information warfare: Since late 20th century Chinese information operations and information warfare - Other information operations and warfare, including Syria and other countries, according to 'Staatsform', traditions, capabilities

State media by country - L'audiovisuel public, in english public broadcasting, connecté avec l'état représente l'ensemble des stations de radio, chaînes de télévision et autres média électroniques dont la mission officiellement déclarée est le service public, lors que ces institutions sont en général détenues partiellement ou dans leur totalité par l'État ou toute autre institution publique connectée avec l'état - Audiovisuel public, in english public broadcasting, listed by continend and by country
Concentration of media ownership, also known as media convergence, is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media, contemporary research demonstrates increasing levels of consolidation, with many media industries already highly concentrated and dominated by a very small number of firms, companies or organisations - Concentration of media ownership by continent and in particular nations
16 March 2015 corruption in the media is killing ethical journalism: 16 March 2015: Corruption in the media is killing ethical journalism, European Federation of Journalists EJN says
17 March 2015 conflict of journalism and HSBC tax evasion's patrons: 17 March 2015: The conflict of interest between advertiser power and journalism revealed by Peter Oborne, who walked out of Britain's Daily Telegraph accusing the management of censoring stories about HSBC bank and tax evasion, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to corruption inside media
April 2018 Hungarian journalists admit role in forging anti-migrant 'atmosphere of fear': 13 April 2018: Hungarian journalists admit role in forging anti-migrant 'atmosphere of fear' ahead of Victor Orbán’s election victory this week, as the 'Guardian' spoke to several employees of the taxpayer-funded MTVA network to hear the inside story of how its channels pumped out government messaging, and at times false stories, with the goal of winning support for Orban's anti-immigration message
June 2018 Fifa’s World Cup is toxic handing World Cup to kleptomaniac murderers who run Russia: 9 June 2018: Fifa’s World Cup is toxic, British Guardian/Observer columnist Nick Cohen explains, after Zurich’s masters of corruption Fifa handed the World Cup first to kleptomaniac murderers who run Russia and then to the overseers of a serf economy in Qatar
15 April 2021 Beijing regime turns things upside down with its warnings against 'playing with fire': 15 April 2021: Beijing regime's 'increasingly aggressive' breaches of Taiwan air zone, at the same time turning things upside down with its warnings against 'playing with fire'

Film and film industry promotion by television and radio
Since 1935 Walter Benjamin' essay 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction': Since 1935 Walter Benjamin 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', an essay of cultural criticism which the author proposes and explains that mechanical reproduction devalues the aura (uniqueness) of an objet d’art. That in the age of mechanical reproduction and the absence of traditional and ritualistic value, the production of art would be inherently based upon the praxis of politics.
1935-1939 Walter Benjamin, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit: Walter Benjamin, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit, geschrieben 1935–1939, veröffentlicht 1980 in Gesammelte Schriften Band I, in deren Vorwort es auf den Seiten 475/476 heißt: 'Um neunzehnhundert hatte die technische Reproduktion einen Standard erreicht, auf dem sie nicht nur die Gesamtheit der überkommenen Kunstwerke zu ihrem Objekt zu machen und deren Wirkung den tiefsten Veränderungen zu unterwerfen begann, sondern sich einen eigenen Platz unter den künstlerischen Verfahrungsweisen eroberte.' Ein Vorgang, der sich in einer seit dem Nationalsozialismu (inkl. seiner Vorbereitung seit dem 19. Jahrhundert) in umfasseneder Spaltung, Entgegensetzung einerseits künsterischer und andererseits menschenverachtender Ideologiepoduktion (auf verschiedenen Stufen) fortsetzen sollte, in den verschiedenen Zweigen bildlicher, akustischer, literarischer Darstellung.
List of wars in fiction by country, by warfare, by period etc.
2015 echoes, traditions of films and propaganda: 17 December 2015: Echoes of famous films, including Nazi propaganda, in USA's 2015 'Star Wars' movie
Corruption, match-fixing, cheating, doping in sport
2002: 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal
2015/2016: 2015/2016 FIFA corruption case - 19 April: USA judge released transcripts of guilty pleas from three prominent defendants in the Fifa corruption investigation in which they expressed regret and suggested that bribes in the organization were standard practice
2016: 11 May 2016: 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games corruption claims bring scandal back to the IOC - 18 July 2016: Wada's devastating and damning report into Russian sport has found that the country’s government, security services and sporting authorities colluded to hide widespread doping across 'a vast majority' of winter and summer sports - 25 July 2016: IOC’s decision against imposing a ban on the Russian Olympic contingent is a declaration of bankruptcy in the fight against doping, the winners are those who cheat, journalist says, who exposed the systematic doping in Russian athletics, adding that in the end the IOC kowtowed to the Russian regime - 31 July 2016: 13 national anti-doping organisations, including those from the USA, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan have given a damning verdict on the IOC’s 'hasty and ill-conceived' response to state-sponsored doping in Russia and accused its leaders of being open to political and commercial influence at the expense of clean sport - 1 August 2016: Rio Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations - 4 August 2016: Wada-commissioned lawyer Richard McLaren accuses IOC of misrepresenting his doping report and findings, which were never designed to prove individual doping cases, but is about state-sponsored systemic doping over a period of four years across the majority of Olympic sports, manipulation of results, swapping of samples, preparation of wash-up schemes
2017: 5 December 2017: Russia’s Olympic Committee banned from the Winter Olympics in 2018 for doping and 'unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport' - 22 December 2017: Two ex-soccer officials found guilty in New York on multiple charges of corruption - 26 December 2017: Russian deputy PM Vitaly Mutko, who was banned for life from the Olympics this month, quits football role before 2018 World Cup
April 2018: 18 April 2018: After Fifa’s Gianni Infantino favoured Crimean Shampanskoye over Millennium Hotel's tea, fantastical diversions emerge to stop fretting about Russia and to start meddling with Qatar
June 2018 toxic Fifa’s World Cup: 9 June 2018: Fifa’s World Cup is toxic, British Guardian/Observer columnist Nick Cohen explains, after Zurich’s masters of corruption Fifa handed the World Cup first to kleptomaniac murderers who run Russia and then to the overseers of a serf economy in Qatar - Der Kick des Geldes, Frankfurt/M. 2015, von Jens Berger
January 2019 assassination of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale: 17 January 2019: Assassinated investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale had told CPJ in September 2018 that people had attempted to attack him and that he feared for his life following comments about him and the publication of his image on the national television channel Net 2 TV, which Agyapong owns, by Assin Central's MP Kennedy Agyapong - 17 January 2019: Speaking without showing his face, journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas says that his team, which had investigated corruption in Ghana's football leagues, face daily death threats
19 December 2020 Olympic Committee accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Games: 19 December 2020: Olympic Committee accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Games, as groups speaking for Tibetans, Uighurs and others representing Hong Kong say international body has ‘turned a blind eye’ to systematic violations
Nationalism and sport are often intertwined, as sports provide a venue for symbolic competition between nations and sports competition often reflects national conflict - Racism in sports has been a prevalent issue throughout the world, and in particular racism towards African-Americans has been especially bad over the course of the history of sports in the USA and around the world - Racism in association football - Antisemitism in the Olympic Games
'Fake news' is a type of hoax or deliberate spread of misinformation in social media or traditional news media with the intent to mislead in order to gain financially or politically - Fake news by country, said to have influenced political discourse in multiple countries - Fake news websites deliberately publish hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation purporting to be real news — often using social media to drive web traffic and amplify their effect
Disinformation, intentionally false or misleading information that is spread in a calculated way to deceive target audiences - Propaganda - Propaganda techniques
November 2017: 14 November 2017: Governments of 30 countries around the globe are using armies of so-called opinion shapers to meddle in elections, advance anti-democratic agendas and repress their citizens, a new Freedom House report shows
December 2017: 31 December 2017: Syria Campaign’s report 'Killing the Truth: How Russia is fuelling a disinformation campaign to cover up war crimes in Syria' found, that co-ordinated groups of 'bots' and trolls linked to Russian Putin regime have reached millions during key moments of 2016 and 2017
April 2018: 19 April 2018: Russian regime's leaks have revealed its use of disinformation over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, as hacked emails linked to senior Russian officials contained a briefing document that set out eight separate messaging 'lines to take' over the crash which killed 298 people, sought to blame Ukraine for the crime although the Boeing airliner was shot down by a Russian BUK surface-to-air missile
December 2018: 10 December 2018: The Russian regime launched a year-long disinformation campaign to soften up public opinion before its recent seizure of three Ukrainian ships and their crews in the Sea of Azov, according to the EU’s security commissioner Julian King, saying false claims included that Ukraine had infected the sea with cholera and that its secret services had been trying to transport a nuclear bomb to occupied Crimea
June 2020 Beijing regime tries to reshape global news landscape: 25 June 2020: China is reshaping the global news landscape and weakening the Fourth Estate, as Beijing’s involvement in media overseas is growing almost faster than it can be tracked – the ultimate aim is both ideological and geopolitical - 25 June 2020: A survey of journalist unions across 58 countries found that through study tours, control of media infrastructure, and the provision of pro-Beijing content, China is 'running an extensive and sophisticated long-term outreach campaign … [in] a strategic, long-term effort to reshape the global news landscape with a China-friendly global narrative'

Censorship by country - overview collecting information on censorship, Internet censorship, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of speech, and Human Rights by country and presents it in a sortable table, together with links to articles with more information, as in addition to countries, the table includes information on former countries, disputed countries, political sub-units within countries, and regional organizations - Censorship by types, by media - Censorship by country
Internet censorship: Internet censorship, the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet enacted by regulators, or on their own initiative - Internet censorship by continent
Internet censorship and surveillance by country: Internet censorship by country - Internet censorship and surveillance by country
Censorship of Wikipedia: Censorship of Wikipedia has occurred in several countries, including China, France, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela, as some instances are examples of widespread internet censorship in general that includes Wikipedia content, and others are indicative of measures to prevent the viewing of specific content deemed offensive

Platform Weaponization, a form or type of information warfare and psychological warfare involving the unaccounted for potential or actual actions that result in outside agents leveraging a technology platform to serve ends that run counter to those of the intended use for the system
Terrorism and social media, as due to the convenience, affordability, and broad reach of social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, terrorist groups have increasingly used social media to further their goals and spread their message


Dans le domaine des sciences sociales, la brutalité se réfère à la rudesse et à la violence qui peuvent s'exprimer dans un caractère ou un comportement
Cruelty (cruauté) is indifference to suffering, and even pleasure in inflicting it
Lists of murder, murder rates and lists of assassinations by region and by country: Lists of assassinations, including lists of assassinations by region and by country (insufficiently regarding the context of events) - Murder and murder rates, by period, by continent, by country and by city - Hinrichtungsarten früher und heute - Extrajudicial killing by country - Judicial murder
Torture: Torture - List of methods of torture, including specification of some origins
Chronological list of (known) poisonings: List of known poisonings since ancient times, in chronological order by the date of death of the victim(s), also including mass poisonings and confirmed attempted poisonings


Crimes against humanity, acts that are deliberately committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack or individual attack directed against any civilian or an identifiable part of a civilian population, the first prosecution for crimes against humanity took place at the Nuremberg trials, and have since been prosecuted by other international courts - Genocide, the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, cultural, religious or national group, defined in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 as 'any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the groups conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group'
1490-1914 genocides in Africa: 1490-1914 genocides in Africa, including 1885-1908 Atrocities in the Congo Free State under the rule of King Leopold II of Belgium, 1827-1857 French conquest of Algeria, 1904-1908 Herero and Nama genocide, a campaign of extermination and collective punishment by the German Empire in South West Africa (now Namibia) and considered the first genocide of the 20th century, 1815-1840 Mfecane, a period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa, following the Portuguese introduction of maize, a ten-year drought and a resulting competition for land and water resources among the peoples of the area
1490-1914 genocides in Americas: 1490-1914 genocides in Americas, including since the early 1500s colonialism and genocide in the Americas by England, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, later Great Britain and the USA, also responsible for the, California Genocide, the violence, relocation, and starvation that led to a decrease in the indigenous population of California as a result of the USA occupation of California
Since 16th century Brazil: Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil since 16th century
Since 16th century colonialism and genocides by the British Empire: Since 16th century Colonialism and genocides by the British Empire - in places like North Americas, Australia, New Zealand, settler colonialism caused the indigenous population to decrease by over half after becoming a British colony, foreign land viewed as attractive for settlement was declared as terra nullius or 'nobody's land', the indigenous inhabitants were therefore denied any sovereignty or property rights in the eyes of the British, justifying invasion and the violent seizure of native land to create colonies populated by British settlers causing a large decrease in the indigenous population from war, newly introduced diseases, massacre by colonists and attempts at forced assimilation, the gradual violent expansion of colonies into indigenous land could last for centuries
Since the 1640s Russian conquest of Siberia: Since the 1640s Russian conquest of Siberia, accompanied by massacres due to indigenous resistance to colonization by the Russian Cossacks, who savagely crushed the natives
Since 1869 Japanese colonization of Hokkaido: Since 1869 Japanese colonization of Hokkaido

Genocides in the 20th and 21th century (from 1914-1918 World War I)
Since 1500 until today genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil: Since 1500 genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil, that began with the Portuguese colonization of the Americas, starting the process that led to the depopulation of the indigenous peoples in Brazil, because of disease and violent treatment by European settlers, their gradual replacement with colonists from Europe and Africa, described as a genocide, and continuing into the modern era with the ongoing destruction of indigenous peoples of the Amazonian region - In modern Brazil over 80 indigenous tribes disappeared between 1900 and 1957, and of a population of over one million during this period 80% had been killed through repression, disease, or murder
1904-1908 Herero and Namaqua genocide by the German Empire: 1904-1908 Herero and Namaqua genocide or the Herero and Nama genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century, waged by the German Empire against the Herero (Ovaherero), the Nama, and the San in German South West Africa (now Namibia)
May 2021 Germany agrees to pay Namibia €1.1bn over historical Herero-Nama genocide: 28 May 2021: Germany agrees to pay Namibia €1.1bn over historical Herero-Nama genocide, as Germany calls atrocities ‘genocide’ but omits the words ‘reparations’ or ‘compensation’ from a joint statement
1914-1923 Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman empire in World War I and later: 1914-1923 Armenian Genocide, the Ottoman government's systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians, mostly citizens within the Ottoman Empire
Since 1915 Armenian Genocide recognition by country: 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide recognition by country
April 2019 recognition by 30 states: As of April 2019, 30 states had officially recognized the historical events of the 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide as genocide, as well as many other states of unions or federations, regions, provinces, municipalities and parliamentary committees
1914-1924 Assyrian or Syriac genocide by the Ottoman empire in World War I and later: 1914-1924 Assyrian or Syriac genocide, referring to the mass slaughter of the Syriac Christian population of the Ottoman Empire and those in neighbouring Persia by Ottoman troops during the First World War, in conjunction with the Armenian and Greek genocides - Timeline of recognition of the Assyrian or Syriac genocide
1913-1922 Greek genocide by the Ottoman empire in World War I and later: 1913-1922 Greek genocide, the systematic killing of the Christian Ottoman Greek population carried out in Anatolia during World War I and its aftermath on the basis of their religion and ethnicity
1937/1938 Nanjing Massacre and Japanese war crimes since late 19th century until 1945: 1937/1938 Nanjing Massacre, an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing during the Second Sino-Japanese War - Since late 19th century war crimes committed by the Empire of Japan in many Asia-Pacific countries during the period of Japanese imperialism, primarily during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, as most Japanese war crimes were committed during the first part of the Showa Era, the name given to the reign of Emperor Hirohito, until the surrender of the Empire of Japan in 1945
1933-1945 genocides and war crimes by Germany and in Nazi-occupied Europe: 1933-1945 genocides and war crimes by Germany and in Nazi-occupied Europe, including The Holocaust, Romani genocide, racial policy of Nazi Germany, Nazi crimes against the Polish nation, Generalplan Ost, World War II casualties of the Soviet Union, World War II persecution of Serbs, Nazi eugenics, Action T4, Child euthanasia in Nazi Germany, persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany, and persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany
1939-1945 war crimes of the Wehrmacht: Since 1871 the 'Imperial German Army' inherited much of the traditions and concepts of the Prussian Army, which was its largest component army - 1871-1919 Imperial German Army, the unified ground and air force of the German Empire (excluding the maritime aviation formations of the Imperial German Navy), command and military role in foreign policy decisions - 'Wehrmacht', the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945 - During World War II, the Germans' combined armed forces (Heer, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe) committed systematic war crimes, including massacres, mass rape, looting, the exploitation of forced labor, the murder of three million Soviet prisoners of war, and participated in the extermination of Jews
1935-1945 Romani genocide: 1935-1945 Romani genocide, also known as the Porajmos, the effort by Nazi Germany and its World War II allies to commit genocide against Europe's Romani people
1939-1945 Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: 1939-1945 Nazi crimes against the Polish nation
Since 1939 'life unworthy of life' policy: Since 1933 'life unworthy of life', a Nazi designation for the segments of the populace which, according to the Nazi regime of the time, had no right to live including people with serious medical problems and those considered grossly inferior according to the racial policy of Nazi Germany and were targeted to be euthanized by the state, usually through the compulsion or deception of their caretakers
1941-1945 The Holocaust, a genocide during World War II: 1941-1945 The Holocaust, a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by local collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe in the period
1939/1941-1945 World War II casualties and losses of the Soviet Union: 1939/1941-1945 World War II casualties and losses of the Soviet Union from all related causes were about 27,000,000, both civilian and military, as the post-Soviet government puts the 'losses' at 26.6 million on the basis of the 1993 study by the Russian Academy of Sciences, including people dying as a result of battle and war related exposure
1941-1945 persecution of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, also known as the Genocide of the Serbs: 1941-1945 persecution of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, also known as the Genocide of the Serbs, including the extermination, expulsion and forced religious conversion of hundreds of thousands ethnic Serbs by the genocidal policies of the Ustashe regime in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II, as the Ustashe regime systematically murdered approximately 300,000 to 500,000 Serbs out of whom up to 52,000 died at the Jasenovac concentration camp
1975-1979 Cambodian genocide: 1975-1979 Cambodian genocide, carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime under the leadership of Pol Pot, resulting in the deaths of between 1.671 and 1.871 million people or 21-24% of Cambodia’s 1975 population
1981-1983 Guatemalan genocide: 1981-1983 Guatemalan genocide refers to the massacre of Maya civilians during the Guatemalan military government's counterinsurgency operations, including massacres, forced disappearances, torture and summary executions at the hands of USA-backed security forces
April-July 1994 Rwandan genocide: April-July 1994 Rwandan genocide, a mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda during the Rwandan Civil War, directed by members of the Hutu majority government
July 1995 Bosnian genocide and Srebrenica massacre: July 1995 Bosnian genocide refers to either genocide at Srebrenica and Žepa committed by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995 or the wider ethnic cleansing campaign throughout areas controlled by the Army of Republika Srpska, that took place during the 1992–1995 Bosnian War - July 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War

Racism - Racism by country - 'White supremacy' racist ideology centered upon the sight, that 'white' people are superior in certain characteristics, traits, and attributes (in fact the means of violence mainly developed in Europe since many centuries and now worldwide) to people constituting the majority of the world's population - 'White supremacy' by continent
History of slavery from ancient times to the present day: History of slavery from ancient times to the present day, when slavery is no longer legal anywhere in the world (with the exception of penal labour), but when human trafficking remains an international problem and an estimated 25-40 million people are enslaved today, the majority in Asia - Slavery in antiquity - Slavery in Northern Africa, where chattel slavery had been legal and widespread when the region was controlled by the Roman Empire 145 BC – ca. 430 AD and by the Eastern Romans from 533 to 695
Since 7th century history of slavery in the Muslim world: Since 7th century history of slavery in the Muslim world - Arab slave trade mainly in Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Southeast Africa and Europe, occurring chiefly between the medieval era and the early 20th century - Slavery in the Ottoman Empire
15th - 19th centuries from Africa Portuguese, Spanish, British, Dutch and French Atlantic slave trade and slavery in their empires: From the 15th through to the 19th centuries Portuguese, Spanish, British, Dutch and French slavery in their empires and Atlantic slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean bringing millions of enslaved Africans from the central and western parts of Africa to the Americas to be sold at markets, following practises of slavery in antiquity and slavery in ancient Rome
Since 16th century slavery, forced labour and ongoing culture shock: African origins and regions of Africa African Americans, who were forced into slavery after being captured, as major ethnic groups that the enslaved Africans belonged to included the Hausa, Bakongo, Igbo, Mandé, Wolof, Akan, Fon, Yoruba, and Makua, among many others. and although these different groups varied in customs, religions and language, what they had in common was a way of life which was different from that of the Europeans after their centuries of wars since anciemt times, as originally a majority of the future slaves came from these villages and societies, however, once they were sent to the Americas and enslaved, these different peoples had European standards and beliefs forced upon them, causing them to do away with tribal differences and forge a new history and culture that was a 'creolization' of their common past, present, and European culture - Slavery and culture shock - Cultural 'assimilation' - 'Americanization'
Since 1618 English/British 'headright' system to populate the colonies and to import slaves: Since 1618 English/British 'headright' system in colonies, as most headrights were for 1 to 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of land, and were given to anyone willing to cross the Atlantic Ocean and help populate the colonies, headrights were granted to anyone who would pay for the transportation costs of a laborer or slaves
1802-1804 resistance to slavery, repression and French atrocities in Haiti: In 1802, when it became apparent that the French under Napoleonic rule intended to re-establish slavery in Haiti black cultivators revolted in the summer of 1802, Leclerc's successor Vicomte de Rochambeau fought an even more brutal campaign, waged a near-genocidal campaign against the Haitians, killing everyone who was black, importing about 15,000 attack dogs from Jamaica, who had been trained to savage blacks and mulattoes, also drowning blacks - In 2005 French historian Claude Ribbe accused Napoleon of having used sulphur dioxide gas for the mass execution of more than 100,000 rebellious black slaves when trying to put down slave rebellions in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) and Guadeloupe, saying Napoleon was racist, instituted slavery, and was the first man in history that 'asked himself rationally the question how to eliminate, in as short a time as possible, and with a minimum of cost and personnel, a maximum of people described as scientifically inferior'
Since the early 1900s German crimes against humanity in Africa: Decades before Nazi Germany tried to annihilate the Jews, German colonialists in Southwest Africa dehumanized, built death camps for, and slaughtered tens of thousands of tribespeople in a systematic genocide, 'subhumans', 'cattle car transports', even the 'Final Solution' have their sinister antecedents in Africa in the early 1900s
1914-1918 War goals of the German empire and crimes: 1914-1918 War goals of the German empire included making the French economy dependent on Germany, ending trade between France and the British Empire, annexation of Belgium or making it a 'vassal state', annexation of Luxembourg, making the Netherlands dependent on Germany, creation of buffer states carved out of the western Russian Empire, such as Poland, which would remain under German sovereignty 'for all time', creation of a 'Mitteleuropa economic association' dominated by Germany, expansion of the German colonial empire first in central Africa ('Mittelafrika') at the expense of the French and Belgian colonies - World War I crimes by Imperial Germany
Since 1933 Nazi Germany and 'Aryanization': Since 1933 Nazi Germany and 'Aryanization', the term coined during Nazism referring to the forced expulsion of so-called 'non-Aryans', resulting in mass murders and genocide - Racial policy of Nazi Germany, targeting Jews, Sinti and Roma, Afro-Germans, Poles, Russians, other Slavs, and other groups
1939-1945 War goals of the German empire: 'New Order of Europe' ('Neuordnung Europas'), the political order which Nazi Germany wanted to impose on the conquered areas under its dominion, publicly proclaimed by Adolf Hitler in 1941 - 'Generalplan Ost' was the Nazi German government's plan for the genocide and ethnic cleansing on a vast scale, and colonization of Central and Eastern Europe by Germans - Hunger Plan ('Hungerplan'), a plan developed by Nazi Germany during World War II to seize food from the Soviet Union and give it to German soldiers and civilians, entailing the death by starvation of millions of so-called 'racially inferior' Slavs following Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union
1939-1945 German war crimes: 27. Juli 2009: Die 'Wehrmacht' des nationalsozialistischen Deutschlands verletzte systematisch - in Deutschland jahrzehntelang geleugnet und verdrängt - die Genfer Kriegskonvention und verübte z.B. 1940 aus rassistischen Motiven Kriegsverbrechen, die der Historiker Raffael Scheck anhand von Dokumenten beschreibt, die belegen wie Wehrmachtseinheiten innerhalb nur eines Monats, zwischen dem 24. Mai und dem 24. Juni 1940 mindestens 3.000 schwarze Soldaten Frankreichs ermordeten, obwohl die sich bereits ergeben hatten oder verwundet waren und nicht mehr im Kampf standen - War crimes of the Wehrmacht

'White supremacy' by continent - White supremacy in Europe - White supremacy in North America - White supremacy in South America
White supremacy by country - List of white nationalist organizations by continent and country - White supremacy and nationalism in the media
August 2019 global rise in white nationalist violence: 5 August 2019: More than 175 people have been killed in at least 16 high-profile attacks linked to white nationalism around the world since 2011
February 2020 white supremacists increasingly collaborating across borders inspired by attacks and Putin's wars: 21 February 2020: White supremacists increasingly collaborating across borders, according to 'Global Project Against Hate and Extremism' and other, saying extremists forming alliances, working together, inspiring each other in growing international movement similar to jihadism, as the long-running wars by Russia's Putin regime - and involving it in other regions - in Syria and eastern Ukraine have created a fertile training ground for white supremacists, in recent years holding conferences in different countries including Russia - 20 February 2020: German terrorist Rathjen published online manifesto in January calling for eliminating entire countries, including Israel, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Iran, Indian, Pakistan, Vietnam and the Philippines, before killing 10 citizens, including 5 Kurds, in the city of Hanau in Germany - 21 February 2020: Hanau attack part of pattern of white supremacist violence flowing from USA, according to 'The Guardian'
5 June 2020 calls to act against racism following USA turmoil: 5 June 2020: As protests against the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of USA police sweep also other nations and spark wider debates, major brands taking to social media to condemn racial inequalities are challenged to back up their words with action to tackle problems in many firms and entrenched racial pay gaps, and campaigners, skeptical over what they fear are empty platitudes, call for business leaders to put their money where their mouth is and tackle economic exclusion, in short 'we need action', according to NAACP's Marc Banks, after dozens of major firms have shared online posts condemning racism and calling for change across society in the USA, today in the grip of Donald Trump's administration

Neo-Nazism by continent - Neo-Nazism in Germany and Europe - Neo-Nazism in Asia - Neo-Nazism in North America - Neo-Nazism in South America - Neo-Nazism in Africa
February 2020 USA's violent ultranationalists finding ideological common ground, aid and shelter in Putin’s Russia: 2 February 2020: USA's violent ultranationalists (like the paramilitary race war inciters 'The Base') dedicated to destabilizing America are finding ideological common ground, aid and shelter in Putin’s Russia, Israel's 'Haaretz' says, as neo-Nazi Rinaldo Nazzaro, running 'The Base' from Russia, also lives in Russia
Wars by continent - Wars involving the states and peoples of Europe - Wars involving the states and peoples of Asia - Wars involving the states and peoples of North America - Wars involving the states and peoples of Africa
April 2018 Warsaw ghetto Marian Kalwary says 'I am terrified by the rebirth of fascism and nationalism': 19 April 2018: Paying homage to the hundreds of Jewish fighters who took up arms in the 1943 rebellion against the German forces that occupied Poland during World War II in the April-May Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Polish survivor of the Warsaw ghetto Marian Kalwary says 'I am terrified by the rebirth of fascism and nationalism and I can see nationalism being glorified and put on a pedestal as something noble'
Since 24 February 2022 Russian Putin regime's invasion of Ukraine: Since 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion - a war crime since its beginning - has caused tens of thousands of deaths on both sides - including Russia's conscripts, Putin's cannon fodder against their will - and Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. About 8 million Ukrainians were displaced within their country by late May, and more than 7.9 million fled the country by 3 January 2023, nearly a year following Russian Putin regime's invasion of Ukraine
30 January 2023 Putin's 21st century's second edition of 'terminator's war of destruction': 30 January 2023: UK's Boris Johnson has said Russian regime's Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an 'extraordinary' phone call in the run-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, telling Johnson it 'would only take a minute', please compare 'History of human reproduction, parenting, demographics and culture' further down on this page in contrast to the 21st century's second edition of 'terminator's war of destruction' since 1939
Since 1945 neo-Nazism in Germany: Neo-Nazism in Germany
1 September 2019 neo-Nazi linked German AfD party make big gains: 4 September 2019: Anti-immigration and neo-Nazi linked AfD, the third-biggest party in the 2017 German general election, main opposition, and able to mobilise several hundred thousand people who had never voted before, overtakes German Left, Greens and SPD in Saxony and German CDU, Greens and Left in Brandenburg in state elections
7/8 September 2019 CDU, SPD and FDP elected neo-Nazi to head local authority: 8 September 2019: All representatives, including representatives of the CDU, SPD and FDP, of the Ortsbeirat of Altenstadt-Waldsiedlung had voted neo-Nazi Deputy NPD state chairman Stefan Jagsch as their head
7 March 2022 Olaf Scholz pushes back against calls to ban Russian oil and gas imports: 7 March 2022: German chancellor Scholz pushes back against calls to ban Russian oil and gas imports, 'The Guardian' reports, but on 17 March 2022, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky virtually addressed the Germany parliament and urged for a help to destroy the new 'Wall' Russia was erecting in Europe, as ahead of his address, German MPs gave Zelensky a standing ovation
December 2022 members of German far-right terrorist group arrested for allegedly planning a coup d'état: On 7 December 2022, 25 members of a far-right terrorist group were arrested for allegedly planning a coup d'état in Germany. The group, called 'Patriotic Union' which was led by a 'Council', is connected with Germany's far-right extremist Reichsbürger movement. The groups aim to reestablish a monarchist government in Germany in the tradition of the German Reich, with the government being similar to the German Empire. The 'Patriotic Union' reportedly wanted to provoke chaos and a civil war in Germany in order for it to take power. Over 3,000 police and special forces searched 130 locations throughout Germany and made several arrests, including Heinrich Prinz Reuss, a descendant of the House of Reuß, as well as former Alternative for Germany AfD MP Birgit Malsack-Winkemann. The group also included active military and police personnel. The operation against the group is considered to be the largest in Germany's history, and the Public Prosecutor General Peter Frank declared the group to be a terrorist organization. - 7 December 2022: German police raids target group accused of far-right plot to overthrow state, as a minor aristocrat, an ex-paratrooper and a former AfD MP among those detained in operation, 'The Guardian' Berlin correspondent Kate Connolly reports, as German special forces stormed a house in the Berlin lakeside villa quarter of Wannsee and arrested a former MP of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland AfD, Birgit Malsack-Winkemann. Three minutes later, they entered the Waidmannsheil hunting lodge in Bad Lobenstein in Thuringia. Simultaneous raids took place in 30 other locations, including a car repair shop and a carpenters’ studio, as well as in the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel and the Italian city of Perugia.
December 2022 as fear of local extremism grows, Germany approves first-ever government plan to combat antisemitism: 7 December 2022: Just days before news of a planned neo-Nazi linked terrorist plot to overthrow Germany’ government has stoked fears about the rise of extremism here, government officials approved Germany’s first-ever program specifically designed to fight antisemitism and promote Jewish life. Approved last Thursday by the entire German Cabinet and presented in Berlin by Felix Klein, Germany’s commissioner on antisemitism, the National Strategy against Anti-Semitism and for Jewish Life highlights best practices and recommends new actions to be taken on political and societal levels.

Antisemitism - Antisemitism by country or region - Geography of antisemitism - Timeline of antisemitism, since Antiquity
Since Antiquity antisemitism in Europe and Germany: European antisemitism - prejudice, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage - has experienced a long history since the days of ancient societies, with most of it having originated in the Christian and pre-Christian societies of Europe - Since the middle ages antisemitism in Germany and the Holocaust in Germany and German occupied Europe 1938-1945
1st century-8th century establishment of antisemitism: Since 1st century antisemitism in Christianity after Christian theologians and writers established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity, flourishing in a historical period since the 1st and 2nd centuries AD and ending approximately around AD 700, as the 27 BC – AD 476 Roman empire, after the 8th century BC founding of a city, was followed by by the 800–888 Carolingian Empire, the large Frankish-dominated empire in western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages, ruled by the Carolingian dynasty, and by the 962–1806 Holy Roman Empire ('Sacrum Imperium Romanum', a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars
Since the middle ages Europe's fine art's anti-Semitism until today: 23 February 2015: From Notre Dame to Wittenberg, in Europe the fine art of anti-Semitism is on public display at many of the continent’s most visited landmarks
April 2020 researchers say Vatican archives show pope Pius XII knew of WWII killing of Jews: 30 April 2020: Researchers studying the newly opened Vatican archives of pope Pius XII have already found evidence that the World War II-era pope knew about the mass killing of Jews from his own sources but kept it from the USA government, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, saying documents indicate pope was aware of massacre of Jews in Warsaw and Lviv from own sources, but denied it to Americans
Since 7th century Islam and antisemitism: Islam and antisemitism, with the origin of Islam in the 7th century and its spread in the Arabian peninsula and beyond by military conquests, Jews (and many other people) came to be subject to the rule of Muslim rulers - Islam and war - from the time of the Muhammad many Muslim states and empires have been involved in warfare
10 November 1975 UN General Assembly's anti-Semitism marking the 37th anniversary of Nazi Germany's November 1938 'Kristallnacht': On 10 November 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions) UN General Assembly adopted resolution 3379, that 'determine[d] that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination', with the support of the Arab- and Muslim-majority countries, many African countries, the Soviet bloc, and a few others including Portugal after its Socialist Party PS won the April 1975 election for the Constituent Assembly - Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s UN documents systematically denied the existence of the Jews, Israel ancient history, the Holocaust, and the notion that Jews deserve the same rights granted to other groups, as most infamous example of this trend was the passage of UN General Assembly's resolution 3379, which equated Zionism with racism on 10 November 1975, the first postwar 'ideology' to ever be condemned in the United Nations' history, as many observers noted that the resolution was passed on the 37th anniversary of November 1938 'Kristallnacht' in Nazi Germany, the pogrom historians agree marked the beginning of the Holocaust
Antisemitism in Iran: Antisemitism in Iran
Since 1979 Iranian regime's antisemitism: Since the 1979 establishment of the 'Islamic Republic' Iranian regime's antisemitism, terrorism and support of terrorism
Since 1989 increased Iranian regime's antisemitism: Since 1989 increased Iranian regime's antisemitism
Since 1982 Hezbollah's antisemitism: Since 1982 Hezbollah's antisemitism
Since 1988 Hamas antisemitism: Since 1988 Palestinian Hamas Charter containing both antisemitic passages and irredentist claims - Since the 1980s Islamism in the Gaza Strip
July 2019 Hamas leader calls to murder all Jews: 14 July 2019: Fathi Hammad, a member of the Hamas political bureau, calls for the slaughter of Jews in the world
17/18 January 2020 leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque following prayers Muslims chanted about killing Jews: 17 January 2020: Beginning as worshipers were leaving the mosque following prayers, hundreds of Muslims chanted about killing Jews outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday morning, prompting police to disperse the crowd - 18 January 2020: Woman pulls knife on police in Jerusalem’s Old City, saying suspect in her 50s brandished weapon at security forces near Damascus Gate, and one officer lightly injured after falling during arrest of the perpetrator

21th century timeline of antisemitism: 21th century timeline of antisemitism - Geography of antisemitism
December 2000 Iran's Ali Khamenei calls for the destruction of Israel: 15 December 2000: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calls for the destruction of Israel, describing it as a 'cancerous tumor' in the Middle East
March 2015 Iran's Mohammad Reza Naqdi threatens 'erasing Israel off the map': 31 March 2015: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi said that 'erasing Israel off the map' is 'nonnegotiable', according to an Israel Radio report
November 2018 Iran's Rouhani calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor’: 24 November 2018: Iran’s Rouhani calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor’ established by West
28 January 2019: 28 January 2019: Iran general Hossein Salami says Tehran aims to wipe Israel off the 'global political map', one day after the, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as Iranian regime's Ali Shamkhani says our missiles are ready to launch from Gaza and Lebanon, and regime reportedly carries out daily cyberattacks against Israel
December 2019 Iranian regime's Khamenei praises French Holocaust denier: 16 December 2019: Iranian regime's Khamenei, who in the past has questioned historicity of Nazi genocide of the Jews, marks 21st anniversary of conviction of French Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy by praising him, criticizing France
3 January 2020 impunity of Iranian war criminal IRGC Qasem Soleimani stopped: 3 January 2020 USA airstrike against Iranian convoy near Baghdad International Airport carrying Iranian IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, amid escalating crisis in the Middle East since 2011
11 February 2020 Iranian Expediency Council's Mohsen Rezaei threatens to 'raze Tel-Aviv to the ground', looking for pretext: 11 February 2020: Secretary of Iran’s powerful Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, speaking to Hezbollah-affiliated al-Mayadeen TV station, has warned that Iran is just looking for an excuse to attack Israel and 'raze Tel-Aviv to the ground'
1 February 2021 'Israel has a clear objective' 'that Iran not be nuclear' as USA warns Iran can produce nuclear bomb very quickly: 1 February 2021: 'Israel has a clear objective: that Iran not be nuclear. It is not just an Israeli interest. It is first and foremost a global and regional interest', according to Defense minister Gantz, saying Israel will take military action against nuclear Iran if needed, adding that any future war would involve Hezbollah and Hamas targeting Israeli cities, and Israel in turn hitting missile stores in civilian areas - 1 February 2021: USA Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warns that Iran may be able to produce enough material for nuclear bomb in 'a matter of weeks'
7 May 2021 Iranian Mullah regime's Khamenei says fight against Israel is a 'public duty': 7 May 2021: Iranian Mullah regime's Khamenei says fight against Israel is a public duty, calling on Muslim nations on Friday to keep fighting against Israel
21 May 2021 Iran's regime says 'in the future the Zionists (Israel) can expect to endure deadly blows from within the occupied territories': 21 May 2021: Iranian Mullah regime's - which does not recognise Israel but supports the Islamist militants of Hamas, who rule the Gaza Strip, and after Hamas and the Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel before Friday's truce - leader urges Muslim states to back Palestinians militarily, financially, saying 'All influential elements of (Israel's) regime and the criminal (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu must be prosecuted by international and independent courts', as regime's Foreign Ministry earlier said Palestinians had won a 'historic victory' over Israel, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards said 'The intifada (Palestinian uprising) has gone from using stones to powerful, precise missiles ... and in the future the Zionists (Israel) can expect to endure deadly blows from within the occupied territories', after leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad have praised Iran’s financial and military support, after regime's Khamenei last year hailed Tehran's supply of arms, saying Iranian regime had transformed the military balance of power between Israel and the Palestinians, and as regime now on Friday displayed an Iranian-made combat drone that it said had a range of 2,000 km, naming it 'Gaza' in honour of the Palestinians' struggle against Israel, state media reported
Since 2006 Hezbollah's antisemitism, wars and Iranian regime's military expansionism: Since 2000 Hezbollah's antisemitism, terrorist attacks, wars, involvement in Syrian Assad regime's war against the Syrian people and Iranian regime's military expansionism
August 2019 Iran delivered special propellants mixer: 28 August 2019: Iran delivered special propellants mixer - used in Hezbollah's manufacturing ballistic missiles - to Lebanon in violation of international treaties
1 September 2019 Hezbollah missiles narrowly missed 5 Israeli soldiers: 3 September 2019: Hezbollah missiles narrowly missed Israeli armored car with 5 soldiers inside, as Nasrallah vows 'no more red lines against Israel' after missile attack, praised by the Iranian regime and by Syria's Assad regime, expressing 'pride', as Hamas chief praises Iranian support, including by supplying weapons, in a letter to Iranian regime's Khamenei, as Iranian and French delegations hold talks for over ten hours in Paris to shield Iranian regime's economy from USA sanctions, and as Iran’s Rouhani says no intention of holding bilateral talks with USA
6 September 2019 UN investigation of Hezbollah missile attack on Israel: 6 September 2019: UN peacekeepers conducted an independent investigation of Sunday’s Hezbollah missile attack on Israel at IDF’s request, visiting the areas hit in the strikes, will present findings to UN, as UNIFIL's head called the Hezbollah missile attack a 'serious incident in violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701', referring to the decision that ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War and required all armed terror groups remain north of the country’s Litani River
Since 2001 Hamas rocket and terrorist attacks: Since 2001 Hamas terrorist attacks - 2001 List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel - Since 2001 Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
January 2002 some Arab states still want to destroy Israel: 18 January 2002: Some Arab states still want to destroy Israel
January 2019 Assad regime's threats against Tel Aviv: 24 January 2019: After Syrian Assad regime’s envoy to the UN threatened that the regime could attack Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv, Israeli defense forces take precautionary measure of setting up additional air defenses in central and southern Israel, as shots fired at IDF troops on Syrian border overnight
17 August 2022 Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of committing '50 Holocausts': 17 August 2022: Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of committing '50 Holocausts' at a joint press conference with Germany’s chancellor in Berlin. Abbas was asked by a German journalist whether he planned to apologise for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants on Israeli citizens at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the 50th anniversary of which is on 5 September, when the militant group Black September, which killed 11 Israeli athletes and one German police officer during the hostage-taking, was linked to Abbas’s Fatah party at the time. 'If we want to dig further into the past, yes, please, I have 50 massacres that were committed by Israel' Abbas said. 'Fifty massacres, 50 Holocausts, and to this day, every day, we have dead people killed by the [Israeli Defence Forces], by the Israeli army'.
21th century antisemitism in Europe and Germany: Antisemitism in Europe in the 21st century - antisemitism has increased significantly since 2000, with significant increases in verbal attacks against Jews and vandalism such as graffiti, fire bombings of Jewish schools, desecration of synagogues and cemeteries, taking place not only in Germany and France, where antisemitic incidents are the highest in Europe but also in countries like Belgium, Austria, and the United Kingdom, as physical assaults against Jews including beatings, stabbings and other violence increased markedly, in a number of cases resulting in serious injury and even death
9 October 2019 Halle synagogue attack: 9 October 2019 Halle synagogue attack - 10 October 2019: Jews demand action from Germany to protect the community after at least two people were shot dead in the eastern German city of Halle in an anti-Semitic gun attack on the holy day of Yom Kippur
20 June 2020 German courts and anti-Semitism: 20 June 2020: German church in Calbe near Berlin covers anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ sculpture installed in the 15th century it was forced to keep, as pastor denounces carving as ‘an insult to Jewish citizens’ and didn’t want the relief to be reinstalled at all, and as German Jews and others have campaigned to have the anti-Semitic imagery removed, with limited success, because in February German appeals court in Karlsruhe rejected a motion to remove one Judensau relief from a church in Wittenberg, saying Jewish plaintiff seeking removal of ‘Judensau’ sculpture didn’t prove that it is of ‘slanderous character’ or violates his rights
26 June 2020 German church goes to high court to take down perverse anti-Semitic carvings: 26 June 2020: German church goes to high court to take down perverse anti-Semitic carvings, as landmarks commissions and German courts are protecting ancient 'Judensaus' sculptures, dozens of which are adorning churches that don’t want them in the 21st century, and as Israeli historian Isaiah Shachar in 2017 said there are 'Judensaus' in Portugal, France, Poland and Sweden, but most are in German-speaking countries
17 May 2021 anti-Israel protests in Germany prompt calls for antisemitism crackdown: 17 May 2021: Anti-Israel protests in Germany prompt calls for antisemitism crackdown, Israeli flags burned as thousands attend demonstrations in Berlin, Cologne and other cities
4 August 2022 antisemites again target Spanish village that dropped ‘Kill Jews’ name: 4 August 2022: Jewish groups in Spain are calling for urgent action after a small village synonymous with the country’s medieval persecution of its Jewish population was again defaced with antisemitic graffiti. On Wednesday night Castrillo Mota de Judíos, which means Jews’ Hill Camp, was daubed with a neo-Nazi symbol and bins were set alight. Two pieces of graffiti referenced the village’s old name – Castrillo Matajudíos, or Camp Kill Jews in English – which was changed after a referendum eight years ago. One graffiti read 'Camp Kill Jews, twinned with Aushwitch [sic]'. The village has been targeted by antisemites since its name was officially changed in 2015 and plans were announced to open a Jewish memory centre.
21th century antisemitism in Asia: Antisemitism in Asia
19 May 2021 Israel accuses Chinese state TV of 'blatant antisemitism' in Gaza conflict coverage: 19 May 2021: Israel accuses Chinese state TV of 'blatant antisemitism' in Gaza conflict coverage, as the Israeli embassy to China tweeted 'we are appalled to see blatant antisemitism expressed in an official Chinese media outlet' (the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV), discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere, adding 'we have hoped that the times of the 'Jew’s controlling the world’ conspiracy theories were over, unfortunately antisemitism has shown its ugly face again'
21th century antisemitism in North America: Antisemitism in North America
21th century antisemitism in USA: Antisemitism in the USA
27 October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: 27 October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, as eleven people were killed and seven (including the perpetrator) were injured, while Shabbat morning services were being held
21th century antisemitism in South America: Antisemitism in South America
19 June 2020 Brazilian pastor prays for second Holocaust: 19 June 2020: Brazilian pastor prays for second Holocaust to ‘destroy the Jews like vermin’, as in sermon at Rio de Janeiro church Tupirani da Hora Lores is joined by congregants in calling on God to ‘massacre the Jews, and as Jewish groups file police complaint
21th century antisemitism in Australia: Antisemitism in Australia
11 October 2019 threats against Jewish boy forced to kiss Muslim classmate’s shoes: 11 October 2019: Australian Jewish boy forced to kiss Muslim classmate’s shoes gets threats, as reports say 12-year-old boy warned he’ll be slaughtered and asked if he wants to 'talk about suicide’

Antisemitic attacks and incidents (21th century)
April 2014 Kansas Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting: 13 April 2014 Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting committed by neo-Nazi terrorist, klansman and former political candidate Glenn Miller
August 2014 surge in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide: 14 August 2014: The USA-based Anti-Defamation League recorded a 'dramatic surge' in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide since the beginning of Israel's Operation Protective Edge in July against Hamas rocket and tunnel attacks
February 2015 Tehran competition on Shoah denial: 21 February 2015: As upcoming Tehran competition to offer first place prize of $12,000 for best drawing on Shoah denial, Israel asks UN to condemn Iran Holocaust cartoon contest
2016 Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of worst anti-Semitic/anti-Israel incidents: Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of anti-Semitic/anti-Israel incidents in 2016
2017: 4 January 2018: Wiesenthal Center releases 2017 top ten list of worst global anti-Semitic/anti-Israel incidents
April 2018 global resurgence of antisemitism: 11 April 2018: Feelings of insecurity are widespread among European Jews as a result of the resurgence of the extreme right, a heated anti-Zionist discourse on the left and radical Islam, according to a global study of antisemitism, examining the prevalence of antisemitism in Europe, the post-Soviet region, the USA, Canada, Australia, South America and South Africa
12 April 2018: Warning of 'rising anti-Semitism’, Israel ambassador to the UN Danny Danon accompanied a group of fellow diplomats to the world body in participating in the March of the Living on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, visiting the death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, telling fellow ambassadors that the 'international community must act with determination to ensure that such things never happen again'
1 May 2018 Mahmoud Abbas' anti-Semitism: 1 May 2018: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that the Holocaust was not caused by anti-Semitsm, but by the 'social behavior' of the Jews, including money-lending - 2 May 2018: Leading scholars and activists came down on Abbas after he appeared to attribute the Nazi genocide of European Jewry to Jewish behavior and money-lending
14 May 2018: 14 May 2018: After the German Nazis adopted the phrase 'The Jews are our misfortune', in 2018 a banner with the colors of the Israeli flag that said 'The state Israel is our misfortune' was held by neo-Nazis in Dortmund, expressing their alleged solidarity with Palestinians by waving PLO flags against both the opening of the USA embassy in Jerusalem and the founding of the State of Israel
October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: 27 October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting - 27 October 2018: Eleven people were killed and six wounded in a shooting at a synagogue in USA's Pittsburgh by gunman Robert Bowers, who reportedly walked in yelling 'all Jews must die'
27 January 2019: 27 janvier 2019: Le ministre israélien de la Diaspora, Naftali Bennett, a dénoncé dimanche une hausse des attaques antisémites dans le monde
April 2019: 22 April 2019: 'Disturbed by this ghastly revival of medieval anti-Semitism', the World Jewish Congress expressed its 'disgust and outrage' following reports that an effigy made to look like a stereotypical Jew was hanged and burned in the Polish town of Pruchnik as part of an Easter ritual, as residents including children beat and burned the effigy representing Judas, the discipline of Christ who betrayed him according to the New Testament, given a brimmed hat and sidelocks, making it resemble an ultra-Orthodox Jew, along with a long nose, a trope used by Nazi Germany and by anti-Semites worldwide to demonize and dehumanize Jews
27 April 2019 Poway synagogue shooting: 27 April 2019 Poway synagogue shooting, when 19-year old John T. Earnest fired shots inside the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California, killing a woman and injuring three other people, having an AR-style rifle in his possession
May 2019 spike in number of Jews murdered worldwide in 2018: 1 May 2019: More Jews were murdered in anti-Semiitc attacks around the world in 2018 than in any other year over the past several decades, according to a report by Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University and European Jewish Congress
28 December 2019 New York's Monsey Hanukkah stabbing: 28 December 2019 Monsey Hanukkah stabbing by accused Grafton E. Thomas - 30 March 2020: The most critically injured victim of the 28 December 2019 stabbing attack, prosecuted as a case of domestic terrorism, in the New York Orthodox town of Monsey, Josef Neumann, has died from his injuries

Boycotts of Israel - Antisemitic boycotts - Boycotts of Israel by organizations
History of antisemitic boycotts: Antisemitic boycotts and history
19th century antisemitic mayor of Vienna: 19th century antisemitic mayor of Vienna, who inspired Hitler, campaigned for a boycott of Jewish businesses
Since 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses: Since 1 April 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses, an early governmental action against the Jews of Germany by the National Socialist government, and then a state-managed campaign of ever-increasing harassment, arrests, systematic pillaging, forced transfer of ownership actions that culminated in the 'Final Solution'
Since 1933 international impact of the Nazi boycott: Since 1933 international impact of the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses, inspiring similar boycotts in other countries
4 January 2021 French government allocated millions to a Palestinian leading promoter of the boycott Israel movement: 4 January 2021: The French government has allocated about $10 million to a Palestinian organization that is a leading promoter of the boycott Israel movement, even as promoting that boycott has been found illegal in France in several high-profile cases
Boycotts of Israel in sports by country - Antisemitism in the Olympic Games
August/September 2019 asylum request against Iranian boycott: 31 August 2019: Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei who was allegedly pressured into throwing a match to avoid facing off against an Israeli opponent has requested asylum in Germany, as International Judo Federation confirmed his asylum request and expressed its backing of him - 2 September 2019: Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, who fled his home country after criticizing Iranian regime for pressuring him to throw matches to avoid competing against an Israeli opponent, has congratulated Israeli Sagi Muki on winning a gold medal
18 September 2019 Iran suspended from IJF: 18 September 2019: Iran suspended from world judo federation over Israel boycott policy


State ideologies - List of political ideologies

Since 19th century 'Bonapartism', the political ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte in France, his followers and successors, and more generally the ideology for political movements that advocate a dictatorship or authoritarian centralized state, with a strongman charismatic leader based on anti-elitist rhetoric, army support, and conservatism - The 'Band of the 10th of December' (also known as 'Society of December 10'), a secret Bonapartist society organized mainly from impoverished parts of the population, opportunists, and military leaders, as this thrown together pile oranization helped progress Napoleon III's election as president of the Republic of France on 10 December 1848 and his coup d'état of 2 December 1851, a self-coup staged by Charles Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte - at the time President of the French Second Republic - as his coup ended in the successful dissolution of the French National Assembly and the subsequent re-establishment of the French Empire the next year
1851/1852 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon', written by Karl Marx: 1851/1852 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon' ('Der 18te Brumaire des Louis Napoleon'), an essay written by Karl Marx and originally published in 1852 in New York City

Since World War I worldwide Fascism, a form of authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong reglementation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe as the first fascist movements emerged in Italy during World War I before it spread to other European countries
Since 1914-1918 World War I fascist ideology developed in Italy: Italian Fascism, the original fascist ideology as developed in Italy by Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini since World War I, as Italian Fascism was rooted in Italian nationalism, national syndicalism, revolutionary nationalism and the desire to restore and expand Italian territories, starting at remembering millennial Roman empire and identifying modern Italy as the heir to the Roman Empire and Italy during the Renaissance, promoting the cultural identity of 'Romanitas', as Italian fascism historically sought to forge a strong Italian empire as a 'Third Rome', and as Italian fascism is also associated with the post-war Italian neo-fascist movements
1922-1943 economy of Italy under fascism: 1922-1943 economy of Italy under fascism refers to the economy in the Kingdom of Italy between 1922 and 1943, when it was controlled by fascism, as Italy had emerged from World War I in a poor and weakened condition and, after the war, suffered inflation, massive debts and an extended depression, and as by 1920 its economy was in a massive convulsion, with mass unemployment, food shortages, strikes and more
Economics of fascism: Economics of fascism

1930-1945 Showa Statism in Japan, a political syncretism of Japanese chauvinistic political ideologies, developed over a period of time from the Meiji Restoration, also referred to as Showa nationalism or Japanese fascism, as this movement dominated Japanese politics during the first part of the Showa period - reign of Emperor Hirohito - and was a mixture of ideas such as Japanese ultranationalism, militarism, fascism and state capitalism - Since 1930 Showa Restoration with the goal of restoring power to the newly enthroned Japanese Emperor Hirohito and abolishing the liberal Taisho democracy, as the aims of the 'Showa Restoration' were similar to the Meiji Restoration as the groups who envisioned it imagined a small group of qualified people backing up a strong Emperor, and the 'Cherry Blossom Society' envisioned such a restoration - 'Cherry Blossom Society', an ultranationalist secret society established by young officers within the Imperial Japanese Army in September 1930, with the goal of reorganizing the state along totalitarian militaristic lines, as their avowed goal was a 'Showa Restoration', free of party politics and evil bureaucrats in a new military dictatorship

Since 1933 National Socialism in Germany, the ideology and practices associated with the National Socialist German Workers' Party NSDAP, a form of fascism but also incorporating fervent antisemitism, anti-communism, scientific racism, and eugenics into its creed, as its extreme nationalism came from Pan-Germanism and the Völkisch movement prominent in the German nationalism of the time, and it was strongly influenced by the Freikorps paramilitary groups that emerged after defeat of the German empire in World War I, from which came the party's 'cult of violence' which was 'at the heart of the movement'
Following World War I racial policy of Nazi party, Nazi Germany and the Holocaust during World War II: Since 19th century secular or racial antisemitism in German states, as in 1850 amid the Prussian crackdown of the democratic revolution since 1948 the German composer Richard Wagner – who has been called 'the inventor of modern antisemitism' – published 'Das Judenthum in der Musik', as after the establishment of the German empire since 1871 and following World War I the racial policy of Nazi Germany became a set of policies and laws implemented since 1933 based on a specific racist doctrine asserting the superiority of the Aryan race - 1930s Nuremberg Laws, antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935, at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party, as two laws were the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honour, and the Reich Citizenship Law, which declared that only those of German or related blood were eligible to be Reich citizens, leading to the mass exterminations of the Jews of Europe during World War II
Since 1934 Austrofascism, the authoritarian system installed in Austria with the May Constitution of 1934 (which ceased with the annexation of the newly founded Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938), based on a ruling party, the Fatherland Front (Vaterländische Front) and the Heimwehr (Home Guard) paramilitary militia
Three empires Axis and 1939-1945 World War II: The Axis 1940–1945, including 1922–1943 Italy and Italian Fascism, 1931–1945 Japan and statism in Showa Japan, and 1933–1945 Germany and German Nazism, and 1939-1945 World War II

Since 1936-19939 during Spanish civil war Francoism in Spain, including above all totalitarianism, ultranationalism, national Catholicism, monarchism, militarism, national conservatism, anti-Masonry, anti-Catalanism, pan-Hispanism and anti-liberalism - Since 1939 Falangism, the political ideology of the Falange Española de las JONS and afterwards, of the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista (both known simply as the 'Falange') as well as derivatives of it in other countries, becoming in Spain under the leadership of Francisco Franco the ideology connected with Francoist Spain

Since 1932 Wahhabism, an Islamic doctrine and religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, which became the state ideology of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Since 1970 Assadism and Saddamism in Syria, based on Ba'athism, an Arab nationalist ideology that promotes the development and creation of a unified Arab state through the leadership of a vanguard party, supporting the creation of one-party states and rejects political pluralism in an unspecified length of time, also based on principles of Arab nationalism and pan-Arabism
Since 1979 ideology of the Iranian Revolution, a combination of Shia Islamic religious radicalism, militarism, antisemitism, nationalism, political populism and authoritarian system
Since 2014-2019 ideology of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL, which controlled territory primarily in Iraq and Syria, has been described as being based on Salafism, Salafi Jihadism, and Wahhabism

Since 1924 Stalinism and the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, following Stalin's introduction of the concept 'Socialism in One Country' in 1924, saying the Soviet Union did not need a socialist world revolution to construct a socialist society
Since 1949 ideology of the Communist Party of China - Since 1949 Maoism, the variety of measures that the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong developed for realising a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the one-party-state called the 'People's Republic of China'
Since 1955 North Korea's 'Juche', the official state ideology of North Korea, described by the government as 'Kim Il-sung's original, brilliant and revolutionary contribution to national and international thought', that postulates that 'man is the master of his destiny', that the Korean masses are to act as the 'masters of the revolution and construction' and that by becoming self-reliant and strong a nation can achieve true socialism

Since 1999 intelligence state Russia, where the FSB has the right to electronically monitor the population, control political groups, search homes and businesses, infiltrate the federal government, create its own front enterprises, investigate cases, and run its own prison system, as the political system of Russia formed during the leadership of Vladimir Putin is characterized by the concentration of political and financial powers by 'siloviks', coming from overall 22 governmental enforcement agencies, the main of them being FSB, police and army
December 2010: 1 December 2010: Russia today is a corrupt, autocratic kleptocracy centred on the leadership of Vladimir Putin, in which officials, oligarchs and organised crime are bound together to create a 'virtual mafia state', according to leaked secret diplomatic cables that provide a damning USA assessment
12 September 2019 Putin regime raids opposition: 12 September 2019: Following successful election strategy which cut the presence of pro-government candidates in Moscow legislature by a half, Putin regime's police are raiding homes and offices of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 43 Russian cities in more than 150 raids, including robbery attempts to confiscate equipment, as police have also searched the home of Sergei Boyko, who came second with nearly 20% of the vote in the mayoral election in Novosibirsk, and homes of three of Golos monitoring group's regional coordinators
August 2020 'novichok' poisoning of Alexei Navalny: August 2020 'novichok' poisoning of Alexei Navalny who fell ill during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow and was hospitalized in Omsk, as his spokeswoman said that he was in a coma
21 December 2020 Navalny says Russian agent has admitted to role in death plot: 21 December 2020: One of the operatives allegedly involved in the attempt to kill Alexei Navalny has confessed to his role in the plot, and has revealed that the Russian opposition leader was apparently poisoned via his boxer shorts, after Navalny phoned two members of the team from Russia’s FSB spy agency trying to murder him, as one recognised him immediately and hung up and the second operative, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, was seemingly duped into thinking he was talking to an aide working for a top FSB general

List of worldwide fascist and Nazi movements since 1920 - List of fascist movements by country since 1919, including countries establishing fascism and countries establishing Nazism, also including corresponding political parties and alliances - List of fascist movements by country A–F, by country G–M, by country N-T, by country U-Z
Fascism in Asia: Fascism in Asia
Fascism in Europe: Fascism in Europe, the set of various fascist ideologies practiced by governments and political organizations in Europe, after fascism was born in Italy amid and following World War I, and other fascist movements, influenced by Italian Fascism, subsequently emerged across Europe, as among the political doctrines identified as ideological origins of fascism in Europe are the combining of a traditional national unity and anti-democratic rhetoric
Fascism in North America: Fascism in North America
Fascism in South America: Fascism in South America


Religion-based wars - State religion - Confessional state - Freedom of religion by country - Religion and politics
Ancient world's wars in individual religious traditions: Since antiquity the concept of 'Holy War' in individual religious traditions, as in the Middle East region 740-701 BCE Isaiah (Tanakh 2:4) says that peoples 'shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks', and 'nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more', reacting with a sharp social criticism as large sections of the population became impoverished, developing thoughts for peace and justice
Since transition of antiquity to the middle ages Christianity and violence: Christianity and violence
Middle of the 5th century until 751 Merovingian dynasty: After in 486 Clovis I defeated Syagrius - a Roman military leader who competed with the Merovingians for power in northern France -, he won the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alemanni in 496, at which time Clovis adopted his wife Clotilda's Orthodox (i.e. Nicene) Christian faith. He subsequently went on to decisively defeat the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse in the Battle of Vouillé in 507. After Clovis's death, his kingdom was partitioned among his four sons. This tradition of partition continued over the next century. Even when several Merovingian kings simultaneously ruled their own realms, the kingdom - not unlike the late Roman Empire - was conceived of as a single entity ruled collectively by these several kings (in their own realms) among whom a turn of events could result in the reunification of the whole kingdom under a single ruler.
Since 732 rise of the Carolingians: 732–768 rise of the Carolingians. Though Charles Martel chose not to take the title of king (as his son Pepin III would) or emperor (as his grandson Charlemagne), he was the absolute ruler of virtually all of today's continental Western Europe north of the Pyrenees. Only the remaining Saxon realms, which he partly conquered, Lombardy, and the Marca Hispanica south of the Pyrenees were significant additions to the Frankish realms after his death. Martel cemented his place in history with his defense of Christian Europe against a Muslim army at the Battle of Tours in 732.
Since 622 early Muslim conquests continuing and expanding slavery: Jihad, an Arabic word which literally means striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim, as in classical Islamic law, the term refers to armed struggle against unbelievers - Since 622 early Muslim conquests
Quran containing a number of verses aimed at regulating slavery: The Quran contains a number of verses aimed at regulating slavery and mitigating its negative impact, as Muhammad himself was a slave owner, never expressed any intention of abolishing the practice, but saw it 'as part of the natural order of things' (beneficial for the owners)
History of slavery in the Muslim world, expansion: Praxis der Sklaverei in der Geschichte islamischer Länder seit dem frühen 7. Jahrhundert. Die Versklavung anderer Ethnien beginn sofort in der Frühzeit des Islam mit dem islamischen militären Anfgriff anf die 'Banu Quraiza'. Dieser jüdische Stamm aus Yathrib/Medina wurde nach der Grabenschlacht von den Muslimen unter Führung Mohammeds angegriffen. Nachdem die Banu Quraiza aufgegeben mußten, wurden die Männer des Stammes geköpft und die Knaben, Frauen und Mädchen versklavt. Der Historiker Robert C. Davis veröffentlichte 2004 eine Untersuchung über die Versklavung durch Muslime im Mittelmeerraum – darüber hinaus auch bis nach England und Island –, wo zwischen 1530 und 1780 1,25 Mio. Christen den Piraten des Maghreb zum Beispiel aus Algier, Tunis und Tripolis in die Hände gefallen sein sollen. In Algier fand die Piraterie erst mit der Eroberung durch Frankreich 1830 ein Ende. Laut dem Historiker Egon Flaig übertrafen die Sklavenimporte der islamischen Welt jene des römischen Reiches bei weitem, was dazu führte, dass die 'Versklavungsprozesse so angeheizt wurden, wie es bis dahin in der Weltgeschichte noch nie geschehen war'.
7th-16th centuries Medieval Arabic sources, 16th–19th centuries European texts, other sources: 7th-16th centuries Medieval Arabic sources, 16th–19th centuries European texts, other sources including historical manuscripts such as the Tarikh al-Sudan, the Adalite Futuh al-Habash, the Abyssinian Kebra Nagast, and various Arabic and Ajam documents, beginning with African oral tradition
711-1492 Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula: 711-1492 Reconquista, the period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada to the expanding Christian kingdoms in 1492, followed by the Spanish voyages of discovery and conquest (Columbus got royal support in Granada in 1492, months after its conquest) of the Americas, indigenous peoples and native communities, ushered in the era of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires
Since 1299 invasions by the Ottoman Empire: since 1299 invasions by the Ottoman Empire
Since 1299 list of Ottoman conquests, sieges and landings: List of Ottoman conquests, sieges and landings since 1299
1453–1550 growth of the Ottoman Empire: 1453–1550 growth of the Ottoman Empire
1550-1700 transformation of the Ottoman Empire: 1550-1700 transformation of the Ottoman Empire
1700–1827 stagnation of the Ottoman Empire: 1700–1827 stagnation of the Ottoman Empire
1828–1908 decline of the Ottoman Empire: 1828–1908 decline of the Ottoman Empire
1922 dissolution of the Ottoman empire following lost WWI: 1922 dissolution of the Ottoman empire following lost imperial World War I

Since 20th century Nagorno-Karabakh religious, ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan: Since 20th century Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, an religious, ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts, which are internationally recognized as de jure part of Azerbaijan
2008 UN resolution which 'reaffirmed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity': March 2008 UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which 'reaffirmed Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, expressing support for that country's internationally recognized borders and demanding the immediate withdrawal of all Armenian forces from all occupied territories there', adopted by a vote of 39 in favor to 7 against, while most countries either abstained or were absent
Since 27 September timeline and casualties in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh religious war: Since 27 September casualties in the September 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh religious war, already including many civilian victims


Religious violence and Sectarian violence - Forced conversion is adoption of a different religion or irreligion under duress
Persecution of Jews
Persecution by Christians - Sectarian violence among Christians - Persecution of Christians
Persecution by Muslims - Sectarian violence among Muslims - Persecution of Muslims
Persecution by Buddhists - Persecution of Buddhists
Persecution by Hindus - Persecution of Hindus
Persecution of critics of religion and atheists - Discrimination against atheists - Criticism of religion, disengagement from religion, in Christianity, Islam etc., and punishment
Religious 'cleansing', a term sometimes used to refer to removal of a population from a certain territory based on its religion, as since antiquity population cleansing was largely motivated by economic and political factors, although ethnic factors occasionally played a role
November 2018: 1 November 2018: Thousands of Islamist protesters have brought Pakistan to a standstill, burning rickshaws, cars and lorries to protest against the acquittal of Christian Asia Bibi who spent eight years on death row on false charges of blasphemy - Since 2010 Asia Bibi 'blasphemy' case - 3 November 2018: Pakistan’s government has been accused of signing the 'death warrant' of Asia Bibi after it said it would begin the process of preventing the Christian farm labourer leaving the country, who was acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row after she drank from the same cup as a Muslim, prompting false allegations that she insulted the prophet Muhammad - 3 novembre 2018: L'avocat d'Asia Bibi fuit, craignant pour sa vie

So-called 'ethnic cleansing', the systematic forced removal of ethnic or racial groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group, often with the intent of making it ethnically homogeneous, involving various forms of forced migration (deportation, population transfer), intimidation, as well as genocide - List of ethnic cleansing campaigns since ancient and medieval periods - Ethnic cleansing by continent
1683 'code noir' and expelling of Jews by French colonial forces: In 1683, the Jews were expelled from Haiti and all of the other French colonies, due to the 'Code Noir', which not only restricted the activities of free black people, but forbade the exercise of any religion other than Roman Catholicism (it included a provision that all slaves must be baptized and instructed in the Roman Catholic religion), and in turn ordered all the Jews out of France's colonies
1802-1804 resistance to slavery, repression and Napoleonic France's atrocities in Haiti: In 1802 French Vicomte de Rochambeau fought a brutal campaign to re-establish slavery in Haiti, waged a near-genocidal campaign against the Haitians, killing everyone who was black, importing about 15,000 attack dogs from Jamaica, who had been trained to savage blacks and mulattoes, also drowning blacks - In 2005 French historian Claude Ribbe accused Napoleon of having used sulphur dioxide gas for the mass execution of more than 100,000 rebellious black slaves when trying to put down slave rebellions in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) and Guadeloupe, saying Napoleon was racist, instituted slavery, and was the first man in history that 'asked himself rationally the question how to eliminate, in as short a time as possible, and with a minimum of cost and personnel, a maximum of people described as scientifically inferior'
Since 1885 mass deportation of Poles by the German Empire: Since 1885 mass deportation of Poles from territories controlled by the German Empire
August 1914 German destruction and sacking of Kalisz: August 1914 destruction and sacking of the city of Kalisz by German Empire troops at the beginning of World War I, also known as the Pogrom of Kalisz or Poland’s Louvain, a part of German 'Schrecklichkeit' atrocities
Since 1914 'Germanisation' by the German empire: Since 1914 'Germanisation' by the German empire, including violence,aggression and world wars, turning into a policy of ethnic cleansing and later into the genocide of some non-German ethnic groups
1937-1939 German 'Special Prosecution Book-Poland': 1937-1939 'Special Prosecution Book-Poland', the proscription list prepared by the Germans immediately before the onset of war, that identified more than 61,000 of Polish people including scientists, activists, intelligentsia, scholars, actors, former officers, and prominent others, who were to be interned or shot on the spot upon their identification following the 1939 invasion, compiled by the 'Zentralstelle IIP Polen' unit of the 'Geheime Staatspolizei' with help from some members of the German minority living in pre-war Poland
1939/1940 German mass murder 'Intelligenzaktion': 1939/1940 German 'Intelligenzaktion', a secret mass murder conducted by NSDAP-Germany against the Polish third level educated people including teachers, priests, physicians, scientists) early in the German war 1939–45, conducted to realise the 'Germanization' of regions of occupied Poland before territorial annexation to the German Reich
1940 German mass murder 'Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion' in Poland: 1940 German 'Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion' in Poland, a second stage of the Nazi German campaign of violence and mass murder during World War II aimed to eliminate the intellectuals and the upper classes of Polish society across the territories slated for eventual annexation, as most of the killings were arranged in a form of mass disappearances from multiple cities and towns upon the German arrival, and in the spring and summer of 1940, more than 30,000 Poles were arrested by the Nazi authorities in German-occupied central Poland, about 7,000 of them including community leaders, professors, teachers and priests were subsequently massacred secretly at various locations including at the Palmiry forest, the others were sent to German concentration camps
1942-1943 German 'ethnic cleansing' of Zamojszczyzna: 1942-1943 'ethnic cleansing' of Zamojszczyzna by NSDAP and SS ruled Germany
'Social cleansing', a class-based killing that consists of elimination of members of society considered 'undesirable', including but not limited to the homeless, criminals, street children, the elderly, sex workers, and sexual minorities

Progroms, ascribed most often to the deliberate persecution of an ethnic or religious group either approved or condoned by the local authorities
Progroms targeting the Jewish people since antiquity and Jewish minorities across the globe since ancient periods
9/10 November 1938 Nazi Germany's 'Kristallnacht': 9/10 November 1938 'Kristallnacht' in Nazi Germany, the pogrom historians agree marked the beginning of the Holocaust




Impunity refers in the international law to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice - Command responsibility
1914 Western Front German massacres: Atrocités allemandes en 1914 en Wallonie, en Flandre et en France
Since 1920 impunity for German war crimes, atrocities and terrorism in World War I: Im Februar 1920 forderten die Alliierten gemäß dem Friedensvertrag von Versailles die Auslieferung von rund 900 deutschen Kriegsverantwortlichen, unter ihnen Offiziere aller Dienstgrade bis hinauf zum Feldmarschall, Unteroffiziere, einfache Soldaten und Zivilisten einschließlich des früheren Reichskanzlers Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, aber schon am 17. Februar 1920 gaben die Alliierten deutschem Druck nach und überliessen die Anklage der Verdächtigen dem Reichsgericht in Leipzig mit dem zu erwartenden Ergebnis weitestgehender Straffreiheit
1935-1945 pre-war events, World War II: Since 1935 pre-war events, World War II, since 1936 'Francoist Repression', crimes committed by the Nationalist movement during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 and during the first decade of Franco's dictatorship 1936-1975, the mass killings of the Spanish Republican loyalists occurred from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, in July 1936, and continued unabated until 1945, since 1939 Nazi war crimes, the Holocaust, a genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed by Nazi Germany and its World War II collaborators, the victims included about 1.5 million children and represented about two-thirds of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe, a broader definition of the Holocaust includes non-Jewish victims of the Nazi campaign of mass murder, based on other ethnic or biological factors, such as the Romani, and the Aktion T4 patients who were mentally and physically disabled, Japanese war crimes, Italian war crimes - War crimes of the German 'Wehrmacht', impunity and the 'Clean Wehrmacht' legend, proven false by the Wehrmacht's own documents
Since 1938 responsibility for, international response to the Holocaust and for war crimes: Responsibility for the Holocaust and war crimes of World War II - Collaboration with the Axis Powers, also including persons, organizations, or countries that were not under occupation by the Axis Powers but that ideologically, financially, or militarily, before or during World War II, supported Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, or World War II-era Imperial Japan - International response to the Holocaust - in the decades since the Holocaust, some national governments, international bodies and world leaders have been criticized for their failure to take appropriate action to save the millions of European Jews, Roma, and other victims of the Holocaust, as such intervention, particularly by the Allied governments, might have saved substantial numbers of people
May 2018, in 2012 only some 6,498 people convicted for their part in the Holocaust: 21 May 2018: As by 2012 only some 6,498 people had been convicted for their part in the Holocaust, in 2018 Germany’s Nazi hunters in final straight of race against time, urgently trying to track down and bring to justice the last remaining Holocaust war criminals
November 2018 in Germany fewer than 600 Holocaust war criminals received heavy sentences: 10 November 2018: Though up to a million people are believed to have actively participated in the extermination of millions of Jewish people during the Holocaust, only around 20,000 were ever found guilty of crimes, and fewer than 600 received heavy sentences, according to British Holocaust historian Mary Fulbrook, examining the German justice system’s prosecution of Nazi war crimes following World War II, saying that 'the total number of persons convicted under the Federal Republic for Nazi crimes was in itself fewer even than the number of people who had been employed at Auschwitz alone' and noting that West Germany’s post-war legal system was populated by many ex-Nazis


Responsibility and personal responsibility: Responsibility and Personal responsibility - 'Verantwortung', juristisch, politisch, moralisch, wirtschaftlich, in den Wissenschaften, in den Medien, in der Überlieferung (geschriebene Sprache) seit den westasiatischen Propheten wie dem hebräisch/israelischen Propheten Abraham (reportedly about 2150 BCE - c. 1975 BCE), dem hebräisch/israelischen Propheten Jesajas, dem hebräisch/israelischen Propheten Moses, dem Wissenschaftler der griechischen Antike Aristoteles, sehr viel später 1818-1883 Karl Marx (Kritik der politischen Ökonomie und Anwendung) und Friedrich Engels (auch 'Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie'), Max Weber - 1871-1919 Rosa Luxemburg's Schrift Januar 1916 'Die Krise der Sozialdemokratie' - Rosa Luxemburgs 'Leitsätze über die Aufgaben der internationalen Sozialdemokratie' - October/November 1917 'Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies 'Decree on Peace' - 1865-1948 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's struggle for Indian independence (1915–1947, and his ideas on life, society, women, self-rule, favouring an education system with far greater emphasis on learning skills in practical and useful work - After antimilitarist Jean Jaurès was assassinated at the beginning of German empire's World War I first targeting Luxembourg, Belgium and France, by a 29-year-old French nationalist, as Jaurès had been due to attend an international conference on 9 August in an attempt to dissuade the belligerent parties from going ahead with the war, as Villain later - tried after World War I and acquitted - was killed by Spanish Republicans in 1936 - 1905-1980 Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher and political activist, who nfluenced sociology, anti-colonial policy, and the 'Combat' French newspaper, created during NSDAP ruled German empire's Second World War as a clandestine newspaper of the French Resistance movement, as leading contributors were Jean-Paul Sartre, André Malraux, Emmanuel Mounier, Raymond Aron, Pierre Herbart and from 1943 to 1947 Albert Camus as its editor-in-chief - 1929-1968 Martin Luther King, education and studies,survived knife attack 1958, sit-ins, prison sentence, 1960 elections, Selma voting rights movement and 'Bloody Sunday' 1965, Chicago open housing and Freedom Movement, opposition to the Vietnam War, Poor People's Campaign 1968, 4 April 1968 assassination, death and aftermath with 'King assassination riots' and legacy - 1918-2013 Nelson Mandela, end of apartheid 1951, 1991, 1994-1999, und sehr viel mehr Vorkämpfer und Mitstreiter für Demokratie und Menschenrechte


Opposition, resistance and rebellions against the Roman Empire until AD 395 – 476/480 (western) and AD 395–1453 (eastern) - Opposition and rebellions against empires - Opposition and rebellions against the Spanish Empire - Jewish resistance against the world challenging and threatening Germa0n empire - Opposing German empire's (and and allied forces) war crimes resistance movements during World War II - Oppostion and internal resistance to apartheid - Ongoing resistance movements in the 20th and 21st centuries




Since World War II 'Ratlines' system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists: Since World War II 'Ratlines' system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of their war and crimes, as these escape routes mainly led toward havens in Latin America, particularly Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia, as well as the USA, Spain and Switzerland
'Ratlines' system with two primary routes: 'Ratlines' system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists had two primary routes, the first went from Germany to Spain, then Argentina, the second went from Germany to Rome to Genoa, then South America,as the two routes developed independently but eventually came together, also supported by clergy of the Catholic Church, and historian Michael Phayer claims this was supported by the Vatican
April 2020 researchers say Vatican archives show pope Pius XII knew of WWII killing of Jews: 30 April 2020: Researchers studying the newly opened Vatican archives of pope Pius XII have already found evidence that the World War II-era pope knew about the mass killing of Jews from his own sources but kept it from the USA government, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, saying documents indicate pope was aware of massacre of Jews in Warsaw and Lviv from own sources, but denied it to the USA

Germany's and Austria's responsibility for the Holocaust: German people's responsibility for the Holocaust, religious hatred and racism, implementation by German and Austrian Nazis and obedience - Anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany since 1933 - Since September 1939 German invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II - January 1942 'Wannseekonferenz' meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel SS leaders held in Berlin, as the purpose of the conference, called by the director of the 'Reich Main Security Office' SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, was to ensure the co-operation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the 'Final solution to the Jewish question' (Endlösung der Judenfrage)
Since 1939 'Myth of the clean German Wehrmacht': Myth of the clean Wehrmacht, the fictitious notion that the regular German armed forces (the Wehrmacht) were not involved in the Holocaust or other war crimes during World War II, denying the culpability of the German military command in the planning and preparation of war crimes, even where the perpetration of war crimes and the waging of a war of extermination, particularly in the Soviet Union, where the Nazis viewed the population as 'subhumans' ruled by 'Jewish Bolshevik' conspirators, has been acknowledged, they are ascribed to the 'Party soldiers', the Schutzstaffel SS, and not the regular German military
Since 1935 Nuremberg Laws, Hans Globke (later CDU and 1953-1963 Head of the German Chancellery): Since 1935 Nuremberg Laws (Nürnberger Gesetze), antisemitic and racist laws in Nazi Germany, enacted by the Reichstag on 15 September 1935, at a special meeting convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party - Since 1933 Hans Globke (later CDU) in the Office for Jewish Affairs in the Ministry of the Interior, wrote a legal annotation on the anti-semitic Nuremberg Race Laws that did not express any objection to the discrimination against Jews, and placed the Nazi Party on a firmer legal ground, setting the path to The Holocaust

Groups and numbers of Holocaust survivors and issues: Groups and numbers of Holocaust survivors - Immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, displaced persons camps and searching for survivors, hidden children, immigration and absorption, second generation of survivors
Aftermath of the Holocaust: Aftermath of the Holocaust
Criticism of Holocaust denial: Criticism of Holocaust denial is directed against people who claim that the genocide of Jews during World War II in the Holocaust did not occur in the manner or to the extent described by reputable scholarship
26 January 2021 as Holocaust denial rises global commemoration increasingly important: 26 January 2021: As Holocaust denial rises, global commemoration that marks Auschwitz-Birkenau’s liberation by Soviet forces on 27 January 1945 increasingly important, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021 to focus on 1.5 million children killed by Nazis
16 May 2021 first-hand accounts from survivors of Nazi death marches go on display: 16 May 2021: First-hand accounts from survivors of Nazi death marches, which formed a last ruthless chapter of NSDAP-Germany's genocide, when tens of thousands of people died on roadsides of exhaustion, shot for failing to keep up, or murdered in seemingly random massacres as the Nazis moved people from concentration camps before liberation by the allies, as 'The Wiener Holocaust Library' aims to bring light to these 'mobile concentration camps' in its new London exhibition, as accounts will also be available for free online, the British 'Guardian' reports, as Warsaw Ghetto Uprising last day was 16 May 1943

1942 - April 2017 archive of the UN war crimes commission: 1943-1949 United Nations War Crimes Commission, a commission of the UN that investigated allegations of war crimes committed by Nazi Germany and the other Axis powers in World War II, beginning its work at the behest of the British government and the other Allied nations prior to the formal establishment of the United Nations itself in October 1945
Since 1945 German people and Axis personnel convicted of crimes against humanity: German people convicted of crimes against humanity - Nazis convicted of war crimes - List of Axis personnel indicted for war crimes
Since 1939 'Myth of the clean German Wehrmacht': Myth of the clean Wehrmacht, the fictitious notion that the regular German armed forces (the Wehrmacht) were not involved in the Holocaust or other war crimes during World War II, denying the culpability of the German military command in the planning and preparation of war crimes, even where the perpetration of war crimes and the waging of a war of extermination, particularly in the Soviet Union, where the Nazis viewed the population as 'subhumans' ruled by 'Jewish Bolshevik' conspirators, has been acknowledged, they are ascribed to the 'Party soldiers', the Schutzstaffel SS, and not the regular German military
Since 1945 Germany refused to extradite war criminals convicted in Italy: List of Germans convicted of war crimes committed in Italy during World War II, mostly never extradited by Germany
Allied knowledge of German and Axis powers' war crims: Allied knowledge of German and Axis powers' war crims, atrocities and the Holocaust
April 2017: 18 April 2017: The once-inaccessible archive of the UN war crimes commission, that was closed in the late 1940s and its use of the records was effectively suppressed, as West Germany was transformed into a pivotal ally at the start of the cold war and as many convicted Nazis were granted early release after the anti-communist USA senator Joseph McCarthy lobbied to end war crimes trials, is being opened by the Wiener Library in London with a catalogue that can be searched online
April 2017 'powers knew and did not act': 23 April 2017: Citing recently released UN documents that show the Allies were aware of the scale of the Holocaust in 1942, Israeli PM Netanyahu says in a speech marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that this new research assumed the 'terrible significance' that 'the powers knew and did not act', adding that global indifference persisted and is persisting, as evidenced by the horrors in Biafra, Cambodia, Rwanda, Sudan and Syria
Since 2002 (updated in 2018) 'Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi war criminals': Since 2002 'Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi war criminals' produced by Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center which, since at least 2004, has included a list of 'most-wanted' Nazi criminals who had never been convicted, as the list was last updated in 2018

1914-1918 Central Powers Mediterranean U-boat Campaign, impunity and World War II: 1914-1918 Mediterranean U-boat Campaign during World War I in the Mediterranean Sea, fought by Austria-Hungary and German Empire (with some support by the Ottoman Empire) against the Allies, characterised by the ability of the Central Powers to raid with near military impunity during the first years of the war, causing substantial shipping losses, until the introduction of the convoy system allowed the Allies to drastically cut their losses from 1917 on, followed by legal and judicial impunity after Central Powers defeat
1939-1945 submarine warfare in German, Italian and Japanese empires' World War II: Submarine warfare in World War II and personnel continuity of 1914-1918 war criminals

People convicted of crimes against humanity by nationality and/or country - People convicted of war crimes by nationality and/or country - People convicted of genocide by nationality and/or country

Duty of preventing and prosecuting war crimes in accordance with the Nuremberg Trials international law, developping the concept of command responsibility and saying that military commanders are imposed with individual responsibility for war crimes, committed by forces under their effective command and control - Duty to rescue and regulations by country - Omission (law), a failure to act, which generally attracts different legal consequences

Since 2006 Russian regime's poisoning of British citizen Alexander Litvinenko in London, remaining unpunished, international relations and foreign relations of many countries characterized by malice aforethought and insidiousness, cowardice and denial

Since 2004 'Impunity Watch', a project of the Dutch development organisation 'Solidaridad' - 'Impunity Watch' is an international non-profit human rights organisation, seeking to promote accountability for past atrocities, notably in countries emerging from a violent past - Since 2007 'Impunity Watch', online publication and interactive website by the Syracuse University College of Law, dedicated to inform the world about state violations of citizens' and human rights, operating as a law review, message board, and blog to of give a voice to people who are silenced
Since 2008 international impunity reported by 'Impunity Watch' and newspapers: Since 2008 international news published by Dutch 'Impunity Watch' - European Rights Watch - Inter-American Rights Watch - Africa Rights Watch
August 2018 Neo-Nazism in Russia, Berlin and Vienna: 19 August 2018: Neo-Nazis marched through Berlin on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Hitler's aide Rudolf Hess, carrying a banner reading 'I don't regret anything', as Putin and Merkel had a quiet drink outside Berlin, showing memory and admiration for Russian, Iranian and Assad's assaults on the Syrian people, murdering hundreds of thousands, for the effects of Sarin, BUK-missiles, Polonium-tea and Novichok-perfume, after Putin's dancing arm-in-arm with Austria's neo-Nazi linked FM Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday
15 January 2019 terrorism remains unpunished: 15 January 2019: 100 years after the assassination of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin, that remained unpunished, and 25 years after the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, the worst terrorist attack ever committed on Argentine soil, also facing this crime without punishment for decades, Argentines need to decide whether to pursue justice or surrender to terrorists
17 July 2019 MH17 crash ascribed to Russian regime: 17 juillet 2019: Les familles des victimes du crash du vol MH17 abattu en 2014 au-dessus de l'Ukraine se sont rassemblées mercredi à l'occasion du 5e anniversaire de la catastrophe et ont à nouveau réclamé justice, après les Pays-Bas et l'Australie ont ouvertement imputé en mai 2018 à la Russie la mort de leurs concitoyens
April 1944 - 24 July 2019 former SS soldier Karl Muenter charged: 24 juillet 2019: Suite à la plainte de familles de victimes du massacre de 86 civils à Ascq, commis dans la nuit du 1er au 2 avril 1944 par des SS y compris Karl Münter, ce l'ancien SS, qui a assuré que le chiffre de 6 millions de juifs assassinés par les nazis était exagéré lors d'un entretien à la chaîne publique ARD diffusé le 29 novembre 2018, qui a estimé que les victimes d'Ascq étaient aussi responsables de leur mort, est enfin mis en accusation maintenant pour incitation à la haine, après en mars 2018, le Parquet allemand avait en effet annoncé l'abandon des poursuites parce que le suspect avait déjà été condamné à mort par contumace par un tribunal militaire en France en 1949 et qu'il ne pouvait donc être jugé une seconde fois pour ces mêmes faits
January 2020 and about 9 years of Assad's, Iranian and Russian regime's war against the Syrian people: 10 January 2020: About 9 years of Assad's, Iranian and Russian regime's war against the Syrian people standing for continuous killing and destruction, while war criminals go unpunished, Russia and Iran are the regime’s winning cards, and geography of influence and control is constantly changing at the expense of millions of civilians, according to SOHR

Violation of human rights in Russia
2019 annual review of human rights in Russia: 2019 annual 'Human Rights Watch' review of human rights in Russia
Torture in Russia and in occupied territories: Torture in Russia and in occupied territories
2012 new charges against Russian police officers accused of torturing detainees: 29 March 2012: New charges against Russian police officers accused of torturing detainees amid growing public outrage over police brutality
16 June 2023 Russian invading forces turned school gym into torture chamber in Ukrainian village Velyki Kopani: 16 June 2023: 'Russian terrorists have been recorded forcibly abducting pro-Ukrainian people and establishing new torture chambers for their detention in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. One such torture chamber was discovered in a secondary school located in the village of Velyki Kopani, Kherson region', according to the Ukrainian General Staff, reporting how the Russian FSB conducts interrogations in the school gym and how Russian forces are keeping the detainees in harsh, inhuman conditions and torture them.
14 July 2023 Ukrainian Human Rights Center told how Russians in the Kherson region tortured women in detention centers: 14 July 2023 (Bastille day): Ukrainian Human Rights Center told how Russians in the Kherson region tortured women in detention centers, reporting that special attention during the detentions was paid to women who either worked in law enforcement agencies of Ukraine or allegedly had links with the resistance movement. The torture included beatings, electric shocks, and waterboarding. Electrocution was applied to their bare breasts. In addition, women were humiliated, stripped naked during detention, and threatened with rape against them and their children. Torture was carried out in front of other detainees to intimidate them. It is also noted that the violence was carried out during the day and at night. 'One of the victims was forced to listen to the screams of her husband, who was held in the cell opposite. For a more effective emotional perception, the doors of both cells were open.' The women were not informed why they were being detained, in violation of the legal procedure of detention. Three of the victims said they were not given any reason, while others said they were detained under the pretext of checking their documents. In the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region, Russian terrorists made a torture chamber in a school gym

Violation of human rights in Iran
2019 annual review of human rights in Iran: 2019 annual 'Human Rights Watch' review of human rights in Iran

Since 2007 Impunity Watch and website 'Syria Watch': Since 2007 'Syria Watch', website of Impunity Watch online publication
February 2016: 13 February 2016: While Western leaders are not criminally responsible for the deaths of 470,000 Syrians so far murdered by the Assad regime since 2011, his helpers from Iran and Hezbollah and the Russian fighter jets bombing from high, it has happened on their watch and to a large degree through their inaction, Israeli newspaper 'Haaretz' says - 23 February 2016: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights considers that the silence of the International community for the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria encourages the criminals to kill more and more Syrian people, because they have not found anyone that deter them from continuing their crimes that killed more than 270,000 people, injured more than 2 million, some of them with permanent disabilities, displaced more than 11 million Syrian people, and destroyed the infrastructure and private and public properties
January 2020 'letting the world know you cannot kill an American without impunity', raises question who will do this for other citizens and children worldwide: 4 January 2020: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham told TV news 'I really appreciate President Trump letting the world know you cannot kill an American without impunity', raising the question who will promise and do this for other citizens and children worldwide - 4 January 2020: Five children and four adults have been killed by a missile that hit a school and a camp for displaced people in Syria’s Idlib region, and 19 people were injured, including a teacher who is in a critical condition, the latest attack on civilian infrastructure in opposition held areas, as spokesman for the civil defence office in the town of Sarmin Mustafa Al Rashid said 'fortunately, most students had left only 10 minutes before the bombing, but there were some still playing in front of the school'

Since 2009 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists is marked annually on 23 November by advocates for free expression, following the 2009 Ampatuan massacre in the Philippines - 'International Day to End Impunity' website
November 2009 Philippines' Ampatuan massacre with 57 individuals, journalists, media workers murdered: 23 November 2009 Ampatuan massacre in the Philippines, when 57 individuals were murdered, including 32 journalists and media workers - Victims, aftermath, legal proceedings, and 2010 issued Human Rights Watch 'They Own the People', charting the Ampatuans’ rise to power, including their use of violence to expand their control and eliminate threats to the family's rule, linking the Ampatuans to at least 56 other killings over the last 20 years apart from the 23 November 2009 massacre
2020 annual report of the IFEX Network & Freedom of Expression: 2020 annual report of the IFEX Network & Freedom of Expression, and past annual reports
2 November 2021 journalists exposing crimes of state surveillance among those being stalked: 2 November 2021: As the revelations of the Pegasus Project show us - also the IFEX Network & Freedom of Expression -, illegal surveillance is the latest weapon in the ever-growing arsenal used against journalists and human rights defenders

CPJ’s Campaign Against Impunity
2015 CPJ’s Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free: 8 October 2015: Getting Away With Murder - CPJ's 2015 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free
2016 CPJ’s Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free: 27 October 2016: CPJ’s 2016 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free
2017 list of 20 deadliest countries for journalists: April 2017: List of 20 deadliest countries for journalists

People indicted for international crimes

List of people indicted in the International Criminal Court

Lawlessness - Crimes against humanity - Global politics without conscience
December 2016 absence of political will to act against war crimes: 7 December 2016: 'People ... have lost trust in everyone - in world leaders, in the international organisations that are watching them being killed, they lost faith in the United Nations, and they just count the days to their death' says Syria Relief's Dr Mounir Hakimi, the chairman of one of the last NGOs on the ground in Aleppo, as a joint statement by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, UK and USA contains no commitments to new action and the USA ambassador to the UN Samantha Power tells AP that diplomatic efforts appeared to have failed, saying 'diplomacy has not delivered for the people of Aleppo, it is not us that walked away from diplomacy' - 8 December 2016: Western diplomats have conceded that there are no technical obstacles to a plan to deliver airdrops of food and medicine to Aleppo using a GPS-guided parachute system, but the scheme has been stalled in the face of reluctance among military commanders and an absence of political will
October 2018 many years Sudan's dictator al-Bashir travelled freely around the world: 21 October 2018: Sudan's Omar al-Bashir has been travelling freely around the world despite an eight-year-old international warrant for his arrest on charges of war crimes and genocide, according to human rights lawyers, saying at least 33 countries ignored International Criminal Court’s warrants
December 2018 Nobel winners demand prosecution of criminals: 10 December 2018: Nobel Peace winners Dr. Denis Mukwege of Congo and Nadia Murad of Iraq urge global action against sexual violence, as Mukwege criticized the international community for allowing Congolese to be 'humiliated, abused and massacred for more than two decades in plain sight', and as Murad told the ceremony that she wants world leaders to translate sympathy for victims into action against the abusers, saying 'the fact remains that the only prize in the world that can restore our dignity is justice and the prosecution of criminals'
10 November 2020 Ukrainian rabbi says lack of serious action by world leaders encouraged Nazi crimes: 10 November 2020: European synagogues keep on their lights to mark 1938 'Kristallnacht' pogroms, as Ukraine's chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich wrote 'the reason Kristallnacht led to the Holocaust was the lack of serious action by world leaders' during the event and afterward
18 September 2022 'ukrinform' demands a 21st century 'Nuremberg trial' for Russia's Putin: 18 September 2022: As International Justice's history proved it's playing the long game with the examples of Milosevic, Karadžic, Bashar Assad, Charles Taylor, 'ukrinform' asks how to guarantee responsibility for war crimes against the Ukrainian people in a 21st century 'Nuremberg trial' for Russia's Putin, citing Mark Steven Ellis, Executive Director of the International Bar Association, Chairman of the UN-created Advisory Panel on Matters Relating to Defence Counsel of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals

A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of a crime, wrongdoing, error, incompetence or other embarrassing information, in a passive cover-up, information is simply not provided, in an active cover-up, deception is used
Cases of cover-ups by subject and country
Since 1914-1918 cover-ups of German World War I crimes: Since 1914-1918 cover-ups of World War I crimes by Imperial Germany
Since 1936-1939 cover-up of Franco's war crimes: Since 1936-1939 cover-up of war crimes of Franco's war against the Spanish Republic
Since 1939-1945 cover-ups of Nazi crimes and World War II crimes: Since 1939-1945 German efforts to destroy all evidence of mass extermination and cover-ups of Nazi crimes and war crimes - Holocaust denial - 9 May 2018: Germany's AfD decides not to expel critic of Holocaust memorial - 12 June 2018: AfD party ended a drive for the expulsion of member Bjoern Hoecke who suggested the country end its tradition of acknowledging and atoning for its Nazi past
Since 1945 cover-up of Japanese war crimes: Since 1931-1945 cover-up of Japanese war crimes after the end of World War II - 1938-1939 Nanjing Massacre denial - Japanese history textbook controversies concern government-approved history textbooks and nationalist efforts to whitewash the actions of the Empire of Japan during World War II
1955-1975 cover-ups of crimes in USA's Vietnam War: 1955-1975 cover-ups of crimes in USA's Vietnam War - Cover-up of the March 1968 My Lai Massacre, the mass murder of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by USA troops in South Vietnam
Since the 1990s cover-ups of killings of journalists in Russia: Since the 1990s cover-ups of killings of journalists in Russia under Putin
Since 2006 Russian cover-up of the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko: Since 2006 Russian cover-up of the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
2011-2018 Russian cover-up of doping: From 2011 to 2018, more than hundreds of Russian competitors in various sports, including summer, winter, and Paralympic sports, benefited from cover-ups, following systemic nature of doping in Russian sports
Since 2011 cover-ups of Assad's, Iranian and Russian war crimes: Since 2011 cover-ups of war crimes in Assad's war against the Syrian people
Since March 2018 Russian cover-up of the Salisbury poisoning: Since March 2018 Russian cover-up of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley
Since October 2018 Saudi-Arabian cover-up of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi: Since October 2018 Saudi-Arabian cover-up of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi - 10 November 2018: France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, UK and USA 'have Khashoggi tapes', after Turkey has shared audio recording of Saudi journalist’s killing - 12 November 2018: Amid international demands of satisfactory explanations of the murder, Simon McDonald, who serves as British PM May’s special envoy, is in Saudi Arabia and has met crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the first such visit since the international outrage over the Saudi Arabian regime's killing of Jamal Khashoggi in its consulate in Istanbul, as journalist's disturbing last words revealed and Jamal Khashoggi's fiance warns not to 'cover up' death - 21 November 2018: USA's Trump administration accused of trying to turn a blind eye to the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul
7 February 2020 puniahed by regime, whistleblower Li Wenliang died from Wuhan coronavirus: On 7 February 2020 Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital and a whistleblower who warned about the 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak on 30 December 2019, but was summoned and admonished by Wuhan police on 3 January 2020 for 'making false comments on the Internet', died from the infection after later returning to work and contracting the virus from an infected patient - 3/4 January 2020: Li Wenliang's punishment for 'rumor mongering' was aired on CCTV, signalling central government endorsement for the reprimand - 7 February 2020: Demands for freedom of speech in the wake of Li Wenliang’s death have been censored by the Beijing regime
16 February 2020 Chinese regime's Xi aware of danger of coronavirus weeks before sounding alarm: 16 February 2020: Beijing regime's Xi aware of potential danger of coronavirus weeks before sounding alarm
11 April 2020 China is cracking down on academic research about covid-19: 11 April 2020: Chinese regime is cracking down on publication of academic research about the origins of the novel coronavirus and covid-19, in what is likely to be part of a wider attempt to control the narrative surrounding the pandemic, according to documents published online by Chinese universities
18 August 2020 after decades UK's lead role in 1953 Iran coup d'etat exposed: 18 August 2020: UK's lead role in 1953 Iran coup d'etat exposed, as recently discovered transcript of an interview with a British intelligence officer who played a leading role in the 1953 coup that restored powers to the shah of Iran claims that Britain was the driving force behind the overthrow of Iranian PM Mohammed Mossadegh, after for decades UK government has not officially admitted its fundamental role in the coup, and 'finding the Darbyshire transcript is like finding the smoking gun'
19 August 2020 Hezbollah behind the assassination of Rafik Hariri and attempts to block a fair investigation: 19 August 2020: Israel responded Tuesday evening to a UN-backed tribunal’s conviction of a Hezbollah member for involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, saying the terror group was behind both the attack and attempts to block a fair investigation of it, including the trial at tribunal at The Hague

Impunity, insincerity, 'Lebenslügen' prevent human 'Lernfähigkeit': Impunity means 'exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines'. In the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims' right to justice and redress. Impunity is especially common in countries that lack a tradition of the rule of law, suffer from corruption or that have entrenched systems of patronage, or where the judiciary is weak or members of the security forces are protected by special jurisdictions or immunities - Insincerity and 'Lebenslügen' contradict and prevent human 'Lernfähigkeit' - 'Big lie', as German expression was coined by uprooted and broken people involved in a never seen war with the latest technology, following Germany's loss in self-inflicted World War I, unfathomable for them despising scientific efforts - 'Doublethink'
1919-1945 propaganda, preparing the and in NSDAP-ruled Germany: 1919-1945 propaganda, preparing the and in NSDAP-ruled Germany - On 14 June 1940, the day Paris was occupied by German troops, NS propagandist Leni Riefenstahl wrote to German dictator Hitler in a telegram 'with indescribable joy, deeply moved and filled with burning gratitude, we share with you, my Führer, your and Germany's greatest victory, the entry of German troops into Paris', 'you exceed anything human imagination has the power to conceive, achieving deeds without parallel in the history of mankind', 'how can we ever thank you?', as Riefenstahl was friends with Hitler for 12 years
1960/1961 major Holocaust perpetrator Eichmann kidnapped in Argentina and brought to Israel to stand trial: After in 1960, the major Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped in Argentina and brought to Israel to stand trial, his trial - opened on 11 April 1961 and ending on 15 August 1961 at Beit Ha'am and presided over by the three judges Moshe Landau, Benjamin Halevy, and Yitzhak Raveh - ended with conviction on all fifteen counts and Eichmann was sentenced to death, and - in Israel's only judicial execution to date - Eichmann was hanged on 31 May 1962 at Ramla Prison
1961 throughout Eichmann's cross-examination no confession was forthcoming but denial: Throughout Eichmann's cross-examination, prosecutor Hausner attempted to get him to admit he was personally guilty, but no such confession was forthcoming, as Eichmann admitted to not liking the Jews and viewing them as adversaries, but stated that he never thought their annihilation was justified, as - when Hausner produced evidence that Eichmann had stated in 1945 that 'I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction' - Eichmann said he meant 'enemies of the Reich' such as the Soviets, and as during later examination by the judges, Eichmann admitted he meant the Jews, and said the remark was an accurate reflection of his opinion at the time
2011 'Crimes in Past and Present - government sponsored atrocities and international legal responses': 2011 'Crimes in Past and Present - government sponsored atrocities and international legal responses', edited by David M. Crowe
29/30 September 2020 Trump once again dodges condemnation of white supremacists: 30 September 2020: At Tuesday evening’s presidential debate with Democrat Joe Biden, Trump refused to condemn white supremacists, instead insisting that the more serious problem of extremism in the USA is coming from the antifa movement (short for anti-fascist movement)
22 December 2020 Putin regime signs bill granting lifetime immunity to former Russian presidents and families: 22 December 2020: Russian fascist Putin regime signs bill granting lifetime immunity to former Russian presidents, as legislation will give former leaders and their families protection from prosecution, and they will also be exempt from questioning by police or investigators, as well as searches or arrests, coming a day after Russian officer admitted putting poison in Navalny's underwear to murder him, ordered and committed by regime's FSB team
23 December 2020 USA's Trump pardoned 4 former contractors convicted in 2007 massacre in Baghdad: 23 December 2020: USA's president Trump pardoned 4 former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians including children dead and caused an international uproar over the use of private security guards in a war zone, also issuing a total of 15 pardons, including Republicans who were strong and early supporters and a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe
13 January 2022 court jails former Syrian Assad regime's intelligence officer A. Raslan for life: 13 January 2022 after his arrest in 2014, former Syrian Assad regime's colonel Anwar Raslan - who led a unit of regimes's General Intelligence Directorate -, is sentenced by a German court to life in prison, after prosecutors had accused Anwar Raslan of 58 murders in a Damascus prison where they say at least 4,000 opposition activists were tortured in 2011 and 2012 - Das Oberlandesgericht in Koblenz hat am Donnerstag den früheren syrischen Geheimdienstoffizier Anwar Raslan der Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit schuldig befunden, und verurteilte ihn zu lebenslanger Haft. Der Prozess wurde unter dem Weltrechtsprinzip geführt, das es ermöglicht, in Deutschland auch schwere Straftaten in Drittstaaten zur Anklage zu bringen. - Ende Januar 2014 veröffentlichten der britische 'The Guardian' und der Sender 'CNN' Informationen über einen Bericht von HRW, der sich auf Aussagen eines nach eigenen Angaben übergelaufenen syrischen Polizei-Fotografen stützt. Er habe alleine Bilder von 11.000 toten Häftlingen, die er selbst fotografiert habe, auf Datenträgern aus dem Land geschmuggelt. Einige der toten Häftlinge auf den Bildern hatten keine Augen mehr, andere seien augenscheinlich stranguliert oder mit Elektroschocks getötet worden. Viele Gefangene seien ausgemergelt gewesen, andere zeigten Spuren von Schlägen mit Stangen oder anderen Gegenständen.
14 March 2022 at least two people killed in Russia’s missile strike on Kramatorsk, and impunity: 14 March 2022: At least two people killed in Russia’s missile strike on Kramatorsk, Ukrainian 'ukrinform' multimedia platform reports
8 April 2022 Russian Nazis' missile srike on civilians gathered to flee: 8 April 2022: Dozens of people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in Russian airstrike on a railway station in the city of Kramatorsk, as Ukraine officials say dozens killed, including children and nearly 100 wounded by Iskander cruise missile strike on Kramatorsk's station where civilians gathered to flee, and as Donetsk Regional Military Administration's Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Telegram that 'Russian Nazis hit the Kramatorsk railway station, using an Iskander missile system. Police and rescuers are working on the spot. There are dozens of killed and injured people'

Whitewashing is a metaphor meaning 'to gloss over or cover up vices, crimes or scandals or to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data'
July 2003: 14 July 2003: The Chinese Foreign Ministry criticized senior Japanese politician Takami Eto from PM Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party for trying to whitewash history by denying the Nanjing Massacre
September 2917: 14 September 2017: AfD's Gauland says Germans 'have the right to be proud of the achievements of the German soldiers in two world wars'
April 1944 - 24 July 2019 former SS soldier Karl Muenter charged: 24 July 2019: German prosecutors said they have filed charges against Karl Muenter for incitement and disparaging the memory of Nazi victims, after the former SS soldier Karl Muenter, who has a previous conviction in France for killing 86 people in the northern French village of Ascq on the night of 1 April 1944 during World War II, but was never imprisoned much more pardoned in 1955 as part of French-German 'reconciliation' and German whitewashing, has blamed French victims for their own death and denied 6 million Jews killed, making his inflammatory remarks in an interview broadcast by German channel ARD in November 2018

Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment - A lie is a statement used intentionally for the purpose of deception - Deception used by governments
False flag operations
February 1933 German Reichstag fire: 27 February 1933 Reichstag fire, an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany
1955 Testimony of SA-member Hans-Martin Lennings: 1955 Testimony of SA-member Hans-Martin Lennings, published in July 2019, more than 80 years after the event
1933/1955/2019: 26/27 July 2019: When witness Hans-Martin Lennings and his colleagues of the Nazis' SA arrived with van der Lubbe at the Reichstag, he noticed 'a strange smell of burning and there were clouds of smoke billowing through the rooms', saying 1955 in an account confirmed by a Hanover court 'we were convinced that van der Lubbe could not possibly have been the arsonist, because according to our observation, the Reichstag had already been burning when we dropped him off there', as Reichstag blaze in Germany was used by Adolf Hitler used to claim a Communist plot and consolidate his influence with a crackdown
Since summer 1939 false flag project by Nazi Germany to create the appearance of Polish aggression against Germany: 1939 operation Himmler, a false flag project planned by Nazi Germany to create the appearance of Polish aggression against Germany, which was subsequently used by the Nazis to justify the invasion of Poland, including staging false attacks on themselves using innocent people or concentration camp prisoners - Gleiwitz incident, a covert Nazi German attack on the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz on the night of 31 August 1939
Since 2014 Russian Putin regime's 'little green men': Since 2014 'little green men', a term that refers to masked soldiers in unmarked green army uniforms and carrying modern Russian military weapons and equipment who appeared during the Ukrainian crisis of 2014 and during the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia's Putin regime in 2014
26 January 2020 'we need to teach our children what words, what racism, what lies mean': 26 January 2020: 'We need to teach our children what words, what racism, what lies mean…', Bronia Brandman, born in Poland's town of Jaworzno in 1931, says during an interview at Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, showing the blue tattoo inked on her forearm that is a mute testimony to the pain she suffered under the Nazis at Auschwitz, also saying for 50 years she couldn’t speak about it, for 25 years, she couldn’t laugh, but 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz telling her story is the driving force of her life

Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially responsible for the harm that befell them - Historical negationism or denialism is an illegitimate distortion of the historical record
Since antiquity persecution of Jews and lies about a Jewish world conspiracy: 2009: After Jews were persecuted since antiquity and the 'Middle Ages', lies about a Jewish world conspiracy, later used in Nazi propaganda, turned up in Germany in 1919 and was seen by anti-Semites as proof of forces that had caused Germany to lose World War I, a defeat to be cancelled in World War II
August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident: 2 August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident
2014/2015 Putin’s Crimea speech and lies: 17 April 2014: Putin asserts right to use force in east Ukraine - 9 May 2014: The brutal, bloody history behind Putin’s Crimea speech - 17 December 2015: After two years of resolute denials, Russia's Putin admits that he sent soldiers into eastern Ukraine after all
April 2018 Russian lies about 'novichok': 2 April 2018: Russian regime claims it could have been in interests of Britain to poison Sergei Skripal, as regime's Sergei Lavrov says UK government would benefit from attack as Brexit approaches
July 2018 Russian lies about war crimes in Syria: 25 July 2018: After 'Syrian Civil Defense has lost 251 volunteers since it was established, most of whom were killed in double-tap airstrikes by the Assad regime and Russian aircraft which target the same area twice in order to kill the first responders', smear campaign, murderous threats and persecution led by Russian regime against civil defense is due to its possession of evidence indicting Russian and Assad regime, revealing 'how Russia sees this organization as a real threat to the criminals and their supporters, especially with regard to the legal aspect', Syrian Coalition says
28 January 2021 in Holocaust memorial day speech Lithuanian lawmaker Rakutis says Jews and Communists share blame: 28 January 2021: In Holocaust memorial day speech Lithuanian lawmaker Valdas Rakutis says Jews and Communists share blame, as USA ambassador to Lithuania slams Rakutis for distorting the memory of the Holocaust and 'shamefully' accusing Jews of being the perpetrators

History of law, the study of how law has evolved and why it changed, closely connected to the development of civilisations and set in the wider context of social history - International law - Conflict of laws
History of the legal profession: Legal profession - Legal education in different countries - History of the legal profession, having its origins in ancient Greece and Rome - 1758-1794 French lawyer Maximilien Robespierre and the reign of terror

Abuse of the legal system - Legal abuse - State crime
Judicial misconduct - Malicious prosecution - Abuse of process - Perverting the course of justice - False accusation - False confession - Miscarriage of justice
2017 use of procedures to persuade defendants to plead guilty: 27 April 2017: Using procedures to persuade defendants to plead guilty has reached ‘epidemic proportions’ and increases risk of miscarriage of justice, as more and more countries persuade defendants to plead guilty and renounce traditional trial rights, according to 'Fair Trials', also saying that 'abbreviated trials and cooperating witness procedures have increased about 300% since 1990, ... happening in more places than ever before

Immigration detention is the policy of holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure. Mandatory detention refers to the practice of compulsorily detaining or imprisoning people seeking political asylum, or who are considered to be illegal immigrants or unauthorized arrivals into a country
Immigration detention policy, Mandatory detention policy by continent and country
Immigration and mandatory detention policy in Europe - in European and EU border countries including Greece, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom


Capital punishment - Use of capital punishment by country - Organ transplantation in China and Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China
2009 5,000 people were executed in China: Capital punishment in China - 2009 the Dui Hua Foundation estimates that 5,000 people were executed in China, far more than all other nations combined
2014 global executions up 15% in 2013: 27 March 2014: Global executions up 15% in 2013, due in part to more executions in Iran and Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia
2015/2016 mass execution of civilians in the kingdom Saudi Arabia: 24 September 2015: UN issues urgent call for Saudi Arabia to stay execution of juvenile Ali Mohammed al-Nimr and his crucifixion after taking part in demonstrations three years ago for democracy and equal rights - Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr's, who 'encouraged pro-democracy protests using a BlackBerry smartphone', death sentence death presumed to have been overturned in April 2020, but his uncle was sentenced to death by the Saudi court for anti-government activities and executed in January 2016, as Ali al-Nimr's family believes that the relationship was the reason for his arrest and cruel execution - On 2 January 2016 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 47 imprisoned civilians in 12 provinces in the country
2016 top five executioners in 2015 were China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi-Arabia and the USA: 6 April 2016: Iran and Pakistan fuel surge in executions worldwide to 25-year high, as Iran executed almost 1,000 people last year and as the world’s top five executioners in 2015 were China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi-Arabia and the USA
April 2017 Chinese regime criticised for continuing to conceal the number of people it sentences to death: 11 April 2017: Rights group has sharply criticised Chinese regime for continuing to conceal the number of people it sentences to death, as the human rights group reported a fall in executions globally last year
December 2017 in Guangdong province people sentenced to death in front of onlookers before execution: 18 December 2017: A court in Lufeng in China's southern Guangdong province, just 160km from Hong Kong, has sentenced 10 people to death, mostly for drug-related crimes, in front of thousands of onlookers before taking them away for execution
1 December 2020 Swedish-Iranian scientist faces 'imminent risk of execution' in Iran: 1 December 2020: Swedish-Iranian scientist Ahmadreza Djalali sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges may face execution as early as Wednesday, human rights groups and his wife have warned
2 December 2020 '25 thousands disappear each year in China and their organs are harvested’ and reportedly sold: 2 December 2020: China experts and activists claim that the repression of minorities in Xinjiang has escalated in recent years, with thousands of Uighur Muslims in ‘reeducation camps’ being murdered and their organs harvested for wealthy Chinese and foreign patients - 18 June 2019: Chinese Beijing regime forcefully harvests organs from detainees, as China's organ transplant trade is worth $1 billion a year, according to a tribunal
31 December 2020 Iran continues to execute minors: 31 décembre 2020: L’ONU a vivement condamné jeudi l’exécution en Iran d’un homme pour un crime qu’il aurait commis alors qu’il avait 16 ans, la quatrième d’un mineur délinquant cette année dans ce pays, appelant Téhéran à cesser cette pratique
Since September 2022 list of people for protest involvement currently facing death sentences in Iran: Since September 2022 list of people currently facing death sentences in Iran for their involvement in the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in September
14 January 2023 widespread outrage after British-Iranian executed: 14 January 2023: The execution of British-Iranian man Alireza Akbari, who had been sentenced to death, has been widely condemned. UK's PM Rishi Sunak said his execution was a 'callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime'. BBC Persian broadcasted an audio message on Wednesday from Mr Akbari in which he said he had been tortured and forced to confess on camera to crimes he did not commmit.






Endangered freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of information
Since 1992 killed journalists in Russia: List of journalists killed in Russia since 1992 - Assassinated Russian journalists
December 1999 IFJ says journalists target in conflicts (as well as reporting since ancient times and much longer): 22 December 1999: Journalists ‘first target’ in conflicts, International Federation of Journalists says ahead of new millennium
2000-2008 killed journalists in Russia under Putin: Journalists killed in Russia since 2000 under Putin
2008-2011 during Medvedev presidency: 2008-2011 Journalists killed in Russia during Medvedev presidency
Since 2012 killed journalists again under Putin: Since 2012 Journalists killed in Russia again under Putin
2012 following 2009 mistakes “Made in the USA” USA's Obama keeping journalist Shaye in Yemeni prison in Yemen: 13 March 2012: After supporters protested his 'sham' trial, journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye would have been pardoned, but USA's Obama intervened over Shaye’s reports on the 2009 Majala bombing and killed women, children and the elderly, and his criticism of the USA and Yemeni governments
2012 rise in the number of murder and assassinations of journalists: 3. Mai 2012: Morde an Journalisten nehmen in vielen Ländern dramatisch zu - 3 May: UN chief Ban Ki-moon expresses anger over a rise in the number of journalists killed in the line of duty - 22 November 2012: More journalists (119) have been killed this year while on assignment than at any time in the last 15 years - in Syria 36 victims - 26 December 2012: The number of deaths of journalists raise to 132 in 2012 as journalist Nanao Singh was shot dead by police amid anti-rape protests in India
In July 2013 56 journalists killed in Russia since 1992 (motive confirmed): 9 July 2013: 56 journalists killed in Russia since 1992 (motive confirmed), CPJ says
September 2013 Yemeni government fails to prosecute attacks on journalists: 20 September 2013: Yemeni government fails to prosecute attacks on journalists
1 November 2013 CPJ says 1017 journalists Killed since 1992: 1 November 2013: 1017 journalists Killed since 1992, CPJ says - 2013 World Press Freedom Index, dashed hopes
>18 December: 2013 CPJ says year in Syria represented the deadliest for journalists in jail: 18 December: 2013 second worst year for journalists in jail and Syria represented the deadliest country, CPJ says, following impunity for the perpetrators since 2011
2014 134 journalists and media staff killed in 2013 while on reporting assignments: 19 February 2014: 134 journalists and media support staff killed in 2013 while on reporting assignments, an INSI study says - Biggest rises and falls in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index - 16 December 2014: 66 journalists killed in 2014 as attacks grow more 'barbaric' and kidnappings have soared, Reporters Without Borders say - 23 December: CPJ says at least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, and 44 percent of them were targeted for murder - 31 December: The number of journalists who died in targeted killings, bomb attacks or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014 from 105 in 2013, Pakistan, Syria, Afghanistan, Palestinian territories, Iraq and Ukraine most dangerous, IFJ says
2015 Charlie Hebdo and Hypercacher terrorist attack and more attacks worldwide: January 2015 Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris, January 2015 Hypercacher terrorist attack in Paris and worldwide protests against the terror attacks in Paris, 'Je suis Charlie' solidarity movement with the victims and reactions of governments to the terror attacks - 12 January 2015: Tens of thousands of people rallied worldwide in solidarity with Paris terror victims, with marchers across Europe and the Middle East saying 'Je suis Charlie' and 'Je suis Juif' and holding pens in the air - 11 February 2015: Reporters Without Borders 2015 World Press Freedom Index stated there were 3,719 violations of freedom of information in 180 countries in 2014, 8% more than 2013 - Iran, China, Syria and North Korea among the countries with the very worst levels of press freedom, Russia slipped to the 152nd spot - 22 September 2015: Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan reported killed under torture in Assad prisons - 28 December 2015: Journalist and film maker Naji Jerf shot dead in Gaziantep, who received death threats after he produced a film which documents 'Islamic State' group’s atrocities in Aleppo province - 29 décembre 2015: 110 journalistes tués dans le monde en 2015, particulièrement en Irak, en Syrie, en France, au Yémen, au Soudan du Sud, en Inde, au Mexique, selon 'Reporters sans frontières'
2016: 5 February 2016: UN panel urges UK and Sweden to end WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's 'deprivation of liberty', arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden since he was arrested in London in 2010 after he enraged the USA by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic cables - 19/23 February 2016: Syrian freelance journalist Majid Dirani was killed while photographing the shelling and aerial bombardment of Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, that has been besieged by Assad's army since 2012 - 22 February 2016: Syria the most dangerous country for the press in 2015, with at least 14 journalists killed, and at least 93 journalists killed in Syria since 2011, CPJ says condemning the killing of journalist Majid Dirani - 20 avril 2016: La liberté de la presse régresse partout dans le monde, quel que soit le paramètre considéré, selon 'Reporters sans frontières' - 25 June 2016: Syrian Coalition mourned the death of journalist Khaled Alissa, who was pronounced dead at a Turkish hospital of wounds he sustained in an assassination attempt along with fellow journalist Hadi Alabdullah in Aleppo on 17 June, and who sacrificed his life trying to document the crimes of the Assad regime against the Syrian people and to convey the truth to the world - 27 June 2016: Islamic State terrorists killed five journalists in the city of Deir-Ezzor, according to a video recording published on 26 June - 1 November 2016: Media activist and cameraman Abdel Salam Kanaan was covering events in the town of Zafarana in the northern Homs countryside when he was hit by an air raid that killed a number of civilians and wounded others - 7 November 2016: Zaman al-Wasl reporter Ammar Bakour killed along with eight civilians when Assad regime warplanes targeted the town of Al-Dana in Idlib province with four vacuum missiles, also leaving 20 others wounded - 19 December 2016: 'Reporters sans frontières' (Reporters Without Borders) say that at least 74 journalists have been killed around the world in 2016 while doing their job, as many journalists have fled countries that became too dangerous, especially Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and Burundi
2017 more attacks to shield attackers: 4 January 2017: At least 86 journalist and media activists were killed and 123 others injured in Syria in 2016, according to SNHR rights group, adding that Assad regime forces were responsible for the overwhelming majority of the deaths, and that 11 journalists were killed and 31 wounded in Russian attacks across Syria in 2016 - 4 February 2017: At least three journalists were killed and one more injured by Assad regime forces and Islamic State terrorists in January, SNHR says adding that nine more journalists and media activists, including two female media activists, were detained in January - 6 March 2017: At least five journalists were killed and nearly 14 more injured in military operations by Assad regime forces in Syria's liberated areas in February, while one was killed by the ISIS extremist group, according to SNHR - 16 March 2017: In Syria, 211 journalists and citizen journalists killed in conflict which began with a wave of protests exactly six years ago, Reporters Without Borders say - 28 avril 2017: Mise à mal par les dirigeants de nombreux pays, la liberté de la presse dans le monde a de nouveau reculé en 2016 et environ 45% de la population mondiale vit dans un pays où la presse n'est pas libre, selon 'Freedom House' - 16 October 2017 assassination of Caruana Galizia - 2 November 2017: Marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, SNHR says in a report that at least 634 journalists and media activists have been killed in Syria in the past seven years - 30 November 2017: 'Local media are simply disappearing', as states are using commercial ruses to squeeze out liberal media, according to openMedia Freedom 2017 report and other reviews - 30 November 2017: Journalists living in fear as states crack down, and as new ARTICLE 19 metric measures global threats to freedom of expression and information in 172 countries, showing journalists threatened by government censorship, organised crime and commercial pressures, saying that media freedom around the world has fallen to the lowest level for at least a decade, and that only few countries show improvements including Tunisia - 19 décembre 2017: 2017 aura été l'année la moins meurtrière pour les journalistes professionnels depuis 14 ans, mais la Syrie demeure le pays le plus meurtrier pour les reporters avec 12 journalistes tués recensés, devant le Mexique (11), l'Afghanistan (9), l'Irak (8) et les Philippines (4), et le bilan reste terrible avec 50 professionnels tués dans le monde, 65 journalistes au total, selon RSF
February 2018: February 2018 murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová - 28 February 2018: Ján Kuciak was investigating political corruption linked to Italian mafia group at the time of his murder
May 2018: 30 May 2018: National newspaper's journalist Hector Gonzalez Antonio has been killed in Mexico, as CPJ demands a swift and credible investigation into his death, saying 'until Mexico takes concrete steps to solve media murders, the cycle of violence and impunity that has made the country one of the most dangerous places in the world for reporters will continue'
1 September 2018: 1 September 2018: Kiev court sentenced Borys German, who had pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the investigation, to four-and-a-half years in prison after he was found guilty of helping to plot an attempt on the life of reporter Arkady Babchenko, who accused Russian regime of killing critics and unleashing wars in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere
6 September 2018: 6 September 2018: The Assad regime and its Russian ally killed two media activists in August 2018 with the aim of concealing their crimes, as many as 22 media activists have been killed since the beginning of 2018, mostly by the Assad regime and its Russian ally, and the number of killed media activists and journalists in Syria since March 2011 was brought to 669, according to SNHR
2 October 2018 brutal assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and ... ongoing 'free rein to continue silencing the media': 2 October 2018 Assassination of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi - 18 October 2018: Washington Post publishes final Khashoggi column, warning Mideast governments 'have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate’
16 October 2018 'free rein' continues: 16 October 2018: Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia reported on government corruption, but no politician has been questioned about her murder, says PEN International's novelist Margaret Atwood, asking where is the justice a year after her murder
19 October 2018: 19 October 2018: USA's Trump praises congressman Gianforte for bodyslamming Guardian journalist Ben Jacobs, who is Jewish, for asking a question about health care policy in May 2017 in Montana, amid international outcry over the disappearance and later admitted assassination of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi
October/November 2018: 29 October 2018: As Saudi and Turkish prosecutors meet in Istanbul to discuss Khashoggi killing and regimes argue over which country should try the 18 suspects, rights group releases video of journalists around the world reading the Saudi writers’ final column titled 'What the Arab world needs most is free expression' - 30 October 2018: Hatice Cengiz, the Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has called on USA's president Trump and other leaders to ensure that his death in Istanbul is not covered up - 17 November 2018: The assassination of journalist and Saudi regime critic Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to an examination by USA's CIA, complicating efforts to safeguard ties with and support for a suppressing and cruel kingdom - 22 November 2018: USA's CIA is in possession of a recording of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman giving an order to 'silence Jamal Kashoggi as soon as possible', according to Hurriyet Daily News
November 2018: 24 November 2018: Syrian activists Raed Fares, since 2011 known and persecuted for his criticism of the Assad regime, jihadist groups and Western leaders he believed failed to stop the violence in Syria, and Hamod Jnaid, an advocate for freedom of expression and the rule of law, were 'shot dead by unknown assailants riding in a van in the town of Kafr Nabal' in the northwestern province of Idlib, according to their radio station Fresh FM
December 2018 'free rein to continue silencing the media' continued: 5 December 2018: Over 30 journalists, including Jamal Khashoggi, have been murdered so far this year for speaking the truth, 'The Guardian' pays tribute to some of them here - 18 décembre 2018: Les violences contre les journalistes sont reparties à la hausse en 2018, avec 80 journalistes tués à travers le monde, selon le bilan annuel de Reporters sans frontières RSF
9 January 2019: 9 January 2019: Turkish journalist and ICIJ member Pelin Ünker has been sentenced by a Turkish court in Istanbul court to more than a year in jail for her work on the 'Paradise Papers' investigation into offshore tax havens, because it revealed details of the business activities of the country’s former PM and his sons
16 January 2019 assassination of Ahmed Hussein-Suale: 16 January 2019 assassination of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who helped expose corruption in African and Ghanaian football, after he told CPJ in September 2018 that people had attempted to attack him and that he feared for his life following the publication of his image on the national television channel Net 2 TV, which Agyapong owns - 17 January 2019: Speaking without showing his face, journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas says that his team, which had investigated corruption in Ghana's football leagues, face daily death threats
19 January 2019 death of photographer Ben Khalifa: 20 January 2019: Freelance photographer Ben Khalifa, a father of a five-month-old baby daughter, who had contributed to the AP among other news organizations was killed in clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli, according to government official and relatives
February 2019: 1 February 2019: Assad’s forces deliberately targeted Homs media center where foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times Marie Colvin, French photographer Remi Ochlik and others were working, as Colvin and Ochlik were assassinated by sustained artillery barrages on 22 February 2012, USA District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson has ruled - 3 February 2019: USA's court verdict gives meaning to war reporter Marie Colvin’s death in 2012, who was remembered in December 2012 by BBC's Jeremy Bowen who knew his colleague through their work in numerous conflict zones over the past 30 years - 5 February 2019: Lebanese lawyer and expert in international law Tariq told Smart News Network that the USA court, that found the Assad regime liable for Colvin’s death, has the external jurisdiction to prosecute criminals, pointing out that the Interpol has the authority to enforce law against those who have been indicted in case international courts failed to take action
March 2019: 16 mars 2019: Santiago Barroso a été tué par balle à son domicile dans l'Etat de Sonora, devenant le troisième reporter tué au Mexique depuis le début de l'année
March/April 2019 Russian regime kills Syrian media worker: 3 April 2019: No fewer than 16 violations against journalists and media workers in Syria in March recorded by the Syrian Center for Journalistic Freedoms, saying that media worker Mahmoud Abdel-Al was killed in a Russian airstrike on the town of Jisr al-Shughour west of Idlib and two others were injured, bringing to 447 the number of media workers who where killed in Syria since mid-March 2011
May 2019 695 Syrian and foreign journalists killed across Syria since 2011: 4 May 2019: SNHR said that it registered the names of at least 695 Syrian and foreign journalists who have been killed across Syria since the beginning of the Syrian revolution in March 2011
6 May 2019 Libyan journalists kidnapped: 6 May 2019: Following the abduction of two journalists who work for Libya’s Al-Ahrar TV kidnapped by an armed group said to be loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar, Libyan journalists protested in the capital Tripoli against the crime
23 May 2019: 23 May 2019: Sky News journalist Alex Crawford and her camera crew have been deliberately targeted by the Syrian Assad regime and repeatedly shot at while reporting on the regime’s assault on the province of Idlib
June 2019: 20 June 2019: Media activist Amjad Bakir from Saraqeb in the Idlib countryside, who was well known as a photographer, was killed while covering the ongoing fighting in the northern Hama countryside
20 July 2019 journalists killed across Syria: 20 July 2019: Two journalists were killed across Syria in June while three others were killed in the months of February, March and April, as Assad regime came at the top of the list of those responsible for the death of journalists in 2019, with the Russian forces coming second, according a report by Syrian journalists
22 July 2019 Photographer Anas Diab killed in Russian airstrikes: 22 July 2019: Photographer Anas Diab who works with the Syrian Civil Defense Corps, was killed in Russian airstrikes on the town of Khan Sheikhoun on Sunday, as violations against journalists and media activists across Syria continue
August 2019: 5 August 2019: Two journalists killed by Assad regime and Russia in July
December 2019 49 journalists killed this year: 17 December 2019: Reporters Without Borders says journalism remains a 'dangerous profession', with 49 journalists killed this year, 389 currently imprisoned, and 57 others being held hostage
23 September 2020 French journalists unite to back Charlie Hebdo after death threats: 23 September 2020: More than 100 French media organisations have signed and published an open letter defending freedom of speech against threats from 'terrorists and states', even supported by European states and politicians, as the tribune was released after a member of staff at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo – targeted by Islamist gunmen who killed 12 people in January 2015 – was forced to leave her home after receiving death threats
2 October 2020 Russian Koza Press journalist Irina Slavina has died following persecution: 2 October 2020: Russian journalist Irina Slavina, who worked as editor-in-chief at Koza Press, has died after setting herself on fire in front of the local branch of the interior ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, a day after her apartment was searched by police, as opposition activists said Slavina had been under pressure and 'over the past years security officials have subjected her to endless persecution because of her opposition [activities]'
28 October 2020 CPJ spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free: 28 October 2020: CPJ’s 2020 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free, also saying the Philippines was seventh in its global impunity index
10 November 2020 Filipino journalist Maganes assassinated outside his home: 10 November 2020: Filipino journalist Virgilio Maganes, who was a commentator for DWPR radio station and who survived a previous attempt on his life by pretending to be dead, has been assassinated outside his home in the northern province of Pangasinan and died instantly after he was shot six times by motorcycle-riding gunmen, major told AFP
8 December 2020 Ianian regime upheld death penalty of journalist Ruhollah Zam over his online work: 8 December 2020: Iranian regime upheld the death penalty of once-exiled journalist Ruhollah Zam over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests three years ago, according to semiofficial Tasnim news agency quoting judiciary spokesman as saying that the country’s Supreme Court confirmed Zam’s death sentence
10 December 2020 gunmen killed TV journalist and rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Jalalabad: 10 December 2020: Gunmen have shot and killed TV journalist and women’s rights activist Malalai Maiwand in Afghanistan along with her driver Mohammad Tahir in Jalalabad, in an incident that underscored increasing violence against journalists in the country
10 December 2020 at least 42 journalists and media workers killed in 2020 while doing their jobs IFJ says: 10 December 2020: At least 42 journalists and media workers have been killed while doing their jobs this year, and a further 235 are in prison in cases related to their work, as Mexico topped the 2020 list of countries where the most journalists were killed, for the fourth time in five years, with 13 killings, followed by Pakistan with 5, as Afghanistan, India, Iraq and Nigeria recorded three killings each, according to the IFJ's annual tally
11 December 2020 Mexican photojournalist Castaño killed after taking photos of bodies along a road: 11 December 2020: Mexican photojournalist Jaime Castaño Zacarías killed after taking photos of bodies along a road, the ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year after he was pursued by gunmen, according to 'Zacatecas Online'
12 December 2020 journalist Ruhollah Zam murdered by Iranian regime over 2017 economic protests: 12 December 2020: Iranian regime has executed journalist Ruhollah Zam over his role in inspiring nationwide economic protests in 2017, a year after the exile was captured in France by the country’s 'Revolutionary Guards Corps'
22 December 2020 Mexico the deadliest country in the world for the media in 2020 CPJ says: 22 December 2020: Mexico was the deadliest country in the world for the media in 2020, accounting for almost a third of journalists killed this year, according to the CPJ, which investigates attacks against the press globally, as 9 journalists were killed in Mexico in 2020, bringing the death toll to at least 120 since 2000
29 December 2020 50 journalists killed in 2020 according to 'Reporters Without Borders': 29 December 2020: Fifty journalists killed in 2020, 'Reporters Without Borders' says, adding that figures show an increase in the targeting of journalists investigating organised crime, corruption or environmental issues, also noting the 'developing' trend of violence against media workers covering protests, and as group also highlighted murders in Mexico, India and Pakistan, adding that none of the Mexico killings had yet been punished after RSF has compiled annual data on violence against journalists around the globe since 1995
1 January 2021 journalist dies in Afghanistan as targeted killings continue: 1 January 2021: Afghan journalist and human rights activist Bismillah Adil Aimaq has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in western Afghanistan near Ghor's provincial capital of Feroz Koh, returning home to the city after visiting his family, the fifth journalist to be killed in the war-ravaged country in the past two months, a provincial spokesman said, as violence increases amid stalled Taliban peace talks
11 April 2021 Yemeni journalists call for release of colleagues facing death penalty, held by Iran-backed Houthis: 11 April 2021: A group of Yemeni journalists who survived years of torture in Iran-backed Houthi prisons are calling on the international community to pressure the rebels to free four of their colleagues facing the death penalty, as Abdel-Khaleq Amran, Akram al-Walidi, Hareth Hamid and Tawfiq al-Mansouri were arrested along with six other journalists in raids in the capital, Sana’a, in the summer of 2015
15 July 2021 reporter Peter de Vries dies over a week after shooting attack in Amsterdam: 6 July 2021 murder of Peter R. de Vries - 15 July 2021: The Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries has died just over a week after he was shot in the head in central Amsterdam, local media have reported, citing a statement released by the veteran journalist’s family
20 August 2021 reporter killed in Veracruz, the fifth murder of a journalist in Mexico this year: 20 August 2021: Reporter killed in Veracruz – the fifth murder of a journalist in Mexico this year - as Jacinto Romero Flores had received threats after he reported on allegations of abuses by Veracruz police
1 November 2021 Mexican journalist Cardoso dies two days after being shot: 1 November 2021: Mexican journalist Alfredo Cardoso dies two days after being shot, as Cardoso was shot five times on Friday after being abducted from his home in violent southwestern Guerrero state
23 March 2022 'Insider' reporter Oksana Baulina, another civilian killed in Kyiv by Russia: 23 March 2022: Oksana Baulina, who previously also worked for the Russian opposition leader Alexander Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, was killed alongside another civilian on Wednesday while reporting for the independent Russian news website the 'Insider', as two other people in the group were wounded in the attack which took place in the Podolsky district of Kyiv, the outlet reported
24 January 2023 CPJ reports Latin America and Caribbean accounted for almost half of the 67 deaths of journalists in 2022: 24 January 2023: Almost half of last year’s killings took place in Latin America and the Caribbean, more than in any other part of the world in 2022 including the Ukraine war zone, according to CPJ, saying in a report that at least 67 journalists and media workers had been killed globally in 2022
27 April 2023 Ukrainian journalist killed by Russian snipers in ambush near Kherson: 27 April 2023: Ukrainian journalist working with reporters for La Repubblica has been shot dead by Russian snipers in southern Ukraine, while his Italian colleague was injured. 'Today, our correspondent Corrado Zunino and his fixer Bogdan Bitik were victims of an ambush near the bridge in Kherson by Russian snipers on the outskirts of Kherson', La Repubblica said.






Air pollution
Atmosphere of Earth - Greenhouse gas - Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere - Atmospheric methane
List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions - List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions in 2010
2011-2013: 29 May 2011: Record high 2010 global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion and cement manufacture - 4. November 2011: Größter je gemessener Anstieg von Treibhausgasen in 2010 (China, USA, Indien etc.) - Heal's report 7 March 2013: 'The unpaid health bill' - emissions from coal-fired power plants in the EU contribute to over 18.000 premature deaths a year and cost an annual 42,8 billion euros - 17 April 2013: Progress towards the use of cleaner fuel technology has stalled, with production of the world's energy as dirty now as it was two decades ago, the International Energy Agency says - 11 May 2013: Carbon dioxide level passes a long-feared milestone - 18 October 2013: Air pollution a leading cause of cancer, the WHO says - 6 November 2013: Greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit new record in 2013, UN's WMO says - 19 novembre 2013: Les émissions de CO2 ont encore augmenté dans le monde en 2012, de 2,2%, atteignant le record de 35 milliards de tonnes, tirées par le charbon
2014/2015: 9 September 2014: Greenhouse gases in atmosphere reach all-time high - 6 May 2015: Concentrations of CO2 greenhouse gas in the atmosphere reached record global average in March 2015 - 9 novembre 2015: La teneur de l'atmosphère en gaz à effet de serre a atteint un nouveau pic en 2014, rapporte l'Organisation météorologique mondiale
June 2016: 13 June 2016: Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere forecast to pass 400 parts per million in 2016
November 2017: 7 November 2017: Governments have drastically underestimated methane emissions from natural gas and will miss the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 2C unless they urgently scale down its use, a major new study has found - 13 November 2017: Global 2% rise in CO2 'giant leap backwards'
November 2018: 22 November 2018: The main greenhouse gas emissions carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide driving climate change have all reached record levels, the UN’s meteorology experts have reported
December 2018: 5 December 2018: Global carbon emissions will jump to a record high in 2018, dashing hopes a plateau of recent years would be maintained, meaning emissions are heading in the opposite direction to the deep cuts urgently needed to fight climate change, say scientists
January 2019: 11 January 2019: Air pollution 'as bad as smoking in increasing risk of miscarriage', according to a new scientific study and research, also finding pollution particles in placentas, saying that toxic air must be cut to protect the health of the next generation
March 2019: 5 March 2019: 22 of world's 30 most polluted cities are in India, Greenpeace says, as analysis of air pollution data finds that 64% of cities globally exceed WHO guidelines
June 2019: 11 June 2019: Carbon emissions from the global energy industry last year rose at the fastest rate in almost a decade after extreme weather and surprise swings in global temperatures stoked extra demand for fossil fuel, also resulting in a second consecutive annual increase for coal use, reversing three years of decline earlier this decade, as China accounted for a third of the world's energy growth in 2018, according to BP’s annual global energy report
July 2019: 12 July 2019: The hearts of city dwellers contain billions of toxic air pollution particles, as even in the study’s youngest subject, who was three, damage could be seen in the cells of the organ’s critical pumping muscles that contained the tiny particles, research has revealed, suggesting these iron-rich particles, produced by vehicles and industry, could be the underlying cause of the long-established statistical link between dirty air and heart disease
October 2019 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions: 9 October 2019: New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers, as 'The Guardian' reveals that 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves can be directly linked to more than one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions in the modern era
November 2019 air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer: 13 November 2019: Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time, according to a new study published in the journal Epidemiology, saying tiny particles produced by motor traffic can invade the brain and carry carcinogens
November 2019 'despite all the commitments' Greenhouse gases levels record high: 25 November 2019: Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit a record high last year, the UN said Monday, calling for action to safeguard 'the future welfare of mankind', as 'there is no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline, in greenhouse gases concentration in the atmosphere despite all the commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change'
December 2019 scientists say cutting air pollution can prevent deaths within weeks: 6 December 2019: Cutting air pollution can prevent deaths within weeks, according to scientists, saying they found the health benefits of clean air were 'almost immediate and substantial' and stretched into the long term, saving billions of dollars
May 2020 responses to covid-19 cause drop in carbon output: 19 May 2020: Worldwide responses to covid-19 crisis cause sharpest drop in carbon output since records began, but fall in emissions during covid-19 pandemic is no cause for celebration, as brief hiatus will make little difference to catastrophic levels of global heating, experts say
July 2020 amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere approaching level not seen in 15m years: 9 July 2020: The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere is approaching a level not seen in 15m years and perhaps never previously experienced by a hominoid, according to the authors of a study, saying at pre-lockdown rates of increase, within five years atmospheric CO2 will pass 427 parts per million, which was the probable peak of the mid-Pliocene warming period 3.3m years ago, when temperatures were 3C to 4C hotter and sea levels were 20 metres higher than today
23 November 2020 climate-heating gases have reached record levels: 23 November 2020: Climate-heating gases have reached record levels in the atmosphere despite the global lockdowns caused by the covid-19 pandemic, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has said
February 2021 deaths from fossil fuel emissions higher than previously thought: 9 February 2021: Deaths from fossil fuel emissions higher than previously thought, as fossil fuel air pollution responsible for more than 8 million people worldwide in 2018, according to new research from Harvard University, in collaboration with British universities
7 April 2021 carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high: 7 April 2021: Concentrations of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have hit record highs, despite a dip in emissions due to the pandemic, scientists said, as the latest measurements from the long-running recording station at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii show global levels of carbon dioxide are 50% above what they were when the Industrial Revolution began in Britain
14 September 2021 almost 90% of the $540bn in global subsidies given to farmers every year are 'harmful': 14 September 2021: Almost 90% of the $540bn in global subsidies given to farmers every year are 'harmful', as this agricultural support damages people’s health, fuels the climate crisis, destroys nature and drives inequality by excluding smallholder farmers, many of whom are women, according to the UN agencies, as the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, such as beef and milk, received the biggest subsidies, often produced by large industrialised groups that are best placed to gain access to subsidies, and as - without reform - the level of subsidies was on track to soar to $1.8tn a year by 2030, further harming human wellbeing and worsening the planetary crisis, the UN said
17 September 2021 world on ‘catastrophic’ path to 2.7C warming, UN chief warns: 17 September 2021: World on ‘catastrophic’ path to 2.7C warming, UN chief warns, as countries’ latest pledges to cut emissions would fail to avert disastrous climate change, UN report says - 17 September 2021: USA and the EU made a joint pledge on Friday to cut global methane emissions by almost a third in the next decade, in what climate experts reportedly hailed as one of the most significant steps yet towards fulfilling the Paris climate agreement
14 June 2022 air pollution got worse during lockdown in many countries: 14 June 2022: Air pollution got worse during lockdown in many countries, University of Chicago study finds, as lockdowns imposed to stop the spread of covid-19 led to 'virtually no change' in global average particulate pollution levels during 2020, and in some of the most populous countries pollution increased
List of countries by air pollution - Countries ranked by air pollution
2015: 16 September 2015: More than 3 million people die prematurely each year from outdoor pollution and without action deaths will double by 2050, according to a study published in the journal Nature
2016: 12 May 2016: Outdoor air pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with billions of people around the world now exposed to dangerous air, according to new data from more than 3,000 cities compiled by the WHO - 9 June 2016: Air pollution now major contributor to stroke and harm caused by air pollution to the lungs, heart and brain has been underestimated, global study finds
2017: 7 November 2017: Governments have drastically underestimated methane emissions from natural gas and will miss the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 2C unless they urgently scale down its use, a major new study has found
May 2018: 1 May 2018: Pollution inequality between the world’s rich and poor is widening, according to the latest global data from the WHO which shows that 7 million people – mostly in developing nations – die every year from airborne contaminants
September 2018: 19 September 2018: EU probes German car makers including BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen and Audi for suspected collusion to cheat emission tests
October 2018: 14 octobre 2018: Enclavée entre les géants indien et chinois, le Bhoutan est le seul pays au monde au bilan carbone négatif, mais n'échappe pas aux conséquences du réchauffement climatique mondial - 27 October 2018: Over 90% of the world’s population suffers toxic air and research is increasingly revealing the profound impacts on the health of people, especially children, according to WHO's Dr Ghebreyesus, saying the simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more - 29 October 2018: Poisonous air is having a devastating impact on billions of children around the world, according to WHO report
March 2019 30 most polluted cities are in India: 5 March 2019: 22 of world's 30 most polluted cities are in India, Greenpeace says, as analysis of air pollution data finds that 64% of cities globally exceed WHO guidelines
19 December 2019 India under Modi's rule suffers most pollution-linked deaths in world: 19 December 2019: India under Modi's rule suffers most pollution-linked deaths in world, followed by China and Nigeria, as pollution causes more than 2 million deaths a year in India, while Chad, Central African Republic and North Korea saw highest per capita rates, GAHP study finds
23 December 2020 pollution killed nearly 1.7m people in India in 2019 according to Lancet study: 23 December 2020: Pollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019 or 18% of all deaths, increasing from 1.24m in 2017 to 1.67m in 2019, according to a study that lays bare the human cost of the country’s toxic urban air, as report published by the Lancet says pollution in India has led to an increase in diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, neonatal disorders and respiratory diseases, resulting in millions more deaths
15 April 2021 China remains he world’s biggest emitter allowing emissions to rise for the next 10 years: 15 April 2021 the coal consumption of China, the world’s biggest emitter, is of global concern, as country has ramped up plans for new coal-fired power stations in an effort to spur economic growth after the recession caused by the covid-19 pandemic originating from Hunan, but the country must shut down nearly 600 of its coal-fired power plants in the next 10 years, replacing them with renewable electricity generation, to meet its goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2060, a report says
20 April 2021 Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate: 20 April 2021: Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history, as global economies forecast to pour stimulus money into fossil fuels as part of covid-19 recovery
26 May 2021 court in the Hague ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030: 26 May 2021: A court in the Hague has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030 compared to 2019 levels, in a landmark case brought by 'Friends of the Earth' and over 17,000 co-plaintiffs, as the oil giant’s sustainability policy was found to be insufficiently 'concrete' by the Dutch court in an unprecedented ruling that will have wide implications for the energy industry and other polluting multinationals
15 August 2021 Germany ‘set for biggest rise in greenhouse gases for 30 years’: 15 August 2021: Germany ‘set for biggest rise in greenhouse gases for 30 years’, as increase means country will slip back from goal of cutting emissions by 40% from 1990 levels

Global warming since 20th century - Earth's energy budget - Climate change - Paleoclimatology - Historical climatology - History of climate change science - Climate change denial
January 2016 temperatures in 2015 were about 1°C above the pre-industrial era: 25 January 2016: For the first time on record, temperatures in 2015 were about 1°C above the pre-industrial era, according to a consolidated WMO analysis - 23 May 2016: World could warm by massive 10C if all fossil fuels are burned, Canadian university study says - 21 July 2016: 2016 set to be world's hottest year on record, says UN, as average temperature in the first half of 2016 was 1.3C warmer than in the late 19th century - 6 August 2016: The Earth is perilously close to breaking through a 1.5C upper limit for global warming, only eight months after the target was set in Paris, leading climate scientists have warned
2017 Earth's oceans are warming faster than thought: 10 March 2017: Earth's oceans are warming 13% faster than thought, and accelerating, according to new study based on advanced research and measurements - 21 March 2017: The record-breaking heat that made 2016 the hottest year ever recorded has continued into 2017, pushing the world into 'truly uncharted territory', according to the World Meteorological Organisation - 2 August 2017: Deadly heat waves projected in the densely populated agricultural regions of South Asia, according to 'Science Advances' - 3 August 2017: Unless world abolishes carbon emissions a lot faster, temperatures are 90% likely to rise by 2 to 5 degrees Celsius by 2100, new study warns - 30 October 2017: The health of hundreds of millions of people around the world is already being damaged by climate change, a major report of 26 institutions around the world says
2018: 11 janvier 2018: Des millions de personnes supplémentaires à travers le monde risquent d'être sous la menace de rivières en crue ces 20 prochaines années à cause du réchauffement climatique, ont averti des scientifiques - 1 août 2018: L'année écoulée a été marquée par des températures anormalement élevées et des gaz contribuant au réchauffement de la planète ont atteint des niveaux record partout dans le monde en 2017, selon NOAA
6/7 August 2018: 7 August 2018: Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a 'hothouse' state, according to leading scientists, warning that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile
November 2018: 16 November 2018: China, Russia and Canada’s current climate policies would drive the world above a catastrophic 5C of warming, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications that ranks the climate goals of different countries, saying the USA and Australia are only slightly behind and also showing even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming
January 2019: 16 January 2019: Growing tension between the world’s major powers is the most urgent global risk and makes it harder to mobilise collective action to tackle climate change, according to a WEF report
February 2019: 6 February 2019: Global temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest on record, adding to a stretch of five years that are now collectively the hottest period since modern measurements began, according to NASA/NOAA, as lowest Paris agreement target of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels may temporarily be surpassed for first time between now and 2023, according to Met Office
September 2019: 10 September 2019: The world’s readiness for the inevitable effects of the climate crisis is 'gravely insufficient', report says
November 2019 'Brown to Green' report, criticizing Australia, Canada, China, India, Russia, South Korea, the USA and more countries: 11 November 2019: Australia’s response to climate change is one of the worst in the G20 with a lack of policy, reliance on fossil fuels and rising emissions leaving the country exposed 'economically, politically and environmentally', according to the 2019 'Brown to Green' report, taking stock of the performance of G20 countries on climate change adaptation and mitigation across key sectors
February 2020 biodiversity hotspots under threat from human-driven global heating: 4 February 2020: Biodiversity hotspots that have given species a safe haven from changing climates for millions of years will come under threat from human-driven global heating, a new study has found
March 2020 climate finance not reaching most vulnerable: 5 March 2020: Analysis shows climate finance not reaching most vulnerable
4 August 2020 rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all catastrophic infectious diseases: 4 August 2020: Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all catastrophic infectious diseases, and poorer, hotter parts of the world will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions, research finds, published by NBER
9 September 2020 UN report warns world nearing warming limit as globe sizzles: 9 September 2020: UN report warns world nearing warming limit as globe sizzles - 9 September 2020: More than 1bn people face being displaced within 30 years as the climate crisis and rapid population growth drive an increase in migration with 'huge impacts' for both the developing and developed worlds, according to an IEP analysis
27 January 2021 resulting from climate crisis world now at its hottest for 12,000 years: 27 January 2021: Resulting from climate crisis world now at its hottest for 12,000 years, as scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation
8 March 2021 climate crisis pushing the planet’s tropical regions towards the limits of human livability: 8 March 2021: The climate crisis is pushing the planet’s tropical regions towards the limits of human livability, with rising heat and humidity threatening to plunge much of the world’s population into potentially lethal conditions, new Princeton University research has found published in Nature Geoscience
23 April 2021 USA's promised climate target blows Australia’s out of the water: 23 April 2021: The USA climate target blows Australia’s out of the water, says Frank Jotzo adding that Australia’s 2030 target of a 26%-28% reduction is totally inadequate
31 May 2021 human-induced global heating ‘causes over a third of heat deaths’ 1991-2018: 31 May 2021: Human-induced global heating ‘causes over a third of heat deaths’, as between 1991 and 2018, human activity contributed to 37% of all heat-related deaths in locations studied, the 'Guardian' reports according to 'Nature climate change' study
23 June 2021 climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades: 23 June 2021: Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN’s climate science advisers, as species extinction, more widespread disease, unliveable heat, ecosystem collapse, and other climate impacts are accelerating
8 August 2021 low-income countries are struggling to protect themselves against climate change: 8 August 2021: Low-income countries are struggling to protect themselves against climate change, the BBC reports, as organisations representing 90 countries say that their plans to prevent damage have already been outpaced by climate-induced disasters, which are intensifying and happening more regularly
14 August 2021 July was hottest month on record: 14 August 2021: July was hottest month on record, USA agency says, as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s warning comes as the UN sounds the alarm over human-induced climate change
17 September 2021 world on ‘catastrophic’ path to 2.7C warming, UN chief warns: 17 September 2021: World on ‘catastrophic’ path to 2.7C warming, UN chief warns, as countries’ latest pledges to cut emissions would fail to avert disastrous climate change, UN report says
8 April 2022 methane in Earth’s atmosphere rose by record amount last year: 8 April 2022: Methane in Earth’s atmosphere rose by record amount last year, USA government data shows, as climate scientists say plugging methane leaks and phasing out fossil fuels are necessary to avert catastrophic global heating
4 June 2022 earth’s CO2 level passes a new climate milestone: 4 May 2022: Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in May were 50% higher than during the pre-industrial era, reaching levels not seen on Earth for about four million years, the main USA climate agency said
12 January 2023 past nine years have been the warmest since modern records began in 1880: 12 January 2023: Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 0.89 degrees Celsius above the average for NASA's baseline period 1951-1980, NASA scientists reported, as NASA's Bill Nelson said 'this warming trend is alarming'. - 12 January 2023: USA-based scientists say 2022 tied for the fifth hottest year on record, continuing a trend of rising global temperatures and extreme weather caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas, as scientists with the USA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA said the past nine years have been the warmest since modern records began in 1880
5 July 2023 Tuesday world’s hottest day on record, breaking Monday’s record: 5 July 2023: World temperature records have been broken for a second day in a row, data suggests, as experts issued a warning that this year’s warmest days are still to come, and with them the warmest days ever recorded - 5 July 2023: At least 22 countries have recorded maximum temperatures of 50C or above, as 'Al Jazeera' looks at the hottest places on Earth, mapping the hottest temperatures - 4 July 2023: Climate-heating El Niño has arrived and threatens lives, declares UN's WMO
7 July 2023 UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record: 7 July 2023 UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after an unofficial analysis of data showed that average world temperatures in the seven days to Wednesday were the hottest week on record. 'If we persist in delaying key measures that are needed, I think we are moving into a catastrophic situation', António Guterres said, referring to the world temperature records broken on Monday and Tuesday
6 February 2024 world ‘not prepared’ for climate disasters after warmest ever January: 6 February 2024: From deadly floods in California to devastating fires in Chile, scientists warn the world is not prepared for the climate disasters that are hitting with increasing frequency as human-driven global heating continues to break records. The hottest year in history has been followed by the warmest ever January. Many regions in the northern hemisphere are sweltering in heatwaves that would be more normal in June. Marine scientists are shocked by the prolonged and intense heat at the surface of the oceans. Scientists say the extreme heat is mostly the result of human activity, such as the burning of oil, gas and coal, and cutting down forests. This has been amplified by natural factors, particularly the El Niño.

Effects of global warming on oceans
September 2018 Atlantic’s warmer waters triggered the unusual number of major hurricanes in 2017: 28 September 2018: The Atlantic’s warmer waters triggered the unusual number of major hurricanes last year, according to a new study that predicts the region could see a couple of extra whopper storms each year by the end of the century
January 2019 oceans broke heat records in 2018: 16 January 2019: Our oceans broke heat records in 2018 and the consequences are catastrophic
September 2019 people cannot survive without water and oceans: 22 septembre 2019: Dévastés par le dérèglement climatique et les pollutions causés par l'Homme, les océans s'apprêtent à déchaîner leur puissance sur l'humanité qui ne peut vivre sans eux, selon un rapport de l'ONU
December 2019 oceans losing oxygen at unprecedented rate: 7 December 2019: Oceans losing oxygen at unprecedented rate, experts warn, as tuna, marlin and other large fish at risk from spread of 'dead zones’
11 January 2022 hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year: 11 January 2022: Hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year, as ocean heating driven by human-caused climate crisis, scientists say, in sixth consecutive year record has been broken

Sea level rise: Sea level rise, as tide gauge measurements show that the current global sea level rise began at the start of the 20th century. Between 1900 and 2017, the globally averaged sea level rose by 16–21 cm. More precise data gathered from satellite radar measurements reveal an accelerating rise of 7.5 cm from 1993 to 2017: 1554 for an average rate of 31 mm per decade. This acceleration is due mostly to climate change, which is driving thermal expansion of seawater and the melting of land-based ice sheets and glaciers - Current sea level rise - Future sea level
May 2015 sea level rise accelerated over the past two decades: 11 May 2015: Sea level rise accelerated over the past two decades, research finds
September 2019 serious impacts 'already inevitable': 25 September 2019: Extreme sea level events that used to occur once a century will strike every year on many coasts by 2050, no matter whether climate heating emissions are curbed or not, according to a landmark report by the world’s scientists, concluding that many serious impacts are already inevitable, from more intense storms to melting permafrost and dwindling marine life
November 2019 sea level rise to challenge human civilization for centuries: 6 November 2019: Sea level rise is set to challenge human civilization for centuries to come, even if internationally agreed climate goals are met and planet-warming emissions are then immediately eliminated, researchers have found
27 May 2021 rapid heating of Indian Ocean worsening cyclones: 27 May 2021: Rapid heating of Indian Ocean worsening cyclones, as rising ocean temperatures caused by climate crisis increasing number of cyclones and intensity of storms, say scientists and experts
5 August 2021 scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse: 5 August 2021: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse, as a shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say
16 October 2021 rising sea levels threaten Marshall Islands’ status as a nation, World Bank report warns: 16 October 2021: Projected sea level rise would mean 40% of the buildings in the Marshall Islands’ capital of Majuro would be permanently flooded and entire islands would disappear, potentially costing the Pacific country its status as a nation, according to a devastating new report from the World Bank
29 December 2021 many people in Mexico, Bangladesh, Somalia already lost livelihoods, homes to rising waters: 29 December 2021: Coastal communities in Mexico, Bangladesh and Somalia are struggling to adapt to the climate crisis, as many people have already lost livelihoods and homes to rising waters

Regional effects of global warming
Regional effects of global warming by continent - Climate change by country
Climate change in Africa: Climate change in Africa - Climate change in the Middle East and North Africa
Climate change and effects of global warming in Asia: Effects of global warming on South Asia - Climate change by country including Asian countries - Climate change in Russia
Climate change in North America: Climate change in North America
Climate change in South America: Climate change in South America
Climate change in Australia: Climate change in Australia
Climate change in Europe: Climate change in Europe
Climate and global warming in Antarctica: Global warming in Antarctica - Climate of Antarctica - Antarctic ice sheet - Antarctic sea ice - 23 December 2012: West Antarctic Ice Sheet warming twice earlier estimate, US researchers say - 20 May 2014: Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean - twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed, scientists say using measurements of CryoSat-2 satellite mission - 18 May 2015: NASA finds Antarctic ice shelf a few years from disintegration
January 2019 global warming melting Antarctic ice faster than ever before: 14 January 2019: Global warming melting Antarctic ice faster than ever before, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
7 September 2023 Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels: 7 September 2023: Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels. New study finds ‘direct evidence’ of polar amplification on continent as scientists warn of implications of ice loss. Antarctica is likely warming at almost twice the rate of the rest of the world and faster than climate change models are predicting, with potentially far-reaching implications for global sea level rise, according to a scientific study. Scientists - led by Dr Mathieu Casado of the Laboratoire des Science du Climat et de l’Environment in France - analysed 78 Antarctic ice cores to recreate temperatures going back 1,000 years and found the warming across the continent was outside what could be expected from natural swings. In West Antarctica, a region considered particularly vulnerable to warming with an ice sheet that could push up global sea levels by several metres if it collapsed, the study found warming at twice the rate suggested by climate models.
Climate of the Arctic: Climate of the Arctic - Climate change in the Arctic - 13 August 2012: Arctic sea ice 'melting faster', UK scientists say - 27 August 2012: Arctic sea ice reaches record low, Nasa says
2016 arctic sea ice extent record low for winter: 28 March 2016: Arctic sea ice extent breaks record low for winter - 16 August 2016: Global surface temperatures and Arctic sea ice extent have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016, according to NASA
Climate of Greenland: Climate of Greenland - Greenland ice sheet
2011/2012 ice cover thawed over larger area than ever detected: 19. August 2011: Grönlands Gletscher schwinden schneller als erwartet - 25 July 2012: NASA finds that ice cover thawed over larger area than ever detected in more than 30 years of satellite observation
September 2016 Greenland's ice cap disappearing far more rapidly than previously estimated: 22 September 2016: Greenland's ice cap is disappearing far more rapidly than previously estimated, is part of a long-term trend, and is already a major contributor to rising sea level, according to research taking better account of the gradual rise of the entire Greenland landmass
January 2019 Greenland's ice melting: 21 January 2019: Greenland's ice melting faster than scientists previously thought, according to new PNAS study
April 2020 dramatic melting of Greenland ice sheet: 15 April 2020: Scientists confirm dramatic melting of Greenland ice sheet


Since 19th century retreat of glaciers of mountain ranges: Retreat of glaciers of mountain ranges since 1850, as - studied by glaciologists - the temporal coincidence of glacier retreat with the measured increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases is often cited as an evidentiary underpinning of global warming, and as mountain ranges such as the Himalayas, Rockies, in the European Alps, Cascades, and the southern Andes, as well as isolated tropical summits such as Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, are showing some of the largest proportionate glacial losses
April 2021 a tenth of the world’s mountain glacier ice will have melted by the middle of this century: 29 April 2021: A tenth of the world’s mountain glacier ice will have melted by the middle of this century even if humanity meets the goals of the Paris climate agreement, according to figures compiled exclusively for the 'Guardian'
3 May 2021 receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear: 3 May 2021: Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear, as global phenomenon known as river piracy demands urgent adaptation from ecosystems and people who rely on their flow
20th/21st centuries retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and Central Asia: 20th/21st centuries retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas and Central Asia
Glaciers of the Himalayas: Himalayas mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau - Glaciers of the Himalayas
February 2019 a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt: 4 February 2019: At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark new report, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people, as even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers
Retreat of European glaciers in the 20th/21st centuries: Retreat of European glaciers in the 20th/21st centuries - Glaciers of the Alps
9 April 2019 at least two-thirds of glacier ice in the Alps 'will melt by 2100': 9 April 2019: Two-thirds of the ice in the glaciers of the Alps is doomed to melt by the end of the century as climate change forces up temperatures. Half of the ice in the mountain chain’s 4,000 glaciers will be gone by 2050 due to global warming already baked in by past emissions, and after that - even if carbon emissions have plummeted to zero - two-thirds of the ice will still have melted by 2100, an ETH Zurich study has found. The study also states 'in the pessimistic case, the Alps will be mostly ice-free by 2100, with only isolated ice patches remaining at high elevation, representing 5% or less of the present-day ice volume' - 9 April 2019: Modelling the future evolution of glaciers in the European Alps under the EURO-CORDEX RCM ensemble, published by the European Geosciences Union
7 September 2023 Swiss measuring glacier melts after hot summer: 7 September 2023: Swiss glaciers last year recorded their worst melt rate since records began more than a century ago, losing 6% of that volume during the course of 2022. And another wave of melting is expected to be confirmed this year, said Matthias Huss from ETH Zurich, who is leading a team from the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network measuring the loss of ice.
28 September 2023 as thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say: 28 September 2023: As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, as GLAMOS head Matthias Huss said in an interview that Switzerland has already lost up to 1,000 small glaciers, and that 'now we are starting to lose also bigger and more important glaciers'
Retreat of North American glaciers in the 20th/21st centuries: Retreat of North American glaciers in the 20th/21st centuries
Retreat of Southern hemisphere glaciers in the 20th/21st centuries: Retreat of Southern hemisphere glaciers in the 20th/21st centuries, including Africa, South America, Oceania

Ozone depletion
October 2011: 2 October 2011: Arctic ozone loss at record level
March 2014: 10 March 2014: New ozone-depleting gases found in atmosphere
May 2019: 23 May 2019: Industries in north-eastern China have released large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists have said

Weather events and natural disasters, by continent and by country - International responses to natural disasters
Heat wave - Heat waves by country
2010/2012 Russian and North American heat wave: 21 February 2012: Climate change increased likelihood of Russian 2010 heatwave, international study says - Summer 2012 North American heat wave
2015 Indian heat wave: 2015 Indian heat wave - June 2015 Pakistan heat wave - 26 October 2015: Extreme heatwaves could push Gulf climate including Iran’s coast beyond human endurance if the world fails to cut carbon emissions, USA study shows - 28 October 2015: Rising heat stress could threaten labour capacity across south-east Asia, with Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia worst hit, British study says
July 2018 record high temperatures across much of the world: 13 July 2018: Record high temperatures have been set across much of the world this week as an unusually prolonged and broad heatwave intensifies concerns about climate change in hottest La Niña year to date on record
July 2020 heatwaves increased in both length and frequency in most of the world since 1950s: 3 July 2020: Heatwaves have become longer in most of the world since 1950s, as frequency of heatwaves and cumulative intensity has risen through the decades, research finds
Droughts - Droughts by continent
Wildfires - Wildfires by country
19 February 2021 wildfires are spreading to fuel-abundant regions of the world that used to be less prone to burning: 19 February 2021: Wildfires are spreading to fuel-abundant regions of the world that used to be less prone to burning, while the overall area of annual burn in the world has remained relatively static in this period, new research indicates a shifting regional fire pattern that is affecting more forests and fewer grasslands, according to a new analysis of 20 years of data by the 'Guardian'
Storm
Tropical cyclones and climate change - Tropical cyclones - Tropical cyclones by region - Tropical cyclone impact by region
2017/2018 warmer waters triggered unusual number of major hurricanes: 28 September 2018: The Atlantic’s warmer waters triggered the unusual number of major hurricanes last year, according to a new study that predicts the region could see a couple of extra whopper storms each year by the end of the century
10 November 2020 annual record for the number of major Atlantic storms shattered: 10 November 2020: The annual record for the number of major storms forming in the Atlantic has been shattered, with storm Theta becoming the 29th named event in a hyperactive hurricane season, as the development of Theta, currently churning through the heart of the Atlantic, had broken a record that stood since 2005, when there were 28 named storms


Drought is a period of below-average precipitation in a given region, resulting in prolonged shortages its waters supply, whether atmospheric, surface or ground water - List of droughts
2015 climate change in the Middle East and droughts: 16 March 2015: Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the 2007-2010 drought, including the recent Syrian drought, causing widespread crop failure and mass migration - 12 June 2015: A global tour of seven recent water crises in a decade of drought - 29 August 2015: Middle Eastern states constitute 14 of the 33 most water stressed countries in a World Resources Institute study predicting growing competition over and depletion of water resources across the globe in the coming decades
2016 two-thirds of the global population live with severe water scarcity: 12 February 2016: At least two-thirds of the global population, over 4 billion people, live with severe water scarcity for at least one month every year, according to a major new analysis published in the journal Science Advances
March 2018 over 5bn people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change, increased demand, polluted supplies: 19 March 2018: More than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change, increased demand and polluted supplies, according to a UN report on the state of the world’s water - 21 March 2018: Water inequality is increasing in the world’s most environmentally stressed nations, warn the authors of a report that shows more than 800 million people need to travel and queue for at least 30 minutes to access safe supplies
2018 State of the World's Water report says 60% of the world's population lives in areas of water stress: 60% of the world's population lives in areas of water stress, where the water supply cannot or will not continue to meet demand, 2018 State of the World's Water report says
August 2019 water crises: 6 August 2019: New data from WRI’s Aqueduct tools reveal that 17 countries, home to one-quarter of the world’s population, face 'extremely high' levels of baseline water stress, where irrigated agriculture, industries and municipalities withdraw more than 80% of their available supply on average every year, as 44 countries, home to one-third of the world, face 'high' levels of stress, where on average more than 40% of available supply is withdrawn every year
31 December 2019 water-related violence rises globally: 31 December 2019: Water-related violence rises globally in past decade, according to 'The World's Water', also saying that 17 countries, home to a quarter of the world’s population facing 'extremely high' water stress, 12 of them in the Middle East including Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Qatar, Lebanon, Iran and Jordan
June 2021 GAR Special Report on Drought: 17 June 2021: UN 'Office for Disaster Risk Reduction' says droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies, as climate change is increasing temperatures and disrupting rainfall patterns, increasing the frequency, severity, and duration of droughts in many regions across the globe
Desertification
16 September 2010 desertification is greatest threat to planet: 16 September 2010: Desertification is greatest threat to planet, UN's top drylands official warns saying people must be paid via global carbon markets for preserving the soil, as land conflicts in Somalia, dust storms in Asia and the food price crises of recent years all stem from the degradation of land, due to overuse by humans and impacts of global warming, after since early 1980s a quarter of the planet's land has been despoiled and 1% a year continues to be lost
21 September 2011 UN demands to fight against desertification: 21. September 2011: UN rufen zu Kampf gegen Wüstenbildung auf
3 April 2023 desertification a threat to Africa’s development: 3 April 2023: Out of nearly 7.8 billion people in 186 countries, 5.2 billion or 72% are water insecure, including 1.3 billion Africans, Africa’s entire population. 13 African countries are critically water insecure, according to the Global Water Security 2023 Assessment report, including Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan - Desertification a threat to Africa’s development, according UN desertification convention's Luc Gnacadja, saying that by 2030 Africa will lose two-thirds of its arable land if the march of desertification - the spread of arid, desert-like areas of land - is not stopped
12 August 2023 world facing major disruption to food supplies before 1.5°C, says UN expert: 12 August 2023: The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5°C target, UN’s Alain-Richard Donwahi explains, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices threaten global agriculture, warning that the effects of drought were taking hold more rapidly than expected

Effects of global warming on humans, as global warming has brought about possibly irreversible alterations to Earth's geological, biological and ecological systems, and as these changes have led to the emergence of large-scale environmental hazards to human health and human habitats, such as extreme weather, ozone depletion, increased danger of wildland fires, loss of biodiversity, stresses to food-producing systems and the global spread of infectious diseases
Requirements for permanent settlements Sedentism - Human settlement - Origin of behavioral modernity, that distinguishes current 'Homo sapiens' from other anatomically modern humans, hominins, and primates - List of first human settlements - Timeline of agriculture and food technology since the 'Neolithic Revolution' 8,500 BC - 3000 BC and later, an agricultural revolution beginning in different areas - Populated places by type, period and location - Settlement geography
5 May 2020 one billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years: 5 May 2020: One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years, as human cost of climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed, research reveals, saying the human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder, wider and sooner than previously believed, and people will either be displaced or forced to endure insufferable heat for every additional 1C rise in the global temperature
Effects of global warming on human health: Effects of global warming on human health
15 January 2022 global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health with lifelong health effects: 15 January 2022: The climate crisis is damaging the health of foetuses, babies and infants across the world, six new studies have found, as scientists discovered increased heat was linked to fast weight gain in babies, which increases the risk of obesity in later life. Higher temperatures were also linked to premature birth, which can have lifelong health effects, and to increased hospital admissions of young children. Other studies found exposure to smoke from wildfires doubled the risk of a severe birth defects, while reduced fertility was linked to air pollution from fossil fuel burning, even at low levels. The studies, published in a special issue of the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, spanned the globe from the USA to Denmark, Israel and Australia. USA Boston University's Prof Gregory Wellenius said 'from the very beginning, from preconception, through early childhood into adolescence, we’re starting to see important impacts of climate hazards on health'
Women in climate change: Women in climate change, as contributions of women in climate change have received increasing attention in the early 21st century
Climate change and poverty: Climate change and poverty are interrelated events, as global warming, affecting the natural environment, especially agriculture, also affects humans, and as climate change globally increases cycles of poverty, particularly in low-income communities
16 September 2022 extreme hunger soaring in world’s climate hotspots: 16 September 2022: Extreme hunger soaring in world’s climate hotspots, as the development charity Oxfam examined 10 of the world’s worst climate hotspots, afflicted by drought, floods, severe storms and other extreme weather, and found their rates of extreme hunger had more than doubled in the past six years. The 10 countries covered by Oxfam's report - Somalia, Haiti, Djibouti, Kenya, Niger, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Madagascar, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe - were those with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events.
Climate change and gender: Climate change and gender, as climate change increases gender inequality, reduces their ability to be financially independent, and has an overall negative impact on the social and political rights of women, specially in economies that are heavily based on agriculture

Nutrition, the science that interprets the nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism, including ingestion, absorption, assimilation, biosynthesis, catabolism and excretion - Human nutrition deals with the provision of essential nutrients in food that are necessary to support human life and health - Plant nutrition, the study of the chemical elements and compounds necessary for plant growth, plant metabolism and their external supply - Animal nutrition focuses on the dietary nutrients needs of animals, primarily those in agriculture and food production, but also in zoo's, aquariums, and wildlife managemen
Food and food science: Food science, the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutrition and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development of food technology - Food chemistry, the study of chemical processes and interactions of all biological and non-biological components of foods - Food microbiology, the study of the microorganisms that inhibit, create, or contaminate food, including the study of microorganisms causing food spoilage, as well as pathogens that may cause disease
Food politics: Food politics, a term which encompasses not only food policy and legislation, but all aspects of the production, control, regulation, inspection, distribution and consumption of commercially grown, and even sometimes home grown, food. The commercial aspects of food production are affected by ethical, cultural, and health concerns, as well as environmental concerns about farming and agricultural practices and retailing methods. The term also encompasses biofuels, GMO crops and pesticide use, the international food market, food aid, food security and food sovereignty, obesity, labor practices and immigrant workers, issues of water usage, animal cruelty, climate change, and more - Food security
Food and drink by country: Food and drink by country - List of countries by food energy intake as estimated by the FAO Food Balance Sheets
Water distribution and resources on Earth: Water distribution on Earth, as most water in the Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from the world ocean's saline seawater, while freshwater accounts for nearly 1% of the total - Water, an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of most living organisms - Water resources, natural resources of water that are potentially useful, as uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities, and as all living things require water to grow and reproduce - Hydrology, the scientific study of the movement, distribution and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability
Water conservation: Water conservation, including all the policies, strategies and activities to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, to protect the hydrosphere, and to meet the current and future human demand

Lebensmittelherstellung - Nachdem seit dem Übergang zur Neuzeit die verhüllte Sklaverei der Lohnarbeiter in Europa mit ihrem Piedestal der Sklaverei 'sans phrase' in der neuen Welt der Kolonien unter Anleitung des britischen Könighauses und -reiches die Herstellung der menschlichen Lebensmittelmittel dem Kapital dienstbar gemacht hat und vor allem in Afrika dieser Entfremdungsprozeß weiter fortgesetzt wird, hat eine Sprachverwirrung eingesetzt - So als ob Menschen zu fütternde Tiere seien und obwohl sowohl Menschen als auch Tiere Lebewesen sind, wird 'Lebensmittelherstellung' 'food industry' genannt, entsprechend praktiziert und so erläuter: 'Diverse businesses participating to supply 'Lebensmittel' consumed by the world's population, as only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, and hunter-gatherers can be considered outside the scope of the modern food industry' - Food processing - Food distribution - Warehousing
Agricultural production by commodity, valuable crops and livestock products: Agricultural production by commodity - List of most valuable crops and livestock products - List of 20 largest countries by agricultural output according to the IMF and CIA World Factbook in 2018
Seafood: Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish - History of seafood - Fish processing - Fish as food
Food crops: A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence, as crop may refer either to the harvested parts or to the harvest in a more refined state, and as most crops are cultivated in agriculture or aquaculture - Important food crops
2005-2008 international assessment of agricultural knowledge, science, and technology: 'International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development' IAASTD, a three-year international collaborative effort (2005–2007/2008) initiated by the World Bank, which evaluated the relevance, quality and effectiveness of knowledge, science, and technology involving 110 countries with co-sponsorship of the FAO, Global Environment Facility, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, the World Bank and WHO. It assessed agricultural knowledge, science, and technology with respect to development and sustainability goals of reducing hunger and poverty, improving nutrition, health, rural livelihoods, and facilitating social and environmental sustainability
Statements of the April 2008 IAASTD report 'Agriculture at a Crossroads', not supported by few countries: Statements of the 2008 report 'Agriculture at a Crossroads'. Der Bericht 'Landwirtschaft am Scheideweg' wurde 2008 vom Weltagrarrat IAASTD veröffentlicht, einem Gremium vergleichbar dem 'Weltklimarat' IPCC. Der Bericht fordert insbesondere eine Ausdehnung der ökologischen Landwirtschaft beziehungsweise agrarökologischer Methoden und der Förderung von Kleinbauern. Die Grüne Gentechnik, Agrochemie und geistiges Eigentum von Saatgut werden kritisch hinterfragt. Deutschland, die USA, Kanada und Australien unterzeichneten den Bericht nicht. Anfangs beteiligte Agrarunternehmen beendeten ihre Mitarbeit schon vor dem Schlussberich, der u.a. sagt 'um den Herausforderungen der Zukunft gewachsen zu sein, bedarf es eines radikalen und systematischen Wandels in der landwirtschaftlichen Forschung, Entwicklung und Praxis', 'die Grüne Gentechnik bringt bisher mehr Probleme als Lösungen und lenkt das Forschungsinteresse einseitig auf patentierbare Produkte', und weitere wissenschaftlich begründete kritische Feststellungen
Agriculture by type and country: Agriculture, the profession, science and art of cultivating plants and livestock - Agriculture by type, by continent, and by country
History of agriculture: History of agriculture records the domestication of plants and animals and the development and dissemination of techniques for raising them productively, as agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa, as at several separate regions were involved as independent centers of origin - People in agriculture - Domestication of animals
November 2020 rising global land inequality since 1980s and impacts: 24 November 2020: 1% of the world’s farms operate 70% of crop fields, ranches and orchards, according to a report that highlights the impact of land inequality on the climate and nature crises, warning that land inequality is rising with farmland increasingly dominated by a few major companies, as since the 1980s researchers found control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings
Sustainable agriculture: Sustainable agriculture, farming in sustainable ways, which means meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs, and which can be based on an understanding of ecosystem services
April 2020 business as usual ‘no longer an option’ for Europe’s food system: April 2020 review conducted for the EU found that up to 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions could be attributed to the food system, including crop and livestock production, transportation, changing land use (including deforestation) and food loss and waste sustainable food system for the EU, as experts say a shift to a more sustainable food system is inevitable - 9 April 2020: Business as usual ‘no longer an option’ for Europe’s food system, experts warn
Animal husbandry: Animal husbandry, the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products, including day-to-day care, selective breeding and the raising of livestock - Animal feed, food given to domestic animals in the course of animal husbandry, as there are two basic types 'fodder' and 'forage' - Branches of animal husbandry - Livestock transportation
Environmental impact of livestock: Environmental impact of livestock - Environmental impact of pig farming, refers to the threats posed to the natural environment by large-scale intensive pig farming - Environmental impact of cattle farming and meat production
Environmental impact of meat production: Environmental impact of meat production, also including severe health effects on livestock workers - Meat industry - List of countries by meat consumption - List of countries by meat consumption per capita in 2017
October 2017 vast animal-feed crops to satisfy our meat needs are destroying planet: 5 October 2017: Vast animal-feed crops to satisfy our meat needs are destroying planet, as WWF report finds 60% of global biodiversity loss is down to meat-based diets which put huge strain on Earth’s resources, and as vast scale of growing crops such as soy to rear chickens, pigs and other animals puts an enormous strain on natural resources leading to the wide-scale loss of land and species
22 June 2020 'the whole system is built on using low-paid, badly exploited workers': 22 June 2020: Covid-19 outbreaks that have struck workers in meat plants around the world are due to poor working conditions and living quarters in a sector that is in a 'disastrous race to the bottom' in the quest for cheap meat, according to trade union representatives, saying 'the whole system is built on using low-paid, badly exploited workers'
2 July 2020 European Bank EBRD and World Bank's IFC pump billions of dollars into the global livestock sector: 2 July 2020: Two of the world’s leading development banks have pumped billions of dollars into the global livestock sector, despite warnings that reducing meat and dairy consumption is essential for tackling the climate crisis, as the International Finance Corporation IFC – the commercial lending arm of the World Bank – and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD have provided $2.6bn for pig, poultry and beef farming, as well as dairy and meat processing, in the past 10 years

Agricultural safety and health - Agricultural Education, the teaching of agriculture, natural resources, and land management
2019 IPCC's 'Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems': August 2019 IPCC's 'Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems', a landmark study by 107 experts from 52 countries - 8 August 2019: As IPCC report finds reduction in global heating requires transformation of food production and land management, also farmers demand change calling for national strategy on climate change and agriculture

2020 UN warnings and 2020/2020s in the environment: 2020 in the environment - 2020s in the environment - 2020 meteorology - 2020 natural disasters
2020 events and news in the environment, politics and environmental law: 2020 events and news in the environment, environmental law
2019-2020 locust infestation in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia and South America: 2019-2020 locust infestation in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia and South America is an outbreak of desert locusts which is threatening the food supply across the regions, after plague began in June 2019 and has continued through 2020, and as of April 2020, efforts to control the locusts are being hampered by ongoing restrictions in travel and shipping due to the covid-19 pandemic
February 2020 UN warning about locust infestation: 16 February 2020: UN issued a warning about the locust infestation in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia and South America
15 September 2020 world fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature, UN report says: 15 September 2020: The world has failed to meet a single target to stem the destruction of wildlife and life-sustaining ecosystems in the last decade, according to a devastating new report from the UN on the state of nature

Climate change and agriculture are interrelated processes, both of which take place on a global scale, as climate change affects agriculture in a number of ways, including through changes in average temperatures, rainfall, and climate extremes (e.g., heat waves), changes in pests and diseases, changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and ground-level ozone concentrations, changes in the nutritional quality of some foods, and changes in sea level
Ecosystems, biodiversity, agricultural biodiversity and food biodiversity: Ecosystems - Biodiversity, the variety and variability of life on Earth - Agricultural biodiversity - Food biodiversity, defined as 'the diversity of plants, animals and other organisms used for food, covering the genetic resources within species, between species and provided by ecosystems'
August 2018 rising levels of carbon dioxide could make crops less nutritious: 27 August 2018: Rising levels of carbon dioxide could make crops less nutritious and damage the health of hundreds of millions of people, research has revealed, with those living in some of the world’s poorest regions likely to be hardest hit
August 2019 climate crisis threatening civilisation: 8 August 2019: Climate crisis reducing land’s ability to sustain humanity, according to IPCC, saying global heating is increasing droughts, soil erosion and wildfires while diminishing crop yields in the tropics and thawing permafrost near the poles, threatening civilisation
15 April 2021 just 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations, study says: 15 April 2021: Just 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals and undisturbed habitat, according to a new study called 'Where Might We Find Ecologically Intact Communities?', and published in the journal 'Frontiers in Forests and Global Change'
29 November 2023 how the world could look in 2050 – unless we act now: 29 November 2023: The continued destruction of nature across the planet will result in major shocks to food supplies and safe water, the disappearance of unique species and the loss of landscapes central to human culture and leisure by the middle of this century, experts have warned. By 2050 - if humanity does not follow through on commitments to tackle the five main drivers of nature loss - critical natural systems could break down just as the human population is projected to peak. 'The Guardian' asked leading scientists, Indigenous leaders and conservationists around the world about the consequences of inaction on biodiversity loss by the middle of this century

Climate Conference in Geneva 1979
2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancún
2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban - 17. Juni 2011: Vorbereitungstreffen der UN-Klimakonferenz am 17. Juni 2011 erfolglos beendet - UN official July 2011: Climate change 'threatens peace' - 18 November 2011: IPCC report says that the risk from extreme weather events is likely to increase - 28 novembre: 17e conférence de l'ONU sur le réchauffement climatique - 190 pays réunis à Durban jusqu'au 9 décembre - 1 December 2011: Climate deal pushed by poorest nations - 4 December 2011: Protests at climate change summit in Durban demanding faster action - 5. Dezember 2011: 'Neue Welle der Entwaldung' - das Abholzen der Regenwälder gefährdet Klimaschutz und die Lebensgrundlage z.B. von Millionen von Afrikanern - 5 December 2011: Discovered earth-like planet 'Kepler 22-b' is too far away to go into exile, also for the international tea-party movement - 11 December 2011: UN climate conference in Durban approves deal delaying worldwide obligation to control greenhouse gases to 2020 - 13 December 2011: Canada to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol
2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha (Qatar) - 28. März 2012: Der Weltklimarat IPCC warnt vor einer Zunahme von Extremwettern infolge des Klimawandels - extreme Temperaturen und Hitzewellen hätten seit 1950 zugenommen, heisst es im neu veröffentlichten Bericht - 23 June 2012: Rio summit ends with an agreement from world leaders that charities say represents a 'missed chance' - 25 November 2012: As Qatar welcomes world leaders to the 18th UN climate change conference, its own environmental record has come under criticism as a major contributor to greenhouse gases - 6 December: The delegate Naderev Sano from typhoon-hit Philippines demanded that ministers at the Doha conference put aside their differences and take effective steps to combat global warming - 7 December: Standoff between rich and developing countries remains as UN climate talks near end - 8 December: Rich and poor nations disagree on funding as negotiators scramble to reach a global agreement on rising CO2 emissions - 9 December: Delegates in Doha agreed to extend the Kyoto protocol until 2020
2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw from 11 to 22 November - 19 novembre 2013: Le typhon Haiyan électrise la conférence climat de Varsovie
23 September 2014 Climate Summit at UN Headquarters in New York City - 21 September 2014: Scientists reveal ‘fair system’ for countries to tackle climate change urging rich nations to make biggest commitment and warning world leaders ahead of UN summit in New York - 22 September 2014: Poor nations’ climate change budget puts health and education funds at risk, according to ODI-led research - 22 September 2014: People rallied worldwide over climate change ahead of the climate-change summit hosted by Ban Ki-moon in New York - 2 November 2014: Time running out to reach 2°C warming target, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
December 2014 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima (Peru) - 27 November 2014: UN climate change deal must have legally binding targets, EU says - 11 December 2014: Time presses as climate talks head for penultimate day - 13 December: Lima climate summit extended as poor countries demand more from rich - 14 December 2014: UN members adopt a format for national pledges to cut greenhouse gases
6 June 2015: Africa sounds the alarm over crucial climate summit
November/December 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris - 10 October 2015: Pledges by nations to cut carbon emissions will fall far short of those needed to prevent global temperatures rising by more than the crucial 2C by the end of the century, climate experts say - 25/26 November 2015: The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record according to the UN's weather agency, stressing that based on current voluntary pledges, Earth is on track for 3 C
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference - 30 November 2015: The capitals of the world's two most populous nations China and India, Beijing and Delhi, were blanketed in hazardous, choking smog on Monday as climate change talks began in Paris, where China, the USA, the EU, India, Russia, Japan, Germany and Iran causing large proportion of pollution are participants - 30 November 2015: Participants in the UN climate summit in Paris on Monday observed a minute of silence during its opening for the victims of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, but will they also observe a minute of silence for the casualties of the repression of the Syrian democratic protests since 2011 and the victims of Assad's and Russian regime's daily terror attacks? - 30 November 2015: 'The terrible events that France experienced this tragic November are daily reality for Ukraine for almost 21 months, my country is suffering for the terrorism sponsored and promoted by the Russian Federation', Ukrainian president Poroshenko says in Paris
1 December 2015: Warm countries launch sun-energy alliance - 6 December: Cautious hopes as negotiators from 195 nations at UN conference agree draft climate change deal - 6 December: Small islands that bear the brunt of rising sea levels also face the greatest risk of diseases linked to a warmer planet, health leaders say, as 13 million medical professionals added to the calls for a global climate pact - 12 December: Final draft published as nearly 200 governments prepare to officially adopt climate change deal on how to cut carbon emissions post-2020 - 13 décembre 2015: L'accord mondial sur le climat conclu samedi soir
7 October 2016: Poor countries urge fast action on Paris deal to stop catastrophic warming, as the new treaty will not stop catastrophic warming as it stands, setting the world on track to a temperature rise of about 3C over the next 50 years, enough to render many of the world’s poorest countries uninhabitable
7 au 18 novembre 2016 Conférence de Marrakech sur le réchauffement climatique, la 22e conférence des parties COP22 de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques
June 2017 USA withdrawal from the Paris climate accord
12 October 2017: Billions of dollars of public money was sunk in new fossil fuel projects by the world’s major development banks in the year after the Paris climate change deal was agreed, according to campaigners who are calling for the banks to halt their financing of coal, oil and gas
6-17 November 2017 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, presided over by the Government of Fiji - Novembre 2017 Conférence de Bonn sur les changements climatiques - 13 November 2017: Global 2% rise in CO2 'giant leap backwards', according to scientists at UN climate talks - 15 November 2017: At Bonn summint governments have acknowledged for the first time that 'first peoples', indigenous communities and groups can play a leadership role in protecting forests and limiting global warming - 18 novembre 2017: À Bonn un accord pour évaluer les émissions en décembre 2018 à Katowice
2-14 December 2018 Katowice Climate Change Conference - 2 décembre 2018: La 24e Conférence de l'ONU sur le climat à Katowice, en pleine région houillère, avec en tête l'alerte rouge lancée récemment par les scientifiques du Giec, ouvre dimanche dans l'urgence climatique - 4 December 2018: School student Greta Thunberg accuses leading politicans of a world facing global warming and climate change of behaving like irresponsible children - 11/12 December 2018: Scientists urge action at UN climate talks, saying 'window is narrowing', as Vanuatu accuses the USA and other rich and developed countries of obstructing progress at the UN climate summit - 14 décembre 2018: Malgré les désaccords, un accord est toujours possible à Katowice - 15 December 2018: UN climate change talks ended with a deal agreed on how to put the 2015 Paris agreement into action, but with other contentious problems left to be resolved next year, as Jennifer Morgan of Greenpeace says 'people expected action, and that is what governments did not deliver'
15 December 2019: Marathon international climate talks close in Madrid with negotiators postponing until next year a key decision on global carbon markets
12 December 2020 fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris Agreement, as countries review and update their national commitments every 5 years - 12 December 2020: World is in danger of missing Paris climate target, summit is warned, as minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being done, as countries including Australia, Brazil, Russia and Saudi Arabia were excluded from speaking at the summit as they failed to come forward with strong new commitments, and as the still trumped up USA preferred self-exclusion
January-December 2021 in the environment and environmental sciences: January-December 2021 in the environment and environmental sciences, listing global environmental disasters in 2021 and 2021 environmental sciences' efforts, statistics, reviews, reocrds, and studies by month, also geosciences, biotechnology, anthropology and geoengineering - Wikipedia article '2021 in climate change', documenting notable events, research findings, effects, and responses related to global warming and climate change during the year - 2020s in environmental history, referring to events and trends related to the natural environment and human interactions with it, as examples of human-induced events include biodiversity loss, climate change and holocene extinction - 2020s in the environment, including years 2020, 2021 and 2022, 2020s meteorology, 2020s natural disasters, protected areas established in the 2020s, renewable resource companies disestablished in the 2020s, 2020s individual tree deaths - 2021 in the environment
20 June 2021 UN blasts world leaders for failing to seal £72bn-a-year deal on climate: 20 June 2021: The head of climate change at the UN has warned that world leaders are still “far away” from securing a deal to limit the disastrous effects of global heating, with less than five months to go before a key summit in Glasgow, saying financial aid ‘critical’ to help developing countries limit fossil fuels, and making Cop26 a success
19 July 2021 ahead of Cop26 UN climate talks in Glasgow in November 'Global Alliance for a Green New Deal': 19 July 2021: The Global Alliance for a Green New Deal is inviting politicians from legislatures in all countries to work together on policies that would deliver a just transition to a green economy ahead of Cop26 UN climate talks in Glasgow in November 2021
27 September 2021 children face life with far more heatwaves, floods, droughts and wildfires than grandparents: 27 September 2021: Children born over the past year will on average face seven times more scorching heatwaves during their lives than their grandparents under original Paris Agreement emission reduction pledges, according to new research released by Save the Children in collaboration with an international team of climate researchers led by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and published in the journal Science, as in Afghanistan alone, children could face up to 18 times as many heatwaves as their elders,as newborns across the globe will on average also live through 2.6 times more droughts, 2.8 times as many river floods, almost three times as many crop failures, and twice the number of wildfires as people born 60 years ago if emissions were to follow the original Paris Agreement pledges
12 October 2021 'overwhelming’ backing for strong climate action, UK study shows: 12 October 2021: ‘Overwhelming’ backing for strong climate action, UK study shows, as biggest ever analysis shows public backs carbon tax on industry, flight levies and grants for heat pumps
13 October 2021 IEA's annual 'World Energy Outlook' this year a 'guidebook' for Glasgow summit: 13 October 2021: In its annual 'World Energy Outlook', this year as a 'guidebook' for world leaders attending the summit in Glasgow, the IEA predicted that carbon emissions would decrease by just 40% by the middle of the century if countries stick to their climate pledges, saying the difference between current plans and the change necessary to reach the net zero requiring up to $4tn in investment over the next decade alone to bridge the divide, as IEA’s Fatih Birol told the Guardian that major economies recovering from covid-19 were already missing the opportunity to spur investment in clean energy, adding 'we are witnessing an unsustainable recovery from the pandemic', pointing to sections of the report that show coal use growing strongly, contributing to the second-largest increase in CO2 emissions in history
23 October 2021 China, India and Brazil must set out their plans to cut emissions: 23 October 2021: China, India and Brazil must set out their plans to cut emissions, as an insider says keeping temperatures within 1.5C above pre-industrial levels rests with big developing countries in G20
24 October 2021 global security, stability at risk if countries fail to tackle climate crisis: 24 October 2021: Global security and stability could break down, with migration crises and food shortages bringing conflict and chaos, if countries fail to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, UN’s top climate official Patricia Espinosa has warned ahead of the Cop26 climate summit, saying 'we’re really talking about preserving the stability of countries, preserving the institutions that we have built over so many years, preserving the best goals that our countries have put together. The catastrophic scenario would indicate that we would have massive flows of displaced people'
26 October 2021 world faces 2.7C temperature rise, UN warns: 26 October 2021: Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for a 'catastrophic' average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century, the United Nations said on Tuesday, another stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks
28 October 2021 rising sea levels, floods putting tens of millions of lives at risk in Bangladesh: 28 October 2021: Rising sea levels and deadly floods are already putting tens of millions of lives at risk in Bangladesh, but they bring another problem that threatens the entire nation, as waterlogged land and high salinity in streams and soil are killing crops, and as Bangladesh ranks 7th for countries most affected by extreme weather in the past two decades, according to the Global Climate Risk Index
November 2021 UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow: November 2021 UN Climate Change Conference COP26, scheduled to be held in the city of Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021, the 16th meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the third meeting of the parties to the Paris Agreement
1 November 2021 'either we stop it (the climate crisis), or it stops us’: 1 November 2021: UN chief opens Cop26 with climate crisis warning 'either we stop it, or it stops us’, 'The Guardian' reports live from Glasgow
2 November 2021 promise to end deforestation, USA and EU announce global pledge to slash methane: 2 November 2021: The USA and the EU have announced a global partnership to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by 2030 - 2 November 2021: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030
4 November 2021 biggest users fail to sign up to ending coal the BBC says: 4 November 2021: Global carbon emissions are shooting back to the record level seen before the covid-19 pandemic levels, new analysis has shown. Scientists said the finding is a 'reality check' for the world’s nations gathered at the Cop26 climate summit. The emissions driving the climate crisis reached their highest ever levels in 2019 before global covid-19 crisis' lockdowns saw them fall by 5.4%. However, fossil fuel burning has surged faster than expected in 2021 an international research team said, in stark contrast to the rapid cuts needed to tackle global heating, 'The Guardian' reports from Glasgow
- 4 November 2021: As on day five of the global climate summit, the focus is on energy and how the world can move away from fossil fuels, more than 40 countries commit to shifting away from coal but huge users and producers like China, India, Australia and the USA don't sign up, according to the live reporting 'BBC'. The 'International Energy Agency IEA' has crunched the numbers from promises made at COP26 and calculated that the world will keep to a 1.8C degree rise in global temperatures if all the pledges are carried out.
5 November 2021 youth activists protest against climate inaction at COP26: 5 November 2021: Youth activists protest against climate inaction at COP26 in Glasgow coming in the week one of the UN climate summit amid calls for further commitments
6 November 2021 demonstrators in cities around the world calling for urgent action on climate change: 6 November 2021: Demonstrators march in Glasgow calling for urgent action on climate change, as protests also taking place in cities around the world, the BBC reports live, as organisers claim up to 100,000 people have braved rain and wind to march through Glasgow city, which is hosting COP26
7 November 2021 1.5°C and climate front lines Tokyo, Brussels, New York with world’s economic heartlands: 7 November 2021: The climate front lines are not just Tuvalu or the Maldives, they are Tokyo, Brussels, New York, and the world’s economic heartlands, and as the world comes together for the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference COP26, its largest economies – which emit 80% of all greenhouse gases – continue to have such stilted and sluggish commitments to staving off climate risk. The reality is that all G20 nations face a full-frontal tide of climate impacts that will rip through their economies within 30 years. These are the findings of the new 'G20 Climate Impacts Atlas', a study based on the most recent science. Heatwaves, droughts, fires and floods will increase in severity and frequency, creating risk and instability for today’s G20 growth models.
9 November 2021 world headed for 2.4C warming despite climate summit: 9 November 2021: Despite pledges made at the climate summit COP26, the world is still nowhere near its goals on limiting global temperature rise, a new analysis shows, calculating that the world is heading for 2.4C of warming, far more than the 1.5C limit nations committed to. COP26 'has a massive credibility, action and commitment gap', according to the Climate Action Tracker CAT
10 November 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow Madagascar's environment minister calls for 'climate solidarity': 10 November 2021: Speaking at COP26 in Glasgow, Madagascar's environment minister calls for 'climate solidarity', as the south of country faces famine as the result of a prolonged drought that has affected more than 1.3 million people - 10 November 2021: World’s ‘calamitous’ water crisis being ignored in climate talks, as Cop26 summit focusing on slowing down global heating at expense of current impact on water-stressed regions, WaterAid says, making carried off problems very clear
11 November 2021 unexpected USA/China agreement to work together on cutting emissions to stay within 1.5C: 11 November 2021: An unexpected USA/China agreement to work together on cutting emissions has been broadly welcomed by leaders and climate experts, as the two biggest emitters appeared to put aside some climate crisis differences unveiling a joint declaration that would see close cooperation on emissions cuts that scientists say are needed in the next 10 years to stay within 1.5C, as the agreement calls for 'concrete and pragmatic' regulations in decarbonisation, reducing methane emissions and fighting deforestation, also Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said in Glasgow
12 November 2021 draft agreement at COP26 climate summit waters down commitments: 12 November 2021: A draft agreement at the COP26 climate summit has watered down commitments to end the use of coal and other fossil fuels, as countries race to reach a deal after two weeks of talks, as negotiators from countries that depend on fossil fuels may still attempt to amend the text before the summit ends, and as 'the key line on phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies has been critically weakened, but it's still there and needs to be strengthened again before this summit closes', according to Greenpeace International's Jennifer Morgan
12 November 2021 deadline for agreeing crucial climate deal passes: 12 November 2021: Deadline for agreeing crucial climate deal passes but negotiations set to continue into night, as coal phaseout remains in draft but some language softened, and as hundreds of global civil society representatives walk out in protest, 'The Guardian' reports live
13 November 2021 delegates poised to accept ‘imperfect’ Cop26 text: 13 November 2021: Delegates poised to accept ‘imperfect’ Cop26 text, as many countries say that although they disagree with elements of the text, they are willing to support it, 'The Guardian' reports live
14 November 2021 reactions to the COP26 climate deal, decisions, documents and arguments: 14 November 2021: COP26 agreed the first climate package to include direct references on coal and fossil fuels, but many countries angered by a last-minute change to the text of the final agreement that called to phase 'down' the use of coal, rather than phasing it 'out', as 'Al Jazeera' also takes a look at the major announcements made in November, as some of the largest coal ahd fossil fuel producers/consumers were absent from the agreement, including Australia, China, India, Iran, Qatar, Russia, Saudi-Arabia, the USA, Venezuela and more - 14 November 2021: International reactions to the COP26 climate deal and more or less serious arguments, decisions and documents - 14 November 2021: China and India will have to explain themselves to climate-vulnerable nations, COP26 president Alok Sharma has said as the summit ends, the 'BBC' reports
25 May 2022 Egypt says climate finance must be top of agenda at Cop27 talks: 25 May 2022: Financial assistance for developing countries must be at the top of the agenda for UN climate talks 2022, Egypt'a Rania Al Mashat says, as governments will be required to follow through on promises made at the Cop26 summit last year. Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in November will take place in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, as well as rising energy and food prices around the world, leaving rich countries grappling with a cost-of-living crisis and poor countries struggling with debt mountains. Most of the world’s biggest economies, and biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, have yet to fulfil the pledges they made at Glasgow last November to strengthen their targets on emissions cuts. Work to turn the pledges of climate finance from rich countries into projects on the ground helping poor countries has also been slow.
29 July 2022 fears that COP27 in Egypt amid crackdown on civil liberties will render the conference ineffective: 29 July 2022: A hundred days before the Cop27 summit is due to start in Sharm el-Sheikh, a group of environmentalists and activists have expressed alarm over Egypt’s ability to host the event successfully because of its poor record on human rights, as thousands of prisoners of conscience remain behind bars
10 August 2022 forests from the Arctic to the Amazon transforming at a 'shocking' rate due to the climate crisis: 10 August 2022: Forests from the Arctic to the Amazon are transforming at a “shocking” rate due to the climate crisis, with trees advancing into previously barren tundra in the north while dying off from escalating heat farther south, scientists have found. Global heating, along with changes in soils, wind and available nutrients, is rapidly changing the composition of forests, making them far less resilient and prone to diseases, according to a series of studies that have analyzed the health of trees in north and South America.
10 September 2022 African nations demand climate change financing ahead of COP27: 10 September 2022: In a communique at the close of a 3-day forum in Egypt's Cairo and two months before Egypt hosts the crucial COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh in November, African ministers and leaders of two dozen African countries have urged wealthier nations to uphold their aid pledges so the continent can tackle climate change effects for which it shares little blame. The African continent emits only some 3% of global CO2 emissions, yet is among the most exposed to climate change - 10 September 2022: At the three-day meeting in Egypt's 'new capital' African Union's chairman Macky Sall, noted 'with bitterness, the absence of leaders of industrialized countries' in Rotterdam (where another summit on Monday took place) was setting a bad example to the world
15 September 2022 campaigners call for climate crisis global day of action during Cop27: 15 September 2022: To urge governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions and shift to a low-carbon economy, civil society groups around the world are calling for a global day of action on Saturday 12 November on the climate catastrophe that will take place at the mid-point of the November Cop27 UN climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, and as the Cop27 coalition, which campaigners are invited to join, will call for an end to fossil fuel expansion and for help for the poor and vulnerable who are most affected by the climate crisis
31 October 2022 nothing will change on climate until death toll rises in west, says Gabonese minister: 31 October 2022: The world will only take meaningful action on the climate crisis once people in rich countries start dying in greater numbers from its effects, Gabon’s environment minister Lee White has said, while warning that broken promises on billions of dollars of adaptation finance have left a 'sense of betrayal' before Cop27
November 2022 UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh: November 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP27, will be the 27th UN Climate Change conference held in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt - 31 October 2022: USA's president Biden will head to Egypt next week to tout country’s re-emergence as a leader on the climate crisis at the Cop27 talks. But he will be landing in a continent that the USA continues to pour billions of dollars into for fossil fuel projects, with seemingly no end in sight despite the president’s promises.
6 November 2022 Cop27 UN climate summit has made a delayed start: 6 November 2022: The Cop27 UN climate summit - the two-week summit in Egypt with 196 countries, 45,000 people and 120 world leaders - has made a delayed start after delegates tussled late into Saturday night and on into Sunday morning over what should be discussed at the conference. At the heart of the disagreement was the vexed question of loss and damage, which refers to the devastating consequences of climate breakdown suffered by the poorest and most vulnerable countries, and how to help them. - 6 November 2022: Fears mount that Cop27 app could be used by Egypt to surveil regime’s critics, as cybersecurity experts warn that official Cop27 climate app requires access to a user’s location, photos and even emails
6 November 2022 Pakistan floods, a climate change message: 6 November 2022: Pakistan is suffering after devastating floods submerged one-third of the country. As the COP27 global climate change conference gets under way, Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi asks whether leaders are willing to commit to meaningful solutions
7 November 2022 at Cop27 UN chief warns of ‘highway to climate hell’: 7 November 2022: 09.30 GMT row at COP27 over oil and gas exploitation is under way, with strong comments from NJ Ayuk, executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber, as some African countries want to use fossil fuels to power development and bring electricity to the many people who lack it. but many countries oppose this, seeing the 'gas bridge' as a false solution at a time when the climate cannot afford new fossil fuel emissions, 11.07 GMT UN secretary general calls for climate solidarity pact, 12.19 GMT USA's Al Gore has pleaded for leaders to end what he calls 'this culture of death', 12.59 GMT the west's dash for African gas is a 'colonial agenda' and 'false narrative', say NGOs
8 November 2022 Ukrainian president says peace is vital for saving climate: 8 November 2022: Ukrainian president Zelenskiy appears at climate summit via video link, saying peace is vital for saving climate, as USA called out for blocking ‘loss and damage’ funds, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates
10 Novembre 2022 'Caravane Africaine' pour le climat: 10 novembre 2022: Au sein de la Caravane Africaine pour le climat, 375 organisations se sont unies pour recueillir les demandes des citoyens à travers 28 pays du continent, et pour faire écho aux préoccupations des personnes qui souffrent déjà du dérèglement climatique, alerter les décideurs réunis pour la COP27 et mettre en place des solutions concrètes
13 November 2022 Ukraine uses Cop27 to highlight environmental cost of Russia’s war: 13 November 2022: Ukraine has used the Cop27 climate talks to make the case that Russia’s invasion is causing an environmental as well as humanitarian catastrophe, with fossil fuels a key catalyst of the country’s destruction, dispatching two dozen officials to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh to spell out the links between the war launched by Russia in February, the soaring cost of energy due to Russia’s status as a key gas supplier, and the planet-heating emissions expelled by the offensive
14 November 2022 DRC activists say industrialised nations must pay for for global warming impact: 14 November 2022: Activists from around the world took to the streets of the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, where the UN Climate Conference COP27 is taking place. They were calling on industrialised nations to pay for global warming’s impact on the most vulnerable nations. And there was a strong contingent from the D.R. Congo.
16 November 2022 Lula says ‘Brazil is back’ as he vows to reverse Amazon deforestation: 16 November 2022: Lula says ‘Brazil is back’ as he vows to reverse Amazon deforestation, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates
17 November 2022 at Cop27 conference first draft of key text published: 17 November 2022: At Cop27 conference first draft of key text published as fears raised of lack of ambition, 'The Guardian' reports from Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre with live updates
18 November 2022 EU agrees to finance fund for poorer countries, backing a loss and damage fund: 18 November 2022: At COP27 summit EU agrees to finance fund for poorer countries, backing a loss and damage fund, one of the key demands of developing countries at the climate talks, as Canada demands China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar should contribute to loss and damage, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates - 18 November 10.43 GMT loss and damage example, natural disasters in Pakistan 2022
19 November 2022 New Zealand calls Egypt's draft 'entirely unsatisfactory' - new draft, G20 commitment: 19 November 2022: 10:50 GMT New Zealand’s climate minister James Shaw said the draft circulated by the Egyptian presidency running the negotiations 'has been received quite poorly by pretty much everybody', calling the draft 'entirely unsatisfactory', and adding that the proposal 'abandons really any hope of achieving 1.5C', the global heating limit agreed in the 2015 Paris agreement - 19 November 2022: A group of about 15 young activists have just gathered outside one of the main meeting halls here with a message for leaders, saying 'we demand that leaders deliver... we cannot afford COP to fail', as new loss and damage draft 'offers hope to vulnerable people' a declaration issued at the end of the G20 said its leaders reaffirmed its commitments, in 'pursuit of the objective of UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) to tackle climate change by strengthening the full and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement and its temperature goal'
20 November 2022 Cop27 has not delivered on commitment to phase down fossil fuels: 20 November 2022: In a dramatic U-turn on Friday, the EU acceded to poor countries’ demands to create a new fund to address the loss and damage caused by global heating, a decision that paved the way for an agreement early on Sunday, but the 1.5C climate goal died at Cop27, and Tuvalu's finance minister Seve Paeniu gave an impactful speech, holding up a picture of his grandchildren, demonstrating that Tuvalu in the Pacific region is fighting for its life in a way that other countries are not, reminding other delegates of this fact - 20 November 2022: The Cop27 meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh at least ended up making modest progress on loss and damage with high-emissions nations agreeing to pay those countries bearing the brunt of climate mayhem that they had little to do with bringing about. But, yet again, there was no commitment to cutting the emissions causing accelerating this crisis, without which this agreement is nothing more - as one delegate commented - than a 'down-payment on disaster'. No seasoned observers are of the opinion that the world is any nearer tackling the climate emergency. Indeed, the real legacy of Cop27 could well be exposing the climate summit for what it has become, a bloated travelling circus that sets up once a year, and from which little but words ever emerge.
7-19 December 2022 Montreal UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15: 7-19 December 2022 in Montreal governments from around the world came together to agree on a new set of goals to guide global action through 2030 to halt and reverse nature loss. Nature is critical to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Adoption of a bold global biodiversity framework that addresses the key drivers of nature loss is needed to secure our own health and well-being alongside that of the planet. - Effects of climate change on ecosystems - Effects of climate change on plant biodiversity
November/December 2023 UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in UAE's Dubai: November/December 2023 UN Climate Change Conference COP28 will be held from November 30th until December 12th at the Expo City, Dubai
4 April 2023 UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit, making a mockery of the summit: 4 April 2023: UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit, as UAE’s fossil fuel boss will be the president of Cop28, making a mockery of the summit, say campaigners. The UAE has the third biggest net zero-busting plans for oil and gas expansion in the world, the Guardian can reveal. The CEO of the UAE’s national oil company Adnoc has been controversially appointed president of the UN’s Cop28 summit in December, which is seen as crucial with time running out to end the climate crisis. But Sultan Al Jaber is overseeing expansion to produce oil and gas equivalent to 7.5bn barrels of oil, according to new data, 90% of which would have to remain in the ground to meet the net zero scenario set out by the International Energy Agency - Environmental issues in the UAE are caused by the exploitation of natural resources, rapid population growth, and high energy demand. The continuing temperature rise caused by global warming contributes to UAE's water scarcity, drought, rising sea level, and aridity. The countryside of the UAE, characterized with its great arid land, infrequent precipitation, and high temperatures are already facing long-term aridity. This precondition is very vulnerable to the effects of climate change and contributes to worsening water scarcity, quality, and water contamination.
27 November 2023 China’s coal addiction puts spotlight on its climate ambitions before Cop28: 27 November 2023: China’s coal addiction puts spotlight on its climate ambitions before Cop28. Local governments in China approved 50.4GW of new coal power in the first half of 2023. And in 2022, construction started on 50GW of coal capacity, an amount six times as large as the rest of the world combined. Despite growing demand for energy, China still has far more coal power capacity than it needs. Last year the average utilisation rate for coal power plants was just over 50%. Experts say that the way to ensure China’s energy security is to improve the technological infrastructure of the grid to make it more stable and efficient, not build new dirty generators.
2 December 2023 we need resources to fight health impacts of climate crisis, Africans tell Cop28: 2 December 2023: We need resources to fight health impacts of climate crisis, Africans tell Cop28, as continent must have more resilient health systems and local vaccine manufacturing to prevent next pandemic, says public health body
9 December 2023 Cop28 failing on climate adaptation finance so far, African group warns: 9 December 2023: Fair and equitable finance for climate adaptation is a matter of life and death for the African continent, but talks at Cop28 so far have failed to deliver, the chief negotiator for the African group has warned - 9 December 2023: Petrostate Azerbaijan to host next UN climate summit in 2024, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates
11 December 2023 Cop28 failing on climate adaptation finance so far, African group warns: 11 December 2023: 07.43 CET returning to the final days of the summit, UN secretary general said 'I have come back to Cop28, because we are on the brink of climate disaster & this conference must mark a turning point. I am here to renew my urgent appeal to leaders: Recommit to the 1.5°C warming limit. End the fossil fuel age. Deliver climate justice. Make Cop28 count, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates

History of climate change science - Scientific consensus on climate change - Media coverage of global warming - Climate change coverage by country

Since June 2021 planned NASA missions to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world: 2 June 2021: NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the missions aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world when it has so many other characteristics similar to ours – and may have been the first habitable world in the solar system, complete with an ocean and Earth-like climate
2020s Venus atmosphere investigation, planned mission for an orbiter and atmospheric probe: DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, Plus), a planned mission for an orbiter and atmospheric probe to the planet Venus. Together with the VERITAS mission, which will also study Venus, it was selected by NASA in June 2021 to be part of their Discovery Program, as DAVINCI+ will send both an orbiter and a descent probe to Venus. The orbiter will image Venus in multiple wavelengths from above, while the descent probe will study the chemical composition of Venus' atmosphere and take photographs during descent. The DAVINCI+ probe will travel through the Venusian atmosphere, sampling the atmosphere, and returning measurements down to the surface. These measurements are important to understanding the origin of the atmosphere, how it has evolved, and how and why it is different from the atmosphere of Earth and Mars. - Future missions to Venus, including USA's 2023 Rocket Lab’s Venus probe, India's 2024 Shukrayaan-1, USA's 2028 Veritats mission, Roscosmos 2029 Venera-D mission, ESA's 2031 EnVision, and more proposed 2020s-2030s NASA missions

Climate change denial, or global warming denial is denial, dismissal, or unwarranted doubt that contradicts the scientific consensus on climate change, including the extent to which it is caused by humans, its impacts on nature and human society
Public opinion on global warming: Public opinion on global warming - Climate change opinion by country

September 2015 Iran walks out on speech of Knesset Speaker at a global conference over environmental cooperation: 1 September 2015: Iran walks out on speech, as Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstain calls on Israel’s Arab neighbors at a global conference to visit Israel and discuss environmental cooperation 'people to people', urging leaders not to wait for peace agreements but rather to build up confidence from the ground up
Lut Desert and surface's temperatures as high as 70°C: Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut (Persian 'Emptiness Plain'), a large salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman and Sistan and Baluchestan, as the surface of its sand has been measured at temperatures as high as 70°C (159°F), and as more than half of the desert's surface is covered by volcanic rocks
July 2015 major oil-producing Khuzestan's Ahvaz among the world's hottest cities: 22 July 2015: Iranian and Khuzestan's city of Ahvaz among the world's hottest cities, combined with poor air quality and planning, as Khuzestan is the major oil-producing region of Iran


Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula H2O. It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, and it is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent). It is vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food energy, or organic micronutrients.
Rain: Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective clouds (those with strong upward vertical motion) such as cumulonimbus (thunder clouds) which can organize into narrow rainbands

Water resources and distribution on Earth: Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. 97% of the water on Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two-thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground or in the air. Natural sources of fresh water include surface water, under river flow, groundwater and frozen water. Artificial sources of fresh water can include treated wastewater (wastewater reuse) and desalinated seawater. Human uses of water resources include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities - Water distribution on Earth
Fresh water as a resource, water pollution and ecology: Fresh water as a resource - Water pollution by country - Freshwater ecology
October 2017 lake Baikal crippled by putrid algae, poaching and pollution: 19 October 2017: World's deepest lake Baikal in Siberia, which holds one fifth of the world’s unfrozen fresh water, crippled by putrid algae, poaching and pollution
May 2019 only a third of the world’s great rivers remain free flowing: 8 May 2019: Only a third of the world’s great rivers remain free flowing, due to the impact of dams that are drastically reducing the benefits healthy rivers provide people and nature, according to a global analysis
Tropical rainforests: Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest. True rainforests are typically found between 10 degrees north and south of the equator.

Water security and supply: Water security, 'the reliable availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods and production' - Water supply - List of countries by freshwater withdrawal
Water scarcity: Water scarcity - Water security - Water scarcity - closely related to water crisis - is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand, as physical water scarcity is where there is not enough water to meet all demands, including that needed for ecosystems to function - arid areas for example Central and West Asia, and North Africa often suffer from physical water scarcity -, and as on the other hand economic water scarcity is the result of a lack of investment in infrastructure or technology to draw water from rivers, aquifers, or other water sources, or insufficient human capacity to meet the demand for water.
June 2015 global tour of seven recent water crises in a decade of drought: 12 June 2015: A global tour of seven recent water crises in a decade of drought - 29 August 2015: Middle Eastern states constitute 14 of the 33 most water stressed countries in a World Resources Institute study predicting growing competition over and depletion of water resources across the globe in the coming decades
2016 billions of people live with severe water scarcity: 12 February 2016: At least two-thirds of the global population, over 4 billion people, live with severe water scarcity for at least one month every year, according to a major new analysis published in the journal Science Advances
December 2019 1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages: 9 December 2019: A quarter of the world’s population are at risk of water supply problems as mountain glaciers, snow-packs and alpine lakes are run down by global heating and rising demand, according to an international study
Water conflict: Water conflict, between countries, states, or groups over the rights to access water resources. Water disputes result from opposing interests of water users, public or private. according to the UN. A wide range of water conflicts appear throughout history, though rarely are traditional wars waged over water alone. Instead, water has long been a source of tension and one of the causes for conflicts. Water conflicts arise for several reasons, including territorial disputes, a fight for resources, and strategic advantage. - Global water conflicts
List of countries by total renewable water resources: List of countries by total renewable water resources - 170 countries -, and average annual renewable freshwater supply by country - 200 countries - Water 'footprint' of nations, the amount of water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the inhabitants of that nation. Analysis of the water footprint of nations illustrates the global dimension of water consumption and pollution, by showing that several countries rely heavily on foreign water resources and how much water is being consumed and polluted elsewhere on Earth. International water dependencies are substantial and are likely to increase with continued global trade liberalisation. The largest share with 76% of the virtual water flows between countries is related to international trade in crops and derived crop products. Trade in animal products and industrial products contributed 12% each to the global virtual water flows.
March/April 2023 'Global Commission on the Economics of Water' calls to collective action: March 2023: Turning the Tide - A Call to Collective Action, by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water
17 March 2023 world facing an imminent water crisis with demand expected to outstrip supply of fresh water by 40% by the end of this decade: 17 March 2023: The world is facing an imminent water crisis, with demand expected to outstrip the supply of fresh water by 40% by the end of this decade, experts have said on the eve of a crucial UN water summit. Governments must urgently stop subsidising the extraction and overuse of water through misdirected agricultural subsidies, and industries from mining to manufacturing must be made to overhaul their wasteful practices, according to a landmark report on the economics of water.
10 April 2023 the world's rich are driving water crises: 10 April 2023: The swimming pools, well-watered gardens and clean cars of the rich are driving water crises in cities at least as much as the climate emergency or population growth, 'The Guardian' reports

Wastewater - Sewage - Acid mine drainage - Blackwater is a form of pollution produced in coal preparation - Industrial wastewater treatment - Agricultural wastewater treatment - Sewage treatment - Thermal pollution - Water cooling
Groundwater pollution: Groundwater pollution - Pesticide drift

Resource depletion - List of environmental issues
2012 'we live beyond our means', UN says: UNO-Weltwasserbericht 2012: 'Wir leben über unsere Verhältnisse' - 'Managing water under uncertainty and risk' - Weltwasserforum in Marseille ab 12. März 2012
August 2015 'Global Footprint Network' warns: 12 August 2015: The Earth’s 'overshoot day' - based on a comparison of demands in terms of carbon emissions, cropland, fish stocks, and the use of forests for timber with the planet’s ability to regenerate such resources and absorb the carbon emitted - will occur for 2015 on Thursday six days earlier than 2014, Global Footprint Network says
2016: 4 juin 2016: Le braconnage des espèces animales, l'exploitation minière et forestière illégale et les autres trafics de ressources naturelles ont rapporté en 2015 jusqu'à 258 milliards de dollars aux groupes criminels qui s'y livrent, selon l'ONU
December 2021 land and water resources systems at breaking point, FAO report explains: The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture, systems at breaking point according to UN's FAO synthesis report December 2021 - 10. Dezember 2021: Land- und Wasserressourcen sind nach einer erheblichen Verschlechterung in den letzten zehn Jahren 'an einem kritischen Punkt' angekommen laut FAO Untersuchung, die die Herausforderungen darstellt die bei der Ernährung der Weltbevölkerung, die bis 2050 bei nahezu zehn Milliarden Menschen liegen soll, vor uns liegen

Deforestation - Deforestation by region - Illegal logging
Emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
2016 increase in the use of palm oil for biodiesel and deforestation: 1 June 2016: Leaked trade industry figures show a five-fold increase in the use of palm oil for biodiesel in Europe between 2010 and 2014, providing new evidence of links between deforestation in southeast Asia and the EU’s renewable energy mandate
2017 world’s tropical forests largely degraded: 28 September 2017: The world’s tropical forests are so degraded they have become a source rather than a sink of carbon emissions, according to a new study that highlights the urgent need to protect and restore the Amazon and similar regions
April 2019 millions of hectares of pristine tropical rainforest were destroyed in 2018: 25 April 2019: Millions of hectares of pristine tropical rainforest were destroyed in 2018, according to satellite analysis, with beef, chocolate and palm oil among the main causes, as clearcutting of primary forest by loggers and cattle ranchers in Brazil dominated the destruction
21 January 2021 innovative green economy required scientist Thomas Lovejoy says: 21 January 2021: The Amazon will be transformed into a 'highly degraded nightmare' unless a sustainable biodiversity-based economy develops which properly values ecosystem services and products produced by the rainforest, scientist Thomas Lovejoy has warned, saying if agro-industrial economic developments such as cattle farming, palm oil production and mining continue, the rainforest’s hydrological cycle will be 'in tatters', with global weather systems severely disrupted, adding that turning this around will require an innovative green economy which monetises the food, medicines, aquaculture and climate regulation the forest provides
28 April 2022 'relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge: 28 April 2022: ‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge, as tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute
28 September 2022 some world’s central banks financing destruction of the rainforest: 28 September 2022: Some of the world’s biggest central banks are unwittingly helping to finance agri-business giants engaged in the destruction of the Brazilian Amazon, according to the new 'Bankrolling Destruction' report, published by the rights group Global Witness, as the Bank of England, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are among the institutions that have bought millions of dollars in bonds issued by companies linked to deforestation and land-grabbing. 'Because these programmes are guaranteed by the respective governments in the UK, the US and EU Member States, this means taxpayers throughout those territories are unwittingly underwriting companies engaged in the destruction of the Amazon and other rainforests'.
27 June 2023 destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge: 27 June 2023: An area the size of Switzerland was cleared from Earth’s most pristine rainforests in 2022, despite promises by world leaders to halt their destruction, new figures show. From the Bolivian Amazon to Ghana, the equivalent of 11 football pitches of primary rainforest were destroyed every minute last year as the planet’s most carbon-dense and biodiverse ecosystems were cleared for cattle ranching, agriculture and mining, with Indigenous forest communities forced from their land by extractive industries in some countries

Overfishing - EU revamps fishing policy to save depleted stocks

Marine pollution - Water pollution by country
Ocean disposal of radioactive waste
Ocean acidification, ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - Dead zones - Fish kill - Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact On European Seas
2012: 12. Januar 2012: Erderwärmung gefährdet das Leben in den Ozeanen durch Ausdehnung sauerstoffloser und sauerstoffarmer Zonen - 25 November 2012: Marine snails in seas around Antarctica are being affected by ocean acidification, internatinal study says
2018: 4 January 2018: Areas starved of oxygen in open ocean and by coasts have soared in recent decades, risking dire consequences for marine life and humanity, scientists warn in a study
Sewage - Sewage treatment - Acid mine drainage - Blackwater is a form of pollution produced in coal preparation - Industrial wastewater treatment - Agricultural wastewater treatment
2013: 10 to 12 April 2013 International Conference on Prevention and Management of Marine Litter in European Seas - 7th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, Hong Kong, 17-21 June 2013
2014: 6 August 2014: The amount of mercury threatening marine life near the surface of many of the world’s oceans tripled as the result of polluting activities, study finds
2015: 16 May 2015: Shellfish species shrinking as rising carbon emissions hit marine life - 2 July 2015: New study warns of dangerous climate change risks to the Earth’s oceans, saying immediate efforts are needed to curb carbon pollution to minimize ocean ecosystem changes
Oil spill - Crude oil washing - Oil toxicity is a wildlife disease resulting from the accidental exposure of animals to oil - Oil pollution toxicity to marine fish
List of oil spills - Oil spills by country
Environmental impact of shipping
Plastic particle water pollution - Great Pacific Garbage Patch
December 2014: 10 December 2014: Full scale of plastic in the world's oceans revealed for first time, as data of more than five trillion pieces of plastic, floating in the world’s oceans and causing damage throughout the food chain, found by new research
April 2015: 29 April 2015: Effective policies to reduce the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean are urgently needed, the first global study on the sources of microplastics and their impact on the environment concludes, but even if all releases of plastic to the environment ceased immediately, the microplastic problem would persist due to the continued fragmentation of plastic bags, bottles and other rubbish
June 2016: 2 June 2016: Fish are being killed, and prevented from reaching maturity, by the litter of plastic particles finding their way into the world’s oceans, new research has proved
July 2017: 19 July 2017: Plastic pollution risks 'near permanent contamination of natural environment', according to first global analysis by USA academics of all mass–produced plastics, finding that humans have produced 8.3bn tonnes since the 1950s with the majority ending up in landfill or oceans
May 2018: 31 May 2018: Plastic fragment found stuck in dead harp seal's stomach found washed up on Skye, as scientists say its appearance may be associated with global climate warming affecting sea ice cover - 3 juin 2018: Une baleine est morte après avoir ingurgité plus de 80 sacs en plastique dans le sud de la Thaïlande, un pays causant chaque année la mort de centaines de créatures marines
October 2020 more than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean: 5 October 2020: More than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean, as thirty times more plastic on ocean floor than surface, analysis suggests, but more trapped on land than sea
8 February 2022 the 'Plastification' of the Ocean shown by WWF study on effects of plastic pollution: 8 February 2022: A study released by WWF Germany and the Alfred Wegener Institute highlights the serious scale of the global plastic crisis and summarises the current state of knowledge concerning the effects of plastic pollution on marine species and ecosystems. In the days leading up to the UN Environment Assembly the study stresses that a binding global treaty is required in order to stop the irreversible pollution of the world’s oceans before ecological thresholds are exceeded
5 April 2022 global 'plastic flood' reaches the Arctic: 5 April 2022: Even the High North can’t escape the global threat of plastic pollution, in beginning northern springtime shown by an international review study by the Alfred Wegener Institute documenting that the flood of plastic has reached all spheres of the Arctic. Large quantities of plastic - transported by rivers, the air and shipping - can now be found in the Arctic Ocean. High concentrations of microplastic can be found in the water, on the seafloor, remote beaches, in rivers, and even in ice and snow. The plastic is not only a burden for ecosystems, it could also worsen climate change.

Microplastics are very small pieces of plastic that pollute the environment, as microplastics are not a specific kind of plastic, but rather any type of plastic fragment that is less than 5 mm in length according to NOAA and the ECA, entering natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, including industrial processes, cosmetics, clothing, tyres and city dust which account for over 80% of all microplastic pollution in the environment - Bioaccumulation, the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism, occuring when an organism absorbs a substance at a rate faster than that at which the substance is lost or eliminated by catabolism and excretion, and thus, the longer the biological half-life of a toxic substance, the greater the risk of chronic poisoning - Persistent organic pollutants, sometimes known as 'forever chemicals' are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes - Biodegradable plastic
Since 1998 International Pollutants Elimination Network: Since 1998 International Pollutants Elimination Network, a global network of NGOs dedicated to the common aim of eliminating pollutants, such as lead in paint, mercury and lead in the environment, persistent organic pollutants POPs, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and other toxics - Homepage of IPEN, founded in 1998 and registered in Sweden as a non-profit, public interest organization, as the global network forging a healthier world where people and the environment are no longer harmed by the production, use, and disposal of toxic chemicals
2004 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed in 2001 and effective from May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs
January 2019 SAPEA's scientific perspective on microplastics: January 2019 scientific perspective on microplastics in nature and society, published by 'Science Advice for Policy by European Academies'
Since August 2019 WHO calls for further assessment of microplastics in the environment and their impacts on human health: 22 August 2019: WHO today calls for a further assessment of microplastics in the environment and their potential impacts on human health, following the release of an analysis of current research related to microplastics in drinking-water, also calling for a reduction in plastic pollution to benefit the environment and reduce human exposure - Microplastics in drinking-water, a 2019 WHO study - Nanoconsult's report on 'Health Effects of Microplastics'
22 December 2020 microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies: 22 December 2020: Microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time, which the researchers said is 'a matter of great concern', as health impact of microplastics in the body is as yet unknown and scientists said they could carry chemicals that could cause long-term damage or upset the foetus’s developing immune system, as the particles are likely to have been consumed or breathed in by the mothers

Environmental disaster - List of environmental disasters
Environmental impact by man-made sources
October 2020 one-fifth of the world’s countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing: 12 October 2020: One-fifth of the world’s countries are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing because of the destruction of wildlife and their habitats, according to an analysis by the insurance firm Swiss Re, as natural 'services' such as food, clean water and air, and flood protection have already been damaged by human activity
Environmental impact of war
Environmental impact of nuclear power
List of industrial disasters
Industrial gases
Environmental impact of mining
Environmental impact of the coal industry - Environmental impact of the petroleum industry - Fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) lobby - Environmental impact of the energy industry
March 2017 pollution responsible for one in four deaths among all children under five: 7 March 2017: Pollution is responsible for one in four deaths among all children under five, according to new WHO reports, with toxic air, unsafe water, and and lack of sanitation the leading causes
June 2017 world’s top banks continuing to lend tens of billions for extracting the most carbon-intensive fossil fuels: 21 June 2017: Some of the world’s top banks are continuing to lend tens of billions for extracting the most carbon-intensive fossil fuels, as finance provided for tar sands, other unconventional oil and gas, as well as coal and liquefied natural gas amounted to $87bn for the top 37 banks in 2016, according to a report of top lenders
October 2017 deadly pollution, including toxic air, water, soils and workplaces: 19 October 2017: Pollution, including toxic air, water, soils and workplaces, kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, which warns the crisis 'threatens the continuing survival of human societies', published by the Lancet Commission on pollution and health
October 2018: 12 octobre 2018: Le réchauffement de la planète a multiplié par quatre le nombre des catastrophes liées au climat depuis les années 70, selon une étude du FICR
November 2018 G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry: 14 November 2018: G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry, climate report finds, showing that politicians are paying more heed to the fossil fuel industry than to advice from scientists
November 2019 world’s nations to produce more than twice as much coal, oil and gas as can be burned in 2030: 20 November 2019: The world’s nations are on track to produce more than twice as much coal, oil and gas as can be burned in 2030, according to an analysis based on the published national plans of the eight key producers Australia, Canada, Russia, USA, China, India, Indonesia and Norway, which account for 60% of global fossil fuel production, as plans of other big producers, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, are not publicly available
14 January 2020 Australia fires harbinger of planet’s future: 14 January 2020: Australia fires are harbinger of planet’s future, say scientists
19 February 2020 Madagascar ranged first amongst countries with economies most affected by environmental destruction: 19 February 2020: Madagascar has been placed first amongst countries with economies most affected by environmental destruction, according to WWF, as the country's environmental issues include soil erosion as a result of deforestation and overgrazing, desertification, contamination of surface water with raw sewage and organic waste, endangered species of flora and fauna, regular cyclones causing flooding in low-lying coastal regions
27 February 2020 World Bank criticised for providing $55m to aid fossil fuel extraction in Guyana: 27 February 2020: World Bank has been criticised for providing $55m to aid fossil fuel extraction in Guyana, at the same time that it has pledged to stop direct funding of oil and gas production
March 2020 global banks 'failing miserably' on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels: 18 March 2020: The world’s largest investment banks have funnelled more than £2.2tn into fossil fuels since the 2015 Paris agreement, as analysis of the 35 leading global investment banks by an alliance of USA-based environmental groups said that financing for the companies most aggressively expanding in new fossil fuel extraction since the Paris agreement has surged by nearly 40% in the last year, and as USA's JP Morgan Chase bank, whose economists warned that the climate crisis threatens the survival of humanity last month, has been the largest financier of fossil fuels in the four years since the agreement
18 March 2021 oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks files reveal: 18 March 2021: The oil industry knew at least 50 years ago that air pollution from burning fossil fuels posed serious risks to human health, only to spend decades aggressively lobbying against clean air regulations, a trove of internal documents seen by the Guardian reveal, as the documents which include internal memos and reports show the industry was long aware that it created large amounts of air pollution, that pollutants could lodge deep in the lungs and be 'real villains in health effects', and even that its own workers may be experiencing birth defects among their children
24 March 2021 world’s biggest banks provided $3.8tn of financing for fossil fuel companies since 2015: 24 March 2021: The world’s biggest 60 banks have provided $3.8tn of financing for fossil fuel companies since the Paris climate deal in 2015, according to a report by a coalition of NGOs, and despite the covid-19 pandemic cutting energy use, overall funding remains on an upward trend and the finance provided in 2020 was higher than in 2016 or 2017, a fact the report’s authors and others described as 'shocking'
21 May 2021 developing foetuses ‘exquisitely sensitive’ to harm from tiny particles study finds: 21 May 2021: Asthma in toddlers linked to in-utero exposure to air pollution, study finds, as developing foetuses ‘exquisitely sensitive’ to harm from tiny particles, scientists say
2 June 2021 G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy: 2 June 2021: G7 nations committing billions more to fossil fuel than green energy, as - in spite of green rhetoric - money has piled into aviation and car industries since start of pandemic, report finds - 2 June 2021: Climate crisis is suffocating the world’s lakes, as falling oxygen levels harming already struggling wildlife and drinking water supplies, say scientists
11 June 2021 UN secretary general says ‘we are coming to a point of no return’: 11 June 2021: Before meeting the leaders of the world’s major economic powers at the G7 summit in the UK, UN secretary general says he’s concerned that the richest nations have pumped billions more into fossil fuels than clean energy since covid-19 pandemic 2020/2021, as wealthy countries risk an 'unforgivable lost opportunity' by not emerging from the pandemic with newly green economies to address the climate crisis, despite their promises of a green recovery
8 September 2021 vast majority of fossil fuels ‘must stay in ground’ to stem climate crisis: 8 September 2021: The vast majority of fossil fuel reserves owned today by countries and companies must remain in the ground if the climate crisis is to be ended, an analysis has found, as the research found 90% of coal and 60% of oil and gas reserves could not be extracted if there was to be even a 50% chance of keeping global heating below 1.5C, the temperature beyond which the worst climate impacts hit
8 November 2023 petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report: 8 November 2023: The world’s fossil fuel producers are planning expansions that would blow the planet’s carbon budget twice over, a UN report has found. The energy plans of the petrostates contradicted their climate policies and pledges, the report said. The plans would lead to 460% more coal production, 83% more gas, and 29% more oil in 2030 than it was possible to burn if global temperature rise was to be kept to the internationally agreed 1.5C. The countries responsible for the largest carbon emissions from planned fossil fuel production are India (coal), Saudi Arabia (oil) and Russia (coal, oil and gas). The USA and Canada are also planning to be major oil producers, as is the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is hosting the crucial UN climate summit Cop28, which starts on 30 November. The report sets out starkly the fundamental conflict driving the climate crisis: fossil fuel burning must rapidly be cut down to zero, yet petrostates and companies intend to keep on making trillions of dollars a year by increasing production.
27 November 2023 Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil: 27 November 2023: Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. 'ODSP' - the so-called 'oil demand sustainability programme' - is overseen by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, and involves its biggest organisations, such as the $700bn Public Investment Fund, the world’s largest oil company, Aramco, the petrochemicals firm Sabic, and the government’s most important ministries. The 'ODSP' is based on plans to drive up the use of fossil fuel-powered cars, buses and planes in Africa and elsewhere, as rich countries increasingly switch to clean energy, planning to accelerate the development of supersonic air travel, which it notes uses three times more jet fuel than conventional planes, and partner with a carmaker to mass produce a cheap combustion engine vehicle. Further plans promote power ships, which use polluting heavy fuel oil or gas to provide electricity to coastal communities. The ODSP is overseen by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, and involves its biggest organisation, such as the $700bn Public Investment Fund, the world’s largest oil company, Aramco, the petrochemicals firm Sabic, and the government’s most important ministries.

World energy supply and consumption, the global production and preparation of fuel, generation of electricity, energy transport and energy consumption. It is a basic part of economic activity. It does not include energy from food.
Energy industry: The energy industry, the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution. Modern society consumes large amounts of fuel, and the energy industry is a crucial part of the infrastructure and maintenance of society in almost all countries.
Environmental impact of the energy industry: Environmental impact of the energy industry, as 21st century's energy sources include biofuel use (bio-diesel, firewood), fossil fuel use (coal, petroleum and natural gas), coal, wind power, solar power, geothermal power, nuclear power - Health and environmental impact of the coal industry, including issues such as land use, waste management, water and air pollution, caused by the coal mining, processing and the use of its products. In addition to atmospheric pollution, coal burning produces hundreds of millions of tons of solid waste products annually, including fly ash, bottom ash, and flue-gas desulfurization sludge, that contain mercury, uranium, thorium, arsenic, and other heavy metals. Coal is the largest contributor to the human-made increase of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere. - Environmental impact of the petroleum industry - Environmental impact of natural gas, contributing substantially to global carbon emissions as contribution is projected to grow - Issues relating to biofuels - Environmental impact of nuclear power, resulting from the nuclear fuel cycle, operation, and the effects of nuclear accidents - Environmental impact of reservoirs under ever-increasing scrutiny as the global demand for water and energy increases and the number and size of reservoirs increases - Environmental impact of electricity generation, as electric power systems consist of generation plants of different energy sources, transmission networks, and distribution lines

Fossil fuel and petroleum industry: A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the earth's crust from the remains of dead plants and animals that is extracted and burned as a fuel. The main fossil fuels are coal, crude oil and natural gas. Fossil fuels may be burned to provide heat for use directly (such as for cooking or heating), to power engines (such as internal combustion engines in motor vehicles), or to generate electricity. In 2019, 84% of primary energy consumption in the world and 64% of its electricity was from fossil fuels. The large-scale burning of fossil fuels causes serious environmental damage. Over 80% of the carbon dioxide CO2 generated by human activity comes from burning them, around 35 billion tonnes a year, compared to 4 billion from land development - The petroleum industry, also known as the oil industry or the oil patch, includes the global processes of exploration, extraction, refining, transportation (often by oil tankers and pipelines), and marketing of petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol). Petroleum is also the raw material for many chemical products, including pharmaceuticals, solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, synthetic fragrances, and plastics
Fossil fuel exporters: Fossil fuel exporters, as petroleum, natural gas, and coal are exported from various source countries to countries reliant on these fossil fuels, including the top ranking states of Saudi-Arabia, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Nigeria, Angola, Canada, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Kuwait - List of countries by oil exports, including Saudi-Arabia, Russia, Iraq, USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, Angola, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Mexico etc.
26 March 2021 diversify or risk unrest, oil producers warned in report: 26 March 2021: Oil-dependent countries that are not preparing to adapt to the global shift away from fossil fuels risk their own stability, warns a new Verisk Maplecroft report, as Algeria, Iraq and Nigeria are the most vulnerable to 'a slow-motion wave of political instability', as Chad and Kazakhstan were also identified as countries with a high risk of political upheaval as energy transition engulfs their economies , and as west African states of Angola, Gabon, Congo, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, with 'fragile autocratic or semi-autocratic political systems' were also named as high risk by the analysts
15 April 2021 oil firm bosses’ pay ‘incentivises them to undermine climate action’: 15 April 2021: Oil firm bosses’ pay 'incentivises them to undermine climate action’, as lucrative pay and share options linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels by ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP, and as compensation packages for CEOs, often in excess of $10m, are linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels, exploration of new fields and the promotion of strong market demand through advertising, lobbying and government subsidies, the report says
27 May 2021: 'Cataclysmic day' for 3 major oil companies: 27 May 2021: 'Cataclysmic day' for 3 major oil companies in which investors rebelled over climate fears and a court ordered fossil fuel emissions to be slashed sparked hope among campaigners, investors, lawyers and academics who said the historic decisions marked a turning point in efforts to tackle the climate crisis, as a Dutch court ordered Shell to cut carbon emissions from its oil and gas by 45% by 2030, as a tiny activist investor group simultaneously won two places on ExxonMobil’s board and Chevron’s management was defeated when investors voted in favour of forcing the group to cut its carbon emissions
29 May 2021 campaigners sense turning point as alliance act to force Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to cut pollution: 29 May 2021: Campaigners sense turning point as shareholders, boards and The Hague act to force Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to cut pollution, in an unprecedented day of reckoning for their role in the climate crisis
16 December 2021 every day some 100 million barrels of oil, 60 million equivalent barrels of natural gas consumed: 16 December 2021: Every day, the world consumes some 100 million barrels of oil and 60 million equivalent barrels of natural gas, as to transport this massive amount of fossil energy sources, pipelines – usually made out of carbon steel – are widely used, shown in an infographic series mapping the world’s current and planned oil and gas pipelines, as - according to the Global Energy Monitor - there were at least 2,381 operational oil and gas pipelines distributed across some 162 countries as of December 2020
21 July 2022 oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years: 21 July 2022: The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn a day in pure profit for the last 50 years. The vast total captured by petrostates and fossil fuel companies since 1970 is $52tn, providing the power to 'buy every politician, every system' and delay action on the climate crisis, says Prof Aviel Verbruggen, the author of the analysis. The huge profits were inflated by cartels of countries artificially restricting supply. The new analysis, based on World Bank data, assesses the 'rent' secured by global oil and gas sales, which is the economic term for the unearned profit produced after the total cost of production has been deducted

Exports of coal by country, including Australia, Indonesia, Russia, Colombia, USA etc. - List of countries by coal production, including China, India, USA, European Union, Australia, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, Germany, Poland, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Colombia, Canada etc. - Imports of coal by country, including China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Turkey etc.
21 May 2021 G7 agrees to end support for coal production overseas reaffirming commitment to limit global heating to 1.5C: 21 May 2021: The world’s richest nations have agreed to end their financial support for coal development overseas, in a major step towards phasing out the dirtiest fossil fuel, as after nearly two days of wrangling at a meeting of the G7 environment and energy ministers all reaffirmed their commitment to limiting global heating to 1.5C, and committed to phasing out coal and fully decarbonising their energy sectors in the 2030s
List of countries by natural gas exports, including Russia, Qatar, Norway, Canada, Netherlands, USA, Algerian etc.
27 May 2021 advocacy groups called on French 'Total' and USA's 'Chevron' to further cut ties with Myanmar’s military: 27 May 2021: Advocacy groups have called on French fossil fuel giant Total and USA company Chevron to further cut ties with Myanmar’s military, after announcing they would suspend dividend payments to the junta from a large gas project in the wake of February’s coup, as advocacy groups said 90% of the money the junta makes from the Yadana gasfield joint venture with Total and Chevron – as well as the gas itself – continues to flow

Toxic waste is any material in liquid, solid, or gas form that can cause serious harm to humans as well as animals and the environment - Hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment
2015 toxic threats: 20 October 2015: The world’s top six toxic threats - lead, radionuclides, mercury, hexavalent chromium, pesticides and cadmium - affect the health of 95 million people, exposure to these pollutants result in debilitating and life-threatening diseases, especially in children
2016 top ten worst polluting industries: 'The World's Worst Pollution Problems 2016: The Toxics Beneath Our Feet' updates the top ten worst polluting industries
18 December 2021 PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through ground, air and water: 18 December 2021: PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through ground, air and water, Stockholm University study finds, highlighting the chemicals’ mobility, which has also been found in penguin eggs and polar bears

Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents - Nuclear and radiation accidents - Effects of acute radiation exposure and ecological impacts of nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
List of nuclear power accidents by country - List of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country - List of civilian nuclear accidents - List of military nuclear accidents - Nuclear fallout - Radioactive contamination
1957 Kyshtym disaster: Kyshtym disaster on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union, causing radioactive fallout over the Soviet, many neighboring states and ongoing contamination with radioactivity
Since 1957 nuclear power accidents in the UK: Since 1957 nuclear power accidents in the United Kindomg - 10 October 1957 Windscale fire, nuclear accident in Cumberland (now Sellafield) reactors, built as part of the British post-war atomic bomb project, as radioactive fallout spread across the UK and the rest of Europe
1966 Palomares B-52 crash: 1966 Palomares B-52 crash, when a B-52G bomber of the USA Air Force's Strategic Air Command, carrying four Mk28-type hydrogen bombs, collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling - 19 October 2015: Nearly 50 years after a USA air force B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashed in Palomares in south-east Spain, USA's government has finally agreed to clean up the radioactive contamination that resulted from the 1966 crash
Since 1969 nuclear power accidents in France: Since 1969 nuclear power accidents in France
1979 USA's 'Three Mile Island' accident: 'Three Mile Island' accident, partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on 28 March 1979 in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in USA's Dauphin County in Pennsylvania - Since March 1979 'Three Mile Island' accident health effects - Since 1979 'Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station', closed nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in Londonderry Township on the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg, official decommission date unit 1 on 20 September 2019, construction cost $1.557 billion ($2.00 billion in 2019) - 8 May 2019: 40 years after the worst commercial nuclear power plant accident in USA history unfolded on Three Mile Island, the only nuclear power reactor still operating there is preparing to shut down, as the facility has been losing money, and in a statement Exelon Generation company said it would be closed by September 30, after the company and its employees had been hoping for a subsidy from the state, and when that fell through, a shutdown was the only option
Since 1986 'Chernobyl disaster' and partially abandoned city: 1986 Chernobyl - today a partially abandoned city in the 'Chernobyl Exclusion Zone' after a mentioned history since 10–12th centuries - disaster near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, catastrophic nuclear accident released large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere, which spread over much of the western USSR and Europe - 20 avril 2016: Des sols du continent européen sont toujours contaminés au Cesium 137, 30 ans après la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl, selon une étude de l'ACRO - 11 July 2019: Ukraine and its European partners formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort
Since 1992 nuclear power accidents in Russia: Since 1992 nuclear power accidents in the Russian Federation
Since 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster: 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster with three nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials beginning on 12 March 2011
February 2020 'experts' say Fukushima radioactive water should be released into ocean: 1 February 2020: 'Experts' advising Japan’s government on a 'disposal method' for radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant has recommended releasing it into the ocean, a move likely to alarm neighbouring countries
13 April 2021 Japan will dump contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, without borders: 13 April 2021: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, as environmental groups, neighbours, neighbouring countries and local fishers condemn plan to release contaminated water projected in two years’ time - 16 September 2019: Fukushima fishermen concerned for future over release of radioactive water

Radioactive waste - Radioactive contamination - High-level radioactive waste management - Plutonium in the environment
Nuclear power stations by country: Nuclear power stations by country
Nuclear power stations in Argentina: Nuclear power stations in Argentina
Nuclear power stations in Armenia: Nuclear power stations in Armenia
Nuclear power stations in repressive ruled Belarus: Nuclear power stations in Belarus, described for decades as one of 'Europe's last dictatorships'
Nuclear power stations in Beijing regime's Chinese territory: Nuclear power stations in Beijing regime's Chinese territory
Nuclear power stations in France: Nuclear power stations in France
Nuclear power stations in India: Nuclear power stations in India
Nuclear power stations in - since 1979 ruled by a Mullah regime - Iran: Nuclear power stations in - since 1979 ruled by a Mullah regime - Iran
Nuclear power stations in Japan: Nuclear power stations in Japan
Nuclear power stations in North Korea, ruled by the Kim dynasty: Nuclear power stations in North Korea, ruled by the Kim dynasty
Nuclear power stations in Pakistan: Nuclear power stations in Pakistan
Nuclear power stations in Russia ruled by the Putin regime: Nuclear power stations in Russia ruled for decades by the Putin regime
Nuclear power stations in Spain: Nuclear power stations in Spain, as in 2018 the government signed an agreement procrastinating the dismission of all Spanish nuclear power plants from 2028 to 2035
Nuclear power stations in Sweden: Nuclear power stations in Sweden, as on 5 February 2009 the Government of Sweden announced an agreement allowing for the replacement of existing reactors, effectively ending the phase-out policy
Nuclear power stations in Turkey: Nuclear power stations in Turkey
Nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom: Nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom
Nuclear power stations in the USA: Nuclear power stations in the USA

List of nuclear weapons tests - List of nuclear weapon test locations
Since 1949 nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union: Since 1949 list of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union
2014 N-test legacy in stratosphere: 7 January 2014: N-test legacy in stratosphere bigger than thought
2014 60 years after USA's Bikini Atoll nuclear tests islands still unliveable: 2 March 2014: 60 years after USA's Bikini Atoll nuclear tests islands still unliveable
2016 French nuclear tests legacy: 28 juillet 2016: L'ancien Premier ministre de Jacques Chirac, Alain Juppé, s’exprimait à Papeete que les expérimentations atomiques menées par la France entre 1966 et 1996 en 'Polynésie française' avaient eu un impact environnemental et sanitaire, même si l'Etat a affirmé le contraire pendant plusieurs décennies
Nuclear weapons debate - Uranium mining debate - Nuclear power debate

Environmental impact of transport (Lokomotionsindustrie und Ortsveränderung) - Diesel exhaust is the gaseous exhaust produced by a diesel type of internal combustion engine, plus any contained particulates
Since 2014 diesel emissions scandal: Since 2014 International diesel emissions scandal - raising awareness over the high levels of pollution being emitted by diesel vehicles built by a wide range of carmakers, including BMW, Citroen, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, Jeep, Mazda, Mercedes, Peugeot, Renault, Volkswagen group and Volvo, scandals relating to the emissions from diesel engines began in 2014 when emissions discrepancies between European and USA models of vehicles were highlighted by the International Council on Clean Transportation
2017 health impact of diesel emissions: 15 May 2017: The global human health impact of the diesel emissions scandal has been revealed by new research showing a minimum of 38,000 people a year die early due to the failure of diesel vehicles to meet official limits in real driving conditions, as most of the deaths are in Europe, where highly polluting cars are the main culprit, and in China and India
May 2018 breaching EU standards for nitrogen dioxide limits: 17 May 2018: The European Commission sent six countries, including Germany, France and the UK, to Europe’s highest court ECJ for breaching EU standards for nitrogen dioxide limits and for failing to meet EU air quality standards, in a long-running process of crimes, denials and shady tricks
April 2019 toxis air and children: 10 April 2019: Four million children develop asthma every year as a result of air pollution from cars and trucks, equivalent to 11,000 new cases a day occuring worldwide due to toxic air from traffic, a landmark study has found
September 2019 diesel car emissions: 10 September 2019: Emissions from diesel cars, even newer and supposedly cleaner models, increase on hot days, a new study has found, raising questions over how cities suffering from air pollution can deal with urban heat islands and the climate crisis
3 August 2020 increase of SUV numbers, high-polluting cars threat to public health: 3 August 2020: The large increase in numbers of SUVs in the UK and around the world is the second-largest contributor to the increase in global emissions since 2010, according to the International Energy Agency, also saying if SUV drivers were a nation, they would rank seventh in the world for carbon emissions

Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles, one of the two most important parts of the general fossil fuel phase-out process, the other being the phase-out of fossil fuel power plants for mains electricity, as more than 14 countries and over 20 cities around the world have proposed banning the sale of passenger vehicles (primarily cars and buses) powered by fossil fuels such as petrol, liquefied petroleum gas and diesel at some time in the future
Since 2016 announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans by country: Since 2016 announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans by country
Since 2016 cities and territories announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans: Since 2016 announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans by cities and territories

Environmental impact of aviation
October 2019 super-rich fuelling growing demand for private jets: 27 October 2019: Almost 8,000 new private jets are expected to be bought by multinational companies and the super-rich over the next decade, each of which will burn 40 times as much carbon per passenger as regular commercial flights, according to an aviation report, as growth centred in USA and China, with slowdown in Sweden
July 2020 global air travel will take until 2024 to return to pre-pandemic levels: 28 July 2020: Global air travel during covid-19 pandemic is recovering more slowly than expected and will take until 2024 to return to pre-pandemic levels, the trade association for the airline industry said, timely to debate change after world’s largest all-electric aircraft was set for first flight in May 2020, a nine-seater plane taking to skies without producing carbon emissions
7 October 2022 the ICAO agreed to a long-term aspirational goal for aviation of net-zero emissions by 2050: 7 October 2022: The 193-nation 'International Civil Aviation Organization’s ICAO) assembly' has agreed to a long-term aspirational goal for aviation of net-zero emissions by 2050, despite challenges from China and Russia, as countries aligned overwhelmingly with airlines amid pressure to curb pollution from flights. Nevertheless, environmentalists criticised the non-binding nature of the agreement as toothless.
Environmental impact of shipping, including air pollution, water pollution, acoustic, and oil pollution, as ships are responsible for more than 18% of some air pollutants

Agriculture and the environment - Sustainable agriculture -
April 2016 agriculture's crucial role for planet’s future: 28 April 2016: Agriculture will play a crucial role in addressing the planet’s most pressing challenges, whether on food production, health or the preservation of the environment, special report shows
September 2019 driving the climate crisis by public farm subsidies: 16 September 2019: The public is providing more than $1m per minute in global farm subsidies, much of which is driving the climate crisis and destruction of wildlife, promoting high-emission cattle production, forest destruction and pollution from the overuse of fertiliser, as just 1% of the $700bn a year given to farmers is used to benefit the environment according to a new report

Environmental impact of agriculture
September 2017 a third of the planet’s land severely degraded: 12 September 2017: A third of the planet’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being lost at the rate of 24bn tonnes a year, according to a new UN-backed study that calls for a shift away from destructively intensive agriculture
Environmental impact of pesticides - Health effects of pesticides (non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, neurological problems, birth defects, fetal death, neurodevelopmental disorder and more) may be acute or delayed in those who are exposed - Pesticide residue refers to chemicals and pesticides that may remain on or in food, especially derivatives of chlorinated pesticides, exhibit bioaccumulation which could build up to harmful levels in the body as well as in the environment, persistent chemicals can be magnified through the food chain and have been detected in a wide range of products - Insecticides - Chemical herbicides since the early 20th century, a result of research conducted in both the UK and the USA during World War II into the potential use of agents as biological weapons
2013 agrochemicals: 20 October 2013: Agrochemicals linked to health problems in Argentina - 10 December 2013: The use of pesticides increased 858% in the last 22 years in Argentina, but as there is a great business for the global poison industry, led by Monsanto and Bayer, and as its products are sprayed over areas of intense monoculture, where more than 12 million people live, the public health is faced with great problems, according to the Network of Physicians working in crop-sprayed towns
2014 insecticides: 24 June 2014: The world’s most widely used insecticides have contaminated the environment across the planet so pervasively that global food production is at risk, international team of scientists says - 28 October 2014: About 2,000 hectares of fertile land are lost each day due to damage caused by salt in areas of dry irrigated land with little rainfall, according to a UN analysis
2015 pesticides: 23 March 2015: The UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer says that three pesticides, the herbicide glyphosate – the active ingredient in USA's Monsanto's Roundup – and the insecticides malathion and diazinon, were 'probably' carcinogenic and two others, which have already been outlawed or restricted, were 'possibly' so - 11 November 2015: Glyphosate has devastating, dramatic effects on the health of people living in very close contact with it, Argentinian photographer Pablo Ernesto Piovano's report on the conditions of people living and working close to GM soy crops, where massive amounts of herbicide are used, reveals
February/March 2017 UN says catastrophic consequences of ‘systematic denial of harms’: 21 February 2017: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay farm transgenic seeds glyphosate resistant, but there is an association between cancer and environmental exposure to Glyphosate - 7 March 2017: UN experts denounce 'myth' pesticides are necessary to feed the world, as report warns of catastrophic consequences and blames manufacturers for ‘systematic denial of harms’ and 'unethical marketing tactics’
July/August 2017 egg contamination by toxic insecticide: July/August 2017 Egg contamination scandal in EU's Netherlands, Belgium and Germany - 3 August 2017: Millions of eggs are being recalled from shops and warehouses in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium after they were found to contain high levels of a toxic insecticide banned from use in the production of food for human consumption
August 2018 Monsanto’s Roundup verdict: 11 August 2018: Monsanto, now a unit of Bayer AG, suffered a major blow with a San Francisco jury ruling that the company was liable for terminally ill Dewayne Johnson’s cancer, awarding him $289m in damages, after Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer without warning him of the health hazards from exposure, and after the jury further found that Monsanto 'acted with malice or oppression' and 'fought science' for years, targeting academics who spoke up about possible health risks of the herbicide product - Monsanto legal cases
August 2018 cancer-linked herbicides: 16 August 2018: Cancer-linked herbicide, sold as Roundup by Monsanto, present in 45 products including granola, snack bars and Cheerios, marketed to USA children, a public health organization's study has found
April 2019 French court says chemicals giant Monsanto guilty of poisoning: 11 April 2019: French appeals court in Lyon has said USA chemicals giant Monsanto, which was bought by Germany’s Bayer last year, was guilty of poisoning a farmer who said he suffered neurological damage after accidentally inhaling fumes from a weedkiller made by the company
Pollinator decline refers to the reduction in abundance of insect and other animal pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide beginning at the end of the twentieth century - List of crop plants pollinated by bees - Beekeeping - List of diseases of the honey bee - Bees and toxic chemicals - Pesticide toxicity to bees - Imidacloprid effects on bees - 'Imidacloprid' systemic insecticide, belonging to a group of pesticides called neonicotinoids, the primary producer of imidacloprid is the German chemical firm 'Bayer CropScience'
May 2016 beekeepers suffered severe losses: 11 May 2016: From April 2015 to March 2016, USA beekeepers lost 44% of their colonies, as 28% of bee colonies were lost over the 2015/16 winter and more than half of surveyed beekeepers said they suffered unsustainable losses
February 2019: 17 février 2019: Près de la moitié des espèces d'insectes, essentiels aux écosystèmes comme aux économies, sont en déclin rapide dans le monde entier, selon une étude

Sustainable food system - Sustainable diet
January 2019 cuts in red meat-eating in western countries and changes across the world required: 16 January 2019: Science-based diet that tackles both the poor food eaten by billions of people and averts global environmental catastrophe, requiring huge cuts in red meat-eating in western countries and radical changes across the world, has been devised by the 'EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health'

Genetically modified organism - Genetic engineering and agriculture - Genetically modified food controversies
2013: March Against Monsanto 25 May 2013 - 26 May 2013: Worldwide protests against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces

Environmental crime
2015/2016: 26 October 2015: Raging forest fires across Indonesia are thought to be responsible for up to half a million cases of respiratory infections, with the resultant haze covering parts of Malaysia and Singapore now being described as a 'crime against humanity' - 19 September 2016: Haze from Indonesian fires last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study of Harvard and Columbia universities that triggers calls for action
2016: 13 October 2016: International judges will take evidence in The Hague from witnesses and victims of USA agri-business Monsanto, which manufactured hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Agent Orange for use as a chemical weapon in the Vietnam war, and is now the world’s biggest genetically modified seed corporation also developing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls and glyphosate, in an attempt by hundreds of grassroots groups to hold the company accountable for human rights violations, crimes against humanity, and 'ecocide', or widespread environmental damage
September 2018: 19 September 2018: EU probes German car makers including BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen and Audi for suspected collusion to cheat emission tests

Global Witness exposes the hidden links between demand for natural resources, corruption, armed conflict and environmental destruction
2015: 27 August 2015: Between 2002 and 2013, at least 448 environmentalists were killed in Brazil, according to Global Witness
2016: 4 March 2016: New data of Global Witness on the murder rate of environmental and land activists in Honduras, the highest in the world, for taking a stand against destructive dam, mining, logging and agriculture projects - 20 June 2016: 2015 became deadliest year for environmental activists, as at least 185 activists were killed, anti-mining activities were the most deadly with 42 deaths related to protests, according to 'Global Witness' - 21 October 2016: As last year was the deadliest on record for environmental campaigners and more than three people were killed each week in 2015 by police, private security or hired assassins, states and investors must take steps to tackle this human rights crisis, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst says in a report for the UN general assembly
2017/2018: 2 February 2018: 197 people killed last year for defending land, wildlife or natural resources, new Global Witness data reveals - 2 March 2018: As the Guardian and Global Witness revealed that almost four environmental defenders were murdered every week in 2017, War on Want learned of two more killings through our Latin American partner organisations - 19 mars 2018: En 2017, près de 200 personnes, activistes, leaders indigènes, scientifiques ou simples villageois, ont été tuées pour avoir voulu protéger l’environnement, première responsable l’industrie agroalimentaire, selon Global Witness
August 2019 environmental activist murders double in 15 years: 5 August 2019: Killings of environmental defenders have doubled over the past 15 years to reach levels usually associated with war zones, according to a study that reveals how murders of activists are concentrated in countries with the worst corruption and weakest laws
29 July 2020 record 212 land and environment activists killed last year: 29 July 2020: A record number of people were killed last year for defending their land and environment, according to the independent watchdog Global Witness highlighting the routine murder of activists who oppose extractive industries driving the climate crisis and the destruction of nature, as more than four defenders were killed every week in 2019, amid growing evidence of opportunistic killings during the Covid-19 lockdown in which activists were left as 'sitting ducks' in their own homes

Extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms, normally a species - Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene - List of recently extinct species - Endangered species
Extinct ethnic groups
Extinction risk from global warming - Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present, habitat destruction by human activity is mainly for the purpose of harvesting natural resources for industry production and urbanization - Overexploitation refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns
2016: 14/16 September 2016: Humanity is driving an unprecedented extinction of sealife unlike any in the fossil record, hunting and killing larger species in a way that will disrupt ocean ecosystems for millions of years, scientists have found - 27 October 2016: World facing biggest mass extinction since dinosaurs, with two thirds of animals wiped out in 50 years, report by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London says
2018: 30 October 2018: Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilisation
May 2019 biodiversity crisis and UN report: 6 May 2019: UN’s global assessment report paints a dire picture of our effect on the natural world, saying one million species at risk of extinction - 7 May 2019: UN environment warning on biodiversity crisis
Colony collapse disorder causes significant economic losses because many agricultural crops worldwide are pollinated by honey bees - List of crop plants pollinated by bees
2010: 2 May 2010: Fears for crops as shock figures from America show scale of bee catastrophe
2017 global contamination by bee-harming pesticides: 5 October 2017: Honey tests reveal global contamination by bee-harming pesticides, as neonicotinoid insecticides are found in 75% of global honey samples and half contain a cocktail of chemicals - 6 October 2017: Nerve agents in honey
Poaching, the illegal hunting, killing, or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights - Illegal wildlife trade over the world - Wildlife smuggling
2015: 19 June 2015: The rate of extinction for species in the 20th century was up to 100 times higher than it would have been without man’s impact, scientists say in their study 'Accelerated modern human–induced species losses'
2016: 12 August 2016: Elephants on the path to extinction as the world’s population of elephants is nearing a critical point - 3 October 2016: A bid to give the highest level of international legal protection to all African elephants was defeated at a 'Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species' global wildlife summit of 182 nations in Johannesburg, after the EU played a pivotal role in blocking the proposal, which was fought over by rival groups of African nations - 8 December 2016: Giraffes facing extinction after suffering a devastating decline in numbers resulting from illegal hunting, habitat destruction, changes through expanding agriculture and mining, deforestation, pollution and civil wars, with nearly 40% of giraffes lost in the last 30 years, according to the latest IUCN 'red list' analysis

Wildfires caused by arson - Fire ecology

Urbanization and Rural development - Urbanization by country - List of metropolitan areas by population - List of agglomerations by population
March 2019 deadly air in our cities: 17 March 2019: Deadly air in our cities, as traffic pollution is putting especially children at risk
April 2020 impact of covid-19 on slums and informal Settlements: 22 April 2020: Impact of covid-19 on slums and informal Settlements
14 January 2021 and UN World Habitat Day: 14 January 2021 and UN World Habitat Day, observed every year throughout the world, first celebrated in 1986 with the theme 'Shelter is My Right', as the purpose of World Habitat Day is to reflect on the state of our urban areas and the basic human right regarding provision of adequate shelter to all human beings, also aiming to remind the planners and government officials of the collective responsibility for the habitat of future generations and a day to encourage grassroots action from civil society organizations to advocate for universal decent housing
Megacity, usually defined as a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of ten million people
Environmental effects of urbanization - Urban heat island is a city or metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas due to human activities
Urban ecology, the scientific study of the relation of living organisms with each other and their surroundings in the context of an urban environment - Sustainable urbanism
Urban planning - Urban design
Architecture - Herrschaftsarchitektur (ruling-class architecture) - Skyscraper - Sustainable architecture
30 August 2022 timber cities ‘could cut 100bn tons of CO2 emissions by 2100’: 30 August 2022: Building new urban homes from wood instead of concrete and steel could save about 10% of the carbon budget needed to limit global heating to 2C this century, as the overhaul of construction practices needed for such a shift would require up to 149m hectares of new timber plantations - and an increase in harvests from unprotected natural forests - but it need not encroach on farmland, according to a study the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, saying housing 90% of the world’s growing urban population in mid-rise wooden buildings could prevent 106bn tons of carbon emissions by 2100/a>

Man-made disasters - Man-made disasters by country
Industrial accidents and incidents by country: Industrial accidents and incidents by country
Building collapses by country: Building collapses - Building collapses by country
Urban fires: Urban fires

Transport disasters - Transport disasters by country
Aviation accidents and incidents, by country and type: Aviation accidents and incidents - Aviation accidents and incidents by country - Aviation accidents and incidents by type
Bridge disasters by cause: Bridge disasters by cause
Railway accidents, by country and type: Railway accidents and incidents by country - Railway accidents by type
Road accidents and incidents by country: Road accidents and incidents - Road incidents by country
Shipwrecks by location and type: Shipwrecks - Shipwrecks by location - Shipwrecks by type
Since 2011 transport disasters involving refugees: Since 2011 transport disasters involving refugees in the international refugee and migrant crisis

Diseases of poverty: Diseases of poverty
2013: 23 October 2013: Tuberculosis killed 1.3 million last year, WHO says
Infant mortality - List of countries by infant mortality rate - Child mortality
2012: 'The Lancet' 11 May 2012: Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 - 11. Mai 2012: Vermeidbare Infektionskrankheiten haben 2010 fast zwei Drittel aller Todesfälle bei Kindern unter fünf Jahren verursacht - 12 September 2012: Unicef says global mortality rates fall

Refugee health, also known as migrant health or immigrant health, is the field of study on the health effects experienced by people who have moved into another country or even to another part of the world, either by choice or as a result of unsafe circumstances such as war or persecution, displaced populations' health is mainly affected by infectious disease, mental health, and chronic diseases that are uncommon in the country in which they eventually settle
Health and mental health of refugee children

Global health: Global health - Health disasters by continent - Health disasters by country - Diseases and disorders by country
March 2019 global health and democracy: The relationships between democratic experience, adult health, and cause-specific mortality in 170 countries between 1980 and 2016, an observational analysis published by 'The Lancet' on 13 March 2019 - May 2006 'Health and Democracy', by Timothy Besley and Masayuki Kudamatsu - Pro-democracy resistance grows from 27% in 2009 to 44% in 2019 amidst an autocratization surge, and during 2019 citizens in 29 democracies mobilized against autocratization, such as in Bolivia, Poland, and Malawi, as citizens staged mass protests in 34 autocracies, among them Algeria, Hong Kong, and Sudan, according to University of Gothenburg democracy report 2020
4 February 2021 'World Cancer Day' following spread of covid-19: 4 February 2021: As 'World Cancer Day' is marked each year on February 4 to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment, world's countries in 2021, governments, scientists, and medical practitioners battle to control the covid 19 pandemic, and experts say the fight against a major disease such as cancer is being slowed or hampered, 'africanews' reports

Lists of Diseases: Lists of Diseases - List of causes of death by rate
Epidemic: Epidemic - List of infectious diseases, A-Z - A pandemic, an epidemic of disease that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people - List of epidemics and pandemics since antiquity - List of epidemics in the 21st century - Infectious disease deaths by country
1918 flu pandemic during World War I, mistakenly called 'Spanish flu': 1918 World War I flu pandemic (mistakenly called 'Spanish flu') in the last year of German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman's empires' World War I 1914-1918, lasting from spring 1918 through spring or early summer 1919, and infecting 500 million people – about a third of the world's population at the time - as the death toll is estimated to have been anywhere from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in human history
5 May 2020 covid-19 afflicted 2020 looks very much like 1918: 5 May 2020: Virus-afflicted 2020 looks very much like 1918 despite science’s march, 'Times of Israel' reports
Since 1918 history of swine influenza and transmission from pigs to humans: Since 1918 history of swine influenza and transmission from pigs to humans, an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses, as people with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infection
June 2020 new swine flu strain found in China with pandemic potential: 30 June 2020: New swine flu strain found in China with pandemic potential,as tests indicate G4 strain of pig-carried H1N1 may have already infected 4.4% of general population, but no evidence yet of human-to-human transmission, according to USA science journal PNAS
Diseases of the respiratory system: Diseases of the respiratory system, as ICD-10 is an international statistical classification used in health care and related industries, including diseases of flu, asthma, and respiratory failure
Since 2003 studies identified SARS-like coronaviruses in Chinese bats: Since 2003 studies identified a number of SARS-like coronaviruses in Chinese bats, as phylogenetic analysis of these viruses indicated a high probability that SARS coronavirus originated in bats and spread to humans either directly or through animals held in Chinese markets, and as scientists established a genetic link between the SARS coronavirus appearing in civets and humans, confirming claims that the virus had jumped across species
Bat as food in Asia and China: Bat as food in Asia and China, as specific bat species eaten in China include the cave nectar bat, Pomona roundleaf bat, Indian flying fox, and Leschenault's rousette
Since February 2018 'Animals farmed update' by the British 'Guardian': Since February 2018: 'Animals farmed update' by the British newspaper 'The Guardian'
Since 2019/2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic, timeline and criticism: 2019–2020 Chinese coronavirus outbreak and pandemic - Timeline of the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak since 30 December 2019 - Socio-economic impact of the 2019–2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic
Since 2019/2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic by country and territory: 2019–2020 Chinese coronavirus pandemic by country and territory
Since 2019/2020 Chinese censorship to suppress information about the coronavirus, its dangers and human rights: 2019/2020 early Chinese censorship to suppress information about the coronavirus and the dangers it poses to public health, as the epidemic was allowed to spread for weeks before efforts were undertaken to contain the virus, as the Chinese doctor who alerted his colleagues about coronavirus was detained and censored for 'spreading false rumors', as the 'Supreme People's court of China' dismissed the coronavirus spread as 'rumor', as rights group criticized that China's aggressive lobbying of the World Health Organization involved minimizing of the severity of the outbreak - Human rights issues during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic - Due to the high volume of patient inflow in Italy in February/March 2020, doctors were forced to decide on whether or not to treat the very old, leaving them to die
Since 2020 daily updated coronavirus global cases by USA university: 2020 daily updated Chinese coronavirus global cases and confirmed cases by country and region by the Johns Hopkins University
28 January 2020 mayor of Wuhan admits authorities were too slow in releasing information about virus: 28 January 2020: Mayor of Wuhan admits authorities were too slow in releasing information about virus, as first human transmission in Europe confirmed, and as USA updates travel warning to China to highest level
7 February 2020 ophthalmologist and whistleblower Li Wenliang died from Wuhan coronavirus: On 7 February 2020 Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital and a whistleblower who warned about the 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak on 30 December 2019, but was summoned and admonished by Wuhan police on 3 January 2020 for 'making false comments on the Internet', died from the infection after later returning to work and contracting the virus from an infected patient - 7 February 2020: Demands for freedom of speech in the wake of Li Wenliang’s death have been censored by the Beijing regime
9 March 2020 WHO hasn't called covid-19 a pandemic but others do: 9 March 2020: The World Health Organization hasn't called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, but CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current covid-19 outbreak - Zeitpunkt der Pandemie-Erklärung der WHO und Kritik an der WHO
11 March 2020 expanding clusters of the Chinese coronavirus worldwide were eyed warily as the outbreak upended daily life in Italy and elsewhere: 11 March 2020: Expanding clusters of the new coronavirus were eyed warily as the outbreak upended daily life in Italy and reshaped everything from the USA presidential race to Polish schools, Japanese Fukushima disaster anniversary, British interest rate's and politicians' future, Pope Francis’ travel, Putin's and Assad's wars etc.
18 March 2020 Chinese coronavirus can persist in air for hours and on surfaces for days: 18 March 2020: The highly contagious Chinese coronavirus called COVID-19, that has exploded into a global pandemic, can persist in air for hours and on surfaces for days, according to a new NIAID study that should offer guidance to help people avoid contracting the respiratory illness - Coronavirus disease 2019 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 - COVID-19 testing
19 March 2020 Italian province struggles to bury its coronavirus dead: 19 March 2020: Italian province struggles to bury its coronavirus dead, as coffins pile up and corpses are sealed off in homes as Bergamo’s funeral firms are overwhelmed, as of Wednesday Chinese virus had killed 2,978 across Italy, all buried or cremated without ceremony, and those who die in hospital do so alone, with their belongings left in bags beside coffins before being collected by funeral workers
22 March 2020 more victims of coronavirus pandemic: 22 March 2020: Global coronavirus death toll crossed 13,000, forcing over a billion people to remain at home, stretching governments and health workers to respond to the growing crisis, forcing lockdowns in 35 countries, disrupting lives, travel and businesses as governments scramble to shut borders and unleash hundreds of billions in emergency measures - 22 March 2020: Spain death toll rises by almost 400, as Germany and Iran see cases jump, as Italy warns of worst crisis since WWII, as India launches curfew, as 10 more people die from virus in Indonesia, and as first deaths in Colombia, Guam, Kosovo and Romania reported
23-25 March 2020 1.5 billion people to stay home as global death toll of coronavirus pandemic passes 19,600: 23 March 2020: More than 1.5 billion people — one-fifth of the world's population — were globally asked or ordered to stay home to try to blunt the spread of the Chinese coronavirus - 25 March 2020: Global death toll of coronavirus pandemic passes 19,600 as total of confirmed cases passes 435,000, as death toll in Spain overtakes China, and India locks down, according to the British 'Guardian' and Johns Hopkins experts
26 March 2020 global virus infections near 500,000: 26 March 2020: Global virus infections near 500,000 as health care systems in Europe and New York buckle under the weight of caring for seriously ill victims
27 March 2020 Spain records highest single-day spreading coronavirus death toll: 27 March 2020: Spain records highest single-day death toll and withdraws 'inaccurate' testing kits, as South Africa records first Covid-19 deaths, as China closes borders, and as British PM tests positive
28 March 2020 number of coronavirus infections topped 600,000: 28 March 2020: The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide topped 600,000, as virus already has put health systems in Italy, Spain, France, in New York and New Orleans under extreme strain, as lockdowns of varying severity have been introduced across Europe, in Africa, Asia and in the Americas, and as officials dug in for a long fight against the pandemic
29 March 2020 global deaths pass 30,000 victims: 29 March 2020: Spain records new highest daily death toll with further 838 deaths, as Syria reports first Covid-19 death, as Italy expects peak in a week, and as global deaths pass 30,000 with one-third in Italy, as millions of people in and around Tokyo are urged to stay at home after more confirmed coronavirus cases, and as the mayor of New York says the city will run out of essential medical supplies and personnel on 5 April
30 March 2020 in Zimbabwe, 'You Win Coronavirus or You Win Starvation': 30 March 2020: In Zimbabwe, 'You Win Coronavirus or You Win Starvation', as people in one of the world's most devastated nations are choosing daily survival over measures to protect themselves from a virus that 'might not even kill us', pushed aside in the struggle to obtain food, cash, cheap public transport, even clean water after World Health Organization's recommended virus precautions, and after UN expert called the number of hungry people in Zimbabwe 'shocking' for a country not in conflict and World Food Program has said more than 7 million people, or half the country, needs aid - 30 March 2020: Covid-19 death toll in Spain reaches 7,340, as Moscow and Lagos in lockdown and countries tighten restrictions
31 March 2020 global confirmed infections pass 800,000: 31 March 2020: The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection around the world has passed 800,000, with more than 38,000 death, as Spain reports record single-day death toll, Vietnam enters lockdown, as Italy extends lockdown until Easter, as number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the USA at 164,539, and as Russia records biggest daily rise in cases for seventh day running
1 April 2020 reports of cases also in war-torn Syria, Yemen, Libya and record daily fatalities: 1 April 2020: Spain passes 100,000 cases, as USA officials predict up to 240,000 USA coronavirus deaths in country, amid reports of record daily fatalities in UK, France, Spain and Russia in the worst global health, social and economic crisis since the 1855-1960 bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, spreading to all inhabited continents and ultimately leading to more than 12 million deaths in India and China, considered active until 1960, when worldwide casualties dropped to 200 per year, aside from recently and completely man-made disasters since German, Italian and Japanese empires' World War II, including the 1946-1954 French Indochina War, the 1950-1953 Korean War, the 1954-1962 French Algerian War, the 1955-1975 USA's Vietnam War, the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, the War in Afghanistan since 1978, the 1998-2003 Second Congo War, and ongoing Assad's, Khamenei's and Putin's war against the Syrian people since 2011 - 1 April 2020: After the coronavirus pandemic crippled healthcare services on an unprecedented scale, countries in the Middle East already demolished by war are bracing themselves for disaster, as doctors and health officials tell 'The Independent' in over a dozen interviews across Syria, Yemen and Libya that they cannot halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus, and that healthcare systems are completely 'open and vulnerable' to the impending crisis
2 April 2020 Spain death toll passes 10,000 as Russia and Afghanistan report single-day records: 2 April 2020: Spain death toll passes 10,000 with record single-day rise of 950, as Iran passes 50,000 cases and 3,136 deaths, as Russia and Afghanistan record single-day records, and as Thailand imposes national curfew
3 April 2020 covid-19 pandemic reached new heights across the world: 3 April 2020: Iran’s death toll reaches 3,294, Swiss death toll rises to 484, Australia’s medical chief warns of coronavirus escalation, as Russian police brutally detain Anastasia Vasiliyeva, the head of the opposition-leaning Alliance of Doctors union, with other activists while attempting to deliver medical equipment
4 April 2020 and efforts to tackle the crisis: 4 April 2020: USA sets grim new global record with 1,480 covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, as death toll in Europe passes 40,000, with over 900 fatalities in Spain in past day, as economists predict deep worldwide recession, and as UN warns of coming catastrophe in war-torn countries Syria, Yemen etc. - 4 April 2020: Number of confirmed covid-19 cases worldwide nearing 1,120,000, as 'Wikipedia' is monitoring and documenting the global crisis, also by country and territory, also by socio-economic impact, also by impact on politics, by a variety of more impacts, also by national and international responses to the covid-19 pandemic, more or less effective, more or less backed by scientists, but also including cover-ups and denials e.g. North Korea, and an overview of criticism by country, e.g. practicising suppression of information, and international organisations - 4 April 2020: Internet data shines light on coronavirus lockdowns working worldwide, despite attempts by regimes in Syria, Russia, Iran etc., including their networks e.g. Hezbollah terrorist groups, also some media, TV companies, print media etc., and others, to cause confusion, to undermine freedom of information and efforts to tackle the crisis
5 April 2020 covid-19 pandemic continues to spread around world: 5 April 2020: Spain, recording smaller rate of increase in covid-19 infections, calls for 'European solidarity', as focus turns to USA and Trump tells citizens to expect 'a lot of death', as coronavirus continues to spread around world and global deaths approach 65,000 - 6 April 2020: Spain deaths lower for fourth day in a row, as Germany sees further case drop, as USA experts warn of worst week yet, and as Japan prepares for state of emergency
6 April 2020 UN expert say ban wildlife markets to avert pandemics: 6 April 2020: UN’s biodiversity chief has called for a global ban on wildlife markets – such as the one in China's Wuhan believed to be the starting point of the coronavirus outbreak – to prevent future pandemics.
7 April 2020 worldwide coronavirus cases at 1.32 million: 7 April 2020: Worldwide coronavirus cases nearing 1.35 million, as death toll crosses 74,800, as Russia's daily rise in coronavirus cases tops 1,000 for first time, as Trump reportedly knew pandemic was likely in January, and as Japan declares state of emergency
8 April 2020 number of covid-19 cases in Europe passes 750,000: 8 April 2020: Number of covid-19 cases in Europe passes 750,000, as continent accounts for more than half of the total infections worldwide, with Spain and Italy having the most recorded deaths, as reported covid-19 death toll in Iran nears 4,000, as USA records highest death toll with 1,939 fatalities in single day, and as exhausted medical staff around the world are battling with a stream of patients and 81% of the world’s 3.3 billion-strong workforce is now affected by the global crisis according to ILO - 8 April 2020: Global trade forecast to fall by up to a third as USA sees highest one-day death toll
9 April 2020 confirmed global cases pass 1.5m: 9 April 2020: Confirmed global cases pass 1.5m, as USA sees new record unemployment rising 6.6m in a week, >with 16 million jobs gone in the past 3 weeks after covid-19 brought the USA economy to a standstill
10 April 2020 recovered South Korean covid-19 patients testing positive again: 10 April 2020: South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again
10 April 2020 Easter will begin amid war and under lockdown: 10 April 2020: Easter begins under lockdown, as Spanish death toll continues to slow, as Russia reports new record daily rise of coronavirus cases, as New York makes mass graves to bury the rising number of dead, and as war-ravaged Yemen announces 1st confirmed covid-19 case after conflict instigated by Iran-backed Houthis destroyed or closed more than half its health facilities, aggravating deep poverty, food scarcity and ongoing famine, cholera outbreaks, dire water shortages and a lack of adequate sanitation
11 April 2020: 11 April 2020: Spain in ‘stabilisation phase’, but USA sees over 2,000 deaths in a day, as pandemic lays bare also New York city's shocking inequities, as death toll from covid-19 in the UK rose by 917 to 9,875 people, as China is cracking down on publication of academic research about the origins of the novel coronavirus, as Iran's regime begins lifting restrictions amid rising death toll to 4,357 victims, and as WHO warns that prematurely lifting lockdown restrictions could spark a dangerous resurgence of the disease
12 April 2020 worldwide covid-19 cases pass 1.75m: 12 April 2020: Worldwide covid-19 cases pass 1.75m, with USA, Spain, Italy, Germany, France reporting most cases now, after USA diagnosed its first case on 20 January
13 April 2020 covid-19 cases worldwide pass 1.85m as China reports highest daily cases in over five weeks: 13 April 2020: Covid-19 cases worldwide pass 1.85m, as China reports highest daily cases in over five weeks, as Iran’s death toll rises to 4,585, as Spain relaxes lockdown with daily death toll of 517 victims, as WHO looks at reports of patients testing positive again, as major oil-producing nations agree historic 10% cut in output
14 April 2020 covid-19 cases worldwide near 2 million: 14 April 2020: Covid-19 cases worldwide near 2 million, as Putin regime tells Russian people to prepare for 'extraordinary' crisis, as UK daily deaths likely to rise this week, as France to ease lockdown starting 11 May, as Spain relaxes lockdown with daily death toll of 517 victims, and as evidence in respect of victims is an additional problem
15 April 2020 global rise with 2,000,984 covid-19 cases and with 128.071 deaths: 15 April 2020: Global rise with 2,000,984 covid-19 cases and with 128.071 deaths, as Trump suspends WHO funding, as Russia reported record daily rise with 3,388 new covid-19 cases, bringing its overall nationwide tally to 24,490, as India allows industry and farming in rural areas to resume to reduce the pain for millions of people, as Spain records drop in daily virus death toll, but number of new cases rises, and as EU sets out roadmap for members to ease lockdowns
16 April 2020 economic and other impacts from the covid-19 pandemic deepen: 16 April 2020: 1m tests to be rolled out across Africa, as WHO warns Europe still in the midst of Covid-19 storm, as calls emerge on the European commission and European Council to condemn the Hungarian government’s exploitation of the coronavirus crisis to erode democracy, and as USA reports 639,568 covid-19 cases and 30,988 deaths, data listed also by state - 16 April 2020: Economic and other impacts from the covid-19 pandemic deepen, as health authorities warn that returning to normal is a distant goal despite many politicians' hopes of reopening factories, transport capacities, stores, and schools as well quickly as safely
17 April 2020 covid-19 cases reach at least 2,167,955 as Russia reports record of new cases: 17 April 2020: Global covid-19 cases reached at least 2,167,955, as Russia again reports record of new covid-19 cases, as Indonesia becomes south-east Asian country with most infections, as social and economic impacts of covid-19 become catastrophic for millions of children, as African continent faces recession, as China’s GDP shrinks 6.8% in March quarter, and as people worldwide must re-evaluate support for irresponsible politicians in several countries
18 April 2020 Beijing regime threatens Hong Kong civic society amid covid-19: 18 April 2020: Beijing regime’s top representative office in Hong Kong semi-autonomous city declared it is not bound by Hong Kong’s constitutional restrictions that bar Chinese government from interfering in local affairs, after Hong Kong police amid covid-19 pandemic originating from mainland China arrested 14 high-profile democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly in 2019
19 April 2020 adding to pressure on China Australia demands covid-19 pandemic enquiry: 19 April 2020: Australia demands covid-19 pandemic enquiry, adding to pressure on China - 19 April 2020: Europe's covid-19 fatalities approach 100,000, while Spain’s death toll on Sunday 'slows' to 410 as the country reported its further deaths, as Sweden's health workers fear for residents as hundreds die in care homes, as Belgian doctor says 'I thought I would never wake up' after intensive care and 3 weeks in a coma, as in the UK at least 6.5m jobs in the economy at risk - around a quarter of the total
20 April 2020 Wuhan residents want regime's explanation about its handling of covid-19: 20 April 2020: Wuhan residents are looking for an explanation from the government about its handling of covid-19 outbreak, after officials in January said it was not contagious and took weeks to notify the public of the threat from a virus that went on to claim the lives of thousands in China and then hundreds of thousands of confirmed cases and deaths worldwide, sending billions of people into lockdown as health services struggle to cope
21 April 2020 global cases near 2.5 million: 21 April 2020: After WHO warned that few have developed antibodies to covid-19, global cases near 2.5 million, global deaths pass 170,000, Singapore extends lockdown amid sharp rise in cases, Trump signals immigration ban, and USA oil market collapses into negative prices
22 April 2020 as covid-19 expands Missouri becomes first USA state to sue China over pandemic: 21 April 2020: Covid-19 pandemic 'will cause famine of biblical proportions', as more than 30 countries and former European colonies could experience widespread famine, and in 10 of those countries there are already more than 1 million people on the brink of starvation, UN warns, as first case of covid-19 reported among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, hosting around 475,000 Palestinian and far more Syrian refugees, as Spain recorded 435 deaths overnight, bringing the total death toll from Covid-19 to 21,717, as France's unemployment soars, as Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 2,237 to 145,694, as UK's death toll not including deaths outside hospitals questioned by media, and as Chinese doctors in Wuhan say a growing number of recovered cases continue to test positive - 22 April 2020: Missouri becomes first USA state to sue China over covid-190 economic losses, as civil lawsuit says China 'lied to the world about the danger and contagious nature of covid-19'
23 April 2020 world on track for 'unprecedented’ post-war recession: 23 April 2020: World is on track for 'unprecedented’ post-war recession, as covid-19 global death toll has exceeded 183,000 with the number of cases worldwide at more than 2.6m, as USA unemployment applications reach over 26m, as Chinese citizen journalist Li Zehua reappears, having gone missing for almost two months after posting videos from Wuhan during the outbreak, saying he was detained by regime's police and forcibly quarantined, as China covid-19 cases may have been four times official figure according to study, coming amid calls for inquiry into outbreak’s origin and as China’s ambassador to the USA calls for 'a serious rethink of the foundations' of the two countries’ relationship
24 April 2020 Johns Hopkins University reports 2.729.274 confirmed covid-19 cases: 24 April 2020: Johns Hopkins University reports 2.729.274 confirmed covid-19 cases worldwide and 191.962 deaths, as medical experts denounce Trump’s 'dangerous’ treatment suggestion, as Russian regime reports 5,849 new cases and 60 deaths in 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 615, and as UN's Michelle Bachelet alarmed by media clampdowns in several countries, saying public has right to know about covid-19
25 April 2020 JHU reports 197.871 confirmed covid-19 deaths: 25 April 2020: At least 197.871 people are confirmed to have died worldwide, while at least 2.82 million are known to have been infected, as WHO says 'no evidence' you can’t get covid-19 twice, as Chinese regime sought to block a EU report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the covid-19 outbreak, as cases of covid-19 are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil, and as Britons are urged to go to hospital in an emergency despite fears of catching the virus as UK death toll nears 20,000
26 April 2020 covid-19 cases and defence: 26 April 2020: Global covid-19 death toll increased to 203,332 with 2,908,527 confirmed cases, as India’s PM urges citizens to abide by the lockdown as new cases continue to rise, as UK government resists calls to publish plan for easing lockdown, as Spain's children allowed out for first time in weeks, and as African nations turn to testing to contain spread
27 April 2020 confirmed cases in Russia pass China's total: 27 April 2020: Confirmed covid-19 cases in Russia with 87,147 in all region pass China's total, as world’s leading biodiversity experts warn halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics, and as New Zealand says it has 'avoided the worst'
28 April 2020 confirmed cases of covid-19 pass 3m worldwide: 28 April 2020: Confirmed cases of covid-19 pass 3m worldwide, as African Americans bear the brunt of covid-19's economic impact in the USA, as president repeats attacks on press and as deaths continue to mount, as Russia reports a record daily rise to 6,411 covid-19 cases bringing its nationwide tally to 93,558, as France and Spain expected to announce easing of lockdowns despite a rise in the German infection rate back at 1.0 following the relaxation of restrictions, and as German economy expected to contract 6.6% in 2020 due to covid-19
29 April 2020 known global covid-19 death toll exceeds 217,000: 29 April 2020: Known global covid-19 death toll exceeds 217,000, as at least 3,116,680 people have been infected worldwide, as Russia reports 5,841 new cases on Wednesday, bringing its overall nationwide tally to 99,399, and as air passenger numbers down 99% in the UK amid rising number of covid-19 cases and deaths
30 April 2020 Yemen reports first covid-19 deaths and Iran ally Russia reports 106,498 cases: 30 April 2020: Yemen reports its first two deaths and a new cluster of covid-19 cases amid failing humanitarian ceasefire attempts, as Iran ally Russia reports 7,099 new covid-19 cases bringing the nationwide tally to 106,498, as USA reports at least 30m unemployed citizens, and as France and Italy plunge into recession
Timeline of covid-19 outbreak, daily global cases since 1 May 2020

Since January 2020 worldwide crisis and recessions due to covid-19: Since January 2020 international socio-economic impact of the 2019 Chinese coronavirus pandemic, by continent and country - Covid-19 worldwide recession and the wide range of impacts
Since 2020 mass surveillance could be here to stay: 18 June 2020: Extensive surveillance measures introduced around the world during the covid-19 outbreak have widened and become entrenched, according to digital rights experts, saying mass surveillance could be here to stay, as governments have been already accused of denting civil rights with the widespread use of techniques such as phone monitoring, contact tracing apps, and physical surveillance such as CCTV with facial recognition

Since 2019/2020 impact of the covid-19 pandemic on education: Covid-19 pandemic has affected educational systems worldwide, leading to the near-total closures of schools, early childhood education and care services, universities and colleges. Most governments decided to temporarily close educational institutions in an attempt to reduce the spread of covid-19. As of 12 January 2021, approximately 825 million learners are currently affected due to school closures in response to the pandemic. According to Unicef monitoring, many countries are currently implementing nationwide closures and 40 are implementing local closures, impacting about 47% of the world's student population. - Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on education in the USA, i.a. exacerbating existing economic and social disparities sparking cultural crises in ethnic groups of Black Americans, Native Americans
Global early childhood education extremely targeted by a pandemic lasting longer than lifespan: Global early childhood education, preschool education for children from 2 to 5 years old (or even younger) and intended by the society to transmit important cultural values to the participants, is extremely targeted by covid-19, a padendemic now frequently lasting longer than lifespan of the children, still increasing in February 2022 in its third year of existence since its origin in Beijing regime's claimed mainland

Since 2019/2020 impact of the covid-19 pandemic on crime, state crimes, organised crime, terrorism, street crime, hate crimes and racism: Since 2019/2020 impact of the covid-19 pandemic on crime, state crimes, organised crime, terrorism, street crime, online crime, illegal markets and smuggling, on hate crimes, racism, policing, judicial system, and on prisons
18 June 2020 mass surveillance could be here to stay: 18 June 2020: Extensive surveillance measures introduced around the world during the covid-19 outbreak have widened and become entrenched, according to digital rights experts, saying mass surveillance could be here to stay, as governments have been already accused of denting civil rights with the widespread use of techniques such as phone monitoring, contact tracing apps, and physical surveillance such as CCTV with facial recognition
9 December 2020 covid-19 used as pretext to curtail civil rights around the world: 9 December 2020: State of civil liberties around the world - even including EU and USA - is bleak, according to a new study which found that 87% of the global population were living in nations deemed 'closed', 'repressed' or 'obstructed', as figure is a 4% increase on last year’s and civil rights were found to have deteriorated in almost every country in the world during covid-19, as number of governments have used the pandemic as an excuse to curtail rights such as free speech, peaceful assembly and freedom of association, according to 'Civicus Monitor', an alliance of civil society groups which assessed 196 countries
8 April 2021 AI says hidden human rights crises threaten post-covid global security: 8 April 2021: Hidden human rights crises threaten post-covid global security, Amnesty International says, adding that ‘crises will multiply’ if escalating repression by governments under pretext of pandemic ignored, according to new elected secretary general and Amnesty International Report 2020/21, documenting the human rights situation in 149 countries in 2020, as well as providing global and regional analysis
Rights violations, xenophobia and racism related to the covid-19 pandemic: List of incidents of rights violations, xenophobia and racism related to the covid-19 pandemic
18 February 2021 indigenous communities in tropical countries faced a wave of human rights abuses: 18 February 2021: Indigenous communities in some of the world’s most forested tropical countries have faced a wave of human rights abuses during the covid-19 pandemic as governments prioritise extractive industries in economic recovery plans, according to a new report by the NGO Forest Peoples Programme, saying new mines, infrastructure projects and agricultural plantations in Brazil, Colombia, the D.R. the Congo, Indonesia and Peru are driving land grabs and violence against indigenous peoples as governments seek to revive economies hit by the pandemic
29 July 2021 Malala says girls' education 'worth fighting for': 29 July 2021: 'The world is facing a girls' education crisis', with more than 130 million girls missing out on school around the world, Malala Yousafzai has warned, saying 'their futures are worth fighting for' at a global education summit in London, and adding that the recovery from the covid-19 pandemic had to mean fair access to education

Since 4/6 May 2022 outbreak of monkeypox in Europe, North America, Australia, coming from Africa: Since 6 May 2022 confirmed and ongoing outbreak of monkeypox, as on 4 May a British resident who had travelled to Nigeria, where the disease is endemic returned to the United Kingdom, importing the index case of the outbreak into the country
May 2022 several monkeypox cases in the UK, North America, and Australia: In May 2022, several monkeypox cases were identified in London and one in northeast England, as on 18 May in USA's Massachusetts a case was confirmed after a man traveled to Canada, with a potential case is also under investigation in New York City, as on 19 May in Canada's Quebec two cases were confirmed with 20 other still under investigation, and as on 20 May 3 cases were confirmed in Australia, one in Melbourne and a second in Sydney
23 July 2022 monkeypox outbreak declared a global health emergency: Timeline of first confirmed monkeypox cases by country or territory - The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization WHO following a worldwide upsurge in cases. More than 16,000 cases have now been reported from 75 countries, said WHO director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus.


Diseases of luxury: Diseases of affluence (previously called diseases of rich people), a term given to selected diseases and other health conditions, in contrast to so-called 'diseases of poverty', which largely result from and contribute to human impoverishment. The diseases of affluence have vastly increased in prevalence since the end of World War II.
Drug advertising: Drug advertising
Tobacco advertising: Tobacco advertising is the advertising of tobacco products or use by the tobacco industry through a variety of media including sponsorship, particularly of sporting events
Health effects of tobacco: Health effects of tobacco - List of tobacco diseases - Smoking
April 2017 one in 10 deaths around the world is caused by smoking: 5 April 2017: One in 10 deaths around the world is caused by smoking, according to a major new 'Lancet' study that shows the tobacco epidemic is far from over and that the threat to lives is spreading across the globe
Tobacco and other drugs
August 2019 electronic cigarettes: 15 août 2019: Des jeunes hospitalisés après avoir vapoté et une dizaine de jeunes américains ayant fumé des cigarettes électroniques hospitalisés pour des maladies au poumon survenues ces dernières semaines
Drug advertising: List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication
Drug advertising: Alcohol advertising is the promotion of alcoholic beverages by alcohol producers through a variety of media
Alcohol and health: Alcohol and health - short-term effects of alcohol consumption include intoxication and dehydration, long-term effects of alcohol consumption include changes in the metabolism of the liver and brain and alcoholism - Long-term effects of alcohol consumption
Drug misuseDrug misuse
Drug-related deaths: Drug-related deaths - Drug-related deaths by country


Doping in sport: Doping in sport - Lists of doping cases - List of doping cases in cycling - Doping at the Tour de France - List of doping cases in athletics - World Anti-Doping Agency
2013 doping cases: 17 January 2013: Cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted to using through most his cycling career a cocktail of drugs, including testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormone and the blood booster EPO - 22 June 2013: 16 years later Tour de France winner Ullrich (Team Telekom) admits to doping - 14 juillet 2013: l'ex recordmen du monde Asafa Powell et Tyson Gay contrôlés positif - 24 juillet 2013: Confirmation officielle de dopage pour Pantani et Ullrich sur le Tour de France 1998 - 28 July 2013: German Erik Zabel admits to having used doping products including EPO from 1996 to 2004
2015 doping scandal involving Russian athletes: 15 January 2015: A new doping scandal involving Russian athletes erupts after the IAAF confirmed it is investigating allegations that Elena Lashmanova, who won gold at the London Olympics, took part in a race in December despite being subject to a two-year doping ban - 2 August 2015: World Anti-Doping Agency 'very alarmed' by claims that a third of Olympic and world championships medals, including 55 golds, for endurance events were won by athletes who recorded suspicious doping tests - 6 August: The IAAF officially confirms that all competitive results set by Russian marathoner Liliya Shobukhova as of 9 October 2009 have been disqualified due to doping allegations
November 2015 Russia’s doping and the inaction of authorities: 9 November 2015: 2012 London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping and the inaction of authorities, according to an independent World Anti-Doping Agency commission's investigation headed by Dick Pound - 9 November 2015: Russia accused of ‘state-sponsored doping’ and should be banned from athletics, according to damning Wada report - 13 November 2015: IAAF has provisionally suspended the All-Russia Athletic Federation ARAF as an IAAF Member with immediate effect - 15 November: Russia must end systemic culture of doping and corruption, IAAF says - 19 November 2015: The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Russia's national anti-doping body as the international governing body continues its crack down on Russian drug cheats
2015/2016 Russia doping scandal since years: Doping in Russia - 2015/2016 Russia doping scandal since years
2016: 12 January 2016: IAAF considered hiding Russian drug bans before 2012 Olympic Games - 14 January 2016: Russian regime's Putin personally involved in orchestrating his country's state sponsored doping athletics scheme, according to a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency about Russia's alleged cheating in international athletics - 13 May 2016: 'Stunning' Russian Olympic doping report prompts calls for action against Putin regime's doping and cheating
June 2016: 17 June 2016: There will be no track and field athletes competing under the Russian flag at the Rio Olympics 2016 after IAAF ruled they had not met readmission criteria imposed when they suspended over widespread state sponsored doping in November 2015 - 18 June 2016: The International Olympic Committee says it welcomed the IAAF's 'strong stance against doping' following athletics ruling body's extension of Russia's ban ahead of Rio Olympics
July 2016: 18 July 2016: Wada's devastating and damning report into Russian sport has found that the country’s government, security services and sporting authorities colluded to hide widespread doping across 'a vast majority' of winter and summer sports - 19 July 2016: Several former Olympians who now serve on the International Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission have warned of catastrophic consequences if the organisation does not ban Russia completely from the Rio Games - 21 July: The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected the appeal of the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 Russian athletes over the ban imposed on them for next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - 25 July 2016: The World Anti-Doping Agency is 'disappointed' its recommendation to ban Russia from next month's Olympic Games in Rio has been rejected by the International Olympic Committee, saying the IOC's decision will inevitably mean 'lesser protection for clean athletes'
August 2016: 4 August 2016: Wada-commissioned lawyer Richard McLaren accuses IOC of misrepresenting his doping report and findings, which were never designed to prove individual doping cases, but is about state-sponsored systemic doping over a period of four years across the majority of Olympic sports, manipulation of results, swapping of samples, preparation of wash-up schemes - 23 August 2016: Russia banned from Paralympics due to 'inability to fulfil its responsibilities' over doping after losing appeal against doping exclusion, the court of arbitration for sport has announced
December 2016: 9 December 2016: Over 1000 Russian athletes from over 30 disciplines were involved in state-sponsored doping programme in 2011-2015, including London 2012 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Games winners and medalists, and that also helped forging fake doping probes results by involving special services, World Anti-Doping Agency's report on Russian doping row says - 24 December 2016: Following Sochi's loss last week of the right to host February's bobsleigh and skeleton world championships, Biathlon and speed skating events February/March 2017 taken away from Russia over doping scandal - 27 December 2016: Russian officials admit for the first time to a state-backed campaign of doping that involved hundreds of the country’s athletes, as the acting director of Russia’s national anti-doping agency Anna Antseliovich and others in a serie of interviews detail that 'it was an institutional conspiracy' concerning the entire Olympic movement
December 2017: 5 December 2017: Russia banned from Winter Olympics 2018 in Pyeongchang over state-sponsored doping and ordered to pay $15m in costs after making what the International Olympic Committee called an 'unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport'
January 2018 IOC accused of 'backroom deals' with Russian regime: 12 January 2018: IOC accused of 'backroom deals' with Russian regime over doping scandal, as film-makers behind Olympic doping exposé say athletes may be allowed to take part as neutral competitors, and as top Russian Olympic official calls for Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, a whistleblower who exposed the systematic Russian fraud and who fled from Moscow in 2016, to be executed
July 2019 anti-doping police operation: 9 July 2019: A Europe-wide police operation has led to the seizure of tons of steroids, 234 arrests, the dismantling of 17 crime groups and the closure of nine underground labs - 9 July 2019: WADA confirm involvement in doping operation which smashed 17 organised crime groups
9 December 2019 Russian regime banned from all major sporting events including 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup: 9 December 2019: Russian regime handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency Wada to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup
18 December 2020 drawing widespread condemnation Swiss-based court cut Russia sports doping ban in half: 18 December 2020: Russia’s ban from international sport was halved to two years on Thursday and its athletes were cleared to compete as neutrals, drawing condemnation from athletes and anti-doping advocates, because Swiss-based 'Court of Arbitration for Sport' cut the initial four-year ban imposed by the 'World Anti-Doping Agency'

Medical conditions related to obesity
Obesity by country, by food availability, by social customs and cultural influences: Obesity is a condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it may have a negative effect on health - Diet and obesity, as plays a crucially important role in the genesis of obesity, as next food availability and pricing, social customs and cultural influences, food advertising, personal choices, all play a role in determining what and how much an individual eats - Obesity by country

Medical abuse and perversion of medical science
Patient abuse: Patient abuse
Human experimentation: Human experimentation that violates the principles of medical ethics, as such practices have included denying patients the right to informed consent, using pseudoscientific frameworks such as race science, and torturing people under the guise of research, as around World War II Imperial Japan and NSDAP ruled German empire carried out brutal experiments on prisoners and civilians through groups like Unit 731 or individuals like Josef Mengele, as the Nuremberg Code was developed after the war in response to the inhumsn experiments, and as more countries have carried out and carry out brutal experiments on marginalized populations and oppositionals - Since 1947 'Doctors trial' and 'Subsequent Nuremberg trials' for war crimes of high-ranking German officials and industrialists that the USA authorities held in their occupation zone in Nuremberg after the end of World War II
Medical torture: Medical torture describes the involvement of, or sometimes instigation by, medical personnel in acts of torture, either to judge what victims can endure, to apply treatments which will enhance torture, or as torturers in their own right, as medical torture overlaps with medical interrogation if it involves the use of professional medical expertise to facilitate interrogation or corporal punishment, in the conduct of torturous human experimentation or in providing professional medical sanction and approval for the torture of prisoners, and as medical torture also covers torturous scientific (or pseudoscientific) experimentation upon unwilling human subjects
Political abuse of psychiatry and punitive psychiatry: Political abuse of psychiatry, also commonly referred to as punitive psychiatry, the misuse of psychiatry, including diagnosis, detention, and treatment, for the purposes of obstructing the human rights of individuals and/or groups in a society
Political abuse of psychiatry by country: Punitive psychiatry and the misuse of psychiatry, including diagnosis, detention, and treatment by country
German political abuse of psychiatry, escalating in NSDAP ruled Germany: Germany's political abuse of psychiatry and since 1936 killing of the 'physically and socially unfit' became accepted practice in NSDAP ruled Germany operating six psychiatric extermination centers in Bernburg, Brandenburg, Grafeneck, Hadamar, Hartheim, and Sonnenstein, playing a crucial role in developments leading to the Holocaust, not overcome in the aftermath of German empire's WWII based on the application of modern technology and the alliance of military leaders and experienced generals
Since 1960s antipsychotics and damage to the brain: History of Haloperidol, also used on many different kinds of animals for nonselective tranquilization, in veterinary and other settings including captivity managemen - List of antipsychotics - Während der genaue Wirkmechanismus von Neuroleptika gar nicht vollständig geklärt und Gegenstand aktueller Forschung geblieben ist, während die Behandlung mit Neuroleptika zu einem dosis- und zeitabhängigen Umbau der Struktur des Gehirns führt mit einer Verschiebung des Verhältnisses von grauer zu weißer Substanz und einer Verringerung des Volumens verschiedener seiner Strukturen (Neurodegeneration), führen Anwendungen empirisch erwiesen zu einer Schädigung des Gehirns - 25. September 2009: Ärzte warnen davor, dass die Neuroleptika nicht nur schwere Nebenwirkungen haben, sondern offenbar sogar die Lebenserwartung senken
Januar 2015 Mittel gegen 'Schizophrenie' offenbar schwerere Nebenwirkungen als bislang angenommen: 26. Januar 2015: Während Mittel gegen 'Schizophrenie' offenbar schwerere Nebenwirkungen haben als lange angenommen, äußern mittlerweile auch Psychiater ihre Besorgnis
Japan empire's political abuse of psychiatry: Japan empire's political abuse of psychiatry
Russian regime's political abuse of psychiatry: Political abuse of psychiatry in Russia ruled by autocratic regimes since 20th century, following the russian tsardom since 'Early modern period'
Chinese Beijing regime's political abuse of psychiatry: Chinese Beijing regime's political abuse of psychiatry

Reproduction: Reproduction
Mate, partner choice: Mate, partner choice and mate choice in humans - Übergang zur individuellen Partnerwahl während der industriellen Revolution. Die Industriearbeiter nahmen sich mehr und mehr die Freiheit der autonomen Partnerwahl. Auch uneheliches Zusammenleben waren häufiger vorzufinden. Das ländliche Proletariat machte es den Industriearbeitern nach. - Von der Gentilverfassung zur modernen Familie, nach Friedrich Engels 'Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats', 1884/1962
Origin of life and life threatening challenges, including cancer and viruses: Origin of life, as evidence suggests that life on Earth has existed for at least 3.5 billion years, with the oldest physical traces of life dating back 3.7 billion years, as some theories suggest that life on Earth may have started even earlier - 'Phylogenesis', the biological process by which a taxon (of any rank) appears, and the science that studies these processes is called 'phylogenetics' - Molecular phylogenetics - History of molecular evolution since early 20th century, as after the 1970s, nucleic acid sequencing allowed molecular evolution to reach beyond proteins to highly conserved ribosomal RNA sequences, the foundation of a reconceptualization of the early history of life - Ribosomal ribonucleic acid, a type of non-coding RNA which is the primary component of ribosomes, essential to all cells - Primitive protocells were the precursors to today's unicellular organisms, as - although the origin of life is largely still a mystery - in the currently prevailing theory, known as the RNA world hypothesis, early RNA molecules would have been the basis for catalyzing organic chemical reactions and self-replication - Bacteria are one of the world's oldest forms of life, and are found virtually everywhere in nature, as many common bacteria have plasmids, which are short, circular, self-replicating DNA molecules that are separate from the bacterial chromosome, and as plasmids can carry genes responsible for novel abilities, of current critical importance being antibiotic resistance - Multicellular organisms, especially long-living animals, face the challenge of cancer, which occurs when cells fail to regulate their growth within the normal program of development
Evolutionary history of life, not some-thing that can be accessed by a 'Process management': Evolutionary history of life - science resp. scientists trace the processes by which living and fossil organisms have evolved since life appeared on the planet, until the present day - In the 'Evolutionary biology' there are studied the Evolution resp. evolutionary processes, giving rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules, these processes including the descent and reproduction - not production - of humans - Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans and their further development, whose life is a process and not some-thing that can be accessed by a 'Process management'
Humans and animals: Humans are characterized by complex language use, advanced and organized societies, their bipedal locomotion and erect posture, high manual dexterity and heavy tool use, and more complex brains - Human biology, an interdisciplinary area of academic study that examines humans through the influences and interplay of many diverse fields such as genetics, evolution, physiology, anatomy, epidemiology, anthropology, ecology, nutrition, population genetics, and sociocultural influences - Human brain, memory, and Gedächtnis - Humans and animals - Genealogy, in different countries, cultures and history
Risks, usage and misuse of so-called 'assisted reproductive technology' in the laboratory: Risks, usage and misuse of so-called 'assisted reproductive technology' - Assisted 'reproductive technology', as fertilization of the oocytes occurs in the laboratory environment - Surrogacy
In vitro fertilisation: In vitro fertilisation
February 2015 'three-parent' IVF technique: 25 February 2015: Britain will become the first nation to legalize a 'three-parent' IVF technique which critics fear will lead to 'designer babies' - 10 September 2015: Genetically modified human embryos should be allowed, members of 'Hinxton Group' say
2017 risk of 'embryo farming': 11 January 2017: A new lab procedure that can and could allow fertility clinics to make sperm and eggs from animal's and people’s skin may lead to 'embryo farming' on a massive scale, researchers warn
Genetically modified mammals including humans: Genetically modified mammals are mammals that have been genetically engineered - Genetically modified animals, including humans - Genetic engineering techniques
2016 Brititsh academics get the permission by the government to 'gene edit' human embryos: 1 February 2016: Brititsh scientists get the permission by the government to 'gene edit' human embryos, using a technique that could eventually be used to create 'designer babies'
2016 first baby born from new procedure using DNA of three people: 27 September 2016: World's first baby born from new procedure using DNA of three people, after two of the parents travelled from Jordan to Mexico where they were cared for by USA citizens beyond the reach of any regulatory framework and without publishing details of the treatment
November 2018 He Jiankui claims he created first-ever gene edited babies: 26 November 2018: He Jiankui of Shenzhen claims he created first-ever gene edited babies, saying he altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments, with one pregnancy resulting thus far, as some scientists were astounded to hear of the claim and strongly condemned it
30 December 2019 Chinese 'baby edition' but for now He Jiankui, who edited babies' genes, jailed for 3 years: 30 December 2019: Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui, who edited babies' genes, jailed for three years, after he was found guilty of illegal practice in trying to alter the genetic makeup of twins Lula and Nana
Chimera: Genetic chimerism or chimera, a single organism composed of cells with distinct genotypes, meaning for animals that an individual derived from two or more zygotes can include possessing blood cells of different blood types, subtle variations in form (phenotype) and, if the zygotes were of differing sexes, then even the possession of both female and male sex organs (this is just one of many different phenomena that may result in intersexuality), as animal chimeras are produced by the merger of multiple fertilized eggs, and as in plant chimeras, however, the distinct types of tissue may originate from the same zygote, and the difference is often due to mutation during ordinary cell division
July/August 2019 transnational 'team' produced human-monkey chimera victim: 31 July 2019: Team, made up of members of the 'Salk Institute' in the USA and the 'Murcia Catholic University' in Spain create human-monkey chimera in a Chinese laboratory on Beijing regime's territory 'to avoid legal issues' - 3 August 2019: Efforts to create human-animal chimeras have rebooted an ethical debate after reports emerged that 'scientists' have produced monkey embryos containing human cells - Seit 1933 Medizin im Nationalsozialismus, geprägt durch das Bemühen nationalsozialistischer Politik, die Medizin und ein organisiertes Gesundheitswesen für ihre Ziele nutzbar zu machen, u.a. mit der Etablierung der nationalsozialistischen 'Rassenhygiene' als neuer Leitideologie, einer ausgeprägte Leistungsmedizin und ihrer Kommandierung (45% der 52.000 Mediziner waren oder wurden NSDAP-Mitglieder), und ihrer praktischen Umsetzung u.a. in hunderttausendfach durchgeführten Zwangssterilisationen und skrupellosen Menschenversuchen mit tausenden Todesopfern

Medical error, a preventable adverse effect of care ('iatrogenesis'), whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient, that might include an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis or treatment of a disease, injury, syndrome, behavior, infection, or other ailment
Healthcare error proliferation model: Healthcare error proliferation model, designed to illustrate the complexity inherent in the contemporary healthcare delivery system and the attribution of human error within these systems, as the model explains the etiology of error and the sequence of events typically leading to adverse outcomes
Medical prescription: Medical prescription
Controversies concerning pharmaceutical drugs: Controversies concerning pharmaceutical drugs
Antibiotic resistance crisis: High levels of antibiotics in the environment are a cause for alarm as there is an increased risk of selecting resistant bacteria, an issue of global concern, as this can lead to some highly effective antibiotics becoming ineffective
7 May 2019 global antibiotics may become useless UN report says: 7 May 2019: Global antibiotics may become useless according to UN report on drug resistance, saying by 2050 10 million people could die each year from diseases that have grown resistant to drugs
April 2021 antibiotic-resistant bacteria are wreaking havoc and are increasingly challenging: 24 April 2021: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are wreaking havoc and are increasingly challenging medical professionals seeking to treat even the simplest infections

Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals: Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Effects on humans: Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and humans


Natural disasters, by continent and by country - Disaster risk reduction in the world by regions and countries - 'PreventionWeb.net' participatory web platform for the disaster risk reduction community
2021 global natural disasters: 2021 global natural disasters including droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, cyclones, tropical storms, typhoons, floods, landslides, earthquakes - 2021 natural disasters by continent and by country - 2021 in climate change, natural events and phenomena, specified studies
Tropical cyclones in 2021: Tropical cyclones in 2021, listing total systems, fatalities, and damage, 2021 Atlantic hurricane season timeline, 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, 2021 Pacific hurricane season, 2021 Pacific typhoon season, 2020–21 South Pacific cyclone season, 2020–21 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season
Tornadoes of 2021: 2021 tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide, as strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Eastern India. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer and somewhat regularly at other times of the year across Europe, Asia, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. Tornadic events are often accompanied by other forms of severe weather, including strong thunderstorms, strong winds, and hail. - 10-11 December 2021 tornado outbreak in the USA, coming to fruition as a trough progressed eastward interacting with an unseasonably moist and unstable environment
2021 American, Asian, Australian, European floods: 2021 floods, including 2021 Islamabad flooding, 2021 Maharashtra floods, 2021 China floods, 2021 Eastern Australia floods, 2021 European floods, March 2021 Hawaii floods, 2021 Henan floods, 2021 South Kalimantan floods, 2021 Sri Lanka floods, 2021 Uttarakhand flood
2022 African, American, Asian, American, Australian, European floods: 2022 African, American, Asian, American, Australian, European floods
Since May 2022 widespread monsoon flooding in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka: Since May 2022, widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Since June 2022, floods in Pakistan, around 'one-third' of the country under water, affecting 33 million people: Since June 2022, floods in Pakistan have killed at least 1,302 people. The floods were caused by heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers that followed a severe heat wave, all of which are linked to climate change. It is the world's deadliest flood since the 2017 South Asian floods and described as the worst in the country's history. On 25 August, Pakistan declared a state of emergency because of the flooding. By 29 August, Pakistan's minister of climate change said around 'one-third' of the country was under water, affecting 33 million people.
21st-century cold waves and winter storms: 21st-century cold waves and winter storms
December 2022 North American historic extratropical cyclone including blizzards, high winds, snowfall, record cold temperatures: 21-26 December 2022, a historic extratropical cyclone created winter storm conditions, including blizzards, high winds, snowfall, or record cold temperatures across the majority of the USA and parts of Canada. Areas which experienced blizzard conditions included parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, New York and Ontario, with the Buffalo area of New York and the Fort Erie and Kingston areas of Ontario experiencing almost two full days of blizzard/zero-visibility conditions on December 23 and 24. The cold wave affected all USA states from Colorado to the eastern seaboard and as far south as Miami, Florida. On December 24, 110 million people across 36 states were subject to wind chill alerts. The storm and the related cold wave killed at least 100 people, with six additional deaths occurring due to a contemperaneous smaller storm in the Pacific Northwest including British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington
Since 17 January 2023 Afghanistan blizzard: Since 17 January 2023 Afghanistan blizzard, killing until 25 January more than 150 people and tens of thousands of livestock - 25 January 2023: More than 157 people have already died in Afghanistan’s harsh winter, with the death toll doubling in less than a week as millions face bitter temperatures with minimal humanitarian aid. According to a report in CNN, the country is suffering one of its coldest winters, with temperatures plummeting to as low as minus 28 degrees Celsius in early January, far below the nationwide average of between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius for this time of year. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNOCHA said on Sunday it was delivering aid such as blankets, heating and shelter to some 565,700 people.
Since January 2022 global heatwaves, droughts: Since January 2022 worldwide heatwaves, as in January 14 in Australia's Onslow town the temperature hit 50.7 °C, as in February California, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego experienced a record-breaking heat wave, and as in late March India began experiencing one of the hottest March-April periods on record - Droughts in Asia - 2022 Indian heat wave - with hottest March since 1901 - arrived unusually early in the year and extended into April, affecting a large part of the country's northwest. Rainfall has been only a quarter to a third of normal. Several cities had high temperatures over 42.8°C, with Wardha rising to 45°C - - 3 May 2022: Extreme heat kills at least 25 people in India’s Maharashtra state, as scientists have linked the early onset of an intense summer to climate change, and say more than a billion people in India and neighbouring Pakistan were in some way vulnerable to the extreme heat
July 2022 dangerous heatwaves engulfing parts of China, Europe, south-west and central USA: 12 July 2022: Dangerous heatwaves are engulfing parts of China, Europe, south-west and central USA this week, as dozens of cities have found themselves dealing with soaring summer temperatures. By Tuesday afternoon, at least 86 Chinese cities in eastern and southern parts of the country had issued heat alerts. Chinese meteorologists forecast temperatures in some cities would top 40C in the next 24 hours.
2022 China heatwave and drought: June-August 2022 2022 China heat wave and drought - 2022 Hitzewelle und Dürre in China, Energie- und ökonomische Krise, Waldbrände - 22 August 2022: A record-breaking drought has caused some rivers in China – including parts of the Yangtze – to dry up, affecting hydropower, halting shipping, and forcing major companies to suspend operations, as a nationwide drought alert was issued on Friday as a long-running and severe heatwave in China’s heavily populated south-west was forecast to continue well into September
Since April 2023 Asia heat wave: Since April 2023 Asia heat wave, as a record-breaking heat wave has affected many Asian countries, including India, Bangladesh, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and as several regional temperature records have been set
Since April/May/June 2023 worldwide heat waves: Since April 2023 worldwide heat waves, including 2023 Asia heat wave, 2023 European heat waves since June, 2023 Western North America heat wave since May/June - Since June 2023 European heat waves, including those in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, and United Kingdom - Since May/June 2023 Western North America heat wave, including those in Canada, USA, and Mexico - 16 July 2023: World experiences hottest week ever recorded and more is forecast to come, according to 'The Guardian', saying 'there is a good chance that the month of July will see the highest global temperatures for 120,000 years'
17 July 2023 millions in Europe, USA, and Asia - in China 52.2°C - hit by severe heat: 17 July 2023: Millions in Europe, USA, Asia hit by severe heat, as China has now confirmed a record temperature of 52.2°C in the north-west of the country over the weekend. More than 100 million people in the USA were under extreme heat advisories this weekend and that record-breaking heat was expected to continue into the new week, as Southern Europe is bracing for a second heat storm in a week, with Italy, Greece and Spain, along with Morocco and other Mediterranean countries, being told temperature records could be broken on Tuesday, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates.
18 July 2023 global heatwave continues, live updates: 18 July 2023: Global heatwave continues, USA's state capital Phoenix in Arizona expected to have a record-breaking 19th consecutive day of highs of at least 43.3°C, Beijing breaks record for number of high-temperature days recorded in a year, heat stroke alerts in place for Tokyo, Italy facing ‘one of the most intense heatwaves ever’ as temperatures near records, EU to send firefighting planes to Greece, 'The Guardian' reports with live updates
26 July 2023 Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries: 26 July 2023: Wildfires were burning in at least nine countries across the Mediterranean as blazes spread in Croatia, Italy and Portugal, with thousands of firefighters in Europe and north Africa working to contain flames stoked by high temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds. At least 34 people were killed in Algeria, where 8,000 firefighters on Tuesday battled blazes across the tinder-dry north. Fires burned in a total of 15 provinces, and witnesses described fleeing walls of flames that raged 'like a blowtorch', destroying homes and coastal resorts and turning vast forest areas into blackened wastelands, 'The Guardian' reports
2021 global wildfires: 2021 global Wildfires
April 021 Table Mountain fire, Cape Town fire in South Africa - 10 August 2021: At least seven people killed, two injured in Algeria forest fires, as firefighters and helicopters are trying to contain several blazes threatening residents in Tizi Ouzou province, 'Al Jazeera' reports - 16 août 2021: Après la Grèce, la Turquie, l'Algérie, le nord du Maroc ravagé à son tour par des feux de forêts, touché depuis dimanche par des feux de forêts, favorisés par de fortes chaleurs et du vent, et plusieurs régions du pays enregistrent ces derniers jours des températures allant jusqu'à 49°C (16 August 2021 following Algeria's forest fires, wildfires also in Morocco amid temperatures of 40° Celsius) - 2021 North American wildfires - Since May 2021 Oregon wildfire season - 5 August 2021 raging fire guts California Gold Rush town, as Dixie fire tore through mountain town of Greenville on Wednesday evening, leaving much of the downtown in ashes - March/April 2021 Argentine Patagonia wildfires - July 2021 Chilean Patagonia wildfire - 2020–21 Dzüko Valley wildfires occurred in the states of Nagaland and Manipur in North-east India, in Asia - 2021 Simlipal forest fires in India's state of Odisha in Asia - Since June 2021, the taiga forests in Siberia and the Far East region of Russia were hit by unprecedented wildfires, following record-breaking heat and drought - 4 August 2021: Summer wildfires have already produced a record amount of carbon emissions in Russia's Siberian region of Yakutia with still more weeks of the fire season to come, according to EU's Copernicus monitoring, as environmentalists fear the fires, fuelled by hot weather, may thaw Siberian permafrost and peatlands, releasing even more carbon that was long stored in the frozen tundra - August 2020 – June 2021 Australia's bushfire season - February 2021 Wooroloo bushfire in western Australia - 2021 wildfires in Europe - July-August 2021 wildfires in the Mediterranean region of Europe, including Turkey - 27 July 2021: Almost 60 wildfires erupted by Turkey's Aegean, Mediterranean coasts this week - July 2021 Limassol wildfires, series of wildfires that broke out in Cyprus - 6 August 2021: Wildfires burn out of control in Greece and Turkey as thousands flee, as protracted heatwave continues and as flames threaten populated areas, electricity installations and historic sites - 9 August 2021: The devastating scale of destruction from a week of wildfires in Greece and Italy was being assessed as the EU mounted one of its largest firefighting operations ever and smoke from forest fires in Siberia reached the north pole, and as UN experts on Monday said global warming was advancing faster than feared and that humanity was 'unequivocally' to blame - 12 August 2021: Sicily records Europe’s ‘highest ever’ temperature as fires rage, as some scientists believe temperatures of 48.8C in Italy, as an anticyclone nicknamed ‘Lucifer’ sweeps in, are unprecedented - 13 August 2021: Record Mediterranean heatwaves fuelled blazes that have devastated parts of Italy, Turkey and Algeria, with Spain and Portugal on high alert, while Turkey’s Black Sea region has been hit by some of the worst floods in living memory
21 September 2021 August was another record month for global wildfire emissions: 21 September 2021: August was another record month for global wildfire emissions, according to new satellite data that highlights how tinderbox conditions are widening across the world as a result of the climate crisis, as the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service of the EU found that burning forests released 1.3 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide last month, mostly in North America and Siberia, the highest since the organisation began measurements in 2003. After a July record of 1258.8 megatonnes the previous month, scientists are concerned that areas with dense vegetation are becoming a source rather than a sink of greenhouse gases.
22 September 2021 Russia forest fire damage worst since records began, says Greenpeace: 22 September 2021: Russia forest fire damage worst since records began, says Greenpeace, as analysis shows over 18.16m hectares were destroyed in 2021, an absolute record since satellite monitoring began, and as world's countries in 2021 are forced to fight against catastrophic disasters and their reasons - e.g. burning fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas) - endangering every effort to contain consequences of ongoing catastrophic global warming
24 October 2021 a new approach is urgently needed to tackle global wildfires: 24 October 2021: A new approach is urgently needed to tackle global wildfires as current methods are no longer working, draining the public purse and placing lives at risk, as this summer saw some of the worst wildfires in history and underscored the destructive impacts of global heating, according to experts saying a lack of foresight and funding worldwide means harmful wildfires will continue to rage, putting communities and firefighters in danger
2021-22 Australian bushfire season: 2021-22 Australian bushfire season is the ongoing season of summer bushfires in Australia
Since 2 June 2023 Central Canada wildfires: Since 2 June 2023 Central Canada wildfires, a series of ongoing wildfires in the Central Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec that began on 2 June. A combined total of 211 wildfires are reported as of June 5 by the Ontario and Quebec governments; 145 of them considered to be out of control. Currently, there are 400 firefighters working in Quebec. Air quality is expected to be impacted for both provinces. Due to an unseasonable stretch of hot and dry conditions, fire risk is at dangerous to extreme levels for nearly both provinces. - 20 June 2023: Canada is on fire from coast to coast to coast, catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, back-to-back cyclones in the Pacific islands and droughts in Africa haven’t been enough to create a tipping point for action. Now that climate impacts have hit the economic capital of western power, will it spur governments in the global north to get serious? A lack of scientific knowledge about climate change is not the barrier. Nor is a lack of cleaner, safer, cheaper energy alternatives. The IPCC said as much last year, that the barrier is vested fossil fuel interests putting their profit above our safety, according to Canadian advisor on climate and energy issues Tzeporah Berman.
25 July 2023 storms and heatwave kill five in northern Italy as wildfires continue in south: 25 July 2023: Five people have died in the past 24 hours as two extreme weather events split Italy between wildfires in the south and violent storms in the north, as storms in Lombardy claimed four lives, as fires in Sicily led to the temporary closure of Palermo airport after temperatures in the city climbed to 47°C on Monday, and as a 88-year-old woman was reported to have died in San Martino delle Scale, a few miles from the Sicilian capital, after disruption caused by the fires prevented emergency services from reaching her in time






A continent is one of several large landmasses, as in the 21st century several regions are regarded as continents, including Africa, Americas (North America and South America), Antarctica, Asia, Australia and Europe, as you can say in German 'Das Nacheinander (in der Geschichte unseres Planeten) ist erloschen in einem Nebeneinander auf höherer Stufe als das sich dann das Nacheinander macht (und die Form des Lebens hervorgebracht hat, die das Geschehen begreifen und darauf aufbauend einwirken kann)

Origin of life, as evidence suggests that life on Earth has existed for at least 3.5 billion years, with the oldest physical traces of life dating back 3.7 billion years, as some theories suggest that life on Earth may have started even earlier - 'Phylogenesis', the biological process by which a taxon (of any rank) appears, and the science that studies these processes is called 'phylogenetics' - Ontogeny, the developmental history of an organism within its own lifetime, as distinct from phylogeny, which refers to the evolutionary history of a species

World population, population by region and its history - Demographics of the world and history - List of countries and dependencies by population density
24/25 April 2023 India overtakes China to become world’s most populous country: 24 April 2023: India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country, according to UN population estimates, the most significant shift in global demographics since records began. According to the UN’s projections, which are calculated through a variety of factors including census data and birth and death rates, India now has a population of 1,425,775,850 inhabitants, surpassing China for the first time. - 25 April 2023: Life at 25 in India and China, money worries, hard work and no plans for family, as both countries are facing significant demographic challenges, be it dealing with the legacy of a disastrous one-child policy and ageing population or working out how to take advantage of a booming youth cohort while managing huge disparities in the growth rates of different states




Africa

African Palaeolithic society - Africa has the longest record of human habitation in the world, after the first hominins emerged millions of years ago, and among the earliest anatomically modern human skulls found so far were discovered leftovers at Omo Kibish, Jebel Irhoud, and Florisbad, as for Africa south of the Sahara, African archaeology is classified in a slightly different way to European, with the Paleolithic generally divided into the Early Stone Age approximately 2.6 million years ago - 280,000 years ago, the Middle Stone Age, and the Later Stone Age, as after these three stages come the Pastoral Neolithic, the Iron Age and then later historical periods
'Prehistory' of North Africa: Prehistory of North Africa spans the period of earliest human presence in the region to gradual onset of historicity in the Maghreb during classical antiquity, as early anatomically modern humans are known to have been present at Jebel Irhoud, in what is now Morocco, from about 300,000 years ago, as the Nile valley (ancient Egypt) participated in the development of the Old World Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age, along with the Ancient West Asia (later so-called near East), as the Maghreb remained in the Mesolithic stage until the 6th to 5th millennium BC, and as much later early Iron Age Phoenician colonization along the Mediterranean coast led to a rapid transition from Neolithic to Iron Age culture from about 1100 BC
Homo sapiens most likely developed in the Horn of Africa between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago: As Homo sapiens most likely developed in the Horn of Africa between 300,000 and 200,000 years ago, the 'recent African origin' model proposes that all modern non-African populations are substantially descended from populations of Homo sapiens that left Africa after that time

In the Paleolithic Era between 500,000 and 10,000 BC the primary socio-economic unit was the band (small kin group). Communication between bands occurred for the purposes of trading ideas, stories, tools, foods, animal skins, mates, and other commodities. Economic resources were constrained by typical ecosystem factors, including density and replacement rates of edible flora and fauna, competition from other consumers (organisms) and climate. Throughout the Upper Paleolithic, humans both dispersed and adapted to a greater variety of environments, and also developed their technologies and behaviors to increase productivity in existing environments. The following eras and periods - Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages etc. - show proven gradual domestication of plants and animals and the formation of settled communities at various times and places. The Neolithic shows that exchange and trade became necessary, as 21st century's historians argue that the first object or physical thing specifically used as general equivalent in the exchange was probably cattle - Timeline of international trade
Several 'out-of-Africa' dispersals of modern humans, possibly beginning as early as 270,000 years ago: There were at least several 'out-of-Africa' dispersals of modern humans, possibly beginning as early as 270,000 years ago, including 215,000 years ago to at least Greece, and certainly via northern Africa about 130,000 to 115,000 years ago, as these early waves appear to have mostly died out or retreated by 80,000 years ago
Waves of human migration from Africa to other continents, and Sahara: As human habitation in North Africa has been greatly influenced by the climate of the Sahara (currently the world's largest warm desert), which has undergone enormous variations between wet and dry over the last few hundred thousand years, and the flora and fauna are forced to retreat northwards to the Atlas Mountains, southwards into West Africa, or eastwards into the Nile Valley, as in terms of human evolution, the Saharan pump has been used to date four waves of human migration from Africa, namely Homo erectus into Southeast and East Asia, Homo heidelbergensis into the Middle East and Western Europe, Homo sapiens sapiens, the spread of Afro-Asiatic languages (Berber and Egyptian to North Africa and Semitic to the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East) - 14 July 2020: Homo erectus is the first hominin known to have gone global, with fossils found from South Africa to Spain and Indonesia
2010s studies uncovered evidence of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and archaic humans in Eurasia, Oceania and Africa: Studies in population genetics in the 2010s uncovered evidence of interbreeding that occurred between Homo sapiens and archaic humans in Eurasia, Oceania and Africa, indicating that modern population groups, while mostly derived from early Homo sapiens, are to a lesser extent also descended from regional variants of archaic humans - 2 July 2014: NCBI study shows the complete genome sequence of a Neandertal from the Altai Mountains in Siberia, also showing that her parents were related at the level of half siblings and that mating among close relatives was common among her recent ancestors, also sequencing the genome of a Neandertal from the Caucasus to low coverage, also showing that several gene flow events occurred among Neandertals, Denisovans and early modern humans, indicating interbreeding, albeit of low magnitude, occurred among many hominin groups in the Late Pleistocene
Population development of the world: As Earth in the beginning 21st century has a population of 7.8 billion, with nearly two-thirds living in Asia, migration of human populations begins with the movement of Homo erectus out of Africa across Eurasia about a million years ago, homo sapiens appear to have occupied all of Africa about 300,000 years ago, moved out of Africa 50,000–60,000 years ago, had spread across Australia, Asia and Europe by 30,000 years BC, as migration to the Americas took place 20,000 to 15,000 years ago

2021 Demographics of Africa, as the population of Africa has grown rapidly over the past century, showing a large youth bulge and a low life expectancy in some countries, as total population as of 2020 is estimated at more than 1.341bn people with a growth rate of more than 2.5% p.a - List of African countries by population and demographics of by country
Demographic history of Africa




Americas

Population development of the Americas: Population history of Native American peoples of the Americas - History of Native American peoples of the Americas - History of Native American peoples of North America - History of Native American peoples of South America
Since 1492 European colonization of the Americas
Since 16th century Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas
African-American history as millions of Africans were brought to the continent including the Latin American islands between South and North by white Europeans until the 1880s - Timeline of African-American history since first African slaves arrived in August 1526 in Winyah Bay (South Carolina) outlined until 2021, in North America

Demographics of North America - Population of Native Americans in the USA by state since 1890 - Assimilation of Native Americans in the USA - Demographics of South America - Native American peoples of South America - Afro-American peoples of the Americas
Demographic history of Latin America - Demographic history of South America - Demographic history of North America


Antarctica - Arctic





Western Asia (later so-called 'Near East' or 'Middle East' by Europeans)

Population development of Western Asia: Demographics and ethnicities of West Asia and West Asian peoples, including Arab people, Jews, Samaritans, Druze, peoples of the Caucasus (transcontinental), ethnic minorities in Iran, ethnic minorities in Iraq, Iranian peoples, Turkmen, Turks - 14 July 2020: Homo erectus is the first hominin known to have gone global, with fossils found from South Africa to Spain and Indonesia, as Sinai Peninsula and today Israel's desert region were a lush bridge out of Africa 1.8 million years ago, scientists prove - Sinaï au 21ème siècle forme une écorégion, se distinguant par le caractère unique de sa géomorphologie, de sa géologie, de son climat, de ses sols, de ses ressources en eau, de sa faune et de sa flore
1 September 2021 first multidisciplinary study of prehistoric Arabia finds a hominin presence going back almost half a million years: 1 September 2021: New study published by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, with a large international team, has shown that Arabia was settled by multiple waves of hominins and humans over the last 400,000 years, at least, but they didn’t arrive via the Horn of Africa, they got there through Egypt and Sinai

Jews (Yehudim or Jewish people) originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah: Jews, Yehudim or Jewish people originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah, as Judaism is the ethnic religion of the Jewish people, although its observance varies
Since 740 BCE Swords to ploughshares: In der Zeit von 740 und 701 v. Chr. reagiert der Schriftprophet der hebräischen Bibel Isaias (Jesaja) in Jerusalem, Juda und Israel auf die damalige Verarmung großer Bevölkerungsteile mit einer scharfen Sozialkritik und verheißt den Israeliten und umgebenden mehr oder weniger aggressiven Reichen der Region universalen Frieden und Gerechtigkeit - 740-701 BCE Isaiah (Tanakh 2:4) says that peoples 'shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks', and 'nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more' - Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears, let the weakling say 'I am a warrior', according to Joel 3:10 or 4:10, as Micah says 4:3 'they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more'
Texts and subject areas of ancient Israeli education: Texts and subject areas of ancient Israeli schools ('education') included texts, the Mishna and later the Talmud and Gemora, all hand-written as emphasis was placed on developing good memory skills in addition to comprehension by practice of oral repetition, as the children (girls were not provided with formal education) would be taught from the six broad subject areas into which the Mishna is divided, including Zeraim ('Seeds'), dealing with agricultural laws and prayers, Moed ('Festival'), pertaining to the laws of the Shabbat and the Festivals, Nashim ('Women'), concerning marriage and divorce, Nezikin ('Damages'), dealing with civil and criminal law, Kodashim ('Holy things'), regarding sacrificial rites, the Temple, and the dietary laws, and Tohorot ('Purities'), pertaining to the laws of purity and impurity




Asia

Demographics and ethnicities of Asia by region including Central Asian, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, as history of Asia can be seen as the collective history of several distinct peripheral coastal regions such as East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the so-called 'Middle East' (Western Asia), also linked by the interior mass of the Eurasian steppe - 14 July 2020: Homo erectus is the first hominin known to have gone global, with fossils found from South Africa to Spain and Indonesia, as Sinai Peninsula and Israel's desert region were a lush bridge out of Africa 1.8 million years ago, scientists prove

Population development of East Asia: East Asian people, the people from East Asia, which consists of China, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea, as the total population of all countries within this region is estimated to be 1.677bn and 21% of the world's population in 2020, as the major ethnic groups that form the core of East Asia are the Han, Korean and Yamato, as other ethnic groups of East Asia include the Ainu, Bai, Hui, Manchus, Mongols, Ryukyuan, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Yakuts and Zhuang

Since prehistoric China timeline of Chinese history: Since prehistoric China timeline of Chinese history
Since thousands of years series of successive dynasties ruled over imperial China: Dynasties in Chinese history, as hereditary monarchical regimes ruled over China during much of its history, since the inauguration of dynastic rule by Yu the Great in circa 2070 BC to the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor on 12 February 1912 in the wake of the Xinhai Revolution, China was ruled by a series of successive dynasties, as dynasties of China were not limited to those established by ethnic Han—the dominant Chinese ethnic group—and its predecessor, the Huaxia tribal confederation, but also included those founded by non-Han peoples, as Chinese dynasties often referred to themselves as 'Tiancháo' or 'Heavenly Dynasty', and as a form of forced respect and subordination, Chinese tributary states referred to Chinese dynasties as 'Tiancháo Shàngguó' - Conquest dynasty in the history of imperial China refers to a dynasty established by non-Han peoples that ruled parts or all of the China 'proper' (during the age of empires and the fast-changing borders in the 18s century applied to distinguish China's 18-provinces from its newly acquired properties - Political systems of Imperial China
Since 1911/12 Republic of China: October-December Wuchang Uprising, an armed rebellion against the ruling Qing dynasty that took place in Wuchang and the beginning of the Xinhai Revolution that successfully overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, led by elements of the New Army as the uprising and the eventual revolution directly led to the downfall of the Qing dynasty with almost three centuries of imperial rule, and the establishment of the Republic of China - 1911 Revolution
January 1915 Japanese empire's demand to take control of China: 'Twenty-One Demands', a set of demands made during the First World War by the Empire of Japan under PM Okuma Shigenobu to the government of the Republic of China in January 1915 to extend Japanese control of China - Japanese militarism
Since 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria: Since 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria
1937 Battle of Nanking, Battle of Changsha and Japamese victory: December 1937 Battle of Nanking - 1944 Battle of Changsha, Japamese victory
1945 USA's atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and surrender of Japan: August 1945 USA's atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and surrender of Japan
20th century timeline of Taiwanese history: 20th century timeline of Taiwanese history
Since October 1949 'People's Republic of China' and one party rule: 1940–1949 Chinese civil war, until the 'People's Republic of China' was founded on 1 October 1949 and ongoing one party rule since then in a state in a new succession of imperial China, now trying to develop all kinds of modern technology to gain economic power supported by military power

Population development of South Asia: South Asian ethnic groups are ethnolinguistic composition of the diverse population of South Asia, including the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, as Afghanistan, which is usually considered to be in Central Asia, is sometimes grouped with South Asia, but Afghans are generally not included among South Asian ethnic groups, as the majority of the population fall within three large linguistic groups of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and Iranic peoples
'Colonial Era', ethnic groups and dispora: List of ethnic groups on the basis of language - Since 'modern' colonialism and the 'Colonial Era', referring mostly to Western European countries' colonization of lands mainly in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and mainly by European countries, many South Asian ethnic groups and nationalities have substantial diasporas outside of South Asia
Timeline and list of colonial empires: Timeline and list of colonial empires
Independance of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: British Raj, 1946–1947 Independence, and the partition of India, the division of British India into two independent dominion states, India and Pakistan, later the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Population development of Central Asia: Ethnicities, demographics and demographic history of Central Asia

Since the fourth millennium BCH in Central (or Western) Asia region Iranian tribes and dynasties, including Alans, Scythians, Xionites, Dahae, Sarmatians, Saka, The Pahlavas, Massagetaeans, Roxolani, Siraces, Iazyges - Timeline of Iranian history since 33rd century BC - Iranian peoples or the Iranic peoples, a diverse Indo-European ethno-linguistic group identified by their use of the Iranian languages and other cultural similarities
Since 1979 Iranian Mullah regime: Since 1979 suppressing Iranian Mullah regime and alliances, involved in international terrorism and wars in Western Asia to prevent democracy and the enforcement of human rights


Australia

Population of Australia and history

Oceania countries

Demographics of Oceania, demographics by territory and history of population



European countries, crises in Europe - economy, politics, wars, natural disasters

Demographic history of Europe: Demographic history of Europe

1st/2nd centuries renaming of Israel, Judah, Iudaea to Syria Palaestina by the Roman empire after its war crimes: As Israel has evidence of the earliest migration of hominids out of Africa, the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah emerged during the Iron Age, the Neo-Assyrian Empire destroyed Israel around 720 BCE, then Judah was later conquered by the Babylonian, Persian and Hellenistic empires and had existed as Jewish autonomous provinces, then the successful Maccabean Revolt led to an independent Hasmonean kingdom by 110 BCE, which in 63 BCE however became a client state of the Roman Republic that subsequently installed the Herodian dynasty in 37 BCE, and in 6 CE created the Roman province of Judea, then Judea lasted as a Roman province until the failed Jewish revolts resulted in widespread destruction and mass murder, the expulsion of the Jewish population, and the renaming of the region from Iudaea to Syria Palaestina

Texts and subject areas of ancient Israeli education: Texts and subject areas of ancient Israeli education included texts, the Mishna and later the Talmud and Gemora, all hand-written as emphasis was placed on developing good memory skills in addition to comprehension by practice of oral repetition, as the children (girls were not provided with formal education) would be taught from the six broad subject areas into which the Mishna is divided, including Zeraim ('Seeds'), dealing with agricultural laws and prayers, Moed ('Festival'), pertaining to the laws of the Shabbat and the Festivals, Nashim ('Women'), concerning marriage and divorce, Nezikin ('Damages'), dealing with civil and criminal law, Kodashim ('Holy things'), regarding sacrificial rites, the Temple, and the dietary laws, and Tohorot ('Purities'), pertaining to the laws of purity and impurity
8th-century BC Israelite prophete Isaiah in Judah: Isaias (Jesaja), der erste große Schriftprophet der hebräischen Bibel, der zwischen 740 und 701 BCE im damaligen Südreich Juda und verkündete diesem wie auch dem Nordreich Israel und dem anrückenden Großreich Assyrien das Gericht Gottes, und verhieß den Israeliten aber auch eine endzeitliche Wende zum Heil, das heißt zu universalem Frieden und Gerechtigkeit, und kündigte erstmals einen zukünftigen Messias als gerechten Richter und Retter der Armen an - Ancient Israel and Judah since 1550 BCE

Since 4th century 'translation', succession of imperial transfers, Grundeigentum (real estate), and new forms of forced labour replacing slavery: The origin and name of the 'Holy Roman Empire' 800/962–1806 and its history - 'Translatio imperii' (transfer of rule) concept that originated from the Middle Ages, in which history is viewed as a linear succession of transfers of an imperium that invests supreme power in a singular ruler, an 'emperor' (or sometimes even several emperors, e.g., the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Holy Roman Empire), as the concept is linked to 'ecclesiastical translation' (including the transfer of a bishop from one episcopal see to another, 'apostolic succession'), taken from the 'translatio studii' with origins in the Hebrew Bible and history
Since Middle Ages territorial domination, 'Grundeigentum' and 'Territorialisierung': Territorial domination and 'Territorialisierung' - Since Middle Ages list of duchies in European countries - Die Arbeitsrente, wo der unmittelbare Produzent einen Teil der Woche mit Pflug, Vieh etc. den Boden bestellt und Tage der Woche auf dem Gute des Grundherrn arbeitet für den Grundherrn unentgeltlich in einem unmittelbaren Herrschafts- und Knechtschaftsverhältnis sanktioniert durch die hierarchische katholische Kirche, Rente und Mehrwert sind identisch (Rente, nicht der Profit, die Form, worin sich hier die unbezahlte Mehrarbeit ausdrückt), mit dem Problem, wieweit der Arbeiter (self-sustaining serf) hier einen Überschuß über seine unentbehrlichen Subsistenzmittel gewinnen kann, was bei sonst gleichbleibenden Umständen wiederum von dem Verhältnis abhängt, worin seine Arbeitszeit sich teilt in Arbeitszeit für ihn selbst und Fronarbeitszeit für den Grundherrn, ganz und gar bestimmt durch die Höhe der Grundrente, welche hier nicht nur unmittelbar unbezahlte Mehrarbeit ist, sondern auch als solche erscheint
Parenting and society by European territory and later 'country': Parenting by 'country', Maternity by 'country', Family by 'country' and since early new ages gradually by 'nationality', Society by European country
All people equal at birth: Following pregnancy all people equal by and at birth by mother, then relationships with other people begin

Since 1st–10th century territorial disputes and wars: Territorial disputes ('Gebietsansprüche') - Since 1st–10th century AD conflicts and wars in Europe to gain territories, slaves and serfs and unpaid work and extra work - Roman and European 'right' of conquest, i.e. to use military force (even to wipe out people) in relation to other people in their home, settled (always less unsettled) region(s), to gain economic advantages
Since the Middle Ages agricultural and economic history of Europe by 'country': Agricultural history and agriculture in Europe by country - Economic history of Europe by country
Since 1789 and 1848 Revolutions and Counter-Revolution in European countries: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany, a book by Friedrich Engels, with contributions by Karl Marx, and originally a series of articles in the New York Daily Tribune published from 1851 to 1852. first published in book form under the editorship of Eleanor Marx Aveling in 1896 - 18th/19th centuries and 1851-1852 'Revolution und Konterrevolution in Deutschland und Europa'

Since 19th centuries and modern economic crises also vulgar economics: Since 19th centuries and modern economic crises vulgar economics feels completely at home, and that these relationships appear all the more self-evident to it, the more their inner interconnection remains hidden to it, even though these relationships are comprehensible to the popular mind
Class conflict, struggle, analysis and development of the political form of the community: Class conflict, also referred to as class struggle and class warfare, is the political tension and economic antagonism that exists in society consequent to socio-economic competition among the social classes or between rich and poor - 1847/1848 Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, in welchem die Kommunisten ihre Anschauungsweise, ihre Zwecke, ihre Tendenzen vor der ganzen Welt offen darlegen und dem Märchen vom Gespenst des Kommunismus ein Manifest der Partei selbst entgegenstellen, verfaßt von K. Marx und Fr. Engels und in London versammelten Kommunisten der verschiedensten Nationalität, dann in englischer, französischer, deutscher, italienischer, flämischer und dänischer Sprache veröffentlicht - 1872 angesichts der Fortentwicklung der großen Industrie in den letzten 25 Jahren und der mit ihr fortschreitenden Parteiorganisation der Arbeiterklasse, den praktischen Erfahrungen, zuerst der Revolutionen 1848 ff. und noch weit mehr der Pariser Kommune 1871, wo das Proletariat zum erstenmal zwei Monate lang die politische Gewalt innehatte, ist heute dies Programm stellenweise veraltet, und namentlich hat die Kommune den Beweis geliefert, daß 'die Arbeiterklasse nicht die fertige Staatsmaschine einfach in Besitz nehmen und sie für ihre eigenen Zwecke in Bewegung setzen kann' - 1893, die Früchte der Revolution 1848 wurden von der Kapitalistenklasse eingeheimst, während in den anderen Ländern, in Italien, Deutschland, Österreich, Ungarn, die Arbeiter von Anfang an nichts anderes taten, als die Bourgeoisie an die Macht zu bringen, nur in keinem Lande ist die Herrschaft der Bourgeoisie ohne nationale Unabhängigkeit möglich - daher ggfs. 'Unionen' -, und 1848 mußte somit die Einheit und Unabhängigkeit derjenigen Nationen nach sich ziehen, denen es bis dahin daran gebrach - Italien, Deutschland, Ungarn, Polen wird zu seiner Zeit nachfolgen
Difficulties of unterstanding, 'Forschungs- und Darstellungsweise': 1872, die Untersuchungsmethode, deren ich mich bedient habe und die auf ökonomische Probleme noch nicht angewandt wurde, macht die Lektüre der ersten Kapitel ziemlich schwierig, und es ist zu befürchten, daß das ... Publikum, stets ungeduldig nach dem Ergebnis und begierig, den Zusammenhang zwischen den allgemeinen Grundsätzen und den Fragen zu erkennen, die es unmittelbar bewegen, sich abschrecken läßt, weil es nicht sofort weiter vordringen kann, sagt Karl Marx und fügt hinzu: Das ist ein Nachteil, gegen den ich nichts weiter unternehmen kann, als die nach Wahrheit strebenden Leser von vornherein darauf hinzuweisen und gefaßt zu machen
In the exchange process acts of common will: 'Um diese Dinge als Waren aufeinander zu beziehn, müssen die Warenhüter sich zueinander als Personen verhalten, deren Willen in jenen Dingen haust, so daß der eine nur mit dem Willen des andren, also jeder nur vermittelst eines, beiden gemeinsamen Willensakts sich die fremde Ware aneignet, indem er die eigne veräußert. Sie müssen sich daher wechselseitig als Privateigentümer anerkennen. Dies Rechtsverhältnis, dessen Form der Vertrag ist, ob nun legal entwickelt oder nicht, ist ein Willensverhältnis, worin sich das ökonomische Verhältnis widerspiegelt. Der Inhalt dieses Rechts- oder Willensverhältnisses ist durch das ökonomische Verhältnis selbst gegeben

Legal history of European countries since early new period after the development of towns across the whole continent, seeing a radical change in the rate of new inventions, innovations in the ways of managing traditional means of production, economic growth, as the period saw major technological advances, and the development of medieval schools, hospital and universities

Since 1914 and 1939 war objectives in world wars of Central and Axis powers: Les buts de guerre des Empires centraux sur le plan territorial, politique et économique de la Première Guerre mondiale - 20th century Axis powers' ideology and wars as their primary goal was territorial expansion at the expense of their neighbors

May 1949 Council of Europe: May 1949 Council of Europe founded by Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as more countries joined later, and in 2021 it has 47 member states
1953 European Convention on Human Rights and 1959/1998 ECHR: Since 1950/1953 European Convention on Human Rights - Since 1959 and 1998 European Court of Human Rights ECHR, also known as the Strasbourg Court, an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights, as the court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights enumerated in the Convention or its optional protocols to which a member state is a party, and as jurisdiction of the court has been recognized to date by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe, and as on 1 November 1998 the court became a full-time institution, and the European Commission of Human Rights, which used to decide on admissibility of applications, was abolished - European Court of Human Rights case law

Following WWII 'Cold War', wars in Korea, Indochina etc., two German states and remaining (Neo) Nazism:: Allied-occupied Germany, the administration of the territory upon defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, when the victorious Allies asserted joint authority and sovereignty, and then governance and the emergence of two German states since 1949 - Since 1945 central European post-Nazi Germany co-governed and even governed by former NSDAP authorities, supported by newly formed BND (Gestapo) and more secret services, police agents, lawyers, teachers, celebrating NSDAP-state's generals (Heinz Guderian, Erwin Rommel etc.), also engaged in the newly formed military etc., as the German economic giants like Thyssen-Krupp partially and economically powerful class factions kept and keep going etc.
Since 1993–2004 creation of the European Union and history: 1993–2004 creation and history of the European Union
1992/1993 'Maastricht Treaty', foundation treaty of the European Union EU: 1992/1993 'Maastricht Treaty' concluded between the 12 member states of the European Communities, the foundation treaty of the European Union EU, announcing 'a new stage in the process of European integration' chiefly in provisions for a shared European citizenship, for the eventual introduction of a single currency, and (with less precision) for common foreign and security policies, then undergoing expansions and secessions that have taken it from 6 member states to 27, a majority of the states in Europe in 2021 and covering a large portion of the European continent, following ideas of a union since 1815/1818 at conferences of European emperors, dukes and kings - Idée des 'États-Unis d'Europe' depuis 16ème siecle - Chronologie de l'Union européenne
Since 1972 elections of the European Parliament, powers and functions: Since 1952 European Parliament and elections, since 1972 - Powers and functions of the European Parliament
2005 Constitution of the EU rejected in France and the Netherlands, more 'Referenda' cancelled: On 29 May 2005 the French people rejected the Constitution of the EU by margin of 55% to 45%, as on 1 June, the Dutch rejected the constitution by a margin of 61% to 39%, as later Luxembourg's referendum on 10 July 2005 approving the Constitution was the last referendum to be held on the Constitution as all of the other member states that had proposed to hold referendums cancelled them

Since early 2000s Russia's Putin regime threating Europe and the EU: Since early 2000s European states' Russian Putin regime and his alliances threating Europe, the European Union and a peaceful and democratic future





Since Paleolithic Era - between 500,000 and 10,000 BC - economic history of the world, as the primary socio-economic unit was the band (small kin group). Communication between bands occurred for the purposes of trading ideas, stories, tools, foods, animal skins, mates, and other commodities. Economic resources were constrained by typical ecosystem factors, including density and replacement rates of edible flora and fauna, competition from other consumers (organisms) and climate. Throughout the Upper Paleolithic, humans both dispersed and adapted to a greater variety of environments, and also developed their technologies and behaviors to increase productivity in existing environments. The following eras and periods - Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages etc. - show proven gradual domestication of plants and animals and the formation of settled communities at various times and places. The Neolithic shows that exchange and trade became necessary, as 21st century's historians argue that the first object or physical thing specifically used as general equivalent in the exchange was probably cattle

Timeline of international trade and international relations - Ancient international relations and treaties

May 1948 re-establishment of Israel by hundreds of thousands of Jews from all over the world following WWII and the Holocaust: On 14 May 1948 following Axis powers 1939-1945 World War II and during the 1948/1949 Arab–Israeli War, after the last British soldiers left, the re-establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel was proclaimed to be known as the State of Israel, as in 1949 the war ended and the Israelis started building their state amplified by waves of hundreds of thousands of Jews from all over the world
Since 740 BCE Swords to ploughshares: In der Zeit von 740 und 701 v. Chr. reagiert der Schriftprophet der hebräischen Bibel Isaias (Jesaja) in Jerusalem, Juda und Israel auf die damalige Verarmung großer Bevölkerungsteile mit einer scharfen Sozialkritik, an mehr oder weniger aggressiven Reichen der Region, und entwickelt Überlegungen zum Zusammenhang von Frieden und Gerechtigkeit - 740-701 BCE Isaiah (Tanakh 2:4) says that peoples 'shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks', and 'nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more'

Since 1971 Greenpeace International, in 2021 including Africa, Aotearoa (protection of oceans), Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, East Asia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, 'Middle East' and North Africa, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southeast Asia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, USA

Internationale Organisationen, Institutionen etc. zur Intervention, Krisenverhinderung und Krisenbewältigung and since 1942 during WWII 'United Nations'

1899/1907 Hague Conventions but German (and others) rejection: Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in the Netherlands - An der zweiten Konferenz 1907 waren 44 Staaten beteiligt, um eine internationale Rechtsordnung auszuarbeiten und Normen für friedliche Lösungen bei internationalen Streitfällen zu erreichen, konnten sich allerdings auf keine Abrüstungsschritte einigen und scheiterten bei der Einführung einer obligatorischen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit an der deutschen Ablehnung, der sich auch Österreich-Ungarn, die Türkei und einige kleinere Staaten anschlossen
1917/1918 amid WWI Soviet of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies 'Decree On Peace' and Wilson's 'Fourteen Points': 8 November 1917 'Decree On Peace' - amid 1914-1918 World War I started by Central Powers including Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria - passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies, following the Russian revolutions 1905, February and October/November 1917 - January 1918 Wilson's 'Fourteen Points', a blueprint for world peace elucidated in a speech on war aims and peace terms by USA's president Woodrow Wilson
1919 'Paris Peace Conference': 1919 'Paris Peace Conference' of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers, involving more than 32 countries and nationalities, creating the 'League of Nations', and deciding the five peace treaties with defeated enemies, including the Treaty of Versailles with Germany, the awarding of German and Ottoman overseas possessions as 'mandates', reparations imposed on Germany, and the drawing of new national boundaries (sometimes with plebiscites) to better reflect the forces of nationalism
1920-1946 'League of Nations' and failure: 'League of Nations' (Société des Nations) intergovernmental organisation to maintain world peace, founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference that ended 1914-1918 World War I
1925 ineffective 'Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare': Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, in international armed conflicts signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925 - UNODA website: 36 Signatory States in 1925, in 2015 number of States Parties 138 - 1949 Geneva Conventions comprising four treaties and three additional protocols, establishing the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment of war (1864, 1906, 1929, 1949)

United Nations: United Nations (UN) - History of the United Nations - United Nations (Website)
January 1942 during WWII 'United Nations' declaration by governments: 1942 Declaration by the 'United Nations' agreed on 1 January was a World War II document during the Arcadia Conference by 26 governments, the Allies USA, the UK, the USSR, and China, nine other American countries in North and Central America and the Caribbean, the four British Dominions, British India, and eight Allied governments-in-exile
October/November 1943 Moscow Conference between the major Allies: October/November 1943 Moscow Conference between the major Allies of World War II, agreement to create a world organization, the European Advisory Commission
1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference: August-October 1944 Dumbarton Oaks Conference (Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization), an international conference at which the United Nations was formulated and negotiated among international leaders
February 1945 Yalta Conference World War II meeting: February 1945 Yalta Conference World War II meeting of the heads of government of the USA, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union (Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalinto) to discuss the postwar reorganization of the dying German empire and the re-establishment of states of war-torn Europe
April-June 1945 conference of delegates from 50 Allied nations and charter of the 'United Nations': United Nations Conference on International Organization of delegates from 50 Allied nations from 25 April 1945 to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, reviewing and rewriting the Dumbarton Oaks agreements and resulting in the creation of the United Nations Charter, which was opened for signature on 26 June - 26 June 1945 'Charter of the United Nations' signed in San Francisco by 50 of the 51 original member countries
July/August 1945 Potsdam Conference World War II meeting, choices and decisions: July/August 1945 Potsdam Conference and Potsdam Agreement, choices and decisions

Since 1945/1946 UN Security Council: Since 1945/1946 UN Security Council - UN Security Council (Website)
Members of Regional Groups and small group of members of the UN Security Council: List of members of the UN Security Council and members of Regional Groups
May 2014 193 UN member states and regional groups: As of May 2014 192 of the 193 UN member states are divided into five regional groups including the African Group, with 54 member states, the Asia-Pacific Group, with 53 member states, the Eastern European Group, with 23 member states, the Latin American and Caribbean Group, with 33 member states and the Western European and Others Group WEOG, with 28 member states, plus 1 member state USA as an observer state
UN Security Council subsidiary organs: UN Security Council subsidiary organs - UN Security Council mandates - UN Military Staff Committee, a Security Council subsidiary body whose role, as defined by the UN Charter, is to plan UN military operations and assist in the regulation of armaments - Since 2005 UN Peacebuilding Commission - Vetoed UN Security Council resolutions
Reform of the UN Security Council: Reform of the UN Security Council

Timeline of the UN Security Council's resolutions - UN Security Council resolutions by year
1960 UN resolution 138 following Argentine complaint and German and CIA's fears over the transfer of Adolf Eichmann to Israel: In June 1960, after a complaint that the transfer of Adolf Eichmann to Israel from Argentina constituted a violation of the latter's sovereignty, UN Security Council declared in its resolution 138, approved by eight votes, that such acts could endanger international peace and security and requested that Israel make the appropriate reparation in accordance with the UN Charter, but Israel held the view that the matter was beyond the Council's competence and should instead be settled via direct bilateral negotiations, as the capture of Eichmann caused alarm at the USA's CIA and West German Bundesnachrichtendienst, which had known for at least two years that Eichmann was hiding in Argentina, but did not act, fearing what Eichmann might say in his testimony about West German national security advisor CDU Hans Globke, who had coauthored several antisemitic Nazi laws, according to documents declassified in 2006, also revealing that both agencies had used some of Eichmann's former Nazi colleagues to spy on European countries
April-August 2011 UN unable to oppose Syria's Assad regime amid massacres: 28. April 2011: UN uneins gegen Assad - 4. Juni 2011: Blutbad im syrischen Hama - 9 June 2011: European nations demand UN resolution condemning Syria's violent actions - 3. August 2011: Keine UN-Resolution zu Syrien - China, Indien und Rußland blockieren
Since 2011 UN Security Council resolutions on Syria vetoed by Russia and China: List of vetoed UN Security Council resolutions on Syria, vetoed by Russia and China since 2011
2012: 29. März 2012: Für mehr Demokratie im Sicherheitsrat - Vorstoss der Schweiz und vier weiterer Staaten für eine Uno-Reform - 24 mai: Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU est "de plus en plus inadapté" - ONG accuse - 22. August: Sucht Ban Ki Moon mit seiner Iran-Reise Ende August das besorgte 'Fachgespräch' über Krebsgeschwüre und Chemotherapie? - 6. September 2012: Ban Ki Moon kritisiert den Sicherheitsrat der UN wegen Untätigkeit und Versagen im Syrien-Konflikt - 18 October 2012: Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda and South Korea won non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council
2013: 16 July 2013: Russia and China block UN condemnation of Iran missile tests and oppose finding Iran in clear violation of the UN ban on Iranian arms exports, council diplomats report
August 2013: 29 August: UN Security Council members meet for second day to discuss British resolution calling for military action after a first meeting on Wednesday ended with no agreement - 29./30. August: Nach zweieinhalb Jahren brutalen Kriegs Assads gegen die syrische Bevölkerung, die gewagt hatte, friedlich für Demokratie zu demonstrieren, zaubert ein bestens gelaunter Ban Ki Moon aus dem Hut, daß die Krise 'mit friedlichen Mitteln beigelegt werden' soll: 'Es ist wichtig, dass alle Meinungsverschiedenheiten auf friedliche Weise und durch Dialog gelöst werden' - 29/30 August: After imploring the world not to stand idly by over Assad's use of chemical weapons, Cameron was forced into a climbdown by the Labour party, failing to pass a motion by 285 to 272 votes in the parliament
September 2013: 6 September: USA ambassador to the UN Samantha Power challenges Russia for its obstruction in preventing the Security Council from taking a firmer hand in Syria’s Civil War, even after the chemical weapons attack on August 21st
December 2013: 13 December: UN confirms in a final report that chemical arms were used repeatedly in Syria - 14 December: UN's Ban Ki-moon deplored the use of chemical weapons in Syria demanding that those responsible are held accountable
January 2014: 9 January 2014: Russia blocked a British-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Assad regime attacks on the city of Aleppo and the use of missiles and barrel bombs, that killed hundreds of people - 20 January 2014: Hours after the SNC has decided to attend Switzerland peace conference, UN chief Ban Ki-moon invites Iran to take part in Switzerland, an offer Iran's regime accepts - 21 janvier: L'ONU a retiré son invitation à l'Iran à participer à la conférence de paix en Suisse sur la Syrie, l'opposition syrienne confirme sa présence
February 2014: 15 February 2014: After more than 140,000 people, over 7,000 of them children, killed in Assad's war against Syrians, UN says 'sorry' for Syria talks failure
March 2014: 2 March: Ukraine's UN ambassador asked an emergency session of the Security Council 'to do everything possible now' to stop Russian aggression as Russian troops took over Ukraine's Crimea - 15 March: Russia vetoes UN resolution declaring Crimea referendum invalid, but 13 other nations voted in favour and China abstained from voting isolating Putin regime
April 2014: 14 April: As UN Security Council meets over Ukraine and well-organised pro-Russian attackers using Russian-origin automatic weapons, Britain's UN ambassador says Russia had massed tens of thousands of well-equipped troops near the Ukrainian border in addition to the 25,000 troops it recently moved into Crimea to seize it - 18 April: UN inquiry chief Michael Kirby wants North Korea hauled before international court, but China and Russia snubbed the UN security council meeting - 24 April: UN's Ban Ki-moon demands Security Council action on Syria over denied demands for aid access - 25 April: UN Security Council asks for inquiry into South Sudan April 2014 Bentiu massacre
May 2014: 22 May 2014: Russia and China veto UN draft resolution calling for Assad's war in Syria to be referred to the ICC, ignoring support for the measure by 65 other countries and all other members of the security council
June 2014: 17 June: Russia again finds no support at UN Security Council for a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine - 26 June: UN council demands end to Syrian military action in the Golan Heights
July 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict: 10 July 2014: Hamas' rockets and Israel-Gaza conflict prompts emergency UN security council meeting - 10 July: During council's emergency meeting UN's Ban Ki-moon says ground offensive and 'all-out escalation' are preventable 'only if Hamas stops rocket firing', adding that Gaza cannot afford another all-out war - 11 July: Hamas urges Gazans not to show Israel where they are firing from - 12 July: Palestinian envoys and their supporters are discussing the text of a UN resolution urging truce, silent on rockets - 12 July: IDF footage reveals efforts to spare civilians in Gaza - 12/13 July: As UN council members urge to reach Gaza-Israel ceasefire, some foreign ministers to meet in Vienna today - 13 July: Hamas rejects Egyptian ceasefire proposal - 20 July 2014: 'United' Nations agency UNRWA handed 20 missiles found in Gaza school back to Hamas, not to International Criminal Court - 21 July: UN Security Council 'concerned' by growing Gaza conflict casualties - 28 July: After Israeli and PA criticism of John Kerrys handling of the Gaza crisis UN security council agrees on demand for Gaza cease-fire, but Hamas rocket fire continues - 30 July: In Israel, 79-year-old Holocaust survivor worries about her Gazan daughter
July 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 shot down: 17 July 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 shot down near Hrabove with a surface-to-air missile - 18 July: UN meets as world leaders call for global inquiry into the explosion of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 - 18 July: UN demands full MH17 inquiry but armed Russian separatists block access to crash site destroying all links to air atrocity - 19 July: Amid reports that pro-Russia separatists accused of shooting down MH17 flight remove corpses themselves and are looting credit cards and other possessions, Dutch PM Mark Rutte and more global politicians round on Vladimir Putin as separatists continue to block international inspectors attempting to identify and repatriate bodies - 20 July: As inspectors still denied access and anger mounts towards Russian regime, that is not yet ready to abandon separatists, UN considers resolution on Ukraine crash site access - 21 July: UN to vote on international access to MH17 crash site - 21 July: USA has evidence of Russia's involvement in terrorist attack against MH17 Boeing, John Kerry says - 22 July: After the passing of Australia’s UN resolution for a full investigation into the MH17 crash Australia and Netherlands join in pledge 'to bring our people home'
August 2014: 6 August: UN Security Council supports Ukraine, points to Russia as a source of military crisis - 8 August: UN Security Council urges governments to help Iraq cope with a humanitarian crisis sparked by a jihadist offensive that has left hundreds of thousands of Iraqis on the run - 15/16 August: UN security council votes unanimously to adopt a resolution to blacklist those who finance, recruit or supply weapons to Islamic State IS militants in Iraq and Syria amid reports of IS militants killing dozens of residents in besieged ethnic Yazidi areas and fears for thousands kidnapped women, men and even babies
September 2014: 18/19 September: Ebola outbreak a threat to world peace, says UN security council, as Sierra Leone launches controversial Ebola shutdown and the Guinean Ebola team deadly attacked by stone-throwing locals - 24 September: UN adopts resolution to crack down on flows of foreign terrorist fighters - 28 September 2014: World leaders demand Security Council reform - Reform of the UN Security Council
October 2014: 16 October 2014: Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela to join UN Security Council with non-permanent seats - 24 October 2014: UN Security Council meeting due to situation Ukraine - 31 October 2014: UN Syria envoy urges action plan in embattled country
December 2014: 23 December 2014: UN Security Council has held its first-ever debate on North Korea's human rights abuses - 30 December: UN security council rejects resolution calling for an independent state of Palestine to be established within 1967 borders
January 2015: 6 January: Lithuania and UK to convene UN Security Council meeting in January on the situation in Ukraine - 14 January: The UN Security Council condemns the terrorist shelling of the passenger bus near Volnovakha in Donetsk region on Tuesday, killing 11 civilians and injuring 17 others, including women and children - 16 January: UN Security Council reportedly ready to hold meeting on Ukraine on January 21 - 21 January: UN Security Council condemns Yemen attack, voicing support for President Hadi - 25 January: Russia prevented the UN Security Council from criticizing aggressive statements by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and condemning their offensive against Mariupol killing dozens of civilians and wounding over one hundred - 26 January: UN Security Council condemns Japan hostage's murder by 'Islamic State' calling for the immediate release of a second hostage - 26 January: UN Security Council to urgently consider impact of terrorist attack in Mariupol - 27 January: A senior UN official told emergency Security Council meeting that the deadly rocket barrage on Mariupol came from pro-Russian controlled territory and sought to strike a civilian population - 28 January: Ahead of Security Council meeting, USA condemns Hezbollah’s attack on IDF, saying Israel has right to self-defense against Hezbollah - 29 January: UN Security Council condemns death of Spanish peacekeeper following Hezbollah’s attack on IDF and Israel's response - 29 January: Assad continues barrel bombing of civilians although a UN resolution calls for an end to the indiscriminate employment of weapons, UN's Kyung-wha Kang says during a briefing of the UN Security Council as Assad's war enters its fifth year
February 2015: 16 February: UNSC demands Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen 'immediately and unconditionally' withdraw from government - 16 February: UN Security Council vote on resolution on conflict in east Ukraine postponed - 18 February: As Ukraine's president Poroshenko calls on UN Security Council to prevent full-scale war amid intensified attacks of Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine, UN Security Council adopts resolution 'welcoming' the declaration of Ukraine, France, Germany, and Russia, announced on February 12 in Minsk - 27 February: Following a proposal by EU's France and Germany to discuss the implementation of the Minsk Agreements and reports of the OSCE, the UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on the situation in Ukraine today - 27 February: Statement by OSCE ambassadors at the meeting on the situation in Ukraine
March 2015: 6 March: UN Security Council to vote on a resolution to condemn the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and threaten to take action if such arms are used again in the conflict - 7 March: Fourteen Security Council members, including Russia but not Venezuela, adopt a resolution condemning the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and 'threatening' to take action - that is another resolution in the event of non-compliance - if such arms are used again in the conflict, which is now in its fourth year - 18 March 2015: The Syrian Coalition sent a letter to the UN Security Council calling for punishing Assad under Chapter VII of UN Charter after regime's latest chlorine gas attack on Sarmin in rural Idlib on Monday - 19 March: Russia refuses to participate in UN Security Council meeting on Crimea - 20 March: UN Security Council meeting on Crimea stresses importance of monitoring human rights in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Russia, China, Angola and Venezuela refused to participate - 21 March 2015: Russia to block UN mission in Donbas and will not vote in the UN Security Council on the draft resolution to deploy peacekeepers, regime's Lavrov says - 22 March 2015: UN Security Council to meet on Sunday on a request from embattled Yemeni President Hadi for an 'urgent intervention' - 23 March: UN backs Yemen's Hadi as Huthis seize key airport in Taez - 25 March 2015: Assad regime's helicopters drop barrel bombs loaded with chlorine gas on Binnish near Idlib, and conducted seven attacks using chlorine gas in less than 20 days since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2209 without any prosecution by UN Security Council, Syrian Coalition says - 27 March 2015: Following Syrian American Medical Society's report, UN has more than doubled its estimate of Syrians who are living in besieged areas — and risk death by starvation, dehydration and the lack of medical care — to roughly 440,000 - 27 March: Gulf states ask UN Security Council for arms embargo on Yemen's Shi'ite rebels
April 2015: 1 April: More than 25,000 foreign fighters from some 100 countries are linked to al-Qaida and Islamic State, with Syria and Iraq comprising a 'veritable international finishing school for extremists', UN experts reported to the Security Council - 3 April: UN Security Council members call to investigate the latest allegations of the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in Syria - 7 April: UN Security Council demands aid access to Yarmouk Camp on the outskirts of Damascus - 10 April: UN vote as early as Friday on Yemen arms embargo - 11 April: Saudi-Arabia says UN could vote soon on Yemen sanctions resolution aiming to end the Houthis' attempt to take over the country - 14 April: In a resolution approved in a 14-0 vote without Russian support, UN Security Council imposes arms embargo on Houthi rebels in Yemen, also demanding all Yemeni factions to end violence and resume UN-brokered negotiations - 17 April: UN envoys hear doctors' accounts of Syria chemical attacks - 17 April: Assad attacks Idlib with chlorine gas as UN Security Council looks into evidence of previous chemical attacks - 21 April: UN Security Council demands aid access for Syria's Yarmouk camp
May 2015: 8 May 2015: A majority of UN Security Council members supports USA bid to lay blame in Assad regime's chlorine attacks as activists and a doctor report of new chemical attacks in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib - 13 May 2015: After evidence given by the CIJA, Syrian Coalition calls for holding an urgent UN Security Council meeting, saying that the international community and the members of the UN Security Council bear full responsibility of the catastrophic situation in Syria - 15 May 2015: After weeks of violence in Burundi, UN Security Council on Thursday 'condemned both those who facilitate violence of any kind against civilians and those who seek to seize power by unlawful means' - 28 May 2015: UN security council urges end to impunity for attacks on journalists
June 2015: 5 June: Today UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting because of the deterioration of situation in the east of Ukraine - 5 June: 28 people including 9 civilians killed in recent Maryinka battle, as Russian-backed forces launched a new offensive near Donetsk, UN's Jeffrey Feltman reports at the UN Security Council - 19 June 2015: Over 70 countries demand that Assad regime stops deadly aerial attacks against the Syrian people, especially 'the systematic use of barrel bombs', as May 2015 seen as deadliest month yet in over four years of fighting, with hundreds killed by regime bombardment - 26 June: More than 80 international human rights and aid groups are urging the UN Security Council to take real, immediate action against Assad's continuing use of barrel bombs in Syria
July 2015: 8 July: UN Security Council vote on Srebrenica massacre delayed until Wednesday after Russian veto threat - 9 July: Russia blocks UN condemnation of Srebrenica as genocide - 10 July: In a letter to the Security Council, Syrian National Coalition calls attention to the grave situation in Zabadani, where inhabitants suffer under a joint offensive by Syrian regime force and foreign fighters from Hezbollah and calls to condemn in the strongest terms Hezbollah’s acts of aggression inside Syria - 11 July: Syrian Coalition's Marwa says that the USA’s circulation of a draft UN resolution that aims to establish an accountability mechanism for chemical weapons attacks in Syria is late - 20 July: Security Council adopts resolution 2231 on Iran’s nuclear programme - 21 July 2015: United Nations must be made fit for purpose, says UNDP head Helen Clark - 30 July: Russia's position on setting up an MH17 international criminal tribunal to prosecute those responsible isolates the country on the international stage, Ukrainian FM Pavlo Klimkin says, after the lone 'no' vote was cast by Russian regime
August 2015: 7/8 August 2015: UN Security Council votes unanimously to set up a panel to identify who is behind deadly chlorine gas attacks in Syria, which the West blames on Assad’s regime - 18 August: UN Security Council backs new Syria peace initiative as the death toll in Assad regime air strikes on Douma neighbourhood of Damascus nears 100, sparking global outrage - 19 August 2015: SNHR records 125 Assad regime breaches of UNSC resolution 2118, stating that 'in the event of non-compliance with this resolution, measures shall be imposed' - 19 August 2015: The Syrian Coalition calls for implementation of UN Security Council's resolutions to take immediate action in the besieged Douma district, urging the enforcement of resolution 2165 which calls for delivering humanitarian aid to besieged areas without the need for permission from the Assad regime - 22 August 2015: Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor calls for the UN to condemn Syrian-Iranian Thursday’s rocket fire on Israel, and not simply make do with a general statement, calling for both sides to 'exercise maximum restraint'
September 2015: 3 September 2015: Russia delaying start of Syria chemical weapons probe - 7 September 2015: UN's Ban Ki-moon admits that the UN security council is failing Syria, urging Russia and China to stop blocking proposals to end a conflict that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and driven the biggest refugee exodus in a generation - 11 September: UN to hold inquiry on Syria chemical attacks, diplomats say, as new evidence of Syria chemical attacks emerges - 18 September: UN Security Council expresses 'grave concern' over Jerusalem violence and is calling for restraint and calm - 23 September: USA has warned that Russia’s continued blanket use of its UN veto will jeopardise the security council’s long-term legitimacy and could lead the USA and like-minded countries to bypass it as a decision-making body
October 2015: 1 October: United Nations veto ban proposal gains support, as some 75 countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia have already backed the proposal - 2 October: Syrian Coalition's Khoja calls on UNSC for taking immediate action to stop Russia’s brutal air raids on Damascus, Homs, and Hama, where civilian homes, hospitals, and mosques are destroyed by these attacks - 14 October 2015: The head of the UN women’s agency Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is criticising the low level of women’s inclusion at peace tables, 15 years after a landmark UN resolution that called for women to be included in decision-making positions at every level of peacemaking and peace building - 16 October: Ukraine elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council - 16 October: Security Council to hold emergency talks on Jerusalem violence - 16 October: At Security Council meeting, Israel rejects any international intervention at Temple Mount - 16 October: DRC's Julienne Lusenge addressed the security council saying that seven years earlier she described to the council the rapes, murders and massacres ravaging her country, asking for action, and in 2015 almost nothing had changed and neither research on the benefits of female involvement for peace-building nor a UN resolution have ended the routine exclusion of women from negotiations - 21 October: Syrian Coalition calls on the UN Security Council to take 'firm and effective' action to stop the Russian aggression on the Syrian people following the horrible massacre committed by the Russian air force yesterday in rural Latakia where 80 people were killed - 22 October: Britain, France, Germany and the USA asked UN Security Council sanctions committee to investigate Iran’s recent missile test on October 10, branding it a serious violation of UN resolutions - 24 October 2015: France will submit a new draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling on the Assad regime to stop using barrel bombs as well as condemning other 'indiscriminate attacks' against civilians - 27 October: UNSC must condemn Russia’s targeting of civilians and hospitals in Syria, Syrian Coalition says, stating that Russian airstrikes have killed 1,511 civilians, including women and children as of October 26
November 2015: 2 November 2015: Assad regime’s air force is dropping dozens of barrel bombs on areas across Syria, just one day after Russia's ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin’s announcement that the Assad regime stopped the use of barrel bombs - 2 November 2015: 'Doctors Without Borders' is urging the permanent member states of the UN Security Council to comply with the responsibility to protect mandate to stop the escalating aerial massacres in Syria as quickly as possible - 10 November: Security Council must condemn Russia’s use of cluster bombs against populated areas in many villages and towns, Syrian Coalition demands - 11 November: Syrian Coalition calls on the UN Security Council to include the militant groups trained and funded by Iran, most notably Hezbollah, Abu al Fadl al Abbas Brigade, Fatimiyoun Brigade and Zainabiyon Brigade on the lists terrorist organizations - 17 November 2015: UN's Ban Ki-moon renews calls that the situation in Syria be referred to the International Criminal Court in the 21st report he submitted to the UN Security Council - 21 novembre 2015: Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU a adopté à l'unanimité une résolution française qui permet de 'prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires' pour combattre le groupe Etat islamique, une semaine après les attentats à Paris
December 2015: 5 December: USA to lead UN Security Council meeting on terror financing - 8 December: China and Russia oppose UN council meeting on human rights in North Korea accused by a UN inquiry, which has the backing of the nine council members Chile, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, UK and the USA - 9 December 2015: The Syrian Coalition calls upon the UN Security Council to intervene immediately to stop bombing of civilians and hospitals by both Assad and Russia - 12 December: USA accuses Russian regime of attempting to suppress public discussion of facts about the nearly two-year-old agression against Ukraine - 12 December: Syrian Coalition sends letter to the UNSC condemning Russia’s escalating attacks on FSA and civilians, including public markets, bakeries, and residential buildings - 16 December: Iran violated sanctions with missile test, capable of delivering nuclear weapons, says UN panel - 18 December 2015: UN Security Council adopts resolution to cut off Islamic State terrorists funding with measures such as asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo, targeting corrupt states, banks and organizations - 18 December 2015 UN Security Council Resolution 2254 concerning the conflict in Syria - 19 December 2015: UN security council adopts resolution on Syrian peace process calling for the UN to present the council with options for monitoring a ceasefire within one month, as Russian warplanes and warplanes believed to be Russian carry out more airstrikes in Lattakia province, killing more children, in Aleppo province, killing civilians, in Idlib province, trargeting the city of Jeser al-Shogour west, killing at least 7 children and 7 women in a massacre, one of them pregnant, and again in Idlib province, targeting the town of al-Najiyyah and as a group of protesters, some holding Syrian revolutionary flags, gather in front of UN headquarters, harbouring Russian regime's Lavrov and Assad regime's Jaafari - 21 December 2015: Russian airstrikes on Idlib, targeting health and public services centers as well as apartment buildings in the city center, killing 50 civilians and wounding 170 others, violates UNSC resolution 2254, Syrian Coalition says - 22 December 2015: After less than 48 hours since the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2254, the Assad regime and Russian forces jointly escalated their war on civilians across Syria, killing innocent men, women and children through indiscriminate aerial attacks, the Council was briefed on the humanitarian situation in Syria for the twenty-third time since the adoption of resolution 2139 in February 2014, only leading to an increase in civilian death and a worsening of Syria’s humanitarian situation - 23 Decembert 2015: Amnesty International says Russian air strikes in Syria may amount to war crimes after gathering reports on hundreds of civilians killed in their homes, medical facilities and other public spaces - 23 December 2015: Assad regime forces targeted Moadamiya with sarin-filled shells, killing ten people, including women and children, and injuring over 30 others in another war crime condemned by the Syrian Coalition calling upon the UN Security Council for measures under Chapter VII - 25 December 2015: Amnesty International responds to Russia's denial of committing war crimes in Syria, saying that the organization has compelling evidence that Russian airstrikes targeted civilians in markets, hospitals, mosques and populated areas and evidence of the use of cluster bombs
January 2016: 7 January 2016: UN Security council meets over 'clear threat to international peace', but fails to agree on immediate measures against North Korean regime after it claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb, which triggered seismic shocks around the region - 8 January 2016: Failure to enforce UN Security Council resolutions encourages Assad to starve civilians, Syrian Coalition says in a letter - 14/15 January 2016: Security Council calls emergency meeting on Syria to lift sieges on towns where hundreds of thousands have been cut off from aid and many are starving amid lack of will to bring about political transition in Syria - 18 January 2016: UN Security Council's inaction emboldens Assad to violate UN resolutions and to use starvation as a weapon of war, Syrian Coalition says, as more civilians including an entire family of 12 members were killed in Russian airstrikes on Syria on Sunday - 22 January: Syrian Coalition says, that 'the Assad regime’s siege and bombardment of civilians violate UN Security Council resolutions...(and that) Assad has been committing these crimes under military and political cover by Russia
February 2016: 7 February 2016: South Korea, USA and Japan are requesting an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, after North Korea fired long range rocket despite UN ban - 7 February 2016: UN security council condemns North Korea rocket launch, promising to take punitive steps - 9 February 2016: Mass deaths of detainees in Syrian Government jails amounts to crime of 'extermination', UN commission of inquiry on Syria says in its report calling on the UN security council to impose sanctions against Syrian officials in the civilian and military hierarchy responsible for or complicit in deaths, torture and disappearances in custody - 18 February: UN's Ban Ki-moon tells Security Council that states and regimes must choose between implementing ceasefire or continuing to 'pursue the bankrupt logic of a military victory' - 20 February: In a letter to the UN Security Council Syrian Coalition's President Khoja condemns Russia’s latest attacks on Aleppo and its deliberate targeting of Syrian hospitals, medical facilities and schools, demands the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Syrian territory and also calls for ensuring accountability for all committed war crimes - 22 February: At least 19,947 barrel bombs have been dropped by the Assad regime on rebel-held areas across Syria since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2139 on 22 February 2014, SNHR says - 22 February 2016: War crimes in Syria's five-year-old conflict are widespread and Syrian government forces and Islamic State militants continue to commit crimes against humanity in the face of inaction by the international community, UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry says in its latest report - 25 February: Syrian Coalition urges UN Security Council to condemn the recent escalation of aerial bombardment on Aleppo, to break the sieges across Syria, finitely protect civilians from indiscriminate aerial bombardment, and ensure accountability for war crimes - 27 February: In response to the UN Security Council’s adoption of resolution 2268 on the 'cessation of hostiles' in Syria, the Syrian Coalition supports efforts to protect civilians and to achieve a political solution away from Assad - 27 February: Callng on the UN Security Council to respond to the Assad regime’s violations of the ceasefire agreement, the Syrian Coalition says that the Assad regime bombed 15 rebel-held areas across Syria with heavy machine-guns, artillery and barrel bombs in Damascus, Rural Damascus, Daraa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama and Lattakia province - 29 February: In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Syrian opposition is warning attacks by Russian warplanes backing government forces are threatening fragile truce
March 2016: 3 March 2016: After the UN security council approved the toughest sanctions against North Korean regime in two decades over its nuclear and rocket tests, it fires a volley of short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast - 13 March: UN adopts resolution on combating sex crimes by its peacekeepers - 13 March: Israel calls for world powers to take 'immediate punitive steps' against Iran following its ballistic missile tests last week, adding that it would be 'a test for the powers' ability to enforce the 2015 nuclear agreement - 18 March: Russia's illegal annexation of Ukraine's Crimea on the agenda at closed-door UN Security Council meeting, as Crimean Tatar leader Dzhemilev calls for increase in sanctions against Russian regime and as human rights abuses in Crimea under Russian occupation are revealed in seperate meetings - 30 March: By launching nuclear-capable missiles Iran has defied a UN Security Council resolution that endorsed last year's historic nuclear deal, the USA and its European allies say in a joint letter
April 2016: 26 April 2016: Security Council asks UN's Secretary-General to submit a broad plan within 30 days detailing how his Yemen envoy can help the warring Yemeni parties move towards peace - 29 April: Ukraine's Vadym Prystaiko said at a meeting of the UN Security Council that the Russian Federation had concentrated a 34,000-strong hybrid military force in the occupied part of Donbas
May 2016: 4 May 2016: UN Security Council condemnation of North Korea's latest missile tests has been delayed by Russian regime - 5 May: An an emergency meeting of the Security Council UN's Feltman calls for referring Syrian Assad regime to ICC, charging the regime with war crimes - 7 May 2016: Russia blocks UN statement on Syria airstrikes - 13 May 2016: UN Security Council expressed its outrage at recent attacks in Syria targeting civilians and medical facilities, stressing these actions may amount to war crimes, as the SNHR said that it had documented 23 massacres by regime and Russian forces, hundreds of barrel bomb attacks, that claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians, and the death of 26 detainees killed under torture in April - 14 May 2016: Assad regime and Russian forces stepped up airstrikes on rural Idlib, concentrated on populated areas and vital civilian facilities on Friday, killing 20 civilians and injuring at least 35 - 18 May 2016: The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office accuses the Assad regime of directly violating UN Security Council Resolution 2268 by seizing medical aid bound to civilians trapped in the besieged areas and preventing the evacuation of those in urgent need for treatment - 29 May: The number of Syrians living under siege has grown by some 75,000 to total 592,700, underscoring the worsening plight of civilians in the five-year war, the UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien tells the Security Council, saying that the use of siege and starvation as a weapon of war was 'reprehensible' and 'must stop immediately'
June 2016: 1 June 2016: Hospitals are now normal targets of war, Médecins Sans Frontières' Michiel Hofman says, describing permanent members of the UN security council as complicit in killings, after Russia blamed for new strikes which targeted two hospitals and other parts of Idlib city, killing scores - 2 juin 2016: Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU a condamné les trois récents tirs manqués de missiles balistiques effectués par la Corée du Nord - 14 June: Saudi Arabia-backed Syrian High Negotiations Committee's Agha slams Russia's attempts to postpone political transition, saying that the UN Security Council resolution 2254 has been ignored by Russia and rejected by the Assad regime - 21 June 2016: After Russian jets on Monday bombed the towns of Huraytan, Hayyan, Anadan, Kafar Hamra, Maaret Alartiq, Urm Alqubra, Messibin, Babees and Anjara in rural Aleppo, reportedly using cluster munitions and killing at least 21 civilians and injuring dozens more, Syrian Coalition calls for UN action to stop Russia’s use of banned weapons in Syria - 24 June 2016: 12 civilians were killed and dozens more injured in Aleppo in airstrikes by Russian jets, using internationally banned weapons, most notably incendiary and cluster munitions - 24 June 2016: Saudi Arabia-backed HNC urges UN to protect Syrian civilians from Russian incendiary bombs, as UN's Stephen O’Brien says that the use of barrel bombs in the Syrian conflict 'constitutes indiscriminate attacks' against civilians, adding that their sole purpose is 'to terrorize and punish the civilian population'
July 2016: 11 juillet 2016: 'Le Conseil de sécurité s'est reposé sur la bonne volonté des dirigeants du Soudan du Sud' et 'a brandi des menaces vides d'embargo sur les armes et de sanctions individuelles' et a ainsi échoué à empêcher les violences dans la crise au Soudan du Sud, selon Human Rights Watch - 11 juillet 2016: Le Conseil de sécurité a sollicité dimanche l'aide des pays de la région pour mettre fin aux combats au Soudan du Sud et leur a demandé en particulier de fournir des Casques bleus supplémentaires à sa mission dans le pays - 16 July 2016: Syrian Coalition calls for emergency UNSC meeting to address Assad’s military escalation and the dangerous deteriorating situation on the ground in Syria in particular in Aleppo and Daraya
August 2016: 2 August 2016: One year after the UN security council adopted a resolution that set a 12 month-deadline to identify the perpetrators of chlorine attacks in Syria, dozens injured in a chemical attack using a gas cylinder laced with chlorine and targeting the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province, which is under opposition control, and near where a Russian helicopter was shot down on Monday - 2 August 2016: Syrian Coalition demands UN action under chapter VII following Assad regime chlorine attacks on Saraqib in Idlib province - 4 August 2016: Daraya local council calls on the United Nations to immediately enforce provisions set out in international resolutions pertaining to the situation in besieged areas, as Assad helicopters drop Napalm-filled barrels on Daraya and the humanitarian situation deteriorates - 8 August 2016: As Syria’s Assad regime and Russian regime are carrying out daily airstrikes, MSF's Silvia Dallatomasina demands an immediate end to attacks on hospitals, pointing that four out of five UN security council members were participants in the war in Syria, after hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in rebel-held northern province of Idlib that specialized in pediatrics hit by series of airstrikes in broad daylight, leaving four staff and five children dead and injuring six other hospital staff members, and after UN said it had recorded 44 attacks on health facilities in Syria in July alone - 9 August 2016: UN Security Council warns Russia's proposed 'Safe Passages' are risky - 10 August 2016: Medical workers in Syrian liberated areas say that Russian and Assad regime air forces targeted around 36 medical facilities within the last 40 days in blatant violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2286 adopted on 3 May 2016, strongly condemning attacks on medical facilities and personnel - 10 August 2016: Alwaer residents appeal to UN as Assad regime tightens siege, violating UN resolutions - 12 August 2016: With 11 votes and four abstentions UN approves increase in peacekeeping force in South Sudan, as an additional 4,000 peacekeepers will be dispatched, making the total deployment 17,000 troops, that will be asked to take more 'proactive' measures to protect civilians - 16 August 2016: Over 100 barrel bombs hit Daraya in rural Damascus, some filled with napalm, as the local council callsd on the United Nations and international organizations to intervene immediately to stop the war crimes - 16 August 2016: Syrian Coalition's Bashar says that the UN has so far failed to enforce own resolutions passed on Syria, only offering flawed proposals - 17 August 2016: Assad regime and Russian terrorist air forces continue to brutally bomb Aleppo, Idlib and Daraya, killing over 400 civilians in the past week, using internationally banned weapons, most notably cluster bombs, vacuum bombs, napalm and barrel bombs - 18 August 2016: The injuring of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh 'is a daily fact of Russian and Syrian government airstrikes' and 'they take turns bombing civilians in Aleppo before the whole world', 'this child is a representative of millions of children in Syria and its cities', Aleppo-based journalist Mustafa al-Sarout says - UN World Humanitarian Day 19 August 2016 - 22 August 2016: 'I'm angry, very angry...this callous carnage that is Syria has long since moved from the cynical, to the sinful', UN's Stephen O'Brien tells the UN Security Council, adding that Aleppo is being bombed every day and has become 'the apex of horror' in 'the greatest crisis of our time', that 'you have the power with a pen - a simple pen stroke - to allow food to people' - 24 August 2016: Reports by independent human rights groups indicate that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons 136 times since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2118 on 27 September 2013, as Syrian Coalition calls upon the UN Security Council to re-open the file of the 2013 Ghouta Massacre and refer it to the ICC - 24 August 2016: International inquiry accuses Syrian Assad regime of using chemical weapons, setting the stage for a Security Council decision of the five veto-wielding powers over whether sanctions should be imposed, as the Syrian Coalition repeats its call for referring the chemical weapons dossier in Syria to the International Criminal Court - 26 August 2016: As Syrian Coalition's Nyrabiya urges UNSC to refer chemical attacks case to ICC, warning that blocking this move will encourage the culture of impunity prevalent in Syria and will give a green light to perpetrators to carry out more crimes using internationally banned weapons, USA permanent representative to the United Nations S. Power calls the use of chemicals 'a barbaric tool, repugnant to the conscience of mankind' and urges the UN to take 'strong and swift action' - 30 August: Syrian Coalition's letter to UN Secretary General on Assad regime’s use of the UN as a 'cover' for mass displacement aimed at bringing about a demographic change in Syria - 30/31 August 2016: Russian air force carried out dozens of airstrikes on Idlib city and its countryside, using internationally banned weapons, including napalm and white phosphorus
September 2016: 1 September 2016: Human Rights Watch calls on the UN Security Council to urgently impose sanctions on the Assad regime for chemical weapon attacks in Syria and refer the situation to the International Criminal Court - 3 September: Syrian Coalition sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General concerning the third report of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, calling for action against Assad - 6 septembre: L'ONU condamne les tirs nord-coréens - 8 September 2016: As chemical weapons watchdog chief says Aleppo gas attack disturbing, the UN Security Council is due to discuss a report by the UN and the watchdog group OPCW, blaming Assad regime forces for previous toxic gas attacks - 16 September 2016: UN-led international inquiry has identified two Syrian Assad regime air force helicopter squadrons and two other military units it holds responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians - 17 September: UN Security Council cancels meeting on Syria - 18 September: USA ambassador to the UN Samantha Power describes Russia’s call for an emergency closed-door security council meeting over an incident, that possibly killed through an error Assad regime military personnel, a 'stunt' that was 'uniquely cynical and hypocritical' as Russia had for years blocked UN punitive measures against the Syrian Assad regime and its perpetrators for the barrel bombing of civilian populations in rebel-held cities - 19 September 2016: At least eight civilians were killed and dozens more injured in Assad regime barrel bombs attacks on the southern Daraa province - 20 September 2016: USA blames Russia after UN aid convoy in Syria targeted by air attack and UN official says 'inexplicable' attack could amount to a war crime if bombing which killed aid workers proved to be deliberate - 20 September 2016: Red Cross president says attack on UN and Red Crescent convoy delivering supplies is unacceptable violation of international law and UN suspends all aid convoy movements in Syria after airstrike - 20 September: The UN said 18 of the trucks were damaged or destroyed and insisted that the damage to them had been caused by airstrikes, as bystanders at the scene of the attacks reported multiple airstrikes, and airstrikes in the area are realized only by Russian and Assad warplanes - 21 September 2016: Russian planes dropped bombs that destroyed UN aid convoy and killed at least 20 people in opposition-controlled Urem al-Kubra in Syria, according to USA officials also saying two Russian Sukhoi SU-24 warplanes were in the sky above the aid convoy at the precise time it was struck - 21 September: Speaking at UN Security Council meeting on Syria, USA secretary of state John Kerry accuses the Syrian Assad regime of dropping barrel bombs on children and bombing hospitals, adding that the council members know that these are flagrant violations of international law - 24 September: Syrian Coalition condemns the barbaric onslaught launched by the Assad regime and Russian forces on Aleppo, slamming the inaction of the international community and its failure to stop heinous crimes in Syria, despite promises and condemnations repeated again, again and again - 25 September 2016: UN security council to meet on Syria amid intense bombardment, appearing to include extremely powerful 'bunker buster' bombs, by Assad and Russian forces that left dozens dead and nearly 2 million without water in the city of Aleppo - 25 September: Russia accused of war crimes in Syria at UN security council session, as the ambassadors from the USA, Britain and France walk out of the council chamber in protest against Assad regime's Ja’afari and the regime's war crimes - 27 September 2016: Syrian photographer code-named Caesar wins 2017 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award for exposing torture in Assad’s prisons - 28 september 2016: As Unicef counts 96 children killed and 223 injured since Friday, the two largest hospitals in besieged eastern Aleppo, which serve a quarter of a million civilians, bombed out of service by Russian and Assad regime airforces, in what doctors describe as a catastrophic campaign that is testing the conscience of the world, giving account that 'children ... are coming to us as body parts' - 28 September 2016: Condemning Russian and Assad regime's attacks on the two largest hospitals in eastern Aleppo as 'war crimes', UN's Ban Ki-moon says that 'those using ever more destructive weapons know exactly what they are doing' - 29 September 2016: Daily life in Aleppo will descend into hell within a month under air strikes from the regime and its Russian ally, civil defense official Meshal warns - 29 September: UN's Stephen O’Brien asks the Security Council 'whether there is any level of disaster and death that can be visited upon the Syrian people that might prompt the parties to this conflict, and by extension the international community, to identify a red line that will not be crossed', as the UN itself has come under intense scrutiny in recent months, with aid organisations, human rights groups and NGOs accusing it of being too close to the Assad regime without scruple and its accomplices to murder - 30 September 2016: Syrian Coalition’s legal committee submits a memorandum to the UN Security Council on the genocidal war the Assad regime as well as its Russian and Iranian allies wage on Aleppo
October 2016: 1 October 2016: Syrian Coalition’s Michel Kilo says that the international community must deter Russian aggression on Syria, warning that Russia is drawing the world to the precipice of chaos and mayhem and that Russia’s actions threaten the creation of the same conditions Hitler’s policies created and which led to the breakout of World War II - 8 October 2016: UN to vote on rival Syria resolutions and likely veto both - 9 October 2016: French foreign minister Ayrault compares Aleppo's likely fate to Guernica during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, Srebrenica during the Bosnian war and the Chechen capital Grozny destroyed by the Russian army in the mid-1990s, saying 'it is the annihilation of Aleppo', declaring that the continued bombing by Russian and Assad forces will leave the city in ruins, a place where citizens will be left to their 'executioners', as Russian regime vetoes French-drafted UN Resolution demanding immediate halt to Aleppo bombing, and a number of ambassadors walked out, including the representatives of Britain, France, Ukraine, the USA, when Assad regime's UN ambassador Ja'afari started speaking - 11 October 2016: UN's Ban Ki-moon on Monday again asked the Security Council to formally request that the International Criminal Court ICC begin investigations of war crimes in Syria - 12 October: At least 62 countries signed a letter calling on the UN Security Council to prevent further deaths resulting from a 'calculated campaign' by the Assad regime and its allies on Aleppo - 13 October: New Zealand circulated to the 15-member UN Security Council a draft resolution that would demand an end to all attacks that kill civilians in Syria, particularly air strikes in Aleppo, just days after Russia vetoed a similar text - 14 octobre 2016: Le Royaume-Uni va présenter un projet de résolution au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU réclamant un cessez-le-feu immédiat au Yémen après le carnage perpétré dans la capitale Sanaa lors d'une cérémonie funéraire - 19 October 2016: Russian convoy of warships, including an aircraft carrier carrying fighter bombers, passes Britain on its way to Syria, monitored by governments and politicians, since nearly 6 years concerned about their discussion threads with brutal Russian, Iranian and Assad terrorists and not about the victims, where it is thought they will participate in a final assault on the besieged city of Aleppo, where children are coming as body parts to surviving doctors in out bombed hospitals - 21 October 2016: The Syrian Coalition and the Free Syrian Army say that the UN continues to ignore Russia’s crimes and its violations of international law in Syria - 22 October 2016: International inquiry has found Syrian Assad regime forces responsible for a third toxic gas attack in Qmenas in Idlib governorate on 16 March 2015, according to a fourth report submitted to the UN Security Council, after the third report by the inquiry in August blamed Assad for two chlorine attacks in Talmenes on 21 April 2014 and Sarmin on 16 March 2015, following Ghouta chemical attacks in August 2013 on opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus using chemical agent sarin, and after in September 2013 the USA Senate filed a resolution to authorize use of military force against Assad's military in response, averted when the murderous regime accepted a USA–Russian negotiated deal to turn over 'every single bit' of its chemical weapons stockpiles for destruction, but has in reality encouraged Assad to escalate his war against the Syrian people, to invite the Russian regime and its murderous military to join Assad's terrorism and to annihilate the Syrian democracy and any opposition against dictatorship - 27 October 2016: UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien calls the failure of the UN security council, and Russia in particular, to stop the bombing of eastern Aleppo and the mass killing of civilians 'our generation’s shame', as envoys from France,the UK and USA come to the UN’s defence against a Russian regime's envoy, who should not sit in New York but in The Hague's ICC for complicity, as Russian or Assad's warplanes in their recent terror attack kill at least 26 people, most of them schoolchildren, teachers and rescue workers, in Syria's Idlib - 27 October 2016: The USA directly accuses either Syria or Russia of being behind airstrikes that destroyed a school complex in Idlib province on Wednesday, as rescue workers describe details of the attack that levelled much of the area, killing almost 40 people, and as a doctor who treated many of the wounded says most of the dead were children aged six to 15 as well as female teachers, putting the number of injured at more than 100 and describing that many of the children who had arrived at the hospital had lost limbs - 28 October 2016: SOHR condemns the massacres committed by the Russian and Syrian warplanes against the Syrian citizens in Syria and in Idlib's Has, murdering in the recent school attack at least 37 civilians including 15 students, 4 teachers, 3 females, and a doctor, who died wounded after the aerial bombardment, as regime forces and allies are perpetuating their terror attacks on the towns of Safohin and al-Mozara in Idlib province and across the country, despite international condemnation, due to inactivity and complicity of some states, regimes and parties - 9 November 2016: As the Assad regime’s mass forced displacement operations, which amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Syrian Coalition's Mohammed Jojah criticizes the international community’s failure to take action against the regime’s policies, saying that apart from shy calls by some friendly countries to end the conflict, the international community has not yet assumed its responsibility to put an end to the crimes of the Assad regime and its allies - 16 November 2016: New report by human rights group SNHR claims Assad regime is responsible for the death of 188,729 civilians, over 90% of all victims from nearly six years of war in Syria, also saying that the responsibility for war crimes also moved just weeks after the outbreak of the popular uprising in Syria in 2011 to the international community, to take collective measures in accordance with Articles 41 and 42 of the UN charter, but did not lift a finger because of Russian and Chinese protection for the Syrian regime - 16 November 2016: Bringing the total number of hospitals targeted by Russian warplanes on Monday in Aleppo's countryside to three, Russian murderous air strikes are targeting and destroying the Baghdad hospital, killing and wounding dozens and burying others under the rubble, while civil defense forces are working to lift the rubble to save the survivors and remove the corpses - 16 November 2016: Canadian FM Stephane Dion welcomes Syrian opposition leader for talks as meetings are touching on ways to circumvent Russia's veto power at the UNSC in order to end the bloodshed of Syrian civilians - 18 November 2016: UN Security Council approved a one-year extension of an international inquiry to determine blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria - 19 November 2016: Syrian Coalition’s Bassam Abdullah says that the international community has a political, legal and moral responsibility to force the Assad regime and Russia to stop the horrific massacres they are committing in Syria - 21 November 2016: The Council of Free Aleppo Governorate calls upon the UN and human rights organizations to assume their responsibilities towards the protection of civilians in Aleppo from the fierce bombing campaign by the Assad regime and Russia forces - 21 November 2016: Assad's military commanders were involved in 'killing and injuring civilians' since 2011 with assaults on schools, hospitals and homes, says USA ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, reading out names and the military units to a meeting of the UN security council - 22 November 2016: Israeli activists launch awareness campaign to express their solidarity with the civilians in the face of a military escalation being carried out by Russia, Assad and his allied militias, calling for communal prayers on Jewish holiday for the 'hundreds of Syrians who are dying daily in Syria, men, women and children, while the world is silent' - 22 November 2016: Aleppo siege is 'war of extermination', a doctor in eastern Aleppo says, who was wounded earlier this month in an airstrike, adding that 'everything is being exterminated with the collusion of the United Nations, they all see and hear, but they will not answer, and they cannot stop this war machine' - 28 November 2016: Syrian Coalition urges international action to end Assad regime's siege of Al-Tal saying threat must not be ignored as Assad regime has already proven willingness to commit crimes of unimaginable proportions to achieve its goals - 29 November 2016: France calls for UN Security Council meeting over Aleppo saying 'we need to urgently put in place means to end the hostilities and to allow humanitarian aid to get through unhindered', as terror group Hezbollah and allied Iranian militants announce huge victory - 30 November: Syrian Coalition's letter to UN and UN Security Council presses for stopping Assad’s and Russia’s onslaught on Aleppo
December 2016: 1 December 2016: While UN's Stephen O’Brien tells an emergency session of the UN security council that Aleppo becoming 'one giant graveyard', the recent offensive by Assad regime forces, by Russian air power, Iranian ground forces, militia fighters from Iran, Iraq and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah hasn’t just cost the opposition two-thirds of their held areas, but also displaced more than 20,000 civilians and killed hundreds - 1 December: UN tightens sanctions on North Korea after largest nuclear test yet - 2 December 2016: As the Russian and Assad regime onslaught on Aleppo continues causing an untold humanitarian catastrophe, over 220 civil society organizations from 45 countries have issued a declaration saying that the UN Security Council has 'failed to uphold its responsibility to protect the Syrian people' - 3 December 2016: Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in many towns and cities across Syria to denounce the war crimes being committed by the Assad regime and Russia as well as the Iranian-backed foreign militias in Aleppo, also chanting slogans denouncing 'the international silence' over such crimes - 5 December 2016: 38 civilians confirmed dead including 5 children and 6 persons from the same family including a woman, by Russian airstrikes targeting the city of Maara al-Nuaman in Syria's Idlib province, rising the number of murdered civilians by aerial bombardment to 73 today - 6 December 2016: Syrian opposition calls on international community to shoulder its responsibility to end the bombardment and slaughter in Syria, especially Aleppo, and actively seek to deliver humanitarian aid, as Aleppo medics convert basements into operation rooms to evade airstrikes - 6 December: Syrian Coalition's Ghadbian condemns Russia’s vetoing UN Security Council resolution, drafted by New Zealand, Spain and Egypt, calling for the imposition of a 7-day cease-fire in Aleppo so that humanitarian aid could reach the city’s besieged eastern neighborhoods - 7 December 2016: Assad regime warplanes carried out dozens of air raids using vacuum bombs on the towns and villages of the Idlib countryside, killing six civilians and wounding 15, some of them seriously, as schools in Idlib province have suspended teaching after the regime and Russia’s deadly aerial campaign killed around 70 people, including many children, over the past four days, and as in Aleppo dozens of corpses are still in the streets from Shaar neighborhood, because the ambulances and rescue teams are not able to pull the corpses due to the murderous Russian and Assad's military operations - 8 December: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey issued a statement calling on the UN to hold an emergency special session of the General Assembly to end the Aleppo crisis, also condemning dealing with the Syrian crisis like it was an ordinary event, and critizising the international institution’s incapability to perform the tasks it was established for following World War II - 8 December 2016: Western diplomats have conceded that there are no technical obstacles to a plan to deliver airdrops of food and medicine to Aleppo using a GPS-guided parachute system, but the scheme has been stalled in the face of reluctance among military commanders and an absence of political will - 14 December 2016: 'Aleppo should represent the end of the quest for military victory, not the start of a broader military campaign in a country already ravaged beyond all recognition by five years of war', UN's Ban Ki-moon told an emergency meeting of the Security Council - 18 December: UN Security Council to vote Sunday on Aleppo observers, as thousands look to flee besieged areas of war-ravaged city, and as the Assad regime and Iran were trying to impose new conditions to the evacuation deal - 20 December: UN Security Council unanimously called for UN officials and others to observe the evacuation of people from eastern Aleppo and monitor the safety of civilians who remain in the rebel-held part of the city - 24 December 2016: Confusing the council with a delayed committee of the murderous Roman Empire, UN Security Council condemns Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, destroying the last remainder of UN's credibility, completely incapable to deal with proceeding war crimes against the Syrian people since 6 years - 24 December 2016: Rejecting UN Security Council's resolution which describes the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Western Wall as occupied territory and condemns Israel's settlement policy, Israel's PM Netanyahu says with the necessary clarity, that 'half a million Syrians are being slaughtered in Syria, tens of thousands are butchered in Sudan, the Middle East is up in flames, yet the Obama administration and the UN Security Council choose to set upon the only democracy in the Middle East', but forgets to mention his own recent meetings with war criminal Putin in Moscow, also encouraging the Russians, Iranians and Hezbollah to commit more war crimes - 28 December 2016: Israel’s absence at the UN General Assembly on resolution A/71/L.48 to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations and abuses in Syria since 2011, reportedly the result of 'a cynical deal' between Jerusalem and Moscow
January 2017: 2 January 2017: Syria clashes test fragile truce after UN Security Council approved a resolution supporting a Russian and Turkish initiative - 8/9 January 2017: Jerusalem terror attack by an Israeli Arab citizen, who rammed a truck deliberately into a group of Israeli soldiers disembarking from a bus in the Israeli settlement Armon Hanatziv Esplanade in Jerusalem, killing 4 and injuring 15, condemned by the UN Security Council, emphasizing 'need for those responsible for this reprehensible act of terrorism to be held accountable' - 9/10 January 2017: Syrian Coalition urges the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign militias from Syria and to require all parties to stop supporting or providing political and legal cover for the actions of these militias, violating the ceasefire agreement - 10 January 2017: At least 271 people, including 25 women and 34 children, reportedly killed as a result of 399 ceasefire breaches by the Assad regime and Iranian-backed militias since 29 December - 13 January 2017: UNSC urged on Thursday to discuss accountability for chemical weapons attacks in Syria - 14 January 2017: For the first time in a report published Friday, joint international team of investigators for the UN and the OPCW determined that Syrian regime's Bashar Assad and his brother Maher are suspected of being tied to several chemical weapons attacks carried out in the country in 2014 and 2015, according to a document seen by Reuters, as an ICC spokesman says, that 'the only way that (the) ICC would have jurisdiction over the situation would be through a referral by the Security Council' - 19 January: Syrian Coalition urges Russia to adopt resolution under Chapter VII to hold truce violators accountable - 27 January 2017: UN officials urged the UN Security Council to do more to ensure the delivery of life-saving aid to civilians in the besieged areas, as nearly 700,000 people still under siege across Syria and as Assad regime continues to block aid - 31 janvier 2017: Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU se réunira en urgence après un tir de missile iranien
February 2017: 1 February 2017: UN Security Council's representatives, including Russian regime's, express grave concern about the dangerous deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine and its severe impact on the local civilian population, also calling for an immediate return to a ceasefire regime, as the Trilateral Contact Group's representatives, including Russian regime's, will meet in Minsk today - 8 February 2017: Syrian Coalition’s Muhammed Jojah renews calls to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court and to hold the Assad regime accountable for war crimes, especially after further evidence on the scale of torture and murder perpetrated by the regime against civilian detainees has emerged in a rights group's report in February - 8 February 2017: UN reportedly 'horrified' about Amnesty’s report on Saydnaya prison - 14 February 2017: The Assad regime forces conducted coordinated chemical attacks in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during the final month of the battle for the city, according to Human Rights Watch - 15 February 2017: France calls on UN Security Council to respond over the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in Syria with a resolution that would punish those responsible for repeated attacks - 20 February: Russia is breaking promise to investigate civilian casualties of airstrikes in Syria, Human Rights Watch says - 23 February 2017: Human Rights Watch's official Whitson confirms Assad regime responsible for Sarin attack on Eastern Ghouta in 2013 - 24 February 2017: UN Security Council is likely to vote next week on a draft resolution proposing some sanctions on the Assad regime over the use of chemical weapons, but Russia is almost certain to veto the symbolic measures proposed by Britain, France and the USA, including a ban on the sale of more helicopters and a travel ban on 11 Assad regime officials
March 2017: 1 March 2017: France, UK and USA want sanctions on Syria's Assad regime over chemical weapon use, but Russia and China veto UN resolution - 6 March 2017: Call made for emergency UN security council meeting after North Korea's missile launches on Monday shocked international community - 15 March 2017: Syrian Coalition calls for an emergency UN Security Council session to discuss the serious findings of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria - 30 March 2017: Syrian Coalition slams Russia’s support for Assad as dozens killed in airstrikes in rural Idlib, saying that Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, is responsible for maintaining international peace and security and is obliged to respect the Syrian people
April 2017: 1 April 2017: Airstrikes hit a hospital supported by medical aid group in Latamnah in Hama province last week, killing two people, with evidence chemical weapons were used, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres - 4 April 2017: At least 35 people have been killed in a suspected chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun in the central province of Idlib, according to SOHR - 5 April 2017: Syrian opposition blames international community for allowing conditions for further attacks on civilians after reported chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, demanding to hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable and to take urgent action to protect civilians from the daily crimes committed against them since March 2011 - 5 April 2017: Warplanes thought to be Russian carried out heavy and concentrated airstrikes on rescue centers and medical facilities which were treating victims of the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Civil Defense in Idlib countryside says - 10/11 April 2017: Russian air force have intensified bombing raids on towns and villages in the provinces of Hama and Idlib in revenge attacks, causing dozens of civilian casualties and using internationally banned weapons - 12 April 2017: Using its veto power the eighth time to protect the Assad regime, Russian regime vetoed a UN draft resolution expressing the council’s full backing of OPCW's investigation and demanding the Assad regime's cooperation with the investigators of the sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhun in Syria's Idlib province - 13 April 2017: USA intercepted communications between Syrian military and chemical weapons experts discussing plans for Khan Sheikhun poison gas attack in Idlib province, according to USA media, citing an intelligence official, as samples taken from the chemical weapons attack in Syria last week tested positive for the nerve agent sarin by British delegation to OPCW and as OPCW's investigators are already testing samples from Khan Sheikhun deadly poison gas attack - 14 April 2017: Asking 'how long can the UN endure the shame of chemical attacks on Syrian citizens?', France's and UK's foreign ministers urge the international community to 'go further' in punishing those responsible for the chemical weapons attack in Syria on 4 April 2017 - 19 April 2017: Considering the situation in the Ukrainian Crimea, occupied by Russia, and Donbas, Ukraine’s delegation has called on the UN Security Council members to pay special attention to the observance of human rights on the temporarily territories
June 2017: 3 June 2017: UN Security Council expanded targeted sanctions against North Korea after its repeated missile tests, adopting the first such resolution agreed by the USA and North Korea's only major ally China - 17 June 2017: Syrian Coalition's Riad Seif sends letter to UN, international organizations and 26 countries to urge action to stop the brutal onslaught being waged by the Assad regime and its allies on Daraa and surrounding towns and villages
July 2017: 5 July 2017: UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on North Korea, after the regime had tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile, a new threat
August 2017: 5 August 2017: On the eve of Hiroshima Day and aimed at increasing economic pressure on North Korean regime to return to negotiations on its nuclear and missile programs, UN Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against the regime including a ban on coal and other exports totaling more than $1 billion, a huge bite in its total exports, valued at $3 billion last year - 7 August 2017: Carla Del Ponte resigns from UN’s independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, decrying Security Council inaction to hold criminals accountable in the war-battered country, saying 'for five years we’ve been running up against walls', 'the states in the Security Council don’t want justice' - 12 August 2017: Blaming Russia for blocking solution in Syria by using its repeated use of its veto power in the UN Security Council, Carla del Ponte held the council partly responsible for the continued tragedy in Syria as it has not yet put pressure on Putin regime - 14 August 2017: Enough evidence to convict Assad of war crimes, according to del Ponte, saying that 'the preparatory work has been done', but 'there is no prosecutor and no court' - 16 August 2017: UNSC discussed sending an instigative mission to determine responsibility for the April 4 sarin attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rural Idlib, as rights group SNHR issued its 27th report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria - 22 August 2017: Two shipments of North Korean chemical weapons bound for Syria's Assad regime and part of a Damascus-Pyongyang arms deal have reportedly been intercepted by UN member states in the past six months, as activities between Assad and North Korean regime under investigation includes Scud missile programs and surface-to-air missiles systems - 30 August 2017: UN strongly condemns the latest ballistic missile launch by the North Korean regime, which flew over Japan, as well as the series of launches that took place on 25 August
September 2017: 3 September 2017: The international community including the UN security council should react quickly and firmly to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, democratic countries demand - 4 September 2017: At an emergency session the USA urged the UN Security Council to impose the 'strongest possible measures' against North Korea in response to its sixth and most powerful nuclear test - 6 septembre 2017: Des enquêteurs de l’ONU ont indiqué pour la première fois que le régime de Damas était responsable de l’attaque au gaz sarin sur la localité de Khan Cheikhoun le 4 avril en Syrie, qui avait fait 87 morts - 11 September 2017: UN security council unanimously agrees new North Korea sanctions including ban on the country’s textile exports and capping imports of crude oil, after USA watered down initial tougher version to avoid veto by China - 29 September 2017: The Syrian opposition calls on the UN to act urgently to stop war crimes being committed by Syrian and Russian air forces, as warplanes continue to bomb towns and villages in the liberated areas
October 2017: 24 October 2017: The international community, especially the UN Security Council, is obliged to shoulder its responsibilities to put an end to the ongoing suffering of civilians in eastern Ghouta, Syrian Coalition says - 24/25 October 2017: After UN war crimes investigators said last month they had evidence that Assad regime's air force was behind the nerve gas attack in Khan Sheikhun murdering more than 87 people, Russian regime's veto puts an end to Syria chemical weapons probe, as USA Ambassador says Moscow again siding 'with the dictators and terrorists who use these weapons', as 11 countries back extending the mandate, Bolivia joins Russia in voting against and China and Kazakhstan abstain from the vote - 26 October 2017: Head of Amnesty International’s UN office Sherine Tadros says that the 'routine abuse of the veto has become the equivalent of a green light for war crimes' and that 'UN Secretary General as well as Security Council members can no longer idly stand by' - 26/27 October 2017: Syria’s Assad forces are responsible for the deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people in April, UN expert panel’s report says, as USA reaffirms Assad’s rule must end
November 2017: 8 novembre 2017: La Russie, soutien de Damas, s'est à nouveau opposée aux Occidentaux sur l'implication du régime syrien dans des attaques chimiques, lors d'une réunion mardi à l'ONU sur le mandat des enquêteurs internationaux chargés d'en désigner les auteurs - 9 November 2017: Facing 'the largest famine the world has seen for many decades', according to the UN, following Iranian-backed Houthi militia's 2015 coup d'état, UN Security Council reiterates the need for the Houthis and the anti-Houthi coalition 'to provide full, safe, rapid and unhindered access for humanitarian supplies and UN personnel to the population of all affected governorates, including by air, land and sea' - 13 November 2017: Roundly rejecting Russian aspersions against the task force, Israel endorses a UN watchdog report on Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons, saying it 'unequivocally' proves Assad used poison gas and must therefore be punished by the international community - 17 November 2017: In response to Russia’s vetoing of the draft resolution calling for the extension of the mandate for the UN-OPCW investigation panel, Syrian Coalition’s Ahmad Ramadan says 'it is a disgraceful day in the history of humanity that the UN Security Council failed once again to redress thousands of victims of chemical weapons in Syria or hold war criminals accountable' - 18 novembre 2017: La Russie a opposé vendredi un deuxième veto en deux jours contre une résolution présentée devant le Conseil de sécurité, qui visait à renouveler de 30 jours le mandat de la commission d'enquête sur l'utilisation d'armes chimiques en Syrie, un message clair que Moscou n'accorde aucune importance aux victimes des attaques chimiques en Syrie, selon Mme Haley - 23 November 2017: After refusing to back extension of investigative mechanism that blamed Assad for April attack, Russian regime declares 'death' of body probing Syria chemical attacks, saying it will only discuss replacing expert panel, fearing itself investigation after Putin-Assad coalition committed war crimes in Syria, among others during aerial bombing campaign of opposition-controlled territory in Aleppo in 2016 - 29 November 2017: UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday afternoon at the request of Japan, South Korea and the USA following the launch of North Korean nuclear-capable intercontinental missile
December 2017: 1 December 2017: Remnants of four ballistic missiles fired into Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthi rebels from May to November 2017 appear to have been designed and manufactured by Iranian regime, despite regime denying it supplies Houthis, a confidential report by United Nations sanctions monitors said, bolstering a push by the USA to punish the Tehran government - 2 décembre 2017: Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU se réunira le 15 décembre pour évoquer le programme d'armement de la Corée du Nord, une autre réunion prévue le 11 décembre sera consacrée aux violations des droits de l'homme du régime de Pyongyang
15/23 December 2017: 15 décembre 2017: Autorisée par l’ONU, la Russie s’apprête à livrer des armes à la Centrafrique, malgré l’embargo imposé au pays depuis 2013 - 23 décembre 2017: La Russie a obtenu du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU une exemption à l’embargo sur les armes imposé à la Centrafrique - Since 2014 Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organisation and Putin-linked military company, whose contractors take part in various conflicts, including operations in Assad's war against the Syrian people, in the War in Donbass against the Ukrainian people and since 2017/2018 in the Central African Republic
Since 18/19 December 2017: 18/19 December 2017: USA vetoes a UN Security Council draft resolution condemning the USA's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as Ambassador Haley defends USA's sovereignty and explains the honest and courageous recognition of reality, also noting that the USA has given more than $5 billion to the Palestinians since 1994, more than any other country, as Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu thanks the USA for vetoing the resolution, saying 'truth defeated lies' - 23 December 2017: UN Security Council slapped new sanctions on North Korean regime that will restrict oil supplies vital for its missile and nuclear programs, also ordering North Korean workers abroad back home and a crackdown on smuggling, after latest regime's ballistic missile launch - 23 December 2017: UN Security Council condemns this week’s ballistic missile attack by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen against Saudi Arabia’s capital 'in the strongest possible terms', calling on Houthis to cease announced further attacks and urging implementation of arms embargo on group - 30 décembre 2017: Des navires russes ont fourni ces derniers mois des produits pétroliers à la Corée du Nord au moins à trois reprises en octobre et en novembre, en violation des dispositions adoptées à l'ONU - 31 December 2017: North Korean regime vows to press on with nuclear agenda as Russian regime denies trade violations
January 2018: 5 January 2018: After the USA asked the council to show support for anti-regime protesters, UN Security Council to meet on 2017/2018 Iranian protests - 5 January 2018: UN Security Council discusses deadly protests across Iran, told about rising poverty after the Iranian regime had spent $6 billion every year propping up the regime in Syria, as Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi urges USA and the international community to support the nationwide protests in Iran with sanctions, but not economic measures that could hit the general population - 6 January 2018: During 2017 129 massacres were committed by Assad regime forces, 83 by the Russian forces, and 113 by the international coalition forces, according to SNHR, calling on the UN to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court and stop blocking the UN resolutions - 12 January 2018: Iran has violated a UN arms embargo by failing to block supplies to Yemen's Houthi rebels of ballistic missiles that were fired at Saudi Arabia, according to a UN experts' report - 19 January 2018: In the eighth year of Assad's Iranian-Russian backed war against the Syrian people, UN's Guterres renews calls for revival of Syria chemical weapons probe to punish those responsible, adding that the use of chemical weapons in Syria had challenged the 'global taboo' against these weapons of mass destruction - 23 January 2018: UN-Security Council discussed Turkey's aggression against Kurds in Syria and the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country, but did not condemn or demand an end to the Turkish military operation, as USA's ambassador Nikki Haley did not attend the meeting - 27 January 2018: UN's Antonio Guterres is again calling on the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Criminal Court, pointing to 'serious violations' including blocking aid deliveries and medical care to millions
February 2018: 2 February 2018: Between 2012 and 2017 North Korea has supplied weapons to Syria and Myanmar, according to a confidential report by independent UN monitors which also said Pyongyang's regime violated UN sanctions to earn nearly $200m in 2017 and ballistic missile and chemical weapons programmes may have benefited - 6 February 2018: The UN Security Council failed to adapt a resolution to stop such attacks or to adopt a draft resolution on the use of chemical weapons, as ferocious onslaught by the Assad regime forces and Iranian militias backed by the Russian air force continues to target civilians in many parts across Syria, and as UN's Panos Moumtzis says 'We can no longer stay silent', calling for a one-month ceasefire to ease an 'extreme situation' that 'we haven’t seen before' at any point during the war, which is soon to enter its eighth year - 9 February 2018: Damascus provincial council called upon the UN Security Council to take action to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the suburb of eastern Ghouta and put an end to the Assad regime's relentless bombardment of civilians - 9 February 2018: As many as 45 local non-government aid groups have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the systematic targeting of health facilities by the Assad regime forces and their allies - 9 February 2018: The suffering in Syria grows and the world turns away, the British 'Guardian' says, as the UN warns of unprecedented levels of suffering in the country that has already witnessed so many crimes and such desperation in 7 years, but as its calls for a ceasefire are ignored - 10 février 2018: Suède et Koweit tentent de faire examiner par le Conseil de sécurité une résolution visant une trêve d'un mois à des fins humanitaires, mais le régime russie, alliée du régime d'Assad, a de manière répétée bloqué toute initiative du Conseil qui viserait Assad - 13 February 2018: UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says 'that we are witnessing (in Syria) some of the worst fighting of the entire conflict, with reports of hundreds of civilian deaths and injuries, massive displacement and the destruction of civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities' and that 'history will record failure to stop the fighting and will lay the blame on those responsible' - 14 February 2018: UN once again calls for Syria cease-fire, as UN's 'Deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis' Rajasingham says it is 'very possible' - 16 February 2018: Amid military escalation by the Assad regime and its allies in many parts across Syria, described by the UN as the worst throughout the course of Assad's war in Syria, Sweden and Kuwait presented a revised draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire, revised to obtain backing by Russian war criminals - 16 February 2018: Russia bombs seventh hospital in Syria in 2 weeks in the village of Hass in Idlib province - 21 February 2018: Fears and outrage over bloodshed in Syria, also described as a 'hell on earth' by the UN, but once again no action of the UN disabled by the Russian perpetrator (11 vetoes), China and others, as families in Ghouta take to basements in attempt to survive, and as Ghouta's desperate civilians say they've been abandoned to their fate with aid groups denied access to the devastated Syrian enclave - 23 February 2018: As Assad regime and Russian war criminals are destroying eastern Ghouta's healthcare, systematically targeting hospitals, and as Médecins Sans Frontières say 13 hospitals it supported had been destroyed or damaged in the past three days alone, Russian Putin regime blocks UN resolution on eastern Ghouta ceasefire - 23 February 2018: After 5 days of massacres which left about 2,550 civilian casualties and wounded, the escalation continues on the Eastern Ghouta by the Assad regime and its allies - 24 February 2018: Over 400 people killed and 1,000 injured as UNSC fails to stop carnage in Eastern Ghouta, according to UN, as SOHR reports about 520 civilian casualties and more than 2,500 wounded in the vicious attack on the Eastern Ghouta - 24 February 2018: Blocked by Russian perpetrators, UN Security Council once again delayed a vote on demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to Saturday at noon, as USA's ambassador asks 'how many more people will die before the Security Council agrees to take up this vote', as Syrian Coalition calls for preventing Russian perpetrators from voting on Syria-related resolutions at UN Security Council, and as deaths mount in Syria - 24 February 2018: Syrian teenager tweeting the horror of life in Ghouta - 24 février 2018: Les bombes du régime syrien ont encore frappé la Ghouta orientale dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, 21 civils sont morts - 24 February 2018: UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria 'without delay' to deliver humanitarian aid to millions and evacuate the critically ill and wounded, after many countries have been pressing for immediate UN action as deaths mount in an Assad bombing campaign in eastern Ghouta and as USA's Nikki Haley was sharply critical of Russian regime for delaying the vote, saying it cost lives - 25 February 2018: New regime strikes hit Eastern Ghouta on Sunday despite UN Security Council demand for a ceasefire, as residents doubt Security Council resolution will be implemented, while UN diplomats say it was 'watered down' to avoid Russia veto - 25 February 2018: Iranian and Syrian Assad regime will continue attacks on Damascus suburbs despite February 2018 UN resolution demanding a 30-day truce across Syria - 26 February 2018: The wording of UNSC resolution let Russia resume bombing within hours, sidelining the UN as a decision maker and setting up Putin and his military as ultimate arbiters of who gets fed, or killed - 27 February 2018: Russian regime ordered a daily five-hour 'humanitarian pause' in the besieged eastern Ghouta, effectively replacing UN security council resolution that had demanded a month-long ceasefire in the embattled region, replaced by a choice of forced displacement and decline or being killed in Russian-backed bombardment and siege - 27 February 2018: Russian Putin regime vetoed a British-drafted UN resolution that promised action against violations of a UN arms embargo on Yemen and pointed to a report by experts that cited Iran as a violator, as the vote was 11 in favor, Russia and Bolivia opposed, and China and Kazakhstan abstaining, as 17 million people in Yemen, 60% of the total population, are in need of food aid, of whom seven million are on the brink of famine - 28 February 2018: USA and three European allies condemned Iran, after the UN found Iranian regime had violated the arms embargo on Yemen by failing to block supplies of missiles and drones to Houthi rebels, but Russia vetoed British-drafted resolution
March 2018: 1 March 2018: Speaking at a monthly Security Council meeting devoted to the Syrian conflict, UN under secretary general for humanitarian affairs Mark Lowcock says there has been no access for humanitarian convoys, nor authorization by the regime to go into the besieged areas, nor medical evacuations, on the contrary, the bombings have continued, and deaths and wounded have mounted, since the Security Council resolution was passed - 5 March 2018: USA slams Russia, Iran over 'brutal’ assault on Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, accusing them of killing 'innocent civilians under the false auspices of counterterrorism operations', as shelter still withhold by the international community and homemade shelters are tombs for the living - 5 March 2018: Residents in the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta have begun using UN aid bags as shrouds for children killed in the devastating bombardment by the Assad regime to express their frustration over the organization's inaction - 9 mars 2018: 'Le Conseil de sécurité a échoué à l'égard du peuple syrien' en raison d'oppositions de la Russie, selon l'ambassadeur britannique adjoint à l'ONU Jonathan Allen - 10 March 2018: UN aid barely suffices 25% of eastern Ghouta residents as Syrian Coalition reiterates calls for implementation of UNSC resolution 2401 - 10 March 2018: Terrifying escalation in the death toll of the Eastern Ghouta raises it to about 1,100 civilian casualties, including 227 children and 154 women, killed by aerial, rocket and artillery shelling, more than half of them since UNSC resolution, and 4,378 wounded citizens, including hundreds of children and women - 12 March 2018: Following repeated violations by the Syrian regime of the previous ceasefire resolution passed a fortnight ago, the USA demands to end chemical attacks and 'inhuman suffering', as it proposes a new binding resolution imposing an immediate 30-day ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta and signals readiness to act unilaterally, as when it attacked airbase last year - 14 March 2018: The UK has called for an urgent meeting of the UN security council to update council members on the investigation into the 'Novichok' nerve agent attack in Salisbury - 15 March 2018: Describing a pattern of Russian regime's behavior and calling to take action, allies back UK at UN security council and condemn Russia, as the Russian regime, denying known facts and Russian chemist Vil Mirzayanov's evidence of novichok, claims that it never made or even researched novichok nerve agents, and laughs at the victims suggesting that the British government might have carried out the attack itself in an effort to 'tarnish' Russia ahead of the football World Cup this summer, as attacked people are fighting for their lives, once again also in British hospitals - 16 March 2018: Tens of Russian airstrikes target the southern section of the Eastern Ghouta leaving 10 casualties and tens of wounded in Saqba - 17 March 2018: Air strikes by Assad regime and Russian jets on Eastern Ghouta killed at least 30 civilians on Saturday, according to SOHR, as rights group slams seven years of 'catastrophic failure' of the international community in Syria - France and Britain urge UNSC to enforce resolution 2401, warning of massacres in eastern Ghouta - 17 March 2018: Doctors and civil leaders among signatories to open letter to the UN, demanding action to stop massacre by Russian-backed Assad forces - 20 March 2018: Syrian Coalition calls for sending urgent commission of inquiry to eastern Ghouta - 20 March 2018: At least 738 civilians, including 116 children killed by the Assad and Russian forces in eastern Ghouta since adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2401, according to SNHR and SOHR - 20 March 2018: Russian warplanes reportedly hit a school basement in eastern Ghouta, killing at least 15 children, as in New York the UN human rights chief was blocked from addressing the Security Council on the carnage in Syria - 22 March 2018: Syrian Coalition sends letter to UK urging action against use of chemical weapons stressing that the failure of the international community had encouraged the use of chemical weapons on both Syrian and British territory - 22 March 2018: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights al-Hussein calls on the UN Security Council to refer human rights violations being committed by the Assad regime and its allied militias in Syria to the International Criminal Court ICC - 22 March 2018: Syrian Coalition calls on international community to hold Russia and Assad regime accountable for their crimes - 26 March 2018: Syrian Coalition's Mohammed Yahya Maktabi said that the mass forced displacement taking place in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta is a 'war crime' as he condemned Russian’s major role in these crimes, adding that regime forces, the Iranian militias, and Russian air force are killing civilians, targeting popular markets, residential areas and public facilities and bombing hospitals, medical centers, and rescue workers - 26 March 2018: The UN has come under fire for sharing the coordinates of hospitals in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with Russia, only for one of them to be bombed days later killing at least one patient by what medics suspected to be a 'bunker-buster' bomb, according to 'The Telegraph' - 26 March 2018: 871 civilians killed in eastern Ghouta since adoption of UN-security council resolution 2401, according to SNHR - 30 March 2018: The International community and the UN failed to solve humanitarian crises in Syria and other countries, outgoing UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said Friday - 31 March 2018: Despite fierce opposition by Israel and the USA, and requests to postpone the meeting until after the Passover holiday, the UN Security Council convenes during the Passover Seder to discuss the situation in Gaza and renewed deadly Gaza-Israel border clashes, as Israeli army says fatalities include Hamas gunmen trying to breach fence and warns of further escalation amid an already-disastrous humanitarian situation worsened after the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority refused to pay for Gaza’s electricity, in part to press it’s political rival Hamas to loosen control of the area
April 2018: 1 April 2018: USA blocks UN resolution condemning Israel for deaths in Gaza clashes, as Israeli military on Saturday night identified 10 of the 16 people reported killed during violent protests along the Gaza security fence as members of Palestinian terrorist groups, and published a list of their names and positions in the organizations, also saying it only shot at protesters charging Gaza border
7 April 2018 Douma chemical attack: International reactions to the 7 April 2018 Douma chemical attack - 11 April 2018: 'The number of dead bodies that can be established through open source data is 34+', and 'aircraft spotters reported two Mi-8 Hip helicopters heading southwest from Dumayr Airbase, in the direction of Douma, 30 minutes before the chemical attack in Douma, and two Hip helicopters were observed above Douma shortly before the attack' according to Bellingcat Investigation team
Since 8 April 2018: 8 April 2018: Israeli officials on Sunday called on the international community to intervene in Syria, where the Russian-backed Assad regime killed dozens in a chemical attack in Douma and a series of airstrikes over the weekend, according to rescuers and medics, as USA State Departement said that 'the Assad regime and its backers must be held accountable and any further attacks prevented immediately', adding that 'Russia ... ultimately bears responsibility for these brutal attacks' - 8 April 2018: Aid workers and local medics have described apocalyptic scenes in the besieged city of Douma, the site of a chemical attack that has killed at least 42 people, as they scrambled to save the survivors of the latest atrocity in Syria, as Haaretz' Anshel Pfeffer describes how the West failed to prevent one Syrian chemical attack after another, saying that in the history of war, no war crime has been so well documented and so predictable to those who had it in their power to prevent it from recurring - 8 April 2018: 'What’s happening in Syria is genocide of women and children in its cruelest form, using weapons of mass destruction', Israeli chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says in a statement, adding that 'we have a moral obligation not to keep quiet and to try and stop this massacre' - 8 April 2018: France and eight countries seek urgent UN Security Council meet on Syria - 9/10 April 2018: As Israeli government says that Syrian chemical attack is a 'crime against humanity’, the UK ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce, calls on the security council to conduct a thorough investigation of the alleged chemical weapons attack, demanding that Russia must uphold the chemical weapons convention, UK's Theresa May condemns 'barbaric' targeting of civilians, saying Bashar al-Assad and his Russian backers must be held to account if found responsible for the chemical attack on Douma, and USA's Trump to decide on USA response to gas attack 'within 48 hours' - 10/11 April 2018: After UN clash with Russian regime, USA readies response to Syria attacks, consulting with international allies on possible joint military response - 12 April 2018: Israel ambassador to the UN Danny Danon accompanied a group of fellow diplomats to the world body in participating in the March of the Living on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day visiting the death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, telling fellow ambassadors that the 'international community must act with determination to ensure that such things never happen again', and warned of 'rising anti-Semitism’ - 13 April 2018: UN Security Council met for the fourth time this week over the gas attack by Assad forces on Douma, which killed dozens of people
14 April 2018 allied military strikes against Assad's chemical weapons: 14 April 2018 allied military strikes, involving manned aircraft and ship-based missiles, against multiple Assad regime sites in Syria - 14 April 2018: Following UN's failure since 2011 to stop and to take action against Assad's, Iranin and Russian war crimes, France, United Kingdom and USA take part in strikes on targets associated with chemical weapons in the wake of gas attack on Douma
14 April 2018: Russian regime has been defeated in its bid to have the USA, France and UK airstrikes condemned in the UN security council with 8 countries voting against, and 4 abstentions of Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Peru and Equitorial Guinea, confirming how isolated Putin has become on the Syrian issue - 14 April 2018: Widespread support for allied military strikes against Assad regime, as European Union and NATO, Australia, Canada, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey immediately voiced support - 14 April 2018: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says all NATO allies have expressed their full support for last night's military actions to degrade the Syrian regime's chemical weapons capability
15/16 April 2018: 15 April 2018: Britain, France and the USA have launched a new bid at the UN to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria in the missile strikes against Assad’s regime, also calling for unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid, enforcement of a ceasefire and a demand that Syria engage in UN-led peace talk - 16 April 2018: Pressure grows on Russia to stop protecting Assad’s regime, as USA, UK and France press for inquiry into its use of chemical weapons and as UN security council’s 15 members will meet on Monday to discuss a call for a wider push to eliminate the covert Syrian regime stockpiles
18 April: 18 April 2018: OPCW's international chemical weapons inspectors were not able to go into the town of Douma in eastern Ghouta on Wednesday, a UN source in Syria told Reuters, as the USA, UK and France earlier accused Russian and Assad's regime of trying to tamper with the evidence in site of the crime
24/25 April 2018: 24 April 2018: After 7 years of Assad's Iranian and Russian backed war against the Syrian people, Western nations want to end the years-long paralysis at the UN over Syria by referring the issue of chemical weapons use to the entire UN general assembly, where Russia’s security council veto would not apply - 25 April 2018: Head of the UN’s humanitarian task force for Syria Jan Egeland warns Idlib could be next Syrian disaster zone in 'marathon of pain', now lasting 'two years longer than the second world war'
May 2018: 5 May 2018: Proposed UN security council statement expressing 'serious concern' about Abbas’s anti-Semitic remarks that Holocaust was not caused by anti-Semitism but rather by Jews’ 'social behavior', rejected by Kuwait arguing that Abbas had already apologized and that it was one-sided, and fails to win UN backing - 11 May 2018: Israel demands UN condemn Iran barrage as Novichok/Sarin-Guterres calls for calm and Iranian regime revenews threats to destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa - 14 May 2018: Iran is funding Hamas’s campaign to promote violence and attacks against Israel under the cover of mass demonstrations at Gaza border, keeping its own gunmen back ready to enter Israel if fence is breached to carry out terror attacks, the Shin Bet security service says releasing findings of interrogations of suspects - 15 May 2018: USA blocks UN Security Council call for probe of Gaza deaths and UN statement that would have expressed 'outrage at killing of Palestinian civilians exercising their right to peaceful protest', as Israel blames Hamas for the deadly violence, saying the terror group had encouraged and led the protests, which included attacks on Israeli troops and attempts to breach the border fence - 17 May 2018: Hamas co-founder al-Zahar admits 'we are deceiving the public’ about peaceful Gaza border protests, saying in an interview that 'this is not peaceful resistance', the option of armed struggle 'is growing and developing', 'this is a peaceful resistance bolstered by a military force and by security agencies' - 22 May 2018: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees UNRWA says that the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus lies today in ruins, with hardly a single building that has not been destroyed or damaged - Foreign involvement and support for Assad's war against the Syrian people by the Russian and the Iran regime, allied with Hezbollah and Hamas - 30 May 2018: The UN Security Council will meet Wednesday at the request of the USA to discuss Palestinian militants' rocket and mortar attacks on Israel, as Israeli army says some rockets, mortars fired from Gaza in recent attacks were made in Iran - 31 May 2018: USA blasts Security Council as measure condemning Hamas' rocket attacks on Israel blocked
June 2018: 1 June 2018: The UN Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution presented by the USA that would give warring sides in South Sudan until June 30 to end fighting or face possible sanctions - 1 June 2018: China, France and Russia were among the countries that voted in favor of the draft put forward by anti-Israel Kuwait, four countries, Ethiopia, the UK, the Netherlands and Poland abstained, and the USA opposed, bringing its own proposal condemning Hamas for its role in the escalation of violence in Gaza in the last two months, that also failed - 6 June 2018: UN Security Council condemns continuous violations of the ceasefire regime, especially the use of heavy weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements, reaffirming its full support for resolution 2166 on the downing of flight MH17 - 9 June 2018: Israel has appealed to the UN to intervene in southern Lebanon, saying that the Palestinian terror group Hamas is working with Hezbollah to establish missile factories and camps to train thousands of fighters there, adding that 'Hamas is tightening its ties with Hezbollah with the blessing and support of Iran, which is working to entrench its own forces also on Lebanese soil' - 15 June 2018: UN security council has rejected a move to demand an immediate end to the fighting around the strategic Yemeni port of Hodeidah, with the USA and UK both voicing opposition to the text introduced by Sweden - 27 June 2018: Syrian Negotiations Commission calls for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the war crimes being committed by the Assad regime and its allies in the province of Dara’a, demanding an immediate cessation of military operations as they violate international resolutions on Syria - 29 June 2018: Number of displaced triples to 160,000 during Assad's and Russian assault in south Syria, according to UNHCR - 29 June 2018: Assad and Russian airstrikes pounded rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria on Thursday, killing at least 17 civilians in an underground shelter and driving thousands more from their homes, as displaced people protest near the Israeli border demanding international protection
July 2018: 4 July 2018: The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting after Jordan and Israel refuse to take in some 300,000 Syrians who have been displaced by Russian-backed bombings in Daraa province - 4/5 July 2018: Fears are mounting about the safety of more than 270,000 civilians who have fled recent Russian-backed offensive in southern Syria, with aid groups and local doctors issuing urgent appeals for people stranded in the desert without shelter, also worrying about insects and scorpions that come at night - 5 July 2018: Waves of air strikes pounded southern Syria on Thursday as Russian-backed regime forces with hundreds of missiles and barrel bombs launched their most intensive murderous bombing campaign yet in the two-week-old offensive in Daraa province - 5 July 2018: As UN's Security Council as a whole - except Russia - has shown a 'strong unity' to denounce the ongoing military offensive in southwest Syria and its humanitarian consequences, Russian regime blocks Council statement, after there has been a fruitless push to persuade the regime to accept a declaration based on the need to deliver humanitarian aid - 6 July 2018: Held in parallel with relentless Russian airstrikes on the town of Saida in eastern rural Dara’a resulting in the death of civilians including children, UN Security Council once again failed to stop the carnage civilians in Syria by the Assad regime forces and their allies, according to Syrian Coalition's Badr Jamous, saying that the indifference being shown by the international would remain a dark stain on humanity's conscience - 18 July 2018: Dozens of civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in Assad regime and Russian airstrikes on border villages in Syria's provinces of Quneitra and Daraa in the past 24 hours, as UN-Security Council remains silent - 19 July 2018: Continuing Russian and Iranian-backed terror attacks, Assad regime forces shell places and carry out raids on areas in Daraa province, amid aerial bombardments by helicopters and warplanes, and in Hama province - 21 July 2018: After massacres of 26 civilian casualties, including 11 children, Russian warplanes continue to destroy and incinerate Yarmouk Basin area in Daraa province
28 July 2018: 28 July 2018: Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, told the UN Security Council that the first quarter of 2018 saw a 348% increase in killing and maiming of children in Syria compared to the previous quarter, also saying that over 100 attacks on hospitals and medical facilities or personnel have been verified since the beginning of 2018, as Guterres supports Assad's regime and therefore Assad's, Russian and Iranian war crimes
August 2018: 1 August 2018: SNHR said that the collapse of the 'de-escalation zones' agreement in southern Syria was another failure of the UN Security Council as it failed to maintain security and peace in the war-torn country, saying that at least 281 civilians, including 84 children and 63 women, were killed in the offensive the Assad regime and Russia launched in southern Syria - 4 August 2018: North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes and is violating UN sanctions, according to UN report, also saying that North Korean regime continues military cooperation with Syria's Assad regime - 18 August 2018: In a joint letter to the UN signed by Qatar and Liechtenstein on behalf of 41 countries, including the USA, the UK, Spain, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Morocco, Mexico, Austria, Italy, Turkey, France, Canada, and the Netherlands, about the Assad regime’s recent issuance of thousands of death notices for detainees who died under torture in its prisons, condemning the Assad regime's systematic violations, torture and execution of detainee - 27 August 2018: SNHR says in a new report that the UN Security Council is still ‘dead’ despite the compelling evidence about the Assad regime’s responsibility for enforced disappearance in Syria - 31 August 2018: Russia has blocked the publication of a UN report on the implementation of sanctions against North Korea, which AFP obtained a copy of earlier this month, listing violations of a ban on North Korean exports of coal, iron, seafood and other products that generate millions of dollars in revenue for Kim Jong Un's regime
September 2018: 5/6 September 2018: Two Russian nationals Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov named and charged by British police and prosecutors over the novichok poisoning of Sergei and Julia Skripal in March in Salisbury, as Britain to lay out case against Russian regime at UN with PM Theresa May saying suspects were GRU officers, pointing to Putin, explicitly blamed by security minister Ben Wallace - 6 September 2018: Russia has come under a sustained barrage of almost universal condemnation as nations lined up at the UN security council to decry its role in the Salisbury chemical weapons attacks - 6 September 2018: In a joint statement with the UK, Canada, France, Germany and the USA reiterate their outrage at the use of a chemical nerve agent, known as Novichok, in Salisbury on 4 March, having full confidence in the British assessment that the two suspects were officers from the Russian military intelligence servic and that their operation was almost certainly approved at a senior government level
14 September 2018: USA calls UN Meeting on efforts by some countries 'to undermine and obstruct' sanctions against North Korea, after USA's ambassador accused Russian regime on Thursday of pressuring an independent panel of UN experts to alter a report on North Korea sanctions - 17 September 2018: At UN, USA accuses Russian Putin regime of 'cheating' on North Korea sanctions, citing 'evidence of consistent and wide-ranging Russian violations'
October 2018: 29 October 2018: SNHR called on the UN Security Council to put forward a recommendation to the UN General Assembly to suspend the membership of the Assad regime in response to the atrocious crimes and violations it has been committing against the Syrian people over the past seven years
November 2918: 14 November 2018: Security Council meeting ends with no action, as UN debates Gaza violence and Israel envoy sounds rocket siren - 26 November 2018: UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Russian aggression near Kerch Strait - 29 November 2018: Facing war, famine and cholera, Yemen ceasefire resolution blocked at UN, after the USA and other member states argued that the resolution should be delayed until the start of planned peace talks between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels in Stockholm, which UN's Martin Griffiths hopes to broker at some point between 3 and 13 December 2018 4 years since Houthi's coup d'état 2014–15
December 2018: 4 December 2018: The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday at the request of France and Britain to discuss resolution calling on Iranian regime to refrain from testing missiles capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, after they accused the regime of test-firing respective medium-range missile - 14 December 2018: Russia and China abstain on UN Central African Republic vote to extend peacekeeping mission - 20 December 2018: The USA is demanding that UN resolution on Yemen ceasefire contains reference to Iran’s role in arming the Houthis, a proposal that has led to Russian threats to veto it - 20 December 2018: UN fails to take action against Hezbollah terror tunnels, but several Security Council members join Israel in condemning Lebanese terrorist group for tunneling under the border
16 January 2019: 16 January 2019: UN trying to prevent the collapse of the ceasefire agreement in Yemen by endorsing a fresh security council resolution urgently increasing the number of monitors overseeing the deal in Hodeidah
19 January 2019: 19 January 2019: Illegally shipped Iranian fuel financing Yemen Houthi rebels' war, UN report finds - 23 January 2019: UN envoy to the Mideast Nikolay Mladenov tells Security Council that international forces are being prevented from inspecting the source of the Hezbollah cross-border tunnels uncovered by Israel, protesting Lebanon not giving peacekeepers access - 23 January 2019: Assad regime's envoy to the UN warned Tuesday that if the world body did not halt Israeli strikes on his country, the regime would retaliate with an attack on Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv
March 2019: 4 March 2019: Syrian Coalition demands accountability for chemical weapons attack launched against civilians in eastern Ghouta's Douma in the spring of 2018 - 8 March 2019: USA urges UN to toughen restrictions on Iran over missile tests - 11 March 2019: UN experts are investigating possible violations of UN sanctions on North Korea in about 20 countries, from alleged clandestine nuclear procurement in China to arms brokering in Syria and military cooperation with Iran, Libya and Sudan - 26 March 2019: UN envoy for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov urged the Security Council to condemn the 'continued indiscriminate firing of rockets by Hamas towards Israel' - 28 March 2019: USA slammed at UN Security Council for recognizing Golan as Israeli, as USA says it wants peacekeepers to stay
April 2019: 2 April 2019: Britain, France and Germany accused Iran of developing missile technology in contravention of a UN resolution, drawing attention to regime’s ballistic missile efforts and their potential relevance for a nuclear weapons program, and called for a full UN report on recent activities, according to a letter released Tuesday - 8 April 2019: UK urges France to condemn Haftar’s assault on Tripoli, as EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to condemn an assault on Tripoli by the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar and call for all sides to revert to UN-led political discussions about the riven country’s future, after UK-led moveto pass a security council statement condemning Haftar at the UN on Sunday was blocked by Russia - 19 avril 2019: Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU s'est réuni sur la Libye sans établir de stratégie claire pour réclamer rapidement un cessez-le-feu aux belligérants, alors que les Etats-Unis et la Russie continuent d'opposer de la résistance à un projet de résolution britannique, tandis que l'émissaire Ghassam Salamé a aussi réclamé que le conseil prenne une position forte sur les violations de l'embargo sur les armes imposé sur le théâtre libyen - 20 April 2019: Libya addressed a letter to the Security Council requesting the formation of an international fact-finding mission to investigate the violations committed by Haftar's forces during their attack on Tripoli, including the killing and displacement of innocent civilians, destruction of private and public property, the recruitment of children, and the targeting of densely populated neighbourhoods with heavy weapons - 23 April 2019: The UN has backed a resolution on combatting rape in conflict by 13 votes in favour, as China and Russia abstained, excluding references in the text to sexual and reproductive health after vehement opposition from the USA, but making for the first time specific calls for greater support for children born as a result of rape in conflict, as well as their mothers, amid calls for practical steps to achieve reality
28 April 2019: 28 April 2019: Libya’s Tripoli government held the UN Security Council responsible for refraining from taking action regarding attacks on the Libyan capital by warlord Haftar and decries UN 'silence’ - 28 April 2019: Airstrikes by Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army killed four people and wounded 20 others in Tripoli, according to Libya's internationally recognized unity government
May 2019: 5 mai 2019: Après le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU n'a pas réussi à s'entendre sur une résolution britannique demandant un cessez-le-feu en Libye, la 'communauté' internationale accepte donc de facto la poursuite d'une autre guerre périlleuse - 6 May 2019: Warlord Khalifa Haftar orders troops to fight harder during Ramadan, just hours after the UN called for a week-long humanitarian truce following a month of fighting for the capital Tripoli that has displaced 50,000 people, killed around 400, and badly damaged some southern districts
8 May 2019: 8 May 2019: Described as an 'unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe', renewed bombardment in north-west Syria that has displaced 200,000 people and destroyed 12 healthcare centres could have been sparked by Russia and Turkish moves to entrench their zones of influence and landgrab - 8 May 2019: Syrian Coalition calls for stopping Assad regime and Russia's fierce onslaught on Hama and Idlib
9-11 May 2019: 9 May 2019: Kuwait, Germany, Belgium call for urgent Syria meeting at UN, as calls emerge to stand up to the Russian and Assad regime’s deadly attacks on Syrian civilians and protect civilians in Hama and Idlib province - 11 May 2019: Assad regime troops expand offensive on rebels in northeast Syria as members of the UN Security Council call on Assad to honor cease-fire urging a return to 'calm', after UN chief Antonio Guterres supported Assad’s regime in 2018
17/18 May 2019: 18 May 2019: 'Despite our warnings our worst fears are now coming true', UN emergency relief coordinator Lowcock told the UN Security Council, saying that the Assad regime and its Russian ally have intensified attacks against Idlib province, bombing hospitals with the WHO reporting 20 attacks on 18 facilities in the past three weeks, repeating some key questions put to his office in recent weeks by Member States, NGOs, doctors and families, including 'Who is bombing all these hospitals?', 'Is the information being provided about the locations of hospitals in fact being used not to protect hospitals but to target them?', 'What is your advice to parents of children who live in the de-escalation zone?', 'Hasn’t the Security Council passed a resolution reinforcing that countries shouldn’t bomb hospitals?', 'What is the point of the Security Council passing resolutions like that if States are not going to comply with them?'
21-23 May 2019: 21 mai 2019: La bataille pour Tripoli 'n'est que le début d'une guerre longue et sanglante', a déclaré mardi au Conseil de sécurité l'émissaire de l'ONU pour la Libye, en réclamant des mesures pour arrêter le flot d'armes arrivant dans le pays, malheureusement sans citer les noms 'des pays (qui) alimentent ce conflit sanglant', y compris la Russie - 22 May 2019: The international community lacks the moral motivation to end the Libyan civil war and largely views the country as a prize to be captured, UN’s special envoy for Libya Salamé said, as warlord Khalifa Haftar, who launched a military offensive to capture Tripoli, ruled out an immediate ceasefire in talks with French president Macron in Paris, and as the Macron administration is accused of giving support to Haftar - 23 May 2019: Libya's UN-recognized government head urges stopping war
27-30 May 2019: 27/28 May 2019: Syrian Coalition said that the Assad regime and its allies are using 'all that tactics and weapons that are prohibited under international law against civilians in Idlib and rural Hama', calling upon active members of the UN international organisations to take action to stop attacks in Idlib and Hama and protect civilians - 29 May 2019: SNHR issued a new report detailing attacks by the Assad regime and Russian forces on healthcare facilities in northwestern Syria, as Syrian Coalition said that these attacks are aimed at putting more pressure on civilians and forcing them to flee - 29 May 2019: As Assad regime and Russian forces have further escalated the bombing campaign against towns and villages in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama provinces, targeting mainly populated areas, public markets and hospitals, UN warns more Idlib military action will overwhelm aid needs - 29 May 2019: Assad's continued assault on Idleb has killed a further 18 people in Idleb, including women and children, according to Alsouria Net, as SOHR documented about 500 air and ground strikes during the 30th day of Assad's and Russian escalation - 30 May 2019: Assad regime and their Russian backers reportedly destroyed over 20 hospitals in an assault that has killed at least 265 civilians in the past weeks - 30 May 2019: Assad's and Russian aerial bombardment continues causing more casualties in a massacre by regime’s warplanes in Maarrat al-Nu’man
30 May 2019: 30 May 2019: After 'over the past few hours, the Assad regime forces, the Russian occupation jets, and the Iranian militia have carried out four deadly attacks in Idlib and Aleppo provinces, bombing more than 35 towns and villages in the two provinces', the Syrian Coalition says 'these crimes have cast serious doubt about the very mission around which the United Nations was established, mainly to maintain international peace and security. These crimes have also shown how this institution, since it has been unable to intervene to resolve the most serious international conflicts, has become wholly irrelevant'
June 2019: 1 June 2019: Russia bears primary responsibility for Assad’s bombing of civilians, according to Syrian Coalition’s Riad al-Hassan, saying that the atrocities taking place against civilians in northwestern Syria constitute war crimes under the international law and international humanitarian law - 2 June 2019: Dozens of prominent doctors have called for urgent action to halt the bombing campaign by Syrian and Russian planes that has targeted more than 20 hospitals in Syria’s north-west, putting many out of action and leaving millions of people without proper healthcare, after coordinates for many of those hit had been shared with the regime and its Russian backers by the UN - 4 June 2019: Russia blocked the UN Security Council on Monday from issuing a statement expressing concern about attacks on civilians, the increasing fighting in and around Syria's Idlib province and the possibility of a humanitarian disaster, a council diplomat said
5 June 2019: 5 June 2019: Chinese regime, backed by Russia, blocked a bid at the UN security council to condemn the killing of civilians in Sudan and issue a pressing call from world powers for an immediate halt to the violence, after paramilitaries killed at least 60 people when they attacked pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum, injuring hundreds
7 June 2019: 7 June 2019: During a briefing to the UN Security Council, the UAE along with Saudi Arabia and Norway presented the preliminary findings of an investigation the 'sophisticated and coordinated' attacks on oil tankers on 12 May, pointing to the likelihood that a state was behind the bombings, as the council will also receive the final results of the probe to consider a possible response, and as USA and Saudi Arabia both pointed finger at Iranian regime
19 June 2019: 19 juin 2019: L'ONU attire l'attention sur la situation à Idleb, demandant à la Russie et la Turquie de stopper la 'catastrophe humanitaire' en cours - 19 June 2019: UN warned of threats to the Middle East as a result of the continued military escalation by the Assad regime and Russia in the ‘de-escalation zone’ in northwestern Syria, as UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the council members that 'the continuing fighting in Idlib has become a threat to regional stability'
19 June 2019: 19 June 2019: ICC's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is urging Sudan's transitional authorities to hand over or prosecute ousted president Omar al-Bashir and four others for alleged war crimes in Darfur, telling the UN Security Council she is ready to engage with authorities 'to ensure that the Darfur suspects face independent and impartial justice, either in a courtroom in The Hague, or in Sudan' if the latter court meets international standards
19/20 June 2019: 19/20 June 2019: Following her renewed call for full State accountability for the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, UN-appointed independent investigator Agnes Callamard said she believed the UN chief 'should be able to establish a follow-up criminal investigation without any trigger' by other UN bodies or member states, adding 'it would be absurd to limit the intervention of the UNSG to such scenarios', as defenders of human rights and press freedom demand justice for Khashoggi, saying 'impunity in this case poses too great a risk to the safety of journalists everywhere'
24/25 June 2019 Iranian, Russian and Assad's warfare: 25 June 2019: In a unanimous press statement drafted by Kuwait, UN council condemned recent attacks on oil tankers, calling them a threat to the world’s energy supply and to international peace and security, as Iranian regime's envoy to the UN Ravanchi rejected regime talks with the USA, outside the Security Council, because regime is not a member, and as Russian regime rejected a mention of a 'state actor' - 25 June 2019: In Jerusalem, USA's John Bolton urged Iranian regime to step back from its 'malign behavior' and enter into 'real negotiations' over its nuclear weapons program, ballistic missile development, and backing for international terror groups, accusing Tehran regime of supporting violence throughout the region, from Hezbollah in Lebanon to the Assad regime in Syria, as well as Shiite militias in Iraq, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and terror attacks on USA forces in Afghanistan, and of threatening Middle Eastern oil supplies, as Israeli PM Netanyahu told murderous Russian regime's Nikolai Patrushev that Israel will do 'anything it takes' to ensure Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons, saying 'I’m certain that Russia understands what it means for us when a regime calls for our annihilation, and acts on a daily basis to achieve that aim', amid Assad's and Russian regime's northwestern Syria offensive since April 2019, murdering hundreds of civilians, and as Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah is now giving orders to Assad’s army, using it to spy on Israel along Golan border
28 June 2019 missing persons and detainees in Syria: 28 June 2019: As many as 50 Syrian civil organizations sent a joint letter to the UN Security Council calling for immediate action on the issue of missing persons and detainees in Syria
29 June 2019 peacekeeping in Mali: 29 June 2019: UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to extend peacekeeping mission in Mali, also discussing and addressing the escalating violence in the centre of the country
3 July 2019 airstrike on migrant detention centre by warlord Haftar's forces: 3 July 2019 Tajoura migrant center airstrike and massacre by warlord Haftar's forces, backed by Egypt, France, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, after UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on 8 May 2019 called for refugees and migrants in detention centres in conflict areas in Tripoli to be immediately evacuated to safety, after an airstrike hit a target less than 100 metres away from Tajoura detention centre, where over 500 refugees and migrants are being detained
4 July 2019: 4 July 2019: As Britain circulated a statement that condemned the air strike and called for a ceasefire, USA's Trump administration thwarts UN Security Council condemnation of attack on Libya migrant center, after administration earlier criticized the attack as 'abhorrent' but did not call for a ceasefire
5/6 July 2019 Libya crisis: 6 July 2019: Condemning the attack on the Tajoura detention camp east of Tripoli UN Security Council called for a ceasefire in Libya as the death toll from a three-month offensive on Tripoli reached 1 000, including scores killed in an air strike that hit the detention centre for migrants
22 July 2019 Iran’s seizure of 'Stena Impero': 22 July 2019: British representative to the UN Jonathan Allen has declared in a letter to the Security Council that Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker 'Stena Impero' with 23 crew members aboard amounted to 'illegal interference', and he rejected Tehran regime’s version of events
25 July 2019 investigation into Russian weapons in Syria demanded: :25 July 2019: Syrian civil organizations operating in the town of Ma'aret al-Nu'man called on the international community, the UN and the Security Council to conduct an investigation into the weapons the Russian forces used in the deadly attack on the town, stressing that one of the primary tasks of the UN Security Council is to maintain international peace and security, adding that the crimes taking place against civilians in Idlib threaten international peace and security
28 July 2019 UN silence amid war crimes: 28 July 2019: At least 13 civilians including five children have been killed in air strikes in Idlib province, coming just a day after UN's Michelle Bachelet warned that those responsible for the latest wave of killings in Assad's and Russian offensive could be charged with war crimes - 28 July 2019: More casualties raise to about 35, the number of people killed and injured in the air and ground strikes by Assad's and Russian warplanes in Idlib province
29 July 2019 UN silence slammed, UN conventions dead letter: 29 July 2019: Syrian Commission of Legal Experts described the international community as 'a silent spectator of the scenes of the extermination of the Syrian civilians', slamming the international silence about the ongoing shelling of civilians and vital civilian centers in northwestern Syria, describing the human rights conventions as a dead letter
30/31 July 2019 UN council adressed: 30/31 July 2019: As affected Syrians are desperate and angry, as Assad's and Russian forces continue to attack civilians, 10 UN Security Council members have called on the UN chief to set up an inquiry into why its hospitals have been singled out, after Physicians for Human Rights' Susannah Sirkin addressed the Council regarding attacks on health facilities and personnel, and their impact on civilians in Syria, and after UN's Mark Lowcock briefed the Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria
2 August 2019: 2 August 2019: UN to investigate attacks on humanitarian facilities in Idlib province, after human rights organizations have documented dozens of attacks on medical facilities in Syria, including medical centers they support in Idlib province, and after two-thirds of the UNSC called for an inquiry
6 August 2019 UN Council demands return to UN-mediated political process as Haftar's crimes continue: 6 August 2019: The UN Security Council reaffirmed Monday the call on all Libyan parties to commit to a ceasefire and rapidly to return to a UN-mediated political process, as Libyan Ministry of Interior strongly condemns a new brutal air attack on Murzuq town southwest of Libya, calling on the international community and the UN to assume their responsibilities towards the behavior of illegal armed groups and to investigate the war crimes committed by Haftar
16 August 2019 Kashmir crisis caused by India: 16 August 2019: UN Security Council discusses Kashmir for the first time since 1965 following the one-sided August 2019 revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status by India, overriding human rights, imposing a curfew affecting millions of residents, arresting hundreds of citizens, blocking all communications, bringing normal life to a standstill, opening fire over the fortified line of control leaving three Pakistani soldiers and two civilians dead
19 August 2019 delay of meeting on Syria criticized: 19 August 2019: Syrian National Coalition's Dima Moussa lashed out at the international community’s silence about the atrocities taking place in Syria at the hands of the Assad regime and Russia, denouncing the decision by the UN Security Council to postpone its monthly meeting on Syria in these difficult circumstances
21 August 2019 accountability remains absent 6 years after Ghouta attacks: 21 August 2019: Accountability remains absent on the sixth anniversary of the chemical attack on the two Ghoutas, the world’s largest chemical weapons attack since the chemical weapons convention, according to SNHR, saying the Syrian regime, by its repeated use of chemical weapons, is encouraging other regimes in the world to use chemical weapons of mass destruction
21/22 August 2019 civic groups urge UN to prevent dsaster in Idlib: 21 August 2019: Civic, political bodies and trade unions in Idlib province appealed to the UN Security Council and its current president to prevent an imminent humanitarian disaster in Idlib province - 22 August 2019: UN reiterated its warning that the lives of around three million people in northwestern Syria, many of them are women and children, are at dire risk because of the offensive the Assad regime and Russia launched in the region
22 August 2019 USA vowed to hold Assad regime accountable for its use of chemical weapons: 22 August 2019: The USA vowed to hold the Assad regime accountable for its crimes in Syria in a statement marking the sixth anniversary of the Assad regime's biggest chemical attack on the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta that killed nearly 1,500 civilians, including children and women
27 August 2019: 27 August 2019: UN calls for recommitment to ceasefire agreement in Syria's Idlib province
28 August 2019 Israel demands action against Iranian attacks from Syria: 28 August 2019: Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon filed a formal letter of complaint to the UN Security Council demanding action against the Iranian attempts to attack Israel from Syria
29 August 2019 war crimes without UN response: 29 August 2019: Stressing the need for the world to put an end to the disaster the Assad regime and its allies are inflicting on the Syrian people, the Syrian National Coalition condemned the continued brutal onslaught the Assad regime and its allies have launched against northern rural Hama and various parts of Idlib province for months, saying the United Nations and the international community, most notably the group of major actors, are capable and have an obligation to put an immediate end to these attacks and crimes - 29 August 2019: 3 UN council members have put forward a draft resolution calling for a cease-fire in Syria's Idlib province, which is enduring an intensified Russia-backed offensive
30 August 2019 Syrian towns and villages have been razed to the ground: 30 August 2019: 'Entire towns and villages have been razed to the ground' in northwestern Syria, according to satellite imagery presented by UN's Mark Lowcock in his briefing to the UN Security Council, saying that 'there can be no reason, rationale, excuse or justification for the destruction of civilian areas on the scale seen in Idleb today'
4 September 2019 Syria: 4 September 2019: As the international silence continues concerning the tragedy and humanitarian disaster in the 'death mini-state', about 410 children have died since the beginning of 2019 in al-Hol camp
4/5 September 2019 Libya: 4 September 2019: Chaos and destruction awaits Libya if member states don't act, UN envoy tells Security Council - 5 September 2019: UNSMIL's Salame said that there has now been over 100 civilian deaths, 300 injured and 120,000 displaced as well as fighter deaths 'in the low thousands' as a result of the war launched by Khalifa Hafter - 5 September 2019: Libya's UN ambassador calls for an international panel to investigate war crimes
9 September 2019 humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria: 9 September 2019: Syrian Coalition sends letter to UN and Security Council on humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria
19/20 September 2019 Russian regime's deadly veto: 20 September 2019: UN resolutions on Syria cease-fire shot down as council members unable to handle humanitarian crisis in Idlib, with 400,000 people having fled their homes, caused by Assad regime's, Iranian and Russian war criminals
1 October 2019: 1 October 2019: The USA on Monday demanded the release of nearly 128,000 people who have been arbitrarily detained by the Assad regime, ambassador Kelly Craft told the UN Security Council
2 October 2019: 2 October 2019: SNHR issued a report on the victims it recorded in Syria in September, indicating that violations and crimes by the Assad regime and its backers against civilians continued unabated
12 October 2019 Arab League condemns Turkey's invasion into Syria, calling on the UN Security Council: 12 October 2019: Arab League foreign ministers condemned Turkey's military invasion into northern Syria, calling on the UN Security Council to take action against Turkey
29 October 2019 Israel’s Danny Danon blasts Turkey’s invasion of Syria: 29 October 2019: Calling 'upon the international community to take action and provide aid to the Kurdish people', Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon blasts Turkey’s invasion of Syria, accusing Erdogan of promoting anti-Semitism and the ethnic cleansing of Kurds, telling Security Council that Erdogan regime is persecuting Kurds in Turkey and sending troops 'to massacre Kurdish people in Syria as well’, 'destabilizing the region through violence and supporting terror organizations'
20 December 2019 cross-border aid to Syria under Russian and Chinese threat: 20 December 2019: Vital cross-border aid to Syria is under threat after the UN security council was unable to overcome Russian and Chinese regime's objections to the programme, casting the 14th UN security council veto since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011 - 21 December 2019: USA's s Mike Pompeo said Russia and China had blood on their hands after they used UN security council veto to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians
27 December 2019 criminal Assad's and Russian regime's Christmas message: 27 December 2019: More than 235,000 people have fled Idlib region in Syria following two weeks of murderous Assad's and Russian regime's air and ground assaults on opposition stronghold, says UN, as Syrian woman fights back tears speaking about the conditions for her family in the city of Maarat al-Nu’man in the Idleb countryside due to the heavy bombardment there - 27 December 2019: 40,000 civilians flee Saraqib in 100 hours as international community turns blind eye to the humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib
9 January 2020 humanitarian conference in Syria has called on the UN to act in Idleb: 9 January 2020: A humanitarian conference has called on the UN to act in Idleb and secure the safety of those who are fleeing Russian and regime bombardment
10 January 2020 Russian regime’s veto denies millions of Syrian civilians essential aid amid humanitarian disaster: 10 January 2020: Russian regime’s veto denies millions of Syrian civilians essential aid amid humanitarian disaster in Idlib, as already catastrophic humanitarian conditions for millions of civilians in Idlib are set to further deteriorate after Russia and China blocked the renewal of the mechanism established through UN Security Council resolution 2165 in 2014 that allowed the UN and its implementing partners to deliver aid from Syria’s neighboring countries - 10 January 2020: The displaced residents of Syria's northeast - 11 janvier 2020: L'ONU réduit l'aide humanitaire en Syrie, dans des proportions très réduites, à cause de la Russie
14 January 2020 'Vienna convention' and Iran's criminal foreign ministry violating British ambassador's rights: 14 January 2020: Iran's criminal foreign ministry led by Zarif signaled it could expel Britain’s ambassador in case of further 'interference' in its affairs after a row over a vigil he attended for those killed, including UK's citizens, in last week’s downing of a Ukrainian plane by the murderous Mullah regime - 14 January 2020: Israel's FM Katz expressed 'support and solidarity' after Iran arrested UK ambassador, saying 'ambassador Macaire’s detention was undoubtedly a flagrant violation of the Vienna convention and as such was not just an assault on the UK but an attack upon the rules based international system as a whole', adding 'this behavior by the Iranian regime deserves the unreserved condemnation by all responsible members of the international community'
24/25 January 2020 UN’s Mideast envoy Nickolay Mladenov condemns renewed balloon launches from Gaza strip: 24 January 2020: UN’s Mideast envoy Nickolay Mladenov called renewed balloon launches from Gaza strip 'concerning and regrettable' in a briefing to the Security Council, saying 'these actions are a risk to the civilian population', as even a soccer ball rigged with explosives found attached to balloons from Gaza in open area near the border - 25 January 2020: Balloon batches carrying suspected Gaza bomb, incendiary device land in Israel near Kibbutz Sde Boker, discovered by security staff at the Midreshet Ben-Gurion educational center, as second batch of balloons connected to an incendiary device was later discovered in the Ramat Negev Regional Council
5 February 2020 as UN council steals away Turkey demands Syrian forces in Idlib withdraw: 5 February 2020: As UN and EU are stealing away facing more war crimes, Turkey's Erdogan threatened on Wednesday to drive back Syrian troops in Idlib unless they withdraw by the end of the month to stem an assault which he said had displaced nearly 1 million people, while OCHA's David Swanson admitted that hundreds of thousands since December 'have been displaced from their homes, the vast majority – 80% – of them women and children', and while UN experts admitted that the 'attacks on civilian infrastructure, including schools, markets, and medical facilities' could be war crimes
6 February 2020 Russian regime blocks UN Libya resolution: 6 février 2020: Russie a bloqué mercredi à l’ONU un projet de résolution britannique sur la Libye en refusant, selon des diplomates, le mot 'mercenaire' dans le texte, instillant le doute sur la possibilité d’un vote du Conseil de sécurité avant la fin de la semaine
10 February 2020 Syrian Coalition sends legal memo to UN demanding end to Assad's, Russian onslaught on Idlib: 10 February 2020: Syrian National Coalition's Anas al-Abda sent a legal memorandum to the UN Secretary-General Guterres stressing that 'the continued failure of the international community to save the Syrian people from the worst humanitarian catastrophe since the World War II will lead to the breakdown of the credibility of international institutions in the eyes of peoples and governments', demanding end to Assad's, Russian onslaught on Idlib
11/12 February 2020 humanitarian disaster in Syria deteriorates amid ongoing international community’s shameful silence: 11 February 2020: Humanitarian disaster in rural Aleppo deteriorates to unprecedented serious levels as intensive aerial bombardment continues, and regime forces approach overpopulated areas amid ongoing international community’s shameful silence - 12 February 2020: SOHR's 'camera' captures the humanitarian crisis as mass displacement continues in Idlib city and countryside amid International Community’s inaction
13 February 2020 humanitarian disaster in Syria caused by Russian and Assad regime's military worsens: 13 Februar 2020: Humanitarian catastrophe caused by Russian and regime military operations worsens, as over 100,000 displaced persons flee western rural Aleppo in the past 48 hours - 13 February 2020: Turkish rockets target regime positions in Saraqeb and west Aleppo countryside, as Russian jets carry out several airstrikes targeting areas west of Aleppo, amid subsiding clashes west of M5, SOHR reports
14/15 February 2020 is anyone paying attention as hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing in desperate circumstances? 14 Febuary 2020: British 'Guardian' asks is anyone paying attention as hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing a renewed assault by Syrian Assad regime and allies, in desperate circumstances now in 2020 - 15 February 2020: Russian jets bomb the western countryside of Aleppo, launching intensive airstrikes on the vicinity of Atareb, Tqad, Jam’eyyat Al-Sallum, Jam’eyyat Al-Rahal, Al-Saharah - 15 February 2020: Assad's and Russian regime's offensive on opposition-controlled region of northwestern Syria has created one of the worst catastrophes for civilians in Assad's long-running war, sending hundreds of thousands of people fleeing, many of them sleeping in open fields and under trees in freezing temperatures, causing deaths, as France's Macron in Munich defends closer dialogue with Russia, allied with Russian war criminal Putin also in Haftar's Libyan war against the UN-recognised government
15 February 2020 some UN Security Council members asked for an end to Assad's and Russia’s onslaught on northwest Syria: 15 February 2020: 4 EU members of the UN Security Council plus Poland asked for an immediate end to the Assad regime and Russia’s onslaught on northwest Syria
17 February 2020 expert says UN security council’s members are to blame for the dangers posed to Libyan civilians by unexploded munition: 17 February 2020: Libya analyst Jalel Harchaoui says UN security council’s members are to blame for the dangers posed to Libyan civilians by unexploded munition, after warlord Khalifa Haftar supported by Russia, France, Egypt, UAE launched campaign to seize Tripoli
18 February 2020 'the international community, the UN Security Council ... have a responsibility to protect civilians' in Syria: 18 February 2020: Saying 'the international community, the UN Security Council, international organizations, and Arab and friendly states have a responsibility to protect civilians', the Syrian National Coalition condemned the brutal all-out onslaught being launched by the Russian and Iranian occupation as well as the Assad regime forces on rural Aleppo, triggering a major humanitarian catastrophe
19 February 2020 UN sought to salvage talks over a ceasefire for Libya after shelling of the port Tripoli by warlord Haftar: 19 February 2020: UN sought to salvage talks over a ceasefire for Libya, after the government based in Tripoli announced overnight that it was pulling out to protest against the shelling of the port in the capital by warlord Haftar
20 February 2020 Libya needs UN action and no longer empty words: 20 February 2020: Libya's internationally recognized government has said 'there can be no negotiations under bombing', adding the attack on Tripoli's port could have led to a 'real catastrophe', had a nearby vessel transporting liquified gas been hit - 20 February 2020: Presenting a lot of people, UN mission on Libya condemns Haftar attack without any action, donating more blood to war criminal Haftar, calling for resumption of talks instead of holding Haftar accountable - 20 February 2020: Inside Haftar’s Libya, a police state with an Islamist twist, USA newspaper reports - 20 February 2020: Haftar, whose forces tortured members of the al-Suyid and al-Krshiny families, to be sued in a USA court for torture and killings in Libya
20 February 2020 facing UN's, EU's and USA's inability Algeria demands UN mandate to act as a mediator in Libya ceasefire talks: 20 February 2020: Algeria is ready to act as a mediator in any Libya ceasefire talks, according to president Tebboune, saying 'if we are given a mandate by the UN Security Council, we are capable of quickly bringing peace to Libya since Algeria is a sincere and credible mediator, and one that is accepted by all Libyan tribes', in an interview aimed at reaching Algeria’s large expatriate population in France
21 February 2020 amid ongoing international community’s shameful inaction Erdogan vows defense of human rights in Syria: 21 février 2020: Erdogan veut empêcher une 'catastrophe humanitaire', exprimant l'urgente nécessité de stopper l'offensive de l'armée de Bachar el-Assad dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie - 21 February 2020: Murderous air forces of the Russian occupation and the Assad regime have targeted no fewer than 612 vital civilian centers in northwestern Syria since April 2019, according to ERCT
22/23 February 2020 Russia accused of a 'lack of humanity' in Syria by UK’s Karen Pierce: 22 February 2020: Russia has been accused of a 'lack of humanity' in Syria by the UK’s Ambassador to the UN Karen Pierce as Great Britain has called on the Assad regime and Russia to agree to a ceasefire to end the humanitarian crisis in Idlib - 23 February 2020: Russian jets have executed several airstrikes on places around the Al-Mastumah camp where Turkish troops are stationed, south of Idlib city, also bombarding several more areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, as other areas were shelled by Assad regime ground forces with rockets
24 February 2020 more people flee homes in Idlib province as Russian aggression escalates: 24 February 2020: More people flee homes in Syria's Idlib province as Assad's and Russian regime's aggression escalates
27 February 2020 Russian, Assad's and Iranian war crimes as UN remains obsequious: 27 February 2020: Turkey-backed Syrian forces say they regained key Syrian town of Saraqeb from 'Assad's gangs', as allied Russian regime's source denied the claim that rebels retook the strategic town, which the opposition lost in a Russian- and Iranian-backed offensive, displacing a million Syrians - 27 February 2020: Syrian civil defence service has released footage showing the rescue operation after airstrikes by the Syrian and Russian war criminals on Tuesday, as 8 school facilities were bombed in Idlib province, killing more than 20 people
28 February 2020 Russian, Assad's war crimes continue as NATO involved: 28 February 2020: Dozens of Turkish soldiers have been killed in an airstrike in Idlib province after Turkish convoy and soldiers had taken cover in Balioun, basing themselves in the local council building, in a dramatic escalation of Assad's and Russian offensive for control of Syria's last opposition stronghold, as several sources in Idlib and unverified footage of the nighttime strike suggested it had been carried out by Russian regime's air force, as USA condemns attack and NATO holds emergency meeting at the request of Turkey - 28 February 2020: SOHR documented the death of a man, his wife and two of their children as a result of an airstrike carried out by Russian jets on Billion in Jabal al-Zawiya on Friday morning, as Russian and Assad's jets carried out raids on other areas, and as despite Russian airpower Turkish forces impede Assad regime advance in Saraqeb with intensive rocket fire in heavy and violent battles on Saraqeb frontline - 28 February 2020: 4 persons from Daraa killed under torture in Assad's prisons
28 February 2020 Security Council briefing on the situation in Syria and meeting: 28 February 2020: Security Council briefing on the situation in Syria by under-secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs Rosemary DiCarlo - 28 February 2020: With the UNSC meeting in emergency session on Syria following the death on the battlefield of dozens of Turkish troops, the UN strongly urged Russia and Turkey on Friday 'to build on previous agreements to secure a fresh ceasefire'
29 February 2020 Russian, Assad's war crimes continue: 29 February 2020: While Russian regime's airstrikes renew on Aleppo and Idlib, Assad regime and Turkish forces exchange fire - 29 February 2020: As Russian and Assad regime's warplanes continue air strikes on Saturday on the strategic city of Saraqeb, Turkish ground and air strikes on regime's forces and their allies in Idlib province have killed 48 regime's soldiers in the past 24 hours, according to SOHR - 29 February 2020: Turkish strikes on Friday killed nine Hezbollah members and wounded 30 others, according to the Iran-backed terrorists, saying that Turkish strikes targeted Hezbollah headquarters near Saraqeb in Idlib, using smart missiles and drones - 29 février 2020: La Turquie affirme avoir annihilé une installation d'armes chimiques au sud d'Alep, ainsi que d'autres cibles du régime
1 March 2020 Russian backed Assad's aggression continues: 1 March 2020: Turkish news agency reported an Assad regime plane has been downed in Idlib Sunday morning, as dictator Assad declared the airspace over northwest Syria closed to planes and drones, pledging to down any aircraft that violates it - 1 March 2020: Turkey says military operation against Syrian regime underway - 1 March 2020: Assad regime forces renew attacks on Saraqeb amid normal Turkish shelling on rural Idlib - 1 March 2020: Fierce clashes erupt in Al-Sanamayn in Daraa province as Assad regime forces storm the city using heavy weapons - 1 March 2020: 8,622 civilians among nearly 20,000 persons killed by Russian jets since the start of Russia’s military operation in Syria, according to SOHR - 1 March 2020: Turkish president Erdogan said he had asked Putin for Russia to stand aside in Syria and let Turkey fight Assad regime forces alone, after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed this week
2 March 2020 UN says Russia committed war crimes in Syria as world expects end of impunity: 2 March 2020: Russia committed war crimes in Syria, finds UN report, as Putin regime blamed for indiscriminate attacks in civilian areas without 'a specific military objective', also documenting 'unprecedented levels of displacement and dire conditions for civilians' in Syria
6 March 2020 Assad attacks and clashes in Syria despite 'ceasefire': 6 March 2020: Villages and towns in the 'de-escalation' zone come under fire just few minutes before new ceasefire comes into effect, as Assad's artillery and rocket launchers shelled the villages of Al-Ziyyarah, Qastun, Al-Sarmaniyah, Tal Waset, Al-Ankawi, Al-Duqmaq and Al-Mashyak in the north-western countryside of Hama, and as clashes continue, according to SOHR, after 50 murderous days
7 March 2020: 7 March 2020: Russian murderous jets fly over Aleppo and Idlib as tense calm prevails in the 'de-escalation' zone, interrupted by clashes between Assad regime forces and jihadi groups in Al-Mashari’ area in Sahl Al-Ghab, north-west of Hama, with many in the ranks of both sides confirmed dead or wounded, SOHR says
8 March 2020 civilians are victims in Syria as international community seems satisfied with mere condemnations and press releases: 8 March 2020: 2.2 millions displaced and the documented killing of 8,149 people in the 'de-escalation' zone, including 1,770 civilians, including 465 children and 311 women all killed by Russian airstrikes, regime and factions’ rocket shelling, the heavy price of capturing M5 Highway by Russian and Assad regime forces in their north-western Syria offensive, SOHR says
9/10 March 2020 Assad regime breaks ceasefire as coronavirus spreads in Syria: 9 March 2020: Assad regime missiles break tense calm in Idlib and Aleppo - 10 March 2020: Russian drones fly over Idlib as tense calm continues in 'Putin-Erdogan' area - 10 March 2020: Deadly Chinese coronavirus spreads in Syrian provinces with Assad regime’s complete secrecy, mainly in the governorates of Damascus, Tartus, Latakia and Homs, as many coronavirus cases have been recorded, some of whom have died and some have been quarantined
11 March 2020 despite UN embargo countries increasing deliveries of military supplies to warlord Haftar: 11 March 2020: International powers are increasing deliveries of suspected military supplies to factions in Libya’s civil war, ignoring a poorly enforced UN embargo as the shattered country braces for a new round of fighting, and as United Arab Emirates UAE, which is backing warlord Haftar is thought to have sent more than 100 deliveries by air since mid-January, according to flight-tracking data
12/13 March 2020 Assad's, Russia's and Iran's Syria war enters tenth year: 12 March 2020: Syria war enters tenth year with no hope in sight, as fighting and displacement still at its height, 9 years after demonstrators demanded the end of dictatorship - 13 March 2020: Hounded by war, can Idlib's desperate civilians outrun final assault, 'The Guardian' asks
20 March 2020 SOC president demands UNSG action to rescue detainees in Assad prisons amid Covid19 crisis: 20 March 2020: Syrian Coalition's Anas Abdah sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General regarding tens of thousands of detainees in the prisons of the Assad regime and the danger of the coronavirus Covid19 to their lives
26 March 2020 UN's Geir Pedersen reportedly calls for a total ceasefire in Syria: 26 March 2020: UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen reportedly calls for a total ceasefire in Syria to combat the potentially deadly coronavirus
27 March 2020 Libya fighting intensifies as warlords and supporters defy UN call without action for global ceasefire: 27 March 2020: Libya fighting intensifies as rival forces defy UN call for global ceasefire, as factions step up offensives, while international actors in democracies, but without action as usual since 2011, are now distracted by coronavirus pandemic and sometimes downright relieved to tackle pandemic, as a partially not man-made disaster
28 March 2020 actions against covid-19 reveal possible action as result of political will to solve problems: 28 March 2020: Actions taken to suppress coronavirus reveal what measures are possible in an emergency and as result of political will to solve problems, scientists urge
31 March 2020 Security Council’s videoconference debate on Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 31 March 2020: Security Council’s first-ever videoconference debate on Israeli-Palestinian conflict focuses on coronavirus, with delegates praising the parties’ cooperation in fighting the coronavirus pandemic but also reiterating their traditional talking points about the two-state solution, settlements, incitement and other sticking points
31 March 2020 will killer farther decide about the future of peoples worldwide? 31 March 2020: 27 civilians killed by Russian jets in March, despite ceasefire in the 'de-escalation zone' - 31 March 2020: SNHR said that it had registered the names of 387 civilians, including 104 children and 62 women who were killed in attacks by the Assad regime and Russian forces in Idlib from January 12 to March 27, 2020 - 31 March 2020: SOHR reported that Assad regime forces fired several rockets targeting places in Afes village in Saraqeb countryside, east of Idlib, and other areas in Jabal Al-Zawiyah in south Idlib countryside
31 March 2020 Libya's critical situation requires urgent action EU's Josep Borrell says: 31 March 2020: Libya is a priority for the EU, as shown by the Berlin conference, but the situation is critical and requires urgent action, EU's Josep Borrell said Tuesday
8 April 2020 international community will not be 'absolved of the responsibility to hold accountable those responsible' for CW attacks: 8 April 2020: SOC reaffirmed that no one will be absolved of the responsibility for the chemical attack the Assad regime carried out against the town of Douma in the Damascus suburbs in 2018, stressing that 'no one will be absolved of the responsibility for the crime, be it those who were involved in the implementation, planning, or covering it, nor will the international community be absolved of the responsibility to hold accountable those responsible'
9 April 2020 SOC pressing for implementation of prevention plan against covid-19: 9 April 2020: SOC’s Foreign Relations Department pressing for swift implementation of prevention plan against coronavirus, after holding a series of teleconferences with foreign officials of the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, and Turkey
17 April 2020 UN Security Council endorsed call for Yemen's warring parties to stop fighting: 17 April 2020: UN Security Council on Friday endorsed call for the warring parties in Yemen to immediately stop fighting and focus on reaching a peace agreement and countering the outbreak of covid-19, following ten years of expressing concern about wars in the Middle East
18 April 2020 UN report disappeared after saying China helped North Korea against UN sanctions: 18 April 2020: Annual report to the UN Security Council by sanctions experts went online on Friday and inexplicably disappeared later in the day, saying North Korea sharply stepped up trade in coal and oil products last year in defiance of UN sanctions through the apparent help of China’s shipping industry
30 April 2020 UN's Mark Lowcock warns of potential covid-19 tragedy in Syria: 30 April 2020: UN's Mark Lowcock warns of potential covid-19 tragedy in Syria, telling the Security Council that testing in Syria is very limited, meanwhile calling for a lasting ceasefire to fighting in the country, also saying with millions of people displaced in crowded conditions and without adequate sanitation, Syria can’t be expected 'to cope with a crisis that is challenging even the wealthiest nations'
13 May 2020 Iranian-Russian regime unholy alliance: 13 May 2020: Backing Iran's Mullah regime, Russia's Putin regime nixes UN arms embargo extension, slams ‘snapback’ plans, after USA circulated a draft UN resolution to extend the UN arms embargo on Iranian regime, which expires in October, to a small number of council members in late April - 13 May 2020: UN Security Council is trying again to reach agreement on its first resolution since the covid-19 pandemic started circling the globe over two months ago - 13 May 2020: European members of the Security Council call on members of the Council to hold accountable the elements of the Syrian regime involved in the use of chemical weapons against civilians in 2017
20 May 2020 USA demands ceasefire in Syria: 20 May 2020: USA's UN representative said UN's 'council must make every effort to ensure the Assad regime reverses its destructive pattern of behavior against its own people and agrees to a comprehensive, enduring, and verifiable nationwide ceasefire', calling for the Assad regime to 'protect the fate of thousands of civilians held arbitrarily in detention centers' and reiterating that the UN must be at the center of any effort to establish a ceasefire
29 May 2020 USA asked UN security council to hold a meeting over Hong Kong crisis: 29 May 2020: China’s approval to move ahead with sweeping anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong has prompted international condemnation, most vehemently from the USA, which has asked the UN security council to hold a meeting on the issue - 29 mai 2020: La pression internationale monte sur Pékin en raison de sa volonté d'imposer une loi sur la 'sécurité' nationale à Hong Kong
1 June 2020 Libya urges Security Council to act as Haftar's forces kill five civilians: 1 June 2020: Libya calls on the UN Security Council and international organizations to take up their responsibility toward the repeated attacks by warlord Haftar's forces on civilians, condemning the latest attack on densely populated areas in Tripoli by Haftar killing on Sunday five civilians - 1 June 2020: Libyan GNA thwarts attack on Gharyan as Al-Asaba town falls to Haftar’s forces
12 June 2020 missiles used to attack Saudi Arabia 'of Iranian origin' UN says: 12 June 2020: Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of 'Iranian origin', UN report to the Security Council says
5 July 2020 Srebrenica 25 years on and how the EU and UN lost appetite to fight war crimes: 5 July 2020: Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general convicted of ordering the execution of 8,000 men and boys from Srebrenica, will spend this week’s 25th anniversary of the slaughter in a cell in The Hague, after he was brought to justice in a joint effort, but where’s the desire to investigate mass killings in Syria, Yemen and Myanmar, the British 'Guardian' asks
7 July 2020 rampant human rights violations and war crimes amid Russian and Assad regime's 2020 offensive against Idlib: 7 July 2020: Rampant human rights violations and war crimes amid Russian and Assad regime's 2020 offensive as war-torn Idlib faces the covid-19 pandemic, UN Syria Commission of Inquiry reports
8 July 2020 UNSC states Russia, France, USA 'did not have conscience' and backed Haftar's Tripoli attack since 2019: 8 July 2020: UNSC states backed Haftar's Tripoli attack, as members Russia, USA, France refrained from stopping attack on Tripoli by Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, says former UN envoy Salame, underlining that the leaders of these countries 'did not have conscience' as they could have saved people's lives - 8 July 2020: ICC accepted request of Libya's Fayal Al-Sarraj to send a team to investigate and gather data on crimes committed by Haftar militias in Tarhuna and southern Tripoli, beginning sometime after mid July - 7 July 2020: UNSMIL's Stephanie Williams has blamed Khalifa Haftar’s forces for the killing of over 138 people in mine explosions in areas they fled in southern Tripoli, saying that the indiscriminate planting by forces affiliated with Haftar of explosive devices in civilian neighbourhoods, that have since late May reportedly killed and injured 81 civilians and 57 non-civilians, including mine clearance workers, is a potential violation of international law, and also expressing her deep sadness and regret over the recent death of two humanitarian mine clearance workers on Sunday in southern Tripoli
9 July 2020 'Do five million Syrian lives matter? Ask Russia and China': 9 July 2020: 'Do five million Syrian lives matter? Ask Russia and China', 'Haaretz' asks, as open border crossings are critical for Syrians, and without them millions will starve, also facing covid-19 with no medical aid at all, and as at the UN Security Council two countries are blocking those lifelines - 9 July 2020: Newly released transcripts of the minutes leading up to George Floyd’s death reveal he told officers 'I can’t breathe' more than 20 times, only to have his plea dismissed by white officer Derek Chauvin, pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck, and saying 'it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk'
10 July 2020 UN Security Council again failed to adopt resolution to save Syrian lives: 10 July 2020: UN Security Council today failed to adopt a resolution that would have extended its authorization for a mechanism to bring lifesaving humanitarian aid through two Turkish border crossings into Syria for another six months
12 July 2020 strengthened Russia and China abstained from voting for their partial success: 12 July 2020: UN Security Council approved aid deliveries to Syria through only one border crossing from Turkey, a day after its authorization for the six-year-long humanitarian operation ended, leaving millions of Syrian civilians in limbo, as strengthened Russia and China now abstained from voting for their partial success after blocking any move repeatedly, as vote is also a notable failure for the USA whose ambassador had called the maintenance of two border crossings a 'red line', like Obama in 2013, as USA's Trump is employed to decide whether he will wearing a face mask, and as Iranian regime's Rohani, involved in Assad's and Russia's war crimes in Syria, calls for big gatherings such as weddings and wakes to be banned to stem a rise in covid-19 infections as shortly after Rohani's TV speech a police official in Tehran announced the closure of all wedding and mourning venues in the capital until further notice, forgetting millions of rounded up victims in Syria
8 August 2020 weak UN Security Council under Russia's, China's and France's influence: 8 August 2020: Weak and incapable UN Security Council under Russia's, China's and France's influence likely to reject USA resolution calling to extend ban on conventional weapons sales to Iranian regime indefinitely
Russian and Iranian weapons for Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah: Russian and Iranian weapons for Lebanese Hezbollah, classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of the USA, Netherlands, France, Gulf Cooperation Council, UK, Australia, Canada, the European Union and Israel - 19 February 2017: The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah is said to have obtained advanced Russian-made Yakhont anti-ship missiles, potentially threatening Israeli gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea and the Israeli Navy’s ability to operate in the area - 5 September 2017: Russian Putin regime threatens to veto UNIFIL mandate and renewal of UN peacekeeper force if Lebanon-based terror organization Hezbollah, its ally in Assad's war against the Syrian people, mentioned - 9 February 2018: Consortium comprising energy giants French Total, Italy's ENI, and Russian Novatek signed its first contract with Lebanon to drill for oil and gas off its coast, including in a block disputed by Israel, as Israel warns against 'provocative behavior' - 9 February 2019: Russian regime’s ambassador in Lebanon Zasypkin hails country’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group for fighting alongside Russia in Syria, also saying USA policies toward Iran could set off a fresh war between Israel and Lebanon
10 August 2020 Gulf Arab bloc backs extending UN arms embargo on Iran: 10 August 2020: In rare unified statement, Gulf Arab bloc backs extending UN arms embargo on Iran, as six-nation bloc backs embargo to stop Iran from purchasing foreign-made weapons like fighter jets, tanks and warships
15 August 2020 UN Security Council votes to let Iran arms embargo expire: 15 August 2020: UN Security Council votes to let Iran arms embargo expire, rejecting USA demands, as Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, calls the UN decision 'a disgrace', as Iran claims victory, and is said readying to ratchet up enrichment at Natanz, violating nuke deal - 15 January 2020: UK marks 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, after on 15 August 1945 Japanese emperor ordered his cruel forces to stop fighting in second world war
29 August 2020 UN's peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon: 29 August 2020: UN Security Council approved a resolution extending the mandate for its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon for another year, but will reduce the number of troops amid USA and Israeli criticism over the mission's efficiency
17 September 2020 Taiwan calls for global coalition against China's aggression: 17 September 2020: Taiwan’s FM Joseph Wu has called for the international community to help defend his country against an intensifying military threat from China, fearing 'a real possibility' of war
20 September 2020 no action on UN Iran sanctions due to 'uncertainty' and as jailed Iranian Nasrin Sotoudeh hospitalized following hunger strike: 20 September 2020: In the Security Council on Saturday UN chief says no action on UN Iran sanctions due to 'uncertainty' - 20 September 2020: Jailed Iranian female rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who provided legal defense to women arrested for opposing hijab laws, hospitalized following hunger strike, as husband says she is ‘severely weakened’ after forgoing food for over 40 days - 20 September 2020: Belarus detained hundreds at protest, as Belarus, Russia, Venezuela and China tried to muzzle opposition leader at UN, blocking a video message at the UN Human Rights Council, where she urged 'the strongest' international response to Minsk’s abuses
27 September 2020 Russia and China blocked release of report by UN experts on Libya: 27 September 2020: Russia and China blocked the official release of a report by UN experts on Libya that accused Libyan warring parties and their international backers, including Russia, of violating the UN arms embargo on Libya, as issue was brought to the Security Council after the two countries blocked release by the committee monitoring sanctions on Libya
30 September 2020 UN security council calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately halt fighting: 30 September 2020: UN security council has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately halt the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh and urgently resume talks without preconditions as the conflict threatened to escalate beyond the region, as Azerbaijan and Armenia dismiss talks, and as decision was announced by Niger's representative and president for September Abdou Abarry after a closed-door discussion
1 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue: 1 October 2020: Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
6 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue: 6 October 2020 Armenia/Azerbaijan clashes continue
29 October 2020 Russia makes bid to water down UN commitments on women's rights in conflict: 29 October 2020: Coming on 20th anniversary of first resolution to recognise women’s unique and disproportionate experience of war and political upheaval, Russian regime has introduced a new UN security council resolution threatening the rights of women in conflict by attempting to water down previously agreed commitments on human rights
30 October 2020 Russia loses UN vote over women's rights in conflict zones: 30 October 2020: Russia loses UN vote over women's rights in conflict zones, as security council resolution that many feared would weaken human rights is rejected by UK, USA and other states
25 November 2020 Israel demands UN Security Council action against Iranian presence in Syria: 25 November 2020: Israel demands UN Security Council action against Iranian presence in Syria, following border incidents blamed on Iranian regime’s Quds Force, as UN envoy Erdan says attacks violate 1974 agreement, risk regional escalation
9 December 2020 UN urges Iran to address nuclear/ballistic missile concerns and return to deal, noting probability of Iranian missiles in Libya: UN in a report to the Security Council urges Iran to address nuclear, ballistic missile concerns and return to deal, notes Israeli intel about probable Iranian missiles in Libya, as Security Council scheduled to discuss the report on December 22
12 December 2020 OPCW criticizes Syria supported by Russia and other regimes for failing to declare chemical weapons production facility: 12 December 2020: Chemical weapons watchdog criticizes Syria for failing to declare chemical weapons production facility and respond to 18 other issues, while Russian regime tried to accuse the watchdog of conducting a 'political crusade', as other member nations backed action against Assad regime for the attacks on Latamneh and stressed their support for efforts to collect evidence of violations of human rights, international humanitarian law and abuses 'with a view to future legal action' - 11 December 2020: UN-backed Lebanon Tribunal on Friday sentenced Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash convicted of conspiring to kill former Lebanese PM Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing to five terms of life imprisonment, as Australian Judge David Re said in reading out the court's decision 'the attack was intended to spread terror in Lebanon and indeed did', and as trial was conducted in absentia and Ayyash remains at large - 12 December 2020: Human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni, who devoted his life to human rights in Syria, now in exile in Germany and part of a landmark first prosecution for war crimes against Assad’s regime after spending several years inside its jails, has also met Anwar Raslan, who became a police officer before transferring to Assad's intelligence services and helped detain Bunni, now both buying groceries in a Turkish shop near the gates of Marienfelde, the Berlin refugee camp they now called home
15/16 December 2020 UNSC condemns Russian mercenaries in Libya: 16 décembre 2020: Le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU a réclamé mardi le départ des mercenaires et combattants étrangers de Libye, dans une déclaration unanime incluant la Russie, accusée d’avoir couvert l’envoi dans ce pays de paramilitaires du groupe privé russe Wagner
23 December 2020 UN agrees to end Darfur mission: 23 décembre 2020: Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies a mis fin à la mission au Darfour et a confié la responsabilité ultérieure du maintien de la paix dans cette région aux autorités de transition soudanaises en force après la révolution 2018-2020 et après des centaines de Soudanais déplacés par des années de conflit au Darfour avaient manifesté début décembre contre la perspective d’un retrait prochain de cette mission onusienne de maintien de la paix, le jugeant également prématuré comme quelques membres du Conseil - 7 December 2020: Darfur residents including women and children protest end of peacekeeping mission in war-ravaged region deployed since 2007, demanding 'that UNAMID remains to protect those displaced until peace process is complete'
5 January 2021 Israeli Defense minister Gantz says world must unite to prevent Iran from getting nuclear arms: 5 January 2021: Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz urged greater international efforts to counter Iran, after the Islamic Republic ramped up uranium enrichment to levels that breach curbs on its nuclear program
2 February 2021 UN Security Council must act urgently, hold military accountable: 2 February 2021: UN Security Council must act urgently, hold military accountable, Amnesty International says
9 February 2021 Iran may pursue nuclear weapons, its intelligence minister warns: 9 February 2021: Iranian Mullah regime’s intelligence minister has warned the West that his country could push for nuclear weapons if crippling international sanctions on regime remain in place, state TV reported
10 February 2021 Iran produces uranium metal in violation of nuke deal according to WSJ: 10 February 2021: UN’s atomic agency says Iran has reportedly produced a small amount of uranium metal at a facility in Isfahan, in a further violation of the 2015 nuclear deal, as Uranium metal can be used as a component in nuclear weapons, and as Iran had signed up to a 15-year ban on 'producing or acquiring plutonium or uranium metals or their alloys' under the JCPOA signed in 2015 - 10 February 2021: UN Security Council called on Somalia’s federal government and regional states Tuesday to urgently resume talks and agree on arrangements to hold elections as soon as possible
19 February 2021 Iranian Mullah regime does not stop threatening: 19 February 2021: Iranian Mullah regime renews call to lift sanctions after USA says ready to restart nuclear talks, tweeting that regime would immediately 'reverse all remedial measures' if the USA 'unconditionally and effectively' lifts 'all sanctions imposed'
23 February 2021 unteachable Mullah regime's new blackmail: 23 February 2021: Iranian Mullah regime announces official start of new restrictions on UN nuclear inspections, saying footage from nuclear facilities will be withheld from IAEA but handed over later if sanctions relief is granted
24 February 2021 UN expert says Iran lied about downing of Ukraine airliner as Israel’s FM demands response to more Iranian threats: 24 February 2021: UN expert says Iran lied about downing of Ukraine airliner in January 2020, as special UN rapporteur Agnes Callamard says Tehran’s explanation of incident which killed 176, contradicts facts and technical assessments of experts - 24 February 2021: With Iran moving to limit some UN inspections of its nuclear facilities, Israel’s FM Gabi Ashkenazi says its actions threaten regional stability and calls for an immediate international response
24 February 2021 Germany convicts former Assad regime agent in historic Syria torture verdict: 24 February 2021: A court in Germany has found former colonel al-Gharib in the Syrian intelligence service, carried out orders in one of Bashar al-Assad’s notorious prisons guilty of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity, in a historic first victory for efforts worldwide to bring legal accountability for atrocities committed in Syria’s long war
1 March 2021 Russia and Iran oppose resolution condemning Mullah regime over its nuclear activity: 1 March 2021: After Iran limits inspections, UN nuke watchdog convenes over possible censure, as IAEA chief says international inspections must not become a ‘bargaining chip’ in talks, and Russian and Iranian Mullah regime oppose resolution condemning the Islamic 'Republic' over its nuclear activity
5 March 2021 Security Council meeting behind closed doors on Myanmar, urged to end regime's violence: 5 mars 2021: Un manifestant a été tué vendredi en Birmanie, dernière victime en date de la répression de la junte contre le mouvement pro-démocratie, tandis que le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU doit se réunir à huis clos à New York pour essayer de trouver une réponse à cette crise qui semble s’obscurcir de jour en jour - 5 March 2021: Hopes for UN Security Council action against Myanmar military coup ‘waning’ fast, warns Special Envoy, noting that around 50 'innocent and peaceful' protesters had now been killed, with scores more injured, with evidence mounting of killings and maiming by military snipers, in contravention of international human rights law, urging the Council to push further to end the violence, and restore democratic institutions
11 March 2021 UN calls for 'utmost restraint' from military murderers as more deaths reported: 11 March 2021: After 7 more people were reported shot dead by the military regime in protests, UN calls for 'utmost restraint' from the murderers, as British-drafted UN statement watered down by China, Russia, India and Vietnam, as USA applied fresh pressure with some sanctions, and as Amnesty says military using battlefield weapons on protesters
14 March 2021 citizens killed in Myanmar protests as civilian leader says people should defend themselves: 14 March 2021: People killed in deadliest days since Myanmar was thrust back under military rule, as a group of ousted MPs urged citizens to defend themselvesduring the nation’s 'darkest moment'
15 March 2021 outrage in Myanmar after activist allegedly tortured to death: 15 March 2021: Outrage in Myanmar after activist allegedly tortured to death, as photographs seen by the Guardian testify to the gruesome death of prominent community leader Zaw Myat Lynn - 15 mars 2021: Au moins 138 manifestants ont été tués depuis le coup d’Etat du 1er février en Birmanie et les victimes étaient des manifestants pacifiques
16/17 March 2021 Tehran Mullah regime enriching uranium with new advanced machine type in further breach of 2015 deal: 16/17 March 2021: Iran enriching uranium at its underground Natanz plant with a second type of advanced centrifuge IR-4, UN nuclear watchdog said, in a further breach of Tehran regime’s deal with major powers
18 March 2021 Vladimir Putin called a 'killer': 18 March 2021: In a interview USA president Joe Biden said 'I do' when asked if he believed Putin - who is globally accused of ordering assassinations of his political opponents - was a killer, as UN says Russia responsible in Navalny poisoning
27 March 2021 Myanmar generals celebrated 'Armed Forces Day' killing at least 90 people including children: 27 March 2021: Myanmar military regime's forces have shot and killed at least 90 people across the country, local media reported, as protesters against the 1 February military coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay and other towns on Saturday, defying a warning that they could be shot 'in the head and back' as the country’s generals celebrated 'Armed Forces Day'
28 March 2021 UN special rapporteur calls on the world to isolate the junta and halt its access to weapons: 28 March 2021: Myanmar regime forces opened fire on mourners gathered for the funeral of one of the 114 people killed the previous day, the bloodiest day of protests since the military coup on 1 February, as there were no immediate reports of casualties at the funeral in the town of Bago near Yangon, according to 3 people who spoke to Reuters, as UN special rapporteur for Myanmar said the army was carrying out 'mass murder' and called on the world to isolate the junta and halt its access to weapons - 28 March 2021: At least 114 civilians were killed on the day, according to news portal Myanmar Now, taking the overall number of those reported killed since the coup to more than 440, as fear turns to fury in Myanmar as children shot by military
1 April 2021 UN security council must act to stop 'bloodbath' in Myanmar, says envoy: 1 April 2021: The UN envoy monitoring Myanmar crisis warned the security council of the risk of civil war and an imminent 'bloodbath' if the junta is allowed to continue violently repressing a pro-democracy movement, as Myanmar protesters have burned a copy of the country’s military-drafted constitution, as more international politicians join calls for UN security council intervention, and as 'Global Leadership Foundation' group of 45 former leaders or senior ministers including Rudd, former New Zealand PM Helen Clark, former Australian foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans, has written to the UN secretary general - 1 April 2021: Suu Kyi faces court hearing, after UN envoy warned of the risk of civil war and an imminent 'bloodbath'
24 April 2021 'The Guardian' presents a roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights: 24 April 2021: As April 2021 nearing its last days 'The Guardian' presents a roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cambodia to Peru, including a sign appealing to the UN at a protest in East Dagon township (Yangon) against Myanmar’s military junta, saying 'Dear UN, How are you? I hope you are well. As for Myanmar we are dying' - 24 April 2021: Myanmar military must stop violence against citizens, Indonesian president Widodo says Myanmar military must stop violence against citizens, and as media and democratic countries urge the UN
11 May 2021 UN security council meets on Jerusalem violence and Hamas' rockets, considering statement: 11 May 2021: UN security council meets on Jerusalem violence and Hamas' rockets, considering statement - 11 May 2021: Two women in Israel killed as militants expand rocket fire, as direct hit to Israeli homes, school, as Israel says it assassinated chief of Islamic Jihad's special rocket unit, and as twenty-six Gazans, including nine children, reportedly killed, 'Haaretz' reports live
12 May 2021 more deadly rocket attacks from Gaza at central and southern Israel: 12 May 2021: Seven wounded, including child in critical condition, as Gaza rockets hit Sderot, Israeli soldier, father and daughter killed in city of Lod as central Israel comes under Gaza rocket attack, rockets fired at Dimona, 56 Gazans, including 14 children, reported killed, as 850 Gaza rockets counted from beginning of escalation, 'Haaretz' reports live
12 May 2021 barrage of missiles from the Gaza Strip at central Israel severely disrupted flights at Israel’s International Airport: 12 May 2021: The barrage of missiles launched from the Gaza Strip at central Israel on Tuesday has severely disrupted the flight schedule at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport
13 May 2021: Gaza rcket barrages target Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Southern Israel, as country diverts incoming flights after rocket barrage: 13 May 2021: Gaza rcket barrages target Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Southern Israel, as country diverts incoming flights after rocket barrage, as Gaza authorities say 83 killed, including 17 minors, as Israeli ground troops on standby as Hamas warns of escalation, as Israeli tally puts total rockets since beginning of escalation at 1,800
14 May 2021 heavy rockets barrages target southern Israel as IDF pounds Gaza: 14 May 2021: Heavy rockets barrages target southern Israel as IDF pounds Gaza, 'Haaretz' reports live
15 May 2021 fighting between Israel and Hamas escalated in what has become the heaviest flare-up since the 2014 Gaza war: 15 May 2021: Fighting between Israel and Hamas escalated in what has become the heaviest flare-up since the 2014 Gaza war, as a citizen killed in central Israel rocket fire, as direct hits were launched against several cities, as Israel downs Gaza tower, as three rounds of sirens rock central Israel after two days of quiet, as nine citizens dead in Israel, as at least 139 Gazans killed in Israeli strikes as rocket fire rages on, as Israeli air attack on Gaza kills eight children, according to residents, and as military says it struck senior Hamas officials as rockets continue to be fired into Israel, and after European Union condemned Palestinian rocket attacks into Israel, but then called on all sides to aim for a de-escalation and to prevent further civilian casualties, without mentioning the alliance of Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran's Mullah regime, responsible for decades of violence targeting Israel for ideological reasons, making civilians and children to cannon fodder
16 May 2021 fighting between Israel and Hamas and rocket barrage continues as UN security council holds first public meeting on the conflict: 16 May 2021: Direct Gaza rocket hits in Ashkelon, Ashdod, as no casualties reported, as at least, 3,000 rocket fired toward Israel since escalation started, as Gaza death toll climbs to 188, including 52 children, according to Haaretz, as 7 Jerusalem police officers wounded in suspected car-ramming attack, said to be in stable condition after attack in the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, as Palestinian driver killed, as the 15-member UN security council holds first public meeting on the conflict, as Israel bombs home of Hamas chief after heavy rocket barrages targeted Tel Aviv, as heavy rocket barrage at Southern Israel continues according to Haaretz, reporting live
17 May 2021 heavy rocket barrage rocks southern Israel, as international efforts to broker cease-fire continue: 17 May 2021: Heavy rocket barrage rocks southern Israel, as international efforts to broker cease-fire mount as fighting rages for seventh day, 'Haaretz' reports live
2009-2021 rocket and mortar attacks against Israel by date and number of rockets: 2009-2021 rocket and mortar attacks against Israel by date, including the number of rockets (some thousands in 2021) launched toward Ashdod, Ashkelon, Jerusalem and neighboring communities, Palmachim, Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, Sderot, Tel Aviv, as more rockets were also fired from the Sinai Peninsula into Israel, from Assad regime's territory in the East, from Lebanon in the North (Hezbollah), documented by the Jewish Virtual Library, as air attacks against the developing Israel (and the neighbouring region) following World War II (and the 1941 German air force in the skies of pre-state Israel and near Amman) watched globally, more or less standing up for or against life
18 May 2021 two people killed, one in serious condition after direct rocket hit in Israel's south, as heavy rocket fire renews: 18 May 2021: Two Killed, one in serious condition after direct rocket hit in Israel's south, as heavy rocket fire renews, as Biden tells Netanyahu he supports cease-fire, as Israel kills 150 Hamas, Islamic Jihad commanders, IDF says, as at least 212 Gazans killed in Israeli strikes, as 12 dead in Israel, 'Haaretz' reports live
19 May 2021 Gaza rocket fire renews including Gaza rocket barrage toward the southern city of Ashkelon: 19 May 2021: Israel strikes more Hamas, Islamic Jihad targets as Gaza rocket fire renews, including Gaza rocket barrage toward the southern city of Ashkelon, as rocket sirens sound in Gaza border communities and rocket explodes in public area, as twelve people killed in Israel, as two Palestinians killed and two Israeli soldiers wounded in West Bank clashes, and as at least 219 Palestinians killed in Gaza, 'Haaretz' reports live
20 May 2021 rockets hit southern Israel: 20 May 2021: Israeli soldier lightly wounded as rocket fire resumes on South, as Israeli workers threaten not to repair power in Gaza until soldiers' bodies returned, as five rockets hit southern Israeli town, as IDF attacks Hamas rocket launchers and tunnel, as at least 227 Palestinians killed in Gaza, 12 killed in Israel, 'Haaretz' reports live
21 May 2021 Israeli military minimized its response to rockets launched at Haifa suburbs, probably Hezbollah’s: 21 May 2021: The Israeli military minimized its response to rockets launched at Haifa suburbs – an achievement for Hamas – though the rockets could not have been fired without Hezbollah’s approval - 21 May 2021: Netanyahu says Israel has 'changed the equation' with Hamas, as Hamas chief Haniyeh says we will continue fighting until Al-Aqsa mosque is liberated
21 May 2021 USA's president Biden commends Netanyahu for bringing Gaza violence to close: 21 May 2021: USA's president Biden commends Netanyahu for bringing Gaza violence to close, reaffirming that Israel has the right to defend itself, adding that it will fully replenish the Iron Dome missile defense system, reiterating USA's policy that Israelis and Palestinians equally deserve to live safely and securly while enjoying equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy (that needed to be discussed in a profound and international relations and alliances inclusive manner, because also in this case the Iranian Mullah regime - incapable of encompassing maintenance and construction work and amid crisis of oilindustry and climate crisis - and its proxies abuse impoverished and desperate humans up to martyrdom, following the regime's seizure of power in 1979)
May 2021 casualties of the Gaza regime - Israel conflict: May 2021 casualties of Gaza's Hamas regime - Israel conflict
21 May 2021 Iran's regime says 'in the future the Zionists (Israel) can expect to endure deadly blows from within the occupied territories': 21 May 2021: Iranian Mullah regime's - which does not recognise Israel but supports the Islamist militants of Hamas, who rule the Gaza Strip, and after Hamas and the Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel before Friday's truce - leader urges Muslim states to back Palestinians militarily, financially, saying 'all influential elements of (Israel's) regime and the criminal (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu must be prosecuted by international and independent courts', as regime's Foreign Ministry earlier said Palestinians had won a 'historic victory' over Israel, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards said 'the intifada (Palestinian uprising) has gone from using stones to powerful, precise missiles ... and in the future the Zionists (Israel) can expect to endure deadly blows from within the occupied territories', after leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad have praised Iran’s financial and military support, after regime's Khamenei last year hailed Tehran's supply of arms, saying Iranian regime had transformed the military balance of power between Israel and the Palestinians, and as regime now on Friday displayed an Iranian-made combat drone that it said had a range of 2,000 km, naming it 'Gaza' in honour of the Palestinians' struggle against Israel, state media reported
23 May 2021 UN to launch Gaza aid appeal as Israel-Hamas cease-fire holds: 23 May 2021 UN to launch Gaza aid appeal as Israel-Hamas cease-fire holds, and as USA's president Joe Biden says his country will work with UN agencies on expediting humanitarian aid for Gaza 'in a manner that does not permit Hamas to simply restock its military arsenal'
25 May 2021 USA's Blinken says USA to provide $75 million in assistance to Palestinians: 25 May 2021: USA's Blinken says USA to provide $75 million in assistance to Palestinians, 'Haaretz' reports live, as Hezbollah chief says Israeli attacks on Jerusalem mean regional war, and as his comments in a televised speech were his first since a cease-fire ended the fiercest fighting in years between Israel and Gaza-based Islamist militant group Hamas
26 May 2021 Iran enriching uranium at levels 'only countries making bombs are reaching': 26 May 2021: UN nuclear watchdog IAEA says Iran enriching uranium at levels 'only countries making bombs are reaching'
26 May 2021 IAEA chief asks Tehran regime to ‘come clean’ about uranium found at three sites: 26 May 2021: Iran’s failure to provide credible explanations for traces of uranium found at two undeclared sites is 'a big problem' that is affecting the country’s credibility, Rafael Grossi has said, as UN nuclear inspectorate chief asks Tehran regime to ‘come clean’ about uranium found at three sites
27 May 2021 advocacy groups called on French 'Total' and USA's 'Chevron' to further cut ties with Myanmar’s military: 27 May 2021: Advocacy groups have called on French fossil fuel giant Total and USA company Chevron to further cut ties with Myanmar’s military, after announcing they would suspend dividend payments to the junta from a large gas project in the wake of February’s coup, as advocacy groups said 90% of the money the junta makes from the Yadana gasfield joint venture with Total and Chevron – as well as the gas itself – continues to flow
31 May 2021 IAEA report says Iran fails to explain uranium traces found at several sites: 31 May 2021: Iran fails to explain uranium traces found at several sites, IAEA report says
1 June 2021 UN watchdog unable to access Iran nuclear program data since February: 1 June 2021: UN watchdog unable to access Iran nuclear program data since February, saying it can provide only an estimate of Iran’s stockpile
4 June 2021 UN security council urges Yemen’s Houthis to allow examination of oil tanker: 4 June 2021: UN security council urges Yemen’s Houthis to allow examination of oil tanker, moored off the war-torn country’s coast loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil, warning there is a growing risk it could rupture or explode 'causing an environmental, economic, maritime and humanitarian catastrophe for Yemen and the region', as Iranian-backed Houthis are in control of Yemen’s western Red Sea ports, including Ras Issa, 6 kilometers from where the Safer tanker has been moored since the 1980s, and as experts said maintenance is no longer possible because the damage to the ship is irreversible
7 June 2021 UK, France, Germany and USA dismiss IAEA warning about Iranian regime: 7 June 2021: IAEA's Rafael Grossi says Iran is not co-operating or providing any answers to questions his agency has posed after it found nuclear particles at four undeclared sites, but UK, France, Germany and USA dismiss IAEA warning and set it aside
8 June 2021 USA says IAEA monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities must be allowed to continue: 8 June 2021: USA says, IAEA monitoring and monitoring of Iran’s activities by the UN nuclear watchdog as outlined in an agreement recently extended until June 24 must be allowed to continue or risk undermining talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal
8/9 June 2021 Iran's policy to revive the 2015 nuclear accord will remain unchanged because the issue is decided by its highest leadership: 8 June 2021: Iran's policy in talks with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear accord will remain unchanged after a June 18 presidential election because the issue is decided by its highest leadership, a regime spokesman said on Tuesday - 9 June 2021: New satellite imagery published may indicate that Iran bulldozed a suspected nuclear site last year in an attempt to obscure advancements in its nuclear program
19 June 2021 warning about Iranian regime and new president: 19 June 2021: Iran’s president-elect, Ebrahim Raisi, is hardliner linked with mass executions, as he was youngest member of the 1988 Tehran death committee, systematically sending as many as 3,000 people to slaughter, and when he was head of the judiciary floggings and executions flourished - 19 juin 2021: Amnesty veut enquêter sur le nouveau président iranien pour 'crimes', car 'le fait qu’Ebrahim Raïssi ait accédé à la présidence au lieu de faire l’objet d’une enquête pour crimes contre l’humanité est un rappel sinistre que l’impunité règne en maître en Iran'
20 June 2021 USA says disagreements on key issues remain in Iran nuclear talks: 20 June 2021: There are still disagreements on key issues between Iran and the world powers in talks to revive their 2015 nuclear deal, USA's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, adding that the final decision on the issue was up to the 'Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic' instead of the newly elected president
22 June 2021 UNAMA's Deborah Lyons said from politics, security to economy Afghanistan's 'slide toward dire scenarios is undeniable': 22 June 2021: Deborah Lyons, Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA, said from politics to security, the peace process to the economy, the 'possible slide toward dire scenarios is undeniable' and 'the relentless spirit of the Afghans and their incredible resilience is being severely tested', after through its intensified military campaign, the Taliban has taken more than 50 of Afghanistan’s 370 districts since the beginning of May, reminding that what happens there is 'of global consequence', and the Security Council needed to be fully aware of the gravity of the situation
24 June 2021 dire warning over Syria aid shutdown in July if UN fails to renew cross-border relief operation: 24 June 2021: Critics say if UN Security Council fails to renew cross-border relief operation, it will be ‘catastrophic’ for civilians in northwest Syria
26 June 2021 Iran should engage UN nuclear watchdog 'without further delay': 26 June 2021: Iran should engage the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA without delay to ensure the UN nuclear watchdog's ability to monitor its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal remains in place, a USA State Department official said on Friday
28 June 2021 Russian instructors behind abuses in CAR, UN report submitted to the Security Council says: 28 June 2021: Russian instructors sent to the Central African Republic have carried out 'indiscriminate killings', lootings, and occupied schools, according to an annual UN report, though Putin regime says they are unarmed and not involved in fighting, as the testimonies detail excessive force which amounts to violations of international humanitarian law, the report by UN experts submitted to the Security Council recently and seen by AFP on Monday said
29 June 2021 Britain, the USA and Ireland call for an emergency UN security council public meeting on Tigray: 29 June 2021: Dissident leaders of Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region have dismissed a government ceasefire declaration and vowed to drive out 'enemies' from the region, after rebel fighters advanced on the Tigrayan capital, as the Ethiopian government declared a 'unilateral ceasefire, in a rare attempt at de-escalating the war, saying the ceasefire 'will enable farmers to till their land, aid groups to operate without any military movement around and engage with remnants (of the TPLF) who seek peace', and that the ceasefire would last until September, the end of the crucial planting season in the region, as aid agencies have been heavily restricted by Ethiopia’s government from providing desperately needed aid. About 350,000 people are on the brink of famine according to the UN, and as now Britain, the USA and Ireland have called for an emergency UN security council public meeting, which could happen on Friday, diplomatic sources told AFP, after the security council has failed to hold a public session on Tigray since the war broke out
3 July 2021 over 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray now in famine, UN in its first public meeting warns: 3 July 2021: UN officials have warned the Security Council that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are now in famine and that there was a risk of more clashes in the region despite a unilateral ceasefire by the federal government, as after six private discussions on Friday, the Security Council held its first public meeting since fighting broke out in November between government forces, backed by troops from neighbouring Eritrea, and TPLF fighters with Tigray’s former ruling party
7 July 2021 HRW said Russia should not block the UN from reauthorizing cross-border humanitarian aid for Syrians: 7 July 2021: As on July 10 UN's authorization for the last crossing where UN cross-border aid delivery is permitted, will expire, Russia should not block the UN from reauthorizing and expanding cross-border humanitarian aid operations across northern Syria, as millions of people in northeast and northwest Syria need cross-border distribution of food, medicine, Covid-19 vaccines, and other lifesaving assistance, HRW said
8 July 2021 UN council plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss Haiti: 8 July 2021: UN Security Council plans to hold an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss Haiti in the wake of president Jovenel Moise’s assassination by mercenaries posing as DEA agents, the New York Times is reporting - July 2021 former USA Ambassador to Angola, now UN Special Representative in Haiti and the head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, Helen Ruth Meagher La Lime is currently working with the Haitian actors to find a solution to the crisis in the country
9 July 2021 UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal: 9 July 2021: UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal - Since 2011 Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under construction
9 July 2021 fate of Syria’s last aid channel rests in Putin regime’s bloody hands: 9 July 2021: Fate of Syria’s last aid channel rests in Russia’s hands, as possible veto of Bab al-Hawa UN aid crossing could halt the flow of vital food and health supplies to 3.4 million people - 9 July 2021: Russian warplanes bombard Jabal al-Akrad in north Latikkia countryside, and Hash Joezief in Jabal al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib, which caused casualties - 9 July 2021 SOHR reported rocket fire by Assad regime forces at areas in in northwest Hama, in southern Idlib countryside. But, amid hovering of Russian scouting aircrafts above Idlib province especially in the southern part of the city
6 August 2021 briefing to the UN Security Council by Special Representative for Afghanistan Ms.Deborah Lyons: 6 August 2021: Briefing to the UN Security Council by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ms.Deborah Lyons, saying 'Afghanistan is now at a dangerous turning point', as 'ahead lies either a genuine peace negotiation or a tragically intertwined set of crises: an increasingly brutal conflict combined with an acute humanitarian situation and multiplying human rights abuses'
29 August 2021 France/UK plan to table UN security council resolution calling for Taliban to back civilian-run safe zone at Kabul airport: 29 August 2021: France and Britain plan to table an emergency UN security council resolution on Monday calling for the Taliban to back a civilian-run safe zone at Kabul airport that would allow the continued air evacuation of those who want to leave the country, selon 'Journal du Dimanche', as UN refugee agency's Kelly Clement is appealing to all neighbouring countries to keep their borders open for those seeking safety
10 September 2021 UN warns Afghanistan at risk of ‘total breakdown’: 10 September 2021: UN warns Afghanistan at risk of ‘total breakdown’, as the UN special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons told the Security Council that a way needed to be found to get the money into the country 'to prevent a total breakdown of the economy and social order', noting that Afghanistan was facing a storm of crises including a plunging currency, a sharp rise in prices for food and fuel and a lack of cash at private banks, also saying the authorities also do not have the funds to pay salaries, and 'the Afghan people are least responsible for this unfolding crisis, and yet most affected by it. It is clear that they will still need this Council and the international community.'
10 September 2021 UN has condemned the Taliban’s increasingly violent response against peaceful demonstrators: 10 September 2021: UN has condemned the Taliban’s increasingly violent response against peaceful demonstrators in Afghanistan, as members of the armed group used live ammunitions, batons and whips, resulting in the killing of at least four protesters
17 and 18 September 2021 UN Security Council extends Afghan mission mandate for six months and Somalia: 17 September 2021: UN Security Council extends Afghan mission mandate for six months, as fifteen-member body unanimously passes resolution that also calls for establishment of an ‘inclusive and representative government’ - 18 September 2021: UNSC urges Somalia’s feuding leaders to settle dispute, as UN body calls on government leaders to give top priority to holding long-delayed national elections this year
5 October 2021 Haiti top diplomat asks UN Security Council for help with gangs amid crises: 5 October 2021: Haiti’s top diplomat has called on the UN Security Council for help dealing with the country’s spiralling gang violence and crime, as Claude Joseph told the 15-member body that the existing UN political mission needs to pivot towards strengthening security and law enforcement institutions in Haiti, which is also in the midst of a political crisis made deeper by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July
7 October 2021 UN Secretary-General demands evidence from Ethiopia: 7 October 2021: UN says Ethiopia violated international law, seeks documentation, 'africanews' reports - 7 October 2021: UN Secretary-General Guterres has demanded evidence from Ethiopia after seven UN staff were expelled for allegations of misconduct, saying 'it is my duty to defend the honour of the United Nations' after a rare public exchange with Ambassador Taye Atske Selassie Amde at the end of a Security Council meeting on Wednesday
16 October 2021 UN Security Council demands accountability for terrorism in Afghanistan: 16 October 2021: Funeral services were held for victims of Friday’s suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar that killed at least 47 people and wounded more than 70, as UN Security Council stressed the need to hold everyone involved in 'these reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable and bring them to justice', as Friday's mass murder was the second consecutive massacre in a week in Afghanistan
27 October 2021 UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Sudan military coup: 27 October 2021: UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Sudan military coup, as Russia and China oppose strong condemnation, France24's Jessica le Masurier reports
5 November 2021 UN Security Council calls for an end to Ethiopia fighting: 5 November 2021: UN Security Council calls for an end to Ethiopia fighting. as the fifteen-member body expresses ‘deep concern about the expansion and intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia’, after UN earlier said up to 7 million people in the regions of Tigray, Amhara and Afar need help, including 5 million in Tigray where some 400,000 people are estimated to be living in famine-like conditions, and as meeting of the Security Council previously scheduled to take place on Friday was rescheduled for early next week
12 November 2021 western UNSC members condemn Belarus for the escalating crisis over migrants: 12 November 2021: UN Security Council Western members in meetin conducted by Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, USA and Britain condemn Belarus for the escalating crisis over migrants stranded on its border with Poland, accusing Belarus in a strongly worded statement of using the migrants to destabilise the European Union's eastern border
22 December 2021 UN Security Council resolution concerning humanitarian aid to Afghanistan: 22 December 2021: UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution proposed by the USA that facilitates humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, which is on the verge of economic collapse, while keeping funds out of the Taliban hands, as earlier a USA resolution had sought to authorise case-by-case exemptions to sanctions, but that was blocked by veto-wielding permanent Security Council members China and Russia
11 January 2022 UN extends Syria cross-border aid without Security Council vote: 11 January 2022: UN extends Syria cross-border aid for six months without Security Council vote, as Bab al-Hawa crossing serves three million people in Idlib region, allowing passage of aid without going through Assad regime channels in Damascus
12 January 2022 Russia, China block UNSC from supporting new sanctions to restore democracy in Mali: 12 January 2022: Russia and China blocked the UN Security Council on Tuesday from supporting new sanctions on Mali for its military leaders’ decision to delay next month’s elections until 2026, a blow to the restoration of democracy in the troubled West African nation
28 January 2022: USA calls Security Council meeting over Russia/Ukraine conflict: 28 January 2022: USA calls Security Council meeting over Ukraine, steps up pipeline warnings alongside Germany amid 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis and Russian regime's renewed escalation
28 January 2022 'urgent, renewed effort’ needed to restore civilian rule in Myanmar, UN says: 28 January 2022: ‘Urgent, renewed effort’ needed to restore civilian rule in Myanmar, UN says - 28 January 2022: One year into the coup, UN's Michelle Bachelet urges governments and businesses to heed voices of the people, intensify pressure on the military in Myanmar
1 February 2022 after UNSC meeting on Ukraine Blinken and Lavrov will make another attempt: 1 February 2022: USA, Russia diplomats to hold talks on Ukraine, as - following tense UNSC meeting on Ukraine - USA Secretary of State Blinken and Putin regime's FM Lavrov will make another attempt at diplomacy, 'Al Jazeera' reports from London in live news
21 February 2022 Ukraine's FM Kuleba requests UNSC consultations to reduce tensions around Ukraine: 21 February 2022: Ukraine's FM Dmytro Kuleba has submitted an official application to the UN Security Council member states with a request to hold urgent consultations on reducing tensions around Ukraine
22 February 2022 Russia strongly condemned at UN after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine: 22 février 2022: L'ONU et une majorité de membres du Conseil de sécurité ont condamné lors d'une réunion d'urgence, lundi, la reconnaissance par la Russie de l'indépendance des républiques sécessionnistes dans l'est de l'Ukraine et l'ordre de Poutine d'y déployer des troupes - 22 February 2022: Russia strongly condemned at UN after Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine, as Ukraine’s foreign minister appealed for strong sanctions as the only way of stalling further Russian encroachment, 'The Guardian' reports, also providing a live coverage of the Russia/Ukraine crisis
25 February 2022 UNSC resolution deploring Russian invasion of Ukraine, but Russian veto: 25 February 2022: The UN security council voted on a resolution deploring Russian invasion of Ukraine, as 11 member states voted for the resolution, 3 abstained (China, India, and UAE) and one voted against (Russia). As Russia holds a veto the resolution was not upheld. USA ambassador to the UN said that 'Russia’s latest attack on our most fundamental principles is so bold, so brazen, that it threatens our international system as we know it', adding 'one country is invading another, Russia is the aggressor here. There is no middle ground.'
2 March 2022 threatening Russian regime's Lavrov says a third World War would be nuclear and destructive: 2 March 2022: Russian regime's FM Lavrov - amid its brutal aggression against the Ukrainian people involving regime's army, its air force including missile forces, its navy since 24 February - says a third World War would be nuclear and destructive, Reuters reports
5 March 2022 UNSC members condemn Russia's attack on a nuclear plant in Ukraine: 5 March 2022: Russia's 'reckless' overnight attack on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine is a dangerous escalation that 'represents a dire threat to all of Europe and the world', the USA ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council, as Ukrainian envoy to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya lashed out at his Russian counterpart, accusing him of spreading 'lies' even as former KGB agent Putin's troops in control of the nuclear facility were refusing access to Ukrainian inspectors in their country, and as Kyslytsya also formally called for the UN to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save the life of the Ukrainian people, France24 reports
17 March 2022 France, 5 members demand UN security council meeting over Russian bombs on Mariupol theatre: 17 mars 2022: L'Ukraine accuse la Russie d'avoir détruit mercredi à Marioupol un théâtre dans lequel s’étaient réfugiées plus d’un millier de personnes, plusieurs pays occidentaux, dont la France, ont demandé une réunion d'urgence jeudi du Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, selon France24 en direct - 16 March 2022 Ukrainian officials accused that Russian military had bombed the 'Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol', which was in use as an air raid shelter during the siege of Mariupol, allegedly holding from 500 to 1,200 civilians in the days before 16 March, according to 'Wikipedia' - 17 March 2022: UN Security Council will meet at the request of six Western nations - UK, USA, France, Ireland, Norway and Albania - that sought an open session on Ukraine amid Russian regime’s war against its smaller neighbor
29 March 2022 UN calls for ‘unhindered’ humanitarian access in Ukraine: 29 March 2022: UN calls for ‘unhindered’ humanitarian access in Ukraine, as UN assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs Joyce Msuya told a UN Security Council meeting 'civilians in Ukraine desperately need .. assistance and protection', saying aid convoys are planned for Ukraine in the coming days and weeks, but warring parties must ensure “unhindered” humanitarian access in the country, 'Al Jazeera' reports in iive updates in its daily coverage of Russia's aggression against Ukraine
7 avril 2022 Zelenski appelle à l'exclusion de la Russie du conseil de sécurité: 7 avril 2022: Le président ukrainien Volydymyr Zelensky s'est invité cette semaine dans l'enceinte du Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU. Depuis Kiev, il a exhorté par vidéo les Occidentaux à agir 'immédiatement' contre la Russie au regard de ses 'crimes de guerre' commis selon lui en Ukraine. Il réclame aujourd'hui l'exclusion des russes du Conseil de Sécurité. Après l'onde de choc provoquée par la découverte le week-end dernier de nombreux cadavres à Boutcha, près de Kiev, où l'Ukraine accuse les Russes de massacres, l'Union européenne et Washington ont intensifié leur pression économique et diplomatique contre la Russie dans l'espoir de lui faire lâcher prise
10 April 2022 Russia, China block UN security council request for investigation into Moura massacre: 27-31 March 2022 Malian Armed Forces, reportedly collaborating with the Russian mercenary company 'Wagner Group' set siege to the central Malian town of Moura, during a nine-day operation against jihadists. Malian forces attracted international outcry after HRW accused Mali and the Wagner Group of committing a massacre against civilians - 10 April 2022: Russia, backed by China, blocks UN security council request for investigation into Moura massacre in Mali, in particular those perpetrated against civilians in Moura, in the Mopti region, from 27 to 31 March 2022
19 April 2022 UN to debate Security Council permanent member veto power: 19 April 2022: The UN on Tuesday set to debate a provision that would require the 5 permanent members of the body’s Security Council – the USA, United Kingdom, France, China and Russia – to justify invoking their veto powers, after the reform to the Security Council has been floated for years at the UN but has regained new traction following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Currently, the five permanent members can veto any resolutions put forth by the Security Council. Meanwhile, the rotating 10 other members have no such power, as Putin regime has used its veto power to limit actions by the UNSC since invading Ukraine on 24 February, immediately blocking a resolution that called for regime's military removal from Ukraine, Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.
6 May 2022 UNSC agrees to first joint statement since Russia's Ukraine war began in February: 6 May 2022: UN Security Council agrees to first joint statement since Putin regime's Ukraine war began in February, expressing 'strong support' for Secretary-General’s efforts to find peaceful solution, as USA president Biden announces new security aid to Ukraine and calls on USA lawmakers to approve more funds for the country, as Ukraine says more civilians were evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, and as Russian shelling today killed one civilian and injured three others in Donbas, regional governor says
3 June 2022 UN Security Council briefing on conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking in Ukraine: 3 June 2022: UN Security Council briefing on conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking in Ukraine, as after hundred days of Russia’s military offensive, Putin's brutal war of aggression - a war banned by the UN Charta - has shown devastating effects on civilians, and as a 2 June OCHA humanitarian impact situation report shows 7.1 million internally displaced people and 6.8 million refugees who have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries
15 June 2022 Security Council will hold its quarterly meeting on Afghanistan: 15 June 2022: Afghanistan facing ‘the darkest moments’ in a generation, UN human rights chief told Human Rights Council on Wednesday - May/June 2022: In June, the Security Council will hold its quarterly meeting on Afghanistan. An official from the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and a representative of Afghan civil society are expected to brief. The Council is also scheduled to receive a briefing from Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths. This briefing will cover the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan
9 July 2022 Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution to renew cross-border aid to Syria: 9 July 2022: Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution to renew cross-border aid to Syria
12 July 2022 UNSC reauthorised cross-border deliveries of aid to rebel-held Syria for six months: 12 July 2022: The UN Security Council has reauthorised cross-border deliveries of aid to rebel-held Syria for six months with some 800 lorries crossing into the north-western province of Idlib every month with aid for 2.4 million civilians, as western powers bowed to a demand from Russia, a staunch ally of the Syrian Assad regime, which vetoed their proposal for a one-year extension last week, after the mandate for deliveries via Turkey expired on Sunday, prompting the UN aid chief to warn that 'people will die'
11 August 2022 UNSC emergency meeting later today to address Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant crisis: 11 August 2022: The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later today to address the crisis at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to Agence France-Presse
27 August 2022 Russia blocks final draft of nuclear disarmament treaty at UN: 27 August 2022: Russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration on the United Nations’ nuclear disarmament treaty, which criticised Moscow’s military takeover of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine
25 October 2022 UN Security Council closed-door discussions on Russia’s 'dirty bomb' claims: 25 October 2022: UN Security Council will hold closed-door private discussions on October 25 on Russia’s unproven claims that Ukraine has plans to create a 'dirty bomb', CNN reported citing two anonymous UN diplomats familiar with the matter
27 December 2022 UN Security Council denounces Taliban bans against women: 27 December 2022: UN Security Council denounces Taliban bans against women, calling for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups. In a statement agreed by consensus, the 15-member council said the ban on women and girls attending high school and universities in Afghanistan 'represents an increasing erosion for the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms.'
11 January 2023 USA accuses Russian military contractors of interfering in Sahel countries’ internal affairs: 11 January 2023: The USA has accused Kremlin-backed Russian military contractors of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and 'increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow' in the Sahel region, which is facing increasing attacks, an allegation Russia denied, as USA Deputy Ambassador Richard Mills lashed out at the Wagner Group at a UN Security Council meeting on West Africa and the Sahel on Tuesday
31 March 2023 'absurdity to a new level' as Russia takes charge of UN security council: 31 March 2023: ‘Absurdity to a new level’ as Russia takes charge of UN security council, when in Ukraine, Putin's regime is continuing an unprovoked war of aggression, when in The Hague dictator Putin is facing an arrest warrant for war crimes, but when - at the UN - Russia is about to take charge of a powerful international body, the 15-member security council, in line with a rotation that has been unaffected by the murderous Ukraine war
1 April 2023 today terrorist state began to preside over UN Security Council, Ukrainian president Zelensky said: 1 April 2023: 'Yesterday, the Russian army killed another Ukrainian child - a five-month-old boy named Danylo. From Avdiyivka, in Donbas, together with his parents who were injured. ... One of the hundreds of artillery strikes that the terrorist state launches every day. And at the same time, Russia chairs the UN Security Council. It is hard to imagine something evident that proves the complete bankruptcy of such institutions. ... Terrorists must lose, must be held accountable for terror, and not preside anywhere. ... Eternal memory to all adults and children whose lives were taken by the terror of Russia!', Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said in his new video address.
29 June 2023 UK foreign secretary calls for expansion of UN security council: 29 June 2023: The global south deserves a more powerful voice at the world’s top table by expanding the UN security council, according to UK's James Cleverly, calling for a review of the use of the veto by the council’s 5 permanent members, saying that the world’s poorest countries feel their voice is not heard even on issues of direct concern to them, and adding he had listened carefully to the global south’s leaders and that they felt wealthy countries were 'hoarding power and neglecting their responsibilities'
11 July 2023 cross-border aid to Syria blocked in ‘act of utter cruelty’ by Russia at UN vote: 11 July 2023: Russia used its veto at the UN security council to block in ‘act of utter cruelty’ a nine-month renewal of cross-border aid designed to help 4 million people living in rebel-held north-west Syria

United Nations General Assembly
December 1960 colonial powers didn't vote in favor of UN's 'Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples': 14 December 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, adopted by the UN General Assembly as 89 countries voted in favour, and nine abstained, including colonial powers Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Union of South Africa, United Kingdom, and USA
25 October 1971 UN General Assembly and China: On 25 October 1971 UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 passed in response to the UN General Assembly Resolution 1668 that required any change in China's representation in the UN be determined by a two-thirds vote, recognizing the so-called People's Republic of China PRC as 'the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations' and expelled 'the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations' - During the 1950s and 1960s United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, and France shifted their recognition of China from the Republic of China (Taipei) to the China's Beijing regime called PRC, in the 1970s, Canada, Turkey, the USA and more western countries established diplomatic relations with Beijing's PRC, and severed diplomatic relations with the Republic of China
10 November 1975 UN General Assembly's anti-Semitism marking the 37th anniversary of Nazi Germany's November 1938 'Kristallnacht': On 10 November 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions) UN General Assembly adopted resolution 3379, that 'determine[d] that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination', with the support of the Arab- and Muslim-majority countries, many African countries, the Soviet bloc, and a few others including Portugal after its Socialist Party PS won the April 1975 election for the Constituent Assembly - Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s UN documents systematically denied the existence of the Jews, Israel ancient history, the Holocaust, and the notion that Jews deserve the same rights granted to other groups, as most infamous example of this trend was the passage of UN General Assembly's resolution 3379, which equated Zionism with racism on 10 November 1975, the first postwar 'ideology' to ever be condemned in the United Nations' history, as many observers noted that the resolution was passed on the 37th anniversary of November 1938 'Kristallnacht' in Nazi Germany, the pogrom historians agree marked the beginning of the Holocaust
Since 8 July 1998 request to review UN resolution concerning China: 8 July 1998 Need to review UN General Assembly resolution 2758 of 25 October 1971 owing to the fundamental change in the international situation and to the coexistence of two Governments across the Taiwan Strait, letter from the representatives of Burkina Faso, El Salvador, the Gambia, Grenada, Liberia, Nicaragua, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Swaziland and Solomon Islands to the UN
16 December 1991 UN General Assembly revoking resolution 3379 which had called Zionism a form of racism: On 16 December 1991 UN General Assembly resolution 46/86, revoking the determination in resolution 3379 which had called Zionism a form of racism, after Israel had made revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of its participation in the 'Madrid Peace Conference' in progress in the last quarter of 1991, and as the motion was supported by 111 (including the 90 nations who sponsored the resolution), opposed by 25 nations and abstained by 13 nations
2012 UN Assembly remains divided over Syria and human rights: 27 September 2012: UN Assembly remains divided over Syria - ongoing support of Assad's crimes by Russia
25 December 2012: The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to restart negotiations on a draft international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms, opposed by US gun lobby
2013: General debate of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly 24 September 2013 - 4 October 2013 - 28 September 2013: Making a strong case for the reform of the UN Security Council to reflect current political realities, Indian PM Manmohan Singh says at the General Assembly that global peace and security issues must be handled through multilateral efforts - 1 novembre: Le Brésil et l'Allemagne ont présenté à l'ONU un projet de résolution sur la protection des libertés individuelles, dans le contexte d'espionnage international des Etats-Unis - 27 November: UN General Assembly's Third Committee adopted a weakened draft resolution calling for sn end to excessive electronic spying - 28 November: UN General Assembly committee agrees women's rights resolution despite backlash - 19 December 2013: UN General Assembly calls for end to excessive electronic spying
2014: 27 March: Ukraine is optimistic over UN General Assembly vote today on country's territorial integrity after Russian annexation of Crimea
27 March 2014 UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 recognizing Crimea within Ukraine’s international borders and underscoring the invalidity of the 2014 Crimean referendum - 27 March: Backing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, UN General Assembly declares Crimea secession vote invalid - 29 March: Russia threatened several Eastern European, Asian and African states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a UN resolution against its annexation of Crimea, UN diplomats say
20 May 2014: 58 countries urge United Nations to refer Syria to International Criminal Court
23 September 2014: More than 140 world leaders are converging in the UN general assembly to discuss urgent matters in this week, timetable - 24 September: At the UN Climate Change Summit Ban Ki-moon says that $2.3bn has been pledged to the Green Climate Fund, China and USA promise their support for a climate deal, without offering specifics, and France, promising $1bn to the Climate Fund for poor countries, calls for the establishment of a new green economy - 24 September: At the UN Climate Summit efforts to slow deforestation got a boost when dozens of countries, indigenous groups and companies pledged to halve destructive deforestation by 2020, and completely end losses by 2030 - 25 September: In his speech at the UN General Assembly session, Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatseniuk urges Russia's Putin to stop the aggression against Ukraine - 28 September 2014: World leaders demanded Security Council reform during their addresses to the UN General Assembly over the past few days, calling for the addition of more permanent and non-permanent seats on the council and the elimination of the veto - 28 September 2014: Defeating terrorism starts with toppling Assad, Syrian Coalition's Hadi Al Bahra says in his speech at the UN General Assembly
19 December 2014: UN General Assembly urges Security Council to refer North Korea to ICC
21 December 2014: UN General Assembly voted on a non-binding resolution, adopted by 116 votes to 20 with 52 abstentions, condemning the Assad regime's violations of human rights
2015: 22 January 2015: UN's first-ever meeting on anti-Semitism organized in response to violence toward Jews worldwide - 23 January: UN issued a joint declaration against anti-Semitism, signed by more than 40 countries - 28 January: At UN Holocaust commemoration, Israel's President Rivlin calls on UN to do more to prevent atrocities - 3 August 2015: UN states agree post-2015 sustainable development agenda now due to be formally adopted in September, aiming to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty, reduce inequality within and between states, achieve gender equality, improve water management and energy, and take urgent action to combat climate change, over the next 15 years - 26 August 2015: Russia's veto power may be restricted at UN General Assembly, Ukraine's FM Klimkin says, as an initiative is already joined by over 40 countries - 11 September: UN approves proposal to raise Palestinian flag with 119 votes in favor and most of EU's nations among the 45 nations that abstained - 15 September: 70th UN General Assembly to start in New York with Russia-Ukraine conflict on agenda, as Ukraine wants UN to recognise Russia a state sponsor of terrorism - 16 September: 67 countries already support depriving Russian regime of veto right in UN - 26 September 2015: UN, Chad, Niger and Cameroon appealed for help for millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region forced to flee the violence of Boko Haram and hit with repeated droughts and floods that have brought malnutrition and disease, but Nigeria did not attend the event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly - 26 September 2015: As countries whose nationals lost their lives when the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 went down gather at the UN general assembly to discuss their options, Russia could face legal action over downing of jet over Ukraine - 28 September - 3 October 2015 general debate of the UN general assembly - 28 September: Russian delegation walks out of Poroshenko UN speech - 28 September: Poroshenko urges West not be fooled by Putin's UN speech - 28 September: Ukrainian delegation walks out of Putin's UN Assembly speech - 29 September: Ukrainians raise blood-soaked flag in a silent protest during Putin's speech at the UNGA - 29 September: Ukraine president Poroshenko accuses Russian regime of using UN veto as 'licence to kill', calling for the UN Security Council veto powers to be reviewed and urging world to unite in fight against terrorism in all its forms - 1 October: At UN Israel's Netanyahu calls on Palestinians to resume peace talks, deplores Iran for annihilation threats - 20 November 2015: The UN General Assembly's human rights committee in a non-binding resolution adopted with 76 votes criticizes Iran for cracking down on activists, journalists and dissidents and its increased use of the death penalty - 20 November 2015: Without explicitly naming Russia the UN General Assembly’s human rights committee adopted a resolution with 115 votes in favor, condemning all attacks against the Syrian moderate opposition, given that such attacks benefit ISIS and other terrorist groups, and the presence in Syria of 'all foreign terrorist fighters ... and foreign forces fighting on behalf of the Assad regime'
September 2016: 20 September 2016: 'Present in this Hall today are representatives of governments that have ignored, facilitated, funded, participated in or even planned and carried out atrocities inflicted by all sides of the Syria conflict against Syrian civilians', 'many groups have killed many innocents – but none more so than the Government of Syria, which continues to barrel bomb neighbourhoods and systematically torture thousands of detainees', 'powerful patrons that keep feeding the war machine also have blood on their hands', Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says addressing to the UN General Assembly - 22 September: Syrian opposition delegation meets with western politicians on sidelines of UN General Assembly, calling on western officials to provide protection for civilians and put an end to the Assad regime’s mass forced displacement policy - 23 September 2016: Many of the victims are children, 'they lose their limbs and become disabled for life and their only sin is that they are the children of Syria', Russian and Assad criminals 'have burned their childhood and their innocence and made them homeless in their country and all we get in return are words and promises from outside', Bara’a, a nurse in Aleppo, says - 27 September 2016: Syrian photographer code-named Caesar wins 2017 Nuremberg International Human Rights Award for exposing torture in Assad’s prisons
October 2016: 8 October 2016: After Russian regime 'has once again abused its veto privilege and sabotaged the UN security council, this time stonewalling efforts to stop the vicious assault on east Aleppo’s civilians', UN director at Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau says, that there is the urgent need for permanent members of the security council to shelve the veto in situations of mass atrocities, an idea supported by a vast majority of countries around the world, and that the UN general assembly should feel compelled to hold an emergency meeting, demanding an end to unlawful attacks on civilians in Aleppo - 11 October 2016: Syrian Coalition's Steifo says that the Coalition, as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, will be working with friendly countries at the UN General Assembly to press for action under the 'Uniting for Peace' resolution to bypass the Russian veto at the UN Security Council - 11 October 2016: 'Sorry for being late, but there was a massacre', Hamza Khatib, one of the handful of medics still working in opposition-held Aleppo, told British newspaper Guardian on a brief break from tending to victims of Tuesday morning’s Russian terrorists' bombing raids - 13 October 2016: Syrian Coalition presents a detailed proposal to representatives of the Friends of the Syrian People group pushing for the adoption of a draft resolution by the UN General Assembly on Syria - 14 October 2016: Syria is suffering 'a small holocaust’ as 'every day not far from here, as we sit here, men, women and children are murdered in Syria, and particularly in Aleppo', Israeli chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says, demanding that Jews must not be silent in the face of genocide across northern border - 20 October: UN General Assembly must step in to fill the void left by the Security Council members’ catastrophic failure to end relentless attacks targeting the civilian population in eastern Aleppo city, Amnesty International says ahead of UNGA meeting - 24 October 2016: At least 70 countries have so far announced support for the initiative led by the Syrian Coalition and friendly countries to stop the bloodshed in Syria and avoid the veto Russia repeatedly used to block any action on Syria in the UN Security Council, Syrian Coalition says
November/December 2016: 16 November 2016: At the meeting of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, member states adopt a resolution, supported by 73 countries, on the human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol in Ukraine, condemning the massive human rights violations in the occupied Crimea and calling on Russian regime as an occupying power to adhere to its obligations under the international law - 16 November 2016: General Assembly's human rights committee approved a resolution by a vote of 85 in favor, 35 against and 63 countries abstaining, to cease enforced disappearances and the widespread use of arbitrary detention by the Iranian regime and has expressed serious concern about severe limitations on freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief - 16 November 2016: General Assembly’s human rights committee voted 116-15 with 49 abstentions in favor of the draft resolution strongly condemning the recent escalation of attacks in Aleppo and continuing violence by the Syrian Assad regime against its own people - 20 December: UNGA to vote on draft resolution on accountability of war crimes in Syria, after the UN Security Council on Monday unanimously called for UN officials and others to observe the evacuation of people from eastern Aleppo and monitor the safety of civilians who remain in the rebel-held part of the city - 21 December 2016 'International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011' resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 105 in favour and 15 against, with 52 abstentions, with Israel’s absence at the UN General Assembly on this resolution A/71/L.48 - 22 décembre 2016: Adoptée par 105 voix contre 15, l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies s'est prononcée pour la création d'une équipe spéciale chargée de 'collecter, regrouper, préserver et analyser les preuves' de crimes de guerre et atteintes aux droits humains commis en Syrie
2017: 20 January 2017: Syrian rights groups documenting violations in Syria and concerned in the issues of accountability and transitional justice expressed regret in a joint memorandum sent to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, that they were not consulted about the new mechanism the UN General Assembly has recently established to investigate war crime and ensure accountability in Syria - 22 February 2017: Syrian Coalition urges UNGA to convene under 'Uniting for Peace' resolution to end tragedy in Syria
June 2017: 20 June 2017: After more than five months ago, the UN General Assembly decided to launch an investigation into war crimes in Syria, international and Syrian human rights organizations have launched a fundraiser campaign to fund investigations into war crimes in Syria following the failure of UN member states to secure adequate funding, organizers say - 23 June 2017: The UK suffered a humiliating defeat at the UN general assembly in a vote over decolonisation and its residual hold over disputed territory in the Indian Ocean, as delegates by a margin of 94 to 15 countries supported a Mauritian-backed resolution to seek an advisory opinion from the international court of justice in The Hague on the legal status of the Chagos Islands
August/September 2017: 26 August 2017: As Russia is blocking the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Donbas, Ukraine will present the idea of deploying a mission at the meeting of the UN General Assembly in September
September 2017: September 2017 72th session of the UN General Assembly - Since 19 September General Debate of the 72th session of the UN General Assembly, agenda - 19 September 2017: Trump blasted for threatening to 'totally destroy North Korea' in speech to UN General Assembly, as critics say 'threatening to kill 25 million North Koreans' is 'threatening to commit genocide' - 24 September 2017: North Korean regime's FM Ri Yong Ho tells the UN General Assembly that it is 'inevitable' North Korea would fire rockets at the USA, as war of words escalates and USA bombers, fighters buzz North Korea in show of force
December 2017: 21/22 December 2017: Non-binding General Assembly vote, including Germany's, rejects USA recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital, as USA's Nikki Haley notes '65 countries refused to condemn' USA, including some surprise abstentions, as 21 countries did not vote at all, and as Hamas, following the UN vote and fearing that protests are quieting down, calls for 'red bloody day’ in West Bank - 24 December 2017: Russian and Chinese regime oppose UN resolution on Rohingya, calling on Myanmar to allow access for aid workers and the return of refugees, as the resolution was nevertheless adopted by a vote of 122 to 10 with 24 abstentions
June 2018: 14 June 2018: Not dealing with Syria and Assad's, Russian, Iranian and Hizbollah's war crimes, UN General Assembly condemned Israel for 'excessive’ force at Gaza border, as USA amendment censuring Hamas was rejected on procedural grounds, as 120 countries voted in favor (to 8 with 45 abstentions) of resolution calling for an 'international protection mechanism', and as Israel PM says 'UN’s incessant focus on Israel not only brings shame to the organization', 'it also draws attention away from so many other pressing issues' - 14 June 2018: The silver lining in the UN’s almost-condemnation of Hamas
July 2018: 14 July 2018: UN General Assembly's member states agree on an all-encompassing global compact to better manage the international flow of migrants and protect human rights, except the USA, after the USA initially participated in the negotiations, but abruptly withdrew under orders from the Trump administration
September 2018 UN general assembly's seventy-third session: September 2018 Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly
24 September 2018: 24 September 2018: South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero and first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela will be honoured at the UN General Assembly in New York, with a statue erected in the organisation’s headquarters, where over 150 speakers are expected to participate in a peace summit honouring his role in fighting for justice and peace, and where the planet’s pressing problems including war, poverty, disease, migration and climate change, will be addressed
Since 25 September 2018 general debate of the UN General Assembly: Since 25 September General Debate of the seventy-third session of the UN General Assembly - 27 September 2018: Israel had identified a 'secret atomic warehouse' in Tehran, containing nuclear equipment and radioactive material, according to Israeli PM Netanyahu, calling for new sanctions against Iran and accusing European leaders of 'appeasement' for opposing them
November 2018: 16 November 2018: UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Committee adopted a resolution by a vote of 85-30, with 68 abstentions, singling out discrimination against women, the intimidation and persecution of religious minorities by the Iranian regime, urging the regime to stop its widespread use of arbitrary detention and expressing serious concern at its 'alarmingly high' use of the death penalty - 16 November 2018: Israel one of 123 nations voting for resolution hailing the 'possibility of moving away from capital punishment through domestic decision-making’, as Knesset advances controversial legislation calling for the death penalty for convicted terrorists - 16 November 2018: USA to oppose UN motion condemning Israeli control of Golan Heights, arguing against giving back Syrian control of the territory, saying 'the atrocities the Syrian regime continues to commit prove its lack of fitness to govern anyone' - 17 November 2018: A pproved by a recorded vote of 106 in favor to 16 against, with 58 abstentions, the majority of the UN General Assembly Member States adopted a resolution strongly condemning the Assad regime’s violations of human rights in Syria
December 2018: 7 December 2018: Resolution condemning Hamas 'for repeatedly firing rockets into Israel and for inciting violence, thereby putting civilians at risk', fails at UN, despite 87 countries voted in favor, 57 opposed it, 33 abstained, but states voted that it would need a two-thirds majority to pass - 18 December 2018: UN General assembly condemns 'severe’ human rights violations in Iran, passing Canadian-drafted resolution by a vote of 84 to 30 with 67 abstentions - 23 September 2018: UN General Assembly supported a resolution condemning human rights violations in Russian-occupied Crimea, as some 65 states voted for the resolution, 27 (including Russia, Belarus, China, India, Serbia, Syria, South Africa, Nicaragua and Venezuela) voted against, and 70 abstained
26 June 2019: 26/27 June 2019: At UN General Assembly's informal session Wednesday on combating anti-Semitism and other forms of racism with over 90 countries participating, Israeli ambassador calls to name special envoy for countering anti-Semitism, as rabbi injured in Poway synagogue shooting says 'around the world Jews are becoming more vulnerable'
30 August 2021 UN Security Council adopted resolution requiring the Taliban to let people freely leave Afghanistan: 30 August 2021: UN Security Council has adopted a resolution requiring the Taliban to honour their commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan, but the measure did not include a 'safe zone', drafted by the USA, UK and France and was passed on Monday with 13 votes in favour, as China and Russia abstained
September 2019 74th session of the UN General Assembly: September 2019 74th session of the UN General Assembly - General Debate of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly
25/26 September 2019 war crimes, dictatorship and mass murder ignored by the UN: 25 September 2019: Now in its ninth year, Assad's war against the Syrian people has become a footnote in a long list of world crises, with Iranian, Russian and other war criminals claiming the stage together with obsequious, like Macron and Merkel, and fraudulent and insincere politicians, like Trump and Johnson, and with the so-called international community, including 193 states, people and movements defending and fighting for democracy, forced to resign and to live with dictators like Bashar Assad, responsible for hundreds of thousands of victims, ruling over a ruined country for the foreseeable future - 26 September 2019: USA confirms Syria’s Assad used chemical weapons in May 2019 in Idlib province, as Mike Pompeo says regime used chlorine in offensive, vowing a response
27 September 2019 Israeli FM calls the Iranian regime the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism: 27 September 2019: During an address at the UN Israeli FM Israel Katz called the Iranian regime the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism and urged the world to join USA’s sanctions against the regime, also calling on the Palestinians to resume direct negotiations with Israel, and stressing Israel’s desire to normalize relations with Arab states in the Gulf
28 September 2019: 28 September 2019: The foreign ministers of seven Western and Arab states said that they 'deeply regret that the Security Council has failed once again to unite in calling for the protection of civilians', stressing that the use of chemical weapons 'shall not be tolerated' - 28 September 2019: Accountability is only way to stop Assad regime from using chemical weapons, Syrian Coalition says
4 December 2019 more countries vote against pro-Palestine UN resolution: 4 December 2019: In surprise change, countries including Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Brazil and Colombia, vote against pro-Palestine UN resolution
28 December 2019 UN budget includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar: 28 décembre 2019: L'Assemblée générale de l'ONU a adopté vendredi un budget de fonctionnement pour 2020 de 3,07 milliards de dollars, qui inclut pour la première fois, malgré l'opposition de la Russie, des crédits communs pour le Mécanisme d'enquête sur les crimes commis en Syrie - 28 December 2019: Representing a slight increase from 2019's figure of US$2.9 billion, UN General Assembly adopted a US$3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar
5 January 2020 UN resolution against Rohingya persecution: 5 January 2020: UN resolution against Rohingya persecution was passed overwhelmingly with 134 countries in favour, 28 abstentions, and as 9 voted against including Belarus, Cambodia, China, Lao, Myanmar, Philippines, Russia, Vietnam and Zimbabwe
1 April 2020 UN General Assembly to decide on rival covid-19 resolutions: 1 April 2020: UN General Assembly to decide on rival covid-19 resolutions, as one resolution, which has more than 135 co-sponsors, calls for 'intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat the pandemic', as Russia's (accused by the UN of war crimes) sponsored proposal calls for abandoning trade wars and implementing protectionist measures, and not applying unilateral sanctions
21 April 2020 UN General Assembly demands global action against covid-19 pandemic: 21 April 2020: UN General Assembly demands global action to quickly scale up the development of and access to medicines, vaccines and equipment to battle the covid-19 pandemic, as the covid-19 crisis will push more than a quarter of a billion people to the brink of starvation unless swift action is taken to provide furthermore food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions, the UN and other experts are warning
15-30 September 2020 75th session of UN General Assembly: 15-30 September 2020 75th session of UN General Assembly
20 September 2020 climate crisis will sweep away my country if the world doesn't keep its promises: 20 September 2020: The climate crisis will sweep away my country if the world doesn't keep its promises, the president of the Marshall Islands writes, adding that now is a time for courage
22 September 2020 UN's platform is online amid new priority of covid-19 that already killed over 960,000 people worldwide: 22 September 2020: This year UN's platform is online, and there is a pressing new priority in the covid-19 pandemic that has killed over 960,000 people worldwide, the 'Times of Israel' reports, showing an aerial view of cemetery workers unloading a coffin from a truck at an area where new graves have been dug at the Parque Taruma cemetery during the covid-19 pandemic in Manaus in Brazil's Amazonas state in the year 2020 according to Europe's time calculation - Since the late 1990s many calls for reforms of the United Nations
22 September 2020 UN aid chief says lack of covid-19 help for poor countries will haunt rich nations: 22 September 2020: UN aid chief Mark Lowcock says lack of covid-19 help for poor countries will haunt rich nations for decades to come by their failure, fearing that impact will fuel grievances, conflict, instability and refugee flows, and also saying it was hard to find a single policymaker who contested his analysis
27 September 2020 African nations call for measures to survive the impact of the covid-19 pandemic: 27 September 2020: African nations during the UN General Assembly are calling for dramatic fiscal measures, in order to help economies survive the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, as countries estimate they need an annually support of $100 billion for the next three years, pointing out it is only a fraction of the trillions of dollars, some richer countries are using to revive their economies, also asking that the current mortorium in effect be further extended
14 October 2020 Israel's Gilad Erdan slams UN after Russia, China, Pakistan, Cuba won seats in Human Rights Council: 14 October 2020: Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan assailed the international body on Tuesday after its members elected several countries widely criticized for their human rights records to the premier UN body tasked with defending human rights, as China, Russia, Cuba and Pakistan were among the 15 countries that won seats in a secret-ballot vote carried out by the 193-member General Assembly
15 October 2020 new council member Russia bombed parts of Idlib province: 15 October 2020: Hours after the country was admitted to the UN Human Rights Council despite strong opposition from Syrian rights campaigners, Russia bombed parts of Idleb province, as monitors reported a series of Russian airstrikes in western Idlib, as Syria's Laila Kiki said 'now the war criminals are part of the investigations team and will get to block, veto and weaken any pursuit of justice', and as Syrian civil rescue team, who has seen team members killed in Russian airstrikes, also condemned UN's move
17 October 2020 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protester Alexandra Wong lost a year amid fear of death: 17 octobre 2020: Disparue durant l’été 2019 alors qu’elle avait l’habitude de participer aux manifestations pro-démocratie, la militante hongkongaise Alexandra Wong affirme avoir été placée en 'détention criminelle' puis retenue en Chine continentale durant plus d’une année, disant 'j’ai eu peur de mourir dans le centre de détention'
5 November 2020 UN passed with overwhelming majorities a series of resolutions critical of Israel: 5 November 2020: A committee at the UN General Assembly passed with overwhelming majorities a series of resolutions critical of Israel, lambasting the Jewish state, among other things, for ostensible human rights violations against Palestinians and 'repressive measures' against Syrians in the Golan Heights, as 3 Arab countries with which Jerusalem recently signed normalization agreements supported all resolutions, and as motions are passed annually by the 'UN’s Special Political and Decolonization Committee', with minor adjustments, and ratified by member states in December, with nearly all European countries, including staunch allies of Israel such as Germany and the Czech Republic, traditionally supporting most of these resolutions, and as UN Watch, a Geneva-based nonprofit monitoring the world body’s alleged anti-Israel bias, released a long statement decrying the resolutions passed Wednesday, saying 'world body now adds insult to injury' 'just two weeks after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group assaulted Israeli civilians with a barrage of rockets from Gaza — while the UN’s General Assembly and Human Rights Council stayed silent', and as 'same European nations have failed to introduce a single UNGA resolution on the human rights situation in China, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam, Algeria, or on 175 other countries'
23 December 2020 UN assembly adopted more resolutions criticizing Israel defending itself against anti-semitic alliances dominated by Iran: 23 December 2020: UN General Assembly on Monday adopted two resolutions criticizing Israel, bringing 2020’s total tally to 17 resolutions against the Jewish state versus six resolutions singling out any other country, according to a tally by pro-Israel watchdog UN Watch, notwithstanding the historic 'Abraham Accords' since August, promoting the Arab–Israeli peace process and global peace despite Iranian Mullah regime's anger, aggressions and war in the Middle East since 2011
19 January 2021 9 African nations in debt to UN lose voting rights: 19 January 2021: Nine African nations in debt to UN lose voting rights, including Iran, Somalia, Comoros, Sao Tome and Principe, Libya, Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Niger
15 July 2021 UN General Assembly held a memorial session for Haitian president Moïse: 15 July 2021: UN General Assembly held a memorial session Wednesday for Haitian president Moïse, who was assassinated last week by gunmen in his home, as assembly's vice president Keisha McGuire, speaking on behalf of Volkan Bozkir, condemned the killing saying the world body 'cannot allow this tragedy to erase gains made or derail the future of Haiti'
14 September 2021 – 13 September 2022 76th session of UN General Assembly: 14 September 2021 – 13 September 2022 76th session of UN General Assembly
21 September 2021 ministers from Europe will not meet with Iran at the UN to discuss a return to nuclear deal talks: 21 September 2021: Ministers from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia will not meet with Iran at the United Nations this week to discuss a return to nuclear deal talks, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters on Monday
23 September 2021 Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow must be ‘turning point for humanity’, according to UK's PM: 23 September 2021: UK's PM Boris Johnson tells UN that Cop26 climate summit (31 October – 12 November 2021) in Glasgow must be ‘turning point for humanity’, saying it is time for the world to ‘grow up’ and ‘listen to scientists’ in speech to general assembly, his country's newspaper 'The Guardian' reports, that will carefully watch what will happen in the next weeks and months following promises since decennies
24 September 2021 Taliban say punishments such as ‘cutting off hands’, strict punishment, executions, will return: 24 September 2021: Taliban leader Mullah Nooruddin Turabi - one of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its strict rule of Afghanistan during the 1990s - says punishments such as ‘cutting off hands’ was necessary for ‘security’ as it had a deterrent effect, also saying strict punishment, executions, will return though perhaps not in public
24 September 2021 Taliban want to represent Afghanistan at the UN, but so does the current accredited ambassador: 24 September 2021: The Taliban want to represent Afghanistan at the UN, but so does the current accredited ambassador appointed by former President Ashraf Ghani, as the UN must decide for or against violence against civilians
25 September 2021 Taliban hang dead bodies in city squares of Herat: 25 September 2021: Taliban hang dead bodies in city squares of Herat, as gruesome display came a day after a notorious Taliban official warned that extreme punishments such as execution and amputation would resume
27 September 2021 new prosecutor asked ICC to relaunch inquiry into Taliban and IS ‘war crimes’: 27 September 2021: International criminal court’s new prosecutor Karim Khan has asked the court to relaunch an inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Taliban and supporters of Islamic State in Afghanistan since 2003, as the move by Karim Khan shows a determination to use international law to investigate not only past but also contemporary crimes against humanity, as the Hague-based ICC has notified the Taliban via Afghanistan’s embassy in the Netherlands that it intends to resume an investigation
27 September 2021 Afghanistan envoy withdraws from UN General Assembly debate: 27 September 2021: Afghanistan envoy withdraws from UN General Assembly debate, as ambassador Isaczai for the government overthrown by the Taliban was due to speak on Monday
27 September 2021 explosives belonging to a Hamas cell found in Kafr Bidu near Ramallah in the West Bank: 27 September 2021: Explosives belonging to a Hamas cell were found in the village of Kafr Bidu near Ramallah in the West Bank on Monday, and according to defense officials they were meant to be used to carry out attacks in Israel - 27 September 2021: Bennett’s UN speech, concerning Iranian Mullah regime, covid-19, and not one mention of Palestinian citizens also caught in a conflict they have not created and cannot solve without any real progress in the United Nations, assembling and 'organizing' global countries and more or less aggressive states and powers, in fact no real international community
22 October 2021 more countries criticise China at UN for repression of Uighurs: 22 October 2021: More than 40 mainly Western countries have criticised China at the UN over the reported torture and repression of the mostly Muslim Uighurs and other religious and ethnic minorities in Xinjiang
20 January 2022 UNGA approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution on combating Holocaust denial on social media: 20 January 2022: UN General Assembly approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution on combating Holocaust denial on social media, marking the second time ever that Israel has managed to pass a resolution in the assembly, as the resolution, backed by dozens of countries and approved by consensus, provides a clear definition of Holocaust denial and makes social media and internet companies responsible for removing such posts
2 March 2022 UNGA condemned Russia’s invasion, demanding to pull all of its forces out of Ukraine: 2 March 2022: UN General Assembly backed a proposed UN resolution reportedly demanding that Russia immediately stop its war in Ukraine, withdraw its troops, as Secretary-General said after a minute of silence for the victims of the war that 'the fighting in Ukraine must stop', warned that the bloody fighting that has led more than 500,000 Ukrainians to flee across the country's borders could have dire consequences for the world at large, adding 'enough is enough. Soldiers need to move back to their barracks' - 10 March 2022: The map of global participation in the sanctions against Russia suggests a new non-aligned movement might be on the rise, but war against civilian populations remains a crime against humanity in the 21st century that it was in in the 20th century
27 August 2022 2 weeks of negotiations to agree treaty to protect biodiversity in oceans ended in failure: 27 August 2022: Two weeks of negotiations to finally agree a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, have ended in failure. The latest talks among UN member states came to an end on Friday with negotiators unable to thrash out a legally binding text to address the multitude of issues facing international waters, a zone that encompasses almost half the planet. It will now be up to the UN General Assembly to resume a fifth session of formal talks at a date still to be determined
13 September 2022 – 5 September 2023 77th session of the UN General Assembly: 13 September 2022 – 5 September 2023 77th session of the UN General Assembly, the ongoing session of the assembly which opened on 13 September 2022, as the president of the UN General Assembly is from Eastern European Group
20 September 2022 Ukraine wants Nuremberg-style trial for atrocities committed by Russian troops: 20 September 2022: As world leaders gather for the UN General Assembly in New York, with the war in Ukraine set to dominate proceedings, and new evidence of mass killings emerging in recent days, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration sees a window of opportunity to turn global diplomatic opinion. It wants backing for a Nuremberg-style trial to be established to investigate atrocities committed by Russian troops. - 20 September 2022: After UN General Assembly allowed Ukrainian president Zelensky to address its 77th session via video conference, the president will speak in the afternoon on September 21, as Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba will make a working visit to the UN on September 19-23 to participate in the general debate of the UNGA’s 77th session.
21 septembre 2022 France24 en direct de la 77e Assemblée générale de l'ONU: 21 septembre 2022: Le président des États-Unis Joe Biden s'est dit favorable à une réforme majeure du Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, accusant la Russie à la tribune de l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU d'avoir 'violé de manière éhontée' les principes fondateurs de la Charte des Nations unies, affirmant vouloir 'augmenter' le nombre de pays membres du conseil, tandis que le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky doit s'exprimer dans la nuit via un message vidéo, selon France24 en direct
22 September 2022 Israeli PM called on for a two-state solution to decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 22 September 2022: Israeli PM Yair Lapid called on for a two-state solution to decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reasserted that Israel would do 'whatever it takes' to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, saying that 'an agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel's security, for Israel's economy and for the future of our children', adding that any agreement would be conditional on a peaceful Palestinian state that would not threaten Israel
24/25 September 2022 Putin regime isolated at UN assembly, no major nation has rallied behind Russia: 24 September 2022: Putin regime isolated at UN assembly when regime’s allies China and India call for negotiations to end Ukraine war, with no major country siding with it, and as China’s FM Wang Yi called on Russia and Ukraine to 'keep the crisis from spilling over' and from affecting developing countries - 25 September 2022: USA will act ‘decisively’ if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan, saying ‘any use of nuclear weapons will be met with catastrophic consequences for Russia’
13 October 2022 UN General Assembly condemns Russia annexation of 4 regionw of Ukraine: 13 October 2022: The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia's attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine, as the resolution was supported by 143 countries, while 35 states - including China and India - abstained - 13 October 2022: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday condemned Russia's illegal annexations of Ukrainian territory after Moscow's regime vetoed a similar text in the Security Council in late September. Twenty-six African countries voted in favor of the resolution rejecting Moscow's controversial referenda in four Ukrainian regions. Nineteen others abstained.
23 November 2022 UN to vote on new tax convention proposed by African states: 23 November 2022: Developing nations are hoping to secure greater power over global tax affairs at a critical UN vote on Wednesday. If the body’s members vote in favour of a resolution put forward by the African Group of 54 member states at the UN, it could pave the way toward fresh intergovernmental talks on global tax policy, laying the groundwork for a new UN convention on tax. This could shift clout from bodies traditionally dominated by rich countries, such as the OECD, towards the UN.
9 December 2022 over 60% of missiles fired by Russia at Ukraine hit civilian targets, president Zelensky said: 9 December 2022: Of the total number of missiles fired by the Russian army on Ukraine since February 24, 62% were hit civilian targets, Ukrainian president said this at the international conference 'Human Rights in Dark Hours', dedicated to the 74th anniversary of the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly,

Since 1950 'Uniting for peace' (and not for propaganda): Emergency special sessions of the General Assembly of the UN, under the resolution 377 A 'Uniting for peace' adopted by the General Assembly on 3 November 1950, as an 'emergency special session' can be convened within 24 hours and shall be called if requested by the Security Council on the vote of any seven members, or by a majority of the Members of the United Nations because of lack of unanimity of the permanent UNSC members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in any case where there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression - Special session of the UN General Assembly, events with the participation of heads of state and government and government ministers, as a special session usually adopts one or two outcome documents, as since 1975 all special sessions have been called by the General Assembly
December 2020 'Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly pertaining to emergency special sessions': In December 2020 'Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly pertaining to emergency special sessions' include Rule 8(b)'Summoning at the request of the Security Council or Members' by a vote of nine members of the Security Council and conventions within 24 hours of any votes Rule 9(b) 'Request by Members' allowing any Member State of the UN to request the Secretary-General to convene an emergency special session
Since 1997 'Tenth emergency special session' centering on the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict: UN Emergency special sessions since 1956 include the 'Tenth emergency special session' since 1997 centering on the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the ongoing dispute and conflict over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with an extraordinary number of sittings to be seen as an indicator of the importance of the issue in international politics

United Nations fact-finding missions
December 1991: 9 December 1991: Declaration on Fact-Finding by the United Nations in the Field of the Maintenance of International Peace and Security


United Nations conferences
Since 1979 Conference on Disarmament: The Conference on Disarmament, established in 1979 by the international community to negotiate multilateral arms control and disarmament agreements, is not formally a UN organization but is linked to the UN through a personal representative of the UN Secretary-General
July 1944: July 1944 UN Monetary and Financial Conference of 730 delegates from all 44 Allied nations to regulate the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II
April-June 1945 UN Charter: UN Conference on International Organization was a convention of delegates from 50 Allied nations that took place from 25 April to 26 June 1945 in San Francisco resulting in the creation of the United Nations Charter, which was opened for signature on 26 June
April-September 1949: Lausanne Conference of 1949 was convened by the UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine from 27 April to 12 September 1949 in Switzerland
December 1973: Geneva Conference of December 1973 was an attempt to negotiate a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict following the October 1973 Yom Kippur War
December 1978 and since 1978 UN conferences against racism: UN World Conferences Against Racism organized by UNESCO since 1978 - December 1978 UN's World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
June 1992: UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992
September 1995: Fourth UN World Conference on Women - 'Action for Equality, Development and Peace' conference 4–15 September 1995 in China
Since 1995: Since 1995 UN Climate Change conference - UN climate change conferences 1998-2017, COP 24 expected to be held in December 2018 - Since 1988 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
August/September 2001 World Conference against Racism: World Conference against Racism was held at the Durban International Convention Centre in South Africa under UN auspices from 31 August to 8 September 2001
October 2001 3 October 2001: The August/September 2001 anti-racism conference in Durban says that slave trade and slavery was and is 'a crime against humanity'
January 2005: 18-22 January 2005 UN World Conferences on Disaster Risk Reduction since 2005 bringing together government officials, non-governmental experts and other specialists from around the world to discuss the growing trend of people affected by natural disasters
2005-2018 'Responsibility to Protect': 14–16 September 2005 World Summit follow-up summit meeting to the UN conference of 2000, which led to the declaration of 'Millennium Development Goals' - At the 14–16 September 2005 World Summit 'Responsibility to Protect' global political commitment endorsed by all member states of the UN, called 2005 UN's 'Genocide Prevention And The Responsibility To Protect', seeking to narrow the gap between Member States’ pre-existing obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law and the reality faced by populations at risk of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity - 3 January 2018: September 2005 UN declaration and solemn promise to prevent, protect and to take 'timely and decisive action, in accordance with the UN charter' broken on a daily basis all over the world
May 2010: Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at UN Headquarters in New York from 3 to 28 May 2010
March 2015: Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 14-18 March 2015 in Japan - 13 March 2015: International cooperation being vital in reducing impact of natural disasters, UN conference in Sendai will discuss the creation of a forum to share scientific advances in disaster prediction
April/May 2015: April/May 2015 UN Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - 24 April 2015: At UN conference in New York on Non-Proliferation Treaty, many non-nuclear nations frustrated by apparent lack of progress - 21 May 2015: Month-long conference of more than 150 countries at the UN to decide on an action plan for nuclear disarmament headed into a final stretch with no agreement in sight, deadlocked over demands by non-nuclear states for concrete steps from nuclear powers to reduce their arsenals and provide annual reports on the state of their stockpiles, an Austrian-led initiative backed by 159 states to ban nuclear weapons altogether has come up against strong resistance by declared nuclear powers Britain, China, France, Russia, USA - 23 May: Amid Iran nuclear talks, 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty members were unable to overcome disagreements on an atomic weapons ban for the Middle East, which the USA blamed on Egypt
July 2015: UN’s Third Financing for Development conference, in Addis Ababa 13-16 July 2015 - 13 July 2015: Financing the sustainable development goals will rely heavily on the tax factor - 14 July 2015: World’s richest countries, including the USA the UK, accused at Addis Ababa development finance summit of foiling effort to give poorer countries a greater say on UN tax policies - 16 July: Three-day conference on the future of foreign aid concludes without resolving the issue of multinational tax avoidance as richer nations reject call for tough tax provisions
September 2015: 25-27 September 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit at UN headquarters in New York
May 2016: May 2016 World humanitarian summit held in Istanbul - 5 May 2016: Citing concern over accountability of governments 'Médecins Sans Frontières' pulls out of this month’s world humanitarian summit, describing it as a 'fig-leaf of good intentions' that will do little to protect the planet’s most vulnerable people or those trying to help them
'World Humanitarian Summit' 23-24 May 2016 - 23 May: It is necessary to stand up for international humanitarian law being disregarded, UN's Jan Eliasson says at the opening news conference of the first world humanitarian summit, citing attacks on hospitals and sieges on civilians in Syria and Yemen and adding that there are 'many signs' the Geneva convention on human rights is being neglected - 23 May: World humanitarian summit starts amid hope, hype and fear of empty words - 24 May 2016: Syrian Civil Defense Corps have recovered tens of thousands of people from under the rubble caused by aerial bombardment by the Assad regime and Russian forces in liberated areas since 2013, Raed Saleh says at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul - 25 May: Syrian civil society organizations urge international community to improve humanitarian response in a letter signed by more than 80 Syrian non-governmental organizations and sent to the World humanitarian Summit
September 2016: September 2016 UN summit for refugees and migrants - 21 September 2016: As politicians gather in New York to discuss the refugee crisis, dozens of people dy and officials fear hundreds more are lost at sea after a boat carrying 600 refugees and migrants capsizes off the north Egyptian coast
November 2016: 7 au 18 novembre 2016 Conférence de Marrakech sur le réchauffement climatique, la 22e conférence des parties COP22 de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques - 14 novembre 2016: Plusieurs milliers de personnes, membres d'associations marocaines et étrangères, ont défilé dimanche à Marrakech pour réclamer plus de 'justice climatique' aux Etats réunis pour la conférence climat de l'ONU - 18 novembre 2016: Avec un appel à 'augmenter le montant, les versements et l'accès aux financements pour des projets climatiques' fin d'une COP22 bousculée par Trump - 18 November 2016: As 48 nations, including the world’s poorest countries, promise to cut their carbon emissions dramatically and rapidly move to 100% renewable power, COP22 climate summit's Salaheddine Mezouar makes a direct plea to the maybe incoming USA president Trump to join the struggle against global warming for the sake of humanity and the planet
June 2017 The Ocean Conference: 5-9 June 2017 The Ocean Conference
9 February 2022 - 11 March 2022 'One Ocean Summit' in Brest in France: 9 February 2022 - 11 March 2022 'One Ocean Summit' in Brest, aiming to mobilise the international community to take tangible action towards preserving and supporting a healthy and sustainable ocean
9-20 May 2022 Abidjan 15th session of the COP15 Conference of the Parties of the UNCCD: 9-20 May 2022 Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire, 15th session of the COP15 Conference of the Parties of the UNCCD as parties will discuss on the way forward for drought preparedness and resilience globally - Desertification and Drought Day marked on 17 June 2022. The global observance of the event will take place in Madrid, Spain.
27 April 2022 human damage to the planet’s land is accelerating: 27 April 2022: Human damage to the planet’s land is accelerating, with up to 40% now classed as degraded, while half of the world’s people are suffering the impacts, as the world’s ability to feed a growing population is being put at risk by the rising damage, most of which is caused by food production according to UN data, British 'The Guardian' reports
27 April 2022 planet's endangered ability to support human wellbeing and development: 27 April 2022: Humans have already transformed more than 70% of the Earth’s land area from its natural state, causing unparalleled environmental degradation and contributing significantly to global warming, as poor rural communities, smallholder farmers, women, youth, indigenous peoples, and other at-risk groups are disproportionately affected by desertification, land degradation, and drought
27 June to 1 July 2022 'Save our Ocean' UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon: 27 June to 1 July 2022 'Save our Ocean - Protect our Future', UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon co-hosted by the governments of Kenya and Portugal
5 March 2023 UN's first international treaty to protect the high seas: 5 March 2023: UN member states have finally agreed to a text on the first international treaty to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet. After years of negotiations, negotiators from more than 100 countries completed the UN treaty - a long-awaited step that environmental groups say will help reverse marine biodiversity losses and ensure sustainable development

International conferences - Diplomatic conferences
International conferences by location - Conferences and international conferences by subject - Diplomatic conferences by location
Peace conferences - Peace congress in international relations, distinguished from a peace conference usually defined as a diplomatic meeting to decide on a peace treaty, as an ambitious forum to carry out dispute resolution in international affairs, and prevent wars, widely promoted during the nineteenth century, anticipating the international bodies that would be set up in the twentieth century with comparable aims




Human evolution
Origin and history of language(s): Origin of language - Gesprochene Sprache, die mit dem menschlichen Sprechapparat produzierten Laute und Lautkombinationen einer von Menschen gemeinschaftlich entwickelten Verständigung auf der Grundlage natürlicher Bedingungen, überliefert unter Veränderung ihrer eigenen natürlichen Beschaffenheit, im Unterschied zur geschriebenen Sprache, der visuell und manuell orientierten Gebärdensprache und der Parasprache
History of Linguistics: History of Linguistics - Evolutionary linguistics - Linguistic universal
Grammar and grammars of specific languages: In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural rules on speakers' or writers' usage and creation of clauses, phrases, and words - Grammars of specific languages: Afroasiatic grammars including e.g. Niger-Congo grammars, Native American grammars including e.g. Cherokee grammar, Indo-European grammars e.g. Balto-Slavic grammars and Greek grammar, and more
Subject-Verb-Object pattern: In the sentence construction we usually follow the Subject-Verb-Object pattern
Labor history: Labor history - Economic history by continent - Economic history of Africa

Language geography, the branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language(s) or its constituent elements, including the geography of languages, which deals with the distribution through history and space of languages - Languages by geographical region, by continent and by country
Lists of languages: Lists of languages - Language 'family', groups of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family - 'Dialect continuum' - Dialect continuum, list of languages by continent and region
21st century list of languages by total number of speakers: List of languages by total number of speakers - Geographical distribution and lists of the most widely spoken languages of the world - Number of languages by country - Lists of endangered languages

List of contemporary ethnic groups: List of contemporary ethnic groups

Human reproduction: Human reproduction - Individual human reproduction and pregnancy
Mate, partner choice: Mate, partner choice and mate choice in humans - Übergang zur individuellen Partnerwahl während der industriellen Revolution. Die Industriearbeiter nahmen sich mehr und mehr die Freiheit der autonomen Partnerwahl. Auch uneheliches Zusammenleben waren häufiger vorzufinden. Das ländliche Proletariat machte es den Industriearbeitern nach. - Von der Gentilverfassung zur modernen Familie, nach Friedrich Engels 'Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats', 1884/1962
Parenting by continent, later by country: Parenting by continent, and later also by 'country' - Maternity by continent, and later also by 'country'

Childbirth by continent and country: Childbirth - Natural childbirth is childbirth without routine medical interventions, particularly anesthesia. Natural childbirth arose in opposition to the techno-medical model of childbirth that has recently gained popularity in industrialized societies. Natural childbirth attempts to minimize medical intervention, particularly the use of anesthetic medications and surgical interventions such as episiotomies, forceps and ventouse deliveries and caesarean section, as the term 'Natural Childbirth' established by the 1942 'Childbirth Without Fear'
2019 there were about 140.11 million births globally: In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births globally. In some parts of the world today most deliveries occur in hospitals, while in some other parts births take place at home with the support of a traditional birth attendant. - A maternity hospital specializes in caring for women during pregnancy and childbirth, also providing care for newborn infants - Maternité

Pan-genome: 'Pan-genome' in the fields of molecular biology and genetics is the entire set of genes from all strains within a clade, the union of all the genomes of a clade.
Human Pangenome Reference Consortium: Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, a project funded by the National Human Genome Research Instititue to sequence and assemble genomes from individuals from diverse populations in order to better represent genomic landscape of diverse human populations, as no single genome can represent the diversity in the human population.
20 April 2022 'The Human Pangenome Project', a global resource to map genomic diversity: The human reference genome is the most widely used resource in human genetics and is due for a major update. Its current structure is a linear composite of merged haplotypes from more than 20 people, with a single individual comprising most of the sequence. It contains biases and errors within a framework that does not represent global human genomic variation. A high-quality reference with global representation of common variants, including single-nucleotide variants, structural variants and functional elements, is needed. The Human Pangenome Reference Consortium aims to create a more sophisticated and complete human reference genome with a graph-based, telomere-to-telomere representation of global genomic diversity. - 23 May 2022: The telomere-to-telomere consortium has just taken a massive step forwards in human genomics, describing the first essentially complete sequence of a human genome, called the T2T-CHM13 assembly. This landmark resource, which contains regions of the genome that had not previously been represented in a reference assembly, provides an alternative sequence to the existing human reference genome.
10 May 2023 'Human Pangenome Reference Consortium' presents a first draft of the human pangenome reference: 'Human Pangenome Reference Consortium' presents a first draft of the human pangenome reference, containing 47 phased, diploid assemblies from a cohort of genetically diverse individuals1. These assemblies cover more than 99% of the expected sequence in each genome and are more than 99% accurate at the structural and base pair levels. - 10 May 2023: Single-nucleotide variants in segmental duplications have not been systematically assessed because of the limitations of mapping short-read sequencing data. Here we constructed 1:1 unambiguous alignments spanning high-identity SDs across 102 human haplotypes and compared the pattern of SNVs between unique and duplicated regions. - 10 May 2023: A pangenome is a collection of DNA sequences that reveals genetic variation between individuals. Four scientists discuss the generation of a human pangenome, and what insights can be gained from it.

'World population' and history:
'World population' - the total number of humans currently living - estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight billion in November 2022. It took over 200,000 years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach one billion and only 219 years more to reach 8 billion. The UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs projects between 9 and 10 billion people by 2050 and gives an 80% confidence interval of 10–12 billion by the end of the 21st century, with a growth rate by then of zero. Other demographers predict that the human population will begin to decline in the second half of the 21st century.
Demographics of the world: Demographics of the world, as our earth in 2022/23 has a human population of over 8 billion, with an overall population density of 50 people per km2, excluding Antarctica. Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with almost 2.8 billion in the countries of China and India combined. The percentage shares of India, China and rest of South Asia of the world population have remained at similar levels for the last few thousand years of recorded history. The world's population today is predominantly urban and suburban, and there has been significant migration toward cities and urban centres. The urban population jumped from 29% in 1950 to 55.3% in 2018. Interpolating from the UN prediction that the world will be 51.35% urban by 2010. China and India are the most populous countries, as the birth rate has consistently dropped in wealthy countries and until recently remained high in poorer countries. - Historical vital statistics, from UN DESA's World Population Prospects 2022. In July 2022, UN DESA published its 2022 World Population Prospects, a biennially-updated database where key demographic indicators are estimated and projected worldwide and on the country and regional level - 2021 population distribution by region and development, major cities and regional population density - Regional population growth rate
World's unemployment rate, languages, language families and education: Global regional population's unemployment rate, languages and education - Language families, as a language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' reflects the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a biological family tree, or in a subsequent modification, to species in a phylogenetic tree of evolutionary taxonomy. Linguists therefore describe the daughter languages within a language family as being genetically related. According to Ethnologue there are 7,151 living human languages distributed in 142 different language families.

Human voice: The human voice, responsible for sounds made by a human being using the vocal tract, as the mechanism for generating the human voice can be subdivided into three parts including the lungs, the vocal folds within the larynx (voice box), and the articulators. The lungs, the 'pump' must produce adequate airflow and air pressure to vibrate vocal folds. The vocal folds (vocal cords) then vibrate to use airflow from the lungs to create audible pulses that form the laryngeal sound source. The muscles of the larynx adjust the length and tension of the vocal folds to 'fine-tune' pitch and tone. The articulators (the parts of the vocal tract above the larynx consisting of tongue, palate, cheek, lips, etc.) articulate and filter the sound emanating from the larynx and to some degree can interact with the laryngeal airflow to strengthen or weaken it as a sound source. The vocal folds, in combination with the articulators, are capable of producing highly intricate arrays of sound. The tone of voice may be modulated to suggest emotions such as anger, surprise, fear, happiness or sadness. The human voice therefore express emotion.

Language development: Language development, the process by which human individuals 'acquire' (sich aneignen) the capacity to understand language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate - Phasen des Erstspracherwerbs - 'Prosodie' aus griechisch 'prosodía' - Learning to read (including spoors and tracks since early days) and to write

Skills and degree of skill: Skills and degree of skill (including knowledge) and development in the human reproduction
Development of societies and families by continent and later also by 'country': Families by continent, and later also by 'country' and by 'nationality' - Childhood - Childhood by continent - Children by culture - Childhood by country
Agriculture by culture: Agriculture by culture - Economies by culture - Categories by culture
Society by continent: Society by continent
Archaeological sites by culture

History of human reproduction, parenting, demographics and culture: History of the demographics of the world
Anthropology: Anthropology, the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour, while cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. A portmanteau sociocultural anthropology is commonly used today. Linguistic anthropology studies how language influences social life. Biological or physical anthropology studies the biological development of humans. Archaeological anthropology, often termed as 'anthropology of the past', studies human activity through investigation of physical evidence. It is considered a branch of anthropology in North America and Asia, while in Europe archaeology is viewed as a discipline in its own right or grouped under other related disciplines, such as history. - Ethnology, an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them - Cultural geography subfield within human geography. The first traces of the study of different nations and cultures on Earth can be dated back to ancient geographers such as Ptolemy or Strabo, as cultural geography as academic study firstly emerged in the early 20th century - Art history, timeline of methods, Marx and ideology, Freud and psychoanalysis
History of art by continent and by period: History of art by continent and by period - So-called prehistoric art, as in the history art is produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture either develops writing or other methods of record-keeping, or makes significant contact with another culture that has, and that makes some record of major historical events. At this point ancient art begins, for the older literate cultures, as many indigenous peoples from around the world continued to produce artistic works distinctive to their geographic area and culture, until exploration and commerce brought record-keeping methods to them. Some cultures, notably the Maya civilization, independently developed writing during the time they flourished, which was then later lost. The term thus varies greatly between different parts of the world.
Early 21st century Chronology of Art by Region and Period since 8000 B.C.: Chronology of art by region and period since 8000 B.C. published by 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art' since early 21st century


Music by language and world music: Music by language - Ancient music, musical cultures and practices that developed in the literate civilizations of the ancient world, succeeding the music of prehistoric societies, as major centers of Ancient music developed in - in alphabetical order - in China, Egypt (the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms), Greece (the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods), India (the Maurya, Shunga, Kanva, Kushan, Satavahana and Gupta dynasties), Iran/Persia (the Median, Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Empires), the Maya civilization, Mesopotamia, and Roman Republic - 'Klezmer', an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, as the essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening, and would have been played at weddings and other social functions. The musical genre incorporated elements of many other musical genres especially Greek and Romanian music, Baroque music, German and Slavic folk dances, and religious Jewish music - Sephardic music is an umbrella term used to refer to the music of the Sephardic Jewish community, as Sephardic Jews have a diverse repertoire the origins of which center primarily around the Mediterranean basin. In the secular tradition, material is usually sung in dialects of Judeo-Spanish, though other languages including Hebrew, Turkish, Greek, and other local languages of the Sephardic diaspora are widely used. Sephardim maintain geographically unique liturgical and para-liturgical traditions. - Secular Jewish music and Jews in classical music
Latin America, Spanish-language (former colonies) music: Latin America music, former colonies' music, including Argentine, Bolivian, Chilean, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Dominican Republic, Ecuadorian, Equatoguinean, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan music
Africa, Latin America, Francophone (former colonies) music: So-called Francophone (former colonies) music, including Algerian, Burkinabé, Burundian, Cameroonian, Central African Republic, Comorian music, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guadeloupean music, Haitian, Ivorian, Malagasy, Malian, Martinican, Mauritian, Moroccan, Rwandan, Senegalese, Seychellois, and Togolese music
Africa, Latin America, Asia English-language (former colonies) music: English-language (former colonies) music, including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbadian, Belizean, Dominica, Gambian, Ghanaian, Irish, Jamaican, Kenyan, Malaysian, New Zealand, Nigerian, Pakistani, Papua New Guinean, Saint Lucian, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leonean, Singaporean, Solomon Islands, South African, Tanzanian, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwean music
Music of Latin America:Music of Latin America including 23 former colonies and countries, is the music originating from Latin America namely the Romance-speaking countries and territories of the Americas and the Caribbean south of the USA. Latin American music also incorporates African music from enslaved African people who were transported from West and Central Africa to the Americas by European settlers. As well as music from the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Due to its highly syncretic nature, Latin American music encompasses a wide variety of styles, including influential genres such as cumbia, bachata, bossa nova, merengue, rumba, salsa, samba, son, and tango.
Music in Europe: Music in Europe - European music by country - European musical instruments by country
Ancient Greek musical instruments: Ancient Greek music - Ancient Greek musical instruments
6th to 15th centuries medieval music in Europe: Medieval music encompasses the music of the Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries, the first and longest era of Western classical music and followed by the Renaissance music - Polyphony in the European music since High Middle Ages - Since about 1200 Polyphonic Era


Composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, created by composers: La composition musicale désigne l'étape où le compositeur conçoit l'œuvre musicale de manière qu'elle corresponde à l'expression sonore de sa pensée. - Nachdem in früheren Jahrhunderten - in entstandenen Bürgerstädten, freien Reichs-, Handels- und Hansestädten innerhalb und auch im Gegensatz zu sich entwickelnden Territorialstaaten - seit der musikalischen Revolution durch die Erfindung der Notenschrift vor 1.000 Jahren die Kompositionslehre (Harmonielehre, Kontrapunkt, Formenlehre) von erfahrenen Komponisten im Lehrer-Schüler-Verhältnis weitergegeben wurde, ist sie im 21. Jahrhundert an europäischen Musikhochschulen ein zumeist zehnsemestriges Hauptstudienfach seit der Gründung des Pariser Konservatoriums am 3. August 1795 als, 'Conservatoire de musique' (François-Joseph Gossec, Étienne Nicolas Méhul, André Grétry, Jean-François Lesueur, Luigi Cherubini), und seine Geschichte (erste Professoren Rodolphe Kreutzer und Pierre Rode)
Franco-Flemish School first international style since the unification of Gregorian chant in the 9th century: Franco-Flemish School - also called Netherlandish School, Burgundian School, or Northern School, refers to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition originating from France and from the Burgundian Netherlands, as the spread of their technique, especially after the revolutionary development of printing, produced the first true international style since the unification of Gregorian chant in the 9th century - Franco-Flemish composers
15th–16th centuries important polyphonic schools and social development: 15th–16th centuries important polyphonic schools
List of Renaissance composers by region and period: List of Renaissance composers by region and period, since 16th century including the Americas and Cuba


Approximately 1600 to 1750 'Baroque music': Approximately 1600 to 1750 'Baroque music', a period or style of music that followed the Renaissance music era, and was followed in turn by the Classical era, with the galant style marking the transition between Baroque and Classical eras
Since 1730 Classical era of music: Since 1730 Classical era of music between roughly 1730 and 1820, and later, as best-known composers from this period are Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms etc. - In classical music, musical development is a process by which a musical idea is communicated in the course of a composition, referring to the transformation and restatement of initial material, as development is often contrasted with musical variation, which is a slightly different means to the same end, and carried out upon portions of material treated in many different presentations and combinations at a time, while variation depends upon one type of presentation at a time
20th century ethnomusicologists, pedagogues Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, music education: 20th century Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist Zoltán Kodály - Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók, considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century - Kodály's approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century by Zoltán Kodály, which was then developed over a number of years by his associates including Bela Bartok, as in 2016, the method was inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
December 2016 Zoltán Kodály's approach to music education inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: December 2016 Zoltán Kodály's approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century - which was then developed over a number of years by his associates including Bela Bartok - inscribed as a 'UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage'


Darstellende Kunst als Überbegriff für Formen der Kunst benutzt, deren Werke auf vergänglichen Darbietungen (in der Regel in Anwesenheit eines Publikums) bzw. Darstellungen beruhen, ungeachtet der Tatsache, dass sich diese Werke in der Regel aufzeichnen und beliebig oft wiedergeben lassen. Sie unterscheiden sich somit insbesondere von der bildenden Kunst und der Literatur. Zu ihren Darbietungsformen gehören überschneiden insbesondere das Theater und der Tanz. - History of so-called 'performing arts' in Africa by region - including East, South, West and North Africa -, in Asia by region including West, Middle, Central, South, South-East and East Asia -, the Americas - including North, Middle and South America -, Oceania, and Europe as and by region
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry - History of literature, as early literature is derived from stories told in hunter-gatherer bands through oral tradition, including myth and folklore. Storytelling emerged as the human mind evolved to apply causal reasoning and structure events into a narrative and language allowed early humans to share information with one another. Early storytelling provided opportunity to learn about dangers and social norms while also entertaining listeners. The history of writing began independently in different parts of the world, including in Mesopotamia about 3200 BC, in Ancient China about 1250 BC, and in Mesoamerica about 650 BC. Literature was not initially incorporated in writing, as it was primarily used for simpler purposes, such as accounting.
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface, as the oldest known paintings are approximately 40,000 years old, found in both the Franco-Cantabrian region in western Europe, and in the caves in the district of Maros (Sulawesi, Indonesia). In November 2018 scientists reported the discovery of the then-oldest known figurative art painting, over 40,000 (perhaps as old as 52,000) years old, of an unknown animal, in the cave of Lubang Jeriji Saléh on the Indonesian island of Borneo. - The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts and artwork created by pre-historic artists, and spans all cultures. It represents a continuous, though periodically disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, continents, and millennia, the history of painting consists of an ongoing river of creativity that continues into the 21st century


1929 German portrait and documentary photographer August Sander's 'Face of our Time': In 1929 German portrait and documentary photographer August Sander's 'Face of our Time' (German 'Antlitz der Zeit') was published in 1929
Since 1935 Walter Benjamin' essay 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction': Since 1935 Walter Benjamin 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', an essay of cultural criticism which the author proposes and explains that mechanical reproduction devalues the aura (uniqueness) of an objet d’art. That in the age of mechanical reproduction and the absence of traditional and ritualistic value, the production of art would be inherently based upon the praxis of politics.
1935-1939 Walter Benjamin, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit: Walter Benjamin, Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit, geschrieben 1935–1939, veröffentlicht 1980 in Gesammelte Schriften Band I, in deren Vorwort es auf den Seiten 475/476 heißt: 'Um neunzehnhundert hatte die technische Reproduktion einen Standard erreicht, auf dem sie nicht nur die Gesamtheit der überkommenen Kunstwerke zu ihrem Objekt zu machen und deren Wirkung den tiefsten Veränderungen zu unterwerfen begann, sondern sich einen eigenen Platz unter den künstlerischen Verfahrungsweisen eroberte.'


History of learning: History of learning is the teaching or learning of knowledge, especially to develop the reasoning, judgement and skill required in adult life and professional occupations - Learning and 'education' in the life process of individuals and in the development of communities - History of learning and 'education' in ancient civilization, as since around 3500 BCE various writing systems developed in ancient civilizations around the world - History of learning and schools in ancient Israel and Judah

Social movements and history of logic: Auch unser menschliches Leben seit Anbeginn ist gebunden an voraussetzungen,die wir nicht geschaffen haben, und bleibt es auch in späteren Zeiten, seitdem industriell Produktionsvoraussetzungen als Resultat produziert werden und der entwickelte gesellscchaftlicher Körper - die sich weiter ausdehende (intensiv und extensiv) bürgerliche Gesellschaft - die Untersuchung und dann begriffliche Darstellung der Körperzelle, der 'Wertform' - herbeiführt, weil die Gesellschaft sich Aufgaben stellt die sie letztendlich lösen kann

History, prevention of abortion and 'mitzvah' and Torah: Documented history of abortion since ancient times - The feminine noun mitzvah occurs over 180 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, as the first use is in Genesis 26:5 where God says that Abraham has 'obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments' - Prophets in Judaism, as according to Rashi, there were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses of Judaism - The seven prophetesses in Judaism - Figures widely recognised as prophets, mentioned as such in the 'Old Testament' and sometimes referred to in the so-called 'New Testament'
Devel and written 'way to behave' or 'way of walking': Halakha, the collective body of Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah, as Halakha is based on biblical commandments 'mitzvot', subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic law, and the customs and traditions compiled in the many books often reffered as 'Jewish law', although a more literal translation might be 'the way to behave' or 'the way of walking' as the word derives from the root that means 'to behave' (also 'to go' or 'to walk', also historically later in the Jewish diaspora brought about by Roman empire's and successors' war crimes

Education by country and history: Education by country - Education by method - History of education by country - Language education by country - Music education by country
Knowledge sharing: Encouragement, support, knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer
Schools by country: Schools by country - Elementary and primary schools by country - High schools and secondary schools by country
International schools by continent and country - International schools by country of origin - International School of Aleppo, closed in 2011 due to Assad's war against the Syrian people

2016 'Never again' worldwide since the fall of Masada 73/74 CE and in Germany: 'Never again', associated with the Holocaust and other genocides, as the phrase may originate from a 1927 poem by Yitzhak Lamdan which stated 'Never again shall Masada fall!' - 15 December 2016: Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the systematic operation to wipe out the Jews of Eastern Europe began, 75 years after falling into the abyss 'Never Again' has become an empty phrase in Germany and in many countries - 2013-2017 second banning attempt of the neo-Nazi organization 'National Democratic Party of Germany', but on 17 January the German Federal Constitutional Court rejected the attempt to outlaw the party - January 2017: On 20 January 1942 outside of Berlin a gathering of representatives of the Nazi Germany’s bureaucratic offices decided on the 'Final Solution' for genocide, in the language of bureaucracy and as among the 15 representatives not one was from the German army while eight held doctorates
1925-1935 A. Makarenko's Pedagogical Poem: 1925-1935 A. Makarenko's Pedagogical Poem, promoting democratic ideas and principles in educational theory and practice - Seit 1920 beteiligte sich Makarenko an der Neuorganisation der Schulen, begann - in einem vom eben beendeten Russischen Bürgerkrieg zerstörten und von Hungersnot und marodierenden Banden geplagten Gebiet - eine Erziehung ohne die Gewalt der Prügelstrafe und ohne hierarchische Autorität seitens der Lehrer, wobei die Erziehung basierte auf einer Einheit von verinnerlichter Disziplin, Selbstverwaltung und nützlicher Arbeit basierte und die Autorität des Erziehers auf seiner Achtung vor dem Kind beruhte, seiner absoluten Aufrichtigkeit gegenüber den Zöglingen und auf festem Vertrauen in den Menschen
1879-1942 (Treblinka) Janusz Korczak: 1879-1942 Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue, after spending many years working as a principal of an orphanage in Warsaw, refusing sanctuary repeatedly, then staying with his orphans when the entire population of the institution was sent by NSDAP Germany from the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp by the Nazis, during the Grossaktion Warschau of 1942
24 September 2020 school friend of Anne Frank lays first stone at new Dutch Holocaust memorial featuring names of more than 102,000 Jews, Roma and Sinti: 24 September 2020: As site in Amsterdam’s Jewish Quarter will feature names of more than 102,000 Jews, Roma and Sinti who were murdered in or on their way to Nazi concentration camps, a school friend of World War II Jewish diarist Anne Frank laid the first stone Wednesday at a new memorial under construction in Amsterdam to honor all Dutch victims of the Holocaust, after Dutch court cleared the way last year for the memorial to be constructed

Timeline of historic inventions, referring to the earliest evidence of an invention found and dated by archaeologists (or in a few cases, suggested by indirect evidence - History of housing und Geschichte der Architektur - A nest is a structure built for certain animals to hold eggs, offspring, and, oftentimes, the animal itself, and as - although nests are most closely associated with birds - members of all classes of vertebrates and some invertebrates construct nests
History of technology - Outline of so-called 'prehistoric' technology - Control of fire by early humans
History of transport
Technologie - Technology, desribed as the sum of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation
Medieval and modern history of technology since 300 CE
Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering
Since 1942 and during WWII USA Naval Computing Machine Laboratory: Since 1942 and during WWII USA Naval Computing Machine Laboratory NCML, a highly secret design and manufacturing site for code-breaking machinery in Dayton - Since 1945 ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, as it was Turing-complete and able to solve 'a large class of numerical problems' through reprogramming, as - although ENIAC was designed and primarily used to calculate artillery firing tables for the USA's Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory - its first program was a study of the feasibility of the thermonuclear weapon
Since 1947 bipolar transistors: Since 1947 bipolar transistors, the key active components in practically all modern electronics , as the invention of the first transistor at Bell Labs was named an IEEE Milestone in 2009
Since 1947/48 bipolar junction transistor, barcode: Since 1948 bipolar junction transistor, a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers - Since 1947 barcode, a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form, later commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional that can be scanned by special optical scanners
Timeline of computing, grouped by topic areas and by detailed computing timelines: Timeline of computing, presenting events in its history, organized by year and grouped into six topic areas including predictions and concepts, first use and inventions, hardware systems and processors, operating systems, programming languages, and new application areas, as detailed computing timelines include periods before 1950, 1950–1979, 1980–1989, 1990–1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019, 2020–2029
Since early days in 1948–1979 timeline and history of computer software: Timeline and history of computer software since early days in 1948–1979
Since 1954/55 Weizmann Automatic Computer: Since 1954/55 Weizmann Automatic Computer, the first computer in Israel, and one of the first large-scale, stored-program, electronic computers in the world, based on the Institute for Advanced Study architecture and operational until the end of 1963, used by Israeli scientists and researchers and helped with the advancement of science and technology in the young nation
Since 1956 history of HDD magnetic disk drives: Since 1956 history of HDD magnetic disk drives
Since 1960 Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory amid list of radio telescopes by region since 1932: Since 1960 Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, a research facility founded in 1960 and located at Kaleden - Since 1932 list of radio telescopes sorted by region, as the first radio telescope was invented in 1932, when Karl Jansky at Bell Telephone Laboratories observed radiation coming from the Milky Way - Since 20th century development of observational astronomy, the division of astronomy that is concerned with recording data about the observable universe, as its practice and study include observing celestial objects with the use of telescopes and other astronomical instruments
1950–1969 Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches and ongoing history: 1950–1969 Electronic Technology for Space Rocket Launches, ongoing
August 1966 Apollo Guidance Computer: August 1966 Apollo Guidance Computer, a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed on board each Apollo command module and Apollo Lunar Module, as the AGC provided computation and electronic interfaces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft - Apollo program hardware - The Apollo primary guidance, navigation, and control system, a self-contained inertial guidance system that allowed Apollo spacecraft to carry out their missions when communications with Earth were interrupted, either as expected, when the spacecraft were behind the Moon, or in case of a communications failure
Since 1960s until today ongoing timeline of Solar System exploration: Since 1960s until today ongoing timeline of Solar System exploration
Social production and reproduction, products and dual-use technology: Produkte als Resultat industrieller und technischer Revolutionen, Computer und EDV als verlängerter Verstand von Menschen mit Sprache(n), sogenannte 'Künstliche Intelligenz' (ein Widersinn oder besser Oxymoron) und militärische Nutzungen

History of transport - History of road transport, as first forms of road transport connecting humans also included carrying goods over tracks that often followed game trails - History of transport by region, later by country - History of water transport and maritime history since so-called pre-historic times - History of rail transport - History of aviation

Transport timelines since 2nd millennium BC - List of shipwrecks mainly showing later unknown trade routes, before Anno Domini listed since 20th century BC and earlier, as the Dokos shipwreck is the oldest underwater shipwreck discovery known to early 21st century's archeologists. The wreck has been dated to the second Proto-Helladic period, 2700-2200 BC, as the remains of the shipwreck are located about 15–30 meters underwater off the coast of southern Greece near the island of Dokos in the Aegean Sea between and also linking Western Asia and Europe by water transport. Dokos island is about 100km east of Sparta, Peloponnese - 1st millennium BC in transport, after since centuries especially Greek scientists - including Archimedes, Euklid, Aristoteles, Anaximander, Hipparchus, Aristyllus and more - 2nd millennium in transport, listed since the high Middle Ages


Product introductions by century - Introductions by type and century
Products introduced in 1740: Products introduced in 1740 - 1740 in transport - 1740 ships - Bateau lancé en 1740 - List of ship launches in 1740, a chronological list of ships launched in 1740 and of different countries including Denmark-Norway, Dutch Republic, Great Britain, India, Kingdom of France, Russia
Since 1740 list of product introductions by year: Since 1740 list of product introductions by year
Written language: Die geschriebene Sprache, auch Schriftsprache genannt, bezeichnet ein Zeichensystem, das speziellen Normen gehorcht und sich in Texten manifestiert - Written language, the representation of a spoken or gestural language by means of a writing system
History of writing - List of languages by first written accounts
In the Ancient Western Asia, clay tablets were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age - Tontafel, eines der ältesten Schreibmaterialien der Menschen, angewandt (nach heutiger Kenntnis) vor allem im Gebiet des fruchtbaren Halbmonds in vorwiegend trocken-heißem Klima seit der Mitte des 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Anwendung - Archive der bronzezeitlichen Hochkulturen, u.a. zu wirtschaftlichen, organisatorischen Fragen und Korrespondenz in den Beziehungen zwischen den Gemeinwesen
History of the alphabet: History of the alphabet
9 November 2022 oldest known sentence written in first alphabet in ancient kingdom of Judah: 9 November 2022: Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered on a head-lice comb, as timeless fret over hygiene picked out on engraved Bronze age comb from ancient kingdom of Judah, around 1700 BCE


Geography: History of Geography
Free and editable map of the world - 1 million mappers work together to collect and contribute data to OpenStreetMap, many of them in the USA - 'Map of the world' community

Human evolution, interventions in the external nature, violence and criticism: Human evolution, criticism of religion, above all of professionalism of religious faith and history of study
Works about human violence - Works about wars - Works about genocide - Works about terrorism
History of navigation since Antiquity, including basic concepts and changing methods
Der Arbeitsprozeß: Der Arbeitsprozeß, ein Prozeß zwischen Mensch und Natur, worin der Mensch seinen Stoffwechsel mit der Natur durch seine eigne Tat vermittelt, regelt und kontrolliert, dem Naturstoff selbst als eine Naturmacht gegenübertritt, wobei - was ihn vornherein gegenüber z.B. der besten Biene beim Bau ihrer Wachszellen auszeichnet - er die Zelle in seinem Kopf gebaut hat, bevor er sie in Wachs baut, und am Ende des Arbeitsprozesses kommt ein Resultat heraus, das beim Beginn desselben schon in der Vorstellung des Arbeiters, also schon ideell vorhanden, und er verwirklicht im Natürlichen zugleich seinen Zweck, den er weiß, der die Art und Weise seines Tuns als Gesetz bestimmt und dem er seine Willen unterordnen muß - Kooperation und ihre Geschichte - Teilung der Arbeit und Manufaktur, ihre Geschichte - Maschinerie und große Industrie, wobei als Maschinerie das Arbeitsmittel eine materielle Existenzweise erhält, welche Ersetzung der Menschenkraft durch Naturkräfte und erfahrungsmäßiger Routine durch bewußte Anwendung der Naturwissenschaft bedingt, und der kooperative Charakter des Arbeitsprozesses wird jetzt durch die Natur des Arbeitsmittels selbst diktierte technische Notwendigkeit
Denken und Nachdenken: 'Da der Denkprozeß selbst aus den Verhältnissen herauswächst, selbst ein Naturprozeß ist, so kann das wirklich begreifende Denken immer nur dasselbe sein, und nur graduell, nach der Reife der Entwicklung, also auch des Organs, womit gedacht wird, sich unterscheiden', Karl Marx an Ludwig Kugelmann 11. Juli 1868 - Evolution des Denkens und Überlegungen des Naturforschers Charles Darwins (1809-1882) zur Entwicklung der Fähigkeiten zu denken - Neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system - Human brain, the central organ of the human nervous system, making up the central nervous system with the spinal cord - Development of the nervous system in humans
1845/1846 the example of 'The German Ideology', criticism and relation to preceded and ongoing science: 1845/1846 'The German Ideology' set of manuscripts written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in Brussels, but not published until 1932, stating that human intelligence is subjective turning out to be objective

Science: Science - History of science - Scientific revolution - emergence of modern science during the early modern period based mainly on Hellenistic science
History of Physics - History of Mathematics
History of Astronomy - Star formation, the process by which dense regions within molecular clouds in interstellar space, collapse and form stars, science a branch of astronomy - Während massearme Sterne auch isoliert entstehen können, findet die Bildung massereicherer Sterne vornehmlich in Sternhaufen statt, und diese unterschiedlichen Arten der Sternentstehung bestimmen wesentlich die Eigenschaften und die Entwicklung von Galaxien - Voraussetzung für die Entstehung von Sternen ist das Vorhandensein vergleichsweise dichter, kalter Materiewolken, sogenannter Molekülwolken, wobei die Wolken zu rund 70% aus molekularem Wasserstoff bestehen, der von einer Hülle aus neutralen Wasserstoffatomen umgeben ist, und sich in diesen Wolken noch weitere Moleküle finden, beispielsweise Kohlenmonoxid, und rund 1% der Masse in Form von interstellarem Staub (Silikat- oder Graphitteilchen). In der Milchstraße finden sich Molekülwolken mit mittlerer Dichte von etwa 100 H2-Molekülen je cm³ hauptsächlich in den Spiralarmen, wobei einige große Komplexe Durchmesser von etwa 150 Lichtjahren und Massen von 105 bis 106 Sonnenmassen erreichen können und deswegen auch als Riesenmolekülwolken bezeichnet werden, während kleinere, relativ isolierte Molekülwolken Massen von weniger als hundert Sonnenmassen aufweisen - Molekülwolkenstruktur - Sterne entstehen aus dichten Molekülwolkenkernen, in eine Molekülwolke eingebettet, innerhalb derer verschiedenste Kräfte wirken, wobei am wichtigsten die Gravitation ist, die durch ihre anziehende Wirkung dafür sorgt, dass sich diese Kerne weiter zusammenziehen, wobei diesem Kollaps hauptsächlich die thermische Energie entgegenwirkt, also die Eigenbewegung der Moleküle, die diese nur aufgrund ihrer Temperatur besitzen, und wobei als wichtig zur Stabilität auch Magnetfelder und/oder Turbulenz angegeben werden - Protosterne, Beobachtung und Klassifizierung - Sternentstehung in Clustern und 'Sternpopulationen' - Sternentstehung in Galaxien, wobei Galaxien sich einteilen lassen in solche, die noch in größerem Umfang neue Sterne bilden, und solche, in denen die Sternentstehungsaktivität weitgehend zum Erliegen gekommen ist, und wobei in unserer Heimatgalaxie, der Milchstraße, rund eine Sonnenmasse an neuen Sternen pro Jahr entsteht, gemäß der Studie von Thomas P. Robitaille, Barbara A. Whitney 'The Present-Day Star Formation Rate of the Milky Way'
May 2021 astronomers create largest map of the universe’s dark matter: 27 May 2021: Astronomers create largest map of the universe’s dark matter, as international team reveal vast cosmic voids over the Earth’s skies that could challenge Einstein, and as scientists suspect that gravity may behave very differently inside them, and by identifying their shapes and locations, the map could therefore provide a starting point for further study, the 'Guardian' reports
History of Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
History of Geology - Historical geology - Geological history of Earth - Atmospheric sciences - Hydrology - Oceanography - History of Meteorology

History of Organic Chemistry - History of Biochemistry - History of Molecular Biology - Abiogenesis
Biology: History of Biology
Zoology, the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems
History of zoology since 1859: History of zoology since 1859, since the theory of evolution by natural selection proposed by Charles Darwin giving new direction to morphology and physiology, by uniting them in a common biological theory, the theory of organic evolution resulting in a reconstruction of the classification of animals upon a genealogical basis, fresh investigation of the development of animals, and early attempts to determine their genetic relationships
26 June 2020: 26 June 2020: Tel Aviv University Prof. David Eilam talks about the sharp scientific debate over 'theory of mind' in animals, trying to get into animals' heads, as for example chimps have been observed hiding objects in order to throw them at people later, but some gorillas are unable to identify themselves in a mirror

Science and technology by country - Science education by country
Knowledge sharing - Knowledge transfer - Technology transfer

Scientists and and urgently needed anti-corruption activism
1564-1642 Galileo Galilei: Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaulti de Galilei 1564-1642, an astronomer, physicist and engineer from Pisa, called the 'father of observational astronomy' and 'father of modern physics'
Galileo's scientific contributions: Galileo's scientific contributions in astronomy, physics and engineering
Since 1610 condemnation of Galileo Galilei by the Roman Catholic Church for his support of heliocentrism: Since 1610 'Galileo affair', culminating with the trial and condemnation of Galileo Galilei by the Roman Catholic Inquisition in 1633, as Galileo was prosecuted for his support of heliocentrism, the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the centre of the Solar System, and as in 1992 another infallible pope acknowledged that the Church had erred in condemning Galileo for asserting that the Earth revolves around the Sun - 'Infallibility' in Christianity and Islam
1642-1727 Isaac Newton, mathematician, physicist and astronomer: 1642-1727 Isaac Newton, a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and author, widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution, who laid the foundations of classical mechanics, also making seminal contributions to optics, and sharing credit with Leibniz for developing the infinitesimal calculus
Since 1845-1850 Karl Marx' exile in London amid the emerging second French and German empires: Since 1845-1850 Karl Marx' exile in London, after the French government, receiving a request from the Prussian king, shut down 'Vorwärts', with the interior minister François Guizot expelling Karl Marx from France, who moved from Paris to Brussels, where he hoped to once again continue his study of capitalism and political economy, as Prussian king Frederick William IV's later counter-revolutionary measures suppressing the 'Neue Rheinische Zeitung' meant Marx was ordered to leave the country in May 1849, returning to Paris already under the grip of a reactionary counter-revolution, meaning Marx was soon expelled by the city authorities, now moving to London in June 1849 to remain based in the city with his familiy for the rest of his life - Marxists by nationality
1916-1918 Rosa Luxemburg's imprisonment, 1919 assassination and terrible worldwide weapons: 1916-1918 Rosa Luxemburg's imprisonment and 1919 assassination, following 1914 SPD's support in the German empire's 'Reichstag' for funding its World War I, opposed by the scientist and politician Luxemburg, meaning as a result that Luxemburg and Liebknecht were imprisoned in June 1916 for two and a half years, twice relocated first to Posen (now Poznan), then to Breslau (now Wroclaw), until 8 November 1918, three days before the armistice of 11 November 1918, as friends smuggled out and illegally published her articles and works, including 'The Russian Revolution', criticising the Bolsheviks, presciently warning of their dictatorship, as in 1914-1918 Germany 'since 4 August 1914, German Social-Democracy has been a stinking corpse', involved in Luxemburg's and Liebknecht's assassination, sparking the NSDAP, nazism and World War II with a new generation of terrible weapons - Since 1 September 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of 1939–1945 occupation of Poland and World War II - Weapon development and science
Since September 1939 Polish resistance to German invasion and scientists: September 1939 Polish anthropologist, economist, sociologist and one of the translators of Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital' into Polish, Ludwik Krzywicki was injured during the defence of Warsaw in September 1939, as the bomb that destroyed his apartment also caused the loss of most of his papers and manuscripts, his working conditions worsened and he died of heart disease - 1937-1939 'Special Prosecution Book-Poland', the proscription list prepared by the Germans immediately before the onset of war, that identified more than 61,000 of Polish people including scientists, activists, intelligentsia, scholars, actors, former officers, and prominent others, who were to be interned or shot on the spot upon their identification following the 1939 invasion, compiled by the 'Zentralstelle IIP Polen' unit of the 'Geheime Staatspolizei' with help from some members of the German minority living in pre-war Poland - Polish resistance movement in World War II - 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation to propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns

History of the Social Sciences - History of economic thought - Classical political economy - Marxian economics

Science in society and science timelines: Science in society - History of science - Science timelines
Research by country - Research projects
International scientific organizations: International scientific organizations
EU's scientific cooperation: European Union and science and technology - European Union's scientific cooperation beyond the bloc
Since 2001 Network of African Science Academies: Since 2001 Network of African Science Academies, an independent forum for African science academies to discuss scientific issues of common concern
June 2007: June 2007: The Network of African Science Academies submitted a joint 'statement on sustainability, energy efficiency, and climate change' to the leaders meeting at the G8 Summit in Germany
Since 2004 InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences: Since 2004 InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences
Since 21st century South-South cooperation: Since 21st century South-South cooperation, cooperation between two or more developing countries in the field of science and technology, also taking inspiration from the European Union model

International observational astronomy: Observational astronomy - Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology since 1600s
Since 2006 The Event Horizon Telescope: Since 2006 The Event Horizon Telescope, a large telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes and combining data from several very-long-baseline interferometry stations around the Earth
April 2019 first image of a black hole captured: 10 April 2019: Astronomers using a network of eight radio telescopes around the world first image of a black hole, heralding a revolution in our understanding of the universe’s most enigmatic objects - 12 April 2019: The black hole, depicted in a landmark experiment, has been named 'Powehi', meaning 'the adorned fathomless dark creation' or 'embellished dark source of unending creation' by a language professor in Hawai, a name welcomed by scientists who captured first image of galactic phenomenon

Since 1950s timeline of spaceflight: Since 1950s timeline of spaceflight, Spaceflight timelines
2020s Venus atmosphere investigation, planned mission for an orbiter and atmospheric probe: DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, Plus), a planned mission for an orbiter and atmospheric probe to the planet Venus. Together with the VERITAS mission, which will also study Venus, it was selected by NASA in June 2021 to be part of their Discovery Program, as DAVINCI+ will send both an orbiter and a descent probe to Venus. The orbiter will image Venus in multiple wavelengths from above, while the descent probe will study the chemical composition of Venus' atmosphere and take photographs during descent. The DAVINCI+ probe will travel through the Venusian atmosphere, sampling the atmosphere, and returning measurements down to the surface. These measurements are important to understanding the origin of the atmosphere, how it has evolved, and how and why it is different from the atmosphere of Earth and Mars. - Future missions to Venus, including USA's 2023 Rocket Lab’s Venus probe, India's 2024 Shukrayaan-1, USA's 2028 Veritats mission, Roscosmos 2029 Venera-D mission, ESA's 2031 EnVision, and more proposed 2020s-2030s NASA missions
Since December 2021 'James Webb Space Telescope' and expectations: Since December 2021 'James Webb Space Telescope', a space telescope jointly developed by NASA, the ESA, and the CSA. It will provide improved infrared resolution and sensitivity over Hubble, and will enable a broad range of investigations across the fields of astronomy and cosmology, including observing some of the most distant events and objects in the universe, such as the formation of the first galaxies, and detailed atmospheric characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets
Timeline of the James Webb Space Telescope: Timeline of the James Webb Space Telescope, an international space observatory scheduled to be launched on 25 December 2021, combining the largest mirror yet on a near-infrared space telescope with a suite of technologically advanced instruments from around the world
25 December 2021 new space telescope, successor to the Hubble telescope has been blasted into space: 25 December 2021: Nasa launches $10bn James Webb space telescope, as successor to the Hubble telescope has been blasted into space on top of a giant European rocket from ESA’s launch base in French Guiana
12 July 2022 James Webb telescope takes super sharp view of early cosmos: 12 July 2022: James Webb telescope takes super sharp view of early cosmos, as the image is said to be the deepest, most detailed infrared view of the Universe to date, containing the light from galaxies that has taken many billions of years to reach us - 12 July 2022: Nasa revealing new images of distant cosmos, listed by the 'BBC' in a timeline
22 February 2023 James Webb detects evidence of ancient ‘universe breaker’ galaxies: 22 February 2023: James Webb detects evidence of ancient ‘universe breaker’ galaxies, as huge systems appear to be far larger than was presumed possible so early after big bang, say scientists


Since 1992 UN's Memory of the World Programme to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, neglect, the ravages of time and climatic conditions, and willful and deliberate destruction - UN's Memory of the World Register by continent and country
List of archives by countries - Libraries by country

Human rights museums - Since the ancient Western Asia (so-called near or middle East by colonial powers) and since the ancient Africa history of human rights
Since 2010 'Museum of Memory and Human Rights' located in Chile's Santiago: Since 2010 'Museum of Memory and Human Rights' located in Chile's Santiago, dedicated to commemorate the victims of human rights violations during the 1973-1990 military dictatorship of Chile headed by General Pinochet, inaugurated by former President Michelle Bachelet and forming part of government works celebrating the bicentennial of Chile

Slavery museums - Apartheid museums
Since 1977 'National Museum of Slavery' in Luanda: Since 1977 'National Museum of Slavery' in Luanda with the objective of depicting the history of slavery in Angola, adjoining the Capela da Casa Grande, a 17th-century structure where slaves were baptised before being put on slave ships for transport to the Americas
Since 2007 International Slavery Museum in Liverpool: Since 2007 International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, that focuses on the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade by European countries from the 16th to the 19th centuries, consisting of three main galleries which focus on the lives of people in West Africa, their eventual enslavement, and their continued fight for freedom, also discussing slavery in the modern day as well as topics on racism and discrimination
Since 2014 'Whitney Plantation Historic District' museum devoted to slavery in the southern USA: Since 2014 'Whitney Plantation Historic District' museum devoted to slavery in the southern USA, located in Louisiana the plantation was started in 1752 by German immigrants and their descendants owned it until 1867

Holocaust museums, documenting and remembering the genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe
Following the Roman empire's 63 BC siege of Jerusalem list of Holocaust memorials and museums in 36 countries: List of Holocaust memorials and museums by country (36 countries), also chronicling the persecution of Jews since the 63 BC siege of Jerusalem by the Roman empire making Judea a Roman client state and the Roman empire's following wars and exterminations
Since 1949 The Ghetto Fighters' House in the Western Galilee: Since 1949 The Ghetto Fighters' House in the Western Galilee, founded by members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, a community of Holocaust survivors, among them fighters of the ghetto undergrounds and partisan units, and named after Itzhak Katzenelson, a Jewish poet who died at Auschwitz - The Ghetto Fighters' House website
Since 1953 Yad Vashem: Since 1953 Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, dedicated to preserving the memory of the dead, honoring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors, people who aided Jews in need, and researching the Holocaust in particular and genocide in general, with the aim of avoiding such events in the future

Genocide museums
Since 1967 Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial: Since 1967/1995 Armenian Genocide memorial complex, Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, built on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd - List of Armenian Genocide memorials since 1919
Since 1994 Rwandan genocide museums: Since 1994 Rwandan genocide museums - Since 1994 Bisesero Genocide Memorial, near Karongi-Kibuye, commemorating the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and 40,000 people, who died here - Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre - Since 1995 Murambi Genocide Memorial Centre - Since 1999/2004 Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre - Since 2004 Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre
Since 2014 Namibia's Independence Memorial Museum's Genocide Statue: Since 2014 Namibia's Independence Memorial Museum's Genocide Statue sits south of the Nujoma memorial, depicting the 'untold hardships and suffering' at the hands of the 'Schutztruppe', the troops of the German colonial empire during the 1904–1907 war

Museums by country
August 2018 Idlib antiquities museum: 14 August 2018: Antiquities museum, damaged by air strikes and housing clay tablets dating back to 2400-2300 BCE showing invention of written alphabet, reopens in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib


Social movements: Social movements, Internet, World Wide Web
Since the 1950s history of the Internet and the World Wide Web (since the 1980s) - 6 May 2014: World to have nearly three billion internet users 2014 with two-thirds of them from the developing world, mobile-cellular subscriptions will reach almost seven billion 2014, UN says
Wikipedia collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia: Since 20th/21st centuries 'Online social movement' - Wikipedia collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia, including Wikipedias English with millions of articles and millions, perhaps meanwhile more users, French and German Wikipedias also wholly online, as more than a dozen other Wikipedias have 1 million articles or more, of variable quality and length, are no longer printed and sold encyclopedias, rigid and immobile, changed into digital and online encyclopedias, immediately able to update and enhance knowledge e.g. following new sources, in contrast to Chinese-language collaborative online encyclopedia 'Baidu Wiki', reportedly censoring its content in accordance with the requirements of China's Beijing regime - 2 février 2021: Wikipédia a dévoilé mardi un 'code de conduite universel' visant à juguler la désinformation, les abus et la manipulation sur l'encyclopédie en ligne
2 March 2022 Russia's Putin regime threatens to lock out 'Wikipedia': 2 March 2022: Russlands Zensurbehörde droht, die gesamte Wikipedia im Land zu sperren, wenn die Online-Enzyklopädie nicht Informationen über die Opfer russischer Soldaten und militärische Gewalt gegen Zivilisten löscht
27 July 2022 Irish judges are relying on Wikipedia when writing judgments, study finds: 27 July 2022: Irish judges are relying on Wikipedia when writing judgments, USA/Irish study finds - 27 July 2022: CSAIL researchers and from Maynooth University in Ireland came up with a friendly stress test that includes the creating new legal Wikipedia articles to examine how they affect the legal decisions of judges


Since ancient times social movements by continent: Since ancient times social movements by continent, social movements in Africa, social movements in Asia, social movements in Europe, social movements in South America, social movements in North America, social movements in Oceania, social movements by country
Since 740 BCE 'swords to ploughshares' social movements: In der Zeit von 740 und 701 v. Chr. reagiert der Schriftprophet der hebräischen Bibel Isaias (Jesaja) in Jerusalem, Juda und Israel auf die damalige Verarmung großer Bevölkerungsteile mit einer scharfen Sozialkritik und verheißt den Israeliten und umgebenden mehr oder weniger aggressiven Reichen der Region universalen Frieden und Gerechtigkeit - 740-701 BCE Isaiah (Tanakh 2:4) says that peoples 'shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks', and 'nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more' - Beat your swords into plowshares, and your pruning spears into hooks, let the weakling say 'I am a warrior', according to Joel 3:10 or 4:10, as Micah says 4:3 'they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more'
Since 16th century peace movements and civil and human rights protests: Peace movements, expressly since 16th century - List of anti-war organizations - Anti-war protests - Civil and human rights protests
Since 19th century alphabetical list of peace activists: Since 19th century alphabetical list of peace activists linked to social movements
1841-1843 mouthpiece of the democratic movement in Germany 'Rhenish Newspaper', later edited by Karl Marx: 1841-1843 'Rhenish Newspaper', a 19th-century German newspaper edited most famously by Karl Marx. The paper was launched in January 1842 and terminated by Prussian state censorship in March 1843 - Unter Marxens Chefredaktion formulierte die RZ schnell radikale, revolutionäre demokratische Ideen. Sie wurde eines der wichtigsten Sprachrohre der demokratischen Bewegung in Deutschland.
Spring 1848 until May 1849 'New Rhenish Newspaper - Organ of Democracy', editor Karl Marx: 1848/1849 'New Rhenish Newspaper. Organ of Democracy', a German daily newspaper published by Karl Marx in Cologne and recognised by historians as one of the most important dailies of the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany. The paper was regarded by its editors and readers as the successor of an earlier Cologne newspaper, the 'Rhenish Newspaper' since 1841, also edited for a time by Karl Marx, which had been suppressed by state censorship over five years earlier - Am 19. Mai 1849 stellte die Neue Rheinische Zeitung nach 301 Ausgaben ihr Erscheinen ein, nachdem die letzten Aufstände der Märzrevolution von Preußen im Rheinland niedergeschlagen worden waren. Marx ging erneut ins Exil, diesmal nach London, wo er im Wesentlichen bis zu seinem Lebensende 1883 blieb und sein 3-bändiges Hauptwerk Das Kapital verfasste. Er blieb weiterhin politisch aktiv und hatte großen Einfluss auf die sich entwickelnde Arbeiterbewegung und ihre politischen demokratischen Parteien. Auf seine Initiative hin wurde 1864 die 12 Jahre bestehende 'Internationale Arbeiterassoziation' gegründet.
July/August 1914 SPD's appeal to demonstrate against the coming World War I, only to vote on 4 August for the war credits: On 25 July 1914 the executive of the Social Democratic Party of Germany issued an appeal to its membership to demonstrate against the coming war, only to vote on 4 August for the World War I credits the German Empire's government wanted
1917 Putilov strike, demonstrations and revolution in Russia: February 1917 Putilov Strike of 1917, sparking more strikes and demonstrations in Petrograd and sparking the February Revolution - On 8 March 1917, Putilov protesters were joined in uprising by those celebrating International Woman's Day and protesting against the government's implemented food rationing, both men and women flooded the streets of Petrograd, demanding an end to Russian food shortages, the end of World War I and the end of autocracy and tsarist despotism
8 November 1917 'Decree on Peace' passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies: 26. Oktober / 8. November 1917 'Dekret über den Frieden' (Decree on Peace), auf der Sitzung des allrussischen Rätekongresses der Arbeiter-, Soldaten und Bauerndeputierten einstimmig angenommen und am gleichen Tage in der 'Iswestija' veröffentlicht, gilt weltweit als erstes von einem staatlichen Organ verfasstes Dokument überhaupt, welches Krieg als Mittel zur Lösung von Konflikten verurteilt
Since 1919-1933 and since 1946/1949 annual demonstrations commemorating murdered Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht: Since 1919-1933 and since 1946/1949 annual commemorations and demonstrations commemorating the anniversary of the murder on Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht on 15 January 1919
8 October 1919 USPD's Hugo Haase assassinated: On 8 October 1919 USPD's Hugo Haase (29.9.1863-7.11.1919), who was walking into the Reichstag but was shot by Johann Voss as he entered the building and died on 7 November - Hugo Haases, verheiratet mit Thea Lichtenstein (1869-1937) aus Szczytno, gemeinsamer Sohn, der Neurologe Ernst Haase arbeitete im Krankenhaus Moabit und Tiergarten, gab 1929 einige Schriften aus dem Nachlass des Vaters heraus, bis ihm 1938 die Nationalsozialisten die Approbation entzogen und er über England in die USA emigrierte unter Verlust des größten Teil von Hugo Haases Nachlass, während die beiden Enkeltöchter infolge der nationalsozialistischen Machtübernahme nach Palästina auswanderten und sich einem sozialistischen Kibbuz anschlossen
1920-1946 League of Nations: The League of Nations intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War I and was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace
September 1932 S. Freud asks A. Einstein wie lange müssen wir nun warten, bis auch die anderen Pazifisten werden?: 'Why War? Pourquoi la guerre? Warum Krieg? Wie lange müssen wir nun warten, bis auch die anderen Pazifisten werden? Es ist nicht zu sagen, aber vielleicht ist es keine utopische Hoffnung, daß der Einfluß dieser beiden Momente, der kulturellen Einstellung und der berechtigten Angst vor den Wirkungen eines Zukunftskrieges, dem Kriegführen in absehbarer Zeit ein Ende setzen wird. Auf welchen Wegen oder Umwegen, können wir nicht erraten. Unterdes dürfen wir uns sagen: Alles, was die Kulturentwicklung fördert, arbeitet auch gegen den Krieg.' Brief von Sigmund Freud an Albert Einstein im September 1932, in 'Open Letters', Bd. 2, p 25-62
Since 1938 Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe: Since 1938 Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe
Since 1950s Civil rights movements: Civil rights movements are a worldwide series of political movements for equality before the law, that peaked in the 1960s, in many situations they have been characterized by nonviolent protests, or have taken the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change through nonviolent forms of resistance
1950-1994 Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa: 1950-1994 Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of society and alternatively took the form of social movements, passive resistance, or guerrilla warfare
1954-1968 African-American civil rights movement: 1954-1968 African-American civil rights movement, preceeded by the, 1865-1896 African-American civil rights movement, that aimed at eliminating racial discrimination against African Americans, improving educational and employment opportunities, and establishing electoral power, following the elimination of slavery in the South, and the 1896-1954 African-American civil rights movement
1964-1970s opposition to the USA's Vietnam War in the USA and worldwide: From 1964 to the 1970s opposition to the USA's Vietnam War
In and since the late 1960s German social and new political movements: In and since the 1960s social and new political movements, grewing as younger people became disillusioned with the political 'establishment', worrying it was reminiscent of German empire's NSDAP rule past, as West Berlin became a center for these movements since many pensive and critical, 'left' leaning people would take residence in West Berlin to avoid the military draft that was in effect in the rest of West Germany - 1960s-1970s 'Außerparlamentarische Opposition' (German for extra-parliamentary opposition, commonly known as the APO), a political protest movement in West Germany forming a central part of the German student movement, as its membership consisted mostly of young people disillusioned with the grand coalition (Große Koalition) of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and as - since the coalition controlled 95% of the Bundestag, the APO provided a more effective outlet for student (and more) dissent - 1977/78 Krise und Auflösung der 'Projektgruppe Entwicklung des Marxschen Systems' (Das Kapitel vom Geld 1973, Theorien über den Mehrwert 1975, Grundrisse der Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie 1978) infolge politischer Intrige seitens des Projektleiters nach verletzter Eitelkeit, außerdem zu der Zeit unzureichender Quellenlage zur Geschichte Israels, des Militärstaats 'Imperium Romanum', dann - nach dessen Selbstauflösung trotz von seinen Ideologen ausgedachter christlicher Staatsreligion, ausgehend von nicht verstandener jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur - des 'Sacrum Imperium Romanum' bis 1806 und der Nationalstaaten bis 2021, und damit vor allem zur Geschichte der Privateigentumsformen, die heute den globalen Kapitalismus, den Weltmarkt und das Verhältnis reicher Länder zu Ländern mit Gemeinwesen, die die europäische Entwicklung mit seinen Privateigentumsformen (und entsprechenden Kriegen) nicht mitgemacht sondern nur darunter gelitten haben und leiden
Since 1972 non-governmental environmental organization 'Greenpeace' and 'Greens' in West Germany: After in 1972 non-governmental environmental organization 'Greenpeace', then in over 55 countries and and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, in the 1970s and 1980s in West Germany a 'Green Party' was formed to organize and accommodate the anti-nuclear movement in Germany, and after peace movement activists and other new social movements had previously been active in the 'APO', as later in 1983, the 'German Green Party' was elected into the Bundestag still in Bonn, where it stood for the concept of movement and change - until today seen in new social movements - and as within only a few years, the 'Greens' gained political influence amid growing knowledge of natural foundations and the unity of man and nature
Since 1980 Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: Since 1980 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War IPPNW, a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 64 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation
Since 1988 'March of the Living' and 'Holocaust Memorial Day' (April/May): Since 1988 'March of the Living', an annual educational program which brings students from around the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the Holocaust, when on 'Holocaust Memorial Day' people march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex built during World War II - Since 1949/1951 'Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah', known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah and in English as 'Holocaust Remembrance Day', observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and for the Jewish resistance in that period, held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May)
List of protests in the 21st century: List of protests in the 21st century, including revolutions and uprisings, specific issues such as anti-war, pro-democracy, anti-austerity, autonomy or independence, women's rights protests, student protests and other global, international and national protests by subject
15 February 2003 protests against USA/UK led Iraq War: 15 February 2003 coordinated protests across the world in which people in more than 600 cities expressed opposition to the imminent USA/UK led Iraq War, part of a series of protests and political events that had begun in 2002 and continued as the war took place, and described by social movement researchers as 'the largest protest event in human history' - February 2003 anti-war protests by country - February 2003 USA anti-war protests
March 2008 Remembrance of 1968 My Lai Massacre: 16 March 2008: More than a thousand people and My Lai survivors turned out to remember the victims of My Lai Massacre during the USA's Vietnam War on 16 March 1968, when members of USA's Charlie Company killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians, nearly all of them unarmed children, women and elderly, after My Lai courts-martial failed to uphold the laws of war established in the Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Tribunals, and Telford Taylor, a senior USA prosecutor at Nuremberg, wrote that legal principles established at the war crimes trials could have been used to prosecute senior military commanders for failing to prevent atrocities such as the one at My Lai
Since December 2010 'Arab Spring': Since 2010/2011 Arab Spring revolutionary wave of demonstrations, protests, riots, coups, foreign interventions, and civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East, that began on 17 December 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution
Since 2013 campaigns on banning lethal autonomous weapons: Since 2013 campaigns on banning lethal autonomous weapons LAWs, a type of autonomous military robot that can independently search and engage targets based on programmed constraints and descriptions
2014 anti-war protests in Russia: 2014 anti-war protests in Russia opposing the Russian military intervention in Ukraine since 2014
2015 worldwide demonstrations against Russian aggression on Syria: 17 October 2015: Worldwide demonstrations against Russian aggression on Syria denouncing the Russian air raids that kill civilians - 18 October 2015: Russian anti-war protesters in Moscow slam Putin's wars in Syria and Ukraine
2016: 16 January 2016: Organizers of worldwide protests against starvation of civilians in Syria organize sit-ins in a number of capitals with the aim of helping to break the sieges the Assad regime impose on civilians with the backing of Hezbollah militias, Iran and Russia - 8 February 2016: Hundreds of protestors gathered in Istanbul to protest against the Russian airstrikes on Syria, especially on Latakia and Aleppo provinces, triggering mass displacements and forcing tens of thousands of civilians to flee - 22 February: Hundreds of residents and protesters, mostly women and children, trapped in the district of Darayya in rural Damascus demonstrated on Sunday against the siege Assad regime forces have laid on the district for over three years - 10 March 2016: Protesters around the world gathered near Russian regime's embassies, demanding freedom for Ukrainian patriots, soldiers, journalists and other political prisoners who are currently kept in Russian jails and separatists' captivity - 25 March 2016: For the 4th Friday in a row since the truce has been declared on 27 February, the Syrian people took to the streets today in many cities and towns across Syria chanting for freedom and demanding the fall of the Assad regime
July 2016 Battle of the Somme centenary commemorations: 1 July 2016: Battle of the Somme centenary commemorations in France and in the United Kingdom - 1 juillet 2016: Près de 600 enfants - 300 Britanniques et 300 Français - doivent participer à la célébration à Thiepval pour célébrer le centenaire de la bataille de la Somme, la plus meurtrière de la Grande Guerre
2016 protests against Russian aggression on Syria: 7 October 2016: Protesters opposed to Russian military intervention in Syria gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Canberra, with some carrying placards comparing Russian regime's Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler - 11 October 2016: On the eve of Yom Kippur, Israeli groups unite across the country to call for aid for victims of six-year Assad's war against the Syrian people, with the involvement of rabbis and communal leaders under the banner 'The world is silent, we are not'
October 2016 Aleppo protests: 21 October 2016: Hundreds of people in the besieged parts of Aleppo took to the streets to protest against Russia’s planned 'evacuation' of besieged parts of the city, calling for toppling the Assad regime and the ousting of the Russian and Iranian invaders from Syria
November 2016: 4 November 2016: Hundreds of artificial limbs blocked the entrance to the Russian Embassy in London on Thursday as members of the Syria Campaign group protested Russian regime's airstrikes in Syria's largest city of Aleppo - 10 novembre 2016: Des milliers de manifestants se sont rassemblés à travers les Etats-Unis et ont dénoncé les vues racistes, sexistes et xénophobes de Donald Trump
December 2016: 13 December 2016: Thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul and London on Tuesday to protest the reported massacres of civilians in Aleppo by Russian, Assad regime and allied forces and to show solidarity with the people of Aleppo facing Russian, Iranian and Assad war crimes - 14 December 2016: Protests and vigils were held in cities across the world including Ankara, Beirut, Istanbul and Paris on Tuesday and Wednesday to show solidarity with civilians in eastern Aleppo and to denounce the international community’s inaction over the atrocious crimes being committed against civilians by the Assad regime and its Hezbollah, Iranian and Russian allies - 15 December 2016: Global outcry condemns Russian regime for Aleppo tragedy, as condemnation of the Syrian dictator Assad and his allies Russia and Iran has intensified in capitals across Europe including Berlin, where at least hundreds have demonstrated blaming Russian regime and its support of Assad for the unfolding tragedy - 15 December 2016: Protests are being held in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv, expressing anger over Russia's war crimes in Aleppo and calling on the USA and the EU to impose fresh sanctions on Russia over the war crimes in Syria, and also ensure safety and decent conditions for civilians in war-torn Syria - 15 December 2016: People continued to hold protests and vigils in many Arab and Western cities, including Copenhagen, Kuwait, Oslo, Paris, Rabat, Sarajevo, Stockholm and Washington, to show solidarity with civilians in eastern Aleppo and to denounce the international community’s inaction over the atrocious crimes being carried out against civilians by the Assad regime - 17 December 2016: Demonstrations and vigils condemning the war crimes being committed by Assad, Russia and the Iranian militias against civilians in Syria, especially in Aleppo, continue to be held in many cities across the world, as most demonstrations were held in front of Russian and Iranian embassies in many European and Arab countries - 18 December: Doctors, nurses and medics have staged a protest outside Parliament in London against Russian, Iranian and Assad's attacks on their professional colleagues trying to save lives in Syria as thousands of people in Germany and in France were protesting against Assad's ongoing war in Syria
30 December 2016: 30 December 2016: Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in several towns and cities in Syria to demonstrate against the Assad regime a few hours after a nationwide ceasefire took effect on Thursday midnight
January 2017 protests against Assad's and allies’ war in Syria: 7 January 2017: Demonstrators take to the streets in various parts of Syria to denounce the Assad regime’s and allies’ violations of the ceasefire agreement and their continued targeting of civilians, particularly in Wadi Barada valley in Rural Damascus, as more civilians are killed and injured in bombardment by regime forces and the Hezbollah militias
January 2017 The Women’s March Global movement: 19 January 2017: The Women’s March Global movement now covers all 7 continents after 'Women’s March–Antarctic Peninsula' joined 161 sister marches in 61 countries, standing in solidarity with marches in the USA on 21 January to defend human rights concerning health, economic security, safety, representation and environmental issues
21/22 January 2017 Women's March: 21 January 2017 Women's March, a political rally in cities around the world, initially centered around Washington D.C. to promote women's rights and to address racial inequities, workers' issues, and environmental issues, an estimated 2.9 million people attended the 408 marches across the USA and other marches occurred in 168 countries around the world - Women's March on London 21 January 2017 - 22 January 2017: From Washington to Nairobi women around the world and millions of protesters march in solidarity against the USA's 45th president Trump
March 2017: 6 March 2017: Since Trump’s inauguration, women in the USA and around the world have been organising, protesting and preparing to run for office in a growing wave, British newspaper reports - 8 March 2017: International Women’s Day 2017 events take place around the world to mark the ongoing fight for equality, women's and human rights
April 2017 'March for Science': 22 April 2017 'March for Science' in over 600 other cities across the world - 22 April 2017: Hundreds of thousands of climate researchers, oceanographers, bird watchers and other supporters of science rallied in marches around the world on Saturday, in an attempt to bolster scientists’ increasingly precarious status with politicians
May 2017 'Mères de la Place de Mai': 1 mai 2017: Cela fait 40 ans que les 'Mères de la Place de Mai' se rassemblent pour réclamer la vérité sur la disparition de leurs enfants pendant la dictature argentine
January 2018 Hollywood protest and 2018 Women's March: 8 January 2018: Accepting Golden Globe 2018 award, Oprah Winfrey gave a powerful speech, a searing rebuke of racial injustice, sexual abuse and attacks on the integrity of the press, as more speakers and the images from this year’s ceremony spoke of women in terms of power and solidarity rather than glamour or competition - 2018 Women's March - 20 January 2018: A year after millions of women and men demonstrated in cities around the globe in an extraordinary rebuke of Donald Trump, tens of thousands turned out in Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and hundreds of other cities across the USA and the world
January 2018 protests against Turkish Afrin campaign: 28 January 2018: A show of solidarity around the world for Syria's Afrin and against the Turkish campaign, as people gathered in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Cologne, London, Ottawa, Paris, Stockholm, Washington D.C., and more than 50 places
February 2018 protests against Assad's Rif Dimashq offensive and bombing campaign: 22 February 2018: Demonstrations in towns and villages in Syria to show solidarity with the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta which is under a ferocious bombing campaign by regime forces who are backed by Russian air force - 23 February 2018: Demonstrations were held in European cities and capitals to show solidarity with the people of the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta which has been subjected to ferocious onslaught by Assad regime forces and their allies over the past few days
March 2018 protests against murder of Jan Kuciak: 2 mars 2018: Des milliers de personnes ont manifesté à Bratislava et dans d'autres villes de Slovaquie en mémoire du journaliste d'investigation Jan Kuciak assassiné, qui était spécialisé dans les enquêtes sur des fraudes fiscales et des détournements de subventions - 2 March 2018: Tens of thousands of Slovaks marched in a national rally to honor journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, who were shot dead as Kuciak was working on a story about the influence of the Italian mafia in Slovakia, as similar marches were being held in some 25 towns and cities across the country and in cities abroad, including London, Paris and Brussels
March 2018 medical workers in eastern Ghouta protest against the continued bombing campaign: 5 March 2018: Medical workers in eastern Ghouta held a sit-in in one of the hospitals in the besieged Damascus suburb to protest against the continued bombing campaign by the Assad regime and Russia forces, as the relentless bombardment killed hundreds of civilians, according to international reports
8 March 2018 International Women’s Day, rural and urban issues and Syria: 8 March 2018: Coinciding with 2018 International Women’s Day under its theme 'Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives', an all-woman international convoy started a journey to raise awareness of the suffering of women and young girls imprisoned by the Assad regime and to reach the province of Hatay at the Turkish-Syrian border on March 8 - 8 March 2018: Syrian Coalition's Dima Moussa has issued an appeal to all women across the world to participate in the campaigns and sit-ins being held across the world to spotlight the suffering Syrian women are enduring as a result of the criminal practices of the Assad regime against them - 9 March 2018: International Women's Day was celebrated across the world on Wednesday at a time when the women of the Eastern Ghouta are hiding in the cellars with their children to escape a brutal campaign waged by the Syrian regime on the area
March 2018 Syrians at home and abroad: 16 March 2018: Syrians at home and abroad commemorated the seventh anniversary of the Syrian revolution which began in March 2011, vowing they would carry on with the struggle against the Assad regime until they fully regain their rights to freedom and dignity - 17 March 2018: The Civil Defense corpse in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta called on all people around the world to hold demonstrations to put pressure on their governments to work on putting an end to the brutal bombing campaign on eastern Ghouta
March 2018 'March for Our Lives' and for gun control legislation: 24 March 2018 'March for Our Lives' student-led demonstration in Washington D.C. with 845 sibling events throughout the USA and around the world for gun control legislation
11 April 2018 5 years since the launch of the 'Campaign to Stop Killer Robots': 11 April 2018: 5 years since the launch of the 'Campaign to Stop Killer Robots', a global coalition of non-governmental groups calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons, we’re running out of time to stop killer robot weapons
29 April 2018: 29 April 2018: Tens of thousands have protested in Spanish cities in recent days, outraged by the decision of a court in Navarre to clear five men of gang rape and convicting them instead of the lesser offence of sexual abuse, echoing the determination of women globally to force society and the state to give them justice
July 2018 Ukraine: 2 July 2018: Dozens of Ukrainian cities have joined rallies in support of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is - detained by FSB operatives in Crimea in the spring of 2014 - serving a 20-year term in prison in Russia and has been on hunger strike since May 14, as soccer mob roars 'goal' in Russia
15 January 2019 anniversary of the state-sanctioned murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in 1919: 15 January 2019: The anniversary of the state-sanctioned murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in 1919 following their opposition to Germany's and Austria-Hungary's first world war brought an estimated 20,000 people on to the streets of Berlin at the weekend for a march that marked the high point of a series of commemorative events
19/20 January 2019 Women's March: 19/20 January 2019 Women's March - 19 January 2019: Demonstrators gather for 80 events across 31 cities including London, Berlin and New York to protest violence, violence against women and the gendered impact of austerity - 20 January 2019: In marches, part of the Women’s March rallies held around the world in support of women’s rights, several thousand people marched through major Australia cities on Sunday calling for safety for women after an Israeli exchange student was murdered in Melbourne
8/9 February 2019: 9 February 2019: Several thousand supporters of an exiled Iranian opposition group marched through Paris on Friday, calling for an end to Iran’s clerical regime 40 years after the regime's seizure of power and months after European authorities thwarted regime-backed plot to bomb event
March 2019 campaign for an international treaty to end violence against women: 5 March 2019: Women's rights activists from 128 nations are launching a public campaign Tuesday for an international treaty to end violence against women and girls, a global scourge estimated by the UN to affect 35% of females worldwide
May 2019 'March of the Living' and 'Holocaust Memorial Day': 2 May 2019: Numerous groups from more than 40 countries attended the annual (since 1988) three-kilometer 'March of the Living' in Poland from Auschwitz to Birkenau, ranging from Argentine, Canada, Germany, Israel, Morocco, Panama to the USA, as a total of 70 survivors participated in the 2019 march, organizers said
June 2019 D-day commemoration: 6 June 2019: World marks 75 years since D-Day in the Normandy, where thousands of men bled and died 75 years ago, remembering the sacrifices made to dismantle Nazi tyranny, with stories of those who were there on 6 June 1944, today in presence of members of the former Anti-Hitler coalition and associates in solidarity, as Rommel-Germany's public broadcaster calls D-day commemoration 'Militärspektakel'
July 2019 Syrian refugees hunger strike: 5 July 2019: More Syrian refugees in Europe are joining a hunger strike, as activists gathered in Paris on Thursday, holding signs that demonstrated solidarity with the victims of the Assad regime and Russian brutal bombing campaign, and as French government itself is involved in the July 2019 Tajoura migrant center massacre and airstrikes by warlord Haftar's forces, backed by Egypt, France, Russia and the United Arab Emirates
August 2019 descendants of Holocaust survivor gather at the Western Wall: 9 August 2019: Hundreds of descendants of Holocaust survivor Shoshanna Ovitz, who survived Auschwitz separated from her mother, who was killed by Josef Mengele, gather at the Western Wall to mark her 104th birthday on 7 August 2019, after she requested ahead of her birthday that 'all of her children, grandchildren and descendants come together to the Western Wall'
11 October 2019 protests against Turkish invasion of Northern and Eastern Syria: 11 October 2019: Activists all over the world are protesting the Turkish invasion of Northern and Eastern Syria, calling on people to boycott tourism in Turkey
December 2019 Chilean protest song about rape and victim shaming has become a viral anthem for activists around the world: 6 December 2019: A Chilean protest song about rape culture and victim shaming has become a viral anthem for activists around the world
20 January 2020 surviving Jewish community members and descendants reconnecting via internet: 20 January 2020: After the Jewish community also and especially in Poland was wiped out in the Holocaust, after only some 30 Jews from the Polish town of Sokal survived World War II, and after they and their descendants spread around the world, they are now reconnecting via internet
27 January 2020 Holocaust survivors gather at the former German Auschwitz death camp: 27 January 2020: 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors gather at the former German Nazi death camp to honor its over 1.1 million mostly Jewish victims and to share their testimony as a stark warning amid a recent surge of anti-Semitic attacks on both sides of the Atlantic and especially fresh concerns over anti-Semitism in Europe, after war criminal Novichok-Putin, falsely accusing Poland of colluding with German Nazi dictator Hitler and contributing to the outbreak of World War II, spoke in Jerusalem on 23 January, and as Germany since 1961 refuses to rename Nazi general Erwin Rommel barracks in Augustdorf, continuing Nazi propaganda, misleading and indoctrinating young people and generations, as neo-Nazis and AfD since 2015 got stronger in Germany and elsewhere
27 January 2020 survivors of German Nazi death camp Auschwitz have warned the world against indifference to hatred: 27 January 2020: Survivors of German Nazi death camp Auschwitz have warned the world against indifference to hatred, at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation by the Soviet army
8 March 2020 International Women's Day: 8 March 2020: International Women's Day events all around the world, highlighting gender inequality, take place around the world, reported by the British 'Guardian'
9 May 2020 Commemorative events were held in Kyiv marking day of victory over Nazism: 9 May 2020: Commemorative events were held in Kyiv today, marking day of victory over Nazism in World War II
Since 29 May 2020 worldwide George Floyd protests against racism: Since May 2020 list of George Floyd protests in the USA and worldwide, beginning in Minneapolis on 26 May 26, a day after African-American George Floyd died during a police arrest
1 June 2020 people around the world marched in solidarity to condemn killing of George Floyd: 1 June 2020: People in cities around the world have marched in solidarity with demonstrators in the USA, as politicians and public figures unite to condemn the killing of George Floyd, a unarmed black man, who died on 25 May in Minneapolis after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes while Floyd repeatedly complained that he could not breathe as more officers watched
7 June 2020 hundreds of thousands across the globe against racism after George Floyd’s killing by white police officer: 7 June 2020: USA capital had its largest 'Black Lives Matter' protest yet on Saturday, as tens of thousands of demonstrators emphatically peaceful descended on Washington to call for an end to systemic racism after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a white police officer, as participants hope it’s a turning point in USA history because many people of different ethnicities, corporations and organizations for the first time have taken a public stand against racism and as protesters around the world echoed the rage of USA demonstrators - 7 June 2020: Thousands rally against racism and police brutality in support of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, which has drawn large protests around the world including Europe, in a sign that the movement against USA police brutality is resonating in Africa, North and South America, Asia, Australia and Europe with wider calls over addressing racism in different countries, as messaging technology is helping fuel global protests
9 June 2020 George Floyd killing triggers wave of protests around the world: 9 June 2020: George Floyd killing triggers wave of activism around the world, as protests have spread to UK, France, Israel, Australia, south-east Asia and parts of Africa
12 June 2020 historical figures face reckoning around the globe after Floyd death: 12 June 2020: Historical figures face reckoning around the globe after Floyd death, in an intense reexamination of centuries of racial injustice and perpetrators including slave traders, imperialists, conquerors and explorers around the world including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II
19/20 June 2020 tens of thousands of USA citizens mark the Juneteenth holiday: 19 June 2020: Tens of thousands of people in the USA marked the Juneteenth holiday on Friday, which commemorates the end of slavery, as celebrations took place from from coast to coast, with the day taking on renewed significance as citizens confront the nation’s legacy of police brutality and racial injusticenow combined with homage to George Floyd in Minneapolis, while Atlanta protesters demand justice for Ahmaud Arbery, the unarmed black man shot dead in February while out for a run, by a white father and son, while a third white man helped corner him and videoed the killing, another recent case in USA's history following the Atlantic slave trade, that had an economic foundation in capitalism by Europeans - 20 June 2020: Washington D.C. protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general on Juneteenth, as demonstrators read out disappointed and furious Trump’s tweet about toppling of only Confederate memorial in USA capital, and as activists say Albert Pike was chief founder of post-Civil War KKK
1 July 2020 demands to 'decolonise and rename’ streets and locations in Africa: 1 July 2020: 'Decolonise and rename’ streets of Uganda and Sudan, activists urge, as campaigners target statues of slave owners and roads named after imperial armies in pro-democracy and anti-racism protests spreading to Africa
15 July 2020 UK slave trader statue replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester: 15 July 2020: The statue of slave trader Edward Colston was replaced in Bristol on Wednesday morning with a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester, as artist Marc Quinn lead action to install resin-and-steel figure of Jen Reid at site of toppled Bristol slave trader, and as by 8am a crowd of commuters and passersby was gathered to take pictures and discuss the statue, but there was still no sign of the council or police
2020 Belarusian pro-democracy protests: 2020 Belarusian pro-democracy protests, a series of ongoing political demonstrations and protests against Alexander Lukashenko and his regime backed by Russia's Putin
20 September 2020 hackers leaked data of brutal police officers followed by tens of thousands of protesters marching through Minsk: 20 September 2020: Anonymous hackers leaked the personal data of 1,000 Belarusian police officers in retaliation for a crackdown on street demonstrations against Alexander Lukashenko, as tens of thousands of protesters marched through Minsk on Sunday chanting 'go away', and as at least 10 people were detained
11 November 2020 Hong Kong opposition says 'we stand together': 11 November 2020: Entire Hong Kong opposition quits after pro-democracy members ousted from parliament, saying 'we stand together' against Beijing regime's crackdown of dissent
29 November 2020 'unacceptable' injury of Syrian photojournalist Alhalbi during Paris protest against police brutality: 29 November 2020: Press freedom group has denounced the 'unacceptable' injury of award-winning Syrian photojournalist Ameer Alhalbi during a Paris protest against police brutality, as the freelance photographer who worked for Polka Magazine and AFP was covering the demonstrations against police violence and the government’s new law restricting the sharing of images of officers over the weekend when he was injured at the end of the tenth year of Assad's, Putin's and Khamenei's war against the Syrian people
15 December 2020 anger grows in Sidi Bouzid because 'something went wrong in the revolution' called 'Arab Spring': 15 December 2020: Ten years on, anger grows in Tunisian town Sidi Bouzid where 'Arab Spring' began, after fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid following an altercation with a policewoman about where he had put his cart, sparking nationwide protests that eventually toppled Tunisia’s long-serving leader and helped inspire similar uprisings across the region, as huge demonstrations broke out in Egypt and Bahrain, governments fell and ongoing repression and war engulfed Libya, Syria, Yemen, but 'something went wrong in the revolution' according to Attia Athmouni who helped lead the uprising after Bouazizi’s death, as protests have flared again in recent weeks across Tunisia’s poorer southern towns against joblessness, poor state services, inequality and shortages in a country where the economy has stagnated, leaving the public as angry as it was a decade ago
15 January 2021 a silent commemoration of Tunisia's revolution amid covid-19: 15 January 2021: A silent commemoration of Tunisia's revolution amid covid-19, 10 years on
15 January 2021 102 years since shooting and death of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht: 102 years ago shooting and death of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
28 January 2021 Holocaust survivors sounded alarm over resurgence of racism, anti-Semitism and denial at 76th anniversary event: 28 January 2021: The more than 200,000 children killed by NSDAP ruled Germany at Auschwitz were honored on Wednesday in online ceremonies marking the liberation of the camp which has come to symbolize the Holocaust, as survivors sounded the alarm over the modern-day dangers posed by the resurgence of racism, anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial at a 76th anniversary event
29 January 2021 'Black Lives Matter' movement nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize: 29 January 2021: Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize for the way its call for systemic change has spread around the world, as Norwegian MP cites global impact of BLM in raising awareness and consciousness of racial injustice, also saying 'they have been able to mobilise people from all groups of society, not just African-Americans, not just oppressed people, it has been a broad movement, in a way which has been different from their predecessors' - 1 February 2021: Stacey Abrams also nominated for Nobel peace prize for her work to promote nonviolent change
Since 23 January 2021 Russian protests against Putin's terrorist policy: Since 23 January 2021 Russian protests in more than 190 towns and cities in Russia, following Navalny’s almost succeeded August 2020 Novichok poisoning in brutal series of regime crimes since decennies
23 January 2021 over 2,000 citizens arrested in Russia at Navalny rallies: 23 January 2021: The OVD-Info monitor reported that Putin regime's police seized at least 2,131 demonstrators at the protests held in dozens of Russian cities, with 795 arrests carried out in the capital Moscow, including the wife of jailed regime critic Alexei Navalny, as riot police hauled off demonstrators and beat others with batons, as protests took place in temperatures of minus-50 Celsius, following criminal arrest of regime critics, and as demonstrators also rallied outside Russian embassy in Tel Aviv in solidarity with Russian democrats - 23 January 2021: Calling for Navalny's release, tens of thousands protest in Russia, spanning from Kaliningrad in the west to Vladivostok in the far east, as the turnout of those calling for the opposition leader’s release from jail far surpassed many protesters’ expectations
January 2021 worldwide solidarity protests against Putin's terrorist policy: January 2021 solidarity protests were also held in cities around the world on 23 January, including Berlin, Munich, Prague, Krakow, Helsinki, London, Tallinn, The Hague, Denver, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, and Tokyo
31 January 2021 Putin's police arrest thousands of protesters demanding Navalny's release: 31 January 2021: More than 4,000 people, including Alexei Navalny’s wife Yulia were detained at rallies across Russia as supporters of the Putin regime critic took to the streets to protest against his imprisonment, following his almost succeeded August 2020 Novichok poisoning, as Putin's riot police and national guards troops shut down metro stations in Moscow and blocked off streets to prevent a repeat of last week’s record protests
2 February 2021 Navalny jailed for two years and eight months despite international condemnation: 2 February 2021: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny jailed for two years and eight months, as court locks up Putin’s foe despite threat of protests and international condemnation, and as Navalny's supporters have called for a protest this evening near the Kremlin on Manezh Square - 2 février 2021: L’opposant russe Alexeï Navalny a qualifié sa comparution mardi devant la justice de tentative de 'faire peur à des millions' de Russes et s’est lancé dans un réquisitoire contre Vladimir Poutine
15 March 2021 new generation of activists keep Syria's revolution alive: 15 March 2021: Thousands of Syrians hold mass demonstrations, confirming the Revolution’s constants and demanding overthrow of the Assad regime - 15 March 2021: new generation of activists keep Syria's revolution alive, as in areas not retaken by Assad’s forces, people gather to reiterate the same demands protesters made a decade ago
2 April 2021 junta forces killed 550 civilians in Myanmar protests known locally as 'Spring Revolution': Since 2 February 2021 Myanmar protests known locally as the 'Spring Revolution' in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, as protesters have employed peaceful and nonviolent forms of protest which include acts of civil disobedience, labour strikes, a military boycott campaign, a pot-banging movement, a red ribbon campaign, public protests, and formal recognition of the election results by elected representatives, and as of 2 April 2021 at least 550 civilians, including children, have been killed by military or police forces and at least 2,574 people detained
4 April 2021 thousands back on the streets in 'Spring Revolution' against violent military regime: 4 April 2021: Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of protest on Easter eggs on Sunday while thousands of others were back on the streets, denouncing the 1 February military coup and facing off with the regime forces who shot and killed two men
2 May 2021 eight citizens killed as Myanmar military regime's forces open fire on protesters: 2 May 2021: Eight citizens killed as military regime's forces open fire on protesters in Myanmar, and as protests against military rule were some of the biggest in days after a spell of dwindling crowds, as protests were now coordinated with demonstrations in Burmese communities around the world to mark what organisers called 'the global Myanmar spring revolution'
22 May 2021 one year on, how George Floyd’s murder has changed the world: 22 May 2021: One year on, how George Floyd’s murder and protests have changed the world, as his killing by a white officer reflected a common history of violence against Black people that united protesters in a renewed global movement, 'The Guardian' reports
4 June 2021 Hong Kong citizens find new ways to remember Tiananmen Square amid vigil ban: 4 June 2021: Hong Kong finds new ways to remember Tiananmen Square amid vigil ban, as residents light candles, lay flowers and paint messages, while police enforce ban on annual vigil for massacre and Hong Kong vigil leader arrested as 7,000 police enforce ban on pro-democracy protests
4 August 2021 families of Beirut blast child victims demand justice a year on: 4 August 2021: Families of Beirut blast child victims demand justice a year on
19 February 2022 USA Vice-President Harris warns Russia of 'swift and severe' consequences if it invades Ukraine: 19 February 2022: USA Vice-President Kamala Harris has warned Russia of 'swift and severe' consequences if it invades Ukraine, also saying - speaking at the Munich Security Conference - that the conflict with Russia is a threat to European security, according to AP and a USA newspaper video, interrupted by importunate advertising, and to the British newspaper 'The Guardian', unfortunately reporting without video
Since 24 February 2022 ongoing anti-war demonstrations/protests against Putin regime's invasion of Ukraine: Since 24 February 2022 ongoing anti-war demonstrations and protests in Russia against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, that sparked immediate daily protests in cities across Russia and worldwide, as Russian Putin regime's authorities have tried to intimidate the protesters through a total of 5,794 arrests by the end of Sunday 27 February - Since 24 February 2022 national and international pro-Ukrainian protests have occurred at several of Russia's embassies and consulates abroad, including those in meanwhile 59 global countries, listed by 'Wikipedia', page last edited on 1 March 2022 - Since 24 February 2022 International reactions - listed alphabetically by continent and countries - to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, also including intergovernmental and international organizations, political parties, opposition politicians and other political groups, international human rights organizations, non-governmental organizations and non-political groups, listed by continent and countries by 'Wikipedia', page last edited on 1 March 2022
6 March 2022 tens of thousands join rallies around the world in support of Ukraine: 6 March 2022: Tens of thousands join rallies around the world in support of Ukraine, as demonstrators gathered in cities across Europe, the USA and South America to demand an end to Russia’s invasion
15 March 2022 Russia's state Channel editor shouted during transmission ‘Stop the war. No to war’: 15 March 2022: Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Russia’s state Channel One television has interrupted the channel’s main news programme with an extraordinary protest against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, bursting on to the set of the live broadcast of the nightly news on Monday evening, shouting 'stop the war. No to war'. She also held a sign saying 'don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here'.
27 March 2022 over 1,000 choirs in towns, cities across the world sang out to call for peace in Ukraine: 27 March 2022: More than 1,000 local choirs in towns and cities across the world sang out in unison on Sunday to call for peace in Ukraine, as the event, run by Spanish organisation Choirs for Peace, saw groups in countries including Spain, Portugal, Britain, Italy and Mexico livestreamed on YouTube as they sang together
1 May 2022 countries worldwide mark International Labour Day: 1 May 2022 countries worldwide mark International Labour Day, as demonstrators around the world took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate workers and push for improved labour rights
1 May 2022 'May Day' rallies held across Europe to honour workers, call for peace: 1 May 2022 'May Day' rallies held across Europe to honour workers, call for peace

Anti-nuclear movement: Anti-nuclear movement - Anti-war movement, a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict - Peace movements
1961 women strike for peace: 1961 Women Strike for Peace and march in 60 cities in the USA to demonstrate against nuclear weapons, pushing the USA and the Soviet Union into signing a nuclear test-ban treaty two years later
Since 1980 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War since 1980
Since 2007 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons since 2007
2015: 26 April 2015: As nuclear powers meet, global activists present 8 million petitions to the UN disarmament chief demanding a world free of nuclear weapons and New York rally demands that the world's nine nuclear-armed countries do far more toward cutting stockpiles - 29 April 2015: A number of protesters were arrested by New York's police on Tuesday as they called for an end to all nuclear weapons
October 2017: 2017 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - 6 October 2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel peace prize 2017, as Norwegian Nobel Committee says award made in recognition of work to draw attention to catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons
18 July 2020 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic test fuels debate about application of natural and social science: 18 July 2020: 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic test and terrible detonation, changing forever the course of history, ensuring the end of axis powers' World War II and their unprecedented crimes, leading to the development of the United Nations, expectations and hopes, but also marking the dawn of the atomic age, and then fueled nuclear debate and debate about contradictory application of natural and social science or rather about ignorance of social science, as protests inside and outside the USA, related to the killing of African-American George Floyd on 26 May 2020 during a police arrest in Minneapolis, open up the chance to resolve the contradiction
10 December 2021 journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive Nobel peace prize: 10 December 2021: Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive Nobel peace prize, as Filipina and Russian attend Oslo ceremony despite legal cases filed against Ressa and are first journalists to win since 1935

Since 1600 Timeline of labor issues, events and organized labor history: Since 1600 Timeline of labor issues and events - Organized labor history, as the origins of trade unions can be traced back to 18th century Britain, where the rapid expansion of industrial society then taking place, drew women, children, rural workers and immigrants into the work force in large numbers and in new roles - Trade unions by continent - Trade unions by country - List of trade unions by country - Trade unions by industry
Labour relations - Labor rights - Economic, social and cultural rights - Right to work - Industrial democracy - Workplace democracy - Labour relations by year
Karl Marx 'Value, Price and Profit', 1865 written, presented and 1898 published: Karl Marx 'Value, Price and Profit' (written in 1865 and first published in 1898), including chapter XIV 'The Struggle Between Capital and Labour and its Results'. Karl Marx writes that the women and men of the 'working class ought not to exaggerate to themselves the ultimate working of these everyday struggles. They ought not to forget that they are fighting with effects, but not with the causes of those effects; that they are retarding the downward movement, but not changing its direction; that they are applying palliatives, not curing the malady. They ought, therefore, not to be exclusively absorbed in these unavoidable guerilla fights incessantly springing up from the never ceasing encroachments of capital or changes of the market. They ought to understand that, with all the miseries it imposes upon them, the present system simultaneously engenders the material conditions and thesocial forms necessary for an economical reconstruction of society'.
National federations of trade unions - List of federations of trade unions by continent - International and regional union federations - Global union federation

Since 19th century 'Social Democracy': Social democracy since 19th century
Since summer 1914 efforts to save peace and the international social democracy destroyed by Germany: Since 1900 International Socialist Bureau, the permanent organization of the Second International, established at the Paris congress of 1900 - In December 1914 the Secretary General of the International Socialist Bureau ISB Camille Huysmans moved the ISB from German-occupied Brussels to The Hague and attempted to coordinate socialist parties from the warring states to at least July 1916 - September 1915 'Zimmerwald Conference' in Switzerland, the first of three international socialist conferences convened by anti-militarist socialist parties from countries that were originally neutral during World War I and subsequent conferences held at Kienthal and Stockholm, known jointly as the Zimmerwald movement, began the unraveling of the coalition between revolutionary socialists (the so-called Zimmerwald Left) and reformist socialists - International Socialist Commission, a coordinating committee of socialists parties that adhered to the idea of the Zimmerwald Conference of 1915 - September 1917 third Zimmerwald Conference or the Stockholm Conference of 1917, the third and final of the anti-war socialist conferences that had included Zimmerwald in 1915 and Kienthal in 1916 - Since February 1915 Inter-Allied Socialist Conferences of World War I
2013 May Day rallies: 2 May 2013: Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies - from Europe to Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living, elimination of jobs and hideous working conditions
2016 May Day rallies: 1 May 2016: On May day workers and activists worldwide, from Brazil, Cambodia, Chile to the USA, rallied in support of workers' rights, demanding higher wages, better conditions and more job security, criticizing the Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP agreement in Malaysia, carrying Mexican flags in Los Angeles, as in Istanbul a man was killed when he was run over by a police water cannon vehicle

Since 19th century environmental movement: Since 19th century environmental movement
International environmental and climate change organizations: International environmental organizations - Climate change organizations
Environmental protests: Environmental protests
2014 Lights off for Earth Hour's global crowdfunding call: 30 March 2014: Lights off for Earth Hour's global crowdfunding call for local environmental projects
May 2015 protest against the USA biotechnology giant Monsanto: 24 May 2015: Thousands of people hit the streets in cities across the world to protest against the USA biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically modified crops and pesticides

November 2015 climate change protests: 28 November 2015: As part of worldwide protests thousands of people rally in cities across Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines calling for action on climate change ahead of 2015 Paris summit - 29 November: Hundreds of thousands march around the world urging action to stop dangerous global warming
December 2015 climate change protests: 7 December 2015: People make the 'Pray for Paris' sign along with the slogan '100 per cent renewable' near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, as more than 10,000 climate activists pushing for an 'ambitious, fair and binding' climate deal marched along the beaches near Ostend in Belgium and as in Paris a coalition of African nations and donors unveiled an ambitious initiative to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and felled forests
October 2016: 14-16 October 2016 'Monsanto Tribunal' international civil society initiative to hold Monsanto accountable for human rights violations, for crimes against humanity, and for ecocide, as judges will hear testimonies from victims, and deliver an advisory opinion following procedures of the International Court of Justice
September 2018 'Rise for Climate' protests: 8 September 2018: Nearly 1,000 events were held in about 100 countries as part of the 'Rise for Climate' protests, calling on governments to end reliance on fossil fuels and move more rapidly toward renewable energy
December 2018 climate change protests: 4 December 2018: Action to fight global warming is coming whether world leaders like it or not, school student Greta Thunberg has told the UN climate change summit, accusing them of behaving like irresponsible children, after her solo climate protest was joint by thousands of students and school strikes have spread to at least 270 towns and cities in countries across the world
Since 15 March 2019 students global climate change protests: 15 March 2019: Students around the world walk out to press politicians to act on climate change - 17 March 2019: It’s shameful that children need to take the lead and calling politicians to account over a man-made global crisis, British newspaper says
August 2019 Brazil fires protest: 23 August 2019: Protesters have laid siege to Brazilian embassies around the world as international outrage over Jair Bolsonaro’s failure to protect the Amazon intensified
20 September 2019 climate change protests: 20 September 2019: Children in Australia and the Pacific Islands kicked off a millions-strong global climate strike, as from Sydney to Seoul to Sao Paolo, children and adults will join for what is expected to be one of the largest-ever collective calls to action in a movement fueled by social media under the hashtag #climatestrike - 20 September 2019: Part of global climate protests Filipinos marched in Manila to honor the memory of activists who were killed for defending the environment as the Philippines had the highest number of killings of environmental defenders of any country in 2018, with at least 30 murdered
20-27 September 2019 series of international climate crisis protests: 20-27 September 2019 series of international strikes and protests to demand action be taken to address climate crisis, the largest climate strikes in world history - September 2019 climate crisis protests by country - 20 September 2019: Afghan protesters risked a march down the centre of Kabul Friday despite nearly daily attacks by Russian and Iranian backed terrorists, in order to participate in the global movement against climate change, as health ministry says as many as 3,000 people die of pollution-induced illnesses in Kabul annually
27 September 2019 wave of global protests continues: 27 September 2019: 6 million people join latest wave of global protests against climate crisis that includes rising sea levels, uniting across timezones, cultures and generations to demand urgent action on the escalating ecological emergency
October 2019 7th World Mayors’ Summit denounces 'failed' UN climate summit: 9 October 2019: Mayors from a group representing more than 90 of the world’s biggest cities have launched a blistering attack on the failure to agree strong measures to fight the climate crisis at last month’s UN Climate Action Summit, blaming 'a small number of powerful governments', namely USA, Brazil, Australia, Russia and Turkey of being 'essentially representatives of the fossil fuel industry’ - C40 'Cities Climate Leadership Group' and 'C40 global initiatives'
29 November 2019 worldwide protests before UN summit: 29 November 2019: Hundreds of thousands of young people have taken to the streets from Manila to Copenhagen as part of the latest student climate strikes before UN summit to demand radical action on the unfolding ecological emergency
22 April 2020 growing 'Earth Day' calls amid covid-19 for 'green recovery' packages: 22 April 2020: As the world marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, calls are growing for governments to treat the shock of the covid-19, originating in Wuhan, with 'green recovery' packages to spur a shift to a low-carbon future
25 September 2020 global climate protests and strikes around the globe: 25 September 2020: School pupils, youth activists and communities around the world have turned out for a day of protests intended to underscore the urgency of the climate crisis even in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, as global climate strikes took place in thousands of locations around the globe
13 November 2020 scientists and activists say we must restore the climate because hitting net zero is not enough: 13 November 2020: Scientists and environmental activists urge governments and companies to start acting, not only to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions, but to achieve restoration as well
24 September 2021 thousands join coordinated action across world to demand government action on climate crisis: 24 September 2021: Global climate strike, as hundreds of thousands join coordinated action across world with rallies to demand government action on climate crisis, the first worldwide since start of pandemic

List of revolutions and rebellions: List of revolutions and rebellions
Since 1974 Portugal's (and Spanish) transition to democracy following its 1961-1974 wars against its African colonies in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Principe: Since 1974 Portuguese transition to democracy, ushering in first the 'Ditadura Nacional' and then Oliveira Salazar's 'Estado Novo', following the 1961-1974 Portuguese colonial wars against Portugal's African colonies in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Principe, resulting in their independance after six centuries of colonialism, the end of the Portuguese Empire (first the Kingdom of Portugal 1139–1910) and its colonialism in Africa and Asia - Since 1975 Spanish transition to democracy
November/December 1989 Czech 'Velvet Revolution': November/December 1989 Czech 'Velvet Revolution', a non-violent transition of power with demonstrations against the one-party government of Czechoslovakia, dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic
Since 2010 Tunisian Revolution and 'Arab Spring': 2010/2011 Tunisian Revolution, an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of street demonstrations in Tunisia leading to a democratization of the country and to free and democratic elections - Arab Spring by country
2013-2014 Ukrainian revolution 'Euromaidan': 2013-2014 Euromaidan, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, sparked by the Ukrainian Yanukovych regime's decision to suspend the signing of an association agreement with the European Union, instead choosing closer ties to Russia's Putin regime
2016 Tunisia without djihadist attacks: 10 juillet 2016: Habib Essid a félicité les forces sécuritaires après que la Tunisie a connu son premier mois de ramadan sans attaque djihadiste depuis 2012
2018/2019 Sudanese Revolution: December 2018 – August/September 2019 Sudanese Revolution, starting with street protests throughout Sudan in December 2018, continuing with sustained civil disobedience for about eight months, deposing dictator Omar al-Bashir after thirty years in power including crimes, war crimes and massacres, until the TMC and the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance signed a Political Agreement and a Draft Constitutional Declaration legally defining a planned 39-month phase of transitional state institutions and procedures to return Sudan to a civilian democracy - Since 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy - Khartoum massacre investigation, an official investigation of the 3 June 2019 Khartoum massacre and other human rights violations in Sudan, mandated under Article 7 of the Sudanese August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration
23 October 2020 Israeli—Sudanese normalization agreement: 23 October 2020 Israeli—Sudanese normalization agreement, coming after the agreements of Bahrain and the UAE signed with Israel in September 2020, now making Sudan the 5th Arab country to recognize Israel's right to exist
30 November 2020 Tunisian media sees big change 10 years after uprising: 30 November 2020: Tunisian media sees big change 10 years after uprising
21 December 2020 'Arab spring' wasn't in vain as lessons are learned: 21 December 2020: The 'Arab spring' wasn't in vain and lessons have been learned about how to convert the forces that demand equality into those that deliver it, says 'The Guardian' columnist and author Nesrine Malik
6 January 2021 Sudan signs ‘Abraham Accords’: 6 January 2021: Sudan signs ‘Abraham Accords’ in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, paving way for Israel normalization

Women-led protests and uprisings: Women-led protests and uprisings, initiated by women as an act of resistance or rebellion in defiance of an established government, a statement or action taken part to express disapproval of or object an authority, most commonly led in order to influence public opinion or government policy and ranging from village food riots against imposed taxes to protests that initiated the 1917 Russian revolution
1789 Women's March on Versailles: October 1789 Women's March on Versailles, one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution, when women in Paris rallied over the high price and scarcity of bread, quickly becoming intertwined with the activities of revolutionaries, who were seeking liberal political reforms and a constitutional monarchy for France
1929 Women's insurrection in Nigeria: 1929 Women's War, an insurrection in British Nigeria when thousands of Igbo women from the Bende District, Umuahia and other places protested against the Warrant Chiefs, whom they accused of restricting the role of women in the government
1950s African-American women protests: 1950s boycott of segregated buses by African-American women
7 July 2021 armed Afghan women take to streets in show of defiance against Taliban: 7 July 2021: Women have taken up guns in northern and central Afghanistan, marching in the streets in their hundreds and sharing pictures of themselves with assault rifles on social media, in a show of defiance as the Taliban make sweeping gains nationwide, as one of the biggest demonstrations was in central Ghor province, where hundreds of women turned out at the weekend, waving guns and chanting anti-Taliban slogans
19 July 2021 more Kurdish women are choosing to fight in recent years: 19 July 2021: All-female militias in Syria have again swelled in numbers in recent years with many women joining the call to arms despite the risks, as e.g. Kurdish woman Zeynab Serekaniye never imagined she’d join a militia, but the 26-year-old grew up in Ras al-Ayn, a town in north-east Syria, since more then 10 years now in a conflict ermerging in the 'Arab Spring', but soon involving regional and global anti-democratic forces e.g. Iranian Mullah regime and global powers e.g. Russia's Putin regime
4 September 2021 women march in Kabul to demand role in Taliban government, as protesters say the Taliban used pepper sprays and tear gas to disperse them: 4 September 2021: Women march in Kabul to demand role in Taliban government, as protesters say the Taliban used pepper sprays and tear gas to disperse them as they tried to reach the presidential palace
12 October 2022 around the world women are uniting in protest against the Iran's regime by cutting their hair: 12 October 2022: Around the world women are uniting in protest against the Iranian government by cutting their hair, as the protests started after the death of Mahsa Amini who was arrested by Iranian morality police, and as Abir Al-Sahlani, a Swedish Member of the European Parliament also cut hers during an EU Parliament speech.
8 March 2023 world marks 'Women's Day' but abuses, inequality still rampant: 8 March 2023: Hundreds of thousands of people are taking part in demonstrations, rallies, and colorful events around the globe on Wednesday to mark International Women's Day. While there have been major advances in different countries, the situation in places such as Afghanistan and Iran and the constant crimes and violations in nearly every nation in the world are cold reminder that there is still a long road ahead.

Since 2001 'World Social Forum': Since 2001 World Social Forum - March 2013 World Social Forum in Tunis - December 2014 World Social Forum on Migrations - March 2015 World Social Forum in Tunisia - 5 août 2016: Après Tunis en 2015 Montréal accueille à partir de mardi le prochain Forum social mondial
'Internet Social Forum' emerged to envision the role of the internet in help shape a new world on broadly similar lines to the WSF, founded in March 2015 at the Tunis WSF Conference
Occupy movement protest locations worldwide - Occupy movement

Since 2015 'United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda': United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda - 30 January 2012: UN panel aims for 'a future worth choosing' - UN Global Sustainability Panel (January 2012)
2015: 7 June 2015: Climate debate takes global pulse ahead of 2015 Paris summit as thousands of people gathered across 79 countries for what was touted as the world's largest-ever public debate on climate change


Internet in the aftermath of World War II connecting all continents, in English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, French, Standard Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Urdu, Indonesian and more languages, social movements - L’Internet mondial et répartition des utilisateurs d'Internet par continent en mars 2008 - Internet in Africa - Internet in North and in South America, and Spanish-language edition of Wikipedia - Internet in Asia, in India and China - Internet in Oceania including Australia and New Zealand - Internet in Europe, different languages

Cooperative movement by continent and country: List of cooperatives by continent and country - Cooperatives by country - History of the cooperative movement, concerning the origins and history of cooperatives in modern economies, as cooperative arrangements, such as mutual insurance, and principles of cooperation existed long before, the cooperative movement began with the application of cooperative principles to business organization
Worker cooperatives by country: Worker cooperative, a cooperative that is owned and self-managed by its workers, as the control may be exercised in a number of ways - Worker cooperatives by country
Agricultural cooperatives by country: Agricultural cooperative, where farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity, as a broad typology of agricultural cooperatives distinguishes between 'agricultural service cooperatives', which provide various services to their individually farming members, and 'agricultural production cooperatives', where production resources (land, machinery) are pooled and members farm jointly - Agricultural cooperatives by country


Journalism and media: News media and Journalism, the work and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the news of the day or a longer period
Newspapers and history: Newspaper, serial publication containing news and other informative articles - Online newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical - Lists of newspapers by continent, by countries, by languages, and by type
News broadcasting: News broadcasting of various news events and other information via television, radio or internet - Radio news, Television news and broadcast journalism
Weather forecasting and its broadcasting
News agencies
History of journalism: History of journalism
Since 15th century spread of the printing press: Spread of the printing press beginning with the invention of movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century - List of the oldest newspapers since 1605 - 19th-century German newspaper 'Rheinische Zeitung', edited by Karl Marx since 1842 and terminated by Prussian state censorship in March 1843 - 'Neue Rheinische Zeitung: Organ der Demokratie', German daily newspaper published by Karl Marx 1848/1849, suppressed by Prussian state in May 1849
1948 UN 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights' and the right to freedom of opinion and expression: 1948 United Nations 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights' states that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and that this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers
Since the 1950s history of electronic computers and the Internet: History of the Internet beginning with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s
Since the 1970s environmental journalism: Since the 1970s Environmental journalism, the collection, verification, production, distribution and exhibition of information regarding current events, trends, issues and people that are associated with the non-human world with which humans necessarily interact
1971 'Pentagon Papers': 1971 'Pentagon Papers'
Since 1985 'Reporters Without Borders': Since 1985 'Reporters Without Borders' international non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press - 'Reporters Without Borders' website
1991 'Windhoek Declaration' press freedom principles: 1991 Windhoek Declaration statement of press freedom principles by African newspaper journalists
Since 1997 'International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ': Since 1997 'International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ', a Washington-based international network launched by the Center for Public Integrity which includes 165 investigative journalists in over 65 countries who work together on issues such as cross-border crime, corruption, and the accountability of power - Investigative journalism - List of public disclosures of classified information, global and by countries
Since 2006 Wikileaks: Information published by WikiLeaks since 2006
2012 'Syria Files': 2012 Syria Files, collection of more than two million emails from Syrian political figures and ministries and from companies including Finmeccanica and Brown Lloyd James dating from August 2006 to March 2012
Since 2014 Investigative journalists 'Bellingcat': Since 2014 Investigative journalists' 'Bellingcat', using open source and social media investigation to investigate a variety of subjects and conflicts, for example Assad's war against the Syrian people and the Russian regime's aggression against Ukraine
1988/2015 'Hacking the hackers': March/April 2015: Hacking the hackers, an interview with the recipient of the ACFE Guardian Award Brian Krebs - Since 1988 'Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' ACFE, a professional organization of fraud examiners, whose activities include producing fraud information, tools and training - 2000-2020 ACFE Awards & Recognition
2016 'Panama Papers': April 2016 'Panama Papers' - TTIP Leaks - Greenpeace website
2016 'Press Freedom Prize' to Syrian journalist and activist Hadi Abdullah: 9 November 2016: Reporters Without Borders awarded its 2016 Press Freedom Prize to Syrian journalist and activist Hadi Abdullah for his efforts covering the nearly six-year conflict in Syria
March 2017 USA agencies tools to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices: 7 March 2017: After WikiLeaks published what it described as the biggest ever leak of confidential documents from the CIA detailing the tools it uses to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices, USA intelligence agencies are facing fresh embarrassment
23 October 2018 rights groups push for UN convention after Khashoggi murder by Saudi regime: 23 October 2018: Rights group pushes for UN convention to protect journalists, as effort comes at a dramatic moment with the case of Khashoggi, who was murdered by the Saudi regime on 2 October in its consulate in Istanbul
Since October 2018 proposed UN convention aiming to better protect journalists: 23 octobre 2018: Avec la volonté d'en finir avec l'impunité, la Fédération internationale des journalistes a lancé à l'ONU une campagne de sensibilisation à la nécessité de créer une 'Convention internationale pour la sécurité et l'indépendance des journalistes et des autres professionnels des médias'
March 2019 interview with IFJ's general secretary as 'proposed UN convention aims to better protect journalists': 18 March 2019 'Proposed UN convention aims to better protect journalists', interview with Anthony Bellanger, general secretary of the Brussels-based organisation 'International Federation of Journalists'
2020 'End Impunity - for a UN Convention to protect journalists': 2020 'End Impunity - for a UN Convention to protect journalists', as despite many protocols, guidelines and proposals, journalists still face a daily threat, and impunity continues to make the situation worse after in the last 6 years more than 600 journalists have been killed, as 9 in 10 cases remain unpunished, as hundreds of journalists are imprisoned, and as on a daily basis journalists are attacked, beaten, detained, harassed and threatened, also with cyber-attacks, hacking, and online harassment - RSF's 2020 World Press Freedom Index 'Entering a decisive decade for journalism, exacerbated by coronavirus'
March 2020 Beijing regime's attacks on press freedom in China intensify after the covid-19 outbreak: 20 March 2020: Beijing regime's attacks on press freedom in China intensify after the covid-19 outbreak since November/December 2019
16 November 2020 citizen journalist facing jail in China for Wuhan covid reporting and warning the world: 16 November 2020: Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan detained since May for reporting on the covid-19 outbreak from Wuhan is facing up to 5 years in jail after being formally indicted on charges of spreading false information, after she was arrested and held in a detention facility in Shanghai
8 October 2021 Nobel peace prize laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov: 8 October 2021: 2021 Nobel peace prize laureate and Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who spent two decades working as an investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, but none of it prepared her for the torrent of threats, hatred and abuse she has faced from supporters of Philippine's strongman Rodrigo Duterte, since she co-founded the investigative news site 'Rappler' with three fellow female journalists in 2012, developing it into one of the Philippine’s most popular news outlets - 8 October 2021: Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov shining light on Russia journalist murders

Professionalism of journalism, ethics and standards - Journalism ethics - Code of ethics in media following the 1947 Hutchins Commission, suggesting that newspapers, broadcasters and journalists had started to become more responsible for journalism and thought they should be held accountable
During World War II 'Commission on Freedom of the Press': During World War II 'Commission on Freedom of the Press' (Hutchins Commission), formed to inquire into the proper function of the media in a modern democracy and established as a response to criticism from the public and government over media ownership - Media bias - Media bias controversies - Media manipulation - Propaganda
July 2008 AP endorses 'accountability journalism': 14 July 2008: Associated Press endorses 'accountability journalism'
February 2015 accountable journalism vital: 19 February 2015: Accountable journalism more important as also journalism is undergoing a transformative period with the use of social media, user generated content, citizen journalism, and as ethics remain vital to good practice
23 June 2020 we need to know who’s behind the news: 23 June 2020: We need to know who’s behind the news

Freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of information
1841-1843 mouthpiece of the democratic movement in Germany 'Rhenish Newspaper', later edited by Karl Marx: 1841 erhielt Karl Marx eine Einladung für die 'Rheinische Zeitung' tätig zu werden. Am 5. Mai 1842 wird sein erster Nachrichtenartikel für die RZ veröffentlicht, der erste Bericht seiner Artikelserie 'Debatten über Preßfreiheit' und Publikation der Landständischen Verhandlungen. Er kritisiert Reden der Landtagsabgeordneten zum Thema Pressefreiheit, und zitiert z.B. einen Redner aus dem Fürstenstand, der die Meinung vertrat, die Zensur sei ein geringeres Übel als der Unfug der Presse. Marx betrachtete das anders: 'Ein Volk, welches (…) das Recht, die Wahrheit zu denken und auszusprechen, den Hofnarren vindiziert, kann nur ein Volk der Abhängigkeit und der Selbstlosigkeit sein.' In langen Artikeln propagierte der noch junge Marx die Pressefreiheit und kritisierte dabei auch die Reden der Verteidiger dieser Freiheit scharf. Marx zitierte einen solchen Redner, der die Pressefreiheit der Gewerbefreiheit zuordnen wollte. Darauf entgegnet Marx, dass dies zwei unterschiedliche Arten von Freiheit seien, die nicht einander untergeordnet werden könnten, sonst würde man 'die Pressefreiheit (…) verteidigen, indem man sie vor der Verteidigung totschlägt'. Aus diesem Artikel stammt auch Marx’ Zitat: 'Die erste Freiheit der Presse besteht darin, kein Gewerbe zu sein.' Im Herbst 1842 zog Marx nach Köln und übernahm am 15. Oktober 1842 die Redaktionsleitung. Alle Beiträge von ihm, wie auch der übrigen Mitarbeiter, erschienen anonym, und es gelang ihm auch bis zum Untergang der Zeitung, seine Tätigkeit als Redaktor geheim zu halten. Unter Marxens Chefredaktion formulierte die RZ schnell radikale, revolutionäre demokratische Ideen. Sie wurde eines der wichtigsten Sprachrohre der demokratischen Bewegung in Deutschland. - 1841-1843 'Rhenish Newspaper', a 19th-century German newspaper edited most famously by Karl Marx. The paper was launched in January 1842 and terminated by Prussian state censorship in March 1843
Spring 1848 until May 1849 'New Rhenish Newspaper - Organ of Democracy', editor Karl Marx: Frühling 1848 - Mai 1849 'Neue Rheinische Zeitung. Organ der Demokratie' NRhZ, eine von Karl Marx in Köln, damals zur preußischen Rheinprovinz gehörend, herausgegebene Tageszeitung. Am 19. Mai 1849 stellte die Neue Rheinische Zeitung nach 301 Ausgaben ihr Erscheinen ein, nachdem die letzten Aufstände der Märzrevolution von Preußen im Rheinland niedergeschlagen worden waren. Marx, Dronke und Weerth wurden als Nichtpreußen des Landes verwiesen. Gegen die restlichen Redaktionsmitglieder wurden gerichtliche Verfahren eingeleitet. Marx ging erneut ins Exil, diesmal nach London, wo er im Wesentlichen bis zu seinem Lebensende 1883 blieb und sein 3-bändiges Hauptwerk Das Kapital verfasste. Er blieb weiterhin politisch aktiv und hatte großen Einfluss auf die sich entwickelnde Arbeiterbewegung und ihre politischen demokratischen Parteien. Auf seine Initiative hin wurde 1864 die 12 Jahre bestehende 'Internationale Arbeiterassoziation' gegründet. - 1848/1849 'New Rhenish Newspaper. Organ of Democracy', a German daily newspaper published by Karl Marx in Cologne and recognised by historians as one of the most important dailies of the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany. The paper was regarded by its editors and readers as the successor of an earlier Cologne newspaper, the 'Rhenish Newspaper' since 1841, also edited for a time by Karl Marx, which had been suppressed by state censorship over five years earlier
Since 1970 'Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press': Since 1970 - following the 'Civil Rights Movement' in the USA since 1950s - 'Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press', a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that provides pro bono legal services and resources to and on behalf of journalists. The organization pursues litigation, offers direct representation, submits amicus curiae briefs, and provides other legal assistance on matters involving the First Amendment, press freedom, freedom of information, and court access issues
Since 1985 'Reporters Without Borders': Since 1985 'Reporters Without Borders' ('Reporters sans frontières RSF'), an international non-profit and non-governmental organization with the stated aim of safeguarding the right to freedom of information
Since 1992 'Freedom of speech' IFEX advocacy global network: Since 1992 'Freedom of speech' IFEX, non-profit NGO with over 119 independent organizations worldwide and with headquart located in Toronto in Canada, an advocacy global network of non-governmental organisations working at the local, national, regional and international level to defend and promote freedom of expression as a fundamental human right - International Federation of Journalists - Journalism ethics and standards

Democratic media is a form of media organization that strives to have the principles of democracy underlying not only the production of content, but also the organization of the entire project - Media democracy, a democratic approach to media studies that advocates for the reform of mass media to strengthen public service broadcasting and develop participation in alternative media and citizen journalism in order to create a mass media system that informs and empowers all members of society and enhances democratic values
Community media that function in service of or by a community: Community media, any form of media that function in service of or by a community, in the rise of all kinds of alternative, oppositional, participatory and collaborative media practices that have developed in the journalistic context of ‘community media', ‘we media', ‘citizens media', 'grassroot journalism’ or any radical alternative to on and offline mainstream journalistic practices - Community media by region, continent and country
Since September 2015 UNESCO 'Community Media Sustainability' policy: Since September 2015 UNESCO Community Media Sustainability Policy Series, as community broadcasters are a crucial part of a healthy, pluralistic media sector, independent and not-for-profit, and are governed by and in service to the community they represen
June 2019 empowering entire nations of media users: 3 June 2019: Empowering entire nations of media users, as UNESCO has expanded support for media pluralism and its work in integrating media and information literacy (MIL) into the formal and non-formal education curricula
March 2020 UNESCO trains community radio correspondents on producing quality news: 26 March 2020: UNESCO trains 24 community radio correspondents on designing and producing quality news
Citizen journalism, participatory media and democratic media: Citizen media, an inclusive term that refers to any form of content produced by private citizens and includes production models like public access, community technology centers, digital storytelling, blogs, vlogs (video blogs), and podcasting (audio blogs) - Participatory media, where the audience can play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating content - MIT Center for Civic Media, a research and practical center that develops and implements tools that support political action and 'the information needs of [civic] communities'
Documentary practice: Documentary practice

Since 2012 Bellingcat website founded by the British citizen journalist Eliot Higgins, publishing the findings of citizen journalist investigations into war and the criminal underground, also publishing guides to their techniques and case studies, after in March 2012 Eliot Higgins started a blog demonstrating that the Syrian regime was using cluster munitions and chemical weapons - 'Bellingcat' website
Since 2012 Bellingcat's investigation of the use of chemical weapons in Assad's war: Since 2012 Bellingcat investigation of the use of weapons, including chemical weapons, in Assad's war against the Syrian people
Since 2014 Bellingcat's investigation of the downing of flight MH17: Since 2014 Bellingcat investigation of the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 during the still ongoing war in eastern Ukraine
June 2017 evidence of Russian Buk 332 used to down flight MH17: 5 June 2017: Bellingcat publishes new evidence of Buk 332 origin used to down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 - 17 July 2017: Bellingcat's team of investigative journalists has released report summarizing all major open source evidence surrounding the downing of MH17 in an easy-to-read 73-page survey, naming Buk 332 of the Russian Armed Forces to be the only credible candidate for the missile launcher that downed MH17
April 2018 illegal shipment of Sarin precursor from Belgium to Syria: 19 April 2018: Bellingcat journalists report how they tracked the illegal shipment of Sarin precursor from Belgium to Syria, after Syrian Archive and Knack revealed information that Belgium violated EU sanctions
May 2018 downing MH17: 25 May 2018: Russian GRU officer Ivannikov involved in delivery of Buk to Donbas in July 2014, Bellingcat team, The Insider and other investigators reveal, as Australia and the Netherlands formally accuse Russian Putin regime of being responsible for downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet in July 2014, following international Joint Investigation Team's report on, the mass murder of all 298 people on board
14/15 September 2018 Russian regime's 'Novichok' attacks: 14/15 September 2018: An ongoing 'Bellingcat' investigation conducted jointly with 'The Insider Russia' has confirmed through uncovered passport data that the two Russian nationals identified by UK authorities as obeying suspects in the Novichok poisonings on British soil in March and June are linked to Russian security services, directly contradicting claims by Russian regime's Putin on 12 September 2018, after one of the keys to identifying the insidious murderous gang was the discovery of traces of novichok in their hotel room in London
26/27 September 2018 identified suspect Anatoliy Chepiga responsible for poisoning Sergei Skripal: 26/27 September 2018: Anatoliy Chepiga, a Colonel in the GRU, who served in Chechyna and has received the highest honour usually awarded personally by Russian regime's Putin, is one of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and the killing of Dawn Sturgess, having travelled to the UK under the name Ruslan Boshirov, according to British investigative website Bellingcat and its partner The Insider
October 2018 identified second suspect Alexander Mishkin responsible for poisoning Sergei Skripal: 8 October 2018: The investigative website Bellingcat has identified the second suspect responsible for poisoning Sergei Skripal as Alexander Mishkin, a doctor working for Russia’s GRU military spy agency - 9 octobre 2018: Le second suspect de l'empoisonnement en Angleterre a été décoré pour acte héroïque par Poutine en 2014, selon Bellingcat
23 October 2020 Russia’s clandestine chemical weapons programme: 23 October 2020: Russia’s clandestine chemical weapons programme and the GRU’s 'Unit 29155', Russian regime's research institute using nerve agents from the Novichok family also in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny

Since 2013 'The Insider', an independent news website specializing in investigative journalism, fact-checking and political analytics. The newspaper is known for exposing fake news in Russian media. The editorial office of the newspaper is located in Riga. - Investigations of 'The Insider' including the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal (2018 collaboration with the Bellingcat network and the BBC's Newsnight TV program), the assassination of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin ('The Insider' with 'Bellingcat' and Der Spiegel conducted an investigation of the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin in August 2019, reportedly committed by a man working for the Russian intelligence agencies), the August 2020 poisoning of Alexei Navalny with chemical weapon Novichok (joint investigation by 'The Insider', 'Bellingcat', 'Der Spiegel' and 'Radio Liberty'), July 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 shootdown (in April 2020 the independent investigation of 'The Insider', 'Bellingcat' and 'BBC' identified one of the main persons involved in the MH17 crash, as the Insider used voice-comparison technology, travel information and phone records to establish a person's identity)
30 January 2021 Roman Dobrokhotov won the 2019 European Press Prize over 'Salisbury Poisoning': 30 January 2021: Roman Dobrokhotov has won the 2019 European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award with ‘Unmasking the Salisbury Poisoning Suspects - A Four-Part Investigation‘
17 March 2021 exposing the Navalny poisoning: 17 March 2021: 2020/21 investigative outlets Bellingcat, The Insider, and Der Spiegel jointly published a report revealing the names and ranks of officers in the Russian intelligence agency FSB who were allegedly involved in the poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny

Since 2010 Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a nonprofit news organisation based in London - 'Bureau of Investigative Journalism' website

Since 1997 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, an independent Washington D.C.-based international network - 'International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' website

Since 1985 Reporters Without Borders, or Reporters Sans Frontières RSF, is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press - 'Reporters Without Borders' website - The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by 'Reporters Without Borders' based upon the organisation's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year
April 2018: 16 April 2018: Reporters Without Borders RSF calls for a full and impartial investigation into journalist Maxim Borodin’s death as a result of a fall from the balcony of his apartment in Russia's Yekaterinburg, who was known for reports on private military firm and prison investigations - 16 April 2018: Russian investigative journalist Borodin who confirmed the deaths of Russian mercenaries in Syria has died after falling from his fifth-floor balcony in the city of Yekaterinburg
December 2018: 18 décembre 2018: Quatre-vingt journalistes ont été tués à travers le monde en 2018, déplore Reporters sans frontières

Citizen journalism is based upon public citizens 'playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information' - Crowdsourcing

Collaborative journalism, a mode of journalism where multiple reporters or news organizations, without affiliation to a common parent organization, report on and contribute news items to a news story together, practiced by both professional and amateur reporters

Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing, and an investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report - Lists of investigative journalists by country
June 2018: 5 June 2018: Non-profit TRACE Foundation, that supports projects that encourage greater commercial transparency, announced the winners of the '2018 TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting' at an award ceremony at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.




Democracy: Democracy - State - Government
History of democracy: History of democracy
Voting, ballots, vote counting, participation and abstentions for various reasons: Voting - Issue voting - Voter registration - Voting age - Vote counting - Ballot, known since ancient Greece, a device used to cast votes in an election - Voter turnout, the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in a vote or an election - Abstention, a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot - Electronic voting, using electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting votes - Electronic voting by country

The right to vote, women's and 'universal' suffrage: Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote) - 'Universal suffrage' gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or any other restriction, subject only to relatively minor exceptions
History of women's suffrage and timeline: Women's suffrage, the right of women to vote in elections, after beginning in the late 19th century, besides women working for broad-based economic and political equality and for social reforms, women sought to change voting laws to allow them to vote - Timeline of women's suffrage - Women's suffrage by continent and by country - Right of foreigners to vote, by supranational groupings and countries
Voting rights of Aboriginal peoples and Indigenous rights: Voting rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Indigenous rights

Direct democracy: Direct democracy, a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly - Participatory democracy, emphasizing the broad participation of constituents in the direction and operation of political systems - Origins of participatory democracy for example in 7th and 8th century Ancient Greece, when the informal distributed power structure of the villages and minor towns began to be displaced with collectives of Oligarchs seizing power and as the villages and towns coalesced into city states
Referendum: Referendum, a direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal and can have nationwide or local forms - Referendums by country
Popular referendum: Popular referendum, a form of direct democracy and a type of a referendum that provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote (plebiscite) on an existing statute, constitutional amendment, charter amendment or ordinance, or, in its minimal form, to simply oblige the executive or legislative bodies to consider the subject by submitting it to the order of the day - Worldwide implementation of popular referendums, as 30 countries today allow for referendum initiated by the population on the national level

'Cosmopolitanism' and 'Gattungswesen': 'Cosmopolitanism' is the idea that all human beings or 'Gattungswesen' are members of a single community. Cosmopolitanism is both prescriptive and aspirational, considering humans can and should be 'world citizens' in a 'universal community' since spread across all continents worldwide. This view encompasses different dimensions and avenues of community, such as promoting universal moral standards, establishing global political structures, or developing a platform for mutual cultural expression and tolerance. - Karl Marx writes in 1845 that the essence of man is no abstraction inherent in each single individual. In reality, it is the ensemble of the social relations. Feuerbach, who does not enter upon a criticism of this real essence is hence obliged, to abstract from the historical processd
'Cosmopolitanism' can be traced back to Ancient Greece: 'Cosmopolitanism' can be traced back to Ancient Greece, a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity c. AD 600, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories

Election, electoral system and reform: Election - Electoral system, a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined
List of electoral systems by country: List of electoral systems by country - Comparison of electoral systems - Electoral district - Lists of electoral districts by nation - Electoral reform

History of law: History of law connected to the development of civilisations and economic, social and political history - Contract law - Treaty - International law
Abolition of slavery and serfdom: Abolition of slavery and serfdom - timeline
Timeline of 'Emancipation', i.e. years when legal equality was 'granted' to Jews: Timeline of Emancipation, i.e. years when legal equality was 'granted' to Jews, since 1791 in France - Année d'obtention de l'égalité des droits pour les Juifs en Europe

Legal systems of the world, history and national legal history: Legal systems of the world based on one of four basic systems: common law, civil law, statutory law, religious law or combinations of these, as the legal system of each country is shaped by its unique history, by conflicts and wars, and so incorporates individual variations - List of national legal systems with 'common law' - Common law, the body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals - List of national legal systems with 'civil law', that takes as its major inspiration classical Roman law - List of national legal systems with 'religious law' - Map of legal systems of the world, with common law countries corresponding to variations in common law systems - Sociology of law

Legal profession - Legal education in different countries - History of the legal profession, having its origins in ancient Greece and Rome

Opposition to nationalism: Opposition to nationalism
Monarchy abolishment: Monarchy abolishment - Territorial evolution of monarchies in Europe since 1789 French Revolution - Monarchy abolishment since twentieth century and World War I
Democratization including substantive changes of society: Democratization, the transition to a more democratic political regime, also referring to substantive changes of society moving in a democratic direction - 'Democracy Index' compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a UK-based company, intending to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are UN member states - Democratization in corporations


History and development of the political form of the community and constitutions
Ancient legal codes: List of ancient legal codes
Since c. 2.500 BCE city of Lagash, economy, defense, scribal school production: Since c. 2.500 BCE ancient city state of Lagash, located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, as inhabitants of the city noted how after the flood people was having difficulty growing food for itself, being dependent solely on rainwater, further relating that techniques of irrigation and cultivation of barley were then imparted by the gods, as at the end of the text is the statement 'Written in the school', suggesting this was a scribal school production - Border conflicts, efforts to maintain independence, and documented organised battle today known to scholars and historians - Archaeological exploration since 2 half of the 20th century, including since March/April 2019 field work, resumed under the University of Cambridge Lagash Archaeological Project
Économie et société, documenté pendant une période de quatre siècles: La région de Lagash est vraisemblablement l'une des plus prospères du Sud mésopotamien, car les trois principales cités sont situées sur un cours d'eau majeur servant de source à un important réseau d'irrigation qui donne naissance à l'une des plus riches régions agricoles du pays de Sumer, et c'est également un important centre de pêche, de production artisanale (en particulier textile) et d'échanges à toutes les échelles
Since 7th century BCE adoption of the 'Torah' in Israel and Judah: History of 'education' (learning specific skills) in ancient Israel and Judah, as 'education' has as one of its fundamental aspects the imparting of culture from generation to generation, and as formal education in this sense can be traced in Ancient Israel and Judah to some time after the 7th century BCE with adoption of the Torah, which means 'teaching', 'instruction', 'scribe' or 'law' in Hebrew - Since 950–587 BCE history of ancient Israel and Judah during Iron Age II
Since 459 BCE 'school system' developping for Israeli children above six or seven years of age: The 'be rav' or 'bet rabban' (house of the teacher), the 'be safra' or 'bet sefer' (house of the book), said to have been originated by Ezra' 459 BCE and his Great Assembly, who provided a public school in Jerusalem to secure the education of fatherless boys of the age of sixteen years and upward, as the school system did not develop until Joshua ben Gamla 64 CE caused public schools to be opened in every town and hamlet for all children above six or seven years of age - Texts and subject areas of ancient Israeli 'education' included texts, the Mishna and later the Talmud and Gemora, all hand-written as emphasis was placed on developing good memory skills in addition to comprehension by practice of oral repetition, as the children (girls were not provided with formal education) would be taught from the six broad subject areas into which the Mishna is divided, including Zeraim ('Seeds'), dealing with agricultural laws and prayers, Moed ('Festival'), pertaining to the laws of the Shabbat and the Festivals, Nashim ('Women'), concerning marriage and divorce, Nezikin ('Damages'), dealing with civil and criminal law, Kodashim ('Holy things'), regarding sacrificial rites, the Temple, and the dietary laws, and Tohorot ('Purities'), pertaining to the laws of purity and impurity
About 350 BCE ideas of constitution and constitutionalism: C. 350 BCE Aristotle made a formal distinction between ordinary law and constitutional law, establishing ideas of constitution and constitutionalism, and attempting to classify different forms of constitutional government
Constitution of the Athenians: Constitution of the Athenians, is a work by Aristotle or one of his students, describing the constitution of Classical Athens, commonly called the Areopagite constitution, preserved on two leaves of a papyrus codex discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt in 1879
More or less independant city-states reviving during the Middle Ages: City-state, an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory, as they have existed in many parts of the world since ancient times, reviving during the Middle Ages
Constitutionalism: Constitutional law - Constitutionalism - Constitutionalism by nations
1765-1783 'American Revolution' and the first modern constitutional liberal democracy: 1765-1783 'American Revolution', an ideological and political revolution which occurred in colonial North America between 1765 and 1783, as citizens in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the 'American Revolutionary War' 1775–1783, gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy
Constitutional monarchy in France 1789-1792 and French republic, before the reign of terror: Constitutional monarchy in France 1789-1792, and French republic, before the reign of terror
November 1917 'Decree on Peace': Decree on Peace passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies on the 8 November 1917, following the success of the October Revolution, and published in the Izvestiya newspaper on 9 November, as it proposed an immediate withdrawal of Russia from World War I - amid ongoing Central Powers' aggression against neighbouring countries still supported by the German SPD, prisoner of its deeds since 1914, until today - implemented through the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and as USA's Woodrow Wilson's 'Fourteen Points' of January 1918 were largely a response to this Decree
4-11 February 1945 'Yalta Conference', also preparing the UN: 4-11 February 1945 Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference, the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the USA, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe, and held near Yalta in Crimea, as the three governments agreed that democracies would be established, all liberated European and former Axis satellite countries would hold free elections, as key points included that Germany would undergo demilitarization and denazification, as discussion began which contries would be granted UN membership, following November/December 1943 'Tehran Conference' meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill, held in the Soviet Union's embassy in Tehran, dealing with differing objectives, as the main outcome of the Tehran Conference was the Western Allies' commitment to open a second front against NSDAP-ruled Germany in Europe
'Never again' 1941-August 1945 Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and USA's defense: Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 - World War II 1939-1945 - March-June 1945 Battle of Okinawa - 26 July 1945 'Potsdam Declaration' of USA's Harry S. Truman, UK's Winston Churchill and China's Chiang Kai-shek stating, if Empire of Japan did not surrender, it would face 'prompt and utter destruction' - 'Operation Downfall' allied plan for the invasion of Japan to end World War II, abandoned when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki


Peace treaty, an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties

List of treaties also concerning peace, agreements etc. since ancient times: Since ancient times list of treaties contains known agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups
Since the times of the 'Hebrew Bible' Judaism and peace: Judaism and peace since the times of the 'Hebrew Bible'
After 1914-1918 WWI and defeat of German, Austria-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires Arab–Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties: Since 1918 and the 1919/1920 Paris Peace Conference of the victorious Allies after the end of 1914-1918 World War I, setting the peace terms for the defeated German, Austria-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires, Arab–Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties
Since 13 August 2020 'Abraham Accords': Since 13 August 2020 'Abraham Accords', named after the patriarch of the Israelite people Abraham (originally Abram), associated with the 'Abrahamic religions' including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and the 'Book of Genesis', the first book of the Hebrew Bible, its account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity and Israel's ancestors, and the origins of the Jewish people, as hundreds of years later during the history of slavery, roman militarism and the fall of the Roman Empire the Hebrew Bible was claimed as the 'Christian Old Testament'
23 December 2020 after making friends with Gulf, Israel brings in influencers to reach its people: 23 December 2020: After making friends with Gulf, Israel brings in influencers chosen for their social media followings to reach its people, as young people from UAE and Bahrain visit Jewish state as part of new group, Sharaka (Arabic for partnership) which aimed to put a human face on normalization, and that grew out of a similar trip to the Gulf recently made by a group of Israel Defense Forces veterans, many of whom are part of both groups

Separation of church and state: Separation of church and state
Medieval Europe's 'Investiture Controversy': Medieval Europe's 'Investiture Controversy', a conflict between church and states in medieval Europe over the ability to install high church officials through investiture - Church and state in medieval Europe
Since 1791 constitutional law preventing state-run establishment of religions, ensuring the freedom of speech: 15 December 1791 'First Amendment to the USA Constitution', preventing state-run establishment of religions, ensuring the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the free exercise of religion, the right to peaceably assemble, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances, adopted as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights - Establishment Clause - Free Exercise Clause
Separation or relation between state/government and religious institutions in various countries: Separation or relation between state/government and religious institutions in various countries - Freedom of religion by country


International law and international human rights law: International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations - History of international law - Self-determination
International human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, agreements between sovereign states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties and designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels - Sources of international law - Customary international law - Customary international humanitarian law


Universal jurisdiction: Universal jurisdiction is a legal principle that allows states or international organizations to claim criminal jurisdiction over an accused person regardless of where the alleged crime was committed, and regardless of the accused's nationality, country of residence, or any other relation to the prosecuting entity. Crimes prosecuted under universal jurisdiction are considered crimes against all, too serious to tolerate jurisdictional arbitrage
21st century universal jurisdiction enforcement around the world: Universal jurisdiction enforcement around the world in the 21st century, including several democratic countries
History of universal jurisdiction: History of universal jurisdiction
Since 1961 universal jurisdiction in Israel and development: Universal jurisdiction since 1961 in Israel, as Israel argued universal jurisdiction based on the 'universal character of the crimes in question', and that the crimes committed by Eichmann were not only in violation of Israel law, but were considered 'grave offenses against the law of nations itself'. It also asserted that the crime of genocide is covered under international customary law. - September/October 2001: Universal jurisdiction was the concept that allowed Israel to try Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961, and since 1993/1994 UN Security Council established international war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia in 1993 and Rwanda in 1994, is now negotiating the creation of mixed national-international tribunals for Cambodia and Sierra Leone. In 1998, the world's governments gathered in Rome to adopt a treaty for an International Criminal Court ICC with potentially global jurisdiction over genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity
26 April 2017 Syria's victims of Assad's war, torture hope for European courts: 26. April 2017: Syrische Folteropfer hoffen auf europäische Gerichte, besonders weil - vor allem durch Russlands Putin Regime mit seinem UN-Veto - Klagen gegen das syrische Regime vor dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof verhindert wurden und werden. Syrische Opfer z.B. von systematischer Folter und Flüchtlinge (in vielen EU Ländern geradezu feindselig betrachet) hoffen, daß den Tätern des Assad-Regimes - trotz internationaler Kumpanei - doch noch der Prozess gemacht wird - Ende Januar 2014 veröffentlichten der britische 'The Guardian' und der Sender 'CNN' Informationen über einen Bericht von HRW, der sich auf Aussagen eines nach eigenen Angaben übergelaufenen syrischen Polizei-Fotografen stützt. Er habe alleine Bilder von 11.000 toten Häftlingen, die er selbst fotografiert habe, auf Datenträgern aus dem Land geschmuggelt. Einige der toten Häftlinge auf den Bildern hatten keine Augen mehr, andere seien augenscheinlich stranguliert oder mit Elektroschocks getötet worden. Viele Gefangene seien ausgemergelt gewesen, andere zeigten Spuren von Schlägen mit Stangen oder anderen Gegenständen.
2019-2022 first criminal trial worldwide on torture (universal jurisdiction) in Syria before a German court: As the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office charged Anwar Raslan and Eyad A with crimes against humanity in October 2019. ECCHR supported 29 Syrian torture survivors in the so-called al-Khatib proceedings, 14 of whom were joint plaintiff, ECCHR is listing former cases concerning international crimes including 'Criminal Complaint against USA's CIA Director Gina Haspel', 2004 and 2007 three complaints against USA government members (Donald Rumsfeld' and military forces members in connection with war crimes, torture and other criminal acts in the military prisons of Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib, since 2019 criminal complaint against Assad’s intelligence officials following legal steps already taken in Germany and Austria (since May 2018 in Vienna in May 2018), since February 2019 criminal complaint against Assad’s intelligence officials in Sweden
13 January 2022 court jails former Syrian Assad regime's intelligence officer A. Raslan for life: 13 January 2022 after his arrest in 2014, former Syrian Assad regime's colonel Anwar Raslan - who led a unit of regimes's General Intelligence Directorate -, is sentenced by a German court to life in prison, after prosecutors had accused Anwar Raslan of 58 murders in a Damascus prison where they say at least 4,000 opposition activists were tortured in 2011 and 2012 - Das Oberlandesgericht in Koblenz hat am Donnerstag den früheren syrischen Geheimdienstoffizier Anwar Raslan der Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit schuldig befunden, und verurteilte ihn zu lebenslanger Haft. Der Prozess wurde unter dem Weltrechtsprinzip geführt, das es ermöglicht, in Deutschland auch schwere Straftaten in Drittstaaten zur Anklage zu bringen. - 13 January 2022 Anwar Raslan sentenced to imprisonment for life and given a week to appeal the verdict, according to 'Wikipedia'
Januar 2022 OLG Koblenz nutzt das Weltrechtsprinzip: 13. Januar 2022: Weil der Prozess vor dem ICC in Den Haag derzeit noch unmöglich ist (Syrien unter Assad ist dem Gerichtshof nicht beigetreten), und der UN-Sicherheitsrat ihn nicht beauftragt, weil Rußlands Putin Regime - mit dem syrischen Assad Regime verbündet - es verhindert, hat das OLG Koblenz in 2022 das Weltrechtsprinzip genutzt, das in vielen Ländern umgesetzt werden kann. Es greift seit 2002 bei Straftaten wie Völkermord, Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit oder Kriegsverbrechen. Sie können auch dann in Deutschland verfolgt werden, wenn die Tat im Ausland begangen wurde und weder Täter noch Opfer Deutsche sind. Täter schwerster Verbrechen sollen in Deutschland nicht frei leben können. Menschenrechtler werteten den Koblenzer Prozess als wichtiges Signal. Von einem 'Meilenstein' spricht RA Patrick Kroker vom Europäischen Zentrum für Verfassungs- und Menschenrechte ECCHR, der einige Nebenkläger vertreten hat.


Human rights by issue - Opposition to crimes against humanity

Right to life and children's rights: Right to life - Children's rights - Reverence for Life
Since 1925 - following WWI - 'International Children's Day' (or week) celebrated annually in honor of children: Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honor of children, whose date of observance varies by country. On 1st June 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the 'World Conference on Child Welfare', as at the same time the Chinese consul-general in San Francisco gathered a number of Chinese orphans to celebrate the 'Dragon Boat Festival. Since 1950, it is celebrated on June 1 in most Communist and post-Communist countries. World Children's Day is celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1959. In some countries, it is Children's Week and not Children's Day
On 4 November 1949 1 June established as the 'International Day for Protection of Children': On 4 November 1949, 1 June was established as the 'International Day for Protection of Children' by the 'Women's International Democratic Federation in Moscow', and since 1950, 1 June is celebrated as Children's Day in many 'Communist' - in 1918/1919 January Rosa Luxemburg joined the 'KPD' after her initial hesitation because 'communism' at Marx was a movement since the 1860s including the IAA (a social movement and an international 'network') and never a party, the 'Communist Party of the Soviet Union CPSU' since 1922, 1929, 1952 - and 'post-Communist' countries. On 14 December 1954, a joint resolution by India and Uruguay was passed in the UN General Assembly to encourage all countries to institute a Universal Children's Day, firstly to promote mutual exchange and understanding among children and secondly to initiate action to promote the ideals of the UN Charter and the welfare of the world's children. On 20 November 1959, The United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. 'World Children's Day' is celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1959
Since 1950s date of 'Children's Day' varies from country to country: Dates of 'International Children's Day' around the world, as the officially recognized date of 'Children's Day' varies from country to country, and as 1 June is its date in 2022 in 49 countries globally
List of 'International Children's Day' by continent and by country: List of 'International Children's Day' by continent and by country, given in alphabetical order within each group by 'Wikipedia'

Right to work, to food, water and environmental protection: Right to work - Right to food - Human right to water and sanitation - Environmental protection - Common heritage of mankind, a principle of international law that holds that defined territorial areas and elements of humanity's common heritage (cultural and natural) should be held in trust for future generations and be protected from exploitation by individual nation states or corporations

Right to health: The right to health is the economic, social and cultural right to a universal minimum standard of health to which all individuals are entitled

Freedom of speech: Freedom of speech - Toleration - Right to equal protection

The right of self-defense: The right of self-defense, the right for people to use reasonable force or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life (self-defense) or the lives of others, including (in certain circumstances) the use of deadly force - Self-defence in international law

Resistance to colonialism - Indigenous decolonization - Rebellions against empires - Decolonization, the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby a nation establishes and maintains its domination on overseas territories, as the concept particularly applies to the dismantlement during the 20th century of the colonial empires established prior to World War I throughout the world
2007/2016 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a non-legally-binding resolution passed by the United Nations in 2007, with even more support in 2016

African resistance to colonialism: African resistance to colonialism - African independence movements - Decolonisation of Africa mainly in the mid-to-late 1950s and 1960s
Since 1847 timeline of decolonisation of Africa: Since 1847 timeline of the decolonisation of Africa

Native American resistance to colonialism in North America: Resistance to colonialism and wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America - Wars between the USA and Native Americans in North America - Massacres of Native Americans

Indigenous resistance to colonialism in South and Latin America: Indigenous rebellions against the Spanish Empire - Rebellions against the Spanish Empire - Timeline of the Spanish American wars of independence 1806-1836

1791-1804 Haitian Revolution of self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule: 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution, the successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, today the sovereign state of Haiti - 1492-1804 Slavery in Haiti, as in 1804 the USA passed laws to keep Haitian merchants away from USA soil because slaveholders there did not want their slaves getting ideas about revolt from the Haitians, and as in 1915 USA military invaded Haiti after peasants had staged uprisings to resist moves by USA investors to appropriate their land and convert the style of agriculture in the area from subsistence back to a plantation-like system, followed now in 1915 by USA's reinstitution of forced labor under the corvée system

Asian resistance to colonialism: Asian resistance to colonialism - Decolonization of Asia, the gradual growth of independence movements in Asia, leading ultimately to the retreat of foreign powers and the creation of a number of nation-states in the region
19th-20th century Indian resistance to the British Empire: Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Revolutionary movement for Indian independence, the armed rebellion against the British rulers organised since the beginning of the 20th century

Opposition to nationalism, racism, antisemitism, militarism and fascism: Opposition to nationalism - Anti-racism includes convincements, actions, movements, and policies inevitably developed to oppose racism, also intending to promote an egalitarian society in which people do not face discrimination - Anti-racism by continent - Anti-racism in Europe - Opposition to antisemitism - Opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals in European, African, American and Asian countries since the 1920s, an opposition spreading to other countries around the world - Anti-fascists by nationality - Antimilitarism and corresponding social movements, not rejecting war of defence, but rejecting the desire and policy to maintain a large and strong military organization in aggressive preparedness for war
Since 1938 Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe: Since 1938 Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe
Ghetto uprisings: Ghetto uprisings - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 19 April 1943 – 16 May 1943 - Ringelblum Archive, a collection of documents from the World War II Warsaw Ghetto, collected and preserved by the group 'Oyneg Shabbos', which included historians, writers, rabbis and social workers, dedicated to chronicling life in the Ghetto during the Nazi occupation and started in September 1939 and ended in January 1943
Since 1939 resistance during World War II: Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda, to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns - World War II resistance movements by country
Since 1939 resistance operations against Nazi Germany by country and year: Since 1939 resistance operations against Nazi Germany by country and year
Février 2018 le monde subit les conséquences effroyables de discours de haine: 22 février 2018: Le monde subit les conséquences effroyables de discours de haine qui menacent de normaliser la discrimination contre des groupes marginalisés, souligne l'ONG Amnesty International dans son rapport 2017/18 sur les droits humains dans le monde
April 2018 Warsaw ghetto Marian Kalwary says 'I am terrified by the rebirth of fascism and nationalism': 19 April 2018: Paying homage to the hundreds of Jewish fighters who took up arms in the 1943 rebellion against the German forces that occupied Poland during World War II in the April-May Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Polish survivor of the Warsaw ghetto Marian Kalwary says 'I am terrified by the rebirth of fascism and nationalism and I can see nationalism being glorified and put on a pedestal as something noble'
3 January 2020 USA airstrike against Iranian war criminal IRGC Qasem Soleimani: 3 January 2020 USA airstrike against Iranian convoy near Baghdad International Airport carrying Iranian IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, amid escalating crisis in the Middle East since 2011
6 November 2020 France mourns loss of one of its last WWII resistance heroes: 6 November 2020: France mourns loss of one of its last WWII resistance heroes, as Pierre Simonet was one of three remaining fighters in the French resistance to the Nazi occupation at age 17
28 January 2021 secret maritime route that brought Holocaust survivors to pre-state Israel explained: 28 January 2021: The secret maritime route that brought Holocaust survivors to pre-state Israel, highlighted in 1946 by a former Canadian naval ship disguised as a banana boat, that stole quietly away from Vado on the coast of the Italian Riviera not carrying fruit but over 1,000 Holocaust survivors secretly bound for Mandate Palestine against the naval blockade British United Kingdom had imposed to impede Jewish immigration and the Royal Navy destroyers that were dispatched to intercept the boat - September 2020: 'The People on the Beach, Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust', told by journalist and historical advisor Rosie Whitehouse, also explaining that the Nazi occupation had left Poland, in 1939 first attacked, brutalized and violence normalized and many survivors felt they no longer had a home, after Nazi crimes had left many European regions 'in moral and material ruin'
Since February 2022 popular resistance against Russian regime's invasion and assault on Ukraine: Since February 2022 popular resistance against Russian regime's invasion and assault on Ukraine, as Ukrainian civilians and solidaric international groups, movements have resisted the Russian invasion in various ways, such as volunteering to join local armed territorial defence units, making Molotov cocktails, donating food, constructing barriers such as Czech hedgehogs, and helping to transport refugees. Various tactics of unarmed civil resistance have been employed across Ukraine. Responding to the call from Ukraine's streets agency, Ukravtodor, civilians dismantled or altered local road signs, constructed makeshift barriers and blocked roadways. Social media reports and shared videos show spontaneous street protests against the Russian forces in occupied settlements, often evolving into verbal altercations and physical standoffs with Russian troops. In some instances, people physically blocked Russian military vehicles, sometimes forcing them to retreat. For instance, a video shot in occupied Kherson showed a man on top of a moving Russian armoured personnel carrier, waving a Ukrainian national flag. The Russian soldiers' response to unarmed civilian resistance varied from reluctance to engage the protesters to firing into the air or directly into crowds. There have been mass detentions of Ukrainian protesters, and local Ukrainian media have also reported forced disappearances, mock executions, hostage-taking, extrajudicial killing, and sexual violence perpetrated by the Russian military to try to break the Ukrainian resistance
18 March 2022 Norwegian resistance against Russian regime's oligarchs over assault on Ukraine: 18 March 2022: Luxury yacht 'Ragnar' owned by a former KGB agent Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, longtime acquaintance of former KGB agemt Putin, is currently stranded at a Norwegian port after locals’ persistent refusal to sell it fuel, as its crew has been told by Norwegian fuel suppliers in the port of Narvik to 'row home' or 'raise the sails', saying they will not refuel it


The 'law of war' refers to the component of international law that regulates the conditions for war and the conduct of warring parties, also defining sovereignty and nationhood, states and territories, occupation, and other critical terms of international law - Sources of international law - Treaties, formal written agreements entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations, also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, pact, or exchange of letters, among other terms, that may be considered treaties subject to the same rules under international law
Since 1969/1980 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: Since 1969/1980 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, an international agreement regulating treaties between states, establishing the rules and procedures for how treaties are defined, drafted, enforced, amended, interpreted, and generally operate

Human rights promotion
International human rights organizations following World War II: Since 1945 international human rights organizations following World War II
September 2018 Montréal summit: 23 septembre 2018: La quinzaine de femmes ministres des Affaires étrangères d'Afrique du Sud, d'Andorre, de la Bulgarie, de Canada, du Costa Rica, de Croatie, du Ghana, du Guatemala, d'Indonésie, du Kenya, de Namibie, de Norvège, du Panama, de Sainte-Lucie, de Suède et de l'Union européenne réunies vendredi et samedi à Montréal pour un premier sommet ont promis de se retrouver régulièrement pour faire prévaloir une 'perspective féminine' dans la politique internationale - Grassroots women's empowerment movements
October 2018 Nobel Peace Prize: 5 October 2018: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi former captive of the Islamic State terrorist group, for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict
6 October 2020 human rights groups ask Germany to probe Syria chemical attacks 2013 and 2017: 6 October 2020: Human rights groups ask Germany to probe Syria chemical attacks, as 3 organizations - including Open Society Justice Initiative, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and the group Syrian Archive - want German AG to investigate deadly sarin attacks on Eastern Ghouta in 2013 and Khan Shaykhun in 2017, arguing there is enough evidence to blame regime and Assad - 6 October 2020: A group of NGOs has submitted a criminal complaint to the German courts over sarin gas attacks in Syria, a legal milestone which marks the first step on the long road to holding Bashar al-Assad’s regime accountable for its use of chemical weapons

International sanctions: International sanctions are actions taken by countries against others for political reasons, either unilaterally or multilaterally - Sanction
Economic sanctions: Economic sanctions
Current sanctions and arms embargo by targeted regime and country: Current sanctions by targeted regime and country - Arms embargo
1977 UN Security Council Resolution 418: 1977 UN Security Council Resolution 418 and sanctions against apartheid
1999 UN Security Council Resolution 1267: 1999 UN Security Council Resolution 1267 and sanctions against all Al-Qaida-terrorists and Taliban-associated individuals
Economic sanctions against Myanmar (Burma): Economic sanctions against Myanmar's regime (Burma)
Arms embargo on China: Arms embargo on Chinese regime

Sanctions against Iranian regime - List of UN resolutions concerning Iran - USA sanctions against Iran - EU sanctions against Iran - Iranian frozen assets - Foreign direct investments in Iran
November 2018: 13 November 2018: After the USA announced reinstatement of sanctions earlier this month to force Iranian regime to curb its nuclear and missile programs as well as its support for proxy forces in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and others in the Middle East, the USA will step up enforcement of sanctions as Tehran tries to find ways to evade the restrictions in oil trade and in banking

Sanctions against North Korean regime

Since 2012 international sanctions on Russia following the death of Russian tax accountant Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison in 2009 - Since 2014 International sanctions against Russian regime during the Ukrainian crisis
3 August 2019 new sanctions over Skripal poisoning: 3 August 2019: USA imposes new sanctions on Russia over Sergei Skripal Novichok poisoning, as USA banks are banned from providing loans to Russia, and government will oppose any loan extension to Russian Putin regime by international institutions, and as the Putin regime of coward mass murderers, for example in Syria and Ukraine, says the move will hurt already-strained USA-Russia ties




Environmental protection: Environmental protection, a practice of protecting the natural environment on individual, organization controlled or governmental levels - International environmental organizations - Environmentalism - Environmental globalization refers to the internationally coordinated practices and regulations - often in the form of international treaties - regarding environmental protection, usually supported by non-governmental organizations and also by some governments of developed countries - List of environmental issues
List of environmental organizations: List of environmental organizations, international and by country
Since 1969 Greenpeace: Since 1969 Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 39 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam
Since 1969 Friends of the Earth: Since 1969 Friends of the Earth International, an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries
Since 1984 Environmental Investigation Agency: Since 1984 Environmental Investigation Agency - EIA is working with civil society collecting information, deeply entrenched in research and data analysis, and at international negotiating platforms poised to propose solutions that work to protect threatened wildlife, forests, and our global climate, according to its website
Since 1993 Global Witness: Since 1993 Global Witness, an international NGO that works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption, and human rights abuses worldwide - Global Witness exposes the hidden links between demand for natural resources, corruption, armed conflict and environmental destruction, according to its website

List of supranational environmental agencies: List of supranational environmental agencies
1873-1951 International Meteorological Organization: 1873-1951 International Meteorological Organization
Since 1950/51 World Meteorological Organization: Since 1950/51 World Meteorological Organization WMO, an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 191 Member States and Territories, originating from the International Meteorological Organization it became the specialised agency of the UN for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences

Environmental law and international environmental agreements: Environmental law by subject and country - International environmental law - Environmental impact assessment - Environmental protection agencies - International environmental agreement - List of international environmental agreements

List of environmental lawsuits: List of environmental lawsuits

Sustainable development - Participation
Natural resources and natural resource economics: Exploitation of natural resources - Natural resource economics, dealing with the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources - Natural resource management - Water resources
Renewable resource: Renewable resource, a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes - Sustainable technologies - Renewable energy - Non-renewable resource
Sustainable agriculture: Sustainable agriculture - Outline of sustainable agriculture
Sustainable forest management: Sustainable forest management regarding a balance between ecological, economic and socio-cultural main pillars to provide integrated benefits to all, ranging from safeguarding local livelihoods to protecting the biodiversity and ecosystems connected with forests, reducing rural poverty and mitigating some of the effects of climate change - 'Reforestation' is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands (forestation) that have been depleted, usually through deforestation
Habitat conservation: Habitat conservation, a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and protect species
March 2021 fight against climate change and biodiversity loss 'undermined by social media's toxic reports': 21 March 2021: Fake news on social media about climate change and biodiversity loss is having a worrying impact in the battle to halt the growing environmental threats to the planet, a group of scientists and analysts have warned

Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles, one of the two most important parts of the general fossil fuel phase-out process, the other being the phase-out of fossil fuel power plants for mains electricity, as more than 14 countries and over 20 cities around the world have proposed banning the sale of passenger vehicles (primarily cars and buses) powered by fossil fuels such as petrol, liquefied petroleum gas and diesel at some time in the future
Since 2016 announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans by country: Since 2016 announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans by country
Since 2016 cities and territories announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans: Since 2016 announced and poposed jurisdictions with planned fossil-fuel vehicle bans by cities and territories

Solutions and potential solutions in the general fossil fuel phase-out process, including the phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles, the phase-out of fossil fuel power plants for mains electricity and more
Technological change: Technological change and technological development


Greenpeace international: Greenpeace international, all countries and regions listed alphabetically - Greenpeace, non-governmental environmental organization founded by Canadian activists in 1971 with offices in over 40 countries, with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, and stating its goal is to 'ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity' and focusing its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues - Greenpeace international website and latest updates - Greenpeace news
Greenpeace Worldwide offices


Agricultural production by commodity, valuable crops and livestock products: Agricultural production by commodity - List of most valuable crops and livestock products - List of 20 largest countries by agricultural output according to the IMF and CIA World Factbook in 2018
Seafood: Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish - History of seafood - Fish processing - Fish as food
Food crops: A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence, as crop may refer either to the harvested parts or to the harvest in a more refined state, and as most crops are cultivated in agriculture or aquaculture - Important food crops
2005-2008 international assessment of agricultural knowledge, science, and technology: 'International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development' IAASTD, a three-year international collaborative effort (2005–2007/2008) initiated by the World Bank, which evaluated the relevance, quality and effectiveness of knowledge, science, and technology involving 110 countries with co-sponsorship of the FAO, Global Environment Facility, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, the World Bank and WHO. It assessed agricultural knowledge, science, and technology with respect to development and sustainability goals of reducing hunger and poverty, improving nutrition, health, rural livelihoods, and facilitating social and environmental sustainability
Statements of the April 2008 IAASTD report 'Agriculture at a Crossroads', not supported by few countries: Statements of the 2008 report 'Agriculture at a Crossroads'. Der Bericht 'Landwirtschaft am Scheideweg' wurde 2008 vom Weltagrarrat IAASTD veröffentlicht, einem Gremium vergleichbar dem 'Weltklimarat' IPCC. Der Bericht fordert insbesondere eine Ausdehnung der ökologischen Landwirtschaft beziehungsweise agrarökologischer Methoden und der Förderung von Kleinbauern. Die Grüne Gentechnik, Agrochemie und geistiges Eigentum von Saatgut werden kritisch hinterfragt. Deutschland, die USA, Kanada und Australien unterzeichneten den Bericht nicht. Anfangs beteiligte Agrarunternehmen beendeten ihre Mitarbeit schon vor dem Schlussberich, der u.a. sagt 'um den Herausforderungen der Zukunft gewachsen zu sein, bedarf es eines radikalen und systematischen Wandels in der landwirtschaftlichen Forschung, Entwicklung und Praxis', 'die Grüne Gentechnik bringt bisher mehr Probleme als Lösungen und lenkt das Forschungsinteresse einseitig auf patentierbare Produkte', und weitere wissenschaftlich begründete kritische Feststellungen

Agriculture by type and country: Agriculture, the profession, science and art of cultivating plants and livestock - Agriculture by type, by continent, and by country
History of agriculture: History of agriculture records the domestication of plants and animals and the development and dissemination of techniques for raising them productively, as agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa, as at several separate regions were involved as independent centers of origin - People in agriculture - Domestication of animals
Since 1980s rising global land inequality and impacts: Since 1980s rising global land inequality and impacts, as 1% of the world’s farms operate 70% of crop fields, ranches and orchards, according to a report that highlights the impact of land inequality on the climate and nature crises, warning that land inequality is rising with farmland increasingly dominated by a few major companies, as researchers found control over the land has become far more concentrated both directly through ownership and indirectly through contract farming, which results in more destructive monocultures and fewer carefully tended smallholdings, 'The Guardian' reports in November 2020
21st century sustainable agriculture: 21st century sustainable agriculture, farming in sustainable ways, which means meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs, and which can be based on an understanding of ecosystem services - Ecology and ecosystem services
Sustainable food system: Sustainable food system, a type of food system that provides healthy food to people while also providing sustainable impacts on both environmental, economic and social systems that surround food, as sustainable food systems start with the development of sustainable agricultural practices, development of more sustainable food distribution systems, creation of sustainable diets and reduction of food waste throughout the system
Animal husbandry: Animal husbandry, the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products, including day-to-day care, selective breeding and the raising of livestock - Animal feed, food given to domestic animals in the course of animal husbandry, as there are two basic types 'fodder' and 'forage' - Branches of animal husbandry - Livestock transportation

Agricultural history and science: Agricultural science, a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture - L’histoire de l'agriculture, l'histoire de la domestication des plantes, des animaux et du développement, par les êtres humains, des techniques nécessaires pour les cultiver ou les élever, puis de la modification des écosystèmes cultivés, transformés en agroécosystèmes. L'agriculture est apparue indépendamment dans différentes parties du monde lors de la Révolution néolithique, il y a parfois plus de dix mille ans. On peut supposer que cela a débuté par une agriculture de subsistance. Puis, peu à peu, s'est créée une agriculture de production et de négoce. - Agriculture et agronomie, portail et page de 'Wikipédia'
Agriculture by continent and country: Agriculture par continent - Agriculture en Afrique - Agriculture par pays
October 2014 the emergence of Karl Marx’s critique of modern agriculture in his 'Notebooks': 1 October 2014: The emergence of Karl Marx’s critique of modern agriculture in the 19th century, as Japanese MEGA editorial group's Kohei Saito explains ecological insights from Marx’s 'Excerpt Notebooks'. Against the robbery economy, Kohei Saito cites Marx who demands both the preservation and sustainable improvements of lands for future generations: 'From the standpoint of a higher socio-economic formation, the private property of particular individuals in the earth will appear just as absurd as the private property of one man in other men. Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not the owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations as boni patres familias.' - Im Abschnitt 10 'Große Industrie und Agrikultur' des 'Kapital' gesteht Marx 1867 ein, daß er mit tradierten Vorurteilen von Stadtbürgern gegenüber der Landbevölkerung und ihrer Arbeit - ein bestimmtes Arbeitsvolumen in der Agrikultur, eine bestimmte Zahl in dieser Produktion Berufstätiger, trägt die gesamte Gesellschaft - noch nicht fertig geworden ist. Daher bleibt ihm unklar, daß die wichtigste Produktionsbedingung der Agrikultur weltweit - der Boden unseres Planeten mit verschiedensten ökologischen Gegebenheiten - nicht wie die Produktionsvoraussetzungen des industriellen Kapitals aufgefaßt werden kann. Der Boden, der bearbeitet wird um insbesondere pflanzliche Wachstumsprozesse in Gang zu setzen, zu kontrollieren und deren Ergebnisse z.B. Getreideprodukte für die Ernährung der Weltbevölkerung nutzbar zu machen, ist kein von Menschen hergestelltes Produkt, kein konstantes Kapital, wenn auch mehr oder weniger über Jahrhunderte modifiziert. Die Klimakatastrophe des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts ist zwar eine menschengemachte Krise, aber keine bezweckte. Die Buchführung und Rechnung ist komplizierter.
Agricultural safety, health and education: Agricultural safety and health - Agricultural education, the teaching of agriculture, natural resources, and land management

Agriculture biologique, impact économiquee et social: Agriculture biologique, impact économiquee et social en Afrique, en Amérique latine, en Amérique du Nord (Canada, États-Unis), en Asie, and Europe, en Union européenne (France, Belgique, Allemagne), en Océanie. Dans l'Union européenne fin 2016, 291 326 exploitations agricoles cultivaient plus de 12,0 millions d'hectares en bio. entre 2015 et 2016, le nombre de fermes et la surface bio de l'UE ont progressé de 8,4 % et 7,6 %
Edition 2014 'L'agriculture bio dans le monde': Edition 2014 'L'agriculture bio dans le monde', 88 pays s’étaient dotés d’une réglementation pour l’agriculture biologique en 2012, en préparation dans 12 autres pays. En 2013, les Etats-Unis et le Japon ont signé un accord d'équivalence. La surface mondiale cultivée suivant le mode biologique est estimée à plus de 37,7 millions d’hectares fin 2012 (estimation réalisée d’après les données, représentant 0,9 % de l’ensemble du territoire agricole des 164 pays enquêtés.

Agricultural cooperatives: Agricultural cooperatives, also known as a farmers' co-op, cooperatives in which farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity - Agricultural cooperatives by continent and country - Agricultural supply cooperatives, as 'wikipedia' lists only several examples in different countries indluding Australia (Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited, Westralian Farmers Co-operative Limited), Canada (Farmers' Storehouse Company, United Farmers of Alberta, Farmers of North America), France (Agrial in Normandy, Terrena in pays de la Loire, Vivescia), Israel (Granot central cooperative), Japan (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives), Ukraine (Ukrainian cooperative movement), USA (Landisville Produce Co-op since 1914, Rockingham Cooperative since 1921, MFA Incorporated, Darigold, Organic Valley, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Southern States Cooperative, Farmers Cooperative Association, Ocean Spray cooperative, Land O'Lakes, Michigan Sugar, Sunkist, Wilco stores in Oregon, Grange Cooperative), Netherlands (Avebe, Agrico, Agrifirm), also listing somce marketing cooperatives - in New Zealand, Canada, Ecuador, India, Israel, Netherlands, Ukraine, USA and Mexico - Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union OCFCU, a smallholder farmer owned cooperative union based in the Oromia region of south, central and west Ethiopia - Bugisu Cooperative Union, a Ugandan agricultural cooperative federation since 1954, started and owned by a group of coffee farmers
Voluntary collective farming in America, Asia and Europe: Voluntary collective farming in Europe, India, Israel, Mexico, Canada and USA - Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union OCFCU, a smallholder farmer owned cooperative union based in the Oromia region of south, central and west Ethiopia - Bugisu Cooperative Union, a Ugandan agricultural cooperative federation since 1954, started and owned by a group of coffee farmers




United Nations Secretariat and Secretary-General of the United Nations - UN Secretary-General selection - a candidate must receive the votes of at least 9 members of the UN Security Council, with no vetoes from permanent members, and a majority vote of the UN General Assembly, but the General Assembly has never refused to appoint the person recommended by the Security Council
1953-1961 Dag Hammarskjöld: 1953-1961 Dag Hammarskjöld, a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations
1961/2018: September 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash on Dag Hammarskjöld's way to talks aimed at ending civil war in neighbouring Congo - 26 September 2017: A UN report into the death of its secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld in a 1961 plane clash in central Africa has found that there is a 'significant amount of evidence' that his flight was brought down by another aircraft - 12 October 2018: UN investigator Othman looking into new evidence on the death of the UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld in a 1961 plane crash has criticised the UK and South Africa for their lack of cooperation - 13 January 2019: Documentary claims UN secretary general Hammarskjöld was assassinated in 1961 plane crash by Belgian mercenary van Risseghem, who was a former British Royal Air Force pilot
2024 UK and USA accused of obstructing inquiry into 1961 death of UN chief: 1 March 2024: The USA and UK have been accused by university researchers of obstructing a United Nations inquiry into the 1961 plane crash that killed the UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld, as a conference in London heard an update from the UN assistant secretary general for legal affairs, Stephen Mathias, on progress in the inquiry, which is seeking archive documentation from member states. 'While Belgium, Sweden and Zimbabwe demonstrated serious efforts, the USA and UK responses were wholly inadequate and showed contempt for the UN inquiry', said the organisers of Thursday’s conference, and Susan Williams, a researcher whose 2011 book Who Killed Hammarskjöld contributed to the reopening of the UN inquiry, said the USA and UK were 'global outliers'.
1972-1981 Kurt Waldheim: United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim 1972-1981 - The International Committee of Historians and Waldheim's involvement with the Wehrmacht of NSDAP-rule German empire 1941-1945, his knowledge of Nazi war crimes - 2 May 2001: CIA knew about Waldheim's Nazi past long before he was appointed UN secretary general - 18 October 2018: Ruth Beckermann's film on Nazi-turned-Austrian president Waldheim, who played a key role in the brutal reprisals against the civilian populations of Yugoslavia and Greece, particularly in the deportation of most of Salonika’s large Jewish population to Nazi death camps, sheds light on rise of nationalism and neo-Nazism today
2007-2016 Ban Ki-moon: 2007-2016 Ban Ki-moon, a South Korean politician, diplomat and the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations
2014: 14 August 2014: After delegation of 11 organizations meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, leaders of major Jewish organizations accuse him of being one-sided in his handling of the crisis in Gaza - 1 November 2014: UN's Ban Ki-moon appoints panel to recommend changes to international peacekeeping in the face of increasingly complex and dangerous conflicts
2015: 23 January 2015: UN's Ban Ki-moon paints a worsening picture of Assad's war in Syria, citing indiscriminate government bombing and opposition shelling, high civilian casualties and deteriorating humanitarian conditions - 13 March 2015: Syrians feel 'increasingly abandoned', UN's Ban Ki-moon says - 24 March 2015: The people of Syria feel 'increasingly abandoned by the world' as global attention focuses on Islamic State militants, while violence and government bureaucracy hinder attempts to deliver aid to 12 million people, UN's Ban Ki-moon repeats on Monday 23 March - 3 May 2015: The UN is telling Syria's Assad regime that the use of explosive weapons in the besieged Palestinian refugee community of Yarmouk and other populated areas must stop - 28 May 2015: 'The level of carnage and devastation throughout the Syrian Arab Republic should shock the collective conscience of the world', UN's Ban Ki-moon says in the fifth year of Assad's war in a report - 24 June 2015: UN's Ban Ki-moon again calls for urgent action in Syria - 21 July 2015: Syrian Coalition criticizes UN's Ban Ki-moon’s silence over Iran and Assad crimes - 17 September 2015: Hungary's treatment of refugees is shocking and unacceptable, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon says - 4 October 2015: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns of a dangerous escalation in Jerusalem and the West Bank and urges leaders to 'condemn violence and incitement' - 31 October 2015: Making reference to the 'brazen and brutal erosion of respect for international humanitarian law', which was characterized by indiscriminate attacks on civilians areas, such as one reported yesterday in a marketplace in Syria and credited to government forces, UN's Ban Ki-moon along with the head of the ICRC calls for action to stop suffering by ending conflict, saying 'Enough is enough'
2016: 15 January 2016: At a press conference in New York UN's Ban Ki-moon warns that the use of starvation as a weapon in Syria amounts to a war crime and a violation of international humanitarian law - 11 March 2016: As Iranian regime insists missiles emblazoned with 'Israel must be wiped out' are 'for legitimate defense', UN's Ban Ki-moon urges Iranian 'moderation' after missile tests, calling on the Iranian regime and its 'moderates' 'not to increase tensions through hasty actions' so soon after nuclear deal 'and so soon after the positive news of the lifting of sanctions against Iran' - 3 May 2016: New Zealand’s former PM Helen Clark started her campaign to become the first woman to lead the UN, saying in Paris that 'peace really matters to women' - 16 June 2016: Ukraine's UN ambassador is 'completely outraged' by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's speech at St. Petersburg forum, asking how the UN chief 'can say such things which sort of praise the role of Russia in settling the conflict in Ukraine when the Russian Federation is the main player in aggressing Ukraine and in keeping this conflict boiling' - 29 December 2016 (British Guardian): Can 'toothless UN seize last chance to save itself' and its task with António Guterres, a practicing catholic?
Since 2017 Antonio Guterres: Since 17 February 2017 UN Secretary-General Portugal's - with a long history as a colonial power - politician Antonio Guterres, whose political career began in 1974, when he became a member of the 'Socialist Party', is due to name a judge or prosecutor as the head of a new UN team aiming to bring Syria war crimes to court - 21 février 2017: Juger les crimes contre l'humanité commis par le régime syrien, c'est la requête faite à la Cour pénale internationale par des intellectuels et des artistes syriens, consignée dans une lettre ouverte au secrétaire général de l'ONU Antonio Guterres - 25 April 2017: Syrian Interim Government sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General Guterres highlighting the systematic bombing of hospitals and medical facilities by the Assad regime and Russia forces - 1 June 2017: UN's Guterres calls for referring Syrian file to the International Criminal Court, accusing the Syrian regime of hampering the access of civilians to humanitarian aid - 8 August 2017: UN's Guterres says a UN commission probing war crimes in Syria should continue its work, despite the resignation of prosecutor Carla Del Ponte - 14 December 2017: UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned that Iran may be defying a call to halt ballistic missile development and may have passed ballistic missiles to Yemen's Houthis, also saying that the Simorgh space launch vehicle that Iran launched on 27 July, if configured as a ballistic missile, is 'inherently capable of delivering nuclear weapons'
January 2018: 11 January 2018: António Guterres calls on UN member states to adopt humane approach to refugees and migrants by making more travel routes available and protecting foreign workers - 30 January 2018: UN's Guterres meets with Sudan’s president, who is accused of genocide, on grounds of alleged 'operational necessity'
February 2018 UN's Guterres supports Assad regime's war criminals and mass murderers: 23 February 2018: With support of UN head Guterres Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari elected to the 'UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization', as Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch, says that 'it is incomprehensible for the UN on one day to lament the Syrian regime’s killing and wounding of hundreds of thousands of Syrians - to declare the regime guilty of a ‘monstrous campaign of annihilation’ of its own people - and to then hand this gift of false legitimacy to the mass murderer Bashar al-Assad'
11 February 2020 regime soldiers pay homage to Assad: 11 February 2020: Assad regime soldiers pay homage to the dictator in Damascus, based since 1970 on Assadism and Ba'athism ideology, supporting the creation of one-party states and rejecting political pluralism in an unspecified length of time - 12 February 2020: UN records the biggest movement of displaced people since the start of Assad's war in 2011, as his regime airstrike on Idleb kills 12 civilians including 7 children
13 August 2021 Taliban imposing ‘horrifying’ human rights curbs, UN chief warns: 13 August 2021: Taliban imposing ‘horrifying’ human rights curbs, UN chief warns, as Guterres calls on the Taliban to halt its advance, saying they are imposing severe restrictions on human rights in areas of Afghanistan under its control, in particular targeting women and journalists, as Afghans in disbelief over Taliban gains, and residents of Herat and Kandahar express shock and anger at the swift fall of their cities to the Taliban
22 January 2022 UN has condemned a reported air strike on a Yemen detention centre: 22 January 2022: UN has condemned an air strike on a Yemen detention centre - a facility in Saada stronghold of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in NW-Yemen -, that has killed more than 70 people, as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that the 'escalation needs to stop', and as fighting Houthi rebels in the country Saudi-led coalition denied it had carried out the air strike, saying in a statement on Saturday that the site was not on a list of targets, to avoid that had been agreed with the UN and had not been reported by the Red Cross - 22 January 2022: Saudi-led coalition denies targeting prison after Yemen strike kills dozens, but 8 aid agencies operating in Yemen said in a joint statement they were 'horrified by the news that more than 70 people, including migrants, women and children, have been killed... in a blatant disregard for civilian lives'

UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General: UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General - UN Special Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General
Since 2017 UN Special Representatives following the appointment of the current UN secretary-general: List of current UN Special Representatives
UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General: Special Envoy of the Secretary-General
UN Under-Secretary-General: Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
UN Deputy Secretary-General: Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
2016 UN's deputy secretary-general Eliasson says whole world has failed the Syrian people: 20 August 2016: Responding to questions about the heartbreaking photos of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh, rescued from under the rubble of his home in Aleppo that was destroyed in an airstrike and whose brother died, UN's deputy secretary-general Jan Eliasson says that the whole world has failed the Syrian people, as Syrian Coalition's Osama Taljou calls upon the United Nations to hold Assad accountable for killing over 400,000 Syrians and displacing over 13 million more, stressing that the Syrian people will never give up the struggle for freedom and dignity

UN Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict: UN Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict
2012 Annual Report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict: 11 June 2012: Annual Report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict - 12 June 2012: Assads forces using Syrian children as human shields, UN report says
October 2017: 5 October 2017: Millions of children caught in conflict, victims and targets of despicable harm, according to UN 2016 report revealing shocking levels of grave violations against children affected by conflicts - 5 October 2017: Adding to its existing list UN blacklists Iran-allied Houthi rebel group in Yemen, Yemeni government forces, pro-government militia, al Qaeda and Saudi-led coalition for killing children in the Arabian Peninsula
November 2017: 17 November 2017: Criticizing the performance of UN staff covering the conflict in Syria, SNHR says UN Secretary General report on Syria children is ‘not accurately reflecting the atrocious reality in Syria’
July 2018: 28 July 2018: Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, told the UN Security Council that the first quarter of 2018 saw a 348% increase in killing and maiming of children in Syria compared to the previous quarter, also saying that over 100 attacks on hospitals and medical facilities or personnel have been verified since the beginning of 2018, as Guterres supports Assad's regime and therefore Assad's, Russian and Iranian war crimes

United Nations Special Coordinator for the 'Middle East' Peace Process: United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process - 22 June 2014: UN envoy Robert Serry denies claim he tried to funnel $20m to Hamas behind Israel's back - 5 February 2015: Nikolay Mladenov to replace Robert Serry as UN mideast envoy - 7 June 2015: Israel's PM Netanyahu chides world over silence after new Gaza rocket attacks in 2015, saying 'I have not heard a single international figure condemn the violence, not even at the United Nations' - 16 September 2015: The UN’s Mideast peace envoy Nikolay Mladenov warns that clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in and around Jerusalem’s holy sites have the potential to ignite violence well beyond the walls of its Old City, pointing to 'a vicious tide of terror and extremism' in the region
UN Special Representative and Envoy for Syria: United Nations Special Representative for Syria
2012/2013: 20 August 2012: The Syrian National Council has asked the new UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to apologise over his refusal to immediately call for Bashar al-Assad to step down - 17 July 2013: Five thousand people a month are dying in Syria's war, which has now generated the worst refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, UN says
2014: 13 May 2014: UN and Arab League special representative on Syria Brahimi resigns - 11 October 2014: UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura fears massacre after Islamic State terrorists seize Kurdish HQ in Kobane - 30 October 2014: UN warns that some of Syria's neighbors are at their 'breaking point', caught between a sense of duty to keep their borders open to refugees and a responsibility to their own citizens
2015: 14 February 2015: The Syrian Coalition sent a strongly worded letter to the UN Security Council explaining the atrocities and massacres committed by the Assad regime in the district of Douma - 14 February 2015: France repeated its position that Syrian regime's Al-Assad must step down as part of any political transition after UN Special Envoy de Mistura said that Al-Assad 'is part of the solution' - 18 March 2015: The Syrian Coalition sent a letter to the UN Security Council calling for punishing Assad under Chapter VII of UN Charter after regime's latest chlorine gas attack on Sarmin in rural Idlib on Monday - 25 April 2015: UN envoy to Syria to begin talks with groups and regional powers in hopes to end conflict - 4 May 2015: Syrian Coalition's decision to attend Geneva meetings to consider how to get rid of Assad - 8 June 2015: UN Special Envoy to Syria de Mistura, who recently called Assad a 'part of the solution', now says the dictator must go and should be militarily pressured to do so by the USA - 19 June 2015: Over 70 countries demand that Assad regime stops deadly aerial attacks against the Syrian people - 9 July 2015: WikiLeaks Cable details private meeting between Assad and Kofi Annan in 2012 - 30 July 2015: The Palestinian Committee for Human Rights condemns the decision by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to stop the provision of aid and support to 18,000 people in Damascus' Yarmouk refugee camp, after removing the camp from its list of besieged Syrian areas - 27 December 2015: UN sets to start Syrian peace talks on 25 January 2016 in Geneva - 30 December 2015: 40,000 civilians in Syria's Madaya city, besieged by Assad regime forces and Hezbollah since months, are starving to death amid silence by the international envoy
2016: 6 January 2016: Residents of the Syrian town of Madaya north of Damascus say they are dying of starvation as a result of a months-long siege by Assad regime's forces, as an aid official, who visited Madaya and Zabadani in October, cites an appeal from the children in those two places - 6 January: Syrian Coalition calls upon the Arab League, the UN, and the UN envoy to Syria to shoulder their responsibilities towards the civilians trapped by Assad gangs and the Hezbollah militia in Madaya, Biqqin and other besieged areas - 7 January 2016: Turkey's Davutoglu says that Russia has become a partner of the Syrian regime, which is brutally bombing civilians in Syria, and the world should not tolerate a situation where Syrians are fleeing the bombing, adding that the UN Security Council and Russia are responsible for the tragedy unfolding in Syria - 18 January 2016: A leaked document from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations in Damascus shows that the organization was aware of the existence of famine in Madaya months ago - 22 January 2016: The United Nations reportedly altered a key humanitarian aid plan for Syria after consultation with the Assad regime, including deleting references to besieged areas such as Madaya where thousands of people are starving - 25 January: Sit-in of protestors in Istanbul to denounce Russian, Iranian and Assad's terrorism against the Syrian People, stressing that stopping barrel bombing and Russian airstrikes, lifting the siege and releasing the detainees are non-negotiable humanitarian demands - 25 January: UN talks on Syria due to begin later this week despite disagreement on key issues, Mistura says - 26 January: The Syrian Coalition says that 'the informal talks that De Mistura will host in Geneva assume that the problem is not in the Assad regime, but between Syrians themselves (and that) this approach will not only exempt the Assad regime from responsibility for the crisis, but will also present the regime as the only salvation for a community that is fragmented and divided (and that) Tehran will appear as a guarantor of Syria’s unity after it was the dynamite that blew it apart'
January 2016 UN hosted Geneva Syria talks: 30 January 2016: Part of Syrian opposition announced late Friday that it would join the Geneva talks after receiving 'UN assurances' - 30 janvier 2016: La délégation de l'opposition syrienne doit arriver samedi soir à Genève pour participer aux discussions organisées par l'ONU, mais en Syrie 16 autre personnes sont mortes de faim dans la ville de Madaya, assiégée par les forces pro Assad, depuis que des convois humanitaires y sont entrés mi-janvier - 30 January: Syrian opposition demands release of prisoners before peace talks - 30 January 2016: Russian air forces have murdered 1,380 civilians, including 332 children, 195 women and 853 men and young men, since the 30th of September 2015, documented by SOHR - 30 January 2016: Despite promises which has been said that the opposition delegation received for Geneva consultations, Russian warplanes continue to target the Syrian areas and the siege also continues - 31 January 2016: Russian war planes strike Homs as Geneva hosts UN-brokered 'peace' talks
February 2016: 2 February: Situation remains unclear in Geneva as UN's Mistura announces start of Syrian talks - 2 February: After the Assad regime, Russia and Iran even have escalated barbaric attacks, Riyad Naasan Agha urges the international community and the UN to take measures in order to deter Russia and the Assad regime from committing further crimes against the Syrian people - 3 February: The Assad regime and Russia have killed nearly 300 civilians in Syria since the launch of the Geneva III conference on January 29th, according to the SNHR - 4 February: After UN envoy Mistura halted his efforts to conduct Geneva talks, Turkish president Erdogan says Syrian talks in Geneva are pointless while Assad's forces and Russia continue their attacks - 4 February: Syrian Coalition says that UN envoy Mistura’s decision to suspend Geneva talks due to Assad's refusal to implement UN Security Council resolution 2254, and that it's reflecting the international community’s failure to put pressure on the regime and its allies, mainly Russia and Iran - 4 February 2016: Russian bombs triggering mass Aleppo exodus, Syria conference told - 5 February 2016: As murderous Russian and Assad regime's airstrikes, killing hundreds of civilians, trigger mass exodus from Aleppo, Turkey's Erdogan slams world’s silence over Russia’s aggression on Syria - 10 February: UK special representative for Syria Bayley says that Russia 'cannot continue to claim a seat at the table whilst deliberately bombing the moderate opposition and killing civilians in blatant breach of international humanitarian law' - 12 February: Partial ceasefire 'within a week' in Syria agreed at Munich talks but no end in sight to Russian airstrikes, as UN’s Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein underlines the urgency of the need for humanitarian access to besieged areas, condemning Assad regime's offensive and Russian airstrikes displacing tens of thousands of Syrian civilians, as Syrian Coalition's Hijab, at a news conference in London, condemns the scorched earth policy through the intensification of the bombardment by Russians and Iranians, and as USA's Warren describes the Assad regime’s and Russia’s onslaught on Aleppo province as 'systematic and widespread attack on civilians' - 13 February 2016: UN-backed investigators to look into reports of five possible uses of chlorine and mustard gas on rebel-held areas in Syria - 13 February 2016: Ukrainian President Poroshenko at Munich 'Security Conference', focusing on the migrant crisis as well as the war in Syria, underlines the importance of not giving into the Russian propaganda during the conference, saying 'Mr Putin, Mr Lavrov, Mr Medvedev, this is your aggression in Ukraine and we do not give you any tiny opportunity to provide here propaganda, Kremlin style propaganda, to poison the opinion of European people' - 14 February: So-called 'ceasefire' deal seems more an endorsement of Russian regime's murderous role in Syria than a challenge to it, as opposition against dictatorship in Syria is abandoned by the USA and European governments, British newspaper states - 14/15 February: Riyad Hijab says in Munich that the solution for the crisis in Syria lies in neutralizing foreign hostile operations carried out by Russia and Iran and its allied militias, and in stopping the bombardment that Russian warplanes are carrying out on populated areas - 15 February 2016: A makeshift clinic supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in Idlib province hit by a suspected Russian strike, killing nine people and wounding dozens, as in a separate incident seven Russian missiles struck a hospital in the northern town of Azaz - 15 February: Following the recent war crime in Idlib, Syrian Coalition condemns Russian crimes and airstrikes targeting civilian neighborhoods, medical centers, schools and houses of worship adding the crime in Idlib will not be the last as long as the international community keeps silent and shirks its responsibility to respond to them - 16 February: France and Turkey say that air strikes on hospitals in northern Syria constitute war crimes - 16 February: SNHR says it had documented eight new chemical weapons attacks by Assad regime forces against rebel-held areas in Syria in late 2015, that killed 19 people and also caused dozens of cases of asphyxiation - 19 February: Considering Russian aggression in Syria as 'blatant violations of international law' in the same way as spokesperson Farhan Haq for the UN Secretary General, Syrian Network for Human Rights calls upon the USA and Europe to stop considering Russia a key partner in the efforts aimed at finding a political solution in Syria - 22 February 2016: War crimes in Syria's five-year-old conflict are widespread and Syrian government forces and Islamic State militants continue to commit crimes against humanity in the face of inaction by the international community, UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry says in its latest report - 22 February: Syrian opposition's faction provisionally agrees to temporary truce, provided there were guarantees Assad’s allies including Russia would implement the ceasefire - 23 February: Syrian Coalition aays Assad regime unable to control foreign, Iranian-backed militias - 26 February: Syrian Coalition demands investigation into regime’s seizing of UN aid airdrops on Deir Ezzor - 26 February: Excluding the district of Darayya from ceasefire agreement is unacceptable, Syrian Coalition says - 27 February: UN wants ot respond quickly to violations to reach cessation of attacks in Syria, following agreement that urges weapons such as aerial bombing, mortal shelling, and rockets not to be used - 27 February: The Syrian Coalition says that the Assad regime has violated the 'cessation of hostilities' agreement after it took effect at Friday midnight, bombing 15 rebel-held areas across Syria with heavy machine-guns, artillery and barrel bombs in Damascus, Rural Damascus, Daraa, Aleppo, Homs, Hama and Latakia province - 29 February: Syria’s opposition will stick to the cessation of hostilities despite violations and more breaches on Sunday, Salem al-Muslat says - 29 February: In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Syrian opposition is warning attacks by Russian warplanes backing government forces are threatening fragile truce - 29 February: The district of Qaboun in the northern suburbs of Damascus remains under siege despite a cease-fire agreement reached two years ago in early 2014 and despite new 'cessation of hostilities', residents and activists say - 29 February 2016: Continuing Russian-backed terror attacks, Assad regime forces shell places, carry out raids and drop more barrel bombs on areas in Idlib province, dropping several barrel bombs on the villages of al-Najyeh and al-Kenda and carrying out airstrikes on the city of Jisr al-Shughur, which killed a pregnant woman and injured 12 others, including four children and 2 citizen women, in Lattakia province, also dropping barrel bombs, in Homs province, also dropping barrel bombs, in Rif Damashq province, where civilians were wounded by regime forces and activists accused regime forces in using gases, and in Aleppo province - 29 February / 1 March: Activists say that 29 civilians, including 15 in Aleppo, were killed in Russian and regime attacks on rebel-held areas on Sunday, recording attacks on 40 areas across Syria in violation of the UN-backed truce agreement
March 2016: 1 March 2016: Syrian Assad regime forces and their allies accused of threatening the fragile ceasefire, as aid groups still hope to reach over a hundred thousand people in desperate need - 2 March 2016: War Monitor SNHR documents 44 violations on third day of UN-backed truce - 2 March: Syrian Coalition calls on UN to deter Assad breaches of truce, as 143 regime violations of truce are documented since Saturday - 3 March: The Syrian Network for Human Rights says it has documented 35 violations of the UN-sponsored truce on its fifth day, Wednesday - 4 March: Russian and Assad regime forces have deliberately struck hospitals and medical facilities in Aleppo as they advanced on the north Syrian town, killing and wounding civilians and medical workers, according to rights group - 7 March: Turkey and Qatar backed Syrian Coalition demands release of detainees - 8 March 2016: Assad’s forces, supported by Russian air strikes, had carried out a massacre of dozens of civilians around Aleppo on Monday, Riad Hijab says - 9 March 2016: Syrian Coalition calls for urgent international action to lift siege on Darayya and for the release of detainees from the prisons of the Assad regime to enhance chances of a political solution - 12 March: Main Syrian opposition will attend peace talks in Geneva, starting in two days’ time - 13 March: Syrian Coalition calls for full sustained access of aid convoys to besieged areas - 14 March: Syrian opposition delegation arrives in Switzerland ahead of second round of UN-backed peace talks - 14/15 March: Syrian opposition delegation will meet with the UN envoy to discuss the political transition process, the forming of a transitional governing body with full powers to find a permanent political solution and to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people - 15 March: After Russian regime's Putin announced on Monday that 'the main part' of its armed forces in Syria would start to withdraw, UN human rights investigators on Syria say that preparing prosecutions against war criminals should not be delayed until the end of the conflict in Syria, now entering its sixth year - 19 March: UN raises pressure on Syrian Assad regime as peace talks end first week - 22 March 2016: A total of 530 people were killed in the first 23 days of a truce in Syria in areas covered by the cessation of hostilities agreement, SOHR days - 23 March: The Syrian opposition said on Tuesday there was no common ground with the Assad regime after more than a week of peace talks, accusing the regime of renewing sieges and stepping up barrel bombings on civilians - 23 March: Syrian Coalition demands to put pressure on the Assad regime to be serious in Geneva talks - 24 March: Saudi Arabia-backed Syrian opposition’s negotiating delegation in Geneva has laid out a comprehensive vision for the transitional period in Syria, involving the formation of a transitional governing body with full powers, drafting a new constitution and holding free and democratic elections - 24 March: Summing up 'Geneva III Intra-Syrian Talks' press conferences with Mistura, who now acknowledges that there are 'two negotiating parties' - 25 mars: Reprise des discussions de Genève le 9 ou 10 avril, selon l'ONU - 25 March: Syrian Coalition's Samira al-Masalmah says that Syrian Women aspire to a political transition that achieves justice, freedom, dignity and equality for all Syrians and accountability for crimes against the Syrian people, criticizing calls to lift economic sanctions on the Assad regime - 27 March 2016: More than 170 civilians including 41 children and 34 women are among the 646 people killed in a month of 'truce' in Syria, according to SOHR - 28 March: The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented 896 violations of the February 'cessation of hostilities' agreement, saying that nearly 129 people, including 28 children and 11 women, were killed in these violations
April 2016: 1 April 2016: Syrian Coalition urges UNSC to stop Assad regime violations of truce and targeting of civilians, as regime’s warplanes continue to commit massacres - 4 April: Assad regime reportedly continues to block aid to besieged areas - 6 April 2016: SOHR documented the death of 2,658 persons in March 2016 including 588 civilians and 214 child and citizen women, 223 citizens including 43 children and 45 citizen women were killed in raids by Russian and Syrian warplanes’ bombing and helicopters’ barrel bombs, 90 civilians including 23 children and 5 citizen women were killed in the shelling and sniper fire of the regime forces, 28 civilians were killed under torture in Assad regime prisons and dungeons of its intelligence branches, 5 citizens including 3 children and a citizen women died due to poor health conditions and the bad living conditions and the lack of medication, 13 civilians including 7 children and 2 citizen women were killed in the bombing by warplanes of the international coalition - 13 April 2016: Syrian activists and civil society associations have appealed to end the siege on the city of Daraya, south-western Damascus, and other besieged areas days after the UN criticized the Syrian Assad regime for hindering the delivery of aid to blockaded areas - 13/15 April: Syrian Coalition's Nyrabiya says that Assad killed 1,400 Syrians during truce and that political transition is vital to protect Syrians, also saying that Assad is using truce deal to make advances on the ground - 15 April: Syrian Coalition’s Yasser Farhan says that the intransigence of the Assad regime and its refusal to lift the blockades on the besieged cities have exacerbated the suffering of civilians - 16 avril 2016: De violents combats qui ont déjà fait 210 morts depuis dimanche dernier, impliquant tous les protagonistes de la guerre en Syrie, poussent sur les routes des milliers de civils dans le nord, jetant une ombre sur les pourparlers entre le régime et l'opposition à Genève - 20 April 2016: Political solution in Syria impossible while criminal Assad remains, Riyad Hijab says - 20 April 2016: Political opposition adjourns UN-led peace talks as Syrian Assad regime's air strikes kill at least 35 civilians and injure dozens in Idleb following attacks on crowded areas of two marketplaces - 22 April 2016: UN will name a coordinator to probe the fate of Syrians in Assad’s prisons, killed, tortured and starving in custody - 23 April: Syrian Coalition Anas al-Abdah says that the international community’s soft stance in dealing with Assad, who continues to commit massacres against civilians in Syria, is seen by him as a license to carry on with his crimes against the Syrian people, as at least 20 civilians, including children, were killed and many more wounded in intensified aerial bombing of Aleppo on Friday by regime and Russian forces - 25 April: Regime forces carried out two appalling massacres on Saturday in the Damascus countryside and the city of Aleppo, with dozens of dead and wounded, including women and children - 25 April: Hijab says number of civilian casualties and besieged cities has increased since envoy Mistura's appointment, after comments in which Mistura described the withdrawal of the committee from the talks as a political display - 27 April: Date of new Geneva Syria talks unclear amid conflicting reports - 27 April: Syrian Coalition calls for timetable for lifting sieges and releasing detainees, as meeting with representatives of the 'Friends of the Syrian People' group also touches on the suggestion to establish a safe area in Syria - 28 April: Assad’s targeting of hospitals a war crime backed by Russia and Iran, Syrian Coaltion says - 29 April: United Nations and USA condemn Syria hospital bombing in war-ravaged Aleppo, with UN officials also voicing alarm at the 'catastrophic deterioration' of the situation in Syria and appealing on world powers to salvage February truce - 29 April 2016: United NGOs International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières demand end to Syria atrocities as Assad regime's Aleppo airstrikes continue - 30 April: Surge in fighting on the Aleppo battlefied shows 'monstrous disregard' for civilian lives, UN says
May 2016: 1 May 2016: Syrian Coalition's Anas al-Abdah urges 'Friends of Syria' to end Assad regime’s war crimes in Aleppo, as regime and Russian warplanes continue to launch brutal attacks for the ninth consecutive day, hitting Aleppo with all types of bombs and missiles and returning to bomb the same target after rescue workers and first responders have gathered to help the victims - 1 May 2016: Continuing Russian-backed terror attacks, Assad regime forces shell places, carry out raids and drop more barrel bombs on areas in Aleppo, in Hayan and the village of Tal Msibin, as violent clashes in the countryside continue, in Homs, Idlib and al-Suwaidaa province, in Hama province, and in Rif Damashq province
- 1 May 2016: Despite the alleged truce and the data of Mistura, 3,116 people including 859 civilians were killed during the second month of it, documented by the SOHR during the month of April - 2 May: Russian regime offering the Syrian people 'two hard choices', accepting Assad’s terms or the bombing and destruction of whole cities and vital civilian facilities, Syrian Coalition's Nyrabia says, as Russian regime is directly involved in the massacres, also bombing hospitals as strategy of war - 3 May: Russia deceiving international community to keep Assad in power, Syrian Coalition’s Nora al-Ameer says - 6 May: Assad regime accused of bombing a Syrian refugee camp near Sarmada, a town in Idlib province, that left dozens of civilians dead and wounded and the camp in ruins, with one witness describing a scene of horror, with tents on fire and body parts strewn around the area - 6 May: Syrian Coalition urges UN to visit Hama prison, warns of imminent massacre - 6 May: Assad regime forces prevent UN aid convoys from entering the district of Al-Waer in Homs - 9 May: Syrian Coalition's Abu Hatab slams international community’s reluctance to establish no-fly zone to protect hospitals, as health services in the liberated areas have seriously deteriorated as a result of the continued deliberate targeting of hospitals and medical facilities by regime and Russian forces - 11 May: During meeting with Friends of Syria Group in Paris Riyad Hijab says that the political process can only continue by immediately and unconditionally implementing UN resolutions related to the cessation of violence - 11 May: Assad continues to bomb Aleppo, as UN investigators demand halt to attacks on civilians, as 10 people, including women and children, are killed in airstrikes by regime forces on the town of Binnish in rural Idlib and Alzoabi says that Russia and USA are unable to stop Assad’s crimes - 14 May 2016: Assad regime and Russian forces stepped up airstrikes on rural Idlib, concentrated on populated areas and vital civilian facilities on Friday, killing 20 civilians and injuring at least 35 - 16 May: International Syria Support Group ISSG should raise Russia’s aggression during next meeting in Vienna on Tuesday, Riad Nassan Agha says - 19 May: Alzoabi says that the statements made by the Assad regime and its allies on a political solution in Syria are just a smokescreen behind which they hide their real intentions and plans - 21 May: Russia is offering the Syrian people a choice between Assad or continued killings, head of the opposition’s negotiation delegation Alzoabi says, criticizing the role of the UN's Mistura in the negotiations, saying Mistura listens to decisions by Russia and the USA and serves the interests of major powers - 24 Mai 2016: Assad regime continues to block aid convoys to besieged civilians, UN's Dujarric says - 25 May: Forming a transitional governing body will help defeat terror in Syria, Syrian coalition's Hisham Marwa says - 29 May: Fears of UN reversal over aid airdrops plan to send food and urgent medicine to besieged towns in Syria, as British MP's ask whether the words of the international community are meant to mean anything - 30 May: Chief negotiator of Syria's main opposition umbrella group Mohammed Allush resigns over the failure of UN-backed peace talks, the continued shelling of rebel-held areas by al-Assad's regime, and over 'international community’s lack of seriousness'
June 2016: 1 June 2016: Russia blamed for overnight strikes which targeted two hospitals and other parts of Idleb city, killing scores including several children, in the latest incident in a systematic aerial campaign against medical personnel and facilities that has gone unpunished despite its intensification over the last year and a half - 1 June 2016: Hospitals are now normal targets of war, Médecins Sans Frontières' Michiel Hofman says, describing permanent members of the UN security council as complicit in killings - 1 June 2016: Sources from Idlib province have confirmed that Russian air forces were responsible for targeting Idlib Monday 30 May, killing and injuring scores while causing destruction to vital infrastructure - 2 June: Syrian opposition has proposed a nationwide truce on the occasion of Ramadan, as a UN aid convoy entered the besieged towns of Daraya and Moadamiya, reaching besieged suburb of the Syrian capital in a first delivery since 2012, but according to reports 'there is no indication that there is a true move towards loosening the sieges and allowing an end to the starvation strategy' - 6 June 2016: At least 53 civilians, including women and children, were killed and many more wounded in intense bombardment of Aleppo by the Assad regime and Russian forces on Sunday - 13 June: Russia’s continued aggression on Syria disrupted Geneva negotiations, Syrian Coalition says in Brussels - 17 June 2016: 80 civilians killed by Russian airstrikes on Aleppo despite 48-hour truce, Syrian Coalition says that Russian regime has lost its credibility as a sponsor of negotiations and that the regime proves day after day it cannot claim to be a guarantor of the political process as it is directly complicit in the crimes and terrorism perpetrated against the Syrian people - 24 June 2016: UN urged to protect Syrian civilians from Russian incendiary bombs - 27 June 2016: Syrian Coalition's Muwaffaq Nyrabiya says, UN reluctance to hold Assad accountable risks shattering political process - 28 June 2016: UK envoy to Syria Bayley says reports of Russian strikes on civilian areas constitute a violation of the UN-backed cessation of hostilities agreement, as Russian warplanes continue to target Deir-ez-Zor civilians
July 2016: 18 July 2016: Syrian Coalition's Maktabi says that the USA continues to ignore the terror practiced by the Russians in cooperation with the Iranians and the Assad regime in Syria, criticizing the absence of the international will to hold the Assad regime accountable for the war crimes and the inability of the international community to stop those crimes - 19 juillet 2016: Près de 60 civils, dont 11 enfants, morts et des dizaines de blessés mardi dans des raids de la coalition menée par les Etats-Unis près du village d'al-Toukhar tenu par Daech dans la province d'Alep, selon l'OSDH - 19 July 2016: As at least 500 civilians were killed in aerial attacks by the Assad regime and Russia forces on Aleppo and its countryside between 11-19 July mainly directed on the rebel-held areas, Syrian Coalition's Yahya says that the Syrian people lost confidence in the international community as more get killed every day - 22 July 2016: Asa’ad Alzoabi says the Hezbollah militias have been recruiting children to fight alongside the Assad regime, calling on the international community to take action in order to stop the flow of foreign fighters to Syria - 25 July: Bombing of hospitals by Assad and Russian regime disprove claims they agree to political solution, Syrian Coalition's Steifo says - 26 July 2016: Russian warplanes fired vacuum missiles and cluster bombs at residential neighborhoods, hitting Atareb's main hospital and medicine stores and wounding 45 more people - 26 July 2016: Syrian Coalition's Alabdah calls on International Syria Support Group to take urgent action after regime and Russian air forces escalated their attacks with systematic targeting of vital civilian infrastructure; particularly medical facilities - 28 July 2016: 5,188 civilians killed since start of 'Cessation of Hostilities', SNHR says - 28 July 2016: The regime forces with full Russian air cover control the entire factories of Leiramon and large parts of Bani Zaid neighborhood north of Aleppo, as Assad's helicopters also dropped barrel bombs on areas at Bab al-Hadid neighborhood - 31 July: UN's Syria envoy urges Russia to leave so called 'humanitarian corridors' to UN - 31 July 2016: Four new-born babies reportedly killed after a recent triple airstrike, which aid workers said came from Syrian government warplanes, hit besieged Aleppo’s last children’s hospital run by a group of Syrian doctors, the Independent Doctors’ Association, and backed by the charity Unicef
August 2016: 1 August 2016: Syrian Coalition's Bashar says that the international community standing by as Russian and Assad regimes destroy Aleppo - 8 August 2016: Russian warplanes are attacking the town of Saraqeb, its vicinity and countryside until today with more than 105 airstrikes causing destruction of homes, schools, public facilities, institutions of electricity and water and medical points, leaving four casualties at least including a child, and about 70 wounded - 8 August 2016: Hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in rebel-held northern province of Idlib that specialized in pediatrics hit by series of airstrikes in broad daylight, leaving four staff and five children dead and injuring six other hospital staff members - 8 August 2016: Continuous airstrikes target Aleppo, its countryside and outskirts, causing casualties and wounded people - 25 August 2016: Special Advisor Jan Egeland says UN ready to send aid to Aleppo at any time, waiting for ceasefire - 27 August 2016: Syrian Coalition condemns forced displacement of Daraya residents as the spokesman for the local council in Darya F. Mohammed points out that Mistura's statement regarding the evacuation of Daraya is aimed at evading responsibility to protect the people of Daraya and preventing their forced displacement by the Assad regime, adding that the UN and Mistura chose to remain silent about the regime’s torching of Daraya farmlands, its deliberate bombing of its only field hospital, and its use of incendiary napalm against residential neighborhoods in the district - 31 August: Syrian Coalition calls for inquiry into UN dealings with the Assad regime following corruption revelations
September 2016: 1 September 2016: Women of Syria, a strong constituency for peace, says Insaf Hamad, member of the first-ever Women’s Advisory Board, composed of 12 independent civil society representatives from diverse backgrounds, who consult regularly with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, raising matters that are missing from the agenda and providing recommendations to assist the peace talks - 7 September: After Assad's helicopters dropped several barrel bombs filled with the toxic chlorine gas on the Aleppo neighborhood of Alsukkari Syrian Coalition says that the international community’s silence on Assad’s crimes has encouraged the regime to use chemical weapons against unarmed civilians over again - 8 September: Opposition sets out three-phase plan for political solution in Syria - 10 September: Putin-Assad forces renew terror attacks in Syria hours after USA-Russia deal, as 'Bellingcat' journalists document that Russian regime lied about its noninvolvement in the 17 August bombing of Al-Qaterji district in Aleppo city, that wounded five-year-old Omran Daqneesh and killed his brother - 13 September 2016: In breach of the agreement to allow unhindered access, Syrian Assad regime is blocking aid from entering eastern Aleppo, claims UN - 15 September 2016: Aleppo Local Council rejects presence of Russian forces on Castello Road, saying presence is not acceptable due to its lack of neutrality - 15 September: UN's Mistura admits 'we have a problem' on getting humanitarian aid into Syria, despite the USA-Russia brokered deal - 16 September: Aid delivery into besieged areas does not require regime’s consent and requests by UN's Mistura 'for the regime’s approval to go ahead with the delivery of aid contravenes the UN Security Council resolutions on Syria and renders the cessation of hostilities agreement meaningless', Syrian Coalition says - 16 September: Syrian Coalition's Yahya says that absence of punishment encourages Assad regime and its allies to violate ceasefire agreements, as SCHR says that at least 129 civilians were killed across Syria between 12-15 September, including 78 civilians killed as a result of bombardment by the Russian and regime forces - 19 septembre: L'ONU déplore le blocage d'un convoi d'aide pour les habitants des quartiers est d'Alep à la frontière turco-syrienne pendant la semaine de trêve - 20 September 2016: USA blames Russia after UN aid convoy in Syria targeted by air attack and UN official says 'inexplicable' attack could amount to a war crime if bombing which killed aid workers proved to be deliberate - 20 September 2016: Red Cross president says attack on UN and Red Crescent convoy delivering supplies is unacceptable violation of international law and UN suspends all aid convoy movements in Syria after airstrike
October 2016: 6 October 2016: Eastern Aleppo could be destroyed by Christmas if the 'cruel, constant' Russian-backed bombing of the Syrian city continues, UN Syria envoy says warning of 'another Srebrenica, another Rwanda' and offering to personally escort Islamist fighters out of city to halt bombing - 13 October 2016: USA Secretary of State John Kerry plans to meet Russian regime's FM Sergey Lavrov in Switzerland on 15 October and to try once again to reach an agreement on a cessation of violence in Syria and renewal of humanitarian help deliveries, as several countries call the USA and the EU to add more sanctions against Russian regime and as rescue workers say, that 145 people, including many children, are killed in last two days of Russian/Assad bombing of Syria's Aleppo - 15 octobre 2016: Négociations à Lausanne, Alep sous les bombes - 15 October 2016: Syria talks with Russian regime, including envoys from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, in Lausanne's lakeside 'Beau-Rivage' hosted by USA's John Kerry end without agreement, highlighting once again the world’s inability to tackle Assad's, Russian and Iranian crimes against humanity and to find a peaceful path out of a conflict with as many as half a million murdered people, followed by Europe’s worst refugee crisis since the second world war, and that has created a vast space of instability that also 'Islamic State', another terrorist group, has exploited - 18 October 2016: USA and UK reject a Russian and Assad regime offer of a temporary 'pause' on airstrikes in Aleppo as the basis for reopening talks, saying there has to be a credible and durable ceasefire that should initially last as long as 48 hours, as the UN humanitarian spokesman says that relief workers need longer than eight hours to help extricate the injured and Syrian Coalition’s Michel Kilo says that Russia’s announcement of a so-called eight-hour 'humanitarian pause' in Aleppo is a gimmick aimed at crushing the FSA and rebels’ resistance and quashing the revolution - 20 October 2016: UN proposal on Aleppo 'flawed', and made amid mass forced displacement operations around Damascus, Syrian Coalition says - 21 October: Aleppo ceasefire at risk after Russian regime says all rebels can be eliminated - 31 October 2016: Syrian Coalition's Abdul Ilah Fahd criticizes de Mistura's remarks about Aleppo FSA and rebel offensive, describing these remarks as biased and a form of 'double standards'
November 2016: 1 November 2016: At least 1,106 people, including 791 civilians, were killed in attacks by the Assad regime and Russian forces across Syria in October 2016, SNHR says - 2 November 2016: Syrian Coalition's Riad Hijab slams Russia's defense minister's remarks about postponing political solution 'indefinitely’ - 3 November: FSA reaffirms commitment to civilian protection against the barbaric onslaught by the Assad regime and its allies, and denies allegations about attacks on civilians in Aleppo - 14 November 2016: Syrian Coalition stresses the need for a new, comprehensive, and integrated strategy to protect civilians in Syria through cessation of hostilities and the establishment of no-bombing zones - 16 November 2016: New report by human rights group SNHR claims Assad regime is responsible for the death of 188,729 civilians, over 90% of all victims from nearly six years of war in Syria, also saying that the responsibility for war crimes also moved just weeks after the outbreak of the popular uprising in Syria in 2011 to the international community, to take collective measures in accordance with Articles 41 and 42 of the UN charter, but did not lift a finger because of Russian and Chinese protection for the Syrian regime - 16 November 2016: Bringing the total number of hospitals targeted by Russian warplanes on Monday in Aleppo's countryside to three, Russian murderous air strikes are targeting and destroying the Baghdad hospital, killing and wounding dozens and burying others under the rubble, while civil defense forces are working to lift the rubble to save the survivors and remove the corpses - 16 November 2016: Canadian FM Stephane Dion welcomes Syrian opposition leader for talks as meetings are touching on ways to circumvent Russia's veto power at the UNSC in order to end the bloodshed of Syrian civilians - 18 November 2016: Syrian Coalition’s Osama Taljo expresses surprise at the silence of the UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura over the war crimes that the Assad regime and the Russians are committing in Aleppo - 21 November 2016: The Council of Free Aleppo Governorate calls upon the UN and human rights organizations to assume their responsibilities towards the protection of civilians in Aleppo from the fierce bombing campaign by the Assad regime and Russia forces - 21 November 2016: At a meeting with French FM Jean-Marc Ayrault Syrian Coalition's Hijab stresses that the brutal onslaught on Aleppo by Assad and its Russian and Iranian allies are war crimes and crimes against humanity, calling upon the international community to assume its duty to stop Assad and Russia’s massacres in Syria - 24 November 2016: Residents and a group of activists including doctors and civil servants from Aleppo's rebel-held areas urged the international community to make airdrops of humanitarian aid to put an end to the siege the Assad regime and its allies have imposed on the city for nearly three months - 28 November 2016: Syrian Coalition urges international action to end Assad regime's siege of Al-Tal saying threat must not be ignored as Assad regime has already proven willingness to commit crimes of unimaginable proportions to achieve its goals
December 2016: 1 December 2016: Over 400,000 displaced in Aleppo after tens of thousands more flee, UN's special envoy Mistura says, as Assad's and Russian regimes decline UN request for a pause in fighting to evacuate 400 sick and wounded in need of immediate treatment - 3 December 2016: Syrian Coalition's Abdul Ahad Steifo stresses the urgent need for the resumption of the political process through negotiations in Geneva and the enforcement of UN resolutions, especially the humanitarian provisions that call for an end to the bombing, lifting the sieges, the delivery of aid to civilians in need, and the release of detainees - 9 December: Russia has not halted military operations in besieged eastern Aleppo despite Russia’s claims of a pause, as 'Doctors of the World’ slams international silence over ongoing atrocities against Syrian civilians - 11 December 2016: USA's Kerry denounced Russian and Assad 'war crimes’ in Syria after new round of talks in Paris, before USA and Russian officials once again will convene in Geneva - 13 December 2016: Urgent calls to save Aleppo civilians as UN voices alarm over atrocity reports, and as residents are giving account that 'people are under the rubble alive and no one can save them, some people are injured in the streets and no one can go to help them, the cries and fear of women and children heard from the streets' - 13 December 2016: At least 82 civilians, including 11 women and 13 children, in four different neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo have been killed by Assad regime troops and allied Iraqi militia, 'being shot in the street trying to flee and shot in their homes', UN says - 14 December 2016: Residents still await evacuation of east Aleppo, which the UN said had endured a brutal 'meltdown of humanity' as forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad rampaged through newly reclaimed districts reportedly carrying out extrajudicial killings - 17 December 2016: 'The carnage in Syria remains a gaping hole in the global conscience, Aleppo is now a synonym for hell' says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as terrified residents cram on buses for journey into the unknown - 18 December 2016: Thousands of Aleppo residents in limbo as transport fails to arrive, and as a senior Syrian rebel blames Iran and its Shia militias of holding up the evacuation of civilians - 27 December 2016: UN says situation of Aleppo evacuees catastrophic as regime and allies mass forces to attack western rural Aleppo - 30 December 2016: Syrian Coalition calls for stopping attempts by the Assad regime and its Iranian ally to sabotage ceasefire agreement as over 30 violations of the agreement by Assad and the Iranian-backed foreign militias have been recorded
2016/2017: 10 February 2017: At least 162 rescue workers have so far lost their lives while performing their humanitarian duty in search and rescue operations among the rubble of buildings destroyed by the Assad regime and Russian forces in 2016, according to the Syrian Civil Defense's 3rd Annual Conference
January 2017: 2 January 2016: Assad regime and Russia must respect ceasefire in Barada Valley, FSA spokesman Osama Abazeid says - 5 January 2017: Syrian Coalition denounces Russian attempts to interfere in representation of the Syrian people - 6 January 2017: Assad regime forces and the Iranian-backed militias committed no fewer than 251 breaches of the nationwide ceasefire in its first week, according to Syrian Coalition - 7 January 2017: Activists in Deir Ezzor call for sparing civilians and ceasing the bombing of the city, denying claims that civilians in the city constitute a social base for Islamic State terrorists - 24 janvier: Le mécanisme trilatéral, sur lequel viennent de se mettre d'accord la Russie, la Turquie et l'Iran, sera destiné à surveiller l'application du cessez-le-feu en Syrie, selon un agence de presse - 30 January 2017: Mass forced displacement of Wadi Barada residents violates truce and is a crime against humanity, Syrian Coalition says - 31 January: Syrian Coalition records 911 truce violations by Assad regime in 1st month - 31 January 2017: Assad regime and Iran continue to violate truce as Russia renege on its pledges, Syrian Coalition's Fahd says
February 2017: 1 February 2017: UN postpones Syria political talks until 20 February, as Mistura alleges that the cease-fire is broadly working 'quite effectively', and as SOHR documented since the 24th of August 2016, the date of the entry of Turkish forces into Syria, the death of 3,231 Syrian civilians by Russian, Assad and Turkish airstrikes, including 784 children and 436 citizen women - 12 février 2017: L'opposition syrienne a présenté les 21 membres d'une délégation unifiée, dont dix représentants des rebelles, qui se rendront à Genève pour les pourparlers de paix prévus le 20 février - 14 February 2017: Regime forces and the Iranian-backed militias continue to violate the ceasefire agreement in many areas across Syria, as UN says attacks were the bloodiest since truce took effect - 16 February: Opposition's official media claims nation-wide ceasefire at risk of total collapse due to Russia's support for regime bombardment of the southern Syrian province, which has killed 47 people in past three days - 17 February: UN's Jan Egeland calls to allow aid convoys to reach besieged and hard-to-reach areas of Syria, critizising that not a single UN-arranged land convoy has reached any of more than a dozen besieged towns or villages this year, citing a lack of approvals from authorities - 20 February: Assad regime forces and the Iranian-backed militias continue to block the entry of aid convoys to Alwaer district in Homs to undermine the political process and to prevent political transition in Syria, Syrian Coalition’s Mohammed Jojah says - 22/23 February: Assad regime and Iranian-backed militias loot UN aid convoy heading to besieged Alwaer district in Homs, as the Syrian Coalition criticizes the failure of the UN to enforce its resolutions - 23 février: Reprise des pourparlers à Genève, peu d'espoir - 27 February 2017: Syrian Opposition's Nasr al-Hariri says Geneva talks must focus on political transition, criticizing the Iranian and Russian violent interference and the international community's silence over the daily crimes that have been committed against the Syrian people for nearly six years now - 28 February: Syrian Opposition's Nasr al-Hariri says that the regime's proposal for a national unity government during the political transition phase is not backed by any previous UN resolutions
March 2017: 1 March 2017: A total of 413 people had been killed across Syria within a week of the start of the fourth round of talks in Geneva, which began on February 20, according to SNHR - 4 March 2017: Sit-in in front of UN Geneva headquarters to support Syrian people’s demands in Geneva talks - 14 March 2017: A total of 488 people have been killed in Syria since the ceasefire agreement was announced in Syria on 29 December, the victims included over 107 children and 56 women, according to SNHR - 25 March 2017: Syrian opposition's HNC discussed in detail the question of a transitional governing body during their first meeting in Geneva with the UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
April 2017: 3 April 2017: A total of 1,134 civilians were killed in Syria in March 2017 despite the December 'ceasefire', according to SNHR - 8 April 2017: USA warns Assad over using chemical weapons again, also saying that Russia bears responsibility for Assad's gas attack - 8 April 2017: Syrian Coalition welcomes USA strikes on Shaerat airbase in eastern Homs province, calling for further strikes until Assad is removed from power, as USA Secretary of State Tillerson says that 'steps are underway' with our partners around the world to ultimately remove Bashar al-Assad from power through a political process
May 2017: 3 May 2017: Syrian Coalition condemns the bombing that targeted the headquarters of the Syrian interim government in Azaz in northern Aleppo province, killing at least five civilians and wounding many more - 4 May 2017: Angry delegates leave Astana conference called to announce 'de-escalation' plan agreed by Turkey, Iran and Russia amid the ongoing war led by the Assad, Iranian and Russian regimes against the Syrian people - 6 May 2017: Assad regime forces shell the towns of Kafr Zita and Latamneh and fighter jets fire at the rebel-held village of al-Zalakiyat and nearby positions in the Hama countryside, following a so-called 'safe zones' agreement by Russia, Turkey and Iran, announced to go into effect at midnight on Friday, which evidentially exists only on paper - 12 May 2017: UN demands more details on Syria 'safe zones' deal as some UN members remain skeptical of plan as Security Council reportedly prepares to meet in 'closed session' to debate specifics of the deal - 15 May 2017: The Syrian Kurds will not attend the next round of Geneva talks on Syrian settlement due to Turkey’s anti-Kurdish sentiment - 17 May 2017: Syrian Coalition's Nazir Hakim warns that international inaction towards the Assad regime’s use of chemical and non-conventional weapons against the Syrian people risks creating security threats affecting the whole world, as EU's Federica Mogherini says that accountability for war crimes is key to resolving the conflict in Syria - 19 May 2017: Syrian peace talks in Geneva break up as UN’s special envoy defends himself against charge that talks have become hopelessly bogged down - 24 May 2017: The Syrian National Coalition condemns the Islamic State’s massacre of Syrian civilians in rural Hama, emphasizing that the Assad regime and its allied Iranian militias are fully responsible for the group’s crimes and calling for an alliance of 'civilized world' to tackle threat of Assad regime and all forms of terrorism - 24 May 2017: Assad forces carried out a series of airstrikes on a city that has been declared a safe zone under a recent Russia-sponsored deal, as 12 airstrikes and at least nine barrel bombs hit the city of Daraa
June 2017: 22 June 2017: Meeting with a delegation of British diplomats and talking about the need to support the Syrian Interim Government SIG to be able to provide services to civilians in the liberated areas, to administer the liberated areas and restore security and stability, the Syrian Coalition says that the international community should have courage to admit failure to protect Syrians instead of inventing excuses
August 2017: 1 August 2017: The UN paid at least $18 million in 2016 to companies with close ties to Bashar Al Assad, some of them run by cronies of the Syrian dictator who are on USA and EU blacklists, including 'Syria Trust charity' chaired by Assad’s wife Asma, spending a total of $8.5m though Asma is under both USA and EU sanctions - 3 August 2017: The UN-brokered Syrian peace talks are failing due to external interference and can only be rescued by refocusing on the issue of political transition, a coalition of 160 Syrian civil society groups says in an open letter to the UN’s special envoy - 7 Augut 2017: UN Syria investigator Carla del Ponte quits over lack of political backing - 25 August 2017: UN adviser Jan Egeland urges pause in Raqqa fighting to allow civilians out
September 2017: 6 September 2017: Syrian Coalition urges international community to take action to stop Assad’s ongoing crimes - 6 September 2017: UN appointed French judge Marchi-Uhel vows justice for atrocities in Syria - 27 September 2017: Russia and the Assad regime escalate bombing on all liberated areas in violation of ceasefire agreements, as a total of 140 civilians were killed and dozens more injured in intensified aerial attacks - 29 September 2017: Syrian Coalition's Salwa Akso warns of the consequences of turning a blind eye to the crimes and killings Russia is committing in Syria, noting that the indiscriminate bombardment 'mainly targets civilians and forces of the revolution with the aim of eliminating them', as UN's Jan Egeland denounces air raids on hospitals and calls for establishing system of notification to prevent attacks on humanitarian facilities in Syria
November 2017: 1 November 2017: Russia’s efforts to broker a Syrian peace deal outside the UN’s Geneva process stumbled on Wednesday after the official Syrian opposition said it would not attend talks planned for later this month - 24 November 2017: Syrian opposition groups, more precisely around 140 opposition figures gathered in Riyadh, agree to send united delegation to Geneva talks, stressing that there should be no place for Bashar al-Assad and his clique at the start of the transitional period in Syria - 28 novembre 2017: Reprise des pourparlers à Genève, mais sans le régime de Damas
December 2017: 1 December 2017: Assad regime's delegation in Geneva has announced its intention to return to Damascus at the end of the week, rejecting 'direct' negotiations with opposition - 14 December 2017: UN special envoy de Mistura blasts Bashar al-Assad, who is ‘unwilling to meet anyone with a different opinion’, as UN-sponsored talks in its eighth round in Geneva collapse - 26 December 2017: Russian-sponsored Sochi conference rejected by around 40 opposition groups on Monday due to intention to bypass Geneva peace process held by UN, also saying that 'Russia is an aggressor country that has committed war crimes against Syrians ... It stood with the regime militarily and defended its politically and over seven years preventing UN condemnation of Assad's regime'
January 2018: 4 January 2018: 120 organisations inside the Working Group for Syria including leading civil society groups are urging UN's Staffan de Mistura not to attend Russian regime sponsored conference set for the end of January, saying it would represent a 'dangerous departure from the (UN-led) Geneva process' - 26 January 2018: Truce of the besieged Eastern Ghouta begins its first hour by the launch of 2 missiles by the regime forces targeting the outskirts of Arbin city - 26 January 2018: After Russia’s 'Thermite' (cluster incendiary bombs) attack today, warplanes bomb again the eastern countryside of Idlib and shelling targets north of Homs - 27 January 2018: Syria opposition to boycott Russian peace talks - 28 January 2018: Authorities in Syria's Kurdish autonomous region said that they will not attend the peace talks in Russia's Sochi next week because of Turkey's offensive against the Kurdish enclave of Afrin - 28 January 2018: The Syrian Negotiations Commission SNC is deeply unhappy that UN's De Mistura will attend Sochi despite boycotts, saying that Russia has no intention of letting the Sochi peace process lead to any political change away from the Assad regime, after preconditions for attendance set by UN's Guterres including the primacy of the UN process have not been met by the Russians - 29 January 2018: Russian and Syrian warplanes escalated their airstrikes on the towns and cities of the Idlib countryside on Sunday, as civilian displacements continue - 30 January 2018: Syria conference in Russia's Sochi has got off to a rocky start after some delegates opposed to Assad refused to leave the airport on arrival until Syrian regime's flags and emblems were removed, and the Russian regime's FM Lavrov was heckled by delegates, accusing Putin regime of killing civilians in Syria with airstrikes - 31 January 2018: Social media sites have ignited with comments on the failure of the Sochi conference, despite 'having a UN representative here', amid ongoing attacks by several murderous regimes in Afrin, Daraa, Idlib and other Syrian provinces - 31 January 2018: The United Nations condemned a recent wave of renewed air strikes on medical centers in rebel-held parts of Syria including most recently one that targeted a hospital of Saraqib in rural Idlib serving 50,000 people, putting it out of action
February 2018: 2 February 2018: The death of 39 civilians, including 8 children and 4 women, in Syria at the hands of Russian and Assad regime during Sochi convention on 29/30 January 2018 documented by SNHR - 2 February 2018: The Syrian opposition rejects the decision by Sochi participants to form a committee on constitutional reform, saying Syria requires a entirely new constitution and not just reforms, meanwhile calling for a cease-fire and for sending humanitarian aid to besieged areas to serve the Geneva political process - 20 February 2018: Panos Moumtzis, the UN's Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, has demanded an end to the targeting of civilians in Syria after a heavy bombardment killed at least 100 civilians in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta
May 2018: 19 May 2018: Participants from 32 countries in a conference in Paris called for holding accountable those involved in the use of chemical weapons around the world, especially in Syria, criticizing Russian regime for using its veto power on the UN Security Council several times to block attempts to hold the Assad regime accountable for dozens of chemical attacks against civilians
August 2018: 1 August 2018: Syrian Negotiations Committee makes the release of all prisoners by Assad's regime a condition to beginning political solution, as situation in Idleb province and the continuation of the 'de-escalation' zones agreement was also discussed - 31 August 2018: Several demonstrations took place in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo to protest against the Assad regime and its Russian ally’s preparations for a military offensive in the region and against the remarks made by the UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura, calling for a 'humanitarian corridor’ for the evacuation of nearly 4 million, saying that such remarks would help the Assad regime empty the area of its local population and serve the Assad regime's plans for the mass forced displacement and demographic change
September 2018: 1 September 2018: In the crowded towns of Idlib province in Syria’s north-west, up to 3 million people are bracing for imminent attack by Russian forces, as the displaced of Assad’s seven-year war have nowhere left to run - 18 September 2018: Northern Syria's emergency response coordinators say international community should contribute to stability in Syria’s north
October/November 2018: 27 October 2018: Wanting regime to stop being obstructive after nearly 8 years of Assad's war against the Syrian people, the outgoing UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will today plead with Russia, Turkey and European powers to use the next month to force Assad to stop blocking the establishment of a committee to draw up a new constitution - 2 November 2018: The Syrian Negotiations Committee was not consulted on new UN envoy Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen, as Guterres alleged that he 'consulted widely for the choice, including with the Syrian' murderous regime - 3 November 2018: International community’s shirking of its responsibilities encourages Assad regime to commit more massacres, according to Syrian Coalition, saying that Assad's massacre in Jarjanaz in rural Idlib on Friday was a clear message to the international community that the regime will continue to show utter disregard for all treaties and agreements aimed at ensuring safety and security of civilians - 30 November 2018: UN's Staffan de Mistura announced that the latest round of negotiations in Astana had failed, saying that they did not achieve any tangible progress in forming a constitutional committee
May 2019: 24 May 2019: UN said that repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure in the provinces of Idlib and rural Hama have left more than 240,000 people displaced from their homes since the beginning of April, noting that the attacks have displaced more than 201,000 people in just a little more than the first two weeks of this month, once again calling on the parties to respect obligations under the International Humanitarian Law to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure - 25 May 2019: Assad regime’s warplanes and helicopters continue to fly within the 'de-escalation' area and carry out tens of strikes as the heaviest escalation enters its 26th day, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties including children and women killed in Russian aerial bombardments on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, by barrel bombs and by regime’s warplanes
29 October 2019 first session of 'constitutional committee' approaches: 29 October 2019: As the first session of the constitutional committee approaches, UN's Pedersen affirms that the process will be led and approved by the Syrian themselves, with international support writes Brocar Press - 29 octobre 2019: 150 délégués se retrouvent dès mercredi et pour la première fois dans une forme de 'comité constitutionnel'
October 2019 two Syrian regime's torturer charged in Germany with crimes against humanity: 29 October 2019: German prosecutors have charged two Syrians with crimes against humanity that include torturing and killing opposition activists, setting the stage for the first trial of suspected members of Bashar al-Assad's feared security service
30 October 2019 constitutional panel launched amid scepticism: 30 October 2019: Syria's Constitutional Committee met for the first time, as experts seriously question whether the murderous Assad regime would be willing to give away much at the negotiating table after consolidating its military control supported by Russian, Iranian regime and Hezbollah, as Syrian opposition co-chair Hadi Al-Bahra said 'the memory of one million victims must guide us out of this dark tunnel', adding 'it is time for us to believe that victory in Syria is achieving justice and peace, not winning the war. We must respect the right of families to know the fate of their loved ones'
31 October 2019 avoiding to pronounce the truth: 31 2019: Constitutional Committee ends its first meeting in Geneva, after paltry UN's Geir Pedersen sided with war criminals, avoiding to pronounce the truth and any accusation, as Assad's amd Russian regime's war against the Syrian people continues
1 November 2019 Assad says Israel behind all anti-government forces in Syria: 1 November 2019: Syria's dictator Assad says Israel behind all anti-government forces in his war against the Syrian people, also saying modern Israel does not exist and theorizing that raid on terror leader Baghdadi did not actually take place
1 November 2019: 1 November 2019: Russian regime's warplanes used vacuum bombs to hit the city of Kafr Nabl, and the towns of Hass and al-Fatterah resulting in the deaths of 9 civilians, including one child - 1 November 2019: About 980 people were killed in October and 70% of them killed by Erdogan's operation 'Peace Spring', according to SOHR
2 November 2019: 2 November 2019: Despite hundreds of Assad's and Russian air and ground strikes, Latakia Mountains claim about 90 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in 8 days - 2 November 2019: 70-year-old man who lost 3 of his sons and a wife in Assad's war forced to live in catastrophic humanitarian conditions in 'Darkush' camps - 2 November 2019: Despite the Joint Russian-Turkish patrol, clashes continue in Abu Rasin area and Syria Democratic Forces regain control of 7 villages in the area
3 November 2019 Iranian deal to rebuild Syrian power grid: 3 November 2019: Iranian regime strikes initial deal to rebuild Syrian power grid
4 November 2019: 4 November 2019: For the first time in 52 days, Assad regime’s warplanes bomb again 'Putin-Erdogan' area through raids targeting areas in Sahl al-Ghab and the western countryside of Idlib - 4 November 2019: 7 casualties and injuries of one family including 4 women killed in bombing by regime’s warplanes on the southern outskirts of Jesr al-Shughur city - 4 November 2019: Fierce clashes between SDF and the Turkey-loyal factions after an attack of the latter on villages in the vicinity of Ayn Issa - 4 November 2019: Kurdish commander Mazloum Abdi has expressed his distrust of both Russia and the Syrian regime, but has agreed to continue to search for peace
5 November 2019 ex-UN Syria envoy says he quit to avoid having to shake Assad's hand: 5 November 2019: Ex-UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura says he quit to avoid having to shake Assad's hand, also saying EU’s failure to address Syria crisis led to Brexit vote
5 November 2019: 5 November 2019: Russian warplanes bombard Idlib countryside along with more than 55 airstrikes that targeted the 'de-escalation' zone - 5 November 2019: Russian airstrikes target south of Idlib and the regime forces shell the countryside of Hama, Latakia, and Idlib - 5 November 2019: After carrying out about 25 raids yesterday, regime’s warplanes re-bomb the 'de-escalation' area for second day
6 November 2019: 6 November 2019: Russian regime's airstrikes on Idlib countryside kill 3 children of the same family, who displaced from Al-Lataminah city in Hama countryside a month ago, due to bombardment by the Russian warplanes on the residential neighborhoods in Al-Dar al-Kabirah village in the southern countryside of Idlib - 6 November 2019: Russian warplanes bombard Idlib countryside along with tens of ground strikes that targeted the eastern countryside of Idlib - 6 November 2019: As airstrikes return to escalate in 'Putin-Erdogan' area, the murderous Russian warplanes target children’s hospital in Jabal al-Zawiyah and leave casualties of the medical staff - 6 November 2019: Casualty and 7 injuries in airstrikes by Assad regime’s warplanes on Jisr al-Shughur city - 6 November 2019: Pelted with stones and shoes, Turkish-Russian military launched a cross-border incursion against Syria near Kobani, liberated by Kurdish forces defeating Islamic State terrorists in one of the fiercest battles in 2014/2015 - 6 November 2019: Due to Erdogan's illegal invasion, a number of Islamic State terrorist attacks across Deir ez-Zor has left 15 pro-Syrian regime and Kurdish fighters dead
7 November 2019: 7 November 2019: Assad's helicopters take turns in targeting Latakia countryside by barrel bombs in conjunction with about 70 airstrikes targeting 'Putin–Erdogan' area, as SOHR documented the death of 6 persons including 2 women caused by Russian warplanes - 7 November 2019: About 75 airstrikes target 'Putin–Erdogan' area in conjunction with clashes in Aleppo countryside
9 November 2019: 9 November 2019: As Russian warplanes renewed their bombardment on Idlib province, where they carried out several raids, SOHR documented the death of a child in bombing by the Russian warplanes on Tarnabeh camp area - 9 November 2019: Assad's helicopters take turns in targeting Jabal al-Akrad with barrel bombs as Russian warplanes continue to bomb the 'de-escalation' area - 9 November 2019: With the intensive support from the Turkish artillery, Erdogan's factions carry out new attacks in areas between Tal Tamr and Abu Rasin - 9 November 2019: Fierce clashes reportedly erupted between Syrian regime forces and Turkish forces in the border town of Ras al-Ain in northeast Syria
15 November 2019: 15 November 2019: Casualties, injuries, and missing, including women and children, under the rubble due to Russian raids and regime’s shelling on the southern and western countryside of Idlib
16 November 2019: 16 November 2019: Assad regime’s helicopters target towns and villages south of Idlib by barrel bombs. while the Russian warplanes carried out more raids on the countryside of Idlib - 16 November 2019: Russian warplanes continue to target the southern countryside of Idlib with deadly attacks - 16 November 2019: Kurdish women, who fought on the frontlines against ISIS terrorists, now are the No. 1 target in Syria, also attacked by Erdogan's regime and allies
17 November 2019: 17 November 2019: Russian warplanes carried out several raids on Sunday morning targeting Jabal al-Akrad while Assad regime forces shelled the countrysides of Idlib and Hama - 17 November 2019: Assad's/Russian airstrikes on the village of Mallaja in Idlib province killed five people, as Syrian Civil Defense and SOHR said three women were among the victims - 17 November 2019: Russian warplanes carried out raids on al-Ftirah and the outskirts of Arinbeh in the southern countryside of Idlib, while Assad's helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Kafr Nubl and Bsaqla south of Idlib city - 17 November 2019: SOHR reveals the identity of a former member of ISIS and the Turkish-backed 'National Army' accused of carrying out the terrorist attack in al-Bab yesterday morning, killing 19 people including at least 13 civilians
28 January 2021 Syrian opposition prepared constitution’s main principles: 28 January 2021: Syrian opposition prepared constitution’s main principles, surprising the delegation of the Assad regime by presenting the draft constitution in Geneva to put the war-weary country on track to a political process
United Nations, Russian aggression against Ukraine since 2014, Special Representative in Crimea and observers: Ukraine and the United Nations
February 2014: 28 February 2014: Ukraine's UN envoy tells UNSC that Russian military helicopters and transport planes are entering his country, and that Russian armed forces seized Crimea airport - 2 March: Ukraine's UN ambassador asked an emergency session of the Security Council 'to do everything possible now' to stop Russian aggression as Russian troops took over Ukraine's Crimea - 5 March 2014: UN special representative Robert Serry to 'end mission in Crimea' after he was stopped and threatened by armed men in a coffee shop and then surrounded outside by crowds shouting the name of Russian regime's Putin - 27 March 2014: Backing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, UN Assembly declares Crimea referendum invalid - 2 April: In a diplomatic blow to Russia, the UN will continue to view Crimea as part of Ukraine in line with a General Assembly resolution - 16 May: Listing numerous specific examples of targeted killings, torture, beatings, abductions and intimidation mostly carried out by well-organized and well-armed anti-Government groups, UN report warns of an alarming deterioration in human rights in eastern Ukraine
17 July 2014 Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Since 17 July 2014 International reactions to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown by Russian BUK missile
6 August 2014 UN Security Council supports Ukraine: 6 August 2014: UN Security Council supports Ukraine, points to Russia as a source of military crisis
September/October 2014 UN observers: 11 September 2014: The mission of UN observers has extended the term of its work in Ukraine until December 15 - 4 October: As UN expresses concern over the intensification of fighting in Donbas since the September 5 ceasefire agreement, saying in a report that a total of 3,627 people have been killed and 8,447 more have been wounded since the beginning of the conflict, USA urges Russia to immediately influence militants so that they end their attacks in eastern Ukraine, and also warns it of the need to stop the flow of arms and manpower into sovereign Ukrainian territory
2015: 16 February 2015: UN's Ban Ki-moon concerned about reports of continuing military clashes in Debaltseve - 12 March 2015: UN counts nearly 1.8 million refugees and internally displaced persons in Ukraine - 2 June 2015: Since the beginning of the war in Donbas, 6362 people have been killed, another 16,000 injured, UN monitoring team says - 2 June 2015: UN's Ivan Simonovic reports on increasing evidence of Russia's invasion of Donbas - 5 June: 28 people including 9 civilians killed in recent Maryinka battle, as Russian-backed forces launched a new offensive near Donetsk using tanks, mortars, and artillery, UN's Jeffrey Feltman says - 30 June: Violence in Ukraine has killed 6,500 people in the past year, wounded 16,000 and left 5 million people in need of humanitarian aid, UN says - 8/9 September 2015: Close to 8,000 people have lost their lives in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, UN says, indicating that Russian regime bore responsibility for the increasing death toll - 12 September: Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk calls on world leaders to put more pressure on Putin, saying that Putin would see the lifting of sanctions as sign of weakness - 13 October 2015: UN's Ban Ki-moon expresses willingness to increase the UN presence in Ukraine for de-escalation and stabilization of the situation in Donbas
2016: 5 January 2016: UN delegates invite to Ukraine's war-torn eastern regions to assess the possibility of an international peacekeeping mission, but main militant leader in Donetsk region has already dismissed the idea - 21 February: Unicef says, that more 580,000 children have been affected by the nearly two year conflict in eastern Ukraine, that 215,000 children are internally displaced and that at least 20 children were killed as a result of the violence last year - 3 March 2016: Since the start of the Russian invasion in 2014 9,167 people have been killed and 21,044 have been wounded, including civilians, UN says, adding that people continue dying in the Donbas region as 21 people were killed during February 15 - March 1 - 23 March 2016: UN Secretary General supports Ukrainian side in Savchenko's case - 24 March 2016: Foreign armed actors in Donbas range from volunteers to paid-service men and women, and from independent militants to professional militaries, according to preliminary findings by the UN Working Group on mercenaries - 29 April 2016: Ukraine's Vadym Prystaiko said at a meeting of the UN Security Council that the Russian Federation had concentrated a 34,000-strong hybrid military force in the occupied part of Donbas - 23 May 2016: Ukraine's president takes part in the first ever UN World Humanitarian Organization Summit in Tureky, problems of Crimean Tatars and Russian annexation top Poroshenko's agenda - 3/4 August 2016: UN rings alarm bells on record number of civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine, as OSCE says, that Minsk contact group ignores numerous ceasefire violations, promoting unpunishment - 20 August 2016: Ukraine has drawn the attention of the United Nations to another illegal visit of Russia's Putin to the occupied Crimean peninsula - 15 October 2016: Ukrainian president Poroshenko believes that Russia will not terminate its policy of aggression until the world is united to stop Russian Putin regime, calling 'to make every effort to unmask the manifestation of Russian aggression wherever we only can – in Donbas, in the case of the downed MH17, and in Aleppo', emphasizing the importance of solidarity of the whole world in this issue and further extension of sanctions against Russia
2017: 21 June 2017: UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has recorded 375 conflict-related civilian casualties - 67 killed and 308 injured - in Donbas since the beginning of 2017
April 2018: 21 April 2018: UN report says four years of conflict in Ukraine leave 4.4 mln people in dire humanitarian situation and ceasefire agreements are consistently disregarded, as OSCE reports 43 civilian deaths, 120 injuries from mine explosions in Donbas since last April
UN envoy for Yemen and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General: UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Yemen - 16 April 2015: UN envoy to Yemen Benomar of the United Kingdom resigns after criticism of failed peacemaking - 17 April 2015: Calling for an immediate cease-fire by all parties in Yemen, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to nominate a new special envoy to Yemen - 25 April 2015: UN Secretary-General appoints Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania as new special envoy for Yemen - 31 May 2015: UN envoy for Yemen Cheikh Ahmed launches a mission to discuss stalled Geneva peace talks as Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounded Iran-backed Houthi positions across the war-ravaged country
June 2015: 15 June 2015: At the opening of consultations on the situation in Yemen, UN's Ban Ki-moon says in Geneva international community has 'obligation to act' for Yemen peace - 18 June 2015: UN extends critical Yemen peace talks as 'Islamic State' terrorists' bombings kill dozens in Sanaa
2016: 18 avril 2016: Les protagonistes du sanglant conflit yéménite se retrouvent lundi au Koweït pour de nouveaux pourparlers, selon le médiateur de l'ONU Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed - 31 juillet 2016: Les pourparlers de paix pour le Yémen, infructueux depuis avril, ont été prolongés d'une semaine à Koweït en dépit de tentatives d'incursion samedi de rebelles chiites yéménites en Arabie saoudite qui ont fait sept morts parmi les soldats saoudiens - 29 September 2016: Saudi Arabia and other Arab states have fended off the threat of an independent UN-sanctioned inquiry into human rights abuses in Yemen, but have been forced to accept that UN investigators will be tasked with documenting rights violations
2017: 26 April 2017: Yemen aid not reaching intended recipients, say activists on ground, as donors at a fundraising conference gather in Geneva - 5 September 2017: More than 1,100 children have been killed in Yemen, most in airstrikes by the Saudi military coalition, while some as young as 10 have been recruited to fight in the 'manmade catastrophe', according to the latest UN human rights office's report on the three-year conflict, also showing apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations by both sides
December 2017: 1 December 2017: Remnants of four ballistic missiles fired into Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthi rebels from May to November 2017 appear to have been designed and manufactured by Iranian regime, despite regime denying it supplies Houthis, a confidential report by United Nations sanctions monitors said, bolstering a push by the USA to punish the Tehran government
August 2018: 28 August 2018: Houthi rebels, individuals at the highest level from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the government of Yemen have committed violations of international law in Yemen that may amount to war crimes, UN experts have said - 29 August 2018: 'The group of experts characterization of the restoration of Hodeidah from Iranian-backed Houthi militias as an 'aggression’ by the legitimate government & the coalition is highly questionable and raises questions about the neutrality, objectivity and overall content of the report', Saudi Ambassador to Yemen AlJabir says - 29 August 2018: Yemeni government condemns Houthis for prohibiting delivery of aid to Hodeidah
September 2018: 8 September 2018: Yemen’s Geneva talks falter as government delegation leaves after Houthi no-show
December 2018 Sweden peace talks: 5 décembre 2018: Les représentants du gouvernement yéménite et des rebelles houthis sont arrivés en Suède pour des consultations de paix - 13 December 2018: Ceasefire agreed for port city of Hodeidah at the end of a week of peace talks in Sweden, as a political framework for Yemen will be discussed in a next round of meetings, scheduled for late January - 16 décembre 2018: Violents combats à Hodeida malgré la trêve - 18 December 2018: Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah was calm on Tuesday morning following heavy clashes that erupted after the UN-brokered ceasefire started at midnight, pro-government sources and residents said - 19 décembre 2018: La trêve entrée en vigueur mardi à Hodeida échouera si les rebelles Houthis continuent à la violer et si les Nations unies tardent à intervenir, selon une source de la coalition
January/February 2019: 28 January 2019: Agreed deadlines for a retreat of Houthi troops in Yemen have had to be delayed, UN's Martin Griffiths says, also conceding plans for prisoner exchanges have not gone to plan - 3 February 2019: UN anchors ship off Red Sea port for 'neutral ground' talks with Yemen government delegates and Houthis - 17 February 2019: Yemen’s government and Houthi rebels have agreed on the first phase of a withdrawal from the key city of Hodeidah, in a deal the UN described as important progress

UN Resident Coordinator: UN Resident Coordinator is the highest UN official and the chief of UN diplomatic mission in a country, usually performed by the Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme - 'The UN Resident Coordinator' website - November 2016 overview of the UN Resident Coordinator system, including 129 UN Resident Coordinators posts leading 131 United Nations Country Teams UNCTs, each composed of 16 UN entities on average, and serving 165 countries and territories
UN Resident Coordinators and UN country teams - Country stories
Afghanistan: Since 2002 United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
13 July 2021 UNHCR is warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan: 13 July 2021: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating conflict brings increased human suffering and civilian displacement, as an estimated 270,000 Afghans have been newly displaced inside the country since January 2021 – primarily due to insecurity and violence – bringing the total uprooted population to over 3.5 million
2 September 2021 UN chief warns of 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Afghanistan 20 years after 9/11: 2 September 2021: UN chief warns of 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Afghanistan, as people are scrambling to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban seized back control of the country, almost two decades after they were ousted by a USA-led coalition following 9/11
4 September 2021 UN sounds alarm over a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan: 4 September 2021: UN sounds alarm over a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
D.R. Congo: Les Nations Unies en D.R. Congo
Ghana: United Nations in Ghana
January 2019: 19 January 2019: UN’s Acting Resident Coordinator in Ghana Sylvia Lopez-Ekra expressed 'strong condemnation' for the murder of the investigator Ahmed Hussein-Suale who worked with private investigative firm 'Tiger Eye PI' on 16 January 2019, calling for a prompt, thorough and transparent investigation and a full accountability for those responsible
Iran: Iran (Islamic 'Republic' of)
North Korea: The United Nations in the D.P.R. Korea (North Korea)
April 2018: 11 April 2018: UN's 'Needs and Priorities Plan 2018' outlines the funding agencies working in DPRK need in order to support six million people, including activities to enhance food security, reduce malnutrition, increase access to healthcare, water and sanitation services, and build the resilience of vulnerable communities to natural disasters
Libya: Since September 2011 UN Support Mission in Libya UNSMIL in the aftermath of the Libyan Civil War, which is not a military mission, but a political one led by the Department of Political Affairs, aiming to help the National Transitional Council rebuild the State of Law and other institutions, with mandate last extended on 13 September 2018 to last until 15 September 2019
October 2018: 4 October 2018: UNSMIL reports 40 civilian casualties, 18 deaths and 22 injuries in Libya during September 2018
April 2019: 8 April 2019: Warlord Haftar's military campaign to capture the western region of Libya, the escalation of violence in and around Tripoli has caused the displacement of more than 2,800 persons fleeing from fighting, has blocked emergency services from reaching casualties and civilians, and damaged electricity lines, further increasing the misery of refugees and migrants arbitrarily detained in detention centres, according to UN Humanitarian Coordinator Maria Valle Ribeiro - 9 April 2019: The UN forced to postpone the national conference on Libya’s political future after the assault on Tripoli by forces under the command of the eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, in a blow to Libya’s democratic forces, who had hoped it might open a path to presidential and parliamentary elections by the end of this year - 12 avril 2019: L'ONU a lancé vendredi un 'appel urgent' pour la 'libération immédiate' et 'l'évacuation' de plus de 1500 réfugiés et migrants détenus et 'pris entre deux feux' en Libye
June 2019 Libya’s peace initiative: 17 June 2019: Libya’s UN-recognised government in Tripoli has sought to break the deadlock in the country’s civil war by launching a peace initiative which will include a national peace forum followed by simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections to be held by the end of the year
23 October 2019 civilians abandoned by the UN: 23 October 2019: Survivors of a deadly air strike on a migrant detention centre in Tripoli in July have told the BBC they feel abandoned by the UN, and are desperate to escape Libya - 23 October 2019: Libyan ambulance driver suffers head injury by shrapnel in an attack by Haftar's forces - 23 October 2019: Mitiga Airport attacked by F-16 with USA-made bombs, according to Major General Joueili, saying 'this attack is clear evidence of the direct intervention of the parties supporting Haftar in his aggression on Tripoli'
November 2019 foreign fighter jets suspected killing 53 refugees in July: 6 November 2019: Foreign fighter jets are suspected by UN arms experts of launching precision missiles that killed at least 53 refugees housed in a Libyan refugee detention centre near Tripoli in July
13 January 2020 2 refugees killed after leaving crowded UN facility in Libya: 13 January 2020: Two refugees killed after leaving crowded UN facility in Libya, as circumstances of deaths raise concerns about pressure on gathering and departure facilities
2 March 2020 Libya peace efforts in chaos, UN envoy Ghassan Salamé quits: 2 March 2020: Libya peace efforts thrown further into chaos as UN envoy Ghassan Salamé quits, following his failure to get nations to use their leverage to end civil war, and now saying that he had been stabbed in the back by UN Security Council members who pretended to support him
1 August 2020 UN representative warns Libyan risks are rising: 1 August 2020: Libyans fear regional war as rival powers vie for control, UN representative Stephanie Williams says, who has two months to secure ceasefire but warns that risks are rising
23 October 2020 Libyan factions sign 'permament' national ceasefire after talks: 23 October 2020: Libya's two rival factions signed a 'permanent' ceasefire agreement after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the move as a moment that will go down in history - 23 October 2020: Flights resume from Tripoli to Benghazi after ceasefire deal
Mozambique: Republic of Mozambique - Mozambique and the United Nations
4 April 2021 growing Islamist insurgency in Mozambique can only be halted with coordinated military and development effort: 4 April 2021: The growing Islamist insurgency in north Mozambique can only be halted with a coordinated military and development effort involving African and western countries or it risks spiralling further out of control, experts have warned, arguing that the raid on the port town of Palma last month by the Islamic State-affiliated local al-Shabaab group, which killed dozens and displaced thousands, marks a watershed moment in the escalating four-year conflict
4 April 2021 UN agency WFP suspended evacuation flights from northern Mozambique: 4 April 2021: The UN agency World Food Programme said it has suspended evacuation flights from northern Mozambique over security concerns, a day after French Energy giant Total shut its operations in the area, following deadly attacks in the town of Palma, that killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands
Myanmar: United Nations/Myanmar relations
May 2019: 14 May 2019: The international community must cut off all support to Myanmar’s military as part of efforts to hold army commanders to account for crimes against humanity and genocide, UN investigators have said following a fact-finding mission in the country
Saudi Arabia: UN in Saudi Arabia
April 2019 Saudi Arabia’s mass execution: 24 April 2019: The UN’s human rights chief is calling Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 37 men, including three who were sentenced as minors, 'shocking' and 'abhorrent', saying the beheadings in six cities across Saudi Arabia were carried out Tuesday despite repeated warnings from rights officials about lack of due process
Sudan: UN in Sudan
2005-2011 UN Mission in the Sudan: 2005-2011 UN Mission in the Sudan, established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in January 2005
5 June 2019 UN moving civilian staff out of Sudan: 5 June 2019: UN moving civilian staff out of Sudan, after military junta's forces carried out a deadly raid on a protest camp
8 June 2019 proposed monitoring mission: 8 June 2019: After the deadly break-up of their main sit-in in Khartoum, as UN rights office wants to deploy a monitoring mission to examine human rights violations during this week’s military crackdown
Syria: UN in Syria - United Nations Special Representative for Syria
Ukraine: UN in Ukraine
December 2018: 11 December 2018: The UN humanitarian coordinator calls for urgent political solution to end suffering of millions of people in eastern Ukraine
January 2019: 11 January 2019: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Ms. Osnat Lubrani expresses her concern, as three water workers were injured after their vehicle came under fire on 10 January and appeals for greater protection of civilians and critical infrastructure in eastern Ukraine
Yemen: United Nations in Yemen - UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Yemen
7 October 2021 new UN envoy to Yemen urged to broaden talks to end civil war: 7 October 2021: New UN envoy to Yemen urged to broaden talks to end civil war - 6 August 2021: UN announced the appointment of Hans Grundberg of Sweden as new Special Envoy for Yemen
Zimbabwe: UN in Zimbabwe
January 2019: 19 January 2019: UN urges end to Zimbabwe's crackdown on protestors


Criticism of the United Nations: Criticism of the UN, representing the interests of governments
2015: 7 September 2015: UN security council is failing Syria, Ban Ki-moon admits
2016: 16 June 2016: A damning report has accused the United Nations of taking sides in the Syrian conflict and abandoning its neutrality by capitulating to the demands of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, including allowing it to veto aid deliveries to besieged areas - 8 September 2016: More than 70 aid groups have suspended cooperation with the UN in Syria, saying regime is manipulating relief effort
2017: 13 September 2017: In a world facing many grave challenges across many spheres, people look to the UN to play a key role in resolving them, but the UN is failing in vital areas, not least on peace and security, showing inability to act to end the protracted crises that have driven untold human misery including the forced displacement of an unprecedented 65.6 million people, former New Zealand premier and UN official Helen Clark says
January-March 2018: 12 January 2018: Human Rights Watch slams UN Security Council’s failure to hold perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria to account, criticizing the international community's inaction in addressing this issue saying that 'Russia has used its Security Council veto 11 times to shield its allies in Damascus from condemnation, sanctions or referral to the International Criminal Court' - 23 February 2018: With support of UN head Guterres Syrian regime’s Bashar Ja’afari was elected to the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization, as Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch, says that 'it is incomprehensible for the UN on one day to lament the Syrian regime’s killing and wounding of hundreds of thousands of Syrians - to declare the regime guilty of a 'monstrous campaign of annihilation’ of its own people - and to then hand this gift of false legitimacy to the mass murderer Bashar al-Assad' - 5 March 2018: Residents in the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta have begun using UN aid bags as shrouds for children killed in the devastating bombardment by the Assad regime to express their frustration over the organization's inaction
November 2018: 18 November 2018: L'ex-procureure générale de la Confédération suisse et de l'ONU au TPIY et au TPI pour le Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte dresse un tableau sans concession de l'organisation des Nations unies et même de la justice internationale, déclarant 'Nous sommes tombés très bas. Les droits de l'homme ne s'appliquent plus', et appelant à réformer l'ONU - De septembre 2012 à août 2017, Carla Del Ponte était membre de la commission d'enquête indépendante chargée d'enquêter en Syrie, créée sous les auspices du Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations unies
September 2019 UN urged by own staff to look at its climate footprint: 20 September 2019: UN urged by own staff to look at its climate footprint, as more than 1,000 UN employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like business-class flights, travel handouts and vehicles, also recommending a complete divestment of the more than $60 billion UN pension fund from fossil fuels and creating offices run entirely on renewable energy, a letter obtained by Reuters showed
October 2019: 1 October 2019: A 'glaring gap' exists in the world’s ability to investigate targeted state killings of human rights defenders and journalists such as Jamal Khashoggi, said Amal Clooney, the UK special envoy on media freedom, also saying the UN special rapporteur Agnès Callamard, who undertook the UN’s investigation into Khashoggi’s murder, 'had been forced heroically to manage a large-scale investigation with ridiculously few resources'

Since 2008 Global Centre for the Responsibility, established to promote universal acceptance and effective operational implementation of the norm of the 'Responsibility to Protect' populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, serving as a resource and a forum for governments, international institutions and non-governmental organizations working to protect populations from mass atrocities
October 2016: 8 October 2016: UN General Assembly should now be allowed utilizing the 'Uniting for Peace' mechanism as the long-suffering people of Syria cannot wait any longer for the Security Council to live up to its responsibilities, as for the fifth time since the conflict began in 2011 a veto by Russia has blocked efforts to protect civilians in Syria, to reinstate the cessation of hostilities, to establish a military no-fly zone over Aleppo, to provide unhindered humanitarian access, and to hold perpetrators of atrocities accountable, being Russian votes in favor of continued bloodshed

Government Accountability Project whistleblower protection and advocacy organization in the USA - Government Accountability Project - website
September 2015: 14 September 2015: Figures obtained by the Government Accountability Project, which supports whistleblowers, reveal that the UN ethics office had received 447 approaches up to July 2014 from those alleging they have faced retaliation for exposing wrongdoing

UN Watch Geneva-based non-governmental organization whose stated mission is 'to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter'
February 2018: 23 February 2018: With support of UN head Guterres Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari was elected earlier Thursday to the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization, as Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch, says that 'it is incomprehensible for the UN on one day to lament the Syrian regime’s killing and wounding of hundreds of thousands of Syrians - to declare the regime guilty of a 'monstrous campaign of annihilation’ of its own people - and to then hand this gift of false legitimacy to the mass murderer Bashar al-Assad'
July 2018: 9 July 2018: UN failing to recognize, fight anti-Semitism, according to UN Watch report, accusing top UN officials of being quick to condemn racism and ethnic discrimination all over the world but hesitant to denounce attacks on Jews


UN budget and funding: UN budget and funding - the UN is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from member states, the General Assembly approves the regular budget and determines the assessment for each member, broadly based on the relative capacity of each country to pay, as measured by its gross national income, the so-called core UN budget does not include peacekeeping or the costs of several major UN agencies funded by voluntary contributions from member states
2012/2013: 2012/2013: The UN General Assembly approved the two-year programme (regular) budget for 2012-2013 in the amount of US$ 5,152 billion
2014/2015: 27 December 2013: UN General Assembly approves $5.5 billion budget for 2014/2015, not including peacekeeping, currently running at over $7 billion a year, or the costs of several major UN agencies
2016/2017: 23 December 2015: UN budget at the amount of US$ 5.4 billion for 2016/17 adopted by UN General Assembly

List of UN organizations, after the UN Charter established six principal organs of the Organization (General Assembly, the UN Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the UN Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, the UN Secretariat), allowing for the creation of any other entities that were seen as required, now encompassing numerous specialised organisations and agencies, programmes and funds, training and research bodies as well as other service providers, and there are also numerous subsidiary bodies, including committees, commissions, boards, councils, panels, and working groups - Organizations established by the UN - United Nations System
List of UN organizations by location (continent, country and city) - UN website 'Where We Work' (Africa, Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East) - UN website 'Directory of United Nations System Organizations'
UN Nations properties

United Nations salaries, allowances, benefits and job classification
2014: 28 March 2014: The UN Secretary-General gets a salary of $227,253
2016: 30 March 2016: UN Secretary-General's salary is set at $227,253

United Nations Staff Selection System - UN Manuals on staff selection - Special measures for gender equality in the United Nations
List of United Nations organizations by location (continent, country and city)
UN System Staff College, established in 2002 by the General Assembly to serve the personnel of the United Nations and its affiliates - 'UN System Staff College' website

UN pension is a retirement benefit provided by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund UNJSPF - United Nations Joint Staff Fund UNJSPF is a fund that provides UN pension, death, disability and the other related benefits for staff of the United Nations and the other organizations admitted to membership in the Fund
2017: 19 October 2017: Sudhir Rajkumar named to head UN’s $61 billion pension fund in an attempt to reverse three years of below-target returns, as the fund is among the world’s most complex, with more than 128,000 participants, 72,000 retirees in nearly 200 countries and payments going out in 15 currencies
April 2018: 25 April 2018: The UN is facing calls for a full review of its staff pension fund after the Guardian uncovered that it has around a billion dollars invested in companies whose activities are or have been incompatible with core UN principles and programmes


United Nations corruption: Criticism of the United Nations corruption and scandals
2005: 9 August 2005: Independent commission has found that Benon Sevan, the former head of the UN's oil-for-food programme in Iraq, 'corruptly benefited' from kickbacks while he was in charge, and another UN official, from the procurement office, is accused of soliciting bribes
2007: 17 January 2007: Former executive director Sevan of the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq was indicted yesterday by a Manhattan federal prosecutor for taking about $160,000 in bribes, but not extradited to the USA after his flight to his native Cyprus
2012: 27 June 2012: UN tribunal finds ethics office failed to protect diplomat and whistleblower James Wasserstrom, who was fired and detained by UN police after raising suspicions of corruption - 14 July 2012: In spite of his questionable performance as the head of UN Peacekeeping, Kofi Annan went on to become UN Secretary General for almost a decade 1997-2006, and six years later he is leading the UN's respond to the crisis in Syria, seeing the 'UN Security Council do nothing meaningful to stop the' slaughter - 9 July 2015: WikiLeaks Cable details private meeting between Assad and Kofi Annan in 2012
2013: March 2013: United Nations corruption and the need for reform - the United Nations is a hotbed for corruption and abuse, it is opaque, diplomatically immune, largely unaccountable and does not issue clear reports to donor nations on how their money is spent
2014: 7 February 2014: An appropriations bill passed by the USA Congress requires the State Department to cut annual contribution to the UN by 15% if the UN does not establish protections for employees who expose corruption, as Government Accountability Project's Bea Edwards says that the new measure is needed because corruption problems at the UN are 'quite widespread'
2015: 14 September 2015: Ostracised, sacked and even arrested, the fate of whistleblowers at the UN revealed as former investigator Caroline Hunt-Matthes, who took nine years to get redress after being ousted from the UN - 28 October 2015: USA Federal prosecutors are wrestling with questions of diplomatic immunity and the handling of classified information as they pursue a corruption investigation that has implicated current and former diplomats at the United Nations
January 2016: 20 January 2016: New York-based foundation's Sheri Yan pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to bribe 2013-2014 UN General Assembly president John Ashe to advance various business interests, becoming the second defendant to admit wrongdoing in the case - UN's John Ashe bribery charge in USA court
February-April 2016: 27 February 2016: French energy giant Total ordered to pay 7,50,000 euros on Friday for siphoning cash from the UN 'oil-for-food' programme that aided sanctions-hit Iraq under Saddam Hussein and Swiss-based oil group Vitol fined 3,00,000 euros for irregularities in Friday's judgement - 3 April 2016: United Nations audit identifies serious lapses linked to alleged bribery
May/June 2016: 17 May 2016: UN/WHO panel in conflict of interest row over glyphosate cancer risk, chairman of UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues co-runs scientific institute which received donation from USA's Monsanto, which uses glyphosate - 9 June 2016: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admitted today that the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen was removed from the UN's blacklist of groups that kill children, because the UN was threatened by reduced funding, rejecting that member states exert undue pressure as scrutiny is necessary part of the work of the UN
Since August 2016: 29 August 2016: UN paid and pays tens of millions to Assad regime, paying more than $13m to the Syrian murderous regime to boost farming and agriculture, despite the EU has banned trade with the departments in question for fear of how the money will be used, also paying at least $4m to the state-owned fuel supplier, which is also on the EU sanctions list, also partnering with the Syria Trust charity under both USA and EU sanctions, spending a total of $8.5m etc. - 30 August 2016: UN under pressure to set up inquiry into Syria aid programme, as human rights groups say UN needs to restore trust after the British newspaper 'Guardian' revealed contracts had been awarded to agencies linked to dictator Bashar al-Assad - 8 September 2016: More than 70 aid groups have suspended cooperation with the UN in Syria and have demanded an immediate and transparent investigation into its operations because of concerns Syrian dictator al-Assad has gained 'significant and substantial' influence over the relief effort
October 2016: 28 October 2016: UN hires Assad's friends and relatives for Syria relief operation, as almost two-thirds of the emergency health supplies needed in Syria have gone to regime-held areas and 64% of the kits and medicines provided by the WHO since January have been delivered to areas held by or supporting Assad regime, only 13% of WHO supplies have reached Syria’s 'besieged' areas, according to documents seen by the Guardian newspaper
2016/2017 UN payments to Assad regime's companies: 1 August 2017: The UN paid at least $18 million in 2016 to companies with close ties to Bashar Al Assad, some of them run by cronies of the Syrian dictator who are on USA and EU blacklists
May 2018: 22 May 2018: Chinese-Australian billionaire Chau Chak Wing linked to Chinese regime involved in 2016 UN bribery case, chair of Australia’s intelligence and security committee and MP Andrew Hastie claims
June 2018 UN's Guterres meets Putin and attends propaganda soccer match: 12 June 2018: UN Secretary-General Guterres will travel to Russia, where he is scheduled to meet with murderous Russian regime's Vladimir Putin on 20 June and attend a World Cup soccer match at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium
July/August 2018 'Inner City Press' banned from the UN by Guterres for 361 days: 20 August 2018: Independent journalist Matt Lee forcibly removed from UN, stripped of press credentials, and 'Inner City Press' banned from the UN by Guterres for 361 days, reporting on Guterres' world of double-speak, harassment and hypocrisy
17 July 2019 UN's double standards and Guterres' cover-ups: 17 July 2019: UN Minurso's Colin Stewart is not only accused of sexual harassment in a previous UN post, but is about to benefit from a cover up by the UN secretary general Guterres 'to protect another UN official', Inner City Press reports, as Guterres is already establishing himself as a champion of double standards and hypocrisy, with a number of cover-ups already under his belt, to protect loyal staff and avoid bad press coverage
August 2019 UN Yemen aid agencies workers accused: 5 August 2019: UN probing corruption and fraud in its own Yemen aid agencies, as more than a dozen UN workers have been accused of joining with combatants to enrich themselves from the billions of dollars in donated aid


Reform of the United Nations: Reform of the United Nations
2011: 31 May 2011: UN's Ban Ki-moon announces that he has appointed UN official Atul Khare to spearhead efforts to implement a reform agenda aimed at streamlining and improving the efficiency of the world body
Reform of the UN Security Council: Reform of the United Nations Security Council and its key issues: categories of membership, the question of the 'veto' held by the five permanent members, regional representation, the size of an enlarged Security Council and its working methods, and the 'Security Council' - 'General Assembly' relationship - UN Security Council veto power - L.69 Group of Developing Countries is a cross regional grouping of 42 developing countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, that is focused on achieving lasting and comprehensive reforms of the UN Security Council, since 2007 - 'Uniting for Consensus' movement, developed in the 1990s in opposition to the possible expansion of permanent seats in the UN Security Council, aiming to counter the bids for permanent seats proposed by G4 nations and calling for a consensus before any decision is reached - G4 nations comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan are four countries which support each other’s bids for permanent seats on the UN Security Council
2016: 8 October 2016: After Russian regime 'has once again abused its veto privilege and sabotaged the UN security council, this time stonewalling efforts to stop the vicious assault on east Aleppo’s civilians', UN director at Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau says, that there is the urgent need for permanent members of the security council to shelve the veto in situations of mass atrocities, an idea supported by a vast majority of countries around the world, and that the UN general assembly should feel compelled to hold an emergency meeting, demanding an end to unlawful attacks on civilians in Aleppo
United Nations Parliamentary Assembly: United Nations Parliamentary Assembly is a proposed addition to the UN system that would allow for participation of member nations' legislators and, eventually, direct election of United Nations parliament members by citizens worldwide - Campaign for the Establishment of a UN Parliamentary Assembly since 2007




Unicef: Unicef United Nations Children's Fund - Unicef's country statistics
October 2012: 11 October 2012 International Day of the Girl Child
October/November 2014 number of children entering poverty during global recession: 28 October 2014: Unicef report finds number of children entering poverty during global recession is 2.6 million greater than number lifted out of it - 20 November 2014: Unicef's 'The State of the World’s Children 2015' marks the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - 18 December 2014: Basic income paid to the poor can transform lives, Unicef funded tests say
2015 shelling of Ukraine's cities endangering children: 27 January 2015: As shelling batters Ukraine's cities, children increasingly in danger, Unicef says
March 2015 14 million children suffering hardship and trauma from the war in Syria and Iraq: 13 March 2015: About 14 million children are suffering hardship and trauma from the war in Syria and Iraq, Unicef says
August 2015 brutal conflict in Yemen killing children and millions are in need of aid: 19 August 2015: Months of brutal conflict in Yemen have killed or injured more than 1,000 children, the number of young people recruited or used as fighters has soared, and millions are in need of aid, Unicef says
September 2015 wars stop millions going to school in Middle East, North Africa: 3 September 2015: War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North Africa, Unicef report says - 9 September; Child mortality halved since 1990, but MDG goal missed, Unicef report says - 4 November 2015: Unicef's Marie-Pierre Poirier informs the media after she has completed a one week mission in Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia, amid rising numbers of refugees, women and children and bad weather
December 2015 Russia's airstrikes cutting water supplies to Aleppo: 2 December 2015: Citing Russia's bombing of the Al-Khafsa water treatment facility in Aleppo province on Thursday Unicef's Hanaa Singer condemns airstrikes cutting water supplies to Aleppo, noting that 'the rules of war, including those meant to protect vital civilian infrastructure, continue to be broken on a daily basis'
2016: 15 January 2016: In a joint statement Unicef and WHO call on Syrian regime to allow aid to reach besieged committees adding that 'siege and the denial of humanitarian access to civilians continue to be used as a tactic of war in violation of international humanitarian law' - 16 janvier 2016: Un garçon de 16 ans est mort de faim devant les représentants de l'Unicef, qui menaient une évaluation médicale sur la famine dans la ville de Madaya de 40'000 habitants, dont la moitié sont des enfants de moins de 18 ans, assiégée par l'armée de Bachar el-Assad depuis six mois - 5 January 2016: The huge global scale of female genital mutilation has been revealed in disturbing new Unicef statistics, which show at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone ritual cutting, half of them living in just three countries - 21 February 2016: Unicef says, that more 580,000 children have been affected by the nearly two year conflict in eastern Ukraine, that 215,000 children are internally displaced and that at least 20 children were killed as a result of the violence last year - 15 March 2016: UNICEF report estimates up to 3.7 million Syrian children born into devastating conflict conditions, and that at least eight million children in Syria and the neighboring countries are in need of humanitarian aid, including 2.4 million Syrian refugee children - 14 avril 2016: Éducation, santé, revenu, satisfaction à l'égard de leur vie, les enfants sont encore loin d'être égaux aussi dans les pays riches et le fossé se creuse dans plusieurs d'entre eux entre les plus démunis et les autres, selon un rapport de l'Unicef
May 2016 a quarter of the world’s school-aged children living in countries affected by crisis: 6 May 2016: Nearly a quarter of the world’s school-aged children – about 462 million – now live in countries affected by crisis, figures released by Unicef show
July 2016 murderous Assad's warplanes hit besieged Aleppo’s last children’s hospital: 6 July 2016: UNICEF and UNRWA condemn bombing of 'Child Friendly Space' in the latest attack on Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp, home to Palestinian refugees and internally displaced Syrians - 31 July 2016: Four new-born babies reportedly killed after a recent triple airstrike, which aid workers said came from Syrian government warplanes, hit besieged Aleppo’s last children’s hospital run by a group of Syrian doctors, the Independent Doctors’ Association, and backed by the charity Unicef
August 2016 Unicef paid $267,933 to Al-Bustan Association owned by friend and cousin of Assad: 29 August 2016: Unicef has paid $267,933 to the Al-Bustan Association, owned and run by Rami Makhlouf, a friend and cousin of Assad, whose charity has been linked to several regime militia groups, as UN paid and pays tens of millions to murderous Assad regime that controls UN activities and aid for Syrian people
September/October 2016 'uprooted' children across the globe: 8 September 2016: Some 50 million children have been 'uprooted' across the globe, according to Unicef - 4 October 2016: More than half of Yemen’s 28 million people are already short of food and children are particularly badly hit following Iranian-backed Houthi sectarian military rebellion, with hundreds of thousands at risk of starvation, UN says - 5 October 2016: Nearly half of all children in sub-Saharan Africa are living in extreme poverty, according to Unicef-World Bank report, with figures showing that almost 385 million children worldwide survive on less than $1.90 a day, the World Bank international poverty line - 14 octobre 2016: Dans les pays pauvres, 5 enfants sur 6 de moins de 2 ans ne consomment pas assez d'aliments nutritifs pour leur âge, selon Unicef - 30 October 2016: The dead from Wednesday’s Russian airstrikes near a school complex in Idlib province included 22 children, Unicef's director Alan Lane says, adding that six teachers also died in the attacks - 31 octobre 2016: Quelque 300 millions d'enfants dans le monde, soit un sur sept, vivent dans un endroit où la pollution de l'air extérieur excède jusqu'à six fois les normes internationales, contribuant dans une large mesure à la mortalité infantile, selon l'Unicef
February 2017: 1 February 2017: In 2017 Unicef intends to provide assistance to 48 million children suffering from the consequences of conflicts or natural disaster, namely from such countries as Syria, Yemen, Iraq, South Sudan, Nigeria and Ukraine
March 2017 Syrian children 'pushed to the brink' since Assad's war against the Syrian people began in 2011: 13 March 2017: Syrian children 'pushed to the brink' after worst atrocities since Assad's war against the Syrian people began in 2011, according to Unicef report - 22 March 2017: One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a result of climate change, according to Unicef, to mark World Water Day on Wednesday
May/June 2017: 25 May 2017: More than 2 million children live under siege and in hard-to-reach areas across Syria with little to no humanitarian aid, Unicef says - 20 June 2017: On the eve of World Refugee Day, Unicef announced the appointment of 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as its newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador
August/September 2017: 26 August 2017: Six and a half years of conflict have robbed millions of Syrian children of their childhood and inflicted untold suffering on them, Unicef's Fran Equiza says, urging parties to the conflict to stop the violence and live up to their legal obligations to children - 11 September 2017: Child soldier recruits double in one year in Middle East and North Africa, according to Unicef report, saying 28 million children living in countries at war are now in need of humanitarian help as families struggle to cope amid the chaos and violence
November 2017: 11 November 2017: An estimated one million Syrian children have lost one or both parents since 2011 when the Assad regime declared war on the Syrian people, according to Unicef - 25 novembre 2017: Plusieurs avions d'aide humanitaire de l'Unicef et du Programme alimentaire mondial ont pu atterrir samedi matin à l'aéroport de la capitale yéménite Sanaa
December 2017 children caught in war zones are increasingly being used as weapons of war: 28 December 2017: Children caught in war zones are increasingly being used as weapons of war, recruited to fight, forced to act as suicide bombers, and used as human shields, Unicef has warned, summarising 2017 as a brutal year for children caught in conflict and stating that parties to conflicts were blatantly disregarding international humanitarian law
January 2018: 30 January 2018: Almost one in four children live in a country affected by conflict or disaster, according to Unicef, which has appealed for $3.6bn to provide emergency assistance in 2018, unlikely to be met
February 2018 Unicef admitted shortcomings in its humanitarian support to children in Central African Republic: 13 February 2018: The UN’s children’s agency has admitted shortcomings in its humanitarian support to children who allege that they were raped and sexually abused by French peacekeepers in Central African Republic
March 2018 killed children in Syria: 7 March 2018: At least 1,000 children have been killed across Syria so far this year, as regime forces and their allies are stepping up attacks on many areas across Syria, especially in eastern Ghouta, according to UNICEF's Christophe Boulierac - 25 March 2018: Unicef condemned the widespread attacks on civilian facilities, especially the attacks taking place as part of the brutal bombing campaigns being launched by the Assad regime and Russia on Idlib province and the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta, stressing that 'protection of children under all circumstances is non-negotiable'
March 2018 war and cholera in Yemen: 26 March 2018: On the eve of the third anniversary of Yemen’s civil war, Unicef warns that the country is likely to be hit by another outbreak of deadly cholera within months, after more than 1 million children were infected by cholera in 2017 due to lack of access to water and vaccination
May 2018 Unicef's appeal for funding in D.R. Congo: 11 May 2018: Unicef issues urgent appeal for funding to support 400,000 children at risk of death from hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai region
June 2018 Assad's war in Syria has forced 2.1 million children out of school as his murderous crimes continue: 13 June 2018: Unicef said that the seven-year long war in Syria has forced 2.1 million children out of school, one day after it said that nine children were killed in an attack on the town of Zardana in rural Idlib on June 7 - 29 June 2018: A new UN report on Syrian children indicated that 910 children were killed and 361 others injured last year, blaming the Assad regime and its allies for most of the crimes and violations against children in Syria
December 2016 - July 2018 a quarter of the world’s children in countries affected by conflict or disaster: 9 December 2016: A quarter of the world’s children - about 535 million - are living in countries affected by conflict or disaster, often without access to medical care, quality education, proper nutrition and protection, Unicef says, marking 70 years of 'relentless work' in the world’s toughest places to bring life-saving aid, long-term support, and hope to children whose lives and futures are threatened by conflict, crises, poverty, inequality and discrimination - 10 July 2018: A quarter of the world’s children - about 535 million - are living in a country affected by conflict or disaster, according to Unicef, adressing UN Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict
July/August 2018 also children forced to flee in Syria: 9 July 2018: As many as 180,000 children have been forced to flee their homes in Dara’a province since the start of the onslaught the Assad regime forces and Iranian terrorist militias launched to recapture rebel-held areas in the province with Russian aerial support, the UN children’s agency Unicef said - 13 August 2018: Unicef says a battle for Syria's Idlib province between regime forces and opposition could affect the lives of more than one million children, many of whom live in refugee camps, also saying that food, water, and medicine are already in short supply in the largely rural north-western province, now home to over one million Syrians who have been displaced from their homes by Assad's and his allies' offensives across the country
February 2019 Syrian children dying in refugee camp: 28 February 2019: Unicef warned that Syrian children are dying at an alarming rate in the refugee camp of Rukban near the Jordanian border, with at least one death reported every five days since the beginning of the year
March 2019 since 2011 2018 the deadliest year yet for children in Syria: 12 March 2019: 2018 has been the deadliest year yet for children in Syria since 2011, and 'children in parts of the country remain in as much danger as at any other time during the eight-year conflict', according to UNICEF
31 May 2019 Unicef demands to protect Syrian children also depending hospitals and schools: 31 May 2019: UNICEF's Henrietta Fore on Thursday called for making every effort to protect Syrian children and the infrastructure they depend on, including hospitals and schools, as the Assad regime and Russian forces have intensified the bombing campaign in northwestern Syria for over a month, as the UN Security Council and the secretary general remain inactive as usual, at best expressing 'concern' occasionally
July 2019 Syrian children subjected to appalling attacks in northwestern Syria: 8 July 2019: Syrian children subjected to appalling attacks in northwestern Syria, UNICEF says - 22 July 2019: Unicef said that 250,000 civilians in Ma'aret al-Nu'man cut off from water because of bombardment by the Assad regime and its allies
May 2020 disruption of maternity and health services due to covid-19: 13 May 2020: Disruption of essential maternity and health services is the biggest crisis faced by under fives since World War II, as 6,000 children could die every day due to impact of covid-19, Unicef warns
5 July 2021 UN raises alarm over Yemeni children’s education amid conflict: 5 July 2021: UN raises alarm over Yemeni children’s education amid conflict, as more than two million children are out of school because of the continuing war across Yemen, according to UNICEF, also saying 'children remain the primary victims of this terrible crisis, with 11.3 million requiring some form of humanitarian aid or protection assistance'
17 December 2021 children in danger of violence in Lebanon, SRSG Maalla M'jid, UNICEF launching report: 17 December 2021: At least one million children in danger of violence as crisis intensifies in Lebanon, Maalla M'jid (UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children) launches report with UNICEF - December 2021: Violent beginnings for children, growing up in Lebanon’s crisis, after over the last two years, the Lebanese lira has lost more than 90% of its value, causing massive inflation and unemployment, driving more than 80% of the population into multidimensional poverty, as country is struggling with political instability, the covid-19 pandemic and the impact of the August 2020 Beirut Port explosions, according to UNICEF

Committee on the Rights of the Child: Committee on the Rights of the Child - Committee on the Rights of the Child (website) - Convention on the Rights of the Child
2014: 5 February 2014: The Vatican should 'immediately remove' child abusers instead of putting the reputation of Church officials above protection of children, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child says
8 May 2014: WHO/UNICEF highlight need to further reduce gaps around the world in access to improved drinking water and sanitation
2016: 5 February 2016: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child urges Iranian regime to repeal legislation permitting child sex abuse, causing rising number of Iranian girls as young as 9 and 10 forced to marry, in a state that also executes children
2017: 21 April 2017: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls for investigations into all attacks on children in Syria and for bringing the perpetrators to justice, saying that 'children are bearing the brunt of horrific attacks in Syria' and that States Parties to the 'Convention on the Rights of the Child', which include Syria, as well as other actors, have an obligation to prevent violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws

UN Commission on the Status of Women: UN Commission on the Status of Women - UN Commission on the Status of Women - website
2013/2014: 16 March 2013: Iran, Libya, Sudan and other Muslim nations ended threats to block a landmark UN declaration urging an end to violence against women and stating that violence against women could not be justified by 'any custom, tradition or religious consideration' - 22 July 2013: 30 million girls risk genital mutilation, Unicef says - 22 March 2014: UN commission approves document on gender equality, expressing deep concern that overall progress toward the UN goal of gender equality and empowerment of women remains 'slow and uneven'
2015: International Women's Day 2015 message by UN Women's Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo - 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York from 9-20 March 2015 - 10 March 2015: Syrian Coalition commends Syrian women on International Women's Day - 10 March: As thousands marched through Manhattan on 8 March to show solidarity for the global women’s movement, UN’s Commission and government ministers adopted a political declaration confirming their commitment to achieve gender equality by 2030
October 2015: 9 October 2015: Preventing conflict, transforming justice, securing the peace - a global study on the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325 - 14 October 2015: The head of the UN women’s agency Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is criticising the low level of women’s inclusion at peace tables, 15 years after a landmark UN resolution that called for women to be included in decision-making positions at every level of peacemaking and peace building

UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women - website
2016: 24 April 2016: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women marks 20 years with event in Amsterdam - 3 May 2016: New Zealand’s former PM Helen Clark started her campaign to become the first woman to lead the UN, saying in Paris that 'peace really matters to women'




Conference on Disarmament: Conference on Disarmament - Conference on Disarmament (Website) - UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (Website) - UN Disarmament Commission (Website)
May 2018: 26 May 2018: The USA called on the Syrian Assad regime to step down as president of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament scheduled for next week, citing the regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons on civilian targets during the years-long civil war, as USA diplomats said during a UN debate Friday that Bashar Assad’s government 'has neither the legitimacy nor moral authority' to lead global disarmament efforts and French and British officials also objected to Assad's regime serving as head of the Conference, with one diplomat from Paris calling the appointment 'particularly cynical' - 29 May 2018: The USA will stage a walkout in protest at Syria's presidency of the Conference on Disarmament at the UN in Geneva, wanting to hold the Assad regime to account for its use of chemical weapons - 29 May 2018: Several Syrian human rights groups called on the European Union, the UK and the USA to boycott the UN Conference on Disarmament because it will be chaired by the Assad regime, an affront to 'human values'
June 2018: 5 juin 2018: Après avoir boycotté le discours de l'ambassadeur syrien la semaine dernière, les USA ont décidé de ne pas participer à la plénière de mardi, et Israël, la France et la Grande-Bretagne avaient aussi annoncé une diminution de leur participation pendant le mois de la présidence syrienne
Nuclear disarmament and states with nuclear weapons: Nuclear disarmament - History of the anti-nuclear movement - List of states with nuclear weapons
2014: 16 June 2014: Nuclear-armed states are modernising their arsenals and appear determined to keep sizable numbers, SIPRI says
Since 1961 'Nuclear-weapon-free zones': Since 1961 Nuclear-weapon-free zone, defined by the United Nations as an agreement which a group of states has freely established by treaty or convention, that bans the use, development, or deployment of nuclear weapons in a given area, that has mechanisms of verification and control to enforce its obligations, and that is recognized as such by the General Assembly of the UN
Since 1970 'Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons': Nuclear proliferation - Since 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Since 2016 proposed 'Nuclear-weapon-ban treaty': Nuclear-weapon-ban treaty, a proposed legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, according to a mandate adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2016 negotiations on the treaty began at the United Nations in March 2017 and will continue from 15 June to 7 July 2017 - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ICAN, a coalition of non-government organizations in one hundred countries advocating for a strong and effective nuclear weapon ban treaty
2016: 11 May 2016: Public and parliamentary support for a treaty banning nuclear weapons in several countries, including Australia, the Netherlands and Norway - 26 May 2016: 8 out of 10 Swedes want the government to pursue a ban on nuclear weapons, as a proposed ban treaty gets huge support from all political parties according to an opinion poll of 'Swedish Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons' - 21 August 2016: At a UN meeting on disarmament, a proposal recommending a conference be held next year to negotiate 'a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination', was eventually passed with 68 voting in favour, 22 against and 13 abstaining - 28 octobre 2016: Une commission de l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU a décidé que des négociations seront organisées dès l'an prochain pour tenter de parvenir à un traité interdisant totalement les armes nucléaires
2017: 16 June 2017: UN negotiations toward the first global treaty banning atomic weapons resumed Thursday despite a boycott by nuclear powers
7 July 2017 'Nuclear-weapon-ban treaty': 7 July 2017: At a UN meeting boycotted by all nuclear-armed nations including China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, United Kingdom and USA, 122 countries adopt the first-ever treaty banning nuclear weapons, but none of the nine countries known or believed to possess nuclear weapons support legally binding pact - 21 September 2017: As UN treaty office says 51 countries are expected to attach their names on the opening day for signatures, nations began signing the first treaty to ban nuclear weapons, a pact backed by over 100 countries but spurned by those with nuclear arms
October 2017: 6 October 2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins Nobel peace prize 2017, as Norwegian Nobel Committee says award made in recognition of work to draw attention to catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons - 2017 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization CTBTO - Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization since 1996 - Preparatory Commission's website
2015: 8 April 2015: Some 100 representatives from Arab and Muslim states expected in Jerusalem next week for summit on banning nuclear testing sponsored by the UN and organized by CTBTO - 24 June 2015: CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo urges Iran, which shuttered its seismic nuclear test detection station in 2006, to ratify nuclear test ban treaty as quickly as possible to prove that it is serious about not wanting to develop atomic arms - 12 September 2015: CTBT treaty chief Lassina Zerbo says Iranian regime not ratifying document 'will leave room for doubt' about Iran’s intentions

UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons: UNOG: The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons and annexed Protocols I-V - UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Protocol on Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices
Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons
Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War
2014: 13 May 2014: In a four-day session of the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva governments are holding the first-ever talks focused exclusively on so-called 'Killer Robots' or 'lethal autonomous robots'
2015: 6 October 2015: United Kingdom and USA are seeking to water down agreement over 'killer robots' (lethal autonomous weapons), so that any autonomous weapons deployed before United Nations's talks conclude will be beyond reach of ban, experts say
Ban Cluster Bombs Coalition and Convention: Cluster Munition Coalition is a global civil society campaign working to eradicate cluster munitions and prevent further casualties from these weapons
2014/2015: 2014/2015: Cluster Munition Coalition calls to action on Syria, demanding that governments worldwide should continue to condemn use of cluster munitions in Syria and call for Syria and all states to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions
2015: 9 October 2015: Russian warplanes reportedly dropped cluster bombs on refugee camps in Idlib province, killing at least five civilians and injuring dozens - 11 October 2015: An advanced type of Russian cluster munition used in an airstrike southwest of Aleppo on 4 October 2015, Human Rights Watch says, raising concerns that Russia is either using cluster munitions in Syria or providing the Syrian air force with new types of cluster munitions to use


Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW intergovernmental organisation since 29 April 1997 - Chemical Weapons Convention signed 13 January 1993 - List of parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
Since 2011 use of chemical weapons in Assad's war against the Syrian people: Use of chemical weapons in Assad's war against the Syrian people since 2011
August 2013 Assad's chemical attack on eastern Ghouta, September-November 2013: 20 September 2013: Syria's Assad regime details its chemical weapons arsenal to the OPCW but needs to fill in gaps by next week to launch a rapid disarmament operation, following the 21 August 2013 Ghouta chemical attack - 21 September 2013: The OPCW has begun to examine details of the chemical arsenal supplied by the Assad regime - 17 November 2013: The OPCW adopted a final roadmap for ridding Syria of its arsenal by mid-2014
October-December 2014 Assad's chemical weapons facilities and attacks: 7 October 2014: Syrian Assad regime discloses four secret chemical weapons facilities, UN says - 5 December 2014: The Syrian Coalition calls on the OPCW to refer Assad’s chemical weapons file to the International Criminal Court - 6 December 2014: At the Hague, the USA accused the Syrian regime of continuing to use chemical weapons on civilians as recently as September
January 2015 Assad's use of chemical weapons: 7 January 2015: Assad regime used chlorine gas in helicopter attacks, OPCW chemical weapons experts say - 9 January 2015: OPCW reaffirms Assad's use of chemical weapons offering more proof as French President Hollande regrets that there was no military intervention against Assad
March-November 2015: 27 March 2015: OPCW to investigate Assad’s chlorine gas attack on Sarmin that killed six and wounded dozens earlier this month - 9 May 2015: OPCW inspectors find undeclared chemical weapons in Syria, diplomats say traces of sarin, VX nerge agent found at previously unknown military site - 24 July 2015: Assad did not give up entire chemical weapons arsenal, tucking away 'caches of even deadlier nerve agents', USA, world powers 'never exercised the right' to demand access to sites, report says - 11 septembre 2015: L'ONU pourra enquêter sur les armes et attaques chimiques attribuées au régime syrien, après une résolution créant un 'mécanisme conjoint d'enquête' entre l'ONU et l'Organisation pour l'interdiction des armes chimiques et sa blocage par la Russie - 5 novembre 2015: Des experts en armes chimiques ont conclu pour la première fois que du gaz moutarde, banni par l'ONU en 1993, avait été utilisé à Marea, lors de combats en Syrie en août
2016 Assad's use of chemical weapons: 6 January 2016: A fact-finding mission of OPCW indicates that people in Syria are still exposed to deadly Sarin gas, or a compound like it, according to a report released by the UN - 13 February 2016: Investigators to look into reports of five possible uses of chlorine and mustard gas on rebel-held areas in Syria - 14 March 2016: Syrian American Medical Society's report claims that chemical weapons have been used at least 161 times through the end of 2015 and caused 1,491 deaths in Syria, saying that such attacks are increasing, with a high of at least 69 attacks last year, and 14,581 people have been injured in all - 13 August 2016: Reports of chlorine gas that targeted civilians in Aleppo, documented by 'Bellingcat' investigative journalists - 24 August 2016: International UN and OPCW inquiry accuses Syrian Assad regime of using chemical weapons, setting the stage for a Security Council decision of the five veto-wielding powers over whether sanctions should be imposed - 13 December 2016: OPCW seriously concerned about claims that at least 105 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed by a gas attack in central Syria when airstrikes hit a cluster of five villages, as up to 300 people were injured as a result of the intense airstrikes and attacks by Sarin nerve agent by Assad regime and Russian air forces on several villages in eastern rural Hama
2017 Assad's use of chemical weapons: 14 January 2017: For the first time in a report published Friday, joint international team of investigators for the UN and the OPCW determined that Syrian regime's Bashar Assad and his brother Maher are suspected of being tied to several chemical weapons attacks carried out in the country in 2014 and 2015, according to a document seen by Reuters, as an ICC spokesman says, that 'the only way that (the) ICC would have jurisdiction over the situation would be through a referral by the Security Council' - 18 February 2017: UN-OPCW investigative panel is pressing the Assad regime to hand over the names of commanders, military units and other entities suspected of carrying out chemical attacks
March 2017: 4 March 2017: OPCW watchdog examines 8 alleged gas attacks in Syria this year
April 2017 Assad's Khan Shaykhun chemical attack: 6 April 2017: If Assad has been hiding chemical weapons, the world needs to know, UN weapons inspectors must be allowed in to survey the damage and tell who was responsible, before the dust settles on the latest atrocity in Syria, the 4 April Khan Shaykhun chemical attack - 13 April 2017: OPCW's investigators are already testing samples from Khan Sheikhun deadly poison gas attack in Syria's Idlib province, as samples taken from the chemical weapons attack in Syria last week tested positive for the nerve agent sarin by British delegation to OPCW, not waiting for the allowance of the war criminals Assad and Putin, who blocked a UN Security Council resolution on Syria the eighth time - 14 April 2017: Syrian interim government says that the results of sample analysis carried out by independent institutions shows that the sarin nerve agent was used in the attack, collected from the site of the chemical attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun, as residents of the town and survivors confirm that the Assad regime’s aircraft carried out the attack - 15 April 2017: Brig. Gen. Zaher al-Sakat, who was head of chemical warfare in the Syrian army’s Fifth Division and was ordered to carry out chemical strikes on three different occasions before he defected from Assad’s forces in 2013, told British newspaper that Assad had deceived United Nations inspectors sent into the country to destroy his chemical stockpiles, saying that according to his contacts inside Syria, Assad has not manufactured new weapons since 2014, but 'they don’t need any more, they have all they need already' - 19 April 2017: Concerning the chemical weapons use in the Khan Sheikhun area of southern Idlib on 4 April, OPCW’s Director-General Ahmet Üzümcü updated Council members stating clearly that 'the results of these analyses from four OPCW designated laboratories indicate exposure to Sarin or a Sarin-like substance', 'while further details of the laboratory analyses will follow, the analytical results already obtained are incontrovertible' - 21 April 2017: The global chemical arms watchdog OPCW on Thursday 'overwhelmingly' rejected a Russian-Iranian move to launch a new investigation into the chemical attack on Khan Sheikoun, delegates said, backing the probe already underway - 29 avril 2017: L'OIAC étudie 45 attaques chimiques présumées en Syrie depuis la mi-2016, selon son directeur
May/June 2017: 4 May 2017: Syria's Assad regime reportedly continues to make chemical weapons in violation of 2013 deal to eliminate them - 30 June 2017: The nerve agent sarin was used in an attack in April on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun and was likely to have spread from a crater in a road where a projectile had hit, OPCW confirms - 30 June 2017: USA urges OPCW to assign responsibility for Khan Sheikhoun chemical weapons attack in April - 6 septembre 2017: Des enquêteurs de l’ONU ont indiqué pour la première fois que le régime de Damas était responsable de l’attaque au gaz sarin sur la localité de Khan Cheikhoun le 4 avril en Syrie, qui avait fait 87 morts
October 2017: 5 October 2017: Tests found traces of 'sarin or sarin-related chemicals' in Ltamenah in northern Syria after a 30 March 2017 attack that injured 50 people, days before the deadly strike using the same nerve agent in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, according to OPCW - 26 October 2017: Syria’s Assad forces are responsible for the deadly sarin gas attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun that killed scores of people in April, UN expert panel’s report says
January-February 2018 Assad's use of chemical weapons: 30 January 2018: The Assad regime’s chemical weapons stockpile has been linked for the first time by laboratory tests to the largest sarin nerve agent attack in Syria in August 2013, diplomats and scientists told Reuters, confirming that Assad's forces committed the atrocity
February 2018: 27 February 2018: The OPCW opened an investigation on Sunday into reports of the repeated use of chlorine bombs on villages and towns of eastern Ghouta this month - 27 February 2018: North Korea has been shipping supplies to the Syrian Assad regime that could be used in the production of chemical weapons, UN experts contend
4 March 2018 'novichok' attack in Salisbury: 4 March 2018 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal with nerve agent 'novichok' in Salisbury - 16 March 2018: UK asks chemical watchdog OPCW to examine the nerve agent that has left the Skripals fighting for their lives and police officer Bailey seriously ill in a Salisbury hospital - 16 March 2018: Russian chemist Vil Mirzayanov who revealed the existence of the novichok family of chemical agents to the world has dismissed the notion that a non-state actor could be behind the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury earlier this month
21 March 2018 Assad's use of chemical weapons: 21 mars 2018: L'Organisation pour l'interdiction des armes chimiques OIAC a reçu plusieurs signalements d'usage d'armes chimiques dans l'enclave rebelle de la Ghouta orientale en Syrie
April 2018 'novichok' attack investigation: 4 April 2018: Russia must cooperate with chemical weapons watchdog, says EU, as chemical weapons watchdog meets to discuss poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughther with nerve agent 'novichok' - 4 April 2018: Russian regime has lost a vote by the global chemical-weapons watchdog for a new joint investigation, including regime's participation, into 'novichok' nerve-agent attack in Salisbury - 12 April 2018: 'Novichok' used in Salisbury poisoning, chemical weapons watchdog confirms, as OPCW says analysis of samples confirms UK findings about nerve agent used in Salisbury attack
April 2018 Douma chemical attack: 7 April 2018 Douma chemical attack with about 42-70 people killed - 10 April 2018 OPCW will 'shortly' deploy fact-finding mission to Douma - 11 April 2018: 'The number of dead bodies that can be established through open source data is 34+', and 'aircraft spotters reported two Mi-8 Hip helicopters heading southwest from Dumayr Airbase, in the direction of Douma, 30 minutes before the chemical attack in Douma, and two Hip helicopters were observed above Douma shortly before the attack' according to Bellingcat Investigation team - 11 April 2018: Demanding 'immediate unhindered access to the area to provide care to those affected, to assess the health impacts, and to deliver a comprehensive public health response', the World Health Organization WHO condemns chemical weapons attack in Douma last weekend in which WHO said an estimated 500 patients went to health facilities with 'signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals'
17-22 April 2018: 17 April 2018: Ahmet Uzumcu, the head of the chemical watchdog group OPCW, said Monday that Russian and Syrian regime prevented independent investigators from going to the scene of a suspected chemical attack in Douma, blocking international efforts to establish what happened and who was to blame - 17 April 2018: Dr Ghanem Tayara, the head of the largest medical relief agency in Syria UOSSM, claims that medics who responded to the gas attack in Douma have been subjected to 'extreme intimidation' by Assad regime officials who seized biological samples, forced them to abandon patients and demanded their silence, as a number of doctors who spoke to the Guardian this week say the intimidation from the regime has increased in the past five days, a timeframe that coincides with the arrival in Damascus of a team from the OPCW - 18 April 2018: Chemical weapons experts press for access to Syria attack site, as questions asked about how Russia was able to take sympathetic journalists to Douma while international inspectors have been waylaid on safety grounds - 18 April 2018: Despite destruction of 1,300 tonnes of declared chemical weapons since 2013, Assad regime retained capacity and willingness to replenish stockpile, after Russia vetoed any referral of Syria to the ICC - 22 April 2018: Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from Douma site
26 April 2018: 26 April 2018: 'The OPCW is not a theatre' and any witnesses should be interviewed by OPCW investigators, UK’s OPCW envoy Peter Wilson says, as Britain and its allies did not attend a Russian briefing at The Hague
29 April 2018: 29 avril 2018: À l'occasion du 21e anniversaire de la Convention sur l'interdiction des armes chimiques, après l'attaque dans la wille de Salisbury et moins d'un mois après l'attaque sur la ville de Douma en Syrie, les Français et Britanniques s'accordent pour renforcer l'interdiction de l'utilisation d'armes chimiques en Syrie ou ailleurs
May 2018: 4 May 2018: OPCW has amended a claim made by its director general that as much as 50-100 grams of liquid nerve agent was used in the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, significantly more than needed for research purposes and indicating it was likely to have been created for use as a weapon
16 May 2018: OPCW on Wednesday said that chlorine gas 'was likely used as a chemical weapon' in an attack in the town of Saraqib in the northern Idlib province in February, as the use of helicopters in the attack suggested Assad regime's involvement since the opposition did not have access to helicopters
18 May 2018: Chemical weapons watchdog may be given fresh powers in Paris talks, as proposals would enable OPCW to attribute responsibility in the event of a chemical attack
29 May 2018: Following several confirmed ferocious chemical attacks by the Assad regime by the Assad since 2013, OPCW's Ahmet Uzumcu admits in May 2018 that attacks involving chlorine barrel bombs and deadly nerve agent sarin in Syria have continued despite an 'agreement' that won the group a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013
5/7 June 2018: 5 June 2018: The Hague-based world’s chemical weapons watchdog OPCW is to hold a special two-day session in late June in response to Britain’s call to hand the body new powers to attribute responsibility for chemical weapons attacks, after Britain won the support of 64 OPCW member states for the special session - 7 June 2018: EU expressed support for the holding of a Special Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention to take place on 26-27 June 2018 as it condemned the Assad regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons.
13 June 2018 Sarin use in Syria confirmed: 13 June 2018: In a report based on separate witness testimony, epidemiological analysis and environmental samples and also transmitted to the UN Security Council, OPCW confirms use of Sarin and Chlorine in Syria's Al-Lataminah town on 24 and 25 March 2017
26/27 June 2018: 26 June 2018: SNHR calls for action under Chapter VII of the UN Charter against the Assad regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons against civilians, saying that the meeting called by the OPCW on June 26-27 provides an opportunity to 'correct the catastrophic errors' in the issue of the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons, and is also an opportunity to overcome pressure from Russia and its allies as a state sponsor of the Assad regime's actions - 27 June 2018: More than 140 countries affiliated to the OPCW voted by 82 to 24 to expand the body’s powers from simply investigating whether a chemical attack had occurred, to attributing responsibility, called by UK's Peter Wilson 'an overwhelming majority to restore the taboo against chemical weapons', confirming that the Assad regime's role in a wave of chemical weapons attacks during its war against the Syrian people will be investigated
3/4 July 2018: 3/4 July 2018: Syrian Assad regime is still failing to answer questions about its chemical weapons program, years after becoming a party to the chemical weapons convention, members of the UN Security Council said Wednesday
8 July 2018: 8 July 2018: An interim report released by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW said that chlorine may have been deployed by the Syrian regime as around 40 people choked to death in an April 7 attack on the then rebel-held town of Douma, which provoked Western air strikes on Syrian military installations
6 August 2018 Russian regime's two-man Salisbury hit team: 6 August 2018: The British government is poised to submit an extradition request to Russia's Putin regime for two Russians suspected of carrying out the Salisbury nerve agent attack that left one person dead and three injured, after in several months investigators have pieced together the movements of the two Russians, from their entry into the UK through to their departure
8 August 2018: 8 August 2018: The USA will impose sanctions on Russia for its use of a nerve agent in an attempt to kill Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia using 'Novichok', a military-grade nerve agent, in the British town of Salisbury in March in violation of international law
4 October 2018: 4 October 2018: Four GRU officers expelled from Netherlands after alleged attacks on OPCW, Porton Down and UK Foreign Office
12 October 2018: 12 October 2018: Russia and the Assad regime were trying to undermine the work of the fact-finding mission on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, according to the United Kingdom’s delegation to the OPCW - 19 November 2018: British envoy to the OPCW Peter Wilson calls Russian and Syrian attempts to limit the watchdog’s power to attribute blame for chemical attacks 'unacceptable', as OPCW director-general Fernando Arias says that a 'very small but very strong' investigative team will start work early next year with a mandate to go back and try to attribute blame for all chemical attacks in Syria since 2013, and that the watchdog will also be able to point the finger for future attacks anywhere in the world
March 2019: 4 March 2019: ‘Toxic chemicals’ containing chlorine were dropped in Syria attack on Douma in April 2018, killing dozens and prompting air strikes against Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons capabilities by Britain, France and the USA, according to OPCW investigators
June 2019 Assad regime refuses access: 13 June 2019: Assad regime refuses access to a newly-created chemical weapons investigation team formed to identify culprits behind attacks with banned munitions, OPCW says - 18 June 2019: Assad regime’s refusal of access to CW watchdog is evidence of its involvement in CW attacks, SNHR says
9 July 2019 Assad's regime chemical weapons: 9 July 2019: Assad's regime could still have chemicals like sarin and is trying to keep inspectors out of the country, OPCW finds, as member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog voiced concern that Assad regime may still possess such weapons after inspectors discovered traces of what could be a byproduct of a nerve agent or poison gas at a Syrian research facility
February 2020 official OPCW inquiry refutes Russian denials of 2018 Assad's chemical attack on Douma: 7 February 2020: Official inquiry strikes blow to Russian denials of Syria chemical attack, after Russia-led campaign claimed the UN weapons watchdog had manipulated evidence of Assad regime's chemical weapons attack April 2018 in Douma
6 April 2020 report set to blame Syria chemical attacks on Assad: 6 April 2020: UN’s chemical weapons watchdog is expected to release its first report explicitly blaming Bashar al-Assad for sarin and chlorine gas attacks on civilians in Syria as efforts to establish accountability for the use of chemical agents in the nine-year-old conflict gain momentum
8 April 2020 Assad's pilots dropped bombs with poisonous chlorine and sarin nerve gas on western Hama village in March 2017: 8 April 2020: Assad's Air Force pilots flying Sukhoi Su-22 military planes and a helicopter dropped bombs containing poisonous chlorine and sarin nerve gas on a village in the country's western Hama region in March 2017, a new team at the global chemical weapons watchdog has concluded in its first report, as until now the OPCW had only been authorised to say whether chemical attacks occurred, not who perpetrated them
8 April 2020 UN report on Assad's sarin gas attacks hailed by rights groups: 8 April 2020: As Syrian Assad regime blamed for sarin gas attacks by UN-aligned body that oversees chemical weapons use, report is hailed by rights groups as a landmark moment with implications for war crimes investigations, and former OPCW investigator Jerry Smith said the investigation was an important moment in an ongoing effort to bring to account perpetrators of war crimes in Syria


UN Peacekeeping: UN Peacekeeping - UN Peacekeeping (Website) - Department of Peacekeeping Operations
May 2014: 16 May 2014: UN peacekeeping missions routinely avoid using force to protect civilians who are under attack, intervening in only 20% of cases, an internal UN study says - 10 October 2014: Member states owe UN $3.5bn including $2.6bn for international peacekeeping efforts, as the UN owes $1.2bn to member states that contribute towards peacekeeping operations
October 2015 UN unable to protect living people in Syria: 18 October 2015: Unable to protect living people in Syria, UN peacekeepers to guard heritage sites from Islamic State, as Unesco okays Italian plan to charge Blue Helmets with protecting sites in danger zones
July 2018: 21 July 2018: A report sent to the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations last month, claims that senior Sri Lankan officers accused of war crimes have been deployed to UN operations in Mali, Lebanon, Darfur and South Sudan

Since 1948 list of UN peacekeeping missions: List of UN peacekeeping missions since 1948
Since 1948 in Kashmir, India and Pakistan: United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan and UN mediation of Kashmir
Since 1948 in the Middle East: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization UNTSO founded in May 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East, providing the military command structure to enable the peace keepersto in the Middle East to observe and maintain the cease-fire, the command structure of the UNTSO was maintained to cover the later peace keeper organisations
Since 1964 in Cyprus: United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus UNFICYP peacekeeping force established in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
Since 1974 UNDOF and UNIFIL in the Middle East following Arab States' Yom Kippur War against Israel: Middle East's UN Disengagement Observer Force UNDOF established in May 1974 to implement Resolution 338 which called for an immediate ceasefire on the same day the 'Agreement on Disengagement' was signed between Israeli and Syrian forces on the Golan Heights, finally establishing a ceasefire to end the 1973 Yom Kippur War fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel in the Middle East
June 2017 UN tells Assad's forces to leave buffer zone: 29 June 2017: UN tells Syrian forces to leave buffer zone on border with Israel and renews mandate of local peacekeeping force
Since 1978, 1982, 2000 and 2006 UNIFIL in Lebanon: Since 1978 United Nations Interim Force UNIFIL in Lebanon, adjusted in 1982 and in 2000, enhanced in 2006 and renewed by United Nations Security Council annually
September 2017 Putin threatens to veto UNIFIL mandate: 5 September 2017: Russian Putin regime threatens to veto UNIFIL mandate and renewal of UN peacekeeper force if Lebanon-based terror organization Hezbollah, its ally in Assad's war against the Syrian people, mentioned
September 2019 Hezbollah missile attack on Israel: 6 September 2019: UN peacekeepers conducted an independent investigation of Sunday’s Hezbollah missile attack on Israel at IDF’s request, visiting the areas hit in the strikes, will present findings to UN, as UNIFIL's head called the Hezbollah missile attack a 'serious incident in violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701', referring to the decision that ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War and required all armed terror groups remain north of the country’s Litani River
Since 1991 in Western Sahara: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara MINURSO peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, established in 1991 as part of the Settlement Plan, which had paved way for a cease-fire in the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front, representing the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, over the contested territory of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara
1992-2002 in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: United Nations Protection Force 1992-1995 was the first UN peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars - United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995-2002
1995: Srebrenica massacre 1995
2013/2014: 6 September 2013: The Netherlands, during UN peacekeeping mission, is liable for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled - 16 July 2014: Dutch state liable for 300 Srebrenica massacre deaths and Dutch UN peacekeepers must compensate families of Bosnian Muslim men turned over to Serb forces 19 years ago, Court at the Hague says
2015: 18 March 2015: Following a war crimes investigation, Serbia arrests seven men over 1995 Srebrenica massacre and slaughter of more than 1,000 Muslims in what was Europe’s worst civilian slaughter since second world war
1993-1996 in Rwanda: United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda 1993-1996
1994 Rwandan Genocide: Rwandan Genocide 1994 - Role of the international community in the Rwandan Genocide - Role of the United Nations in the Rwandan Genocide
1994: 12 April 1994: UN troops stand by and watch carnage
Since 8 November 1994 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda since 8 November 1994, ongoing
1999/2000: 15 December 1999: Inqiry into the actions of the UN during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda - 7 July 2000: Rwanda - The Preventable Genocide
2004: 26 March 2004: When Kofi Annan ("I believed at that time that I was doing my best") was head of UN peacekeeping forces 800,000 died - one survivor, Specios Kenya Bugoi, described how 4,000 Tutsis took shelter close to Belgian troops hoping to be safe, and how the troops left and the killings began
2008: Jason A. Edwards 2008: The Mission of Healing - Kofi Annan’s Failed Apology
2013: As of 24 July 2013 the ICTR has indicted 95 individuals since
2013/2014: 12 May 2013: 'We live with those who killed our families. We are told they're sorry, but are they?' - 4 February 2014: Former Rwandan intelligence chief Simbikangwa tried in France charged with complicity in the 1994 genocide
2014: 7 April: Rwanda marks 20th anniversary of genocide 1994
2015: 11 December 2015: Interpol agents arrested Rwandan Ladislas Ntaganzwa in the eastern Congo city of Goma, who is among the most wanted for the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people died
2016: 6 July 2016: Two Rwandan mayors jailed for life over 1994 massacre, as Paris court convicts Octavien Ngenzi and Tito Barahira of crimes against humanity and genocide over killing of 2,000 people
Since 1999 in Kosovo: Since 1999 United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Since 1999 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ongoing: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo established by Security Council resolutions 1999 and 2000 to monitor the peace process of the Second Congo War, though much of its focus subsequently turned to the Ituri conflict, the Kivu conflict and the Dongo conflict
Since 2004 in Haiti: United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti UNSTAMIH, a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti that has been in operation since 2004, the mission's military component is led by the Brazilian Army and the force commander is Brazilian
2016: 1 December 2016: United Nations admits for first time that its peacekeepers were directly responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti, bringing to an end a six-year delay in which the world body consistently ducked responsibility for importing the disease that has potentially killed up to 30,000 people
Since 2004 in Côte d'Ivoire: United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
2012: 9 June 2012: Seven UN-peacekeepers from Niger killed in an ambush while on patrol near the border with Liberia
Since 2007 in Darfur region, ongoing: African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur UNAMID, a joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping mission since July 2007 to bring stability to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan
Since 2011 in Sudanese Abyei area: United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei UNISFA peacekeeping force since 2011 in Sudanese Abyei area, which is contested between the Republic of Sudan and the newly independent Republic of South Sudan, after a flareup in the South Kordofan conflict earlier in June 2011, the Ethiopian Army is the largest contributor
Since 2011 in South Sudan, ongoing: Since 2011 United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan UNMISS
2015: 15 December 2015: UN peacekeeping mission has failed to stop systematic atrocities, MSF says, as civil war in South Sudan enters third year
2016: 12 August 2016: UN approves increase in peacekeeping force in South Sudan, as an additional 4,000 peacekeepers will be dispatched, making the total deployment 17,000 troops, that will be asked to take more 'proactive' measures to protect civilians - 17 August 2016: UN is under intense pressure to explain why thousands of well-armed peacekeeping troops failed to respond to urgent calls for help from international humanitarian workers under attack only minutes away from its bases during fighting in South Sudan last month - 6 October 2016: UN peacekeepers stayed in their bases rather than protect civilians during an outbreak of fighting in South Sudan in July, and Chinese UN peacekeepers in the capital Juba 'abandoned their posts entirely' at one civilian protection site where tens of thousands had sought safety from successive bouts of fighting, rights group says - 1 November 2016: The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan failed to protect hundreds of civilians from death or rape because of a risk-averse culture and chaotic leadership, despite multiple requests to stand up a quick reaction force to respond a total of 73 people were killed, including 20 people who were under UN protection, according to the independent Patrick Cammaert’s damning report
Since 2013 in Mali, ongoing: United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali MINUSMA, peacekeeping mission established on 25 April 2013 by UN Security Council Resolution 2100 to stabilise the country following the Tuareg rebellion since 2012
2015: 29 November 2015: Two UN peacekeepers from Guinea and a civilian contractor killed and four seriously injured in a rocket attack on a UN base in Kidal in northeastern Mali claimed by militant group
2016: 7 August 2016: One UN peacekeeper killed, four wounded in north Mali mine attack
2017: 9/10 June 2017: Militants on Thursday killed three United Nations peacekeepers in a attack outside their base in Kidal in northern Mali, after more than 100 peacekeepers have died in recent months, making it the most deadly UN mission to date
Since 2014 in the Central African Republic, ongoing: United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic MINUSCA, peacekeeping mission since April 2014 to protect Central African Republic civilians under Chapter VII of the UN Charter
December 2017: 15 décembre 2017: Autorisée par l’ONU, la Russie s’apprête à livrer des armes à la Centrafrique, malgré l’embargo imposé au pays depuis 2013 - 23 décembre 2017: La Russie a obtenu du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU une exemption à l’embargo sur les armes imposé à la Centrafrique
February 2018: 12 février 2018: Depuis la fin du mois de décembre 2017, ce sont presque 200 instructeurs russes, parfois avec des passeports falsifiés et pour la plupart sous couverture d'une société privée, qui se sont installés avec armes et bagages en Centrafrique avec la bénédiction de l'ONU
March 2018: 24 mars 2018: Après de longues tractations à l'ONU, des instructeurs venus de Russie ont pris possession d'une demeure de l'ex-président Jean-Bedel Bokassa près de Bangui
4 April 2018: 23 April 2018: Russian presence in the Central African Republic confirmed by the Russian regime
August 2018: 1 August 2018: Three Russian journalists ambushed and killed Monday evening near the village of Sibut in the CAR were researching the actions of the Russian military firm Wagner with links to Putin, which has also been active in Syria and Ukraine, according to the 'Investigations Management Centre', also saying Kirill Radchenko, Alexander Rastorguyev and Orkhan Dzhemal were traveling to the north of the country to talk to a UN representative there
November 2018: 16 November 2018: Central African Republic risks sliding into full-scale war, after the UN security council failed to agree terms for extending a peacekeeping mission in the country, Norwegian Refugee Council's Jan Egeland has warned, saying international efforts to solve the crisis were failing and civilians were routinely being targeted, calling for an urgent review of the humanitarian response in 2019, ahead of the country’s 2020 elections, which it is feared may lead to a further escalation of violence

Child sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers - Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Sexual abuse and sexual misconduct during the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti
2003: 9 October 2003: UN's special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
2015: 19 March 2015: Leaked report details UN peacekeepers' sexual exploitation and abuse - 29 April 2015: UN aid worker Anders Kompass said to have passed confidential document to French authorities because of UN’s failure to stop abuse of children in CAR suspended by UN for leaking report on child abuse by French troops - 29 April 2015: France promises to act after leaked UN report says its soldiers abused children and the repeated failure by the UN to take action to stop the abuse - 1 May 2015: French authorities sent a letter of thanks to the UN whistleblower Anders Kompass, who faces dismissal from UN for leaking report into claims of child abuse by its peacekeeping troops in Africa - 6 May 2015: UN suspension of sexual abuse report whistleblower is unlawful, tribunal rules
July 2015: 30 July 2015: After leaked documents marked 'strictly confidential' United Nations forced to explain how a Russian aviation firm implicated in sexual exploitation managed to expand its contracts with the UN, spending half a billion dollars on contracts with the company since discovering its wider culture of sexual exploitation
August-December 2015: 12 August 2015: UN peacekeeping chief in CAR sacked over sex abuse claims and UN security council special meeting called over issue of allegations of sex abuse by peacekeepers - 17 December 2015: UN's failure to respond to allegations that French peacekeepers sexually abused children in Central African Republic amounted to 'gross institutional failure' and allowed assaults to continue, according to an independent panel’s damning report
2016: 18 January 2016: UN whistleblower Anders Kompass, who exposed the sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers in Central African Republic, has been completely exonerated after an internal investigation - 7 June 2016: UN whistleblower Anders Kompass who was suspended for exposing the sexual abuse of children by UN-peacekeepers has resigned over the organisation’s failure to hold senior officials to account, saying he could no longer work for an organisation with no accountability, as UN Watch, a human rights body in Geneva which monitors the UN, says that 'UN officials, including at the highest levels, ... did everything to protect both governments and their own careers'
2017: 28 March 2017: Broken promises for the children of Bangui abused by UN peacekeepers, as children left homeless and on the streets to fend for themselves
2018: 14 mars 2018: 138 plaintes d'abus sexuels à l'ONU en 2017


Duty to rescue: Duty to rescue, a concept in tort law that arises in a number of cases, describing a circumstance in which a party can be held liable for failing to come to the rescue of another party in peril - Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment that assists in distinguishing right from wrong - Common heritage of mankind - World conscience

Duty to rescue by country: Many civil law systems, which are common in Continental Europe, Latin America and much of Africa, impose a duty to rescue, in some countries there exists a legal requirement for citizens to assist people in distress - Non-assistance à personne en danger, l'abstention volontaire de porter assistance à une personne en péril dans le Code pénal français
21/22 July 2018: 22 July 2018: Israel transported several hundred Syrian civil defense workers and their families from southwest Syria to Jordan overnight Saturday, saying it had engaged in 'a humanitarian effort' at the request of the USA, some European countries and Canada, after many powerful countries and the United Nations - including a lot of subsidiary organs, organizations, and an Assad supporting Guterres - failed to prevent even one of Assad's, Russian and Iranian war crimes since 2011 - 24 July 2018: There remains an acute threat for several hundred Syrian rescuers trapped in the country’s south with no escape from approaching regime troops, after Assad regime officials and Russians said the Syrian civil defense volunteers were 'a red line' who should be 'eradicated', and as during previous evacuations from fallen opposition areas elsewhere, civil defense volunteers were specifically targeted, pulled from buses, tortured and filmed making false confessions about being paid agents, also because they helped document atrocities by Assad's forces and allies


Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE - Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe - OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media - OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSCE ministerial council meetings
2014: 21 March 2014: OSCE to send observers to Ukraine as quickly as possible - Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine since June 2014
September-December 2014: 5 September 2014 'Minsk Protocol' agreement to halt the war in the Donbass region of Ukraine - 20 September 2014: Memorandum on ceasefire in Donbas signed in Minsk, concerning a security zone and the withdrawal of all foreign mercenaries - 26 December: Following the recent meeting in Minsk, OSCE vows to help deliver Ukrainian humanitarian aid to Donbas
2015: 11 February 2015 Minsk II agreement - 7 May: In Minsk Trilateral Contact Group agreed to send observers from each subgroup to the contact line in Donbas - 7 July 2015: Trilateral contact groups meets in Minsk to discuss Ukraine conflict, as Russian-backed militants have shelled the positions of Ukrainian forces in Donbas 7,398 times for six months after signing the Minsk agreements - 8 July: OSCE Ukrainian representative Martin Sajdik expects specific results of Trilateral Contact Group meeting in two weeks - 9 July 2015: The Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE has recognized the facts of military aggression of Russia against Ukraine - 28 December 2015: One Ukrainian soldier killed and three wounded by Russian-backed terrorists over the past day, as OSCE observers come under fire near Kominternovo seized by combined Russian-separatist forces in eastern Ukraine last Tuesday
2016: 19 February 2016: As key Minsk deal points including heavy weapons pullback and prisoner exchanges are incomplete, OSCE extends Ukraine monitoring mission until March 2017 - 4 March 2016: OSCE's Alexander Hug warns that Ukrainian children caught up in the war continue to pay a heavy price, as youngsters are being forced to live in shelters and being prevented from going to school - 11 March 2016: OSCE observers to Ukraine are still facing obstacles when fulfilling their duties, especially in the occupied districts of Donetsk region, Alexander Hug says in Kramatorsk - 9 May 2016: OSCE says open to sending armed monitors to Ukraine conflict zone, but only if that is agreed by all sides - 4 August 2016: Minsk contact group ignores numerous ceasefire violations, OSCE's Hug says - 25 November 2016: The OSCE Special Monitoring mission in Ukraine in the mid-November reports on the highest number of ceasefire violations since the beginning of the observations in Donbas in 2014 - 8/9 December 2016: Ukraine and Syria wars will dominate OSCE conference agenda in Hamburg, as Russian-backed separatist forces attack Ukrainian towns and positions of Ukrainian in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as OSCE aims to replace its surveillance drones destroyed by Russian-backed separatist forces, its mission in eastern Ukraine used to monitor ceasefire violations, and as people in Aleppo 'have lost trust in everyone, in world leaders, in the international organisations that are watching them being killed' due to an absence of political will to confront war criminals since nearly 6 years - 24 December 2016: Latest truce deal, negotiated in Minsk, just to be violated shortly after
2017: 25 January 2017: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic condemns deterioration of media freedom, journalist safety in occupied Ukraine - 24 February 2017: OSCE's Alexander Hug has stated that the SMM observers recorded shelling from the center of Donetsk - 24 February 2017: Russian-backed militants shoot at OSCE monitors in eastern Ukraine, seize UAV - 1/2 April 2017: Despite recent agreements reached by the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on a ceasefire along the entire contact line from 00:00 local time on the same day, Russia's hybrid military forces on Saturday 1 April continued provocations in Donbas and mounted 37 attacks on Ukrainian positions, as Ukrainian servicemen have strictly been adhering to the ceasefire regime and have not fired back, but four Ukrainian defenders were wounded - 23 avril 2017: Un membre de la mission d'observation spéciale de l'OSCE a été tué et deux autres blessés dimanche dans l'explosion d'une mine dans l'est de l'Ukraine, la première victime que déplore cette mission depuis son déploiement il y a plus de trois ans - 9 July 2017: OSCE PA condemns Russian aggression in Ukraine - 9 November 2017: OSCE calls on the parties in eastern Ukraine's conflict to pull back tanks and other heavy weapons, after five people were injured and a nine-year-old child was killed over the weekend, after over 10,000 people have died since 2014 and as Russian regime is accused of sending troops and heavy weapons also to this region
April 2018: 21 April 2018: OSCE reports 43 civilian deaths, 120 injuries from mine explosions in Donbas since last April, as UN report says four years of conflict in Ukraine leave 4.4 mln people in dire humanitarian situation
June/July 2018: 20 June 2018: USA calls on Russia to stop harassing OSCE monitors in Donbas - 21 July 2018: Russian-controlled militants open fire on OSCE UAV as it spots non-withdrawn heavy weapons
August 2018: 9 August 2018: OSCE spotted twenty-four T-72 tanks of the Russian occupation forces in eastern Ukraine on 6 August 2018 alone
July 2019: 19 July 2019: OSCE has confirmed that three civilians were killed and 13 were injured in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, in the first two weeks of July 2019, as total number of casualties since 1 January 2019 confirmed by the OSCE includes 10 deaths and 71 injuries
23 December 2021 Kyiv hopes OSCE brokered truce will ease military tensions in the Russia-Ukraine crisis: 23 December 2021: As Ukraine and the West say Russia has sent 100,000 troops near the border, Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak hailed a deal - restoring 2020 ceasefire deal - brokered by Europe's OSCE security organisation as a step towards de-escalation, prompting a top official in Kyiv to say that the coming holidays 'should be peaceful' - 23 December 2021: This month OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine recorded about five times more ceasefire violations on average per day compared to December 2020, as ambassador Mikko Kinnunen made a corresponding statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing on December 22, noting that at the TCG meeting priority had been given to the issue of security and, in particular, compliance with the ceasefire
25 December 2021 Russian-backed forces launched five attacks on Ukrainian positions despite ceasefire deal: 25 December 2021: Russian-backed forces launched five attacks on Ukrainian positions on December 24, two of them involving weapons banned under the Minsk agreements, as one Ukrainian soldier was wounded by the Russian-backed attacks - 25 December 2021: Most Ukrainians support Ukraine's accession to the EU and the North Atlantic Alliance Nato, according to a survey conducted by Razumkov Centre's sociological service from November 24 to December 1




UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
2015: 14 January 2015: UN's Valerie Amos suggests more intervention in humanitarian emergencies as she says some states were aggressively asserting sovereignty rights to stop action being taken to protect civilians, citing Syrian Assad regime as an example - 17 August 2015: Speaking at the end of a three-day visit to Damascus, UN’s most senior humanitarian official O’Brien reiterated that Assad regime's 'attacks on civilians are unlawful, unacceptable and must stop', saying 'I am particularly appalled by reports of air strikes causing scores of civilian deaths and hundreds injured' - 28 October 2015: Syrian Coalition calls upon the OCHA to open a serious and transparent investigation into the food poisoning of 250 children and women as a result of consuming biscuits provided by the UN to residents in the besieged towns of Zabadani and Madaya, also reminding the UN to investigate cases involving the regime forces’ seizure of aid intended for the displaced people in Syria
2016: 12 January 2016: UN humanitarian affairs chief calls for the evacuation of about 400 people from Madaya hospital after aid trucks reached the Syrian town which has been cut off by Assad forces for months, also saying that aid to besieged towns must be repeated - 18 January 2016: A leaked document from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations in Damascus shows that the organization was aware of the existence of famine in Madaya months ago - 28 January 2016: Saying that Assad's regime blocks most aid requests, UN's Stephen O’Brien urges an end to targeting civilians and public infrastructure in Syria, calling for more action to facilitate unhindered, unconditional and sustained access to all those in need, including besieged and hard-to-reach areas - 30 janvier 2016: La délégation de l'opposition syrienne doit arriver samedi soir à Genève pour participer aux discussions organisées par l'ONU, mais en Syrie 16 autre personnes sont mortes de faim dans la ville de Madaya, assiégée par les forces pro Assad, depuis que des convois humanitaires y sont entrés mi-janvier, selon MSF - 11 February 2016: UN's Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syrian crisis Kevin Kennedy says that the UN continues to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria, noting that 85 aid workers have so far been killed in Syria as a result of the Russian and Assad regime's targeting of public facilities such as schools and hospitals - 12 February 2016: Russian warplanes and warplanes believed to be Russian carry out more airstrikes in Daraa province, as civil authorities in the towns of Sidon, Eastern al-Gharya, Western al-Gharya and Naemeh closed the schools and hospitals as a result of the continued targeting by warplanes for vital facilities and people’s homes in these towns - 22 August 2016: Aleppo is being bombed every day and has become 'the apex of horror' in 'the greatest crisis of our time', UN's Stephen O'Brien tells the UN Security Council, adding that 'you have the power with a pen - a simple pen stroke - to allow food to people'
2017: 10/11 March 2017: The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 with more than 20 million people in countries in Africa and the Middle East facing starvation and famine, UN official says - 20 November 2017: UN coordinator for humanitarian and development affairs in Syria Ali Al Zaatari demands an end to attacks on civilians in Damascus and Rif Damashq neighborhoods, as escalating bombardment by the Assad regime and its allies has killed dozens, saying that 'for days, there have been daily reports about civilians being killed and others being severely wounded, in addition to warehouses, hospitals and schools being put out of service during the exchange of shellfire, particularly in Damascus and Eastern Ghouta'
May 2018: 14 May 2018: Two days after hundreds of Palestinians destroyed the fuel terminal at the main cargo crossing with Israel Kerem Shalom, the only entry point for fuel to Gaza, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA calls on Palestinians not to cause further damage to Kerem Shalom crossing, saying alternative supply required to run hospitals, pump water, treat sewage
September 2018: 24 September 2018: A famine inflicting 'huge loss of life' could strike at any time in Yemen, according to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' Mark Lowcock, as accelerating economic collapse has caused prices of staples to increase by 30% at a time many millions of Yemenis were already finding it hard to feed their families, saying that by the time an imminent famine is confirmed, it would be too late to stop it
December 2018: 9 December 2018: United Nations said Sunday it had begun delivering aid to hundreds of thousands of Syrians through the Jaber-Nassib border crossing, carried out by six UN agencies and one international NGO, after more than half the country’s 23 million people have fled, with 6.6 million of those internally displaced and more than 5.6 million going abroad, according to UN figures
December 2019 UN's Mark Lowcock fears downward spiral of war, crisis and need to worsen in 2020: 21 December 2019: The UN’s relief coordinator Mark Lowcock believes next year could be worse than a 'terrible' 2019, when conflict, the climate emergency and economic desperation left 165 million people in need of aid, saying 'the reasons we’ve had a very bad year are still here', and as vital cross-border aid to Syria is under threat after the UN security council was unable to overcome Russian and Chinese objections to the programme, casting the 14th UN security council veto since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011

United Nations, Human Rights and Syria: United Nations, Human Rights and Syria
Since 2011: Since 2011 Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, set up by the UN Human Rights Council on 22 August to investigate human rights violations during Assad's war against the Syrian people - Website of the 'Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic'
Since 2013: Since 2013 UN Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, a fact-finding mission to investigate possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, established by the UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on 21 March 2013 to investigate the Khan al-Assal chemical attack that occurred on 19 March 2013 - Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war
2013: 3 December 2013: Evidence has been uncovered in Syria that implicates Bashar al-Assad and his administration in war crimes and crimes against humanity, UN human rights official says
2014: 5 March 2014: Chemical weapons used in the Damascus suburb of al-Ghouta on August 21 and in Khan al-Assal near Aleppo in March 2013 appear to come from the stockpiles of the Syrian military, UN human rights investigators say - 16 September 2014: Assad atrocities outstrip Islamic State in Syria, UN panel says - 17 September: Immediate measures must be taken to save Syrian children, Syrian Coalition's Noura Al Ameer says during a session of the UNHRC
2015: 11 March 2015: Exhibition of photographs showing the victims of atrocities and torture carried out by Assad regime goes on display at UN headquarters - 12 March 2015: The war in Syria has plunged 80 percent of its people into poverty and reduced life expectancy by 20 years since the conflict began, according to a UN-backed report of the Syrian Center for Policy Research - 12 March 2015: World utterly failing Syria after 4 years of conflict, aid organizations say ahead of the fourth anniversary of the peaceful pro-democracy protests that marked the start of the devastating conflict - 18 March 2015: The Syrian Coalition sent a letter to the UN Security Council calling for punishing Assad under Chapter VII of UN Charter after regime's latest chlorine gas attack on Sarmin in rural Idlib on Monday - 25 March 2015: Assad regime's helicopters drop barrel bombs loaded with chlorine gas on Binnish near Idlib, and conducted seven attacks using chlorine gas in less than 20 days since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2209 without any prosecution by UN Security Council, Syrian Coalition says - 27 March 2015: Following Syrian American Medical Society's report, UN has more than doubled its estimate of Syrians who are living in besieged areas — and risk death by starvation, dehydration and the lack of medical care — to roughly 440,000 - 20 April 2015: Syrian Network for Human Rights says it has recorded 87 violations of the UN Security Council resolution 2118 by the Assad regime, 59 of which occurred in 2014, and 28 in 2015, also reporting 15 violations of UN resolution 2209 by the Assad regime - 30 April 2015: Syrian Coalition's Khoja delivered a speech at UN on the Day of Remembrance for all victims of chemical warfare, marking the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in 1915 during World War I - 5 May 2015: Al-Assad’s Syrian regime is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by systematically using barrel bombs to kill civilians and destroy infrastructure in Aleppo, rights group says - 13 May 2015: A three-year operation to smuggle official documents out of Syria has produced enough evidence to indict Bashar al-Assad and 24 senior members of his regime, 'Commission for International Justice and Accountability' CIJA says - 29 August 2015: The Syrian Coalition calls upon the international community to shoulder its humanitarian and ethical responsibilities towards the Syrian people and to work on ending the Syrian refugees’ crisis - 3 septembre 2015: 'L'impunité qui règne en Syrie est une honte pour l'ONU', dit Carla del Ponte - 22 September: UN investigator Carla del Ponte sees Milosevic's fate awaiting Assad - 5 October 2015: Assad’s Russian-backed deadly escalation in Homs province aims to change its demography, Syrian Coalition says calling on the United Nations to assume legal, humanitarian and ethical responsibilities towards the tragedy of the Syrian people - 17 November 2015: The Eastern Ghouta Women Center for Training and Rehabilitation organized a sit-in calling on the international community and the UN to work on protecting civilians from the fighting in Syria in general and in eastern Ghouta in particular, calling to stop the bombing of residential areas and the massacres and for opening humanitarian corridors to enter relief and medical aid - 17 December 2015: Human Rights Watch report presents compelling evidence on mass deaths and torture of detainees in Assad’s prisons - 21 December 2015: Human Rights Watch denounces Russia’s extensive use of cluster bombs in Syria
2016: 26 janvier 2016: Les Syriens sont en train 'de perdre espoir' sur l'intérêt du monde pour la crise chez eux, a dit mardi à Genève le coordinateur humanitaire de l'ONU Yacoub El Hillo, et 'chaque heure perdue' pour entamer des discussions politiques provoque le déplacement de 50 familles, a souligné Jan Egeland - 26 January: UN warns 2.5 million Syrian children will become refugees by 2017 - 9 February 2016: Mass deaths of detainees in Syrian Government jails amounts to crime of 'extermination', UN commission of inquiry on Syria says in its report calling on the UN security council to impose sanctions against Syrian officials in the civilian and military hierarchy responsible for or complicit in deaths, torture and disappearances in custody - 9 February 2016: Human Rights Watch documents in a report, that Assad regime forces and the Russian military have been carrying out daily cluster bomb attacks in Syria over the past few weeks, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, including many children and women - 22/23 February 2016: War crimes in Syria's five-year-old conflict are widespread and Syrian government forces and Islamic State militants continue to commit crimes against humanity in the face of inaction by the international community, UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry says in its latest report - 15 March 2016: After Russian regime's Putin announced on Monday that 'the main part' of its armed forces in Syria would start to withdraw, UN human rights investigators on Syria say that preparing prosecutions against war criminals should not be delayed until the end of the conflict in Syria, now entering its sixth year - 15 March 2016: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented death of 273,520 persons since 18 March 2011, which witnessed the fall of the first martyr in Daraa, until today - 17 March 2016: Assad regime must be held accountable for the crimes committed in Syria to achieve transitional justice, Syrian Coalition’s Hanan al-Balkhi says - 22 April 2016: United Nations will name a coordinator to probe the fate of detainees in Assad’s prisons, a move sought by the opposition as the Assad regime has been torturing, starving and killing people in custody - 9 May 2016: UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, expresses his outrage at the ongoing 'indiscriminate and seemingly calculated' attacks against civilians and civilian objects in Syria - 24 June 2016: UN's Stephen O’Brien says that the use of barrel bombs in the Syrian conflict 'constitutes indiscriminate attacks' against civilians, adding that their sole purpose is 'to terrorize and punish the civilian population', denouncing the international community’s silence over crimes committed by the Assad regime and terrorist groups in Syria for over five years - 12 August 2016: 3 days have passed since the child Ghani Quider began pleading to no avail for the United Nations to evacuate her from the besieged city of Madaya in the western Damascus countryside and treat her after she was struck by bullets fired by Lebanese Hezbollah’s snipers, as city’s activists and its medical and aid agencies have called for the evacuation of dozens of wounded and sick people, and are now accusing the United Nations of collusion with and bias toward the Syrian regime
August 2016: 29 August 2016: Saying that it is perverse that UN and its agencies committed to human rights are throwing a lifeline to a regime that has no qualms about burning the entire country just to stay in power, expert in war studies Leenders reveals that UN agencies had paid 'lucrative procurement contracts to Syrian regime cronies who are known to bankroll the very repression and brutality that caused much of the country’s humanitarian needs', as the UN calls Assad's war against the Syrian people the 'world’s largest humanitarian crisis' but as brave and principled UN aid workers who were kicked out by the regime for refusing to comply with illegal restrictions on humanitarian access receive no support from their headquarters, as UNHCR is the biggest customer of the 'Four Seasons' in Damascus spending $6,822,445 at the hotel since the start of Assad's war crimes, as UN paid and pays tens of millions to Assad regime, as UN's $4bn aid effort in Syria, called morally bankrupt, and UN operations have quietly secured deals with individuals and companies under both Europe and USA sanctions
December 2016: 22 December 2016: Adopting a resolution with 105 in favor, 15 against and 52 abstentions, UN General Assembly voted to establish a special team to 'collect, consolidate, preserve and analyze evidence' as well as to prepare cases on war crimes and human rights abuses committed in Syria
January 2017: 5 January 2017: Destruction in Aleppo unimaginable, 400,000 civilians are displaced inside, according to UNHCR's Sajjad Malik
March 2017: 2 March 2017: UN-established Commission of Inquiry on Syria says in a report that Bashar al-Assad’s regime had used chlorine weapons to retake the city of Aleppo last year and that the air campaign by the regime and Russia on the city, which deliberately targeted hospitals and humanitarian convoys, amounts to war crimes - March 2017 UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria's press conference in Geneva - 14 March 2017: Warring parties continued to target civilians for abuses over last seven months, UN Commission of Inquiry says - 14 March 2017: Assad's air force deliberately bombed water sources in December 2016, a war crime that cut off water for 5.5 million people in and around the capital Damascus, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria says, adding that the attack was one of several war crimes including the use of lethal chlorine gas and the bombing of shools and medical facilities committed by Assad's forces - 15 March 2017: The Assad regime’s airstrikes on the headquarters of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Idlib on February constitute a war crime by intentionally targeting humanitarian relief objects and humanitarian relief personnel, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria says
April 2017: 5 April 2017: UN war crimes investigators to probe chemical attack regime forces carried out on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rural Idlib on Tuesday
July 2017: 4 juillet 2017: La juge française Catherine Marchi-Uhel, ancienne juge internationale au Kosovo, au Cambodge et au tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-Yougoslavie, va conduire une enquête internationale de l'ONU sur d'éventuels crimes de guerre en Syrie - 25 July 2017: International investigators urge accountability for war crimes in Syria, as UN commission member Carla Del Ponte says that the violations in Syria are by far the worst she has ever come across, 'but nothing happens, only words, words, and more words'
August 2017 Carla del Ponte' resignation following UN Security Council’s failure: 7 August 2017: Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte says she is resigning from the UN’s independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, decrying Security Council inaction to hold criminals accountable in the war-battered country, saying 'we thought the international community had learned from Rwanda', 'but no, it learned nothing' - 13 August 2017: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, Carla del Ponte says, after she was stepping down from her role in frustration at the UN Security Council’s failure to continue the commission’s work by setting up a special tribunal for Syria that could try alleged war criminals
September 2017 UN confirms Assad's use of chemical weapons: 8 September 2017: UN confirms Assad regime used chemical weapons over two dozen times
November 2017: 17 November 2017: Rights group SNHR criticizes UN Secretary General report on Syria children as ‘not accurately reflecting the atrocious reality in Syria’
March 2018: 6 March 2018: Calls for justice and accountability by victims and families must be urgently addressed, according to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, underscoring the complete impunity of perpetrators by chronicling crimes and violations, including deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and protected objects, starvation, unlawful internment, and the use of chemical weapons, as residents in the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta have begun using UN aid bags as shrouds for children killed in the devastating bombardment by the Assad regime to express their frustration over the organization's inaction - 14 March 2018: The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria has condemned the flagrant violation of International Humanitarian Law in Syria as it has called for holding accountable perpetrators for their crimes, namely regime forces, terrorist organizations, their partners and backers - 25 March 2018: Syrian Coalition's Salwa Aksoi calls on the UN and international human rights organizations to document the mass forced displacement and demographic change taking place against residents of eastern Ghouta at the hands of the Assad regime, Iranian militias and Russia for holding war criminals accountable - 26 March 2018: The UN has come under fire for sharing the coordinates of hospitals in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with Russia, only for one of them to be bombed days later killing at least one patient by what medics suspected to be a 'bunker-buster' bomb
27 March 2018: 27 March 2018: A UN quasi-prosecutorial body, led by former French judge Catherine Marchi-Uhel, said that war crimes investigators and activists have amassed an 'overwhelming volume' of testimony, images and videos documenting atrocities committed during Syria’s war, adding it is preparing case files and has engaged with war crimes investigative units of various states including in Europe, whose courts can exercise universal jurisdiction to prosecute
April 2018: 15 April 2018: Following the United Nations' failure since 2011, France, as chair of the 'International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons', welcomes the adhesion of Norway, Estonia, Finland and Slovenia, as 27 nations and the EU are now participating states
May 2018: 19 May 2018: Participants from 32 countries, comprising the 'International Partnership against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons', in a conference in Paris called for holding accountable those involved in the use of chemical weapons around the world, especially in Syria, criticizing Russian regime for using its veto power on the UN Security Council several times to block attempts to hold the Assad regime accountable for dozens of chemical attacks against civilians
20 June 2018: 20 June 2018: Details, blaming Syria's Assad regime for atrocities in eastern Ghouta that were uncovered by a UN commission investigating and documenting possible war crimes in the seven-year-old conflict, were omitted when the commission issued a report on Wednesday
22/23 June 2018: 22 June 2018: Russian and Assad regime air force and Iranian terrorist militias have intensified aerial bombardment and ground offensive against the liberated areas in southern Syria for the fourth consecutive day, prompting the UN to express 'deep concern' about the safety hundreds of thousands of civilians there - 23 June 2018: Assad regime forces using artillery, airstrikes and barrel bombs to intensify pressure on opposition-held areas bordering Israel - 23 June 2018: Continuing Russian and Iranian-backed terror attacks, Assad regime forces shell places and carry out raids on areas in Daraa province, amid aerial bombardments, in Aleppo province, and again in Daraa province
September 2018: 21 September 2018: UN judge Catherine Marchi-Uhel responsible for preparing war crimes charges against individuals over the Syrian conflict said her office plans to open at least two cases by year's end
February 2019: 25 February 2019: SOHR documented the rise in the number of people who died in al-Hool camp for displaced people in the southeastern countryside of Hasaka, as a result of the significant failure in medical care and health supervision over the ill people, as well as the deterioration of the weather conditions, the lack of assistance and the absence of it sometimes, the lack of necessary treatment, the lack of food provided by the organizations including the UN supervising the al-Hool camp - 25 February 2019: After he was denied entry to the building and a meeting with a UN official in Tripoli in Libanon, a Syrian refugee set himself on fire in protest, according to Alsouria Net - 25 February 2019: Russia and the Assad regime have further tightened the blockade on al-Rukban IDPs camp near the Jordanian border as they continue to block the delivery of humanitarian aid with the aim of 'breaking the will of those trapped inside, displace them once again, and make them face an unknown fate', according to Syrian Coalition's Mustafa - 27 February 2019: Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria appeals to the UN as well as international and humanitarian organizations to ratchet up pressure on the Assad regime to force it to release detainees and disclose the fate of the enforcedly disappeared
March 2019: 10 March 2019: International investigators are moving ever closer to finding justice for victims of atrocities in Syria's eight-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, according to UN war crimes body's former French judge Catherine Marchi-Uhel, saying her office had received 15 requests from national judicial or prosecution authorities for cooperation on Syria-related cases in five countries, and amassed a million records in all
26 July 2019: 26 juillet 2019: Se référant au dernier bilan de l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'homme, la haut-commissaire de l'ONU Michelle Bachelet a dénoncé vendredi 'l'indifférence' de la communauté internationale face au nombre croissant de civils tués par des frappes aériennes dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie, en affirmant que les récentes frappes avaient visé des établissements de santé, des écoles et d'autres infrastructures civiles telles que des marchés et des boulangeries
September 2019 UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria reports war crimes: 11 September 2019: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria reports war crimes, once again in Assad's eight-year-old war that claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands, forced 13 million people from their homes, half of whom leaving their shattered homeland, without any serious international response
21 June 2020 SOC denounces UN OCHA Office’s remarks on Syrian students: 21 June 2020: SOC denounces UN OCHA Office’s remarks on Syrian students - 21 June 2020: International efforts to resolve refugee crisis did not live up to required level, SOC says
7 July 2020 rampant human rights violations and war crimes amid Russian and Assad regime's 2020 offensive against Idlib: 7 July 2020: Rampant human rights violations and war crimes amid Russian and Assad regime's 2020 offensive as war-torn Idlib faces the covid-19 pandemic, UN Syria Commission of Inquiry reports

Since 2006 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights SOHR, a UK-based information office whose stated aim is to document human rights abuses in Syria, and which has focused since 2011 on Assad's, Iranian and Russian regime's war against the Syrian people - SOHR's website
10/11 December 2018: 11 December 2018: On the occasion of World Human Rights Day on 10 December the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights issued a statistical report on the number of Syrian victims, showing that 560,000 people have been killed since March 2011, including civilians, soldiers, rebel fighters, and martyrs who died under torture in the regime prisons
Since 2011 Syrian Network for Human Rights SNHR, a UK-based non-governmental organization, which monitors Assad's, Iranian and Russian regime's war against the Syrian people since 2011 - SNHR's website
February 2019: 11 February 2019: SNHR sent a letter to the new UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on the future of the Geneva talks and the political process in Syria, noting that 'while the eight rounds of talks in Geneva and the political processes set in motion there has offered a glimmer of hope for the Syrian people and their democratic aspirations, the peace process appears to be rapidly deteriorating'
August 2019: 1 August 2019: After parts of the northern Hama countryside and the southern Idleb countryside have seen heavy bombardments and military operations by the Syrian regime, backed by Russia, since last April, SNHR has documented attacks on civilian centers in Idleb and called for the Syrian issue to be transferred to the International Criminal Court
Since 1986 Physicians for Human Rights, a USA-based not-for-profit human rights NGO that uses medicine and science to document and advocate against mass atrocities and severe human rights violations around the world - Physicians for Human Rights website
Since 2011 PHR documenting assaults on Syrian health care workers and infrastructure: Since 2011 Physicians for Human Rights researchers begin documenting assaults on Syrian health care workers and infrastructure, creating an interactive map of attacks and revealing the Syrian government’s systemic targeting of hospitals and health workers
March 2015: 11 March 2015: More than 600 medical workers have been killed in Syria’s civil war in deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, most of them by Assad's forces, international rights group Physicians for Human Rights announced, saying it had documented 233 attacks on 183 medical facilities across Syria since March 2011
July 2019 UNSC session: 30 July 2019: Following UN Security Council session, in which Physicians for Human Rights' Susannah Sirkin described Assad's and Russia's repeated attacks on health facilities and personnel, 10 members met with Secretary-General asking him to launch an investigation into attacks on civilian infrastructure, especially health facilities, in northwestern Syria
Since 2011 Violations Documentation Center in Syria VDC, a network of Syrian opposition activists documenting human rights violations perpetrated since 2011, to provide an independent documentation that may help any future justice-related procedures as the center's main sources of information include medical records, families of the victims and information received from the Imam of the mosque that performed burials - Violations Documentation Center in Syria VDC's website with Danish-held list of misdeeds

International humanitarian aid during the Syrian Civil War: International humanitarian aid during the Syrian Civil War coordinated by the UNOCHA
2015: 18 January 2015: UN relief agencies appeal for more funding as freeze sweeps region - 30 July 2015: The Palestinian Committee for Human Rights condemns the decision by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to stop the provision of aid and support to 18,000 people in Damascus' Yarmouk refugee camp, after removing the camp from its list of besieged Syrian areas
2016: 8 January 2016: Failure to enforce UN Security Council resolutions encourages Assad to starve civilians, Syrian Coalition says in a letter, critizising the servility of the UNOCHA - 19 January 2016: After reports revealed that the UN knew about mass starvation in Syria for months before providing humanitarian in 2016 under international pressure, the UN’s conduct during Syria's starvation crisis has prompted outrage from 112 Syrian humanitarian workers, who, in an open letter published on 13 January, accused the UN kowtowing to Assad’s regime and 'chasing permission you do not even need' - 9 February 2016: Besieged Syrian town of Madaya is facing starvation again due to meagre supplies delivered last month already running out, as the UN is accused of severely underestimating the number of people suffering under blockades around the country - 17 February 2016: Some humanitarian aid trucks entered Madaya, Zabadani, Kafriya and Al-Fu’ah in Syria's Rif Dimashq and Idlib province - 26 February 2016: Syrian Coalition demands investigation into Assad regime’s seizing of UN aid airdrops on Deir Ezzor - 3 March 2016: The UNOCHA says that the Assad regime still blocks the delivery of some surgical items to the district of Moadamiyah west of Damascus - 11 March 2016: 30 aid agencies, including Oxfam, release a new report cataloguing deteriorating conditions in Syria and calling on Russia, USA, France and the UK to 'safeguard the glimmer of hope' February’s ceasefire has brought to civilians - 7 April 2016: UN's Jan Egeland says in Geneva that pro-Assad regime forces still besiege 15 areas across Syria blocking the entry of food and medical supplies - 29 avril 2016: L'ONU a averti jeudi que des centaines de milliers de Syriens risquaient de ne plus pouvoir recevoir d'aide d'urgence si les combats se poursuivaient, mais Salem al-Meslet du HCN a estimé que le régime de Bachar el-Assad 'refuse de mettre fin aux souffrances du peuple syrien' - 2 June 2016: As the UN has infuriated the Syrian opposition by saying that a previous commitment to push for airdrops to deliver food aid to besieged towns cannot go ahead without the permission of the Russian regime, UN 'aid' convoy entering Damascus suburb of Darayya for the first time since 2012 did not contain food and instead was largely made up of mosquito nets and shampoo - 16 June 2016: Rights group's report, based on interviews with aid workers, including current and former UN staff, accuses the United Nations of delivering 99% of its aid to regime-controlled territories, calling on the UN to 'restore its impartiality' - 6 July 2016: UN's Yacoub El Hillo has expressed alarm over reports of deteriorating humanitarian conditions and urgent medical evacuation needs in the Syrian towns of Madaya, Foah, Zabadani and Kefraya, where more than 62,000 people are besieged
August 2016: 29 August 2016: UN is continuing to allow the Assad regime to dictate whether aid can be delivered to certain areas of the country, further restricting what can be distributed and by whom, as UN paid and pays tens of millions to Assad regime, as UN's $4bn aid effort in Syria, called morally bankrupt, and UN operations have quietly secured deals with individuals and companies under both Europe and USA sanctions - 8 September 2016: More than 70 aid groups have suspended cooperation with the UN in Syria and have demanded an immediate and transparent investigation into its operations because of concerns Syrian dictator al-Assad has gained 'significant and substantial' influence over the relief effort
September 2016: 12 September 2016: UN aid deliveries are consistently failing to reach the vast majority of the 590,200 Syrians living in besieged areas, as Assad regime is accused of using restrictions as war tactic and the lack of aid in besieged areas is a driving factor in reported evacuations, raising questions about the UN’s ability to provide aid - 30 September 2016: More than 80% of the UN’s Syrian aid convoys have been blocked or delayed by Assad regime this month, denying millions of people essential supplies in some of the country’s hardest-hit areas, only six convoys have so far reached their destinations, and from some that did get through Assad regime forces had removed substantial amounts of medicine and surgical equipment before the vehicles were loaded
December 2016: 22 December 2016: UN says it is concerned about evacuees’ safety as the last rebel convoys and civilians leave eastern Aleppo, also warning that Idlib could be the next Aleppo - 22 December 2016: The number of people who died of their injuries after being displaced from eastern Aleppo has risen to 15, caused by the brutal onslaught by the Assad regime, Russia, and the Iranian-backed militias
January 2017: 25 January 2017: At an aid conference held in Finland, the UN said it would need a total of $8 billion this year to provide life-saving assistance to millions of Syrians inside their shattered homeland and to refugees and their host communities in neighboring countries
March 2017: 9 March 2017: UN called for greater efforts to address the needs of more than 7 million women and girls in Syria impacted by the conflict, now approaching its 7th year
October 2017: 12 October 2017: Up to 13 million civilians inside Syria are in dire need for relief aid, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Panos Moumtzis says, adding that available funding covers only 35% of the total number of those in need
December 2017: 21 December 2017: The UN Security Council approved the delivery of humanitarian aid across borders and conflict lines in Syria for another year, with Russia, China and Bolivia abstaining, as activists and media workers in Idlib province launched a media campaign calling for an end to the bombardment, starvation and the killing of innocent children by the Assad regime and the Russian air forces, aiming to avoid more victims now and in another year and also aiming to expose false claims made by Russian war criminals, and as a group of local activists in the northern Homs province have established an independent civilian body to improve the living conditions for thousands of displaced families
January 2018: 17 January 2018: More than 200,000 displacements in northwest Syria since mid-December, the UN said on Tuesday, after Assad regime forces and Iranian militias, backed by close Russian aerial over, have stepped up bombardment on Idlib and Hama provinces in recent weeks in an attempt to advance on the liberated areas
March 2018: 29 March 2018: Independent Syrian studies center accuses the UN of involvement in the humanitarian tragedy affecting various areas across Syria and that has already resulted in the deaths of dozens of civilians of hunger and lack of medical supplies, also saying that the UN bears primary responsibility for forcing Syrian civilians to leave their areas or agree to humiliating so-called reconciliation deals with the Assad regime - 30 March 2018: The International community and the UN failed to solve humanitarian crises in Syria and other countries, outgoing UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said Friday
October 2018: 26 October 2018: The suffering of thousands of displaced civilians in the Rukban camp along the Syrian-Jordanian border continues and now dozens of displaced people also suffer difficulties in breathing as a result of the sandstorm that hit the region, after the UN relief agencies announced a week ago they would relieve residents of the camp
December 2018: 9 December 2018: United Nations said Sunday it had begun delivering aid to hundreds of thousands of Syrians through the Jaber-Nassib border crossing, carried out by six UN agencies and one international NGO
June 2019: 28 June 2019: Rights group 'Human Rights Watch' says Syria's Assad regime co-opting aid ‘to fund its atrocities’

Humanitarian aid organizations - Disaster management is the creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters - Emergency management - Civil defense - Emergency organisations - Since 1963 Disasters Emergency Committee umbrella group comprising 13 UK charities, all associated with disaster related issues such as providing clean water, humanitarian aid and medical care
2016: 8 January 2016: 'Médecins Sans Frontières' (Doctors Without Borders) calls for immediate delivery of food and medicine to Syria's city of Madaya, under siege for months by Assad regime forces - 8 January: Deliveries of food, medical supplies and blankets to three towns in Syria where residents are starving to death will begin by Monday, Red Cross says amid global outrage - 11 January 2016: ICRC's Pawel Krzysiek, who accompanied an aid convoy on Monday to Madaya, reports that 'the first impression is really heartbreaking', seeing 'many just simply too weak' to welcome the convoy - 9 February 2016: A million Syrian civilians are living in besieged towns, with 300,000 more under threat in Aleppo, aid organisation 'Siege Watch' (PAX, Syria Institute) says in 'First Quarterly Report on Besieged Areas in Syria' - 18 February 2016: Hospitals in opposition-held parts of Syria are refusing to share GPS coordinates with Russian and Syrian authorities because of repeated attacks on medical facilities and workers, Médecins Sans Frontières and humanitarian workers on the ground say
2017: 5 September 2017: Africa was in a 2016 survey of 139 countries the only continent to report a continent-wide increase of its index generosity score when compared to its five-year average, as helpfulness worldwide fell by nearly 2%, according to the Charities Aid Foundation CAF
2018: 16 January 2018: Humanitarian and relief aid groups as well as civil organizations launched a humanitarian campaign under the title ‘Idlib Biggest Campaign’ to relieve more than 300,000 internally displaced people in the province


Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights since 1993 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Website)
OHCHR’s Funding and Budget: The global funding needs of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR are covered by the UN regular budget at a rate of approximately 40%, as the remainder is covered by voluntary contributions from mmber states and other donors
2012/2013: In 2012/2013 the agency 'Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights' had a budget of $177.3 million and 1,000 employees based in Switzerland's Geneva
2017: In 2017 a total of US$142.8 million was raised in voluntary contributions, representing the highest amount ever received by the Office, as voluntary contributions fund around 54% of OHCHR’s budget and the approved regular budget appropriation for the Office in 2018-2019 is US$201.6 million
1993-2013 20-year timeline: 1993-2013 20-year timeline of events in the human rights field in the past 20 years, from the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted at the World Vienna Conference on 25 June 1993, which called for the establishment of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
2013 Investigation into drone strikes: 24/25 January 2013: The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has launched an investigation into drone strikes in five places and will review resultant civilian casualties to determine whether the attacks constitute a war crime - Unmanned combat air vehicles (drones) - Targeted killing - October 2011 (ongoing): List of unmanned aerial vehicles in 50 countries
2013 Moratorium on killer robots: 3 May 2013: UN Human Rights Commission's report wants moratorium on killer robots - 30 May: UN expert Heyns demands freeze on robot weapons
2014: 19 September 2014: Deaths of up to 500 Palestinians, Syrians, Egyptians and Sudanese migrants and refugees in an intentional boat-ramming in the Mediterranean must be investigated, says UN's Zeid Raad al-Hussein Zeid
2 October 2014: UN report covering the period from 6 July to 10 September 2014 details 'staggering array' of serious violations of international humanitarian law and gross abuses of human rights that have been perpetrated by ISIL and associated armed groups in northern Iraq
2015: 20 February: UN's Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein urges Assad regime to release all activists, lawyers and other detainees they have been holding without due process, including detainees jailed since first anti-Assad protests in Syria four years ago - 18 April 2015: At least 6,116 people, both military personnel and civilians, have been killed, another 15,500 wounded since start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014, UNHCHR says
22 June 2015: UNHCHR's Gaza report on Operation Protective Edge in 2014 reveals nothing but UN’s cluelessness
16 September 2015: UN calls for Sri Lanka war crimes court to investigate atrocities
2016: 1 February 2016: UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says that starvation of Syrian civilians is a potential war crime and a crime against humanity that should be prosecuted and not covered by any amnesty linked to ending the conflict - 11 March 2016: UN Human Rights Office's new report on South Sudan describes a multitude of horrendous human rights violations, including a government-operated 'scorched earth policy', deliberate targeting of civilians for rape, pillage, torture, murder and deliberate mass displacement - UN's Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein says there is strong evidence that Ketaeb Hezbollah perpetrated atrocities in Iraq after telling civilians that they were there to help, also saying that the Shi’ite militia backed by Iran fighting alongside Iraqi forces against Islamic State terrorists to retake Fallujah may have kidnapped 900 civilians and executed at least 50, some by beheadings and torture
August 2016: 29 August 2016: Saying that it is perverse that UN and its agencies committed to human rights are throwing a lifeline to a regime that has no qualms about burning the entire country just to stay in power, expert in war studies Leenders reveals that UN agencies had paid 'lucrative procurement contracts to Syrian regime cronies who are known to bankroll the very repression and brutality that caused much of the country’s humanitarian needs', as the UN calls Assad's war against the Syrian people the 'world’s largest humanitarian crisis' but as brave and principled UN aid workers who were kicked out by the regime for refusing to comply with illegal restrictions on humanitarian access receive no support from their headquarters and as UNHCR is the biggest customer of the 'Four Seasons' in Damascus spending $6,822,445 at the hotel since the start of Assad's war crimes
March 2017: 10 March 2017: UN report details massive destruction and serious rights violations since July 2015 in southeast Turkey, during operations that have affected more than 30 towns and neighbourhoods and displaced between 355,000 and half a million people, mostly of Kurdish origin - 14 March 2017: Syria a 'torture-chamber', a 'place of savage horror and absolute injustice', UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein told the 'Geneva Forum' in call for Assad to release prisoners and for torturers to be brought to court, as the Assad regime did not attend and a Russian envoy, its main ally, called the Geneva event a 'waste of valuable time'
August 2017 Carla del Ponte' resignation following UN Security Council’s failure and Russian obstruction: 7 August 2017: Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte says she is resigning from the UN’s independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, decrying Security Council inaction to hold criminals accountable in the war-battered country, saying 'we thought the international community had learned from Rwanda', 'but no, it learned nothing' - 7 August 2018: UN Syria investigator Carla del Ponte quits over concern about Russian obstruction - 13 August 2017: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, Carla del Ponte says, after she was stepping down from her role in frustration at the UN Security Council’s failure to continue the commission’s work by setting up a special tribunal for Syria that could try alleged war criminals, adding: 'Seven years of crime in Syria and total impunity. That is not acceptable'
August-December 2017: - 30 August 2017: Marking 'International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance' Syrian civil society and human rights organizations call on the UN human rights chief to address the tragedy of the tens of thousands of Syrians who have been forcibly disappeared since March 2011 - 27 October 2017: UN condemned the 'deliberate starvation of civilians' as a war tactic following the release of 'shocking' images showing severely malnourished children in an area near Damascus besieged by Assad’s military, as UN human rights chief says starving civilians as a method of warfare is a clear violation of international law - 1 December 2017: UN monitor on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston starts USA tour to hold the world’s richest nation and its president to account for the hardships endured by its most vulnerable citizens, asking wether they can enjoy fundamental human rights if they’re unable to meet basic living standards
10 December 2017: 10 December 2017: Human Rights Day kicks off a year-long campaign to mark the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with activities and events taking place across the world
February 2018: 12 February 2018: Assad regime and Russian airstrikes in rebel-held areas have killed 230 civilians in the past week in some of the conflict’s worst violence that may also constitute war crimes, said Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
March 2018: 6 March 2018: Calls for justice and accountability by victims and families must be urgently addressed, according to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, underscoring the complete impunity of perpetrators by chronicling crimes and violations, including deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and protected objects, starvation, unlawful internment, and the use of chemical weapons, as residents in the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta have begun using UN aid bags as shrouds for children killed in the devastating bombardment by the Assad regime to express their frustration over the organization's inaction - 6 March 2018: The Russian air force has used unguided 'dumb' bombs in Syria, in what UN sources say could be an effort to shift responsibility for possible war crimes and civilian deaths to their ally, the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad - 7 mars 2018: Le Haut commissaire aux droits de l'homme accuse le régime syrien de planifier 'l'apocalypse' dans son pays, ajoutant que le conflit était entré dans une nouvelle 'phase d'horreur' - 16 March 2018: Reports of civilian casualties from Afrin 'deeply alarming', according to UN's Ravina Shamdasani, saying that children, families killed by Turkish airstrikes, shelling in Afrin - 27 March 2018: China and Russia accused of waging 'war on human rights' at UN, as high commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Hussein has announced that he will be stepping down this year and not seeking another term in the post, explaining to his staff that the lack of global support for protecting human rights made his job untenable
20 June 2018: 20 June 2018: Details, blaming Syria's Assad regime for atrocities in eastern Ghouta that were uncovered by a UN commission investigating and documenting possible war crimes in the seven-year-old conflict, were omitted when the commission issued a report on Wednesday
22 June 2018: 22 June 2018: 'The impunity must end', UN human rights office says, after UNHRC-member Venezuela's forces carried out unjustified killings without any apparent consequences and the rule of law is 'virtually absent' in the country, according to UN report
January 2019: 25 January 2019: An 'independent international inquiry' into the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will be led by UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard
April 2019: 24 April 2019: The UN’s human rights chief is calling Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 37 men, including three who were sentenced as minors, 'shocking' and 'abhorrent', saying the beheadings in six cities across Saudi Arabia were carried out Tuesday despite repeated warnings from rights officials about lack of due process
June 2019: 25 June 2019: The world is increasingly at risk of 'climate apartheid', where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, according to a report from UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, also criticizing the 'patently inadequate' steps taken by the UN itself, countries, NGOs and businesses
26 juillet 2019 Michelle Bachelet dénonce 'l’indifférence générale' face aux frappes aériennes en Syrie: 26 juillet 2019: Se référant au dernier bilan de l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'homme, la haut-commissaire de l'ONU Michelle Bachelet a dénoncé vendredi 'l'indifférence' de la communauté internationale face au nombre croissant de civils tués par des frappes aériennes dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie, en affirmant que les récentes frappes avaient visé des établissements de santé, des écoles et d'autres infrastructures civiles telles que des marchés et des boulangeries
6 December 2019 Iranian forces were 'shooting to kill’ protesters: 6 December 2019: Iranian regime's armed forces were 'shooting to kill' in their deadly crackdown against protesters in recent weeks, according to credible video footage, according to UN human rights chief Bachelet, saying demonstrators were shot 'directly in the face and vital organs’
3 February 2021 UN office voiced deep dismay at the sentencing of A. Navalny and called for the immediate release of peaceful protesters: 3 February 2021: UN human rights office voiced deep dismay on Wednesday at the sentencing of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and called for the immediate release of peaceful protesters, including some 1,400 arrested on Tuesday
21 June 2021 Michelle Bachelet criticises human rights violations: 21 juin 2021: Michelle Bachelet a appelé à un sursaut lundi face aux 'plus vastes et plus sévères reculs' des droits humains qu’elle ait jamais vus, dans un discours devant la plus haute instance de l’ONU dans ce domaine, disant 'pour nous remettre des plus vastes et des plus sévères reculs des droits de l’homme que nous ayons jamais vus, nous devons avoir une vision qui change la vie et une action concertée» pour la mettre en oeuvre', à l’égard des membres du Conseil des droits de l’homme, qui démarre ce lundi sa 47e session
28 June 2021 UN calls for end of ‘impunity’ for police violence against black people: 28 June 2021: Calling for transformative action for racial justice, UN report - that analysed cases across the world - led to the damning conclusion that law enforcement officers are rarely held accountable for killing black people due in part to deficient investigations and an unwillingness to acknowledge the impact of structural racism, calling in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd on member states to end the 'impunity' enjoyed by police officers who violate the human rights of black people - 28 June 2021: UN Human Rights Chief urges immediate, transformative action to uproot systemic racism - 28 juin 2021: La Haute-Commissaire des ONU aux droits de l’homme Michelle Bachelet a lancé lundi un appel urgent aux États pour qu’ils adoptent un 'programme transformateur' afin d’éradiquer le racisme systémique, à l’occasion de la publication de son rapport mettant en évidence les violations des droits économiques, sociaux, culturels, civils et politiques subies par les personnes d’ascendance africaine – au quotidien et dans différents États et juridictions
24 August 2021 Taliban’s treatment of women to mark ‘red line’, UN's Michelle Bachelet says: 24 August 2021: Taliban’s treatment of women to mark ‘red line’,UN's Michelle Bachelet says citing credible reports of summary executions and serious violations by the Taliban, 'Al Jazeers' journalist Tamila Varshalomidze reports in her updated report

Since 2000 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Since 2000 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Indigenous peoples
2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, was adopted by the General Assembly's majority of 144 states in favour, 4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA) and 11 abstentions (Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Samoa and Ukraine)
Since 2008/2009 Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment Initiative: Since 2008/2009 Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment Initiative
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples: UN-Sonderberichterstatter für die Rechte indigener Völker - UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
2017: 7/9 August 2017: World still lagging on indigenous rights 10 years after historic declaration, UN experts warn - 9 August 2017: ‘Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of world's biodiversity’, UN Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz says
List of human rights organisations - List of indigenous rights organizations

United Nations Human Rights Committee: United Nations Human Rights Committee 1946-2006, body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its State parties
Since 1992 UN Human Rights Committee case law: UN Human Rights Committee case law - Notable jurisprudence since 1992
March 2018 Catalonia's Carles Puigdemont’s right to participate in political life: 2 March 2018: Spain has violated Carles Puigdemont’s right to participate in political life by forcing him into exile in Belgium, according to his lawyers’ submission to the UN human rights committee
17 November 2020 Greece faces legal action over alleged expulsion of Syrian to Turkey: 17 November 2020: In the latest allegation that Greek authorities are illegally expelling refugees , lawyers will this week file a case at the UN human rights committee on behalf of a Syrian man living in Germany, who says he was picked up and sent to Turkey while he searched for his brother in Greece
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
August 2019 UN panel calls on Palestinians to halt hate speech against Israelis: 31 August 2019: In first, UN panel calls on Palestinians to halt hate speech against Israelis, as UN anti-racism committee urges Palestinian authority to combat anti-Semitism, to act against 'racist hate speech and hate crimes', including incitement to violence against Israelis and Jews, and to better protect journalists, dissidents
United Nations Committee Against Torture: United Nations Committee Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by its States parties
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child: United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
2016: 5 February 2016: UN panel urges UK and Sweden to end WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's 'deprivation of liberty', arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden since he was arrested in London in 2010 after he enraged the USA by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic cables


United Nations 'Human Rights' Council: United Nations 'Human Rights' Council since 2006
Since the 1930s 'Palace of Nations', since 1946 UN office at Geneva: Following an architectural competition in the 1920s, the League of Nations' 'Palace of Nations' designed by Carlo Broggi, Julien Flegenheimer, Camille Lefèvre, Henri Paul Nénot, Joseph Vago was completed in 1938, serving as the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1946, including a somewhat confusing multitude of agencies
Member states of the UN 'Human Rights' Council: The UNHRC has 47 members, selected each year by the UN General Assembly for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis - 1947-2006 list of member states of the UN Commission on Human Rights, which was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2006
OHCHR’s Funding and Budget: The global funding needs of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR are covered by the UN regular budget at a rate of approximately 40%, as the remainder is covered by voluntary contributions from mmber states and other donors
Since 2006 sessions of the UN Human Rights Council: 2006-2018 38 regular sessions of the Human Rights Council - 2006-2018 28 special sessions of the Human Rights Council
2008 Criticism of the UN Human Rights Council: 12 December 2008: As independent human rights groups say the UN council has fallen under the control of a bloc of Islamic and African states, usually backed by China, Cuba and Russia, who protect each other from criticism, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the organization’s widely-criticized Human Rights Council to drop rhetoric and bloc voting and get on with actually defending ordinary people from abuse
Since 22 August 2011 Independent International Commission of Inquiry in Syria: Since 22 August 2011Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, set up by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate human rights violations in Syria - the Commission posted regular updates via its official Twitter page and, until August 2017, Carla del Ponte, by Summer 2017, the Commission had interviewed more than 5,000 witnesses, produced 13 reports and prepared several examples of war crimes
2012 resolution on Internet freedom: 6 July 2012: The UN Human Rights Council has passed its first resolution on Internet freedom with a call for all states to support individuals' rights online as much as offline
2014 human rights and humanitarian law in North Korea and Gaza: 17 February 2014: World must act on North Korea rights abuse, says UN report - 24 July 2014: In Geneva the UN human rights council voted to launch an international inquiry to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Gaza, with the USA opposing the move and 17 countries abstaining
2015 call on Russia to comply with Minsk II peace agreement: 26 March 2015: 43 UN member states call on Russia to comply with Minsk II peace agreement in a joint statement issued in the UN Human Rights Council
May 2015: 12 May 2015: USA administration admits at UN Human Rights Council that it 'crossed the line' on interrogating detainees also saying that it should 'do better' in police conduct toward minorities
June 2015 continued failure of the UN Security Council to refer the Syrian file to the ICC: 25 June: In a session congruently to the 29th UN Human Rights Council meeting titled 'Syria after Tyranny' Syrian Coalition’s Hisham Marwa says that the continued failure of the UN Security Council to refer the Syrian file to the ICC gives the Assad regime a green light to shed more blood in Syria
September 2015: 24 September 2015: UN issues urgent call for Saudi Arabia to stay beheading of juvenile Ali Mohammed al-Nimr and his crucifixion after taking part in demonstrations three years ago for democracy and equal rights - 24 September 2015: USA 'welcomes' Saudi Arabia as head of UN Human Rights Council
2016 after 5 years UN's policy in Syria morally bankrupt: 29 August 2016: Saying that it is perverse that UN and its agencies committed to human rights are throwing a lifeline to a regime that has no qualms about burning the entire country just to stay in power, expert in war studies Leenders reveals that UN agencies had paid 'lucrative procurement contracts to Syrian regime cronies who are known to bankroll the very repression and brutality that caused much of the country’s humanitarian needs', as the UN calls Assad's war against the Syrian people the 'world’s largest humanitarian crisis' but as brave and principled UN aid workers who were kicked out by the regime for refusing to comply with illegal restrictions on humanitarian access receive no support from their headquarters and as UNHCR is the biggest customer of the 'Four Seasons' in Damascus spending $6,822,445 at the hotel since the start of Assad's war crimes - 19 October 2016: UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the worsening situation in Aleppo on Friday after a formal request from Britain on behalf of a core group of 11 Western and Arab countries - 22 October 2016: UN Human Rights Council demands immediate end to aerial bombardment of Aleppo, as UN's High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein says that the siege and aerial bombing of Aleppo constitutes 'crimes of historic proportions' that have caused and is causing heavy civilian casualties amounting to war crimes - 25 October 2016: Over 80 human rights and aid organizations, including Human Rights Watch, CARE International and Refugees International, have urged the United Nations member states to expel Russia from the Human Rights Council over its military campaign in Syria - 28 October 2016: It was the first time Russia and one of the permanent five members of the security council had failed to get elected to the HRC since its formation a decade ago, and followed a campaign by human rights groups opposing Russian membership because of its role in the bombing of Syrian cities, eastern Aleppo in particular
June 2017 climate change resolution: 24 June 2017: UNHRC passes climate change resolution co-sponsored by about 50 countries calling to issue climate change response policies in line with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
August 2017 Carla del Ponte' resignation following UN Security Council’s failure, Russian crimes and obstruction: 7 August 2017: Former war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte says she is resigning from the UN’s independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, decrying Security Council inaction to hold criminals accountable in the war-battered country, saying 'we thought the international community had learned from Rwanda', 'but no, it learned nothing' - 7 August 2018: UN Syria investigator Carla del Ponte quits over concern about Russian obstruction - 13 August 2017: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, Carla del Ponte says, after she was stepping down from her role in frustration at the UN Security Council’s failure to continue the commission’s work by setting up a special tribunal for Syria that could try alleged war criminals, adding: 'Seven years of crime in Syria and total impunity. That is not acceptable'
September 2017 'Human Rights Watch' slams UNHCR capitulating to pressure: 6 September 2017: Human Rights Watch accuses Beijing regime of sabotaging United Nations efforts to promote rights, slamming the world body for often capitulating to Chinese pressure
29 September 2017 UNHCR agrees ... investigation of human rights abuses in Yemen: 29 September 2017: UN human rights council has agreed to set up an independent investigation into all alleged abuses of human rights in Yemen by all sides in the three-year civil war, dating back to September 2014, including seeking to identify those responsible and coming after intensive talks between the Saudis, the Arab League, the Netherlands, the UK, France and the USA
30 September 2019 UNHCR condemns ...: 30 September 2017: UN Human Rights Council condemned the continued widespread and gross violations of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law by the Assad regime forces and their allied militias
February 2018 Iran's human right’s abuser Awaei allowed to adress UNHCR: 23 February 2018: Critics voiced outrage Thursday that Iran’s justice minister Avaie will travel to Geneva next week to address the UN’s top human rights body, despite facing Swiss and EU sanctions over human rights violations, arbitrary arrests, denials of prisoners' rights, and increase in executions - 26 February 2018: USA UN-ambassador Nikki Haley lashed out at the Human Rights Council, saying it should be 'ashamed' for inviting Iranian minister Avaei notorious for his human rights abuses including a massacre of political prisoners to address the body’s annual meeting in Geneva this week, following already elicited outrage from Iranian and international activists - 28 February 2018: As demonstrators denounced Avaei outside the UN Geneva, an umbrella group of Iranian human rights groups slammed the UNHCR for allowing a human right’s abuser Awaei to speak on human rights
5 March 2018 eastern Ghouta investigation demanded: 5 March 2018: UN's human rights body adopted a resolution proposed by Britain in a 29-4 vote with 14 abstentions calling for UN-mandated investigators for Syria to conduct an urgent and targeted probe of recent violence in the eastern Ghouta region outside of Damascus
March 2018 torture, abuse in Iranian prisons: 5 March 2018: UN expert decries 'pattern' of torture, abuse in Iranian prisons, as late Asma Jahangir finds evidence of rape, sexual violence, electric shocks, amputations, denial of medical treatment to prisoners in report to Human Rights Council
12 March 2018 human rights in Iran: 12 March 2018: Ahead of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, 46 Iranian and international non-governmental organizations sent a letter to all diplomatic missions based in Geneva urging them to vote for the renewal of the mandate of the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran
24 March 2018 Assad's war crimes condemned by Australia: 24 March 2018: Australia has fiercely condemned the Syrian Assad regime for its continuing atrocities against civilians, which have included bombing hospitals, using illegal chemical weapons and deliberately trying to starve a civilian population, also pushing back firmly against Russia, in a statement to the Human Rights Council in Geneva
May 2018 Israel accuses UNHRC council: 18 May 2018: Israel accuses the UNHRC council of systematically ignoring real human rights violations around the world and instead 'adopting for more resolutions against Israel than against all the rest of the countries in the world combined', pointing out that the vast majority of the 60 people killed in Monday’s Gaza border protest 'were Hamas members, as even the leaders of the terror group have acknowledged in their own voices' and calling on the USA to leave the UNHRC
18 June 2018 Iranian regime's persecution of journalists: 18 June 2018: The 'International Federation of Journalists' is to call on the UN Human Rights Council to act to end the continued Iran regime's persecution of journalists, as BBC Persian TV's Negin Shiraghaei will tell the 38th Session of the council in Geneva about the threats and persecution faced by her and her colleagues and call on the council to demand the Iranian authorities cease their persecution of journalists
20 June 2018 'UN’s human rights architecture' praised amid complete failure to defend human rights: 20 June 2018: After efforts to promote reform on UN’s human rights council had failed, USA quits the council, citing its 'chronic bias against Israel’ and saying 'we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights' - 20 June 2018: UN's Assad supporting Guterres praises the 'UN’s human rights architecture', playing 'a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide'
June 2018 Syria's Assad's war crimes: 20 June 2018: Details, blaming Syria's Assad regime for atrocities in eastern Ghouta that were uncovered by a UN commission investigating and documenting possible war crimes in the seven-year-old conflict, were omitted when the commission issued a report on Wednesday
July 2018 human rights violations committed by the Assad regime and its allies: 7 July 2018: UN Human Rights Council in the final day of its 38th session on Friday condemned violations of human rights and international law in Syria, especially the violations being committed by the Assad regime and its allied sectarian militias and their killings against the Syrian people, chiefly among them is the Hezbollah militia
11 September 2019 UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria reports war crimes: 11 September 2019: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria reports war crimes, once again in Assad's eight-year-old war that claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands, forced 13 million people from their homes, half of whom leaving their shattered homeland, without any serious international response
16 September 2019 Hong Kong 'police brutality' investigation demanded: 16 September 2019: Pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Tanya Chan called on the top UN human rights body to investigate what she said were 'brutal crackdowns' and 'police brutality' against demonstrators in the former British colony
September 2019 UN admits half a million in Idlib with no choice but to flee: 18 September 2019: Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that the escalation of fighting in Idlib have left around half a million civilians with no choice but to flee
October 2019 UN Human Rights council 'in the business of protecting dictators and war crimes': 17 October 2019: USA ambassador decries vote as ‘an embarrassment and a tragedy’, and Israeli envoy says council ‘now in the business of protecting dictators and war crimes’, after Venezuela won seat on UN Human Rights Council, and as other seat for Latin America went to Brazil, whose neo-fascist linked leader has expressed contempt for the concept of human rights, praising the torturers of the country’s military dictatorship, and encouraging police to carry out extrajudicial killings
November 2019 countries urge Egypt to investigate alleged killings and torture ahead of UN review: 13 November 2019: The USA and other countries urged Egypt to investigate alleged killings and torture by its security forces and to release journalists and others arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression, as Egypt has been trying to deflect criticism of its rights record and prison conditions ahead of the UN review that follows a new wave of arrests
14 March 2020 UN 'Human Rights' Council applauds Iranian criminal regime in periodic review: 14 March 2020: UN 'Human Rights' Council applauds Iranian regime in periodic review, as North Korean, Syria's Assad, Russia's Putin and Chinese Beijing regime praise Tehran's Mullahs for ‘protecting rights of vulnerable groups', ‘openness to dialogue’, after the January 2020 shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, murdering 176 international passengers and crew members, following the July 2014 Russian shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, murdering 298 international passengers and crew members, followed in February 2020 by Dutch trial, after prosecution formally charged four suspects amid Russian murderous regime's denials and threats against witnesses
16 June 2020 African countries demand UN inquiry into 'systemic racism' and 'police brutality' in the USA: 16 June 2020; African countries are lobbying to set up a UN inquiry into 'systemic racism' and 'police brutality' in the USA and elsewhere, aiming to defend the rights of people of African descent, a draft resolution shows circulating among diplomats in Geneva, voicing alarm at 'recent incidents of police brutality against peaceful demonstrators defending the rights of Africans and of people of African descent', due to be considered at an urgent debate of the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday
20 June 2020 UN rights body to report on racism after Floyd killing: 20 June 2020: UN human rights body agreed unanimously Friday to commission a UN report on systemic racism and discrimination against black people while stopping short of ordering a more intensive investigation singling out the USA after the death of George Floyd sparked worldwide demonstrations
12 October 2020 UN council 'allowing five convicted arsonists to join the fire brigade': 12 October 2020: China, Russia and Saudi Arabia set to join UN human rights council, as rights campaigners voice concerns as Cuba and Pakistan also expected to be elected, pleading with EU states to commit to withholding their support, and as Geneva-based monitoring NGO UN Watch describes the situation as the equivalent of allowing five convicted arsonists to join the fire brigade
14 October 2020 Israel's Gilad Erdan slams UN Human Rights Council after Russia, China, Pakistan, Cuba elected: 14 October 2020: Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan assailed the international body on Tuesday after its members elected several countries widely criticized for their human rights records to the premier UN body tasked with defending human rights, as China, Russia, Cuba and Pakistan were among the 15 countries that won seats in a secret-ballot vote carried out by the 193-member General Assembly
30 December 2020 UN 'human rights' official criticizes USA sanctions on Syria: 30 December 2020: UN rights official criticizes USA sanctions on Syria, as Alena Douhan of the UN 'Human Rights Council' said the Caesar Act is hurting Syrians' chances to rebuild infrastructure and live comfortably
22 September 2021 a year after normalization deals, Israel and new Arab partners make joint UN statement: 22 September 2021: Israel and three Arab countries it normalized relations with last year – Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco – presented on Wednesday a joint statement to the UN's Human Rights Council, calling to 'have women’s voices influencing an agenda for human rights, sustainable development, security and peace'
4 March 2022 Russia’s isolation over Ukraine war grows at UN rights body: 4 March 2022: Russia’s isolation over Ukraine war grows at UN rights body, as some 32 of the 47 member states of the UN Human Rights Council voted in favor of a resolution that aims to set up a 3-member panel of experts to monitor human rights in Ukraine, while 13 abstained. Only Russia and Eritrea voted against the resolution that was proposed by states who have spoken out against Putin regime's criminal invasion
31 July 2023 UN complaint lodged over Turkish airstrikes on hospital in Iraq: 31 July 2023: Turkish airstrikes that allegedly targeted a civilian hospital and killed 8 people in Iraq have been made the subject of a formal complaint to the UN human rights council, the first case to be brought on the issue of Turkish airstrikes against the Yazidi people

UN special rapporteur: UN special rapporteur, independent expert, and working group member are titles given to individuals working on behalf of the UN within the scope of 'special procedure' mechanisms who have a specific country or thematic mandate from the 'United Nations Human Rights Council'
List of watched countries and territories: Countries and territories overseen by UN special rapporteurs, independent experts, and working groups - List of themes concerning watched countries and territories
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
2018 UN report: 5 March 2018: UN expert decries 'pattern' of torture, abuse in Iranian prisons, as late Asma Jahangir finds evidence of rape, sexual violence, electric shocks, amputations, denial of medical treatment to prisoners in report to Human Rights Council
March 2019 UN report: 11 March 2019: Worrying patterns of intimidation, arrest, prosecution, and ill-treatment of human rights defenders, lawyers, and labour rights activists in Iran signal an increasingly severe State response to protests and strikes in the country, according to UN expert and Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman, saying that rising inflation, difficult working conditions, late or unpaid wages, falling living standards, and increased challenges in accessing adequate work, food, health care, and water was making life harder for many Iranians
13 March 2019: 13 March 2019: Iran rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who had taken on the cases of women arrested for appearing in public without headscarves, jailed for 10 extra years and also sentenced to 148 lashes, as UN's Javaid Rehman said the reported conviction was 'a crystal-clear illustration of an increasingly severe state response'
List of watched themes: List of themes concerning watched countries and territories
UN Special Rapporteurs on racism: UN Special Rapporteurs on racism
UN Special Rapporteurs on torture: UN Special Rapporteurs on torture
Since 1990 UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography: Since 1990 UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Since 1994 UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women: Since 1994 UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Since 2000 UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: Since 2000 UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Since 2010 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association: Since 2010 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Since 2011 UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence: Since 2011 UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Since 2014 UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression: Since 2014 UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
August 2019 communications blackout imposed by India: 8 August 2019: The unprecedented communications blackout imposed on Indian-administered Kashmir could signal a departure in the way democratic states clamp down on information in contentious areas, the UN’s special rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye has said

Since 2007 Iran Tribunal: Since 2007 Iran Tribunal, an international people's court and a non-binding legal tribunal residing in The Hague, aiming to investigate serious allegations of Human Rights violations and Crimes against humanity in the Islamic Republic of Iran during the 1980s, founded because no other judicial committee would investigate allegations made against the Iranian regime - Iran Tribunal website
2012 hearing: 24 October 2012: Evidence of atrocities committed in Iran during the 1980s, when at least 20,000 opponents of the regime of Ayatollah Khomeini are believed to have been executed, will be heard at a three-day sitting of a special international tribunal in The Hague
2013 Truth commission report and judgement: 5 February 2013: Full judgement of the Iran Tribunal - Report on the findings of The Truth Commission of the Iran Tribunal
2017/2018: Human Rights Watch 2017/2018 Iran report

List of human rights organisations - List of indigenous rights organizations
'Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy' annual human rights summit sponsored by a coalition of 20 non-governmental organizations
2015: 24 February 2015: Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi was awarded a prize for courage at the 2015 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy held on Tuesday - 30 June: Some 1,200 people rally for Israel at UN Human Rights Council
2016: 25 October 2016: Over 80 human rights and aid organizations, including Human Rights Watch, CARE International and Refugees International, have urged the United Nations member states to expel Russia from the Human Rights Council over its military campaign in Syria
2017: 22 février 2017: Des dirigeants du monde entier, comme Donald Trump aux Etats-Unis, propagent des discours de haine 'diabolisant' certains groupes, une rhétorique 'toxique' qui rend le monde plus dangereux, selon Amnesty international dans son rapport annuel
17 October 2017: The UN Human Rights Council falls seriously short in its mandate to ensure effective enjoyment by all of all human rights and needs real reform, not another reform process, Peter Splinter says
February 2018: 22 février 2018: Le monde subit les conséquences effroyables de discours de haine qui menacent de normaliser la discrimination contre des groupes marginalisés, souligne l'ONG Amnesty International dans son rapport 2017/18 sur les droits humains dans le monde
October 2018: 12 October 2018: Insisting that 'crimes of enforced disappearance and murder are unacceptable', Amnesty International's Heba Morayef says the Saudi government killed journalist Khashoggi to send a message, having 'implications for Saudi government critics overseas, but also for other dissidents in the Arab world', 'I think it's about a very frightening effect, a clear message'
Since 1978 Human Rights Watch international non-governmental organization, conducting research and advocacy on human rights, headquarters are in New York City with offices in Amsterdam, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Nairobi, Paris, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Zurich - Human Rights Watch website
2017: 1 May 2017: New evidence shows pattern of nerve-agent use by the Syrian Assad regime, according to Human Rights Watch - 1 May 2017 Human Rights Watch documentation: Death by Chemicals - The Syrian Government’s Widespread and Systematic Use of Chemical Weapons - 4 August 2017: HRW says that the execution of cyber-activist Bassel Khartabil, also known as Bassel Safadi, by Assad’s security services is 'a prime example of Syria’s horrific justice system', 'not only did the authorities torture and execute him, they also caused suffering to his family by keeping his fate secret' - 17 August 2017: Human Rights Watch has denounced a call by Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte for police to shoot rights activists who get in the way of his bloody drug war, saying that 'Duterte threatens human rights community'
October 2017: 28 October 2017: Human Rights Watch has urged the international community to slap sanctions on the Assad regime after UN investigators blamed Assad regime forces for a sarin gas attack that killed dozens back in April 4
February 2018: 23 February 2018: Civilian deaths in Turkish attacks may be unlawful, as military appears to have failed to take necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties in three attacks in northwest Syria in late January 2018, according to Human Rights Watch
2 April 2018: 2 April 2018: Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen violated the laws of war by launching ballistic missiles indiscriminately at populated areas in Saudi Arabia on 25 March 2018, killing an Egyptian migrant worker and injuring two others in Riyadh, Human Rights Watch says
10 April 2018: 10 April 2018: The 7 April 2018 chemical attack on civilians in the town of Douma is a war crime that bears the hallmarks of the Assad regime, but its ally Russia shares potential criminal responsibility for its use, Human Rights Watch said
May 2018: 15 May 2018: Repression, discrimination ahead of 2018 World Cup in Russia, Human Rights Watch says, not demanding that the murderous Putin regime, involved in Assad's war against the Syrian people since 2011, common war crimes, and the war against Ukraine since 2014, should be boycotted and finally convicted by the International Criminal Court ICC, because it's a moral farce in letting Russia play host while engaged in actions and policies that are hostile to humanity, international goodwill and harmony FIFA says the World Cup promotes - 21 May 2018: With the lives of over two million civilians at risk in Syria’s Idlib and Daraa governorates, world leaders should abstain from attending the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Moscow, unless the Kremlin takes meaningful steps to protect them from chemical and conventional attacks, Human Rights Watch says
June 2019: 28 June 2019: Rights group 'Human Rights Watch' says Syria's Assad regime co-opting aid ‘to fund its atrocities’
19 January 2021 HRW Sunai Phasuk says Thai sentence for alleged insulting Thai monarchy 'sends a spine-chilling signal': 19 January 2021: HRW's Sunai said authorities appeared to be using lese-majesty to curb the pro-democracy protests, as woman jailed for record 43 years for insulting Thai monarchy, as Anchan, in her 60s, had hoped for leniency and said she did not realise audio she shared was inappropriate, and as sentencing comes at a time amid covid-19 when the authorities are attempting to clamp down on an unprecedented youth-led pro-democracy movement that has challenged both the monarchy and the government, gathering in the tens of thousands last year, criticising King Maha Vajiralongkorn and questioning the royal family’s vast wealth and power
15 June 2021 rights groups including HRW urge UN to launch probe mission for Beirut blast: 15 June 2021: Rights groups urge UN to launch probe mission for Beirut blast, as HRW said it documented flaws in the investigation of the blast, including political interference, while no indictments have been issued so far
Since 1919 Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, helping to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts - Save the Children comprises 'Save the Children International' and 28 member organisations working to deliver change for children in 120 countries
July 2017: 20 July 2017: Charities have urged the UN to name and shame the Saudi-led coalition over child rights violations in Yemen after research showed more than 120 children were killed or maimed in airstrikes by the alliance last year
February 2019: 15 février 2019: Plus d'enfants meurent à la guerre que de soldats, selon 'Save the Children'
Since 1986 Physicians for Human Rights, a USA-based not-for-profit human rights NGO that uses medicine and science to document and advocate against mass atrocities and severe human rights violations around the world - Physicians for Human Rights website
Since 2011 PHR documenting assaults on Syrian health care workers and infrastructure: Since 2011 Physicians for Human Rights researchers begin documenting assaults on Syrian health care workers and infrastructure, creating an interactive map of attacks and revealing the Syrian government’s systemic targeting of hospitals and health workers
July 2019 UNSC session: 30 July 2019: Following UN Security Council session, in which Physicians for Human Rights' Susannah Sirkin described Assad's and Russia's repeated attacks on health facilities and personnel, 10 members met with Secretary-General asking him to launch an investigation into attacks on civilian infrastructure, especially health facilities, in northwestern Syria
Since 1941 'Freedom House' non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights, headquartered in Washington, D.C. - 'Freedom in the World', a yearly survey and report by Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world - 'Freedom of the Press' yearly report by Freedom House, measuring the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in nations and significant disputed territories around the world
February 2019 Assad's Syria the 'worst of the worst': 11 February 2019: In its annual assessment of fundamental freedoms, 'Freedom House' rights group singled out Syria as 'worst of the worst' on its list of the least free countries, as the Syrian Coalition pointed out that the ranking should prompt the international community and those who are trying to rehabilitate the Assad regime to shoulder their responsibilities


United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2014: 5 May 2014: After talks at the Zaatari camp in Jordan with the UN high commissioner for refugees Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon urge the implementation of a UN resolution passed in February demanding rapid unhindered access for aid - 20 June: Number of displaced people over 50m for first time since second world war, UNHCR says adding that more than half of those displaced are children - 20 June: At a UNHCR conference marking World Refugee Day Malta's Helena Dalli says that Europe has 'a lot to do to make up for the damage it had caused'
2015: 19 March 2015: UN High Commissioner for Refugees says seven million Syrians are internally displaced as a result of Assad's war against Syrian people, 2.2 million from Rural Damascus, 1.7 million from Aleppo, 1.1 million from Homs, 390,000 from Deir Ezzor, 300,000 from Latakia, 245,000 from Dara’a, 235,000 from Hama and 520,000 from Idlib, Damascus, and Al-Hasakah - 27 March 2015: The number of people applying for asylum in safer countries soared to a 22-year high in 2014, as hundreds of thousands fled conflicts in Syria and Iraq, UNHCR says - 16 April 2015: The war in Syria is largest humanitarian disaster since WWII, UNHCR says urging the international community to act - 19 June 2015: Syria world’s biggest source of refugees, UNHCR says - 1 July 2015: More than 135,000 refugees reached Europe by sea in first half of 2015, with most of the burden being borne by countries in southern Europe, UNHCR says, adding that increased EU funding for rescue operations has meant a decrease in the number of deaths at sea since May - 1 July 2015: The sea route to Europe, the Mediterranean passage in the age of refugees - 9 July 2015: Latest figures from UNHCR put the total number of refugees from Syria fleeing war and persecution to just over 4,013,000 people, the largest exodus from a single conflict in a generation, and with at least 7.6 milion people forced from their homes within Syria - 4 September: UNHCR Antonio Guterres says mass relocation programme needed in the EU to help refugees fleeing war and persecution - 27 September 2015: World waited too long to act on refugee crisis, Antonio Guterres says in an interview on the sidelines of UN General Assembly - 3 October 2015: About half of the 380,000 migrants and refugees who have claimed asylum in Europe this year are Syrian, according to UN, but most Syrian refugees are just too poor to flee to Europe - 24 October 2015: UNHCR's Amin Awad says that Russian airstrikes and increased fighting around the Syrian city of Aleppo had contributed to the 'dynamic of displacement', with about 30,000 displaced, as the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs puts the number at 50,000 - 3 November 2015: Russian airstrikes in Syria send thousands more refugees to Europe, as UNHCR reports 30% in increase in refugees since Russia began bombing Syria - 24 November: UNHCR decries restrictions on refugees, upholds right to asylum - 19 December: UN refugee chief Guterres calls for 'massive resettlement' of Syrians in Europe - 22 December: Refugee and migrant arrivals in EU pass 1 million in 2015, while thousands died or went missing, UNHCR says
2016: 16 January 2016: Calling on politicans, new UN chief for refugees Filippo Grandi says he hopes international refugee and migration crisis will be solved soon if the necessary political decisions are made - 20 January 2016: More than a million Syrians are enduring another winter as refugees in Lebanon, as for some it is their fifth in a row, displaced by Assad's war that has driven 4.4 million Syrians into neighboring countries and that the UN was unable end - 10 February 2016: UN refugee agency in February 2016 urges Turkey to open borders to Syrian refugees, following murderous Assad regime's, Russian and Iranian attacks on Aleppo - 13 February 2013: Over 80,000 refugees and migrants have already arrived in Europe since the beginning of 2016, the majority of those arriving in January 2016 were women and children making up nearly 58%, over 400 have died trying to cross, according to UNHCR's Melissa Fleming - 21 February 2016: UN officially registered more than a million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, the highest concentration in the world, making up more than a quarter of the country's population, with 70% of them living below the poverty line - 8 March 2016: UN refugee agency has concerns over the deal reached between the EU and Turkey that would see refugees sent back to Turkey, where some nationalities lack protection - 22 March 2016: UNHCR has stopped transporting refugees and migrants arriving on Lesbos from Turkey to a reception facility as their subsequent freedom of movement is no longer guaranteed, a UNHCR spokesman says, referring to last week's EU-Turkey deal - 20 May 2016: Hundreds of UN schools in Syria, Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Jordan run by the UN have been attacked, damaged or rendered inoperable by armed conflict and violence in the Middle East over the past five years, disrupting the education of thousands of children, a UN report says - 20 June 2016: As a record 65 million men, women and children are forced from their homes by war and persecution last year, and as the three countries Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia produce half the world’s refugees, UN refugee agency sounds alarm over failure of nations to find collective solutions
August 2016: 29 August 2016: Saying that it is perverse that UN and its agencies committed to human rights are throwing a lifeline to a regime that has no qualms about burning the entire country just to stay in power, expert in war studies Leenders reveals that UN agencies had paid 'lucrative procurement contracts to Syrian regime cronies who are known to bankroll the very repression and brutality that caused much of the country’s humanitarian needs', as the UN calls Assad's war against the Syrian people the 'world’s largest humanitarian crisis' but as brave and principled UN aid workers who were kicked out by the regime for refusing to comply with illegal restrictions on humanitarian access receive no support from their headquarters and as UNHCR is the biggest customer of the 'Four Seasons' in Damascus spending $6,822,445 at the hotel since the start of Assad's war crimes - In 2015 UNHCR said that funding shortage leaves Syrian refugees in danger of missing vital support
September 2016: 15 September 2016: Highlighting the impact of conflicts on civilians in a report showing that the global number of displaced people is equivalent to the UK’s population of 65 million, World Bank and UNHCR show that the root of the problem are 10 conflicts in Afghanistan, Burundi, the Caucasus, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, the former Yugoslavia, saying that 89% of refugees and 99% of internally displaced people were hosted by around 15 developing countries, as xenophobic reactions in high-income countries threaten the consensus that is underpinning global economic growth
June 2018: 19 June 2018: Record 68.5 million people fleeing war or persecution worldwide, including 25.4 million refugees, 40 million internally displaced and 3.1 million asylum seekers, as UNHCR sees five countries accounting for two-thirds of all refugees including Syria (6.3 million), Afghanistan (2.6 million), South Sudan (2.4 million), Myanmar (1.2 million) and Somalia (986,400) - 30 June 2018: Number of displaced by fighting in southern Syria triples to 160,000, according to UNHCR
July 2018: 13 July 2018: The UN has called for unimpeded access to about 250,000 Syrians stranded in the desert near Jordan and Israel, who fled as Assad's forces and allies entered opposition-controlled parts of Daraa
June 2019 number of people fleeing conflict and oppression worldwide exceeded 70 million: 19 June 2019: The number of people fleeing conflict and oppression worldwide and forced to flee their homes has exceeded 70 million for the first time since records began, according to the UN’s refugee agency, saying that the figure is a conservative estimate, because the impact of the crisis in Venezuela is still not known, also adding 'year on year the international community is proving unable to make peace'
4 July 2019 5,625,871 registered Syrian refugees: 5,625,871 registered Syrian refugees on 4 July 2019 according to UNHCR, as Assad's, Iranian and Russian murderous war against the Syrian people continues in its ninth year and as Russia and Assad regime step up murderous airstrikes against civilians in Idlib province on 22 July 2019
23 July 2019 'the crucial role played by NGOs must be acknowledged': 23 July 2019: UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration said in a joint statement 'the crucial role played by NGOs must be acknowledged (and) they should not be criminalised nor stigmatised for saving lives at sea', as 14 states made progress on plans to redistribute refugees rescued in the Mediterranean, while eight said they would actively take part, including Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Portugal
December 2019 UN urged governments, businesses and others to 'reboot' the world's response to refugees: 17 December 2019: At first 'Global Refugee Forum' in Geneva, UN urged governments, businesses and others on Tuesday to 'reboot' the world's response to refugees as the number of people fleeing their homes rises, along with hostility to migrants
1 September 2021 up to 500,000 Afghans could flee by year-end, UNHCR and WFP say: 1 September 2021: Up to 500,000 Afghans could flee by year-end UNHCR fears, WFP's Andrew Patterson told France24

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East since 1949
Since 1947: United Nations Special Committee on Palestine UNSCOP created on 15 May 1947 in response to a United Kingdom government request - report of the Committee dated 3 September 1947 to the UN General Assembly - United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine recommended a partition - on 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the adoption and implementation of the plan as resolution 181 - List of the UN resolutions concerning Israel and Palestine since 1947
Since 1950: UNRWA education programme in the Middle East with 700 schools employing more than 20,000 mostly Palestinian teaching and support staff - Palestinian curriculum and Antisemitism - Antisemitism in the Arab world in the twentieth century - Antisemitism in the Palestinian territories
Since 1950: Since 1950 UNRWA the main healthcare provider for the Palestinian refugee population
Since 2003: UNRWA accused of hiring known militants, perpetuating Palestinian dependency, demonizing Israel, and funneling money from Western governments to line the pockets of the Palestinian Authority and purchasing arms for terrorists
December 2007: 3 December 2007: How UNRWA creates dependency
February 2009: 8 February 2009: Ex-UNRWA official blasts agency for politicizing Palestinian refugee issue - 26 February 2009: Australian lawmaker Michael Danby said Australia’s $30 million in funding for Palestinians since 2007, largely through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, was being 'diverted to arms purchases, terrorist operations and anti-Israel incitement, as well as into the pockets of the Palestinian Authority leadership'
2014: 22 June 2014: UN envoy Robert Serry denies claim he tried to funnel $20m to Hamas behind Israel's back - 13/14 July 2014: Palestinian representative to the UN Human Rights Council Kraishi says every missile fired from Gaza at Israel is a crime against humanity because it is directed at civilian targets and, unlike IDF, 'we never warn anyone about where these missiles are about to fall' - 17 July: 20 missiles found in UN-run school in Gaza, confirming Israel’s oft-repeated claim that Hamas and other Gazan terror groups use civilian infrastructure to hide weapons - 19 July: UN's Ban Ki-moon joins efforts for ceasefire negotiations after Hamas's rejection and as death toll reaches 350 - 20 July 2014: 'United' Nations agency UNRWA handed 20 missiles found in Gaza school back to Hamas, not to International Criminal Court - 22 July 2014: Israeli newspaper asks wether is was a war crime that UNRWA handed rockets over to Hamas - 22 July: For the second time in less than a week, rockets have been found in a school in Gaza operated by the UNRWA - 23 July 2014: UN's Ban Ki-moon is 'alarmed' to hear that rockets placed in UN-run school in Gaza now 'have gone missing', demanding a full review - 28 July 2014: Hamas fired anti-tank missile from UNRWA school in Beit Hanoun on Thursday, yard was empty when IDF responded, IDF investigation says - 30 July 2014: UN agency for Palestinian refugees admits that a stockpile of Hamas rockets for the third time since the onset of Operation Protective Edge was found in UNRWA’s Gaza schools, but was not publicized by UNRWA - 30 July 2914: Three Israeli soldiers were killed and 15 injured in an explosion at a booby-trapped UNRWA 'health clinic' in Gaza's Khan Yunis that housed the opening of a Hamas tunnel for terrorist attacks in Israel - 2 August: Finnish reporter admits Gaza rockets launched from hospital - 13 August: Concerned by rockets turned over to local authorities by the UN organization, USA lawmakers want UNRWA investigated over troubling Gaza role
2015 marking the 65th anniversary of the UNRWA Ban Ki-moon calls for an immediate resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations: 3 June 2015: Marking the 65th anniversary of the UNRWA Ban Ki-moon calls for an immediate resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations saying that UNRWA was never meant to exist for 65 years, but 'it exists because of political failure' - 13 August 2015: UNRWA in financial crisis from warfare in Gaza and Syria, threatening the reopening of schools that it runs in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria
17 October 2015 Palestinian employees of UNRWA are inciting Palestinians to commit terror attacks against Israelis from social media accounts: 17 October 2015: Palestinian employees of UN refugee agency UNRWA are inciting Palestinians to commit terror attacks against Israelis from social media accounts on which they explicitly identify as United Nations workers, a report from a UN watchdog published Friday charged
February 2017 Palestinian UNRWA employees continue to use social media to support terror activities and spread anti-Semitism: 6 February 2017: Palestinian employees of United Nations refugee agency UNRWA are continuing to use social media to support terror activities and spread anti-Semitism, despite a previous outcry in 2015 over the issue, according to a report by UN watchdog - February 2017: Poisoning Palestinian Children - UN Watch's report on UNRWA teachers' incitement to jihadist terrorism and antisemitism - 23 April 2017: UNRWA’s Gaza union head al-Hindi, accused of Hamas ties and elected to a leadership role in the terror group in February vote, no longer employed by agency
2018: 17 January 2018: Stung by USA aid cut, UNRWA launches global fundraising campaign
May 2018 70 years after its formation UNRWA says the Yarmouk camp in Damascus lies today in ruins: 22 May 2018: Nearly 70 years after its formation on 8 December 1949 the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees UNRWA says that the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus lies today in ruins, with hardly a single building that has not been destroyed or damaged, as remaining people dig up bodies from under the rubble of bombed houses - Foreign involvement and support for Assad's war against the Syrian people since 2011 by the Russian and the Iran regime, allied with Hezbollah and Hamas - Seventieth anniversary of the United Nations - events, planning and 'sustainable development goals'
25 May 2018 Palestinians called on UNRWA to put pressure on the Assad regime: 25 May 2018: Palestinian civil society organizations and the Palestinian People's Committees called on all international parties and human rights organizations, especially the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA to put pressure on the Assad regime to stop the pillage and confiscation of civilian property in the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus following a ruthless bombing campaign
February 2019: 27 February 2019: Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria appeals to the UN as well as international and humanitarian organizations to ratchet up pressure on the Assad regime to force it to release detainees and disclose the fate of the enforcedly disappeared
24 December 2023 Israel says 'we have no choice but to keep fighting' against Hamas terrorists, following the 7 October: 24 December 2023: As the UNRWA is reporting on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem since Hamas terrorist began their terrible new 2023 war against Israeli and its people - mourning and lamenting the many civilian deaths including many children -, the UN colleagues should tell the world how Israel can manage to push back the terrorists without using weapons. Israel said today that its war against Hamas is enacting a 'very heavy price' on Israeli soldiers after the Israeli army announced that 14 soldiers had been killed in Gaza since Friday and another soldier was killed on Sunday, bringing the total number of troops killed in Gaza to 154. Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu said today 'the war is exacting a very heavy price ... but we have no choice but to keep fighting', 'The Guardian' reported today
26 January 2024 UN agency investigates staff suspected of role in 7 October attack on Israel: 26 January 2024: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA has launched an investigation into several employees accused of taking part in Hamas’s 7 October attacks in Israel, and has severed ties with those staff members, its head said on Friday, 'The Guardian' reported today - 26 January 2024: Digital forensic experts in Germany have uncovered a vast, pro-Russia disinformation campaign against the Ukrainian government involving more than 1m posts, and using tens of thousands of fake accounts on the social media platform X


International Commission on Missing Persons: International Commission on Missing Persons (intergovernmental organization) - International Commission on Missing Persons - icmp website - Missing people organizations
10 November 2013: DNA advances make it possible to identify bodies from mass graves, providing evidence to bring warlords to trial


International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - International Committee of the Red Cross - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
2014/2015: 12 August 2014: Humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine under auspices of Red Cross excludes armed escorts, ICRC says - 13 August 2014: Red Cross does not know the content of Russian convoy - 14 August 2014: Red Cross sends envoy to Moscow, Kyiv to discuss Russian regime's convoy to Luhansk - 3. Oktober 2015: Internationales Komitee des Roten Kreuzes schickt mit 12 LKW humanitäre Hilfe für die Einwohner der besetzten Gebiete von Donbas
2016: 11 January 2016: ICRC aid convoys head for Syrian towns and villages including Madaya besieged by Assad forces, where thousands are trapped and people are reported to have died of starvation despite calls for UN aid since October - 16 January 2016: Doctors Without Borders said on Friday that medics it supports in the besieged town of Madaya confirmed five deaths from starvation since the first humanitarian convoy arrived on 11 January - 29 April 2016: United NGOs demand end to Syria atrocities as Assad regime's Aleppo airstrikes continue
July 2016: 30 July 2016: Hundreds of thousands of residents in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo in fear of Assad's and Russian war crimes, as ICRC says that the safety of those who decide to stay must be guaranteed
October 2017: 6 October 2017: The International Committee of the Red Cross voiced alarm at a surge in violence resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties and the destruction of hospitals and schools over the past two weeks in Syria amid bombing campaigns by the Assad and Russian regime and also by the international coalition
November 2017: 2 November 2017: The Dutch Red Cross offers its 'deep apologies' for failing to act to protect Jews during World War II, following the publication of a research paper on its inaction, as Dutch Red Cross’ Inge Brakman says there was a 'lack of courage' on the part of the organization during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands
May 2018: 2 May 2018: Nearly three million people were forced from their homes in Syria in 2017, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
April 2019: 28 April 2019: The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed alarm at the intensification of violence in Libya and the worsening situation of migrants in Tripoli, where 'residential areas are gradually becoming battlegrounds', also saying that the humanitarian situation in and around Tripoli has seriously deteriorated in the past three weeks with the launch of an offensive to seize the Libyan capital by warlord Haftar’s forces
3 May 2023 IRC warns almost 400,000 displaced people may need humanitarian support due to ongoing violence in Sudan: 3 May 2023: The International Rescue Committee IRC warns that the ongoing fighting in Sudan, which began on 15 April, and has displaced almost 400,000 people might get worse if nothing is done to foster peace. An estimated 334,000 have been displaced within Sudan itself with almost 65,000 estimated to have moved over borders as refugees, as IRC's Emergency Director for East Africa Shashwat Saraf said 'when people become displaced, whether within a country or over borders, they require support as they carry very little provisions with them. There are also millions still caught up in the conflict who have been unable to move. Before the fighting began, humanitarian needs across Sudan had already reached record levels, with 15.8 million people requiring humanitarian assistance this year. The latest violence has led to acute shortages of food, water, medicines, and fuel, while the price of essential items has significantly increased.'


Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders: Médecins Sans Frontières - 'Médecins Sans Frontières' website
2016: 30 janvier 2016: En Syrie 16 autre personnes sont mortes de faim dans la ville de Madaya, assiégée par les forces pro Assad, depuis que des convois humanitaires y sont entrés mi-janvier, selon MSF - 7 March 2016: Wars are being fought as in 'barbarian times', warns Médecins Sans Frontières' Joanne Liu, as attacks against civilians in war zones across the world have grown more indiscriminate due to a focus by the major global powers on fighting terrorism and failure in their duty to uphold the rules of conflict - 18 June 2016: MSF rejects EU funding in protest at the way Europe has responded to the refugee crisis - 1 October 2016: Doctors Without Borders called upon that the Assad regime and its allies to halt the indiscriminate bombing that has killed and wounded hundreds of civilians, many of them children, over the past week in Aleppo - 5 October 2016: Abu Khalid, an orthopaedic surgeon and director of an MSF-supported hospital in east Aleppo says 'I have seen people with injuries that I cannot describe'
2017: 16 février 2017: Des vidéos, trouvées sur les réseaux sociaux, montrent 'qu'il y a des attaques systématiques des hôpitaux de la part des armées russe et syrienne', estime un porte-parole d'un centre de recherche britannique, qui a procédé à l'analyse des images 'dans le moindre détail' pour MSF - 1 April 2017: Airstrikes hit a hospital supported by medical aid group in Latamnah in Hama province last week, killing two people, with evidence chemical weapons were used, Medecins Sans Frontieres said - 1 August 2017: Sick and injured civilians within and outside Raqqa city are facing major difficulties obtaining urgent lifesaving medical care due to the ongoing battle to control the northeastern Syrian city, according to 'Médecins Sans Frontières' - 29 September 2017: An escalation in the targeted bombing of medical facilities since September 19 has forced the closure and evacuation of hospitals throughout northwestern Syria, leaving people trapped in a war zone without access to health care, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières MSF said, as UN's Jan Egeland denounces air raids on hospitals and calls for establishing system of notification to prevent attacks on humanitarian facilities in Syria
2018: 23 February 2018: As Assad regime and Russian war criminals are destroying eastern Ghouta's healthcare, systematically targeting hospitals, and as Médecins Sans Frontières say 13 hospitals it supported had been destroyed or damaged in the past three days alone - 24 May 2018: Doctors without Borders said that the Assad regime is to blame for the deteriorating health conditions in various parts of Damascus countryside as the regime continues to deny the medical charity access to the areas under its control
Attacks on humanitarian workers and hospitals: Attacks on humanitarian workers - Medical Neutrality refers to a principle of noninterference with medical services in times of armed conflict
Since September/October 2015: 29 October 2015: The escalation of attacks by Russia’s air forces, which began in late September, had targeted 12 hospitals in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama provinces, including six supported by Médecins Sans Frontières, a MSF statement says - 2 November 2015: 'Doctors Without Borders' is urging the permanent member states of the UN Security Council to comply with the responsibility to protect mandate to stop the escalating aerial massacres in Syria as quickly as possible
3 October 2015: 3 October 2015 bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz - 5 November 2015: New report reveals MSF staff's fruitless calls for help as hospital in Kunduz came under USA fire and increases pressure on the ongoing Obama administration's investigation to explain how a manned gunship could for over an hour strafe a marked hospital, whose GPS coordinates were known, also reiterating MSF’s claim that the hospital was targeted deliberately and with precision and quoting staff saying the plane shot people trying to escape
26 October 2015: On 26 October 2015 a Saudi Arabian-led coalition airstrike completely destroyed the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Saada, in northwestern Yemen, including the operating room
1 December 2015: 1 December 2015: A hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in Homs partially destroyed in a 'double-tap' barrel bombing, killing seven people including a young girl and wounding many, latest in apparent escalation of strikes on medical facilities by Russian and Assad terror warplanes - 2 December 2015: Doctors Without Borders reported two barrel bombing attacks against one of their hospitals in Zafarana in Syria’s Homs Province, which left at least 7 people dead and 47 others wounded, including 23 women and children under the age of 15
2016: 10 January 2016: A missile hit a health centre operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres in northern Yemen on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 10 others - 9 February 2016: An airstrike hit Tafas field hospital, some 12 km from the Jordanian border in southern Syria, that is supported by Médecins Sans Frontières, killing three people including a nurse and wounding six - 15 février 2016: Un hôpital à Hadiyé dans la région de Maaret al-Noomane, lié à MSF, a été bombardé, neuf personnes, dont un enfant, ont été tuées lors de frappes de l'aviation, vraisemblablement russe - 18 February 2016: Hospitals in opposition-held parts of Syria are refusing to share GPS coordinates with Russian and Syrian authorities because of repeated attacks on medical facilities and workers, Médecins Sans Frontières and humanitarian workers on the ground say - 23 February: Survivors of MSF Hospital targeted by warplanes in Maarat al-Nouman recount their stories - 29 April 2016: Médecins Sans Frontières’ request for independent inquiry into 3 October USA airstrike that killed 42 civilians remains open after military fails to yield charges - 9 May 2016: Attacks on hospitals and medical facilities by the regime and Russian forces continue unabated, as Assad’s jets on Sunday bombed a hospital in Kafrnaha in rural Aleppo which is supported by Doctors Without Borders destroying three ambulances and causing damage to the hospital building - 1 June 2016: Hospitals are now normal targets of war, Médecins Sans Frontières' Michiel Hofman says, describing permanent members of the UN security council as complicit in killings, after Russia blamed for new strikes which targeted two hospitals and other parts of Idlib city, killing scores - 24 juillet 2016: Des bombardements aériens, menés par la Syrie et la Russie, ont touchés les établissements dans les quartiers est de la ville, assiégés depuis le 17 juillet par le régime - 24 July 2016: Four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank in Syria's battered Aleppo city have been hit by regime air raids in the past 24 hours, including the children's hospital in a besieged eastern neighbourhood, where the bombardment killed a two-day-old baby, according to a group of doctors - 26 July 2016: Russian warplanes fired vacuum missiles and cluster bombs at residential neighborhoods, hitting Atareb's main hospital and medicine stores and wounding 45 more people - 29 July 2016: An airstrike has hit a maternity hospital in a rebel-held area of Idlib province supported by Save the Children, killing two people and injuring several others including a woman, who was six months pregnant and who lost her leg, and several babies, when their incubators crashed to the floor in the attack - 31 July 2016: Four new-born babies reportedly killed after a recent triple airstrike, which aid workers said came from Syrian government warplanes, hit besieged Aleppo’s last children’s hospital run by a group of Syrian doctors, the Independent Doctors’ Association, and backed by the charity Unicef - 31 July 2016: It rose to 9 (including 3 citizens, a child, a pharmaceutical and the deputy director of Jassem hospital) the number of people who were killed when the warplanes bombed areas of Jassem in the countryside of Daraa, where one of the raids targeted the town’s hospital area, as the Syrian Center for Policy Research puts the death toll from the six-year Assad war against Syrians at more than 470,000 people - 8 August 2016: Hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in rebel-held northern province of Idlib that specialized in pediatrics hit by series of airstrikes in broad daylight, leaving four staff and five children dead and injuring six other hospital staff members - 11 August 2016: Facing an attack on a medical facility every 17 hours, 15 of the last 35 doctors in rebel-held eastern Aleppo have written a letter to USA's Obama with an urgent plea for intervention to stop the bombardment of hospitals in the besieged city by the Russian-backed Syrian air force, saying 'we do not need tears or sympathy or even prayers, we desperately need a zone free from bombing over eastern Aleppo to stop the attacks', as some doctors refused to sign the letter because they had no wish to make any more appeals to the west - 13 August 2016: Russian jets destroy pediatric and maternity hospital in Kafar Hamra in Aleppo province - 15 August: At least 11 people have been killed and 19 injured in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition, that includes USA, UK and Sunni Arab allies, on a Yemeni hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières as the conflict escalates following the collapse of peace talks, as MSF's desk manager for the Emergency Unit in Yemen Teresa Sancristóval says that 'this is the fourth attack against an MSF facility in less than 12 months' - 17 August 2016: Russian fighter jets destroy hospital in Daret Izza, rural Aleppo
2017: 16 February 2017: The Assad regime and Russian forces were behind airstrikes that hit two hospitals in northeastern Syria in February 2016, according to an investigation initiated by Doctors Without Borders, also saying that 25 people, including an MSF staff member, were killed and 11 others wounded in the attack - 1 April 2017: Airstrikes hit a hospital supported by medical aid group in Latamnah in Hama province last week, killing two people, with evidence chemical weapons were used, Medecins Sans Frontieres said - 22 September 2017: At least four hospitals were targeted by Assad regime and Russian strikes as warplanes conducted more than 105 raids within a 24-hour period, deliberately attacking medical facilities in northern Hama and southern Idleb province
January 2018: 4 January 2018: Russian jets on Tuesday bombed Hasan al-A'araj Hospital in the town of Ma'arat al-Nu'man in rural Idlib, destroying large parts of the hospital and putting the facility out of service - 8 January 2018: SNHR says that as many as 112 medical personnel and civil defense workers were killed in Syria in 2017, 51 of whom were killed in attacks by the Assad regime and 23 others in Russian airstrikes
March 2018: 26 March 2018: The UN has come under fire for sharing the coordinates of hospitals in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with Russia, only for one of them to be bombed days later, according to 'The Telegraph' - 26 March 2018: Syrian Coalition's Mohammed Yahya Maktabi said that the mass forced displacement taking place in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta is a 'war crime' as he condemned Russian’s major role in these crimes, adding that regime forces, the Iranian militias, and Russian air force are killing civilians, targeting popular markets, residential areas and public facilities and bombing hospitals, medical centers, and rescue workers - 27 March 2018: As more than half million people killed in seven years of brutal ground and aerial bombing by the Assad regime and its allies, and as Syrian children have taken the biggest share in the horrible death toll, the unstoppable roar of Russia's warplanes has caused a heart attack for Lojain Said, taking the life of the schoolgirl who lived in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, the Civil Defense rescue group says
April 2018: 2 April 2018: Russian forces have targeted a medical center in rural Idlib province as the province has become home to about two million people, half of whom were forcibly displaced by the Assad regime and its Russian and Iranian allies
May 2018: 2 May 2018: Strikes of warplanes destroy the building of Kafr Zita Hospital in the northern countryside of Hama and leave casualties
October 2018: 16 October 2018: Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria have killed medical aid worker Hauwa Mohammed Liman, who worked in Red Cross-supported hospital and was held hostage since March
April 2019: 30 April 2019: The intensifying airstrikes by the Russian air force knocked out two hospitals in the town of Latamina in northern rural Hama in the past 24 hours, local activists said
May 2019 Assad/Russian regime's aerial bombardment targeting Idlib/Hama provinces knocking out four hospitals: 6 May 2019: Aerial bombardment by the Assad regime and Russian forces targeting large areas of the provinces of Idlib and Hama knocked out four hospitals on Sunday, killing a nurse and a civilian in one of these hospitals - 7 May 2019: Assad regime forces and Russia bombarding 12 medical sites over 10 days in the Hama and Idlib provinces in central and northern Syria, according to SNHR




North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Since 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Member states of NATO - Enlargement of NATO
Since 1949 North Atlantic Treaty and article 5: Since 1949 North Atlantic Treaty is the treaty that forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Article 5, the key section of the treaty, defining the casus foederis, committing each member state to consider an armed attack against one member state, in Europe or North America, to be an armed attack against them all
2001/2002 Nato's 'Operation Eagle Assist': 2001/2002 'Operation Eagle Assist' military operation that began following the September 11 attacks on 9 October 2001, after the North Atlantic Council's October 4 decision to operationalize Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty
August/September 2013 Assad regime's chemical weapons attack: 2 September 2013: NATO's secretary-general Rasmussen claimed he had seen evidence convincing him Assad regime was behind the deadly chemical weapons attack near Damascus and said it would send a dangerous signal to dictators if the world did not respond firmly
March 2014 NATO meets on Russia and Ukraine: 2 March 2014: NATO meets on Ukraine, says Russia risks destabilizing Europe - 15 March: NATO's Anders Fogh Rasmussen says a planned referendum in Ukraine's Crimea region would violate international law - 16 March: Hackers calling itself 'cyber berkut' in Russian rather than Ukrainian brought down several public NATO websites with cyber-attacks on Saturday - 29 March: Norway's Stoltenberg to become next NATO chief - 1 April: Nato plans stronger ties to states south of Russia by increasing military co-operation with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Moldova - 1 April: NATO to bolster its military presence in eastern Europe as it sees no sign that Putin regime is withdrawing tens of thousands of troops from the Ukrainian border - 2 April: NATO suspends cooperation with Russia over its annexation of Crimea and will draft measures to strengthen its defences and reassure Eastern European countries - 8 April: NATO's chief warned Russian regime that it would be committing a historic mistake if it intervened further in Ukraine, urging it to step back after pro-Kremlin militants seized government buildings in several cities in the east - 10 April: As Russian military amassing near Ukraine border are 'ready to go,' NATO's Europe commander says USA troops may be sent to alliance member states in Eastern Europe now feeling at risk - 11 April: NATO satellite photos show Russian military build-up near Ukraine - 15 May 2014: Russia has not taken one single step to fulfill its Geneva commitments of April 17, NATO's Rasmussen says - 24 July: NATO continues to see evidence of weapons being moved into Ukraine from Russia since the downing of Malaysian MH17 airliner - 26 July: USA passed intelligence data to NATO indicating that Russian regime launches missiles at targets in Ukraine - 1/2 October 2014: Taking up office as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO wishes to achieve a constructive relationship with Russia but that the prerequisites for such a relationship are currently not present, adding that the crisis in Ukraine, caused by Russia’s military intervention, is a major challenge to Euro-Atlantic security and that Russia remains in breach of international law - 3 December 2014: NATO steps up actions to deal with Ukraine crisis, announcing the establishment of an interim spearhead force
2015: 22 January 2015: NATO confirms Russian troops shift to Ukraine - 5 February: Nato will set up six new command posts on its eastern borders and create a 5,000-strong rapid reaction force to counter perceived threat of Russian aggression - 18 February 2015: Russian-backed militants advancing in eastern Ukraine despite ceasefire use modern weapons and not the old Soviet arms as Russia says, according to Nato - 25 June: NATO strengthens rapid response force up to 40,000 personnel, as eastern EU-member states alarmed by Russian regime's military incursions in Ukraine - 28 July: NATO holds emergency meeting to discuss Turkey-Syria border crisis and Turkey's campaign against 'Islamic State' terrorists and Kurdish militants - 28 July: Turkey urged at Nato meeting not to abandon Kurdish peace process - 10 September: NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg sounds the alarm over Russian intentions in Syria amid reports that Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of Assad regime's troops - 8 October 2015: NATO prepares major troop deployment to Turkey after a series of violations of Turkish airspace by Russian jets bombing Syria - 14 October 2015: MH17 crash perpetrators should be prosecuted as soon as possible, NATO's Jens Stoltenberg says welcoming publication of the Dutch Safety Board report on the causes - 21 October: NATO member states are conducting largest military exercise in ten years in Mediterranean
2016: 9 March 2016: NATO plans to increase its presence in eastern member states in the face of a more aggressive Russia and in response to Russian military deployment close to members' borders - 6 June 2016: Ten-day NATO military exercise Anaconda-2016 will involve 31,000 troops and thousands of vehicles from 24 countries, as Nato and partner countries seek to mount a display of strength as a response to concerns about Russia’s assertiveness and actions
8-9 July 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw - 8 July 2016: NATO summit in Warsaw starts today regarding numerous world crises - 9 July: At the Nato summit in Warsaw British PM Cameron warns that Europe must remain united in the face of the threat from Russia
2017: 1 February 2017: NATO calls on Russia to stop the violence in Donbas, as the OSCE informed of 5,600 ceasefire violations during the last week - 18 March 2017: British troops have arrived in Estonia as part of a major Nato mission in the Baltic states to deter Russian aggression - 8 April 2017: NATO blames the Assad regime for the USA bombing of Syria’s Shaerat airbase in Homs, justifying it as a reaction to the chemical attack carried out this week against civilians - 25 May 2017: Video shows Montenegro PM at Nato photocall in the new headquarters in Brussels pushed aside by USA's Trump
February 2018: 1 February 2018: 'The silence of the Nato members is unacceptable when one of their members is killing civilians by the dozens', Afrin's Syrian Democratic Council's Ilham Ahmad says after Turkish regime’s assault, criticized as illegal under international law also by German lawmakers, has killed dozens of civilians, including women and children, wounded several hundred, and led thousands of locals and displaced refugees to flee - 2 February 2018: Syrian Kurds outraged over Turkish and allied Islamic forces' mutilation of female fighter Barin Kobani, who took part in a USA-backed campaign to drive the Islamic State terrorists from the northern town of Kobani
March 2018: 18 March 2018: Nato must improve its defensive capabilities and willingness to act in the wake of increasingly aggressive and unpredictable actions by Russia, secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says
May 2018: 5 May 2018: Reflecting worries across Europe and within Nato over Russia’s increased military presence and patrols in the Atlantic region, the USA will set up Nato’s new Atlantic Command headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia
11/12 July 2018 Brussels NATO Summit: 11/12 July 2018 Brussels NATO Summit, the 29th formal meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - 10/11 July 2018: Europe worries as USA's Trump heads to NATO Summit ahead of his upcoming sit-down with 'Novichok'-Putin, as Trump slams German government, saying 'Germany is a captive of Russia', and as European politicians and energy experts believe Nord Stream 2 will make Europe dependent on Russian gas
October 2018: 2 October 2018: NATO accuses Russia of violating nuclear treaty - 24 October 2018: Jens Stoltenberg says European NATO-members are unlikely to deploy new nuclear weapons on their soil in response to the alleged Russian breach of medium-range missiles treaty - 24 October 2018: USA and its NATO allies are teaming up to more closely cooperate on the development and fielding of unmanned maritime systems, according to an agreement of 13 NATO allies, facing threats from Russian submarines
April 2019: 4 April 2019: The 29 NATO nations looked Thursday for new ways to counter what they described as rising aggression by Russia, as the alliance celebrated its 70th birthday
August 2019: 2 August 2019: Key international nuclear disarmament INF treaty has formally collapsed amid mutual recriminations between the west and Russia, and with Nato pledging to boost Europe’s military defences
11 October 2019 'Nato should suspend Turkey': 11 October 2019: Nato should suspend Turkey, Danish MEP Villumsen says, adding that Erdogan in Syria threatens the security of hundreds of thousands of people in the region and 'opens the doors of the Middle East and Europe to the Islamic State'
21/22 October 2019 'Europe cannot simply be an onlooker' in the current Syria situation: 22 October 2019: Expected to be put forward at the meeting of NATO defense ministers, scheduled from October 24-25, Germany's Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said that she would table a plan for an internationally managed safe zone to be established in northern Syria, pointing out that 'Europe cannot simply be an onlooker' in the current Syria situation
December 2019 Erdogan blocked a defence plan for Poland and the Baltic states: 3 décembre 2019: Le sommet du 70e anniversaire de l'Otan démarre lundi au Royaume-Uni alors que l'alliance est de plus en plus fragilisée - 3 December 2019: Erdogan has blocked a defence plan for Poland and the Baltic states until Nato recognises that the Syrian Kurdish YPG are a terrorist threat against Turkey that must be addressed, claiming Turkey has full veto rights for any proposal within Nato
28 February 2020 NATO envoys were holding emergency talks at the request of Turkey attacked by Assad regime: 28 February 2020: NATO envoys were holding emergency talks at the request of Turkey following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers by airstrikes in northeast Syria, as Jens Stoltenberg said meeting of ambassadors would be held under Article 4 of NATO’s founding treaty, and as scores of migrants gathered at Turkey's border with Greece seeking entry into Europe
28 February 2020 Nato will consider strengthening Turkey’s air defences but will not establish a no-fly zone: 28 February 2020: Nato allies will consider strengthening Turkey’s air defences in response to the strike that killed 33 Turkish troops in rebel-held Syria overnight, seeking shelter, and alliance could strengthen reconnaissance missions to limit threat from Russian murderous planes, but despite Turkey has called to establish a no-fly zone, that would also protect hundreds of thousands of civilians, Nato sources stressed that this project, which could lead to direct conflict with the Russian air force, was not seriously discussed
3 April 2021 military from at least 5 NATO member states will take part in coming Ukrainian-British exercises: 3 April 2021: Military from at least five NATO member states will take part in the Ukrainian-British exercises Cossack Mace 2021, that will take place in several months in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region, as the operational and strategic background of the drills takes into account the probabilistic nature of the development of the military and political situation around Ukraine, and as the multinational brigade's headquarters and units are involved in repelling a large-scale offensive by the armed forces of the conditional aggressor state
26 May 2021 NATO demands Belarus immediately free journalist Protasevich and his girlfriend: 26 May 2021: NATO demands Belarus immediately free journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega, who is a citizen of Russia, as allies call on Belarus to respect fundamental human rights and freedoms
14 June 2021 30-member alliance declares China presents security risk: 14 June 2021: Nato leaders have declared China presents a security risk at their annual summit in Brussels, the first time the traditionally Russia-focused military alliance has asserted it needs to respond to Beijing regime’s growing power, as the final communique, signed off by leaders of the 30-member alliance at the urging of the new USA administration, said China’s 'stated ambitions and assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order'
4 January 2022 NATO to hold extraordinary meeting amid Russian military buildup near Ukraine: 4 January 2022: NATO foreign ministers will hold an extraordinary virtual meeting on January 7 in the wake of a continued buildup of Russian forces in and around Ukraine's borders, as in a previous move of defense Ukraine, UK coordinate positions amid Russian aggression
6 March 2022 Finland/Russia relations thought to be pretty good, 'The Ukraine invasion has changed everything': 6 March 2022: Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent shivers of fear through many of its neighbours, from the Baltic states to Moldova. Finland ought theoretically to be safe, since it has historically been neutral and gave Stalin's Soviet army a hard time when he invaded the country in 1939. Like other Scandinavian countries, besides Sweden, there has never been much support here to join the Nato military alliance. But when the spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry recently warned Finland and Sweden explicitly that any move towards Nato could have military consequences, people in both countries were deeply shocked. Since then, Russian warplanes have blatantly intruded into Swedish airspace. If being neutral is not sufficient to guard against Russia, people here are saying that maybe joining Nato will give the two countries the protection they need. This represents a major change of mood. In Finland, particularly, relations with Russia were thought to be pretty good. The Ukraine invasion has changed everything.
28-30 June 2022 Madrid NATO summit in Madrid: 28-30 June 2022 Madrid NATO summit, an ongoing meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of member states and partner countries being held in Madrid, as secretary general Jens Stoltenberg preparing the summit reported that key areas to be addressed include 'strengthened deterrence and defence, support for Ukraine and other partners at risk, a new NATO Strategic Concept, better burden-sharing and resourcing, and Finland and Sweden's historic applications for membership' - Wednesday 29 June 2022 NATO Summit programme and timeline, ending at today 19:00 with 'Informal Working Dinner(s) of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs' and 'at the level of Ministers of Defence'
3 May 2023 NATO planning to open Japan office to deepen Asia-Pacific ties: 3 May 2023: Nato planning to open Japan office to deepen Asia-Pacific ties, as liaison office plans likely to attract criticism from China which has previously warned against the western alliance extending into Asia
11–12 July 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius: 11–12 July 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The summit will be held in the context of an ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. In his January 2023 address to the Lithuanian parliament, president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the summit as fateful. Ukraine expressed the desire to be formally invited to NATO at the Vilnius summit. By 8 July 2023, there were 24 member states that declared their support for Ukraine's NATO membership. Before the summit, on 4 July 2023, the former president of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite has criticized the Western leaders who failed to prevent the Russian aggression and said that the refusal to invite Ukraine to NATO would be a mistake.
11 July 2023 USA's CNN reports from NATO summit in Vilnius: 11 July 2023: 'Ukraine’s future is in NATO', 31 alliance members reaffirm in joint declaration at Vilnius summit in Lithuania, as NATO allies stressed that 'Iran’s support to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine' is impacting Euro-Atlantic security, calling 'upon Iran to cease its military support to Russia', as Ukraine reaches agreement on coalition to train pilots on F-16 fighter jets, as Ukrainian military claims further success against Russian positions around Bakhmut, as Swedish PM happy with Turkey's agreement to back Sweden's NATO membership bid, 'CNN' reports with live updates on day 503 of the invasion and Putin's war crimes
11 February 2024 Nato chief says Trump remarks may put USA and EU lives at risk: 11 February 2024: The Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has said any attack on the western military alliance would be met with a 'united and forceful response', after Donald Trump invited Russia to attack member countries that he perceived as not meeting their financial obligations, 'The Guardian' reports
14 February 2024 Nato chief rebukes Donald Trump and announces record defence spending: 14 February 2024: Nato’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has accused Donald Trump of undermining the basis of the transatlantic alliance as he announced that 18 Nato members were expected to beat the target of spending more than 2% of GDP on defence. It was the second rebuke by the Nato chief to the Republican frontrunner in less than a week, reinforced by a declaration that Germany was among the countries planning to spend over the threshold for the first time in a generation, 'The Guardian' reports
7 March 2024 Sweden finally joins Nato after nearly two-year wait: 7 March 2024: Sweden has officially became the 32nd member of Nato, in a landmark moment for the historically neutral country and the western military alliance, after its ratification process was finally completed in Washington as Sweden and Hungary, the last country to ratify Sweden’s membership, submitted the necessary documents after a drawn-out process that has taken nearly two years. For Sweden, it marks the end of a 20-month-long wait that started in May 2022 when it submitted its application to join alongside Finland, prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February that year, 'The Guardian' reports


Foreign relations of Nato: Foreign relations of Nato - Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council - Mediterranean Dialogue forum of cooperation between NATO and seven countries of the Mediterranean since 1994 - Individual Partnership Action Plan
Nato/Bosnia and Herzegovina relations: Nato/Bosnia and Herzegovina relations
Nato/Georgia relations: Nato/Georgia relations
Nato/Macedonia relations: Nato/Macedonia relations
Nato/Moldova relations: Nato/Moldova relations
Nato/Montenegro relations: Nato/Montenegro relations
December 2015: 2 décembre 2015: L'Otan a invité le Monténégro à devenir son 29e Etat membre
April 2017: 28 April 2017: Voting 46-0 in favour, Montenegro’s parliament supports the Balkan country’s membership in Nato in a historic turn toward the west amid protests by Russian regime and the pro-Russia opposition
Nato/Pakistan relations: Nato/Pakistan relations
Nato/Russia relations: Nato/Russia relations
2015: 18 February 2015: Russian-backed militants advancing in eastern Ukraine despite ceasefire use modern weapons and not the old Soviet arms as Russia says, according to Nato 12 April 2015: NATO accuses Russian regime of continuing to supply the militants in east Ukraine with more weapons and troops - 5 October 2015: Nato condemns Russia for violation of Turkey's airspace as Russian fighter jets carry out murderous air attacks on Syrian rebels including the democratic opposition - 12 October 2015: NATO members to strengthen sanctions against Russian regime if it does not stop its aggression against Ukraine, after Parliamentary Assembly approved a 'Solidarity with Ukraine' resolution - 25 November 2015: NATO's Jens Stoltenberg offers support for Turkey after a Russian fighter jet was shot down near the Syrian border, rejecting any suggestion that the incident happened outside of Turkey's borders
2016: 13 February 2016: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urges firm reaction to Russia's destabilisation of European security order - 21 June: Alliance has to respond to Russia that has tripled its military spending since 2000, in non-compliance with the NATO-Russia Founding Act as one of the deal's basic principles is the respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states, NATO's Jens Stoltenberg says adding that the Alliance seeks no confrontation
2017: 15 May 2017: Staged by Stratcom security specialists from 27 countries including Britain and the USA will meet in Prague in what is being billed as the most concerted attempt yet to counter alleged Russian regime's destabilisation measures aimed at undermining democratic elections
March 2018: 18 March 2018: NATO eyes changes at July summit in Brussels after 'novichok' nerve agent attack in Salisbury blamed on a 'more aggressive' Russian regime showing 'a pattern we’ve observed for some years' - 28 March 2018: NATO's Jens Stoltenberg announced seven Russian staff would be expelled and three more denied accreditation, after Britain shared 'unprecedented' intelligence over Salisbury attack, also stating that more than 130 people could have been exposed to the military-grade nerve agent 'novichok' used in the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter
October 2018: 2 October 2018: NATO accuses Russia of violating nuclear treaty
November 2018 Kerch Strait incident: November 2018 Kerch Strait incident - 26 November 2018: Nato demanded Russia 'ensure unhindered access to Ukrainian ports in the Azov Sea in accordance with international law', after Russia stopped three Ukrainian ships from entering the Sea of Azov - 26 November 2018: Countries across the world and various politicians have reacted to Russia's attack on Ukrainian vessels in the Sea of Azov and called on Russia to stop violating international law
December 2018: 3 December 2018: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg once again calls on Russia to release Ukrainian ships and sailors seized in the Sea of Azov on November 25 - 13 December 2018: 'There can be no justification for Russia's use of military force against Ukrainian ships and sailors. Russia must immediately release the sailors and ships they seized and allow freedom of navigation including free access to Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov', Nato's Jens Stoltenberg says at a joint press conference with Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko in Brussels
August 2019: 2 August 2019: Key international nuclear disarmament INF treaty has formally collapsed amid mutual recriminations between the west and Russia, and with Nato pledging to boost Europe’s military defences
22 May 2020 NATO urges Russia to comply with 'Open Skies' pact: 22 mai 2020: L'Otan et l'UE ont appelé vendredi la Russie à respecter son obligation de coopération à la surveillance de ses activités militaires pour sauver le traité 'Ciel Ouvert', menacé par un retrait des Etats-Unis
4 September 2020 Russia asked to come clean on novichok after Navalny poisoning: 4 September 2020: Russia is under pressure to reveal details of its novichok chemical weapons programme after Nato called for an impartial international investigation into the 'appalling' poisoning of Alexei Navalny, after German doctors treating Navalny in Berlin announced he had been poisoned with novichok
8 April 2021 NATO countries condemned Russia's military activity near borders with Ukraine: 8 April 2021: NATO colleagues from Canada, Lithuania, Poland, the United Kingdom and USA have condemned Russia's military activity near the borders with Ukraine
18 December 2021 NATO calls on Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine: 18 December 2021: North Atlantic Council, the principal political decision-making body within NATO, calls on Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine - 18 December 2021: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg rejects Russia's right to demand that NATO should deny membership to Ukraine
21 December 2021 NATO's Stoltenberg reiterated any further Russian aggression against Ukraine would carry high price: 21 December 2021: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that any further aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine would carry a very high price, giving a corresponding statement at a press conference with PM of Romania Nicolae Ciuca
21 December 2021 President Zelensky wants to know in 2022 when Ukraine will join NATO: 21 December 2021: President Zelensky wants to know in 2022 when Ukraine will join NATO
Nato/Syria relations: 8 April 2017: NATO blames the Assad regime for the USA bombing of Syria’s Shaerat airbase in Homs, justifying it as a reaction to the chemical attack carried out this week against civilians
Nato/Ukraine relations: Nato/Ukraine relations
February 2015: 5 February 2015: Ukrainian president Poroshenko calls for NATO states to provide weapons saying that civilian deaths and the growing conflict should provide the alliance with enough reason to come to Ukraine's aid
July 2016: 9 July 2016: NATO members 'stand united in support for Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity', NATO says in Warsaw
November 2018: 29 November 2018: Ukrainian president Poroshenko is urging NATO to deploy naval ships to the Sea of Azov amid a standoff with Russia, as USA calls on European allies to consider further sanctions against Russia - 3 December 2018: NATO builds up its presence in the Black Sea, according to a statement of Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO ministers on December 4
December 2018: 13 December 2018: NATO will supply Ukraine's military with secure communication equipment this month, its head Jens Stoltenberg told president Poroshenko at a meeting in Brussels, as Stoltenberg praised Ukraine's 'calm and restraint' after Russia seized Ukrainian naval vessels and their crew off Crimea last month and Russian regime is resisting international calls to release the ships and kidnapped men




UN International Court of Justice: UN International Court of Justice - UN International Court of Justice (Website)
2011: International Court of Justice 18 July 2011: Thai-Cambodian troops 'must leave Preah Vihear temple'
2012: 28 April 2012: Indian judge Dalveer Bhandari voted to UN's highest court
March 2014 Japan's whale hunting in Antarctic, UN court tries to put halt: 30/31 March 2014: ICJ set to rule on Japan's whale hunting in Antarctic, after Australia demanded UN court's decision - 31 March: UN court puts halt to Japan's Antarctic whale hunt
April 2014 Marshall Islands and failure to disarm after WWII: 24 April 2014: Marshall Islands that was site of 67 nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, accuses states of 'flagrant denial of human justice' and sues at the international court of justice at The Hague nuclear powers USA, Russia, China, France, the UK, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel over failure to disarm
2015 Croatia, Serbia cases: 3 February 2015: International Court of Justice to judge on Croatia, Serbia genocide claims
November 2015 Japan continues whale hunting: 30 novembre 2015: Contraint de renoncer à la saison 2014-2015 après une décision en mars 2014 de la CIJ, le Japon repart chasser la baleine demain
2016 lawsuit against India and Pakistan etc. accused of failing to halt the nuclear arms race: 30 January 2016: After the Marshall Islands in 2014 accused China, Britain, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia and the USA of 'not fulfilling their obligations with respect to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament', the Marshall Islands will seek to persuade the UN’s International Court of Justice to take up a lawsuit against India, Pakistan and Britain, which it accuses of failing to halt the nuclear arms race - 10 March 2016: Marshall Islands begins legal action against the world’s nuclear powers aimed at global nuclear disarmament, argueing at International Court of Justice that health and lives of its people destroyed by dozens of nuclear tests along its territory from 1946-1958
March 2017 Ukraine and Russian aggression: 6 mars 2017: L'Ukraine demande à la Cour internationale de Justice de prendre des mesures urgentes afin que le régime russe mette fin 'à tout appui', financier, armé ou humain, au 'terrorisme' dans le conflit impliquant des rebelles séparatistes prorusses qui déchire l'est de l'Ukraine, alors que les tensions s'intensifient, ainsi qu'à ce que l'Ukraine qualifie de 'discrimination' envers les minorités de la Crimée annexée par la Russie
September 2018 Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean: 3 September 2018: The UK’s possession of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, that includes the strategic USA airbase of Diego Garcia, and the rights of exiled islanders to return, is being challenged at the international court of justice, following a defeat in the UN general assembly last year when 94 countries supported a Mauritian-backed resolution to seek an opinion from the ICJ on the legal status of the Chagos Islands and only 15 countries were opposed
1 October 2018 Bolivia/Chile case: 1 October 2018: Landlocked Bolivia's request for Chile to discuss ocean access rejected by UN's international court of justice
2/3 October 2018 Iranian regime blamed for foiled bomb attack near Paris: 2 October 2018: After France blamed Iranian regime for foiled bomb attack near Paris in June, saying Iranian ministry of intelligence, which is part of Rouhani’s government, ordered attack on opposition MEK
3 October 2018 Iranian Mullah regime tries to order the USA to lift new sanctions against the Iranian regime: International court of justice tried to order the USA to lift new sanctions against the Iranian Mullah regime, having no means fortunately to enforce its ruling, as USA's administration has argued that the issue is a matter of national security for the USA (and indeed for the whole world regarding regime's support of global terrorism)
20 August 2019 Kashmir case to International Court of Justice: 20 August 2019: Pakistan to take Kashmir dispute with India to the International Court of Justice
8 November 2019 Russian support of terrorism in Donbas case: 8 novembre 2019: La Cour internationale de justice s'est déclarée compétente pour juger une affaire entre la Russia et l'Ukraine, qui accuse la Russie de financer le terrorisme en soutenant les rebelles séparatistes dans l'est de l'Ukraine
11 November 2019 Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at UN court: 11 November 2019: An application has been submitted to the international court of justice by the Gambia, alleging Myamar has carried out mass murder, rape and destruction of communities in Rakhine state, meaning that if the ICJ takes up the case, it will be the first time the court in The Hague investigates genocide claims on its own without relying on the findings of other tribunals
4 February 2021 Iranian antisemitic Mullah regime's Rouhani applauds UN court’s decision to hear case: 4 February 2021: Iranian antisemitic Mullah regime's Rouhani applauds UN court’s decision to hear case filed in 2018 over legality of sanctions reimposed by the USA, after lawyers for the USA argued at hearings last year that the case should be thrown out by the court for lack of jurisdiction and admissibility as already happened, and as USA sanctions do have specific carve-outs for medicine and humanitarian aid to Iran - 4 February 2021: Iranian 'diplomat' Assadi who masterminded a failed bomb attack at a rally outside Paris attended by five British MPs has been sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Belgian court for attempted murder and involvement in terrorism
13 October 2021 Kenya-Somalia Indian Ocean maritime dispute ruling: 13 octobre 2021: La Cour internationale de justice CIJ a mis un terme à une procédure qui dure depuis sept ans en accordant, mardi 12 octobre, à la Somalie la majeure partie d’une zone maritime de 100 000 km2 de l’océan Indien, riche en poissons et en potentiels hydrocarbures, également revendiquée par le Kenya, mais la CIJ a rejeté le tracé de la frontière réclamée par le Kenya à partir de la côte, affirmant que celle-ci aurait eu 'un grave effet de coupure' pour la Somalie
22 July 2022 ICJ to rule on Myanmar objections to Rohingya genocide case: 22 July 2022: ICJ to rule on Myanmar objections to Rohingya genocide case, as - if the objections are dismissed - the case will move to the next phase and the evidence for the alleged atrocities
22 July 2022 genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed: 22 July 2022: Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed, as UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group


1945-1960 Holocaust survivors' search and capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina: 1945-1960 Holocaust survivors' search and capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, after survivors - among them Jewish Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal - dedicated themselves to retrace Nazis and especially Eichmann, who has been tasked following the January 1942 Wannsee Conference by SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich with facilitating and managing the logistics involved in the mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during World War II, and other Nazis - After Germany's defeat in 1945, Eichmann, who escaped from a detention camp, lived in a small village in Lower Saxony until 1950, when he moved to Argentina with help from an organisation directed by Catholic bishop Alois Hudal, as later information collected by Israel's intelligence agency Mossad confirmed his presence in Bueonos Aires in 1960 and a team of Mossad and Shin Bet agents captured widely protected Eichmann and brought him to Israel
June 1960 Nazi supporting Argentina and UN 'security council' claim Eichmann's capture to be a violation of sovereign rights: In June 1960 Nazi supporting Argentina requested an urgent meeting of the UN 'Security Council' claiming Adolf Eichmann's capture to be a violation of their sovereign rights, and on 23 June the Nazi protecting council passed a resolution which agreed that Argentine sovereignty had been violated and requested that Israel should make reparations
April-December 1961 Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem and death sentence: Since 11 April 1961 Adolf Eichmann's trial before a special tribunal of the Jerusalem District Court, on 15 December 1961 Eichmann was sentenced to death by hanging - January-May 1942 appeals of Eichmann's defence team to Israel's Supreme Court and execution on 1 June 1962
1945-2006 USA's CIA documents show that Eichmann's capture in 1960 caused alarm at the CIA and West-Germany's BND formed by former Nazis: 1945-2006 USA's CIA documents, declassified in 2006, show that the 1960 capture of Eichmann caused alarm at the CIA and West-Germany's Bundesnachrichtendienst formed by former Nazis, as both organisations had known for at least two years that Eichmann was hiding in Argentina, but did not act because it did not serve their interests, concerned about what Eichmann might say in his testimony about West-German national security advisor CDU Hans Globke, who had coauthored several antisemitic Nazi laws, including the Nuremberg Laws, as the documents also revealed that both agencies had used some of Eichmann's former Nazi colleagues to spy

UN War Crimes Commission 1943-1949: UN War Crimes Commission 1943-1949, initially called the UN Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes, was a commission of the UN that investigated allegations of war crimes committed by Nazi Germany and the other 'Axis powers' in World War II, had no power to prosecute criminals by itself
2014 internationally approved war crimes indictments of Nazis released to researchers in London after a seven-year fight: 11 November 2014: Secret, internationally approved war crimes indictments of tens of thousands of Nazis have been released to researchers at Soas, University of London, after a seven-year fight, and will soon be made available to the public
2015 UN war crimes files reveal that USA cold war fears led to Nazis being released: 16 July 2015: UN war crimes files reveal that SS guard Gröning faced trial after the war for his role in the Holocaust but USA cold war fears led to Nazis being released
January 2017 researchers uncover vast numbers of unknown Nazi killing fields: 25 January 2017: Researchers uncover vast numbers of unknown Nazi killing fields, as the 'Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos' set for completion in 2025, has now documented 42,500 sites of Nazi persecution, over eight times more than predicted - 25 January 2017: After changes in Germany's prosecution policy since 2011 have resulted in more investigations, in 2015/2016 Germany opened investigations against 42 individuals and convicted Oskar Groening, as seven decades after World War II there have been 103 convictions of Nazi war criminals, with Italy and the USA topping the list, according to the annual Simon Wiesenthal Center report, published since 2002
1942 - April 2017 inaccessible UN war crimes commission's archive, that was closed in the late 1940s, opened: 18 April 2017: The once-inaccessible archive of the UN war crimes commission, that was closed in the late 1940s and its use of the records was effectively suppressed, as West Germany was transformed into a pivotal ally at the start of the cold war and as many convicted Nazis were granted early release after the anti-communist USA senator Joseph McCarthy lobbied to end war crimes trials, is being opened by the Wiener Library in London with a catalogue that can be searched online - 18 April 2017: Allies of World War II Soviet Union, United Kingdom and USA, that together opposed the Axis powers' aggression and war crimes, knew of Holocaust in 1942, 2 years before previously assumed, UN documents prove, posing questions on efforts to halt slaughter and shedding damning light on refusal to take in refugees
April 2017 released UN documents show 'terrible significance' that 'the powers knew and did not act' in 1942: 23 April 2017: Citing recently released UN documents that show the Allies were aware of the scale of the Holocaust in 1942, Israeli PM Netanyahu says in a speech marking Holocaust Remembrance Day that this new research assumed the 'terrible significance' that 'the powers knew and did not act', adding that global indifference persisted and is persisting, as evidenced by the horrors in Biafra, Cambodia, Rwanda, Sudan and Syria

Nuremberg trials 1945-1949 of leaders of Nazi Germany who planned, carried out, or participated in The Holocaust and other war crimes: Nuremberg trials 1945/1946 series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, which were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in The Holocaust and other war crimes - The subsequent Nuremberg trials 1946-1949, series of twelve USA military tribunals for war crimes against members of the leadership of Nazi Germany
16 October 1946 Nuremberg executions of political and military leaders of Nazi Germany: 16 October 1946 Nuremberg executions, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg Trials, as ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging, including Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Julius Streicher, as Hermann Göring was also scheduled to be hanged on that day, but committed suicide the night before, and as Martin Bormann to death in absentia reportedly had committed suicide while attempting to escape Berlin on 2 May 1945
1946/1947 Soviet-made documentary film 'Nuremberg Trials': May 1947 'Nuremberg Trials', a Soviet-made documentary film about the trials of the Nazi leadership, an English-language version of the 1946 Russian language film 'Judgment of the Peoples'
1947 Office of Military Government for Germany documentary film 'Nuremberg - its Lesson for Today': May-July 1947 Office of Military Government for Germany documentary film 'Nuremberg - its Lesson for Today'
Since 1945 subsidiary and related trials: Subsidiary and related trials, as USA authorities conducted subsequent Nuremberg Trials in their occupied zone, and other trials conducted after the first Nuremberg trial, including 1947 Auschwitz trial, when Polish authorities (the Supreme National Tribunal) tried forty former staff of the Auschwitz concentration camps, 1963-1965 Belzec trial, a war crimes trial of eight former SS members of Belzec extermination camp, 1945-1965 Chelmno trials, a series of consecutive war-crime trials of the Chelmno extermination camp personnel, held in Poland and in Germany following World War II, 1944-1981 Majdanek trials, a series of consecutive war-crime trials held in Poland and in Germany, as the first judicial trial of Majdanek extermination camp officials took place from November 1944 to December 1944 in Poland's Lublin, 1965/1966 Sobibor trial, a judicial trial directly concerning the Sobibor extermination camp personnel and one of a series of similar war crime trials held during the early 1960s, such as the Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann trial of 1961 and the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963–65, as a result of which the general public came to realize the extent of the crimes that some twenty years earlier had been perpetrated in occupied Poland by Nazi bureaucrats and their executioners, 1964-1970 Treblinka trials concerning the Treblinka extermination camp personnel in West Germany, in a series of similar war crime trials held during the early 1960s, and five more trials
2014 USA intelligence and other agencies employed over 1,000 Nazis after 1945, ignoring or concealing their war crimes: 27 October 2014: USA intelligence and law enforcement agencies likely employed over 1,000 Nazis as spies during the Cold War, sometimes ignoring or concealing their war crimes and helping them immigrate to the USA, some had served at the highest levels of the Nazi Party and were recruited to work as spies for the USA in Europe

International Military Tribunal for the Far East 1946-1948: International Military Tribunal for the Far East, convened on 29 April 1946 to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for war crimes, including joint conspiracy to start and wage war, conventional war crimes and crimes against humanity, as 11 countries (Australia, Canada, China, France, British India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the USA) provided judges and prosecutors for the court, and the defense comprised Japanese and American lawyers
Since 29 April 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trial: Since 29 April 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trial, as prosecution opened its case, charging the defendants with crimes against peace, conventional war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and as the trial continued for more than two and a half years, hearing testimony from 419 witnesses and admitting 4,336 exhibits of evidence, including depositions and affidavits from 779 other individuals
1946-1949 international 'Far East' trials took place in around fifty locations in Asia and the Pacific: 1946-1949 more than 5,700 lower-ranking personnel were charged with conventional war crimes in separate trials convened by Australia, China, France, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the USA, as the charges covered a wide range of crimes including prisoner abuse, rape, sexual slavery, torture, ill-treatment of labourers, execution without trial, and inhumane medical experiments, and as the trials took place in around fifty locations in Asia and the Pacific
1946 Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal: 1946 Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal, as Hisao Tani was the only officer prosecuted for the Nanking massacre, and as the death toll of 300,000, the official estimate, is engraved on the stone wall at the entrance of the 'Memorial Hall for Compatriot Victims of the Japanese Military's Nanjing Massacre' in Nanjing


International Criminal Court ICC: International Criminal Court ICC, the primary goal of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force on 1 July 2002, is 'to put an end to impunity for the perpetrators' 'of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole' - International Criminal Court (Website) - States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - Non-signatory states to the statute of the ICC
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the officer of the International Criminal Court whose duties include the investigation and prosecution of the crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as well as the crime of aggression once that crime comes under the Court's jurisdiction
2011 ICC Prosecutor candidate: 1 December 2012: Consensus candidate for next ICC Prosecutor - 1 December 2011: Gambia's Fatou Bensouda to be new ICC chief prosecutor - Fatou B. Bensouda is a Gambian lawyer, former advisor of Yahya Jammeh, international criminal law prosecutor and legal adviser
June 2012 Fatou Bensouda ICC prosecutor: 15 June 2012: Fatou Bensouda sworn in as ICC prosecutor - 29. Juni 2012: Gegen Gewaltherrschaft und Straflosigkeit - 10 Jahre Internationaler Strafgerichtshof
November 2015 14th ICC session and 'The Caesar Photo Exhibit': 17 November 2015: 14th session of the Assembly of ICC States Parties 18-26 November 2015 - 18 November 2015: On the sidelines of the 14th session of the ICC Assembly Syrian Coalition’s office in Brussels organized 'The Caesar Photo Exhibit' in The Hague to showcase photographs documenting the crimes committed by the Assad regime against Syrian detainees
September 2016 - environmental destruction and landgrabs: 15 September 2016: Environmental destruction and landgrabs could lead to governments and individuals being prosecuted for crimes against humanity by the ICC following a decision to expand its remit
2017 ICC accepts criminal lawsuit against Assad regime: 25 April 2017: ICC accepts criminal lawsuit the Syrian Coalition filed against Assad regime for war crimes and crimes against humanity
July 2018 'crime of aggression' enter into force: 17 July 2018: A crime of aggression, under which politicians and military leaders can be held individually responsible for invasions and other major attacks, comes into force at the international criminal court, reviving global legal powers last exercised at the Nuremburg and Tokyo war crimes trials of the 1940s, but the new offence cannot be enforced retrospectively over conflicts such as the 2003 Iraq invasion, and only 35 countries have so far ratified the amendment bringing it into force - 15 November 2018: A position paper circulated by the UK, Canada, France, Japan and Norway earlier this year argues that the 'crime of aggression' should not yet be operated within the court’s jurisdiction on the grounds that there is a need for 'greater clarity' about the precise reach and remit of the offence
Februar 2020 Czech Republic and ICC's jurisdiction regarding Israel and Palestinian territories: 14 Februar 2020: As Czech Republic has requested to join proceedings in favor of Israel to examine whether the court has jurisdiction in Palestinian territories, Germany, Austria offer to join deliberations in ICC case on Israel-Palestine
March 2020 ICC judges authorise Afghanistan war crimes inquiry: 5 March 2020: Senior ICC judges authorise Afghanistan war crimes inquiry, as decision overturns earlier rejection of request to examine actions of USA soldiers
9 June 2020 Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb handed over to the International criminal court: 9 June 2020: One of the most notorious Sudanese militia leaders in the brutal conflict in Darfur, Ali Kushayb, who had been on the run for 13 years, has been arrested in the Central African Republic and handed over to the International criminal court
12 June 2020 ICC shuns ‘unprecedented’ USA sanctions against tribunal: 12 June 2020: ICC shuns ‘unprecedented’ USA sanctions against tribunal employees, as United Nations court's president says moves will undermine global effort to hold those responsible for atrocities to account
24 June 2020 more than half of ICC’s members back tribunal after USA sanctions: 24 June 2020: More than half of war crimes court’s members back tribunal after USA sanctions, as 67 nations, including USA allies Australia, United Kingdom and Netherlands, reiterate support for ICC after Trump administration targets its staff
13 February 2021 UK’s Karim Khan elected next ICC prosecutor, will replace controversial Bensouda: 13 February 2021: Member states of the ICC elected British barrister Karim Khan the next prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal on Friday, ending a drawn-out and divisive process to replace Fatou Bensouda when her 9-year term expires later this year in June
16 June 2021 Karim Khan sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor pledging to improve court’s track record: 16 June 2021: British lawyer Karim Khan is sworn in as ICC’s chief prosecutor and pledges to improve court’s track record, also to reach out to nations that are not members of the court and to try to hold trials in countries where crimes are committed, as world powers Russia, China and more are not members and do not recognise the court’s jurisdiction, saying 'the priority for me ... is not to focus so much on where trials take place, but to ensure that the quest for accountability and inroads on impunity are made'
27 September 2021 new prosecutor asked ICC to relaunch inquiry into Taliban and IS ‘war crimes’: 27 September 2021: International criminal court’s new prosecutor Karim Khan has asked the court to relaunch an inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Taliban and supporters of Islamic State in Afghanistan since 2003, as the move by Karim Khan shows a determination to use international law to investigate not only past but also contemporary crimes against humanity, as the Hague-based ICC has notified the Taliban via Afghanistan’s embassy in the Netherlands that it intends to resume an investigation
4 November 2021 ICC to probe Venezuela over alleged crimes against humanity: 4 November 2021: ICC to probe Venezuela over alleged crimes against humanity
15 November 2023 French court issues arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes: 15 November 2023: A French court has issued an international arrest warrant for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes against humanity linked to chemical weapon attacks on civilians. Three others – including Assad’s brother Maher, head of an elite army unit – are also subject to warrants over the use of banned sarin gas in two attacks in August 2013 that killed more than 1,000 people, including hundreds of children.


Europe:
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - List of indictees of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
United Nations Protection Force 1992-1995 - the first UN peacekeeping force in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars - UNPROFOR and Srebrenica massacre
1991-1995 Croatian War of Independance - Since 2011 Goran Hadzic trial and death - 20 July 2011: Croatia war crimes suspect Goran Hadzic in Serbia arrested July 2011 - 22 July 2011: Serbia extradites Goran Hadzic to Hague court - 25. Juli 2011: Hadzic erstmals vor UN-Kriegsverbrechertribunal - 4 July 2012: Victims of wartime Serb propaganda seek justice
1992-1994 Croat–Bosniak War
2006-2017 trial of Slobodan Praljak, indictment and suicide
30 November 2017: Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak, who drank poison in court, had already served most of his 20-year sentence and could have walked free soon
1992-1995 Bosnian War, prosecutions and legal proceedings - Srebrenica massacre
2002-2006 S. Milosevic trial - Since 2009 Karadzic trial - Since 2011 trial of Ratko Mladic
5. Juli 2011: Urteil des Berufungsgerichts in Den Haag gegen die Niederlande betreffend Srebrenica Massaker - Mladic in Serbia arrested May 2011
6 September 2011: Serbian general Perisic jailed for 27 years at Hague
- 6 April 2012: Bosnians mark 20 years since war began - 16 May: Ratko Mladic to go on trial over Bosnian war crimes, Peter Biles reports - 28 June: Radovan Karadzic fails at The Hague war crimes tribunal to be cleared of all charges against him - 16 October 2012: Bosnian Serb wartime leader Karadzic denies war crimes - 11 July 2013: Karadzic genocide charge reinstated - 6 September 2013: The Netherlands, during UN peacekeeping mission, is liable for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled Friday
4 July 2015: New research reveals that Britain and the USA knew six weeks before Srebrenica massacre that enclave would fall, but they decided to abandon Srebrenica to its fate in their efforts for peace
24 March 2016: 21 years since he was first charged, after 11 years on the run, a five-year trial and the 18 months the judges took to deliberate over a verdict, Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic was convicted of genocide for the 1995 slaughter at Srebrenica, and nine other counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, terror and extermination, as victims say 40-year sentence is too lenient and many Serbs continue to support the murder Karadžic
31 March 2016: UN judges acquitted Serbian nationalist firebrand Vojislav Seselj of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, a shock verdict that delivers a boost to his anti-EU Serbian Radical Party ahead of April elections and that sees war victims and leaders of neighbouring countries reacting with dismay
2 November 2017: Ratko Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, and one-time fugitive from international justice, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the UN tribunal at The Hague
29 décembre 2017: 25 Bosniaques ont été inculpés dans deux dossiers différents pour crimes de guerre contre des civils, dont des enfants et des personnes âgées, et des prisonniers de guerre serbes au début du conflit inter-communautaire 1992-1995
30 June 2021: Two Serbian secret police chiefs have been sentenced by The Hague war crimes tribunal to 12 years in prison for their role in atrocities during the Bosnian war
2003-2016: 10 July 2016: British and USA 2003 invasion of Iraq was illegal, former Deputy PM John Prescott says - 10 juillet 2016: Ministre du gouvernement de Tony Blair en 2003 John Prescott a déploré dimanche une guerre 'illégale' et regrette amèrement sa décision d'entrer en guerre contre l'Irak et ses conséquences
2017: 4 December 2017: 'Reasonable basis’ for British war crimes in Iraq, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says, as rights groups and lawyers allege that over 1,000 detainees were tortured and mistreated by UK forces between March 2003 to December 2008
Since 2011 Russian support of Assad's war against the Syrian people: Since 2015 Russian military intervention in Syria supporting Assad's dictatorship - 2015 Russian air raids in Syria - 30 September 2015: Syrian Coalition's Ghalioun warns that Russia’s Putin will personally face criminal responsibility for aiding and abetting Assad in his ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity - 10 October 2015: Human Rights Watch says that Russian air strikes on Talbiseh in northern Homs that killed at least 17 civilians should be investigated for possible violations of the laws of war - 26 October 2015: Human Rights Watch accuses Russia of war crimes in Syria - 3 November 2015: At least 191 civilians were killed in Douma during the month of October as regime and Russian air strikes targeted several neighborhoods of the city, with 74 deaths recorded over the last three days - 9 November 2015: Motii Jalal's footage shows the moment a Russian airstrike hits the Sarmin National hospital in Idlib province, killing 12 people and injuring 20 - 23 décembre 2015: Amnesty International a accusé mercredi la Russie d'avoir tué des 'centaines de civils' et causé des destructions massives en Syrie dans des raids contre des zones d'habitation pouvant 'constituer des crimes de guerre'
2016: 30 January 2016: Russian air forces have murdered 1,380 civilians, including 332 children, 195 women and 853 men and young men, since the 30th of September 2015, documented by SOHR - 23 February 2016: As Russia is consistently denying accusations of bombing civilian areas, reports from the field tell a different story, rescue workers on the scene confirm the assaults were happening every day, and rights group says that Russia is guilty of some the most 'egregious' war crimes it has seen in decades
September 2016: 22 September 2016: Assad regime and Russian air forces have targeted no fewer than 52 hospitals and medical centers since the beginning of 2016, also repeatedly targeting aid convoys destined for besieged civilians, the latest of which was a UN-Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy near Aleppo on Tuesday, Syrian interim government's Jawad Abu Hatab states - 23 September 2016: FSA groups have footage showing the moment the attack on Aleppo-bound aid convoy on Tuesday took place and the remnants of the weapons used, as the Russian invaders bombed the town with internationally banned weapons, especially napalm, and facilities and universities were also targeted by air strikes which killed a number of students, says interim government PM
October 2016: 5 October 2016: Analysis of satellite imagery of the deadly attack near Aleppo on the UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy last month shows that it was an air strike, UN expert Lars Bromley says
March 2018: 26 March 2018: The UN has come under fire for sharing the coordinates of hospitals in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta with Russia, only for one of them to be bombed days later, according to 'The Telegraph' - 26 March 2018: Syrian Coalition's Mohammed Yahya Maktabi said that the mass forced displacement taking place in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta is a 'war crime' as he condemned Russian’s major role in these crimes, adding that regime forces, the Iranian militias, and Russian air force are killing civilians, targeting popular markets, residential areas and public facilities and bombing hospitals, medical centers, and rescue workers
October 2018: 2 October 2018: Russian forces have killed no fewer than 6,239 civilians since the start of its direct military intervention in Syria on 30 September 2015, according to SNHR, citing testimonies and eyewitness accounts confirming that Russia committed war crimes alongside the Assad regime forces, also saying that since the conflict began in 2011, Russia has used its veto power 12 times on the UN Security Council, including six times to block draft resolutions on the use of chemical weapons
Since 2014: Since 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine since February 2014 - 17 April 2014: Putin, who earlier denied the presence of Russian troops in Crimea who described themselves as self-defense forces, admits during a Q&A session that people in military uniforms without any insignia in Crimea were Russian military
Since 17 July 2014: Since 17 July 2014 International reactions to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown by Russian BUK missile
2015: 18 March 2015: Ukraine will file a suit to the Hague tribunal on the recognition of Russia's aggression against Ukraine since 2013/2014 - 8/9 September 2015: Close to 8,000 people have lost their lives in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, UN says, indicating that Russian regime bore responsibility for the increasing death toll - 26 October 2015: Hague tribunal receives evidence of more than 300 war crimes committed in Donbas
2016: 26 April 2016: The report 'Russian War Crimes in Eastern Ukraine' submitted to the International Criminal Court in the Hague on 22 April - 29 April 2016: ICC in the Hague has started examining the materials on Russian military crimes in eastern Ukraine - 6 July 2016: During spring-summer of 2014, several villages of Luhansk region have been shelled with tube and rocket artillery from Russia's territory, according to international human rights organization documenting more evidence for the International Criminal Court ICC - 28 August 2016: Ukrainian Justice Minister Petrenko forecasts that the Hague tribunal might take up Ukraine's case against Russia only after the war has ended, while it might take the European Court of Human Rights up to five years to consider claims by Ukraine against Russia
September 2016: 28 September 2016: Dutch-led joint investigation team including representatives from Australia, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Belgium states that there is 'irrefutable evidence' that a Russian Buk 9M38 missile downed the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in 2014, killing all 298 people on board, also concluding that the Buk missile system was brought across the border from Russia and later transported back escorted by several other vehicles and by 'armed men in uniform', according to witnesses, photographs, video, damning intercepted telephone calls, radar data, forensic examinations, tests and reconstructions
3 July 2015: Dutch seek UN tribunal to prosecute downing of Malaysian plane MH17 by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014 - 8 October 2015: The 'Bellingcat' open source investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 summarizes that on 17 July 2014 a Buk missile launcher, originating from the 53rd Brigade near Kursk in Russia, travelled from Donetsk to Snizhne, was then unloaded and drove under its own power to a field south of Snizhne, where at approximately 4:20 pm it launched a surface-to-air missile that hit Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 as it flew over Ukraine, and was driven back on the morning of July 18 from Luhansk in Ukraine across the border to Russia, adding that 'alternative scenarios presented by the Russian Ministry of Defense and Almaz-Antey are at best deeply flawed, and at worst show a deliberate attempt to mislead using fabricated evidence' - 13 October: International investigators have concluded that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014, a Dutch paper says ahead of the official report - 13 October: Dutch MH17 report suggests efforts were made by Russian-backed separatists to cover up causes of disaster, including a bungled autopsy in which metal fragments from a Russian-made Buk missile were deliberately removed, as the chairman of the safety board Tjibbe Joustra says to Dutch journalists in the corridor of parliament that the Buk missile was fired from an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists - 16 July 2016: Misdated and edited satellite images of the MH17 crash, published by Russian Defense Ministry in July 2014, were 'so heavily manipulated that they lack any credibility as evidence', independent investigation group Bellingcat states - 17 July 2016: Only Russia hinders MH17 crash investigation, abusing the veto in the UN Security Council, Ukraine's Poroshenko says marking the second anniversary of the tragedy
June 2019 demanded prosecution of the EU for the deaths of migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean: 3 June 2019: The EU and member states should be prosecuted for the deaths of thousands of migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean fleeing Libya, according to a detailed legal submission to the international criminal court ICC
2 March 2022 UK and 37 countries refer atrocities committed in Ukraine to ICC: 2 March 2022: The UK and 37 other countries have formally referred reports of atrocities committed in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court ICC, as under ICC rules, such a referral from member states means that the prosecutor does not have to get the approval of ICC judges before opening an investigation, speeding up the process. With 37 countries joining the UK, it is the largest referral in the history of the ICC. 'Putin’s military machine is targeting civilians indiscriminately and tearing through towns across Ukraine', said Britain’s FM Liz Truss in statement, adding 'an investigation by the International Criminal Court into Russia’s barbaric acts is urgently needed and it is right that those responsible are held to account. The UK will work closely with allies to ensure justice is done' - 2 March 2022: Video shows Russian strikes hitting residential buildings in Ukraine, adding to mounting evidence of war crimes to be investigated by The Hague, as footage of an attack on a car park in Kharkiv, described by a Bellingcat researcher as a cluster bomb strike, appears to show a residential park nearby, and similar bombs exploded along a road
Since 3 March 2022 ICC's full investigation of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: Since 3 March 2022 International Criminal Court investigation in the situation in Ukraine, an ongoing investigation by the ICC into war crimes and crimes against humanity that may have occurred since 21 November 2013, and on an 'open-ended basis' during the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the war in Donbas and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a forbidden Russian war of aggression. The full investigation obtained jurisdiction on 2 March 2022.
War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, listed and documented by 'Wikipedia' with dozens of references
29 March 2022 expert Ph. Sands calls to set up one-off tribunal to prosecute crime of aggression against Ukraine: 29 March 2022: BBC reports that expert on international law at University College London Philippe Sands said effectiveness of the ICC - and the way international law plays out in practice - depend not just on treaties but politics and diplomacy, argueing with many other experts that like Nuremberg trial in the 1940s, the solution lies once more in diplomacy and international agreement, in 2022 calling for world leaders to set up a one-off tribunal to prosecute the crime of aggression in Ukraine
30 March 2022 UN names experts to probe possible Ukraine war crimes: 30 March 2022: UN named three human rights experts on Wednesday to investigate possible war crimes in Ukraine, where Russian regime has been accused of indiscriminate bombardment of civilians
10 April 2022 daily on-the-ground evidence makes it more straightforward for the ICC to indict Putin: 10 April 2022: Daily on-the-ground evidence makes it more straightforward for the International Criminal Court to indict Vladimir Putin with war crimes, 'The Guardian' reports, adding 'The horrors of Bucha and a slew of towns north of Kyiv are gruesome and widespread. They are also, crucially, being recorded in real time. A major problem for war crimes trials in the past was that evidence had to be sifted from chaotic battlefields years after the fact. This is not the case here. Ukraine’s own investigators are already on the ground, alongside specialists from The Hague. Last month the ICC opened an online evidence portal, inviting ordinary Ukrainians to become part of the investigation process. Russia is not a member of the ICC, but Ukraine has given the court jurisdiction for crimes on its territory.'
14 July 2022 Ukraine war crimes investigation receives support of 45 nations: 14 July 2022: More than 40 countries have agreed to work together to investigate suspected war crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine as the latest shelling of a civilian area killed at least 20 people in the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine. The pledge to coordinate international efforts to bring Russia’s military forces to justice came on Thursday - on Bastille day - when 45 nations signed a political declaration during a conference at the headquarters of the International Criminal Court ICC in The Hague
6 February 2024 ICC ‘turf war’ blocking Ukrainian bid to have top Russians tried, advocate says: 6 February 2024: The ICC is locked in a deplorable turf war that is blocking Ukraine’s efforts to set up a special international tribunal with the authority to try Russia’s leadership for the crime of aggression, Philippe Sands KC claims. Sands, a leading advocate of an international tribunal, blamed the deadlock on Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor, and some unnamed judges on the court, an international body based in The Hague that prosecutes people for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. He said they were opposing a special international tribunal not on the basis of principle, but because of a self-interested turf war. Sands also said some G7 countries – the US, UK and France – were nervous about an international tribunal as it might set a precedent that led to other world leaders being charged by other future tribunals. So far, 40 countries have joined the Ukraine core group that supported action on the crime of aggression, but there is no diplomatic consensus on the model of court.


Middle East:
Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Special Tribunal for Lebanon - Lebanon - Civil War and beyond
2011 arrest warrants for Hezbollah members: 30 June 2011: UN tribunal issues arrest warrants for the murder of Rafiq Hariri - 30 June 2011: Special Tribunal for Lebanon has charged four Hezbollah members - 17 August 2011: UN tribunal releases Hariri indictment
2012: 24 October 2012: Judges at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday said in an appeal ruling that the court could try four members of the powerful Hezbollah movement for the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri
Since 2014 trial: 16 January 2014: The trial of four men accused of murdering former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri is set to begin at an unprecedented tribunal at The Hague - Trial proceedings resumed on the 18th of June 2014 in absentia, or without the presence of the accused, in accordance with Lebanese law
May 2015 Assad's contract murder: 13 May 2015: Special tribunal at The Hague heard dramatic new evidence that former Lebanon PM's assassination was the work of Syria's dictator Assad, as Walid Jumblatt reported that anyone who crossed the Assad regime, that of father Hafez as well as son Bashar, or who became an embarrassment to the regime, paid the penalty
September 2018 Hariri demands 'justice': 11 September 2018: Lebanon’s incoming PM Saad Hariri calls for 'justice' as UN-backed tribunal into the huge bombing that killed his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005 entered its last stage in the Netherlands and as closing arguments began in absentia of four Hezbollah suspects as the Assad, Iranian and Russian backed Hezbollah terror group has refused to hand them over, and the suspects had been feted in Tehran and Damascus, according to prosecutors
11 December 2020 UN Lebanon Tribunal sentences Hezbollah terrorist over Rafik al-Hariri murder to 5 terms of life imprisonment: 11 December 2020: UN-backed Lebanon Tribunal on Friday sentenced Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash convicted of conspiring to kill former Lebanese PM Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing to five terms of life imprisonment, as Australian Judge David Re said in reading out the court's decision 'the attack was intended to spread terror in Lebanon and indeed did', and as trial was conducted in absentia and Ayyash remains at large
Since 2011 war crimes in Syria: War crimes in Syria since 2011
Bashar al-Assad's war crimes: 2 December 2013: UN implicates Bashar al-Assad in Syria war crimes
May 2014: 20 May 2014: 58 countries urge United Nations to refer Syria to International Criminal Court
May 2015: 13 May 2015: A three-year operation to smuggle official documents out of Syria has produced enough evidence to indict Bashar al-Assad and 24 senior members of his regime, 'Commission for International Justice and Accountability' CIJA says, as Syrian Coalition calls for holding an urgent UN Security Council meeting, saying that the international community and the members of the UN Security Council bear full responsibility of the catastrophic situation in Syria
September 2015: 30 September 2015: France launches war crimes and crimes against humanity investigation into Bashar al-Assad's regime - 30 September - 1 October 2015: France is investigating Bashar al-Assad over alleged crimes against humanity, also examining claims of torture and kidnapping by Assad's forces and opened 'on the basis of indications received from the foreign ministry' on 10 September
April 2017 hearing testimony against potential war crimes by al-Assad's regime in Syria: 11 April 2017: Spanish National Court judge Eloy Velasco in Madrid has begun hearing testimony against potential war crimes by al-Assad's regime in Syria, investigating nine of his close aids in the security and intelligence apparatus, including long-time Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa and intelligence chief Ali Mamlouk, as the Spanish plaintiff Amal Hag Hamdo Anfalis, whose brother was abducted and tortured in Damascus before being executed, explained how the family identified the victim's body among photos smuggled out of Syria by a sympathetic forensic photographer codenamed Caesar
Since September 2015 Russian Putin's responsibility for war crimes: 30 September 2015: Syrian Coalition's Ghalioun warns that Russia’s Putin will personally face criminal responsibility for aiding and abetting Assad in his ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity - 10 October 2015: Human Rights Watch says that Russian air strikes on Talbiseh in northern Homs that killed at least 17 civilians should be investigated for possible violations of the laws of war - 26 October 2015: Human Rights Watch accuses Russia of war crimes in Syria - 2 November 2015: Assad regime’s air force is dropping dozens of barrel bombs on areas across Syria, just one day after Russia's ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin’s announcement that the Assad regime stopped the use of barrel bombs - 3 November 2015: At least 191 civilians were killed in Douma during the month of October as regime and Russian air strikes targeted several neighborhoods of the city, with 74 deaths recorded over the last three days - 9 November 2015: Motii Jalal's footage shows the moment a Russian airstrike hits the Sarmin National hospital in Idlib province, killing 12 people and injuring 20 - 17 November 2015: UN's Ban Ki-moon renews calls that the situation in Syria be referred to the International Criminal Court in the 21st report he submitted to the UN Security Council
30/31 August 2016: Russian air force carried out dozens of airstrikes on Idlib city and its countryside, using internationally banned weapons, including napalm and white phosphorus - 5 October 2016: Analysis of satellite imagery of the deadly attack near Aleppo on the UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy last month shows that it was an air strike, UN expert Lars Bromley says
October 2016: 10 October 2016: France will ask the International Criminal Court's prosecutor to launch an investigation into war crimes it says have been committed by Syrian and Russian forces in Syria's eastern Aleppo
March 2019: 7 March 2019: Syrian refugees who fled to Jordan after being tortured and witnessing massacres have submitted dossiers of evidence to the international criminal court ICC in a novel attempt to prosecute Bashar al-Assad for crimes against humanity
Since 2014 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' terrorist group: Since 2014 killing of military and civilian captives by the 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' terrorist group - Genocide of Yazidis by the 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' terrorist group - Genocide of Christians by the 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' terrorist group - Genocide of Shias by the 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' terrorist group - Massacres perpetrated by the 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' terrorist group - List of terrorist incidents linked to the 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' terrorist group since 2013 - Since 2014 a number of people from various countries were beheaded by the 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' terrorist group
March 2015 'Islamic State' fighters may have committed genocide against the Yezidi community: 19 March 2015: 'Islamic State' fighters may have committed genocide against the minority Yezidi community in Iraq as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians including children and that Iraqi government forces and affiliated militia 'may have committed some war crimes' while battling the insurgency, UN Human Rights Office says
2012 Palestinian bid for Israeli war crimes inquiry rejected: 3 April 2012: ICC rejects Palestinian bid for Israeli war crimes inquiry in Gaza conflict
2021 ICC opens investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories: 3 March 2021: ICC opens investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories, inquiry expected to investigate alleged crimes committed by both Israelis and Palestinians - 3 mars 2021: Pour les États-Unis, la Cour qui siège à La Haye n’est 'pas compétente' car l’État hébreu n’a pas signé le Traité de Rome qui lui a donné naissance et la Palestine 'n’est pas un État souverain'
May 2022 ICC called to probe 'Al Jazeera' journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's killing: 23/24 May 2022: ICC called to probe 'Al Jazeera' journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's killing - Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's - who was born in Jerusalem four years after the 'Six-Day War' between Israel and a coalition of Arab states primarily comprising Jordan, Syria and Egypt (then known as United Arab Republic) - death in Jenin, funeral in Jerusalem and investigations, according to 'Wikipedia' website - Israeli–Palestinian conflict and timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict since 1948, first mentioning a so-called 'background'
16 June 2022 bullet used to kill Shireen Abu Akleh reportedly the same used by Israeli forces: 16 June 2022: Al Jazeera published photos Thursday night of what it said was the bullet that killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin last month, as the bullet is an armor-piercing type used by the Israeli army and was shot from an M-4 rifle
24 June 2022 Shireen Abu Aqleh killed by ‘seemingly well-aimed’ Israeli bullet, UN says: 24 June 2022: The UN has said its investigations have found that the shot that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh on 11 May was fired by Israeli forces, as UN human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said in Geneva 'we find that the shots that killed Abu Aqleh came from Israeli security forces'
6 September 2022 Israel’s shifting narratives on Abu Akleh's death, but not backing an independent investigation: 6 September 2022: Israel’s shifting narratives on the killing of Abu Akleh, now concluding it is ‘highly possible’ one of its soldiers killed Shireen Abu Akleh, but military ruled out further investigation, saying they found no suspicion of a criminal offence, still not backing an independent investigation - 6 September 2022: The USA on Monday welcomed Israel's review of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, which found that there was a high probability that accidental Israeli fire was responsible, while reiterating its call for accountability in the matter
20 September 2022 Shireen Abu Akleh's familiy has submitted an official complaint to the ICC: 20 September 2022: The family of killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has submitted an official complaint to the ICC to demand justice for her death, shot in the head by Israeli forces on May 11 while she was covering an army raid in the Jenin refugee camp


Africa:
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda since 8 November 1994, ongoing - List of people indicted in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - as of 24 July 2013 the ICTR has indicted 95 individuals - 11 December 2015: Interpol agents arrested Rwandan Ladislas Ntaganzwa in the eastern Congo city of Goma, who is among the most wanted for the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people died
Special Court for Sierra Leone since January 2002 - Special Court for Sierra Leone (Website) - 26 April 2012: The UN-backed international special court for Sierre Leone has convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes - 27 April 2012: Victims, rights groups and nations hailed a historic verdict after Liberia's Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday - 31 May 2012: Former Liberian president Taylor gets 50 years in jail for war crimes - 26 septembre 2013: L'ex-président libérien Charles Taylor condamné en appel à 50 ans de prison pour crimes contre l'humanité perpétrés lors de la guerre civile en Sierra Leone 1991-2002
Second Congo War 1998-2003 - Kivu conflict (ongoing) - International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2004
25. August 2011: Schlußplädoyer im Prozeß gegen Exrebellenführer Thomas Lubanga - während des kongolesischen Bürgerkriegs hunderte Kinder zu Soldaten rekrutiert und zu Mördern gemacht - 14. März 2012: Kongolesischer Rebellenführer Lubanga in Den Haag verurteilt - erstes Urteil des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs - 10 juillet: Reconnu coupable le 14 mars d'avoir utilisé des enfants soldats la Cour pénale internationale prononce sa première condamnation contre Thomas Lubanga
14 July 2012: ICC issues warrants for DR Congo warlords
15. Mai 2012: ICC-Chefankläger will FDLR-Milizenführer Mudacumura im Kongo festnehmen lassen
7 March 2014: DR Congo warlord Germain Katanga found guilty of war crimes at ICC
21 June 2016: Former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Pierre Bemba has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for rape and pillage committed by his troops, becoming the highest-level official to be sentenced at the international criminal court - 22 March 2017: Former warlord and ex-vice-president of the DRC Jean-Pierre Bemba has been sentenced by the international criminal court to a year in jail and fined €300,000 for bribing witnesses during an earlier war crimes trial at the ICC
8 July 2019: The international criminal court ICC has convicted notorious rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda known as 'the Terminator' of 18 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, rape and sexual slavery, for his role in atrocities in a bloody ethnic conflict in a mineral-rich region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2002 and 2003 - 10 July 2019: Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege has called upon the ICC to keep investigating war crimes in the D.R. Congo, following its conviction of ex-warlord Bosco Ntaganda
International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur - War in Darfur since 2003
International Criminal Court investigation in Uganda since 2003/2004
International Criminal Court investigation in Kenya since 2010 - 25 August 2011: Education minister Ruto, accused by the ICC of leading Kenya's 2007/2008 post election violence, has been sacked - 10 septembre 2013: Le vice-président kényan William Ruto devant la Cour pénale internationale
4 May 2011: ICC - Evidence to charge Libya's Gaddafi - 16. Mai 2011: Haftbefehl gegen Gaddafi beantragt - 27 June 2011: ICC issues Gaddafi arrest warrant
International Criminal Court investigation in Mali since 2012
7 February 2014: ICC opens Central African Republic 'war crimes' preliminary investigation
14 June 2015: ICC calls on South Africa to arrest Sudanese dictator Bashir wanted for war crimes, who arrived in Johannesburg for a summit of the African Union - 15 June 2015: Ban Ki-moon says ICC’s ruling on Sudan's Bashir must be implemented - 15 June: As court considers arrest, Sudan's Omar al-Bashir leaves South Africa, despite two pending warrants from the ICC for his arrest
21 June 2016: Tthe former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Pierre Bemba has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his part in campaign of rape and murder committed by his troopsin Central African Republic from 2002-2003
13 December 2017: The prosecutor of the ICC Fatou Bensouda criticizes countries including Jordan, Uganda and Chad of undermining the tribunal’s 'reputation and credibility' by refusing to arrest Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir to face charges of genocide in his country’s Darfur region, also saying the UN Security Council has failed to take action against al-Bashir and others - 13 December 2017: Images show wanted Sudan's Bashir warmly greeted by Turkey's Erdogan, attending the 6th extraordinary summit of the pan-Islamic group OIC in Istanbul
8 June 2018: Following MLC troops Jean-Pierre Bemba's acquittal today by the ICC Appeals Chamber supported by three of the five judges, director of Redress Rupert Skilbeck says 'this is a devastating outcome for the more than five thousand victims who participated in the trial and had waited 15 years to see justice done' and 'this judgment is also a huge setback for many victims who have suffered wartime sexual violence not only in CAR but also around the world', as ICC’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda regrets the 'troubling' decision, saying 'today’s judgement does not deny that Mr Bemba’s troops committed the crimes which resulted in great suffering in the Central African Republic at their hands'
21 October 2018: Sudan's Omar al-Bashir has been travelling freely around the world despite an eight-year-old international warrant for his arrest on charges of war crimes and genocide, according to human rights lawyers
Arrest of former president Laurent Gbagbo, transfer to the International Criminal Court on 29 November 2011, proceedings in the ICC and acquittal on 15 January 2019 - 15 January 2019: 'The acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé is a crushing disappointment to victims of post-election violence in Cote d’Ivoire. However, the judges found that the Office of the Prosecutor had not presented evidence needed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt', rights group says - 2 February 2019: After former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo freed by war crimes court, Belgium agrees to take in former Ivory Coast president - 4 February 2019: Gbagbo’s strongman Charles Blé Goudé still waiting for a host country willing to take him, after he and Gbagbo were released on condition that they live in a third country pending an appeal by the prosecution
13 July 2019: ICC Prosecutor initiates legal procedures in the airstrike of the immigration centre in Tajoura in Libya
5 August 2019: A drone air strike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town of Murzuq has killed at least 43 people, the second major air strike blamed on the forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar after at least 44 migrants were killed in June - 7 August 2019: Libya’s FM demands ICC investigate Murzuq massacre
12 June 2020: ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to transfer former dictator al-Bashir, others to The Hague and called the surrender of Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb to the war crimes tribunal
4 August 2020 Libyan tribes sue Haftar at ICC over civilian massacre: 4 August 2020: Libyan tribes sue Haftar at ICC over civilian massacre, after at least 40 people were killed in airstrike by Haftar’s militias in Murzuq last year


Americas:
2003 invasion of Iraq, 2016: 6 July 2016: Public inquiry into UK's role in the Iraq War since 2003 and Chilcot report states that war was not justified - 10 July 2016: British and USA 2003 invasion of Iraq was illegal, former Deputy PM John Prescott says - 10 juillet 2016: Ministre du gouvernement de Tony Blair en 2003 John Prescott a déploré dimanche une guerre 'illégale' et regrette amèrement sa décision d'entrer en guerre contre l'Irak et ses conséquences
November 2016: 15 novembre 2016: Les forces armées des États-Unis d'Amérique (USA) et l'agence de renseignement américaine CIA pourraient avoir commis des crimes de guerre en Afghanistan en 2003-2004 à l'encontre de détenus, notamment des actes de torture et des traitements cruels, a affirmé la procureure Fatou Bensouda de la Cour pénale internationale
April 2019: 12 avril 2019: Une semaine seulement après la confirmation de la révocation par les Etats-Unis du visa de la procureure générale Fatou Bensouda, en raison d'une possible enquête sur des exactions de soldats américains en Afghanistan, les juges de la Cour pénale internationale CPI ont refusé d'autoriser l'ouverture d'une enquête pour des crimes contre l'humanité et des crimes de guerre présumés en Afghanistan, un dur revers pour le bureau du procureur rapidement critiqué par différents groupes de défense des droits humains, qui parlent d'un coup dur pour les 'milliers de victimes' du conflit afghan en cours depuis 2003
April 2019: 12 April 2019: Representatives of South America’s indigenous Mapuche people have petitioned the international criminal court ICC to take action against the governments of Chile and Argentina for acts of genocide and crimes against humanity


Asia:
Since 1997: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ECCC since 1997 - Website ECCC - Four Khmer Rouge leaders go on trial 27 June 2011 - 3 February 2012: Khmer Rouge chief jailer given life sentence
November 2018: 16 November 2018: Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, the two most senior living leaders of regime that presided over deaths of at least 1.7 million in Cambodia, found guilty of genocide
2008/October 2015: 9 October 2015: ICC prosecutor seeking probe into 2008 Russia-Georgia war
September 2018: 19 September 2018: ICC's Fatou Bensouda announces investigation into the deportations of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar into Bangladesh
March 2020 ICC judges authorise Afghanistan war crimes inquiry: 5 March 2020: Senior ICC judges authorise Afghanistan war crimes inquiry, as decision overturns earlier rejection of request to examine actions of USA soldiers
23 March 2022 photojournalist Siddiqui's parents seeking legal action against the Taliban over son's death: 23 March 2022: Parents of Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui are seeking legal action against the Taliban over their son's death, as the 38-year-old Reuters journalist was killed last year after a Taliban ambush while reporting in Afghanistan, and as his parents have moved the International Criminal Court ICC against six Taliban leaders - Since August 2021 the 'International Community' is challenged to oppose any impunity against Taliban terrorists, as especially other Islamic states, emirates like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc. have already recognized the renewed Taliban regime since the 1990th, again supporting impunity
Australia/Oceania:


Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal: Statute of the Extraordinary African Chambers within the courts of Senegal created to prosecute international crimes committed in Chad between 1982 and 1990
2013-2015: 13 February 2013: Extraordinary African Chambers to try former Chad dictator Hissène Habré - 7 July 2015: The former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré goes on trial on 20 July 2015, almost 25 years after being toppled in a coup, charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, and torture before a specially commissioned court in Senegal
May 2016 Habré verdict:30 May 2016: Chad'´s former dictator Hissène Habré found guilty of crimes against humanity, summary execution, torture and rape at a landmark trial in Senegal and sentenced to life in prison


International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ITLOS, an intergovernmental organization created by the mandate of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and established by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, signed at Montego Bay in Jamaica on 10 December 1982, entering into force on 16 November 1994, and establishing an international framework for law over 'all ocean space, its uses and resources'
Since 1997 cases of the ITLOS: Since 1997 cases of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
2013/2014 Russia - Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship case: After in November 2013 the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ruled that Greenpeace campaigners and the ship 'Arctic Sunrise' should be immediately released, and should be allowed to leave Russia against a bail of 3.5 Million Euro, on 14 August 2015 the international Permanent Court of Arbitration unanimously ruled that Russia had acted in breach of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and has to compensate the Dutch government (flag state of the ship) for damages to the ship
May 2019 Russia must free detained Ukrainian naval vessels and sailors: Case concerning the detention of three Ukrainian naval vessels (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) - 25 May 2019: UN maritime tribunal 'International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea' ruled Saturday that Russia must immediately release three Ukrainian naval vessels captured by Russia in November 2018 and also free the 24 sailors it detained during a confrontation in the Black Sea amid rising tensions over rights to use the Sea of Azov - On 25 May 2019 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea decided that Russia must immediately release three captured ships and 24 captured Ukrainian servicemen, according to Wikipedia

Since 1994 International Seabed Authority to organize, regulate and control all mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, an area underlying most of the world’s oceans, an organization established by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Impunity Watch: Impunity Watch is an international non-profit foundation that originated in 2005 as a special programme of the Dutch development organisation Solidaridad, seeking to promote accountability for serious crimes and human rights abuses in countries emerging from armed conflict or periods of repression - Impunity Watch - website



Permanent Court of Arbitration: Permanent Court of Arbitration international organization based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, a permanent bureaucracy that assists temporary tribunals to resolve disputes among states and similar entities, intergovernmental organizations, or even private parties arising out of international agreements, and the cases span a range of legal issues involving territorial and maritime boundaries, sovereignty, human rights, international investment, and international and regional trade - Permanent Court of Arbitration (Website)
2015 Chagos Archipelago ruling: Mauritius v. United Kingdom arbitration case concerning the status of the Chagos Archipelago, on the 18 March 2015 the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that the Chagos Marine Protected Area was 'not in accordance with the provisions of the Convention' - Chagos Marine Protected Area
2015/2016 South China Sea islands case: Philippines v. China is a pending arbitration case concerning the legality of China's 'nine-dotted line' claim over the South China Sea - 23 November 2015: UN tribunal at The Hague to rule on rival claims to South China Sea islands - 19 April 2016: Britain says that a ruling expected in late May in an international arbitration case the Philippines has brought against China’s South China Sea claims must be binding - 13 July 2016: Chinese regime attacks UN tribunal’s stinging rejection of its territorial claims in the South China Sea threatening a possible military escalation
2017 Croatia–Slovenia border dispute ruling: Croatia–Slovenia border disputes - June 2017 Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a binding ruling
May 2018 ruling on Russian compensations after the annexation of Crimea: 10 May 2018: The Permanent Court of Arbitration PCA in The Hague has ruled that the Russian Federation must compensate some Ukrainian companies about $159 million in losses caused by the annexation of Crimea, after the PCA confirmed its jurisdiction over property relations in Crimea in the summer of 2017, as Russia did not recognize the award and began to ignore the case




European Court of Human Rights: European Court of Human Rights - European Court of Human Rights ECHR (Website) - Council of Europe
European Court of Human Rights judgments: List of European Court of Human Rights judgments
Since 1999 cases of Russian military abuses brought forward by Chechen civilians: Since 1999 cases of Russian military abuses brought forward by Chechen civilians against Russia in the course of the Second Chechen War, with 104 rulings to date as of April 2009 (including regarding the cases of torture and extrajudicial executions)
2007: 10 April 2007: Evans v United Kingdom - Natallie Evans from Trowbridge left infertile after cancer therapy has lost her fight to use embryos fertilised by an ex-partner
2012: 20. April 2012: Die Justizminister der 47 Mitgliedsstaaten des Europarats haben britische Forderungen nach einer Einschränkung der Kompetenzen des Europäischen Menschenrechtsgerichtshof abgewiesen - 23 February 2012: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the rights of Eritrean and Somali migrants by sending them back to Libya under Gaddafi - 19 October 2012: The member of anti-Kremlin punk group Yekaterina Samutsevich freed on appeal has taken her case to the European Court of Human Rights, her lawyer said on Friday, accusing Russia of violating her right to freedom of speech and illegally detaining her
13 December 2012: European Court of Human Rights rules that German citizen Khaled el-Masri, arrested 2003 in Macedonia, was an innocent victim of extraordinary rendition, torture and ill-treatment by US CIA-agents
2013: 27. Oktober 2013: Zehntausende Menschen haben in Madrid gegen ein Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofes für Menschenrechte protestiert, welches verlangt, Dutzende von inhaftierten Terroristen der ETA auf freien Fuss zu setzen - 3. Dezember 2013: Zwei Guantánamo-Häftlinge klagen vor dem Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte, weil sie von 2002 bis 2003 in einem Geheimgefängnis des US-Geheimdienstes CIA in Polen gefangen gehalten und gefoltert worden seien
2014: 12 May 2014: European Court of Human Rights orders Turkey to pay Cyprus over invasion - 13 June 2014: Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights concerning the kidnapping by terrorists of orphans from Snizhne - 24 July 2014: Poland broke human rights convention on suspects held by the CIA, ECHR finds for Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who argued they were tortured by USA agents in a Polish forest prison - 24 September 2014: Russia's FSB spy agency’s interception of data including texts and emails challenged by Russian journalist and now examined by European Court of Human Rights
2015: Perinçek v. Switzerland concerning Genocide denial - 14 April 2015: ECHR postpones Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia over the actions of the Russian regime in Donbas and Crimea for six months at Russian request - 3 December 2015: Ukrainian citizens have filed 700 complaints to the ECHR against the Russian Federation in connection with military actions in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the occupation of Crimea, as the court is expected to make the first ruling on these complaints in the near future
January 2016: 13 January 2016: ECHR to rule on prison term for Russian activist Kashapov, who was arrested in December 2014 for criticizing Crimea annexation by Russian regime in 2014
May 2016: 21 May 2016: Australian law firm wants compensation from Russian regime for MH17 crash and its President Putin on behalf of families of victims of July 2014 catastrophe, the relevant application was submitted on 9 May 2016 to the European Court of Human Rights (Cour européenne des droits de l'homme)
May 2016: 31 May 2016: Russian regime must pay editor for breaching freedom of expression rights of Yelena Mikhaylovna Nadtoka, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Vecherniy Novocherkassk, who was found guilty in 2004, in a breach of her rights under article 10 of the European convention, of causing insult to a politician, ECHR rules saying that the newspaper’s article sought to complain of corruption on the part of the mayor of Novocherkassk, which was a subject of public interest
October 2016: 11 October 2016: Chess master Garry Kasparov wins a case against Russian regime at the European Court of Human Rights for unlawful arrest in 2007 and violation of his right to attend a rally in Samara he missed as a result of his detention in Moscow
January/February 2017: 26 January 2017: 'Among the Council of Europe member, the majority of judgments defining at least one violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in 2016 was delivered against Russia (222 judgments)', followed by Turkey with 77 judgments, the ECHR says - 10 February 2017: Ukrainian librarian Natalya Sharina held under house arrest in Russia since October 2015, has taken her case to the European court of human rights
April 2017: 13 April 2017: Russian authorities failed to take sufficient steps to stop the 2004 Beslan school siege in North Ossetia in which more than 330 people were killed, the European court of human rights has ruled
June 2017: 20 June 2017: Russian law '2013 federal statute' encourages homophobia and discrimination, the European court of human rights has ruled, in a sharply worded rebuke to the Russian regime
September 2017: 25 September 2017: Portuguese schoolchildren from the area struck by the country’s worst forest fires are seeking crowdfunding, supported by the NGO Global Legal Action Network, to sue 47 European countries, alleging that the states’ failure to tackle climate change threatens their right to life
October 2017: 10 October 2017: A group of members of the Catalan Parliament have taken Monday's Catalan plenary suspension imposed by the Spanish Constitutional Court to the European Court of Human Rights
March 2018: 20 March 2018: Turkey acted illegally by detaining journalists Mehmet Altan and Sahin Alpay who were arrested in the wake of the military coup attempt in July 2016, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled, saying there had been a violation of personal liberty and security under Article 5/1 of the European Convention
May 2018: 25 May 2018: A group of 270 relatives of the Dutch victims of flight MH17 downed in July 2014 in Russian-occupied Donbas will lodge a complaint against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights ECHR
July 2018: 18 July 2018: Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s murder inquiry in Russia was 'inadequate and violated human rights’, as those who commissioned the killing have not yet been identified, the European Court of Human Rights ruled, ordering Russia to pay 20,000 euros in damages to relatives of murdered journalist
July 2018: 18 July 2018: European Court of Human Rights found that Russia had violated five articles of the European Convention on Human Rights in its arrest and conviction of the Pussy Riot protest group in 2012, sentencing three members to two years in prison after performing a protest song in a Moscow cathedral
November 2018 Alexei Navalny arrests case: 13 November 2018: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was stopped at the border and barred from leaving Russia as he was about to travel to a court hearing at the European Court for Human Rights in France - 15 November 2018: Russia’s repeated arrests of opposition leader Alexei Navalny since 2012 are politically motivated, the European court of human rights ECHR has ruled, in a sharp rebuke of the Russian regime's authorities
April 2019 Navalny's rights violated by Russia: 9 avril 2019: La Cour européenne des droits de l'Homme CEDH a condamné mardi la Russie pour avoir assigné à résidence et imposé des restrictions en 2014 à Alexeï Navalny, principal opposant à Vladimir Poutine
August 2019 Russia violated Magnitsky’s right to life: 27 August 2019: 10 years after his death, the European Court ruled that Russia violated Magnitsky’s right to life by failing to hold an effective investigation into the alleged medical negligence that resulted in his death, that his detention conditions amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, that repeated extensions of his detention was unjustified, and that his posthumous trial and conviction by a Russian court was inherently unfair
September 2019 Russian Crimea annexation case: 11 September 2019: The Russian state directed and ran the military coup in Crimea and its subsequent annexation in 2014, Ukraine has told the European court of human rights
10 July 2020 Dutch government brings Russia before the ECHR for its role in the downing of Flight MH17: 10 July 2020: Dutch government decided to bring Russia before the European Court of Human Rights ECHR for its role in the downing of Flight MH17 over occupied Donbas on July 17, 2014
21 September 2021 Russia responsible for the 2006 killing of Alexander Litvinenko, ECHR has found: In September 2021, the European Court of Human Rights ECHR found that Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko (a violation of Article 2). The Court ruled that there was a 'strong' case that Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun had been acting as agents of the Russian State, and that Russia had not carried out an 'effective domestic investigation', nor 'identifi[ed] and punish[ed] ... those responsible for the murder', as followoing the poisoning Lugovoy - a former KGB employee like Vladimir Putin - became a member of Russia's lower house of parliament Duma for the nationalist party LDPR - 21 September 2021 Judgment Carter v. Russia 'Russia was responsible for assassination of Aleksandr Litvinenko in the UK', ECHR's judgement document in PDF format

List of Human Rights organisations - Human rights in Europe - Human rights in European countries

European Court of Justice: European Court of Justice - 12. Juli 2012: Der Europäische Gerichtshof hat in einem wegweisenden Urteil die Rechte von Bauern und kleinen Agrargemeinschaften gegenüber internationalen Saatgutkonzernen gestärkt - 8 April 2014: EU Court of Justice rejects requirement to keep data of telecom users and declares the Data Retention Directive invalid - 14 May 2014: The European Court of Justice's ruling, saying that Google must respect 'right to be forgotten', may burden internet operators with extra costs, and is likely to benefit ordinary people rather than public figures - 17 December 2014: After a decision of European Court of Justice, Israel expects the EU to put Hamas back on the terror blacklist immediately
2015: 6 October 2015: USA digital data storage systems do not provide sufficient privacy from state surveillance, the European court of justice has ruled
2017: 14 March 2017: Employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Court of Justice rules in its first decision on the issue of women wearing Islamic headscarves at work, saying that ban on visible wearing of political, philosophical or religious sign does not constitute direct discrimination




United Nations Convention against Corruption - International Corruption Perceptions Index
International asset recovery - Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
Since 1997: Since 1997 Law Enforcement, Organized Crime and Anti-Money-Laundering Unit of UNODC, responsible for carrying out the Global Programme against Money-Laundering, Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism
2016 'Panama Papers': April 2016 'Panama Papers', date of documents 1970s – 2016 - 3 April 2016: Findings of a yearlong investigation by the ICIJ of the 'Panama Papers' (also concerning the British Virgin Islands and other offshore havens), a giant leak of offshore financial records, expose global array of crime, corruption, offshore holdings of politicians and public officials from around the world including Putin, Assad associates, Argentina's president Macri, the family of China’s Xi Jinping, the king of Saudi Arabia, Qatar's Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Ukraine's Poroshenko, the familiy of Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif, people in more than 200 countries and territories (Kojo Annan, Jackie Chan, Eugenio Figueredo, Lionel Messi, Nico Rossberg, Jérôme Valcke etc.), people and companies blacklisted because of evidence that they’d been involved in wrongdoing and war crimes, such as doing business with Mexican drug lords, terrorist organizations like Hezbollah or rogue nations like North Korea and Iran, the support of Assad's barrel bombs, and involving major banks including British banks, German banks, banks of Luxembourg, Switzerland's UBS, Credit Suisse and HSBC Private Bank - List of people named in the Panama Papers - 4 April 2016: Global reactions to huge leak of offshore tax files - 4 April 2016: The Procuraduría de la Nación announces that it will open an investigation concerning the international journalistic investigation 'Panama papers', where Mossack Fonseca is involved, also indicating that companies using offshore were accused ofproviding fuel for the Syrian Assad regime's murderous air force

UNODC's Action against Corruption and Economic Crime: UNODC's Action against Corruption and Economic Crime
June 2017: 19-23 June 2017 eighth session of the Implementation Review Group of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
2018: 30 January 2018: The UN has been urged by the 'Tax Justice Network' to coordinate a global effort to end offshore tax evasion and corruption, as the TJN launched its Financial Secrecy Index 2018, which ranks countries on the size and secretiveness of their offshore sectors

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC: United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC - United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (Website)
UNODC is the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Organized Crime Convention) and the three Protocols - on Trafficking in Persons, Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking of Firearms - that supplement it
January 2019: 7 janvier 2019: La traite d'êtres humains, qui regroupe toutes sortes d'activités criminelles allant de l'exploitation sexuelle au prélèvement d'organes, reste largement impunie à travers le monde, beaucoup de pays ne parviennent pas à punir les trafiquants d'être humains, selon un dernier rapport de l'ONUDC
Terrorism Prevention Branch of UNODC: Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC, the key entity with the mandate and expertise to deliver counter-terrorism legal technical assistance to Member States for the ratification, legislative incorporation and implementation of the international legal instruments against terrorism - Since 1963 the international community has elaborated 19 international legal instruments to prevent terrorist acts, developed under the auspices of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA
1997: 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
1999: 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
Since 2005 Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force CTITF: Since 2005 Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force CTITF of the UNODC
Since 2011 UN Counter-Terrorism Center UNCCT: Since 2011 UN Counter-Terrorism Center UNCCT
2017: 31 May 2017: Fifth report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by Islamic State terrorists to international peace and security and the range of UN efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat
Global Firearms Programme of UNODC: UNODC Global Firearms Programme
2014: 11 April 2014: Almost half a million people murdered worldwide in 2012, with the highest murder rates logged in the Americas and Africa, and the lowest in Europe, Asia and Oceania, the UNODC says indicating that 95% of the perpetrators are men
Since 1992 Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice CCPCJ: Since 1992 Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice CCPCJ, established by the Economic and Social Council ECOSOC upon request of General Assembly - Crime prevention is a multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary, and integrated endeavour - UNODC's work in the area of Criminal Justice Reform covers Police reform, Prosecution service, Judiciary (the courts), Access to legal defence and legal aid, Prison reform and alternatives to imprisonment
1985: 1985 UN General Assembly's 'Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary'
2005: 2005 ECOSOC Resolution 'Action to promote effective crime prevention'




Since 1923 International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as Interpol, is the international organization that facilitates international police cooperation
Interpol member states - National Central Bureaus of Interpol
Since September 2018 detention of Meng Hongwei by Chinese regime: September/October 2018 detention of Interpol president Meng Hongwei by Chinese regime and resignation in custody - 7 October 2018: Missing Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who lives with his familiy in Lyon, resigns as it emerges he is being held in China - 8 October 2018: Chinese regime admitted they were holding Interpol president Meng Hongwei, who was reported missing in France at the weekend, as the case continues to tarnish regime’s image as a rising power and responsible member of international organisations
November 2018: 18 November 2018: Grace Meng, the wife of detained Interpol chief says 'it’s not justice’, after her husband vanished and neither Beijing regime nor his employer would help her find him
February 2019: 5 February 2019: Lebanese lawyer and expert in international law Tariq told Smart News Network that the USA court, that found the Assad regime liable for Colvin’s death, has the external jurisdiction to prosecute criminals, pointing out that the Interpol has the authority to enforce law against those who have been indicted in case international courts failed to take action

Since 2002 Interpol Terrorism Watch List for access by Interpol offices and authorized police agencies in its 184 member countries, including the establishment of a 24-hour, 7 days a week command center and a linkage system to identify terrorist financing lists and to support its member countries' police forces

Interpol notice, an international alert circulated by Interpol to communicate information about crimes, criminals, and threats by police in a member state to their counterparts around the world, disseminated via notices concerns individuals wanted for serious crimes, missing persons, unidentified bodies, possible threats, prison escapes, and criminals' modus operandi - European Arrest Warrant, an arrest warrant valid throughout all member states of the European Union EU, requiring another member state to arrest and transfer a criminal suspect or sentenced person to the issuing state so that the person can be put on trial or complete a detention period
Since 1946 history of International Notice system: Since 1946 history of International Notice system, created as Interpol re-established itself after World War II
November 2018 arrest warrants for Syrian intelligence and Assad regime officials: 5 November 2018: French prosecutors issued international arrest warrants for three senior Syrian intelligence and Assad regime officials, including security chief Ali Mamlouk, one of Bashar al-Assad’s most senior advisers, for collusion in war crimes - 6 November 2018: 'After years of horrendous atrocities committed in total impunity, this move by French judges sends a strong signal that justice is possible before national courts outside of Syria, and gives hope to the families of Syria’s tens of thousands disappeared', SCM's Mazen Darwish says
July 2019 pressure on Hezbollah and Iran needed: 14 July 2019: Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Argentina bombing, USA State Department counterterrorism coordinator Nathan Sales pledged to intensify pressure on Hezbollah and Iran to give up suspects in the deadly 1994 bombing attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish community center, after Interpol has issued at least nine red notices, or arrest warrants, targeting Iranian and Hezbollah officials alleged to have planned and carried out the attack
12 January 2021 Interpol issued a wanted notice for two Russians and a Portuguese over Beirut explosion: 12 January 2021: Interpol has issued a wanted notice for two Russians and a Portuguese man over explosive material that had been shipped to Beirut and stored at the city's port for six years until it exploded last August, according to National News Agency, after the August 2020 explosion killed 200 people, injured thousands and caused wide destruction in Beirut






WHO World Health Organization: UN World Health Organization - World Health Organization WHO (website)
2016 WHO's support for Syria's murderous Assad regime: 29 August 2016: WHO has spent more than $5m to support Syrian murderous Assad regime’s national blood bank, controlled by Assad’s 'defence' department, as documents show funds spent on blood supplies came directly from donors who have economic sanctions against the Syrian regime, including the UK, also showing the WHO had 'concrete concerns' about whether blood supplies would reach those in need, or be directed to the military first - 27 September 2016: WHO meets with Assad regime's Aleppo governor to discuss cooperation - 27 September 2016: New drone footage shows the devastation in Aleppo, which have faced intense Russian and Assad airstrikes - 28 September 2016: Assad loyalists party in regime-held area of Aleppo as city's eastern neighborhoods is decimated and as Russian and Assad murderous forces escalate attacks
October 2016 UN hires Assad's friends and relatives for Syria relief operation: 28 October 2016: UN hires Assad's friends and relatives for Syria relief operation, as almost two-thirds of the emergency health supplies needed in Syria have gone to regime-held areas and 64% of the kits and medicines provided by the WHO since January have been delivered to areas held by or supporting Assad regime, only 13% of WHO supplies have reached Syria’s 'besieged' areas, according to documents seen by the Guardian newspaper
2017 first ever African director-general: 23 May 2017: WHO elects first ever African director-general, the former Ethiopian health minister Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - 22 October 2017: Following global concerns WHO revokes appointment of Mugabe as goodwill ambassador
March 2018 'unacceptable' but unpunished increase in violent attacks on health care in Syria: 9 March 2018: There has been a marked and 'unacceptable' increase in violent attacks on health care in Syria with 67 reported in the first two months of 2018, according to the WHO
April 2018 Douma chemical attack: 7 April 2018 Douma chemical attack - 8 April 2018: Syrian Assad regime accused of using nerve agents as death toll from Douma chemical weapons attack rises - 11 April 2018: 'WHO demands immediate unhindered access to the area to provide care to those affected, to assess the health impacts and to deliver a comprehensive public health response', as an estimated 500 people went to Syrian health facilities with 'signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals' after the attack on the rebel-held town of Douma at the weekend, according to reports passed to the World Health Organization WHO - 11 April 2018: 'The number of dead bodies that can be established through open source data is 34+', and 'aircraft spotters reported two Mi-8 Hip helicopters heading southwest from Dumayr Airbase, in the direction of Douma, 30 minutes before the chemical attack in Douma, and two Hip helicopters were observed above Douma shortly before the attack' according to Bellingcat Investigation team - 12 April 2018: Nerve agent experts race to smuggle bodies out of Douma, after patients overwhelmed medics in Douma in the hours after 7:30pm last Saturday, treating symptoms they had not seen before
Since April 2019 Haftar's dealy Tripoli offensive: 14 avril 2019: Au moins 121 personnes ont été tuées et 561 autres blessés depuis le début le 4 avril d'une offensive du maréchal Khalifa Haftar contre la capitale libyenne Tripoli, a indiqué l'Organisation mondiale de santé OMS
17/18 July 2019 Ebola outbreak: 18 July 2019: Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DR of the Congo declared a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern' - Since 1 August 2018 Kivu Ebola epidemic
31 July 2019 second case of Ebola confirmed in DR Congo's Goma: 31 July 2019: Second case of Ebola confirmed in DR Congo's Goma, after the Ebola outbreak was declared a 'public health emergency' by the WHO on 17 July
28 November 2019 rebels unharmed by UN peacekeeper force have attacked and killed Ebola response workers: 28 November 2019: Rebels unharmed by UN peacekeeper force have attacked and killed Ebola response workers in eastern Congo, the WHO chief said Thursday, an alarming development that could cause the waning outbreak to again pick up momentum in what has been called a war zone
Since 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and international impact: 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak by country and territory - Since January 2020 international socio-economic impact of the 2019 Chinese coronavirus outbreak, by continent and country
9 March 2020 WHO hasn't called covid-19 a pandemic but others do: 9 March 2020: The World Health Organization hasn't called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, but CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current covid-19 outbreak - Zeitpunkt der Pandemie-Erklärung der WHO und Kritik an der WHO
10 April 2020 WHO warns of 'deadly resurgence' if coronavirus controls lifted too soon: 10 April 2020: WHO warns of 'deadly resurgence' if coronavirus controls lifted too soon
11 April 2020 WHO looks into report of covid-19 patients testing positive after negative tests: 11 April 2020: WHO looks into report of covid-19 patients testing positive after negative tests, following reports from South Korea saying some patients had tested positive while being considered for discharge
20 April 2020 only a tiny proportion of global population appear to have antibodies in the blood: 20 April 2020: Only a tiny proportion of the global population, maybe as few as 2% or 3%, appear to have antibodies in the blood showing they have been infected with covid-19, according to the WHO, a finding that bodes ill for hopes that herd immunity will ease the exit from lockdown
29 April 2020 Australia defending the 'entirely reasonable and sensible' call for an investigation into the origins of covid-19: 29 April 2020: Australia's PM Morrison has defied China and defended the 'entirely reasonable and sensible' call for an investigation into the origins of covid-19, as the international political fallout over the pandemic deepened, and China has been pushing back against criticism from other governments about how it handled the outbreak of covid-19 starting in Wuhan and which has now infected more than 3 million people worldwide and killed more than 200,000 citizens until now
12 May 2020 New Zealand backs Taiwan joining the WHO despite China rebuke: 12 May 2020: New Zealand backs Taiwan joining the WHO despite China rebuke, as FM says ‘we have to stand up for ourselves’ after Beijing regime protests against calls for Taiwan to join the WHO as an observer
18 May 2020 Beijing regime under pressure over origins of covid-19 crisis and Taiwan: 18 May 2020: Beijing regime under pressure over origins of covid-19 crisis and Taiwan at World Health Assembly
20 May 2020 WHO’s annual assembly passed resolution to investigate the global response to covid-19: 20 May 2020: WHO’s annual assembly passed a resolution on the need to investigate the global response to covid-19, as none of the WHO’s 194 member states raised objections to the resolution
22 October 2020 EU wants WHO to become more transparent about how states report emerging health crises: 22 October 2020: The EU wants the WHO to become more transparent about how states report emerging health crises, a draft proposal on reforming the UN agency says, following criticism of China's initial handling of the covid-19 pandemic
29 October 2021: WHO calls on rich countries to fund $23 billion plan against covid-19 pandemic: 29 October 2021: WHO calls on rich countries to fund $23 billion plan to 'end’ covid-19 pandemic, in other words, to bring vaccines against the disease, tests and drugs to poorer countries in the next 12 months, as WHO's Tedros Ghebreyesus said the Group of 20, whose leaders are meeting in Rome at the weekend, had the political and financial power needed to 'end' the pandemic by funding the plan, which he said could save five million lives
Health by country and World Health Reports: Health by country - Health systems by country - World Health Report - Universal health care usually refers to a health care system which provides health care and financial protection to all citizens of a particular country - Universal health coverage by country
2013 domestic violence, air pollution and cancer: 20 june 2013: More than one woman in three around the globe is a victim of domestic violence, the WHO says - 18 October 2013: Air pollution a leading cause of cancer, the WHO says
October 2013 suspected polio outbreak in Syrian province: 24 October 2013: Suspected polio outbreak in Syrian province spreads, WHO says
2014 pollution kills 7 million people every year: 25/26 March 2014: Pollution kills 7 million people every year, says WHO report - 8 May 2014: WHO/UNICEF highlight need to further reduce gaps around the world in access to improved drinking water and sanitation
2015 400 million people worldwide lack access to at least one of seven essential health services: 13 June 2015: An estimated 400 million people worldwide lack access to at least one of seven essential health services, ranging from pregnancy care to clean water, WHO and World Bank say
November 2015 25,000 people are wounded each month in escalating warfare in Syria since Russian intervention: 14 November 2015: About 25,000 people are wounded each month in escalating warfare in Syria since Russian intervention, as medicines are lacking and cholera is feared, WHO says
December 2015 WHO 'Chemical Risk Assessment Sub-Network of Developing Countries' meeting: 2-4 December 2015: 25 chemical risk assessment institutions from 21 developing countries and countries with economies in transition attended the meeting of the WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Sub-Network of Developing Countries in Thailand
2016 pollution: 16 January 2016: Scientists and the WHO issue a stark new warning about deadly levels of pollution in many of the world’s biggest cities, claiming poor air quality is killing millions and threatening to overwhelm health services across the globe - 15 March 2016: One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, WHO says in a new study
May 2016 over 70% hospitals/medical facilities in liberated areas have been targeted by regime and Russian jets, WHO's says: 21 May 2016: Syria is world’s deadliest place for health workers, as over 70% hospitals and medical facilities in liberated areas have been targeted by regime and Russian jets, WHO's Dr Ala Alwan says - 26 May 2016: WHO says military and militia hospital attacks claimed 959 lives in two years, Syria worst hit by atrocities that have disrupted public health services
2017 pollution and drug-resistant infections: 7 March 2017: Pollution is responsible for one in four deaths among all children under five, according to new WHO reports, with toxic air, unsafe water, and and lack of sanitation the leading causes - 17 mai 2017: Les données de la santé mondiale sont de plus en plus complètes et près de la moitié des décès peuvent être désormais liés à une cause connue, selon OMS - 20 September 2017: Drug-resistant infections are a 'global health emergency', according to WHO's report, also saying that there is a lack of new treatments being developed to combat antibiotic-resistant infections, such as tuberculosis which kills around 250,000 people each year
2018 pollution: 2 mai 2018: La pollution de l'air est toujours très mortelle dans le monde, alors qu'elle touche 90% de la population mondiale et provoque environ 7 millions de décès par an, selon OMS
October 2018: 29 October 2018: Poisonous air is having a devastating impact on billions of children around the world, damaging their intelligence and leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths, according to WHO, saying 90% of world's children are breathing toxic air
Since 1959 History of spread of HIV/AIDS: Since 1959 History of spread of HIV/AIDS - Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS - as of 2014, approximately 36.9 million people are living with HIV globally - List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate
July 2016 hope for 'end of Aids' is disappearing: 31 July 2016: Hope for 'end of Aids' is disappearing as efforts to combat the epidemic also in Africa are seriously faltering, with drugs beginning to lose their power, the number of infections rising and funding declining, raising the prospect of the epidemic once more spiralling out of control, according to experts
1 December 2021 four decades since AIDS epidemic began but still no vaccine: 1 December 2021: Four decades since AIDS epidemic began, but still no vaccine, as one answer to this problem is that the political will and colossal investment that have spurred on covid vaccine development have largely been missing from AIDS vaccine research since HIV was discovered in 1983, but another lies in the complexity of the science behind HIV
2010 Haiti cholera outbreak: Since 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak, the worst epidemic of cholera in recent history, following the 2010 earthquake it killed thousands and sickened a few hundred thousand more while spreading to neighboring countries including the Dominican Republic and Cuba
2016: 18 August 2016: UN makes first public admission of blame for Haiti cholera outbreak - 1 December 2016: United Nations admits for first time that its peacekeepers were directly responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti, bringing to an end a six-year delay in which the world body consistently ducked responsibility for importing the disease that has potentially killed up to 30,000 people
2013 deadly form of drug-resistant malaria: 24 October 2013: Hundreds of millions of dollars needed to stop a deadly form of drug-resistant malaria jumping from Southeast Asia to the rest of the world, the WHO says
2016: 26 April 2016: Malaria deaths rising in Angola as health crisis spreads, according to the WHO
2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak - List of Ebola outbreaks - 1 August 2014: WHO's Margaret Chan on Friday warned west Africa's Ebola-hit nations that Ebola is 'moving faster than efforts to control it' - 8 August: WHO's Margaret Chan calls for international response to Ebola outbreak - 14 October 2014: UN medical official, who caught Ebola while working in Liberia, has died at a clinic in Leipzig - 16 October 2014: UN agencies fear a major food crisis in West Africa if the Ebola outbreak continues to grow exponentially over the coming months
2015: 14 August 2015: 'If the current intensity of case detection and contact tracing is sustained', Ebola epidemic in West Africa could be completely over by the end of the year, WHO's Margaret Chan says
Since 2015 Zika virus outbreak: Since April 2015 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil subsequently spread to other countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean - Since 2015 Zika virus epidemic began in early 2015 in Brazil, then spread to other parts of South and North America and also affecting several islands in the Pacific
2016: 25 January 2016: The mosquito-borne Zika virus disease shows that pushing the limits of the planet’s ecology has become dangerous in novel ways - 1 February 2016: Birth defects linked to Zika virus declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organisation - 22 March: Zika virus is now 'implicated' in the large numbers of brain-damaged babies in Brazil and the increase in the nerve disorder Guillan-Barré syndrome, according to WHO experts, who say urgent action is needed to deal with a growing crisis
2016: 6 April 2016: Stating that there were 422 million adults living with diabetes in 2014, a fourfold increase since 1980, WHO says that governments around the world must act to ensure people can make healthier food choices
2018-2019 Kivu Ebola outbreak: Since 1 August 2018 Kivu Ebola epidemic - 18 July 2019: Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DR of the Congo declared a 'Public Health Emergency of International Concern'
2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak: 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak by country and territory
Since January 2020 international socio-economic impact of Chinese coronavirus outbreak: Since January 2020 international socio-economic impact of the 2019 Chinese coronavirus outbreak, by continent and country
25 February 2020 China, South Korea, Iran, Italy etc. report new coronavirus cases as worldwide worry grows: 25 February 2020: China, South Korea report new coronavirus cases as worldwide worry grows, and as WHO chief says spread of covid-19 disease not yet a pandemic, but rapid outbreaks in Italy, Iran and elsewhere show how quickly situation can change
29 April 2020 cases of inflammatory syndrome in children appearently linked to covid-19: 29 April 2020: Nearly 100 cases of a potentially lethal inflammatory syndrome in children that appears to be linked to coronavirus infections have emerged in at least six countries, with doctors in Britain, the USA, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland now reported to be investigating the condition, after British NHS issued an alert to paediatricians about a number of children admitted to intensive care units with a mix of toxic shock and a condition known as Kawasaki disease, an inflammatory disorder that affects the blood vessel, heart and other organs

September 2014 UN Ebola Emergency Response, mostly in Africa, after first UNSC resolution to deal with a public health crisis: UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response UNMEER, following first resolution in the history of the Security Council to deal with a public health crisis and sponsored by 131 countries
July 2014 WHO and 11 West African countries emergency meeting: July 2014 WHO emergency sub-regional meeting with health ministers from 11 West African countries in Accra
October 2014 USA hunts for people who came in contact: 2 October 2014: The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the USA hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent
28 November 2019 rebels unharmed by UN peacekeeper force killed Ebola response workers in DR Congo: 28 November 2019: Rebels unharmed by UN peacekeeper force have attacked and killed Ebola response workers in eastern Congo, the WHO chief said Thursday, an alarming development that could cause the waning outbreak to again pick up momentum in what has been called a war zone

Global health: Global health
Reproduction
Evolutionary history of life - science resp. scientists trace the processes by which living and fossil organisms have evolved since life appeared on the planet, until the present day - In the 'Evolutionary biology' there are studied the Evolution resp. evolutionary processes, giving rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules, these processes including the descent and reproduction - not production - of humans - Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans and their further development, whose life is a process and not some-thing that can be accessed by a 'Process management'
Medical doctors by country and specialty: Medical doctors by country and specialty - Physicians by country and nationality - People in health professions by country
Hippocrates of Kos, Greek physician: Hippocrates of Kos, a Greek physician of the Age of Classical Greece, who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine with lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine, as this school revolutionized medicine, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields with which it had traditionally been associated and thus establishing medicine as a profession
July 1878 - August 1942 Janusz Korczak, Jewish pediatrician: July 1878 - August 1942 Janusz Korczak (Goldszmit), a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue, who - after spending many years working as a principal of an orphanage in Warsaw - refused sanctuary repeatedly and stayed with his orphans when the entire population of the institution was sent from the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp by the NSDAP ruled Germany's army and forces

Health disasters, diseases and disorders: Health disasters by continent - Health disasters by country - Diseases and disorders by country
Lists of Diseases - List of causes of death by rate
Infection: Infection, the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce - Pathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease - Protozoan infections are parasitic diseases caused by organisms including Amoebozoa, Excavata, and Chromalveolata - A viral disease (or viral infection) occurs when an organism's body is invaded by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles (virions) attach to and enter susceptible cells
Amoebiasis, also known amoebic dysentery, is an infection caused by any of the amoebae of the Entamoeba group, present all over the world most cases occur in the developing world, as about 480 million people are infected with amoebiasis resulting in the death of between 40,000–110,000 people a year
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans, widespread in the tropical and subtropical regions including much of Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America, approximately 90% of both cases and deaths occurred in Africa, as in 2016 there were 216 million cases of malaria worldwide resulting in an estimated 445,000 to 731,000 deaths - Malaria prophylaxis - Mosquito control - Malaria vaccine - Timeline of malaria
2018 bed nets kill insecticide-resistant mosquitoes: 11 August 2018: A bed net designed to kill insecticide-resistant mosquitoes could prevent millions of cases of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, after a two-year clinical trial in Burkina Faso showed that dousing bed nets with a combination of chemicals resulted in a 12% reduction in clinical malaria cases
24 April 2020 WHO's malaria and covid-19 warning: 24 April 2020: This year's World Malaria Day on 25 April is overshadowed by the covid-19 pandemic, and WHO has warned that the number of deaths caused by malaria in sub-Saharan Africa could double as efforts to tackle the disease face disruptions
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis - in 2016 there were more than 10 million cases of active TB which resulted in 1.3 million deaths, making it the number one cause of death from an infectious disease, as more than 95% of deaths occurred in developing countries, and more than 50% in India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Philippines
Epidemic: Epidemic - List of infectious diseases - List of epidemics in the 21st century - Infectious disease deaths by country
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, affecting an estimated 3–5 million people worldwide and causing 28,800–130,000 deaths a year, children are mostly affected and Cholera occurs as both outbreaks and chronically in certain areas, as areas with an ongoing risk of disease include Africa and south-east Asia
2013 Haiti cholera epidemic: 9 October 2013: UN sued over Haiti cholera epidemic in 2010, when the disease killed more than 8,000 people and made hundreds of thousands sick - 19 October 2013: Madagascar had 256 plague cases and 60 deaths in 2012, the world's highest recorded number, the ICRC says
2016 UN directly responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti: 1 December 2016: United Nations admits for first time that its peacekeepers were directly responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti, bringing to an end a six-year delay in which the world body consistently ducked responsibility for importing the disease that has potentially killed up to 30,000 people
2017 Yemen's cholera outbreak: 12 October 2017: Yemen's cholera outbreak now the worst in history as experts predict fastest-spreading cholera epidemic since records began will affect at least 1 million people by turn of year, including at least 600,000 children
2022/2023 cholera outbreak in Syria and Lebanon and timeline: Since September/October 2022 cholera outbreak in Syria and Lebanon, as the outbreak - currently ongoing in Syria - is particularly serious in North-western Syria, targeted since 2011 by Assad's war against the Syrian people and severely hit by the Turkish-Syrian earthquakes since February 2023
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus, that has become a global problem since 1939-1945 World War II and is common in more than 110 countries - each year between 50 and 528 million people are infected and approximately 10,000 to 20,000 die
December 2019 global heating driving spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever: 1 December 2019: Rising temperatures across Asia and the Americas have contributed to multiple severe outbreaks of dengue fever globally over the past six months, making 2019 the worst year on record for the disease
Influenza, commonly known as 'the flu', is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus, spreading around the world in a yearly outbreak and resulting in about three to five million cases of severe illness and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths
Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus, affecting about 20 million people a year primarily in the developing areas of Africa and Asia, as no other vaccine-preventable disease causes as many deaths - in 1980, 2.6 million people died of it, and in 1990, 545,000 died, by 2014, global vaccination programs had reduced the number of deaths from measles to 73,000
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, with about 600 cases globally a year - in 2017 the countries with the most cases include the D.R. of the Congo, Madagascar and Peru, in the USA infections usually occur in rural areas
Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, in 2014 the disease was only spreading between people in Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan, as in 2015 Nigeria had stopped the spread of wild poliovirus but it reoccurred in 2016
Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a bacterial infection due to Salmonella typhi, in 2015 there were 12.5 million new cases worldwide, as the disease is most common in India
Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration, resulting in 2013 in about 127,000 severe infections and 45,000 deaths, with nearly 90% of these occurring in African nations - nearly a billion people live in an area of the world where the disease is common, including tropical areas of the continents of South America and Africa

Cardiovascular disease, a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels, are the leading cause of death globally
Cancer - a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body - List of cancer types
Alzheimer's disease, a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gets worse over time
2016: 5 Septmber 2016: Toxic nanoparticles from air pollution have been discovered in human brains in 'abundant' quantities, raising concerns because of suggested links to Alzheimer’s disease
Diseases of the respiratory system, as ICD-10 is an international statistical classification used in health care and related industries, including diseases of flu, asthma, and respiratory failure
2002-2003 outbreak of SARS in southern China: Severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS, a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus, as Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 17 countries - 2002–2003 SARS outbreak among healthcare workers
Since 2002 timeline of the SARS coronavirus outbreak: Timeline of the SARS coronavirus since 2002
November 2002 SARS coronavirus outbreak and spreading: On 16 November 2002, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS began in China's Guangdong province, bordering Hong Kong, as a farmer in the Shunde district of Foshan County was likely the first case of infectionas, and as a fishmonger and the first super-spreader checked-in to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital in Guangzhou on 31 January 2003, where he infected 30 nurses and doctors, and the virus soon spread to nearby hospitals - List of medical professionals who died during the SARS outbreak amid total of 774 victims
2005 studies identified SARS-like coronaviruses in Chinese bats: In 2005, two studies identified a number of SARS-like coronaviruses in Chinese bats, as phylogenetic analysis of these viruses indicated a high probability that SARS coronavirus originated in bats and spread to humans either directly or through animals held in Chinese markets, and as in late 2006, scientists established a genetic link between the SARS coronavirus appearing in civets and humans, confirming claims that the virus had jumped across species
Bat as food in Asia and China: Bat as food in Asia and China, as specific bat species eaten in China include the cave nectar bat, Pomona roundleaf bat, Indian flying fox, and Leschenault's rousette
Since February 2018 'Animals farmed update' by the British 'Guardian': Since February 2018: 'Animals farmed update' by the British newspaper 'The Guardian'
Since December 2019 Wuhan covid-19 outbreak and timeline: Since December 2019 Wuhan covid-19 outbreak - Timeline of the 2019/2020 Wuhan covid-19 outbreak since 30 December 2019 - National and global reported cases and responses of 2019/2020 Wuhan covid-19 outbreak
25 February 2020 nearly 20,000 wildlife farms shut down across China: 25 February 2020: Nearly 20,000 wildlife farms raising species including peacocks, civet cats, porcupines, ostriches, wild geese and boar have been shut down across China in the wake of the coronavirus, in a move that has exposed the hitherto unknown size of the industry
25 February 2020 China banned the trade and consumption of wild animals suspected of causing worldwide pandemic: 25 February 2020: China just banned the trade and consumption of wild animals, as experts think the coronavirus, causing worldwide pandemic with catastrophic consequences, jumped from live animals to people at a market - 23 January 2020: A wet market in China's city of Wuhan, where animals are freshly slaughtered rather than chilled was identified as the suspected source of the coronavirus outbreak
Since 2019/2020 Wuhan covid-19 outbreak by country and territory: Since 2020 Wuhan covid-19 outbreak by country and territory
28 January 2020 mayor of Wuhan admits authorities were too slow in releasing information about virus: 28 January 2020: Mayor of Wuhan admits authorities were too slow in releasing information about virus, as first human transmission in Europe confirmed, and as USA updates travel warning to China to highest level
29/30 January 2020 whole world must be ready to deal with covid-19: 29 January 2020: Whole world must be ready to deal with covid-19, says WHO, now urging countries to be on alert, as number of confirmed cases passes 7,000 and as countries struggle to evacuate citizens, according to the British 'Guardian' - 30 January 2020: Scientists at an Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne have grown the novel coronavirus from a patient sample, which they plan to share internationally under advice from the WHO to provide data to fight the virus, allowing accurate investigation and diagnosis of the virus globally
7 February 2020 ophthalmologist and whistleblower Li Wenliang died from Wuhan coronavirus: On 7 February 2020 Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital and a whistleblower who warned about the 2019–2020 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak on 30 December 2019, but was summoned and admonished by Wuhan police on 3 January 2020 for 'making false comments on the Internet', died from the infection after later returning to work and contracting the virus from an infected patient - 7 February 2020: Demands for freedom of speech in the wake of Li Wenliang’s death have been censored by the Beijing regime
25 February 2020 China, South Korea report new coronavirus cases as worldwide worry grows: 25 February 2020: China, South Korea report new coronavirus cases as worldwide worry grows, and as WHO chief says spread of COVID-19 disease not yet a pandemic, but rapid outbreaks in iItaly, Iran and elsewhere show how quickly situation can change
2 March 2020 global covid-19 death toll tops 3,000 as second man dies in USA: 2 March 2020: The global death toll from the new covid-19 pandemic surpassed 3,000 after dozens more died at its epicenter in China and cases soared around the world with a second fatality on USA soil
11 March 2020 expanding clusters of the Chinese coronavirus worldwide were eyed warily as the outbreak upended daily life in Italy: 11 March 2020: Expanding clusters of the new coronavirus were eyed warily as the outbreak upended daily life in Italy and reshaped everything from the USA presidential race to Polish schools, Japanese Fukushima disaster anniversary, British interest rate's and politicians' future, Pope Francis’ travel, Putin's and Assad's wars etc.
18 March 2020 Chinese coronavirus can persist in air for hours and on surfaces for days: 18 March 2020: The highly contagious Chinese coronavirus, that has exploded into global pandemic covid-19, can persist in air for hours and on surfaces for days, according to a new NIAID study that should offer guidance to help people avoid contracting the respiratory illness
20 March 2020 three months too late regime issues a 'solemn apology' to Li Wenliang's family: 20 March 2020: Amid public anger over the failure to properly honor the sacrifices of front-line health workers while praising the party and its head, Xi Jinping, who has tightened controls on society since taking power in 2012, Beijing regime has exonerated doctor Li Wenliang who was officially reprimanded for warning about the covid-19 outbreak and later died of the disease, a startling admission of error by the regime, also saying a 'solemn apology' had been issued to Li's family and that two police officers, identified only by their surnames (!), had been issued 'disciplinary punishments' for the original handling of the matter, after in Wuhan local leaders told doctors in December not to publicize the spreading virus in order to avoid casting a shadow over the annual meeting of a local legislative body, after Li Wenliang's punishment for 'rumor mongering' was aired on CCTV, signalling central government endorsement for the reprimand, and after 'Supreme People's court of China' dismissed the coronavirus spread as 'rumor'
20 March 2020 world's most vulnerable in 'third wave' for covid-19 support: 20 March 2020: The world’s most vulnerable people could be last in line for support to deal with the covid-19 outbreak, experts have warned, enforced by fears that lack of coronavirus testing and supplies could mean refugees and those caught in crises are left behind
11 April 2020 covid-19 vaccine may be ready by September: 11 April 2020: Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by September as trials set to begin in two weeks, says Oxford scientist, as USA and Israeli scientists say that their vaccine is on track to be ready for testing, as most of the vaccines under development have the target to enable the immune system making protective antibodies against harmless copies, primed if the real virus ever comes along
30 April 2020 covid-19 cases show youths suffering from heart problems: 30 April 2020: At least four covid-19 cases in Israel join reports in Britain that a dozen children who tested positive for the disease also suffered from heart problems
See timeline of covid-19 disasster since December 2019 and in the 2020s: See timeline of covid-19 disasster since December 2019 and in the 2020s in the first section of this site 'Economy, politics, wars, natural disasters'

Mental and behavioural disorders - Mental disorder - List of mental disorders - Emotional and behavioral disorders - WHO's ICD-10 Chapter V 'Mental and behavioural disorders' - Neurological disorders - History of mental disorders
Mental health by country
October 2018: 9 October 2018: Every country in the world is facing and failing to tackle a mental health crisis, from epidemics of anxiety and depression to conditions caused by violence and trauma, according to a review by experts assembled by the Lancet medical journal that estimates the rising cost will hit $16tn by 2030

Health and mental health of refugee children

Homelessness and mental health

Disability - Disability by type - Disability by country

Medicine, the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and healtcare at least since ancient times prevention of disease - History of medicine
History of health care, i.a. including History of hospitals, History of surgery, Timeline of medicine and medical technology
Since October 1948 Beersheba rapidly settled by new immigrants and survivors of The Holocaust: Since October 1948, after being taken by Israeli troops, Beersheba was rapidly settled by new immigrants and survivors of The Holocaust and has since developed as the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of the Negev. It is one of the largest cities in Israel outside of metropolitan Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa
Since 1959 Soroka University Medical Center: Since 1959 Soroka University Medical Center, part of the Clalit Health Services Group, the only hospital in the Negev and located in the city of Beersheba, serving as the central hospital of the region
Since 1969 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Since 1969 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a public research university in Beersheba
Since 2008 Australian Soldier Park in Beersheba: Since 2008 Australian Soldier Park in Beersheba, dedicated to the memory of the Australian Light Horse regiments, that captured the town from the Ottoman (and German) Empire in 1917 during World War I
October 2015 Beersheva bus station shooting: 18 October 2015, when gunman Muhand al-Okabi shot and killed the 19-year-old Israeli soldier Omri Levy in a bus station in Beersheba, then took his automatic rifle and fired into a crowd, and then was killed by security personnel
5 September 2021 twins conjoined at head separated after rare surgery in Israel: 5 September 2021: One-year-old conjoined twin girls joined at the head were separated at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva in a complex operation last week that involved 50 staff members, and months of preparation, 'for the first time in Israel, in this case with very young babies', Dr. Mickey Gideon, director of pediatric neurosurgery at Soroka, said, adding 'the coming days are critical in the process of the twins’ recovery', as Eldad Silberstein, the head of Soroka's plastic surgery department, told Israel's Channel 12 news 'they are breathing and eating on their own', and as humans globally watch the success for life in Israel

Healthcare, preventive healthcare, and by country: Healthcare, the maintenance or improvement of health via the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings - Healthcare by country - Preventive healthcare
May 2012 paralysed patients use thoughts to control robotic arm and leg: 16 May 2012: Paralysed patients use thoughts to control robotic arm - 5 November: Zac Vawter climbs 103 floors of Chicago skyscraper using thought-controlled bionic leg
23 April 2021 antibiotic-resistant bacteria are wreaking havoc and are increasingly challenging: 23 April 2021: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are wreaking havoc and are increasingly challenging medical professionals seeking to treat even the simplest infections
Universal health care: Universal health care - Public health
Global mental health

Blood transfusion, the process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously.[1] Transfusions are used for various medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, clotting factors and platelets - Blood donation, occurs when a person voluntarily - the common case - has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole blood components). Donation may be of whole blood, or of specific components directly (apheresis). Blood banks often participate in the collection process as well as the procedures that follow it, as donor safety and recipient safety must be observed
'Blood bank' center where blood is gathered as a result of blood donation and stored and preserved: Blood bank, a center where blood is gathered as a result of blood donation and stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term 'blood bank' typically refers to a division of a hospital where the storage of blood product occurs and where proper testing is performed (to reduce the risk of transfusion related adverse events). However, it sometimes refers to a collection center, and some hospitals also perform collection. Blood banking includes tasks related to blood collection, processing, testing, separation, and storage. For blood donation agencies in various countries, see 'List of blood donation agencies'

Cell biology: Cell biology, a branch of biology studying the structure and function of the cell, also known as the basic unit of life - Zellbiologie und Zellforschung - List of medicine awards
December 2020 scientists restored sight in mice using treatment that returns cells to a more youthful state: 3 December 2020: Scientists said they have restored sight in mice using a 'milestone' treatment that returns cells to a more youthful state and could one day help treat glaucoma and other age-related diseases, as the process reportedly offers the tantalizing possibility of effectively turning back time at the cellular level, helping cells recover the ability to heal damage caused by injury, disease and age

Epidemiology - the study and analysis of the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations
Speciality in medicine is a branch of medical practice - Specialties that are common worldwide

Diseases of poverty: Diseases of poverty
2013: 23 October 2013: Tuberculosis killed 1.3 million last year, WHO says
Infant mortality - List of countries by infant mortality rate - Child mortality
2012: 'The Lancet' 11 May 2012: Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 - 11. Mai 2012: Vermeidbare Infektionskrankheiten haben 2010 fast zwei Drittel aller Todesfälle bei Kindern unter fünf Jahren verursacht - 12 September 2012: Unicef says global mortality rates fall

Refugee health, also known as migrant health or immigrant health, is the field of study on the health effects experienced by people who have moved into another country or even to another part of the world, either by choice or as a result of unsafe circumstances such as war or persecution, displaced populations' health is mainly affected by infectious disease, mental health, and chronic diseases that are uncommon in the country in which they eventually settle
Health and mental health of refugee children

Diseases of luxury:
Drug advertising
Tobacco advertising is the advertising of tobacco products or use by the tobacco industry through a variety of media including sponsorship, particularly of sporting events
Health effects of tobacco - List of tobacco diseases - Smoking
2017: 5 April 2017: One in 10 deaths around the world is caused by smoking, according to a major new 'Lancet' study that shows the tobacco epidemic is far from over and that the threat to lives is spreading across the globe
Tobacco and other drugs
August 2019 electronic cigarettes: 15 août 2019: Des jeunes hospitalisés après avoir vapoté et une dizaine de jeunes américains ayant fumé des cigarettes électroniques hospitalisés pour des maladies au poumon survenues ces dernières semaines
List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication
Alcohol advertising is the promotion of alcoholic beverages by alcohol producers through a variety of media
Alcohol and health - short-term effects of alcohol consumption include intoxication and dehydration, long-term effects of alcohol consumption include changes in the metabolism of the liver and brain and alcoholism - Long-term effects of alcohol consumption
Drug-related deaths - Drug-related deaths by country
Tattoo, a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary
2017: 12 September 2017: Microscopic particles from tattoo ink can migrate into the body and wind up in lymph nodes, crucial hubs of the human immune system, a new study has revealed

Sport - Sports by continent - Sports by type - 'Politics and Sports' describes the use of sport as a means to influence diplomatic, social, and political relations. Internation Sport including international sport events may transcend cultural differences and bring people together.

International sport: International sport
Since 1896 Olympic Games globalization: Olympic Games globalization, after the first Olympic Games of the modern era - continuing Hellenistic traditions since thousands of years - were held in 1896, but only 9 disciplines were present and 241 athletes and only men. The place of women is representative of the position of women in society, and from the first Olympiad 1900 women participated but unofficially. It is in 1920 that the first women were officially part of the Olympic Games. The number of athletes present at each Olympiad host been increasing significantly since 1896.
Sport climbing: Sport climbing (or Bolted climbing) is a form of rock climbing that relies on permanent anchors (or bolts), permanently fixed into the rock for climber protection, in which a rope that is attached to the climber is clipped into the anchors to arrest a fall; it can also involve climbing short distances with a crash pad underneath as protection.
18 October 2022 fears for Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed in Seoul without a hijab: 18 October 2022: Fears for Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed in Seoul without a hijab, a friends have been unable to contact athlete since Sunday, while embassy says she has returned home with rest of team. Elnaz Rekabi explained the sport climbing 'for sure when it’s hot the hijab becomes a problem. During competition your body needs to evacuate the heat. But we have tried to create an outfit ourselves that respects the hijab and is compatible with practising the sport of climbing.'

Professional sports and TV broadcast contracts: Professional sports - professional athleticism depending on the development of media - Sports broadcasting contracts by country - List of sports television broadcast contracts
2012 Segnungen des kommerzialisierten 'Sports' im Zeitalter moderner Medien: 9. Mai 2012: Segnungen des kommerzialisierten 'Sports' im Zeitalter moderner Medien: Hirngeschädigte und selbstmordgefährdete Footballspieler, Boxer etc.
2016 link between football and the chronic brain disease CTE: 15 February 2016: NFL official Jeff Miller has acknowledged a link between football and the chronic brain disease CTE, the degenerative brain condition caused by repeated blows to the head, for the first time
Association football controversies: Association football controversies
2022 FIFA World Cup controversies: 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies, including human rights, climate, cost, political and cultural issues, corruption controversies, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Stadium disasters: Stadium disasters
24 May 1964 Lima football disaster, the worst disaster in the history of association football: 24 May 1964 Estadio Nacional disaster, also known as the Lima football disaster, the worst disaster in the history of association football to date. It occurred at the Estadio Nacional in Lima during a match between Peru and Argentina. An unpopular decision by the referee outraged the Peruvian fans, who decided to invade the pitch. Police retaliated by firing tear gas into the crowd, causing a mass exodus. The deaths mainly occurred from people suffering from internal hemorrhaging or asphyxiation from the crushing against the steel shutters that led down to the street.
29 March 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede in the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan: 29 March 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede in the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast before a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Malawi and Ivory Coast. Nineteen people were killed and 135 were injured. In an attempt to control a stampede police fired tear gas into the crowds, who had begun jostling with each other at least 40 minutes before kick off. The match was particularly popular among locals, with world stars such as Didier Drogba, Sol Bamba and Salomon Kalou due to play for Ivory Coast.
22 May 2017 Manchester Arena bombing: 22 May 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, as an Islamist extremist suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb as people were leaving the Manchester Arena following a concert by American singer Ariana Grande. Twenty-three people were killed, including the attacker, and 1,017 were injured, many of them children. Several hundred more suffered psychological trauma. The bomber was Salman Ramadan Abedi, a 22-year-old local man of Libyan ancestry.
24 January 2022 Yaoundé stadium disaster at Africa Cup of Nations: 24 January 2022 Yaoundé stadium disaster, as at least eight people were killed in a crowd crush at the south entrance of Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé in Cameroon. The incident occurred as fans were attempting to enter the arena to watch a football match between Cameroon and the Comoros at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
17 June 2022 Gelora Bandung Lautan Api stampede: 17 June 2022 Gelora Bandung Lautan Api stampede, as two people died from being asphyxiated during a stampede at the gate of Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium, Bandung in West Java, to watch the 2022 President's Cup group stage match between Persib Bandung as host and Persebaya Surabaya
1 October 2022 Indonesia Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster, the second-deadliest after Lima disaster in Peru: 1 October 2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster in Indonesia during an association football match in Malang in East Java, as following a loss by Arema FC to Persebaya Surabaya, Arema supporters invaded the pitch and rioted, attacking police and the players. In response, riot police units deployed tear gas, which triggered a stampede as the people in the stadium were asphyxiated by the gas. At least 125 died in the incident, with hundreds more injured. The incident is the deadliest football-related disaster in Asia, as well as the second-deadliest worldwide after the Estadio Nacional disaster in Peru

Boxing and medical concerns - knocking a person unconscious or even causing concussion may cause permanent brain damage and there is no clear division between the force required to knock a person out and the force likely to kill a person, since 1983 the Australian, British, Canadian and USA's Medical Associations have called for bans on boxing, that 'should not be sanctioned by any civilized society' - Boxing by country - Famous deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing - 2011: Death under the Spotlight - The Manuel Velazquez Boxing Fatality Collection
2014 Ziel eines Boxkampfes das Schädel-Hirn-Trauma: 28. November 2014: Ziel eines Boxkampfes ist es aus medizinischer Sicht, beim Gegner ein stumpfes Schädel-Hirn-Trauma herbeizuführen, möglichst mit der Folge einer kurzen Bewusstlosigkeit, im Unterschied zu anderen Sportarten ist die Besonderheit beim Boxen, dass es die erklärte und auch von den Zuschauern gewünschte Absicht und d.h. der Vorsatz ist, eine oder mehrere üblicherweise strafrechtlich sanktionierte Körperverletzung(en) herbeizuführen, bei ca. 20% der Profiboxer kommt es zu schweren Folgeerkrankungen des Gehirns wie Parkinson, Sprachstörungen, Gleichgewichtsstörungen, Verlangsamung des Denkens, Gedächtnisstörungen bis hin zu einer Demenz (deutlich erhöhtes Risiko), Depression, Reizbarkeit, Kriminalität, Sucht
October 2016 health experts, doctors, politicians demand that boxing should be banned: 1 October 2016: Doctors, health experts and politicians have repeated demands that boxing should be banned following the death of Scottish Mike Towell, father of a little boy, after suffering severe bleeding to brain in a fight at the Radisson Blu hotel in Glasgow
July 2019: 23 July 2019: Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev, who was married with one child, has died from injuries, including bleeding on the brain and severe brain damage, he sustained during a brutal fight on Friday night in an IBF junior welterweight title eliminator bout, according to his trainer

Doping in sport - Lists of doping cases - List of doping cases in cycling - Doping at the Tour de France - List of doping cases in athletics - World Anti-Doping Agency
2013 cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted to using through most his cycling career a cocktail of drugs: 17 January 2013: Cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted to using through most his cycling career a cocktail of drugs, including testosterone, cortisone, human growth hormone and the blood booster EPO - 22 June 2013: 16 years later Tour de France winner Ullrich (Team Telekom) admits to doping - 14 juillet 2013: l'ex recordmen du monde Asafa Powell et Tyson Gay contrôlés positif - 24 juillet 2013: Confirmation officielle de dopage pour Pantani et Ullrich sur le Tour de France 1998 - 28 July 2013: German Erik Zabel admits to having used doping products including EPO from 1996 to 2004
2015 doping scandal involving Russian athletes: 15 January 2015: A new doping scandal involving Russian athletes erupts after the IAAF confirmed it is investigating allegations that Elena Lashmanova, who won gold at the London Olympics, took part in a race in December despite being subject to a two-year doping ban - 2 August 2015: World Anti-Doping Agency 'very alarmed' by claims that a third of Olympic and world championships medals, including 55 golds, for endurance events were won by athletes who recorded suspicious doping tests - 6 August: The IAAF officially confirms that all competitive results set by Russian marathoner Liliya Shobukhova as of 9 October 2009 have been disqualified due to doping allegations
November 2015 Russia’s doping and the inaction of authorities: 9 November 2015: 2012 London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping and the inaction of authorities, according to an independent World Anti-Doping Agency commission's investigation headed by Dick Pound - 9 November 2015: Russia accused of ‘state-sponsored doping’ and should be banned from athletics, according to damning Wada report - 13 November 2015: IAAF has provisionally suspended the All-Russia Athletic Federation ARAF as an IAAF Member with immediate effect - 15 November: Russia must end systemic culture of doping and corruption, IAAF says - 19 November 2015: The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Russia's national anti-doping body as the international governing body continues its crack down on Russian drug cheats
2015/2016 Russia doping scandal since years: Doping in Russia - 2015/2016 Russia doping scandal since years
2016: 12 January 2016: IAAF considered hiding Russian drug bans before 2012 Olympic Games - 14 January 2016: Russian regime's Putin personally involved in orchestrating his country's state sponsored doping athletics scheme, according to a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency about Russia's alleged cheating in international athletics - 13 May 2016: 'Stunning' Russian Olympic doping report prompts calls for action against Putin regime's doping and cheating
June 2016: 17 June 2016: There will be no track and field athletes competing under the Russian flag at the Rio Olympics 2016 after IAAF ruled they had not met readmission criteria imposed when they suspended over widespread state sponsored doping in November 2015 - 18 June 2016: The International Olympic Committee says it welcomed the IAAF's 'strong stance against doping' following athletics ruling body's extension of Russia's ban ahead of Rio Olympics
July 2016: 18 July 2016: Wada's devastating and damning report into Russian sport has found that the country’s government, security services and sporting authorities colluded to hide widespread doping across 'a vast majority' of winter and summer sports - 19 July 2016: Several former Olympians who now serve on the International Olympic Committee’s athletes’ commission have warned of catastrophic consequences if the organisation does not ban Russia completely from the Rio Games - 21 July: The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected the appeal of the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 Russian athletes over the ban imposed on them for next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro - 25 July 2016: The World Anti-Doping Agency is 'disappointed' its recommendation to ban Russia from next month's Olympic Games in Rio has been rejected by the International Olympic Committee, saying the IOC's decision will inevitably mean 'lesser protection for clean athletes'
August 2016: 4 August 2016: Wada-commissioned lawyer Richard McLaren accuses IOC of misrepresenting his doping report and findings, which were never designed to prove individual doping cases, but is about state-sponsored systemic doping over a period of four years across the majority of Olympic sports, manipulation of results, swapping of samples, preparation of wash-up schemes - 23 August 2016: Russia banned from Paralympics due to 'inability to fulfil its responsibilities' over doping after losing appeal against doping exclusion, the court of arbitration for sport has announced
December 2016: 9 December 2016: Over 1000 Russian athletes from over 30 disciplines were involved in state-sponsored doping programme in 2011-2015, including London 2012 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Games winners and medalists, and that also helped forging fake doping probes results by involving special services, World Anti-Doping Agency's report on Russian doping row says - 24 December 2016: Following Sochi's loss last week of the right to host February's bobsleigh and skeleton world championships, Biathlon and speed skating events February/March 2017 taken away from Russia over doping scandal - 27 December 2016: Russian officials admit for the first time to a state-backed campaign of doping that involved hundreds of the country’s athletes, as the acting director of Russia’s national anti-doping agency Anna Antseliovich and others in a serie of interviews detail that 'it was an institutional conspiracy' concerning the entire Olympic movement
December 2017: 5 December 2017: Russia banned from Winter Olympics 2018 in Pyeongchang over state-sponsored doping and ordered to pay $15m in costs after making what the International Olympic Committee called an 'unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport'
January 2018 IOC accused of 'backroom deals' with Russian regime: 12 January 2018: IOC accused of 'backroom deals' with Russian regime over doping scandal, as film-makers behind Olympic doping exposé say athletes may be allowed to take part as neutral competitors, and as top Russian Olympic official calls for Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, a whistleblower who exposed the systematic Russian fraud and who fled from Moscow in 2016, to be executed
July 2019 anti-doping police operation: 9 July 2019: A Europe-wide police operation has led to the seizure of tons of steroids, 234 arrests, the dismantling of 17 crime groups and the closure of nine underground labs - 9 July 2019: WADA confirm involvement in doping operation which smashed 17 organised crime groups
9 December 2019 Russian regime banned from all major sporting events including 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup: 9 December 2019: Russian regime handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency Wada to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup
List of Formula One fatalities since 1952
4 October 2015: More than 20 people have been injured, some in critical condition, after a British millionaire crashed his supercar into spectators at Malta car show
Media and entertainment controversies
2010: Dezember 2010 querschnittsgelähmter Samuel Koch seit TV-Unterhaltungssendung

Exotic pets and dangerous animals: Exotic pets are rare or unusual animal pets, or animals kept within human households which are generally thought of as a wild species not typically kept as a pet - Dangerous animals and exotic pets
April 2012 lions, tigers become problem pets in the Gulf: 4 April 2012: Lions, tigers become problem pets in the Gulf
2014/2015 wild animals on sale as pets in Qatar: 29 December 2014: Wild animals on sale as pets in Qatar - 11 November 2015: Qatar’s obsession over exotic animals for pets, ranging from Cheetahs, Lions, Ball Pythons to Chimpanzees and Tarantulas, and of course they don’t come cheap
March 2016 tiger roaming the streets of Doha: 11 March 2016: Social media erupted when someone captured on video a tiger roaming the streets of Doha, as earlier this month the local newspapers reported that a young man had been attacked by a lioness while he was trying 'to train it'
List of significant wolf attacks on humans worldwide, in reverse chronological order: List of significant wolf attacks on humans worldwide, in reverse chronological order
January 2019 after killing toddler, wolves strike again, injure two kids in India's Sambhal: 24 January 2019: Days after killing toddler, wolves strike again, injure two kids in Sambhal in India
Animal Bites: Animal Bites - most animal bites in the USA are dog bites (80-90%), most bites occur in the victim's home or in the home of a friend or relative and the animal is known to the victim
2008 animal bites in USA's emergency medicine, as reports estimate 4.5 million dog bites per year: 2008: Animal bites in USA's emergency medicine - reports estimate 4.5 million dog bites per year and in 2008 this resulted in approximately 316,000 emergency department visits
2012 increase in fatal dog attacks in the USA: 1980-2012: There was an 82% increase in fatal dog attacks in the USA from the 1980s to 2012
2015 hospital admissions for injuries caused by dogs to 7,227 in England: 28 May 2015: Hospital admissions for injuries caused by dogs have risen by 76% over the past 10 years to 7,227 in the 12 months from March 2014 to February 2015 in England with under-10s most likely to be admitted, according to official statistics
2016 fatal dog attacks in France and the USA: 2016: Fatal dog attacks in the USA reported in 2016 - 6 mai 2016: Un American Staffordshire Terrier tue un petit garçon de 18 mois en Alsace, en 16 ans en France 24 personnes ont été tuées par des chiens, dont 12 enfants
November 2019 pregnant French woman killed by dogs: 21 November 2019: French police DNA test dogs after pregnant woman mauled to death during walk in forest, where a hunt with hounds was under way
19 December 2019 French worker killed by dogs: 19 décembre 2019: Un ouvrier de 57 ans a été grièvement blessé par trois chiens 'pitbull' dans l'agglomération de Rouen dans le nord de la France, après l'homme a été mordu à de multiples reprises aux mains et au visage, et après les chiens ont encore fait 'deux autres victimes moins gravement touchées, une femme de trente ans et une adolescente de douze ans'

Reproduction: Reproduction
Evolutionary history of life - science resp. scientists trace the processes by which living and fossil organisms have evolved since life appeared on the planet, until the present day - In the 'Evolutionary biology' there are studied the Evolution resp. evolutionary processes, giving rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules, these processes including the descent and reproduction - not production - of humans - Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans and their further development, whose life is a process and not some-thing that can be accessed by a 'Process management'

Assisted reproductive technology - Surrogacy
In vitro fertilisation: In vitro fertilisation
2015: 25 February 2015: Britain will become the first nation to legalize a 'three-parent' IVF technique which critics fear will lead to 'designer babies' - 10 September 2015: Genetically modified human embryos should be allowed, members of 'Hinxton Group' say
2017: 11 January 2017: A new lab procedure that can and could allow fertility clinics to make sperm and eggs from animal's and people’s skin may lead to 'embryo farming' on a massive scale, researchers warn
Genetically modified mammals including humans: Genetically modified mammals are mammals that have been genetically engineered - Genetically modified animals, including humans - Genetic engineering techniques
2016: 1 February 2016: Brititsh scientists get the permission by the government to 'gene edit' human embryos, using a technique that could eventually be used to create 'designer babies' - 27 September 2016: World's first baby born from new procedure using DNA of three people, after two of the parents travelled from Jordan to Mexico where they were cared for by USA citizens beyond the reach of any regulatory framework and without publishing details of the treatment
November 2018: 26 November 2018: He Jiankui of Shenzhen claims he created first-ever gene edited babies, saying he altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments, with one pregnancy resulting thus far, as some scientists were astounded to hear of the claim and strongly condemned it
30 December 2019 Chinese He Jiankui, who edited babies' genes, jailed for three years: 30 December 2019: Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui, who edited babies' genes, jailed for three years, after he was found guilty of illegal practice in trying to alter the genetic makeup of twins Lula and Nana
Chimera: Genetic chimerism or chimera, a single organism composed of cells with distinct genotypes
July/August 2019: 31 July 2019: Team, made up of members of the Salk Institute in the USA and the Murcia Catholic University in Spain create human-monkey chimera in a Chinese laboratory, on Beijing regime's territory 'to avoid legal issues' - 3 August 2019: Efforts to create human-animal chimeras have rebooted an ethical debate after reports emerged that scientists have produced monkey embryos containing human cells


Boycotts: List of boycotts of sporting events, of products, businesses and countries - International sports boycotts - List of Olympic Games boycotts

1936 Olympics boycott debate and Nazi Germany's propaganda win: 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, German antisemitism, Spanish Civil War and boycott debate - 1936 People's Olympiad, a planned international multi-sport event that was intended to take place in Barcelona and conceived as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics being held in Berlin, which was then under control of Nazi Germany
International Olympic Committee acquiescence to Hitler at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany helped fuel the rise of its expansionist policies: 9 February 2018: The acquiescence to Hitler at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany helped fuel the rise of its expansionist policies, the aggressions, invasions and campaigns by the German, Italian, Japanese empires and allies and the development of World War II
1936 Berlin Olympic Games show of Nazi propaganda: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games were more than just a worldwide sporting event, it was show of Nazi propaganda, stirring significant conflict, and despite the exclusionary principles of the Nazi Olympics in Berlin , countries around the world still agreed to participate, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says
1940 Winter Olympics cancelled in November 1939: 1940 Winter Olympics were to have been held in February 1940 in Japan's Sapporo, but the Japanese empire gave the Games back to the IOC in July 1938 following the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, in the spring of 1939 the IOC gave the 1940 Winter Olympics to Nazi-Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the previous Games were held, following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1 the Winter Games were cancelled
Scheduled and ultimately cancelled 1940 Summer Olympics: 1940 Summer Olympics were originally scheduled to be held September/October 1940 in Japan's Tokyo, but rescheduled for Finland's Helsinki in July/August 1940 and ultimately cancelled due to the development of World War II, following the 1931/1932 Japanese invasion of Manchuria and other aggressions, invasions and campaigns by the German, Italian, Japanese empires and allies
February/March 2018: 9 February 2018: The acquiescence to Hitler at the 1936 Games helped fuel the rise of Nazi Germany - 10 March 2018: By bowing to Hitler's promise to include one Jewish athlete, new book shows, IOC and its president Avery Brundage colluded in the Nazis' portrayal of a 'tolerant' Germany, turning the 1936 Berlin Olympics into a propaganda win

1972 Munich's Olympic massacre and aftermath: In the wake of the hostage-taking and massacre, public criticism of the Olympic Committee's decision to continue the 1972 Munich Olympic games, but about 80,000 people who filled Munich's Olympic Stadium for a West German football match carried noisemakers, waved flags, and when several spectators unfurled a banner reading '17 dead, already forgotten?' security officers removed the sign and expelled those responsible from the grounds, the remaining members of the Israeli team withdrew from the Games and left Munich after a memorial service with the notorious Brundage - Accusation of German foreknowledge of the attack, revealed since 2012 - 1 December 2015: In 1992 the lawyer Mr. Zeltzer and Ms. Spitzer, the widow of the fencing coach Andre Spitzer, pressured the German government into releasing the file, which included the photographs 1972 Munich Olympic massacre's victims - 2 December 2015: Horrific new details emerge about the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, as Israeli athletes were beaten until their bones snapped and one man was castrated by Palestinian terrorists - 19 August 2018: Munich Olympics attack survivor Shaul Ladany says Corbyn an anti-Semite, should exit politics, asserting that by attending wreath-laying ceremony for terrorists, UK Labour party leader was showing 'admiration' for deadly assault on Israeli athletes

USA Biathletes' boycott of March 2018 Russian event: 24 February 2018: Citing fears for their personal safety and frustration at Russia’s continued failure to comply with antidoping regulations, the USA biathlon team has announced it will boycott the season-ending World Cup event in Russia next month

2018 proposed UK government boycott of the 'Balltreter' World Cup in Russia: Following the apparent poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Shrewsbury in the United Kingdom, the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson announced that the British government were considering cancelling official visits to the 2018 World Cup if Russian involvement was proved
March 2018: 13 March 2018: Perhaps we should boycott the World Cup with all our friends and run it here in the UK, chemical weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon says, demanding action over the Salisbury spy attack
April/May 2018: 18 April 2018: Dozens of members of the European Parliament have signed a letter calling on EU governments to boycott the soccer World Cup tournament in Russia this summer, citing Russian Putin regime's 'mockery' of European values - 7 May 2018: The infamous 'Cossacks' who were seen whipping and beating up peaceful protesters at a #notourtsar rally in Moscow had previously taken part in Donbas hostilities as part of Putin regime's proxy forces in his hybrid war against Ukraine and are to patrol the streets of the Russian capital at the World Cup
May 2018 SNHR slams Russia’s hosting of 2018 World Cup amid regime's war crimes: 21 May 2018: Rights group SNHR slams Russia’s hosting of 2018 World Cup and lists Russian regime's crimes in Syria
May 2018 Russia formally accused of downing MH17: 25 May 2018: Australia and the Netherlands have formally accused Russia of being responsible for downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet in July 2014, after international Joint Investigation Team identified the missile used to shoot down the plane as coming from Russia's armed forces, murdering all 298 people on board
6 June 2018 appeal to avoid sponsoring war crimes and terror: 6 June 2018: Ukrainian artist Andriy Yermolenko created a series of posters dedicated to 2018 FIFA World Cup hosted by Russia, showing the brutal and bloody nature of Russia's current regime, as Ukraine's Telebachennya Toronto appeals to foreigners to reconsider their plans to visiting Russia for the World Cup, explaining that with their visit, they contribute to sponsoring war crimes and terror
8 June 2018 Australian state boycott of World Cup: 8 June 2018: Australian government joins UK in state boycott of World Cup 2018 in Russia
9 June 2018 protest against the Russian terrorist downing of flight MH17: 9 June 2018: A group of relatives of victims of the downing of flight MH17 held a silent protest in front of the Russian embassy in the Netherlands placing 298 empty chairs in the park opposite the embassy, saying '298 people, 80 of them forever children, have nothing to celebrate today. Their seats remain empty. Those who sealed their fate are silent and look away'
9 June 2018 Fifa’s toxic World Cup: 9 June 2018: Fifa’s World Cup is toxic, British Guardian/Observer columnist Nick Cohen explains - Der Kick des Geldes, Frankfurt/M. 2015, von Jens Berger
14 June 2018 EU Parliament's resolution: 14 June 2018: EU Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on Russian authorities to release Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and all the other 'illegally detained Ukrainian citizens' in Russia and Russia-annexed Crimea 'immediately and unconditionally', as political groups in the chamber also wanted to include a call for an EU diplomatic boycott of the soccer World Cup that kicks off in Russia on 14 June 14

Boycott Chinese products, a slogan used by Internet campaigns that advocate a boycott of Chinese-made products, as recent reason relates to the covid-19 pandemic, originating from China and spreading around the world, creating a crisis that led to widespread criticism of the Chinese regime due to its behavior of hiding real figures, deliberately destroying evidence about the initial outbreak and not containing it on time, as countries including Vietnam, India, and the Philippines have called for the boycott of Chinese goods since Beijing regime's human rights violations, especially since the 1989 massacre on Beijing's Tiananmen Square
'Boycott Chinese products' in India: Boycott Chinese products movement in India
January 2003 shops in India join Chinese goods boycott campaign: 2 January 2003: Shops in India join Chinese goods boycott campaign
September 2013 Indo-Tibetan proposal of boycott of Chinese goods: 23 September 2013: As ndo-Tibetan meet proposes boycott of Chinese goods, former Union minister says because 'India is one of the largest consumers of imported Chinese goods ... this move would be a major setback to China', 'and Tibetans should follow the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi who boycotted British goods'
'Boycott Chinese products' in the Philippines: Boycott Chinese products movement in the Philippines
'Boycott Chinese products' in Vietnam: Boycott Chinese products movement in Vietnam
August 2014 Vietnamese boycott Chinese products after oil rig spat: 8 August 2014: Vietnamese boycott Chinese products after oil rig spat, instead buying Vietnamese, after China was Vietnam’s largest trade partner last year and as Vietnamese officials said the trade was worth more than $50 billion

2022 FIFA Qatar 'Balltreter' World Cup proposed boycott: List of 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies - Corruption controversies
June 2017 proposed boycott over support of terrorism by Qatar: In June 2017 German Football Association's Reinhard Grindel stated that 'the football associations of the world should conclude that major tournaments cannot be held in countries which actively support terrorism'

Consumer boycotts: Consumer boycotts - Ethical consumerism
1968 East Los Angeles Walkouts: 1968 East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools
2018 NRA boycott: In February 2018 social media activism and a boycott emerged against the USA gun rights advocacy group National Rifle Association NRA and its business affiliates in the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida


International Atomic Energy Agency: International Atomic Energy Agency, serving as an intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology and nuclear power worldwide and established as an autonomous organisation on 29 July 1957 through its own international treaty, the IAEA Statute
Since 2001 radioactive waste management: Since 2001 Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management - as of October 2015 it has 70 state parties - High-level radioactive waste management
2011/2012 report indicating Iranian nuclear tests: 8 November 2011: IAEA set to report on Iran nuclear ambitions amid international fears and discussion - 9 November: IAEA says in its report it has information indicating Iran has carried out tests 'relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device' - call to engage with the agency without delay - 25 February 2012: 'Major differences' with Iran on nuclear drive, says IAEA - 21 September 2012: Iran and Israel face off at IAEA meeting
2013/2014: 16 May 2013: IAEA nuclear talks with Iran fail once again to let it resume an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research - 21 September: UN nuclear assembly rejects an Iranian-backed Arab resolution to single out Israel - 28 February 2014: Israel urges IAEA to issue full report on Iran nuclear research - 19 September 2014: Russia fails to remove Syria nuclear probe from UN atomic watchdog's agenda
2015 Crimea's Sevastopol is in Ukraine despite Russian annexation: 9 June 2015: In its annual report the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency asserted that a nuclear reactor in the city of Sevastopol is in Ukraine, despite Russian protest over Crimea
September 2015 IAEA votes against Egyptian proposal calling on Israel to join NPT: 17 September 2015: IAEA votes 61-43 against Egyptian proposal calling on Israel to join NPT, allow inspection of atomic sites
2015 Iran, nuclear deal between the Iranian regime and the USA, Russia, China, the UK, France, Germany, and the EU: 2 March 2015: IAEA's Yukiya Amano says cannot say when investigation into Iran's nuclear work will end, 'it depends on the level and pace of cooperation from Iran' - 23/24 March 2015: The UN nuclear watchdog IAEA's Yukiya Amano says the agency still was not able to conclude whether all nuclear material in Iran was being used for peaceful purposes, regretting slow pace of Iran cooperation
July 2015 JCPoA: 2015 'Comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program' and 'Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action' - 3 April 2015: IAEA welcomes framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program reached on Thursday in Lausanne, in which Iran is set to allow the agency more access to its nuclear sites - 14 July 2015 'Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action' on the nuclear program of Iran - 23 July 2015: USA lawmakers complain about secret agreements between Iranian regime and UN watchdog IAEA over Parchin military site and nuclear program’s 'military dimensions' - 23 July: Obama administration admits Iran held 'side' deal with UN watchdog - 24 July 2015: USA's Obama administration ducks response to claims Iran gets to self-inspect suspect nuke sites - 25 July 2015: Iran vows to bar international inspectors from military sites - 19/20 August 2015: In an unusual arrangement, Iran will be allowed to use its own experts without any intervention by UN inspectors to inspect Parchin site allegedly used to develop nuclear arms, under a secret agreement with the UN agency that normally carries out such work - 18 September: Several nuclear security experts with long experience in international weapons inspections urge release of details of IAEA inspection at Iran site
October 2015 Rafsanjani's admission of Iranian nuclear weapons program for many years: 28 October 2015: Former Iran leader Akbar Rafsanjani tells state-run news agency country pursued nuclear weapon, in contravention of repeated assurances by the regime that its enrichment program is and always has been peaceful - 3 December 2015: Iran worked on developing nuclear weapons, with some activities continuing up to 2009, according to IAEA report, after Iran has consistently denied any interest in nuclear arms or past work on such weapons
2016 removal of sanctions against Iran: 16 January 2016: IAEA satisfied with Iranian regime’s moves to comply with some UN nuclear watchdog's demands, but hopes that it would bring movement in other realms remain unfulfilled, nevertheless USA and European officials in Vienna immediately announced that deal was officially implemented, and that nuclear sanctions on the regime had been removed - 23 December 2016: 'Clarifications' to Iran deal ease restrictions on enriched uranium stock
2016 terrorists possess 'the means' for atomic weapons: 26 March 2016: Ahead of a summit to discuss the security of nuclear materials, IAEA's Yukiya Amano warns that terrorists possess 'the means, the knowledge and the information' to produce or acquire a nuclear bomb, adding that the international community must do more to ensure extremists cannot get hands on material needed to produce atomic weapons
September 2017 IAEA admits inability to verify Iran's implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal: 27 September 2017: In an interview published by Reuters IAEA's director-general Amano says that his organization is unable to verify that Iran is implementing the nuclear deal because he does not have the means to ensure that Tehran has not engaged in activities that 'could contribute to the development of a nuclear explosive device'
May 2018 Iran regime's pact with world powers based on 'Iranian deception': 30 April/1 May 2018: Iran 'brazenly lied’ about nuclear program, continued work after deal, Israeli PM Netanyahu says, adding that Israel's Mossad in 2016 obtained 100,000 documents from Tehran, proving 2015 pact with world powers based on 'Iranian deception', as Iranian regime dismisses Netanyahu’s nuclear exposé as 'childish' and 'ridiculous' while threatening it can enrich 'ridiculous' uranium to higher levels than before nuclear deal - 2 May 2018: Tehran’s retention of 'designing, developing, acquiring, or using computer models to simulate nuclear explosive devices' details after the 2015 nuclar deal was signed, as shown by the files obtained by Israel — and particularly its reported transfer of the files between different locations as it sought to keep them hidden — could very well be seen as a breach of the terms of the nuclear deal
August 2018 North Korea continues nuclear program: 21 août 2018: La Corée du Nord poursuit ses activités nucléaires, selon AIEA
September 2018 Iran site's 'forbidden nuclear material': 28 September 2018: IAEA was told Iran site, which is under the supervision of Iranian nuclear program's Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, had 'forbidden nuclear material', yet didn’t act, according to an Israeli offical, saying that Israel knows exactly what was being stored at the facility after it was uncovered by the Mossad spy agency a few months ago, from which time the Israeli secret service kept the location under surveillance
April 2019 Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished: 4/6 April 2019: After satellite imagery emerged showing Saudi Arabia's first nuclear reactor nearly finished, after Saudi Arabia has announced plans to spend $80 billion to build 16 nuclear reactors and the regime has warned that it could seek nuclear weapons, IAEA demands safeguards from Saudi Arabia on first nuclear reactor, amid concern that bone-saw regime will divert materials for use in weapons, amid controversy over Trump’s approval of nuclear projects with the regime and ongoing controversy over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
June 2019 Iran breaks nuclear deal enrichment targets: 10 juin 2019: Les tensions avec Téhéran inquiètent l'AIEA, après le régime iranien a annoncé qu'il ne respecterait plus certaines des restrictions imposées par l'accord sur le nucléaire de 2015
7/10 July 2019 Iran breaks nuclear deal: 7 July 2019: Iran breaks nuclear deal enrichment targets for second time - 10 July 2019: Iran has started enriching uranium to 4.5% purity, exceeding the 3.67% it was allowed to stockpile under limitations set in the 2015 nuclear deal, the UN’s nuclear watchdog told member states
12 July 2019 Tehran's 'atomic warehouse': 12 July 2019: Inspectors from the UN’s nuclear agency have found traces of radioactive material at a building in Tehran that PM Netanyahu identified last year as a 'secret atomic warehouse', now definitively concluding that there were 'traces of radioactive material' there, according to TV
22/24 July 2019: 22 juillet 2019: En pleine crise autour du dossier iranien, l'AIEA va devoir se trouver un nouveau patron après le décès de Yukiya Amano - 24 July 2019: Iran's regime-linked Tasnim news agency claims Yukiya Amano was killed for refusing to bow to pressure from Israel and USA, offering no proof for its assertions, as European diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, say he had cancer
August 2019 Iran breaks nuclear deal: 30 August 2019: Iran continues to grow uranium stockpile in breach of nuclear deal, IAEA says
3 September 2019 Iran obstructing UN investigation: 3 September 2019: Iranian regime is obstructing a UN investigation into the site first identified by Israeli PM Netanyahu last year as a secret nuclear warehouse used to store radioactive material, as diplomats told USA newspaper regime was refusing to provide answers to questions posed by the IAEA, in what was apparently the first instance of failing to cooperate with inspectors
26 September 2019 Iranian regime’s advanced centrifuges: 26 September 2019: IAEA says Iranian regime’s uranium enrichment at Natanz facility using advanced centrifuges, breaching nuke deal
October 2019 controversial Argentina’s Rafael Grossi elected head of UN’s nuclear watchdog: 29 October 2019: Argentina’s Rafael Grossi elected head of UN’s nuclear watchdog, who graduated in 1983 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Political Sciences, and in 1985 Grossi joined the Argentine foreign service, as in 2013 the country's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assigned him as Ambassador to Austria and International Organisations based in Vienna, as since 2018 Fernández de Kirchner is challenged for obstructing investigation into the 1994 AMIA Bombing which killed 85 Jewish citizens, with her allegedly making a deal with the Iranian government to stop investigating Iranian officials who may have been involved in the attack in exchange for better prices on Iranian oil and other products
7-9 November 2019 Iran of evading attempts to probe uranium production: 7 November 2019: IAEA accuses Iran of evading attempts to probe uranium production - 9 November 2019: USA secretary of state calls Iranian regime's blocking of UN official from nuclear site an ‘unwarranted act of intimidation', saying alarmed by regime’s 'lack of adequate cooperation’, as at periodic review of Iranian civil liberties 85% of UN representatives of its so-called 'Human Rights Council', including North Korea, Qatar, Belarus, Malaysia, Iraq and Oman, praised Iran’s human rights performance, and as USA says it 'flagrantly violates’ its citizens’ freedoms
11 November 2019 Iran uranium enrichment jumps tenfold: 11 November 2019: Iran uranium enrichment jumps tenfold after key lab restarted, nuclear head says, as Rouhani says nuke deal could open up international arms sales wanted by the regime
18 November 2019 Iran amassing heavy water in fresh breach of nuclear deal: 18 November 2019: UN says Iran amassing heavy water in fresh breach of nuclear deal, as in leaked report IAEA says regime informed it this week that its stock of heavy water had exceeded 130 metric tons
21 November 2019 Iran must explain undeclared site: 21 November 2019: UN nuclear watchdog says Iran must explain undeclared site
March 2020 UN nuclear watchdog plans rebuke of Iran over access to sites: 3 March 2020: UN nuclear watchdog plans alert on Iranian stonewalling, as two possible sites to be mentioned in report on same day, planning rebuke of Iran over access to sites, as new IAEA head Rafael Grossi ready to take a harder attitude toward non-compliance with 2015 deal, also scolding Iranian regime for not providing access to sites of interest
27/28 October 2020 UN watchdog says Iran building new underground nuclear facility: 27 October 2020: UN watchdog says Iran building new underground nuclear facility, as inspectors confirmed regime has started building an underground centrifuge assembly plant after its previous one exploded over the summer, also continuing to stockpile greater amounts of low-enriched uranium, IAEA's Rafael Grossi told the AP - 28 October 2020: Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday showed, just as the UN’s nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran was building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant
18 November 2020 breaching 2015 deal Iran pumping uranium gas into advanced centrifuges: 18 November 2020: Breaching 2015 deal, Iran pumping uranium gas into advanced centrifuges, according to UN watchdog IAEA, saying Tehran is using advanced technology at underground Natatz plant prohibited by 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers
17 December 2020 UN atomic watchdog asks how Iran’s violations of multilateral accord can be reversed: 17 December 2020: UN atomic watchdog head says additional understandings must lay out how Iran’s violations of multilateral accord can be reversed, as parties are no longer at ‘square one’, as re-entering the Iran nuclear deal would require a preliminary agreement between the parties
18 December 2020 Iran building at Fordo underground nuclear facility: 18 December 2020: Iranian Mullah regime has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the USA over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday by AP show, as purpose of new construction at site suspected as a site with military purposes remains unclear, and as regime is already building at its Natanz nuclear facility
11 January 2021 IAEA says Iran moving rapidly to enrich uranium, mere ‘weeks’ to save deal: 11 January 2021: IAEA chief Grossi says Iran moving rapidly to enrich uranium, mere ‘weeks’ to save deal, adding if talks are held when Biden takes office, ‘there will have to be clear understanding on how initial terms of accord will be recomplied with’
20 February 2021 IAEA found uranium particles at nuclear sites that Iran tried to block access to: 20 February 2021: IAEA inspectors found uranium particles at two Iranian nuclear sites that Iran tried to block access to, according to a Friday report, as Iranian authorities had stonewalled the inspectors from reaching the sites for seven months before the inspection, and Iranian officials have failed to explain the presence of the uranium, the Reuters news agency reported
21 February 2021 Iran to shut UN nuke watchdog’s cameras as agency head visits: 21 February 2021: Iran to shut UN nuke watchdog’s cameras as agency head visits
21 February 2021 Iran pushes ahead with plan to cut UN nuclear inspections: 21 February 2021: Iran pushes ahead with plan to cut UN nuclear inspections - 21 February 2021: UN nuclear chief concedes Iran to grant ‘less access’ to inspectors at its sites
22 February 2021 Iranrian Mullah regime says temporary deal limiting IAEA access to sites is ‘significant achievement’: 22 February 2021: Iranrian Mullah regime says temporary deal limiting IAEA access to sites is ‘significant achievement’:
22 February 2021 Mullah regime's Khamenei threatens if we wanted nuclear weapons no one could stop us: 22 February 2021: Mullah regime's Khamenei threatens if we wanted nuclear weapons no one could stop us, adding 'that international Zionist clown has said they won’t allow Iran to produce nuclear weapons'
24 May 2021 Iran and UN nuclear watchdog agree extension to inspections until 24 June: 24 May 2021: Iran and UN nuclear watchdog agree extension to inspections, lasting until 24 June, as agreement between Mullah regime and IAEA means wider talks on USA lifting sanctions can recommence
26 May 2021 IAEA chief asks Tehran regime to ‘come clean’ about uranium found at three sites: 26 May 2021: Iran’s failure to provide credible explanations for traces of uranium found at two undeclared sites is 'a big problem' that is affecting the country’s credibility, Rafael Grossi has said, as UN nuclear inspectorate chief asks Tehran regime to ‘come clean’ about uranium found at three sites
7 September 2021 UN nuclear watchdog slams Iran for stockpiling uranium, ignoring its queries: 7 September 2021: UN nuclear watchdog slams Iran for stockpiling uranium, ignoring its queries, as Iran is ordered to respond 'without further delay' after enrichment sites were not declared to the International Atomic Energy Agency
1 December 2021 IAEA's Grossi said preliminary agreement with Iran remains 'possible': 1 December 2021: In an interview with France24 IAEA's Rafael Mariano Grossi said a preliminary agreement remains 'possible' as international negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme have just resumed in Vienna in an attempt to salvage the 2015 agreement. But there is 'little time left' according to Grossi, and Iranian regime must guarantee more transparency to the IAEA, more access to critical and suspected places, in Iran's own interest
20 February 2022 'Israel will never come to terms' with a nuclear Iran: 20 February 2022: 'Israel will never come to terms' with a nuclear Iran, Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz says at security conference in Munich, urging 'action' even with new deal, as PM Naftali Bennett told cabinet members on Sunday new agreement being negotiated by Iran and world powers is 'shorter and weaker' than the 2015 deal on Tehran's nuclear program
30 May 2022 Iran has amassed 'significant quantity' of 60%-enriched Uranium: 30 May 2022: Iran has amassed 'significant quantity' of 60%-enriched Uranium, UN watchdog says, as western powers fear Iran is getting closer to being able to sprint towards producing a nuclear bomb if it chose to
13 September 2022 Israel warns over Iran uranium capability to produce enough material for 3 warheads in weeks: 13 September 2022: Tensions around a breakdown in talks between Iran and the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme escalated on Monday when Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, claimed that Iran would be able to produce enough enriched uranium to make three nuclear warheads within a few weeks. Gantz also revealed a map detailing 10 facilities in Syria allegedly being used to arm Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah. He said the facilities represented a threat to Israel’s security. Iran for its part claimed it had manufactured a stealth drone that could hit major Israeli cities. At the same time, the UN nuclear inspectorate chief Rafael Grossi said it would be extremely hard to restore the knowledge his organisation had lost about Iranian nuclear activities owing to his inspectors and cameras being barred from key sites by Iran.
IAEA's country list: Country list of IAEA's factsheets - Department of Safeguards, the organizational hub for the implementation of IAEA safeguards concerning nuclear verification activities for some 180 States in accordance with their safeguards agreements
Since 2003 IAEA's Iran reports: Since 2003 IAEA's Iran reports
Since 2015 IAEA's monitoring in Iran: Since 2015 Special coverage of IAEA inspection activities, including reports, statements and media coverage in relation to the application of IAEA safeguards in Iran - IAEA's list of locations relevant to the implemantation of nuclear safeguards in Iran - IAEA confirms that Iran is still not being transparent about its nuclear activity - Nuclear facilities in Iran according to Wikipedia
Secret uranium enrichment and hidden nuclear sites in Iran:
2009 Qom site: 25 September 2009: Iranian regime admits secret uranium enrichment plant, that can be used for power generation and also, when highly enriched, for warheads - 26 September 2009: Perhaps following forensic gathering of intelligence, Iran confessed to secret nuclear site built inside mountain, north-east of the mosques of Qom
2015 Lavizan-3 site: 25 February 2015: An Iranian opposition group has disclosed the existence of a secret uranium enrichment site in Iran, called Lavizan-3, that has been operating since 2008, as the Iranian regime has a history of hiding its nuclear facilities and only disclosing them once they are caught
27 December 2021 eighth round of talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal in Vienna: 27 December 2021: An eighth round of talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal in Vienna, with Iran saying participants have been largely working from an acceptable common draft text and that its team was willing to stay as long as it took to reach an agreement
IAEA and Russia: Russia included in IAEA's factsheets - Since 1957 list of nuclear power accidents in Russia
Since September 1957 Kyshtym disaster and radioactive contamination accident: Since September 1957 Kyshtym disaster and radioactive contamination accident at Mayak, a plutonium production site in Russia for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant
August 2019 Nyonoksa radiation accident: August 2019 Nyonoksa radiation accident, Arkhangelsk Oblast, when five military and civilian specialists were killed and at least three were injured
30 June 2020 UN says source of Nordic radioactivity still unclear as Russia eyed: 30 June 2020: UN says source of Nordic radioactivity still unclear as Russia eyed, and Russian regime has yet to report back to IAEA over high concentration of isotopes recorded in Finland, southern Scandinavia and the Arcti
IAEA and Japan: Since 1975 list of nuclear power accidents in Japan
IAEA and France: Since 1969 list of nuclear power accidents in Japan
Criticism of the IAEA: Criticism of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA
2007 nuclear energy and weapons: 25. Juli 2007: Da überall dort wo Energie aus Uran gewonnen wird, auch der Grundstoff für Atomwaffen anfalle, gehöre zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen zwangsläufig auch der Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie, erklärt die IPPNW-Abrüstungsexpertin Xanthe Hall anläßlich des 50. Geburtstages der IAEA
2011 ignored lessons of Chernobyl: 15 March 2011: Nuclear watchdog IAEA under fire over response to Japanese disaster as IAEA and Japanese secretary-general Amano accused of negligence and ignoring lessons of Chernobyl in the pursuit of profit - 14. April 2011: Experten kritisieren 'Knebelvertrag' der Atomenergiebehörde IAEA, der die WHO vor Veröffentlichungen über die Folgen von Radioaktivität verpflichte Rücksprache mit der IAEA zu halten
September 2017 IAEA admits inability to verify Iran's implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal: 27 September 2017: In an interview published by Reuters IAEA's director-general Amano says that his organization is unable to verify that Iran is implementing the nuclear deal because he does not have the means to ensure that Tehran has not engaged in activities that 'could contribute to the development of a nuclear explosive device'
May 2018 Iran's nuclear secrets: 1 May 2018: Following the Israeli intelligence coup, the question arm controllers should be asking is 'what other nuclear secrets is Iran hiding', not declaring that there’s nothing new in the revelations
Radioactive waste - 30. Oktober 2013: 350'000 Tonnen hochradiokativen Abfalls weltweit laut IAEA - wohin mit dem Atommüll?

Nuclear Security Summits since 2010
2012: 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul
2014: 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague

The International Panel on Fissile Materials, established in 2006, is a group of independent nuclear experts from 16 countries, aiming to advance international initiatives to 'secure and to sharply reduce all stocks of highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium, the key materials in nuclear weapons, and to limit any further production'
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists journal since 1945, that covers global security and public policy issues related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change, and emerging technologies and diseases




UN World Meteorological Organization: UN World Meteorological Organization
2012/2013: 23 August 2012: World Meteorological Organisation calls for integrated drought plan - meeting on national drought policy in March 2013 - 6 November 2013: Greenhouse gases in atmosphere hit new record in 2013, UN's WMO says - 13 November: 2013 marked by 'record sea level, weather extremes', WMO says
2015: 9 novembre 2015: La teneur de l'atmosphère en gaz à effet de serre a atteint un nouveau pic en 2014, rapporte OMM - 26 November 2015: WMO says data from the first 10 months of 2015 suggest temperatures over land and sea would tick in at their highest level ever measured, after already reaching record highs in 2014
2016: 25 January 2016: For the first time on record, temperatures in 2015 were about 1°C above the pre-industrial era, according to a consolidated WMO analysis
2017: 21 mars 2017: Les conditions météorologiques et climatiques extrêmes se poursuivent en 2017, a averti l'organisation météorologique mondiale, après une année 2016 où la température moyenne a atteint un record, la banquise s'est fortement réduite, le niveau de la mer a continué à augmenter et les océans à se réchauffer - 30 October 2017: The WMO reported on Monday that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere made a record jump in 2016 to hit a concentration not seen for more than three million years
November 2018: 29 November 2018: Average temperatures around the world so far this year were nearly 1C above pre-industrial levels, extreme weather has affected all continents, while the melting of sea ice and glaciers and rises in sea levels continue, and the past 4 years have been the hottest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization
October 2019 world unprepared for impact of climate change on mountain water supplies: 29 October 2019: Scientists gathered for a 'High Mountain Summit' at the World Meteorological Organization WMO in Geneva this week are seeking better cooperation between governments, researchers and space agencies, saying the world faces increased flooding, droughts and possible conflicts due to the effects of climate change on fresh water supplies drawn from mountains, as mountain-sourced water supplies provide about half of all drinking water worldwide, becoming more unpredictable as warmer temperatures melt glaciers and change precipitation patterns and river levels, affecting countries unevenly, but countries are 'woefully unprepared' to tackle these risks
November 2019 Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere record high 2018: 25 November 2019: Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit a record high last year, the UN said Monday, calling for action to safeguard 'the future welfare of mankind'
13 October 2020 WMO report warns number of people in need of humanitarian relief rising with more weather disasters every year: 13 October 2020: Report by World Meteorological Agency warns number of people in need of humanitarian relief could rise 50% by 2030 in the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes
April 2021 there was a 'relentless' intensification of the climate crisis in 2020: 19 April 2021: There was a 'relentless' intensification of the climate crisis in 2020, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization, as the covid-19 pandemic made the accelerating impacts of global heating even worse for millions of people, and as the temporary dip in carbon emissions due to lockdowns had no discernible impact on atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases

UN-Water: UN-Water - UN water homepage - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - World Water Assessment Programme
Since 2010 human right to water and sanitation and water security: Human right to water and sanitation - UN Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 28 July 2010, recalling former resolutions - Water security - UN World Water Development Report
March 2013 water should be considered vital to national security UN says: 23 March 2013: Water should be considered vital to national security, a report of the UN water task force on water security says
March 2015 world will have only 60% of the water it needs in just 15 years: 20 March 2015: The world will have only 60% of the water it needs in just 15 years unless countries dramatically change their use of the resource, a UN report warns
March 2019 children in conflict zones endangered by diseases linked to unsafe water: 22 March 2019: Children under five who live in conflict zones are 20 times more likely to die diseases linked to unsafe water than from direct violence as a result of war, Unicef has found, analysing mortality data from 16 countries beset by long-term conflict, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen
22 March 2021 World Water Day: 22 March 2021 World Water Day, as the theme for 2021 is 'Valuing Water' with people invited to join a global conversation

Since 1996 World Water Council: Since 1996 World Water Council with 341 members in 2017, including organizations from the UN and intergovernmental organizations, the private sector (construction, engineering and manufacturing companies), governments and ministries, academic institutions, international organizations, local governments, and civil society groups
March 2018 8th World Water Forum: 18-23 March 2018 8th World Water Forum
21 March 2018: The 1st 'International Court of Justice for Water' is held during the 8th World Water Forum, attended by judges from six different countries as well as students from various parts of the world in the role of representatives of international organizations
- 22 March 2018: While presidents, royalty and corporate dignitaries gave speeches at global water conference in Brasil’s federal capital on the need to protect water sources and as river defender Ageu Lobo Pereira was running for his life through the Amazon fores, river defenders and community activists who are often murdered or persecuted for trying to protect their resources, have set up an alternative forum to share their stories

Since 2000 United Nations Forum on Forests, a high-level intergovernmental policy forum including all UN member states and permanent observers, the UNFF Secretariat, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, Regional Organizations and Processes
Reforestation: Reforestation - Forest restoration - Forest landscape restoration - Groasis Waterboxx
October 2018: 9 October 2018: Following a landmark report from the UN’s climate science panel, Shell's Ben van Beurden tells an oil and gas industry audience that a huge tree-planting project the size of the Amazon rainforest would be needed to meet a tougher global warming target, arguing more renewable energy alone would not be enough to limit temperature rises to 1.5C - Since 1970 forest loss rates of the Amazon rainforest
November 2018 UN workshop on global forest goals: 14-16 November 2018 Workshop on Reporting on Global Forest Goals and targets of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030 in Rome
June 2019 successful charity 'TreeSisters': 19 June 2019: After in 2014, new charity 'TreeSisters' funded its first 12,000 trees by encouraging to make small monthly donations to reforestation projects in the tropics, today 'TreeSisters' is planting 2.2m trees (average cost 33p a tree) each year across Madagascar, India, Kenya, Nepal, Brazil and Cameroon, as organisations from around the world are reforesting at an unprecedented rate
July 2019 tree planting programme calculation: 4 July 2019: Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis, according to scientists, who have made the first calculation of how many more trees could be planted without encroaching on crop land or urban areas, absorbing and storing the carbon dioxide emissions that are driving global heating, as research estimates that worldwide planting programme could remove two-thirds of all the emissions that have been pumped into the atmosphere by human activities

'Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael' Jewish National Fund's forestry and ecology research - Afforestation in Israel

Collaborative Partnership on Forests, an informal, voluntary arrangement among 14 international organizations and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests promoting sustainable management of all types of forests to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end

UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Desert greening: Desert greening is the process of man-made reclamation of deserts for ecological reasons (biodiversity), farming and forestry, but also for reclamation of natural water systems and other Life support systems - Erosion control - Land restoration - Holistic management in agriculture - Ecoscaping - Agroforestry - Fertilizer tree - Agricultural wastewater treatment


UN Food and Agriculture Organization: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and world agrarian council
Agricultural production by commodity, valuable crops and livestock products: Agricultural production by commodity - List of most valuable crops and livestock products - List of 20 largest countries by agricultural output according to the IMF and CIA World Factbook in 2018
Agricultural cooperatives: Agricultural cooperatives, also known as a farmers' co-op, cooperatives in which farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity - Agricultural cooperatives by continent and country - Agricultural supply cooperatives, as 'wikipedia' lists only several examples in different countries indluding Australia (Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited, Westralian Farmers Co-operative Limited), Canada (Farmers' Storehouse Company, United Farmers of Alberta, Farmers of North America), France (Agrial in Normandy, Terrena in pays de la Loire, Vivescia), Israel (Granot central cooperative), Japan (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives), Ukraine (Ukrainian cooperative movement), USA (Landisville Produce Co-op since 1914, Rockingham Cooperative since 1921, MFA Incorporated, Darigold, Organic Valley, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Southern States Cooperative, Farmers Cooperative Association, Ocean Spray cooperative, Land O'Lakes, Michigan Sugar, Sunkist, Wilco stores in Oregon, Grange Cooperative), Netherlands (Avebe, Agrico, Agrifirm), also listing somce marketing cooperatives - in New Zealand, Canada, Ecuador, India, Israel, Netherlands, Ukraine, USA and Mexico - Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union OCFCU, a smallholder farmer owned cooperative union based in the Oromia region of south, central and west Ethiopia - Bugisu Cooperative Union, a Ugandan agricultural cooperative federation since 1954, started and owned by a group of coffee farmers
Voluntary collective farming in America, Asia and Europe: Voluntary collective farming in Europe, India, Israel, Mexico, Canada and USA - Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union OCFCU, a smallholder farmer owned cooperative union based in the Oromia region of south, central and west Ethiopia - Bugisu Cooperative Union, a Ugandan agricultural cooperative federation since 1954, started and owned by a group of coffee farmers
Seafood: Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish - History of seafood - Fish processing - Fish as food
Food crops: A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence, as crop may refer either to the harvested parts or to the harvest in a more refined state, and as most crops are cultivated in agriculture or aquaculture - Important food crops
2005-2008 FAO, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, World Bank's and WHO's IAASTD agricultural science effort: 'International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development' IAASTD, a three-year international collaborative effort (2005–2007/2008) initiated by the World Bank, which evaluated the relevance, quality and effectiveness of knowledge, science, and technology involving 110 countries with co-sponsorship of the FAO, Global Environment Facility, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, the World Bank and WHO. It assessed agricultural knowledge, science, and technology with respect to development and sustainability goals of reducing hunger and poverty, improving nutrition, health, rural livelihoods, and facilitating social and environmental sustainability
April 2008 Weltagrarbericht: April 2008 Weltagrarbericht, in Johannesburg (Republik Südafrika) verabschiedet als Resultat einer bislang einmaligen kooperativen Anstrengung von UN- und anderen internationalen Organisationen, 60 Regierungen und mehr als 400 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern aus allen Erdregionen
Statements of the April 2008 IAASTD report 'Agriculture at a Crossroads', not supported by few countries: Statements of the 2008 report 'Agriculture at a Crossroads'. Der Bericht 'Landwirtschaft am Scheideweg' wurde 2008 vom Weltagrarrat IAASTD veröffentlicht, einem Gremium vergleichbar dem 'Weltklimarat' IPCC. Der Bericht fordert insbesondere eine Ausdehnung der ökologischen Landwirtschaft beziehungsweise agrarökologischer Methoden und der Förderung von Kleinbauern. Die Grüne Gentechnik, Agrochemie und geistiges Eigentum von Saatgut werden kritisch hinterfragt. Deutschland, die USA, Kanada und Australien unterzeichneten den Bericht nicht. Anfangs beteiligte Agrarunternehmen beendeten ihre Mitarbeit schon vor dem Schlussberich, der u.a. sagt 'um den Herausforderungen der Zukunft gewachsen zu sein, bedarf es eines radikalen und systematischen Wandels in der landwirtschaftlichen Forschung, Entwicklung und Praxis', 'die Grüne Gentechnik bringt bisher mehr Probleme als Lösungen und lenkt das Forschungsinteresse einseitig auf patentierbare Produkte', und weitere wissenschaftlich begründete kritische Feststellungen
Januar 2009 'Der ökologische Landbau im Weltagrarbericht': Januar 2009 'Der ökologische Landbau im Weltagrarbericht' - 2009 Weltagrarrat (IAASTD) verlangt radikalen Kurswechsel in der Agrarpolitik
26 June 2011 South American José Graziano da Silva head of FAO: 26. Juni 2011: José Graziano da Silva als erster Südamerikaner zum Leiter der UN Organisation für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft FAO gewählt
July 2011 world food prices near record high, UN's FAO says: 7 July 2011: World food prices near record high, says the UN's FAO
2012/2013: 9 août 2012: Les prix alimentaires mondiaux ont grimpé de 6% en juillet - 18 November 2012: Global Soil Week 2012 - 11 September 2013: The UN food agency says one-third of all food produced in the world gets wasted, amounting to an annual loss of $750 billion - 31 octobre 2013: Un quart de la production agricole mondiale est issu de régions subissant un fort stress hydrique et 40% de l'alimentation disponible provient déjà de cultures irriguées, selon l'étude de l'institut World Ressource Initiative
April 2016 Syria's shortage: 26 April 2016: Syria's shortage of its main staple wheat is worsening, as the area of land sown with cereals has fallen again this year and farming infrastructure, including irrigation canals and grain depots, has been destroyed, according to the FAO
4 June 2021 world’s soils ‘under great pressure’, says UN pollution report: 4 June 2021: The world’s soils, which provide 95% of humanity’s food, are 'under great pressure', according to a UN report on soil pollution, as soils are also the largest active store of carbon, after the oceans, and therefore crucial in fighting the climate crisis, but the report said industrial pollution, mining, farming and poor waste management are poisoning soils, with the 'polluter pays' principle absent in many countries
13 January 2023 5 UN agencies demand aid 'before it is too late' for 30 million children suffering from acute malnutrition in 15 countries: 13 January 2023: The UN launched an appeal for funds to come to the aid 'before it is too late' of 30 million children suffering from acute malnutrition in countries affected by the food crisis. 'More than 30 million children in the 15 most seriously affected countries suffer from wasting - or acute malnutrition - and eight million of these children suffer from severe wasting, the most deadly form of undernutrition', underline five agencies of the UN in a joint statement. The 15 countries affected are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan South and Yemen.
Food security - Epidemiology of malnutrition by continent and country
May 2016: 10 May 2016: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's 'State of the World’s Plants report' reveals that there are currently 390,000 species of known plants with more than 30,000 used by people, and that the biggest factors threatening plant species with extinction are the destruction of habitats for farming (31%), such as palm oil production and cattle ranching, deforestation for timber (21%) and construction of buildings and infrastructure (13%) - 13 mai 2016: Environ 32 millions de personnes sont en état d'insécurité alimentaire en Afrique australe, et en cause la grave sécheresse qui frappe la région depuis près de deux ans, selon le Programme alimentaire mondial de l'ONU
September 2017 world hunger rising: 15 September 2017: World hunger rising for first time this century, sparking concern that conflict and climate change could be reversing years of progress, according to the state of food insecurity and nutrition in 2017, a report produced by five UN agencies
February 2019 endangered food security: 21 February 2019: The world’s capacity to produce food is being undermined by humanity’s failure to protect biodiversity, according to the first UN (FAO) study of the plants, animals and micro-organisms that help to put meals on our plates
July 2019 world hunger rising: 15 juillet 2019: La faim dans le monde affectait 821,6 millions de personnes dans le monde en 2018, contre 811 l'année précédente, selon un rapport annuel publié par plusieurs organisations de l'ONU qui déplorent une troisième année consécutive de hausse

UN World Food Programme - UN World Food Programme (Website) - WFP and the Zero Hunger Challenge (Website)
2014: 8 April 2014: The UN's food aid agency WFP warned that Syria was facing a drought that could put millions of people's lives at risk, compounding the impact of years of war - 1 October 2014: A lack of funds is forcing the World Food Program to cut back on food parcels and vouchers for almost six million refugees and displaced people in Syria - 16 October: World Food Program's Denise Brown fears a major food crisis in West Africa if the Ebola outbreak continues to grow exponentially over the coming months
2016: 4 October 2016: With political tension forcing half a million people to return to Afghanistan, Afghan exodus from Pakistan could be 'catastrophic' without urgent aid, UN's World Food Programme says, warning that the freezing winter could prove deadly - 18 November 2016: WFP and FAO warn against food shortage and starvation in Syria, as the governorates with the largest increase of people in need are Quneitra, Daraa, Damascus, Idlib and Aleppo, according to a joint statement
2017: 29 November 2017: World Food Program has announced that the Syrian crisis forced more than 10 million Syrians to live on the brink of hunger as the Assad regime forces continue to bomb and impose blockade on many areas across Syria
January 2018: 30 January 2018: The number of hungry people living in conflict zones is rising, with eight countries recording crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in at least a quarter of their people, food agencies warned the UN security council on Monday, as countries ranked as having the highest proportions of food insecure people were Yemen, South Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Central African Republic, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Somalia
December 2018 Houthi rebels accused: 31 décembre 2018: Les rebelles houthis sont accusés par le Programme alimentaire mondial PAM de revendre une partie de l'aide humanitaire au Yémen, qui n'arrive pas à destination
June 2019 Houthi rebels accused of diverting food aid from hungry: 17 June 2019: United Nations food agency's David Beasley has accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of diverting food from the country’s hungriest people and threatened to suspend food aid, saying the agency had found serious evidence that food supplies had been diverted in the capital, Sana’a and other Houthi-controlled areas in the country
24 April 2020 WFP warns that the world is 'on the brink of a hunger pandemic': 24 April 2020: World Food Program WFP, the UN food agency, has warned that the world is 'on the brink of a hunger pandemic' as it struggles to contain covid-19
10 October 2020 UN’s World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize: 10 October 2020: UN’s World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict areas, the Nobel committee said - 9 October 2020: Aid cuts and Covid-19 force Uganda refugees to brink of starvation, as more than 90,000 face extreme hunger with another 400,000 hit by food crisis, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification IPC report says
17 June 2022 UN warns of hell on earth if Ukraine war goes on, with unprecedented food shortages: 17 June 2022: Speaking in Addis Ababa David Beasley, director of the UN World Food Programme WFP, said the world faced 'frightening' shortages that could destabilise countries that depend on wheat exports from Ukraine and Russia, saying 'even before the Ukraine crisis, we were facing an unprecedented global food crisis because of covid and fuel price increases', 'then, we thought it couldn’t get any worse, but this war has been devastating'


International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems IPES-Food
2015: 20 May 2015: Who shapes food systems, and who has a say in how they are reformed?
2016: 2 June 2016: From Uniformity to Diversity: A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems

ETC Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
2016: 8 June 2016: ETC Group urges that gene drive patents and governance be handed to the United Nations, following first NAS study on gene drive governance that avoids the explosive issues militarization, commercialization, food security - 15 September 2016: The Monsanto–Bayer tie-up is just one of seven, as mega-mergers and big data domination threaten seeds, food security


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Kyoto Protocol 1997
2011: 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban - NZZ 18. November 2011: Weltklimarat IPCC warnt vor Zunahme extremer Wetterphänomene
2012: 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Qatar - 9 December 2012: UN conference extends the Kyoto Protocol until 2020
2013: 27 September 2013: UN panel blames mankind for global warming - UN climate report: Key points - 27 September 2013: UN panel's climate report sparks concern - 22 October 2013: Global warming linked to wildfires, UNFCCC's Christiana Figueres says
2013: United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw from 11 to 22 November 2013 - 19 novembre 2013: Le typhon Haiyan électrise la conférence climat de Varsovie - 21 November: The second-last day of the global climate change conference in Warsaw has seen 800 NGO delegates walk out of the talks over a lack of progress - 23 November: UN climate talks blocked over aid, steps to 2015 deal - 24 November: Widely criticised as lacking urgency UN climate talks kept alive hopes for a global deal in 2015 to fight climate change after overcoming disputes on greenhouse gas emissions cuts and aid for poor nations
2014: 23 March 2014: UN scientists are set to deliver their darkest report yet on the impacts of climate change, pointing to a future stalked by floods, drought, conflict and economic damage if carbon emissions go untamed - 31 March: UN report says that unless governments act now to reduce emissions, no one will be safe from effects of climate change, 'already affecting food supply - 13 April 2014: 'To save the planet', UN report demands an radical and faster shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy such as wind, solar or nuclear power, that would shave only about 0.06% a year off world economic growth - 2 November 2014: Time running out to reach 2°C warming target, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says
2015: 14 February: Ahead of Paris conference by the end of this year, negotiators in Geneva adopted a climate blueprint, a 86-page draft plan for limiting man-made global warming
January 2017: 18 janvier 2017: L'année 2016 a été la plus chaude, confirme l'ONU
October 2018 urgent action demanded to phase out fossil fuels: 8 October 2018: A new report by the IPCC sets the world a clear target to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases saying there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C and that the world heating up by even 1.5C would have a brutal impact on future generations, calling for urgent action to phase out fossil fuels - 8 October 2018: World leaders 'have moral obligation to act' after UN climate report - 9 October 2018: 'Tipping points' could exacerbate climate crisis, scientists fear
September 2019 two-thirds of glaciers to disappear in 80 years: 15 September 2019: An IPCC report says two-thirds of glaciers on the largest ice sheet after the Arctic and Antarctic are set to disappear in 80 years
20 June 2021 UN blasts world leaders for failing to seal £72bn-a-year deal on climate: 20 June 2021: The head of climate change at the UN has warned that world leaders are still “far away” from securing a deal to limit the disastrous effects of global heating, with less than five months to go before a key summit in Glasgow, saying financial aid ‘critical’ to help developing countries limit fossil fuels, and making Cop26 a success
5 April 2022 in final warning against climate disaster IPCC report says ‘now or never’: 5 April 2022: In their final warning IPCC report says ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster, adding that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025




UN International Labour Organization: UN International Labour Organization - International Labour Organization (Website) - Youth employment
2012/2013: 30 avril 2012: Chômage attendu en hausse dans le monde à 202 millions de personnes en 2012, selon l'OIT - 22 May 2012: Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012 - 1 June 2012: 21 million people are now victims of forced labour, ILO says - 22 January 2013: The number of jobless people around the world rose by 4 million in 2012 to 197 million and is expected to grow further, the UN labour agency warns
2014: 24 February 2014: Employment practices and working conditions in Thailand’s fishing sector, ILO report - 31 March 2014: UN agency ILO criticises Qatar over migrant workers' rights after 36 Nepalese and Indian workers died in February in Qatar - 20 May 2014: Trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery are big business generating profits estimated at $150 billion a year, the ILO says, adding that forced labour has no place in our society - 10 June 2014: Thai 'ghost ships' that enslave, brutalise and even kill workers are linked to global shrimp supply chain producing prawns for supermarkets in US, UK, Europe, including Walmart, Carrefour, Costco, Tesco, Aldi, Morrisons, the Co-operative and Iceland
2015: 19 mai 2015: Une étude de l'Organisation internationale du travail OIT indique que plus de 60% des travailleurs à travers le monde n'ont aucun contrat de travail et seulement un quart des travailleurs a un emploi stable - 20 May 2015: Waged employment on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa but youth and women see further job losses, ILO says in its annual outlook


UN Economic and Social Council/Department: United Nations Economic and Social Council ECOSOC, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization, specifically in regards to the fifteen specialised agencies, the eight functional commissions, and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction. ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the UN. It has 54 members, and in addition to a rotating membership of 54 UN member states, over 1,600 nongovernmental organizations have consultative status with the Council to participate in the work of the UN. ECOSOC holds one four-week session each year in July, and since 1998 has also held an annual meeting in April with finance ministers of heading key committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund IMF. Additionally, the High-Level Political Forum, which reviews the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is convened under the auspices of the Council every July. - List of members of the UN Economic and Social Council - As of May 2014 192 of the 193 UN member states are divided into five regional groups including the African Group, with 54 member states, the Asia-Pacific Group, with 53 member states, the Eastern European Group, with 23 member states, the Latin American and Caribbean Group, with 33 member states and the Western European and Others Group WEOG, with 28 member states, plus 1 member state USA as an observer state
July 2019 UN's wrong world and women's rights: :24 July 2019: Ignoring the world’s worst abusers of women’s rights and refusing to pass a single resolution on the situation of women in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, or DR Congo, all of which ranked in the top ten worst countries in last year’s Global Gender Gap Report, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan were among members of the UN’s 54-nation economic and social council, a principal organ of the world body, who voted to single out and condemn Israel yesterday as the only country in the world that violates women’s rights, in a resolution, adopted 40 to 2 with 9 abstentions and 3 absent - 26 July 2019: France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg and Malta joined Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela and 29 other nations in supporting UN resolution accusing only Israel of women’s rights violations
14 December 2022 Iran ousted from UN body tasked with empowering women over regime’s bloody crackdown: 14 December 2022: Iran has been ousted from the UN body tasked with empowering women after world powers voted in favour of a motion submitted by the USA, which said the Islamic Republic’s membership was an 'ugly stain' on the group’s credibility. Activists and rights groups have said Tehran’s role in the 45-member commission on the status of women was a farce, considering the regime’s forces have beaten and killed women peacefully calling for gender equality. The USA representative to the UN said female Iranian activists - some of whom were in the room in New York during the vote on Wednesday - had appealed to Washington to present a resolution that would expel Iran from the body. 'The commission is the premier UN body for promoting gender equality and empowering women', ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said. 'It cannot do its important work if it’s being undermined from within. Iran’s membership at this moment is an ugly stain on the commission’s credibility.' Twenty-nine of 54 members from the UN economic and social council Ecosoc, which oversees the commission, voted in favour of the bill. Iran had made efforts to rally support internationally before the vote. Its allies, including Russia and China, voted against the resolution, while 16 countries abstained, signalling global disunity on the issue.


UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific: UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - List of members of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Since 1975/2005 Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement: Since 1975/2005 Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, the oldest preferential trade agreement between countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The APTA covers market for 2921.2 million people which accounts for US$14615.86 billion in terms of gross domestic product GDP in the Fiscal Year 2015-2016. APTA’s key objective is to hasten economic development.
Since 2018 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership CPTPP: Since 2018 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership CPTPP, a trade agreement among Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, evolving from the Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP, which was never ratified due to the withdrawal of the USA. The eleven signatories have combined economies representing 13.4% of global gross domestic product, at approximately US$13.5 trillion, making the CPTPP one of the world's largest free-trade areas by GDP, along with the USA–Mexico–Canada Agreement, the European Single Market, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
31 March 2023 'Joint Ministerial Statement on the UK’s accession process to the CPTPP': 31 March 2023 'Joint Ministerial Statement on the UK’s accession process to the CPTPP', as ministers and representatives of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Viet Nam - already members of the CPTPP - and the United Kingdom UK met virtually on 31st March 2023


United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Sustainable development goals following the Rio+20 Conference 2012 - 'The Future We Want'
July 2015: UN’s Third Financing for Development conference, in Addis Ababa 13-16 July 2015 - 13 July 2015: Development agenda must address causes of migrant crisis, UN adviser Amina Mohammed says - 13 July 2015: Financing the sustainable development goals will rely heavily on the tax factor - 14 July 2015: World’s richest countries, including the USA the UK, accused at Addis Ababa development finance summit of foiling effort to give poorer countries a greater say on UN tax policies
June 2017: 22 June 2017: The world’s current population of 7.6 billion will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, with India’s numbers to surpass China’s in just seven years, and Nigeria will overtake the USA by 2050 to become the third most populous country in the world, according to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
December 2017: 19 décembre 2017: Le nombre de migrants dans le monde est estimé à 258 millions, ont annoncé les Nations unies lundi lors de la journée internationale des migrants


UN Development Group: United Nations Development Group - Members of the UNDG United Nations Development Group
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues, the organization's goals are to 'maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and assist them in their efforts to integrate into the world economy on an equitable basis' - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, since 1966 'to promote the progressive harmonization and unification of international trade law'
United Nations Industrial Development Organization's primary objective is the promotion and acceleration of industrial development in developing countries and countries with economies in transition and the promotion of international industrial cooperation

UN Development Programme: United Nations Development Programme
2000 MDGs 'Millennium Development Goals', to achieve by 2015: 'Millennium Development Goals' MDGs are the eight international development goals that were established following the 'Millennium Summit' of the UN in 2000, committing to help achieve the MDGs by 2015
UNDP's 2014 Human Development Report: UNDP's 2014 Human Development Report
2014 more than 2.2 billion people are 'poor or near-poor': 24 July 2014: More than 2.2 billion people are 'poor or near-poor', amid financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts, UNDP's report says - 24 July 2014: Jobs and social security needed as global income inequality widens, UNDP's report warns - 23 September 2014: More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline to end deforestation by 2030, but Brazil said it would not join
Mai-juillet 2015 seulement un quart des travailleurs à travers le monde a un emploi stable: 19 mai 2015: Une étude de l'Organisation internationale du travail indique que seulement un quart des travailleurs à travers le monde a un emploi stable - 31 July 2015: Rich get richer even as poverty and inequality deepen, South African market research firm's 'Africa wealth report 2015' says, criticising development strategies
August-September 2015 without change UN anti-poverty targets out of reach: 3 August 2015: UN states agree post-2015 sustainable development agenda now due to be formally adopted in September, aiming to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty, reduce inequality within and between states, achieve gender equality, improve water management and energy, and take urgent action to combat climate change, over the next 15 years - 18 August 2015: Rights group's findings reflect the global trend, that children with disabilities continue to be left out of school even as some countries assert that they have met the UN millennium development goal to grant every child access to primary education - 19 September 2015: Without change, UN anti-poverty targets are still out of reach, London-based Overseas Development Institute's study finds, as politicians and diplomats are expected to attend the UN’s sustainable development summit next weekend in USA's New York to renew promises
Demanded 2020-2030 decade of action to deliver the 'Sustainable Development Goals' by 2030: 2020-2030 decade of action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, as UN asks communities around the world to work together to accelerate progress towards implementation of the agenda that will help reduce the risk of violence in children's lives and provide effective responses for child victims, as we must recognize that if we do not adequately address the SDG targets related to violence against children, progress across the whole 2030 Agenda will be hindered, and as during its formulation, children themselves called for the 2030 Agenda to explicitly incorporate freedom from violence. They highlighted that violence cuts across many development goals but in addition it needed to be envisioned as a standalone priority
25 April 2022 multiple crises pushing millions into extreme poverty: 25 April 2022: Multiple crises pushing millions into extreme poverty, 'Economic and Social Council' president warns as 'Financing for Development Forum' opens. Speakers of several countries - African countries include Botswana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zimbabwe - are warning that a convergence of crises — the lingering covid-19 pandemic, climate change and debt unsustainability — have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, threatening to reverse development gains by a generation.
15 June 2022 tackling the unfolding economic crisis countries forced to aggravate the climate change crisis: 15 June 2022: In the year 2022, countries - to tackle the unfolding global economic crisis - are forced to aggravate the climate change crisis returning to fossil fuels and even increased consumption. Fossil fuels still dominate, renewables growth too slow, and despite government promises of a green covid recovery, a new report says the world missed a 'historic chance' to boost clean energy.
5 July 2022 setbacks by covid-19, brutal wars again in Europe, ongoing environmental crises: 5 July 2022: This year’s reviews provide a stark illustration of the setbacks wrought by the covid-19 pandemic, the outbreak and continuation of conflicts - not expressly stated especially Putin's wars, now also again in Europe -, and the ongoing triple environmental crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed reports
15 July 2022 Putin's missile attack against Vinnytsia city in central Ukraine, and UN: 15 July 2022: On Ukraine, UN's secretary general said that he is 'appalled' by the missile attack against the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine. He condemns any attacks against civilians or civilian infrastructure and reiterates his call for accountability - not mentioning the war criminal Putin - for such violations, as in Vinnytsia UN's humanitarian colleagues on the ground are supporting people. Médecins Sans Frontières, has donated trauma kits and other medical supplies to the city’s hospital. IOM and UNHCR are helping local authorities provide emergency shelter, critical supplies and psychological support, as UN's office in Vinnytsia says that the death toll is rising, with at least 23 people confirmed to have been killed so far, including three children. More than 10 people are still missing, and local authorities are reporting that more than 400 rescue workers continue to clear the debris and search for survivors, after especially the UN failed to stop Putin and his supporters since many years after it became clear that he is an unscrupulous criminal.

UN Resident Coordinator: UN Resident Coordinator is the highest UN official and the chief of UN diplomatic mission in a country, usually performed by the Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme - November 2016 overview of the UN Resident Coordinator system, including 129 UN Resident Coordinators posts leading 131 United Nations Country Teams UNCTs, each composed of 16 UN entities on average, and serving 165 countries and territories
UN resident representative, the head of a UN agency (such as UNDP, UNICEF, WHO) in a given country, having the same rank as an ambassador of a foreign state accredited to that country, under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations

UN Population Fund: Since 1969 United Nations Population Fund UNFPA
UNFPA's areas of work: UNFPA's areas of work include programs to voluntarily plan and have the number of children they desire and to avoid unwanted pregnancies undergo safe pregnancy and childbirth, to avoid spreading sexually transmitted infections, to decrease violence against women and to increase the equality of women
September 2015 UNFPA and UN's sustainable development goals: Since September 2015 UNFPA and UN's sustainable development goals
September 2018: 28 September 2018: Female genital mutilation has no place in the 21st century, as sixty-eight million girls around the world are at risk, according to UNFPA’s executive director Natalia Kanem


United Nations Environment Programme: Since 1972 United Nations Environment Programme, a UN agency that coordinates its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices, with its headquarter in Nairobi, Kenya - UNEP's main activities are related to climate change, including the Territorial Approach to Climate Change TACC, disasters and conflicts, ecosystem management, environmental governance, environment under review, harmful substances, resource efficiency
1987 'Montreal Protocol': 1987 'Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer', an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion
Since 1991 UNEP OzonAction: UNEP OzonAction is a branch of the UN Environment Programme and is part of UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, created in 1991
1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development: UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992
Since 2003 United Nations-Oceans: United Nations-Oceans, an inter-agency coordination mechanism of the United Nations since 2003, set up to enhance cooperation and coordination of activities concerned with the world oceans and coasts
October 2016 HFCs limitation deal: 15 October 2016: A worldwide deal has been reached to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons in a gradual process beginning in 2019 with action by developed countries including the USA, the world’s second worst polluter, more than 100 countries, including China, the world’s top carbon emitter, will start taking action in 2024 and a small group of countries including India, Pakistan and some Gulf states pushed for and secured a later start in 2028
March 2019 UN Environment Assembly: 11-15 March 2019 UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya - 11 March 2019: Over 4,700 people, including senior UN officials, civil society representatives, heads of state, ministers and business leaders, gather to consider new policies, technologies and innovative solutions for achieving sustainable consumption and production
May 2019 convention on plastic waste and toxic, hazardous chemicals: 11 May 2019: At the end of a two-week meeting of UN-backed conventions on plastic waste and toxic, hazardous chemicals that threaten the planet’s seas and creatures, almost all the world’s countries have agreed on a deal aimed at restricting shipments of hard-to-recycle plastic waste to poorer countries, the United Nations announced on Friday, as the USA reportedly opposed deal, which follows concerns that villages in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia had 'turned into dumpsites’
14 January 2021 governments and regimes failed to take the measures needed amid crises, 'The Guardian' says: 14 January 2021: Countries adapting too slowly to climate breakdown, UN warns, as report says not enough funding is being made available to deal with effects of extreme weather, and as millions of people around the world are facing disaster from flood, droughts, heatwaves and other extreme weather, after governments and regimes failed to take the measures needed to adapt to the impacts of climate breakdown
14 January 2021 as climate change hits harder 'world' must increase efforts to adapt, UNEP says: 14 January 2021: As climate change hits harder, 'world' (or governments, including Russian, Iranian, Syrian, Chinese regime?) must increase efforts to adapt, UNEP says

UN Global Compact initiative to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation - UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights - OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - Corporate accountability for human rights violations
2018: 9 March 2018: Human rights defenders who challenge big corporations are being killed, assaulted, harassed and suppressed in growing numbers, according to latest Business and Human Rights Resource Center's survey, focused on attacks against activists involved in protests against corporate activities

Since 2012 Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES, an independent intergovernmental body established to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development by 94 governments and placed under the auspices of the four UN entities UNEP, UNESCO, FAO and UNDP and administered by UNEP
March 2017 IPBES-5: 7-10 March 2017 fifth session of the Platform's Plenary IPBES-5
March 2018 IPBES-6: 18 mars 2018: Plus de 750 experts du monde entier sont réunis pour une semaine en Colombie pour évaluer la crise de biodiversité à laquelle la Terre est confrontée et préconiser des solutions contre l'extinction massive d'espèces, la première depuis la disparition des dinosaures

Since 1975 CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals, following a 1963 meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN - Lists of species protected by CITES
Since 1976 meetings of CITES parties: Since 1976 meeting of CITES, as conference of the 183 parties is held once every three years
August 2019 meeting of CITES parties: 16 août 2019: Pendant 12 jours, des délégués de plus de 180 pays vont discuter à Genève de 56 propositions visant à modifier le degré de protection des animaux et plantes sauvages - 22 août 2019: À Genève, la CITES vote en faveur de la protection des girafes




Unesco: Unesco - UN 'Educational, Scientific and Cultural' Organization - Unesco member states
Since 2008 UNESCO's 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' lists: Seit 2008 nach Ländern geordnete repräsentative Liste des immateriellen Kulturerbes der Menschheit - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
2011 Unesco, USA and Palestine: 31 octobre 2011: Les États-Unis suspendent leur contribution promise à l'Unesco suite à l'adhésion de la Palestine
2012 Unesco verleiht Forschungspreis in Diktatorendiensten: 18. Juli 2012: Mit Preisverleihung in Diktatorendiensten die Unesco am Tiefpunkt - Unesco verleiht erstmals einen von Äquatorialguinea gestifteten Forschungspreis - 16 octobre 2012: En 2015, peu de pays pourront atteindre les six objectifs de 'l'Education pour tous' fixés en 2000, selon un rapport de l'Unesco
2013 USA and Israel lose Unesco voting rights: 9 November 2013: The USA and Israel lose Unesco voting rights for halting funds after the agency admitted Palestine as a member
January 2014, 3,500 years of ties between the Jewish people and Israel: 19 January 2014: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns Unesco decision to postpone an exhibit tracing 3,500 years of ties between the Jewish people and Israel, following pressure from Arab countries -
June 2014 breathless Unesco says impossible to achieve development goal for universal primary education by 2015: 26 June 2014: Unesco admits it will be impossible to achieve 'millennium' development goal for universal primary education by 2015
2015 UN condemns the 'Islamic State’s' barbaric acts: 28 February 2015: Unesco urges ICC action against 'Islamic State' terror group following destruction of ancient artifacts in Iraq as UN Security Council condemns the 'Islamic State’s' barbaric acts - 6 March 2015: Destruction of ancient Iraq site near Mosul is an 'Islamic State' war crime, Unesco's Irina Bokova says - 16 April 2015: Unesco adopts by an overwhelming majority resolution to continue monitoring the situation in Crimea, despite unprecedented pressure of Russia on the member states - 4 May 2015: Unesco awards its annual press freedom prize to Syrian journalist and rights activist Mazen Darwish who has been jailed by the Assad regime for more than three years - 13 July 2015: Designating Jordan rivers’ baptismal area of Jesus on the eastern bank a 'World Heritage Site', ridiculous Unesco decides in fact over tourism dollars and its own reputation - 24 August 2015: UN’s 'cultural' agency's Irina Bokova described Islamic State’s destruction of Baal Shamin Roman temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, also murdering archaeological expert Khaled al-Asaad, as a 'war crime' and an 'immense loss for the Syrian people and for humanity', but who will at long last prosecute and punish war crimes, mass murder and mass atrocities against humans in Syria, after Assad began war in 2011 against the Syrian people demanding democracy? - 6 October 2015: After Russian airstrikes hit 2000 years old Serjila town, Syrian Coalition urges the Unesco and regional organizations to condemn Russia’s aggression in Syria, calling for taking urgent action against these crimes and protect Syria’s historical and archaeological sites
2016 Unesco refuses to recognize Crimean historic site as part of Russia: 25 February 2016: Unesco refuses to recognize Crimean historic site and Ukraine's national museum-reserve Tauric Chersonese, which was illegally annexed by the Russian regime in 2014, as part of Russia - 14 May 2016: French President Hollande sent a letter Wednesday to leaders of the local Jewish community, saying that the government's support for an anti-Israeli Palestinian resolution in Unesco, which ignored any Jewish connection to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, was a result of a 'misunderstanding'
October 2016 Unesco, Israel’s history and Jerusalem: 13 October 2016: A Unesco - so-called UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - resolution, adopted in a 24 (Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chad, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Vietnam) to 6 (only Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA) vote at the committee stage (abstaining Albania, Argentina, Cameroon, El Salvador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Haiti, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Paraguay, Saint Vincent and Nevis, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine, absent Serbia and Turkmenistan), seeks to erase Jewish ties to Jerusalem, uses only Muslim names for the Jerusalem holy sites and is harshly critical of Israel for what it termed 'provocative abuses that violate the sanctity and integrity' of the area - 13 October 2016: Unesco's motion ignoring Jewish link to Temple Mount draws scorn from across Israeli political spectrum, including charges of anti-Semitism - Tisha B'Av, an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history, primarily the destruction of both the First Temple by the Babylonians and the Second Temple in AD 70 by the Romans in Jerusalem - 14 octobre 2016: Israël a décidé de suspendre sa coopération avec l'Unesco au lendemain d'un vote dénoncé dans l'Etat hébreu comme déniant le lien historique millénaire entre les juifs et Jérusalem - 17 October: Unesco chief Irina Bokova reportedly received 'death threats' after expressing reservations about an Arab-backed resolution denying Israel’s history in Jerusalem - 18 October 2016: Unesco’s formal adoption of a resolution effectively disregarding Jewish ties to Jerusalem called a victory by Hamas
20/26 October 2016 Jerusalem history, new research results: 20 October 2016: Israeli archaeologists found the site of a fierce battle where the Roman army bombarded and breached the walls of Jerusalem before conquering the city and destroying the Second Jewish Temple almost 2,000 years ago, confirming Josephus’s account of the conflict that saw Roman destruction of Second Temple, which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, between 516 BCE and 70 CE, replacing Solomon's Temple, the First Temple which was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE - 26 October 2016: Oldest Hebrew mention of Jerusalem found on rare papyrus from 7th century BCE, as reference to consignment of wineskins 'to Jerusalem' appears on 2,700-year-old First Temple-era scrap believed plundered from Judean Desert cave
26 October 2016 Unesco adopts another resolution ignoring Jewish link to Temple Mount: 26 October 2016: Unesco adopts another resolution ignoring Jewish link to Temple Mount, as in secret ballot 'cultural' body’s World Heritage Committee approves text using only the site’s Muslim name, 10 states vote in favor, 2 oppose, 8 abstain
2 May 2017 USA, Czechia oppose 'biased' and 'counterproductive' UNESCO Jerusalem resolution: 2 May 2017: The USA rejects the 'biased' and 'counterproductive' UNESCO resolution passed Tuesday that suggested Israel has no sovereign claim to Jerusalem, saying cultural agency ‘too often used as a vehicle by member states inclined to deride and delegitimize the State of Israel' - 24 May 2017: Czech parliament calls for sanctions against UNESCO over anti-Israel bias, passing a resolution with an overwhelming majority of 112 to 2
December 2016 Zoltán Kodály's approach to music education inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: December 2016 Zoltán Kodály's approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century - which was then developed over a number of years by his associates including Bela Bartok - inscribed as a 'UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage'
October 2017 Netanyahu orders diplomats to start preparing for Israel's departure from UNESCO: 13 October 2017: Netanyahu orders diplomats to start preparing for Israel's departure from UNESCO, saying that 'UNESCO has become a theater of the absurd', after the USA has formally notified the Unesco that it is withdrawing its membership of the organisation citing 'continuing anti-Israel bias' and taking effect on 31 December 2018
November 2017 South Korean diplomat Lee Byong Hyun elected as the new Unesco chairperson: 16 November 2017: South Korean diplomat Lee Byong Hyun elected as the new chairperson of UNESCO’s Executive Board in a secret ballot by 32 to 25, surprisingly beating Iranian regime's Jalali, who had long been favored to get the job


Since 2008 UNESCO's intangible culture heritage lists: Seit 2008 nach Ländern geordnete repräsentative Liste des immateriellen Kulturerbes der Menschheit - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
Dezember 2019 die UNESCO hat 21 Kulturformen neu in ihre Liste des Immateriellen Kulturerbes aufgenommen: 13. Dezember 2019: Die Weltkulturorganisation UNESCO hat 21 Kulturformen neu in die weltweite Liste des Immateriellen Kulturerbes aufgenommen, nachdem ein UNESCO-Ausschuss in Kolumbien tagte, und unter anderem musikalische Praktiken aus Norwegen, Zypern (Byzantinische Gesang auf Zypern aus der Zeit vor dem gregorianischen Choral, einstimmig und ohne instrumentale Begleitung, notiert in Vorformen der Notenschrift), Irland (Spiel auf der Harfe, musikalische Beispiele), Marokko (Gnawa als rhythmusbetonte Musik), dem Iran (Spiel der Dotar, ein zweisaitiges Zupfinstrument, das aus verschiedenen Holzarten gefertigt wird, wobei Herstellung und Spiel in der Regel auf informellem Wege nach dem Meister-Schüler-Prinzip weitergegeben werden), von den Kapverden und der Dominikanischen Republik, für schützenswertes Kulturerbe hält


UN Special Committee on Decolonization - History of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization
2017: 2017 press statements of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization
2018: 23 February 2018: With support of UN head Guterres Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari was elected earlier Thursday to the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization, as Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch, says that 'it is incomprehensible for the UN on one day to lament the Syrian regime’s killing and wounding of hundreds of thousands of Syrians - to declare the regime guilty of a 'monstrous campaign of annihilation’ of its own people - and to then hand this gift of false legitimacy to the mass murderer Bashar al-Assad'




World Bank, an international financial institution and a component of the World Bank Group, that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects, comprising the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association - World Bank Group, a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries, is the largest and most famous development bank in the world and is an observer at the UN Development Group
Since 1944 History of the World Bank Group and member states: History of the World Bank Group - the World Bank was created at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference along with the International Monetary Fund - List of World Bank members
2011/2012: 26 September 2011: World Bank increases drought aid to Horn of Africa - 16. April 2012: Jim Yong Kim wird Weltbankpräsident - 30 August 2012: Global food prices have leapt by 10% in July, raising fears of soaring prices for the planet's poorest, the World Bank warns - 19 November 2012: The World Bank has warns that global temperatures could rise by four degrees this century
2013/2014: 24 July 2013: Commitments for the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank reached $16.3 billion in the 2013 fiscal year, half of it to Africa - 12 novembre 2013: Il faut agir contre le changement climatique et le réchauffement, selon le patron de la BM Jim Yong Kim - 2 December 2014: Ebola to push Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone into recession, World Bank says
2015 World Bank violated policies on protecting the rights of indigenous people: 16 April 2015: The World Bank repeatedly violated its own policies on protecting the rights of indigenous people by funding projects that forced nearly 3.4 million slum-dwellers, farmers and villagers from their homes and jobs over the past decade, according to documents - 2 July 2015: Lidl supermarket chain owned by one of Germany’s wealthiest families given almost $1bn in public development funding over past decade by World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and others as it expands into eastern Europe - 29 July 2015: World Bank rejects energy industry notion that coal can cure poverty - 9 September 2015: Two decades after Beijing declaration on gender equality, women’s economic opportunities and working rights still widely subject to restrictive legislation in 155 countries, World Bank study says - 9 November 2015: Efforts to curb climate change must be twinned with programmes to cut poverty, warns a World Bank study of the threat posed by global warming to food security
2016 World Bank condemns air pollution: 8 September 2016: Air pollution costs trillions, holds back poor countries and is the fourth leading cause of premature deaths worldwide, known to lead to cancers and heart, lung and respiratory diseases, World Bank says
2017 World Bank Syria report: 11 July 2017: Syria’s 6-year-old conflict, in which over 320,000 people have been killed and more than half the country’s population displaced, has ravaged its infrastructure and caused losses to its economy of $226 billion, according to estimates published by the World Bank - 12 October 2017: Billions of dollars of public money was sunk in new fossil fuel projects by the world’s major development banks in the year after the Paris climate change deal was agreed, according to campaigners who are calling for the banks to halt their financing of coal, oil and gas - 15 October 2017: Speeding up urgently needed help for Somalia will only happen if World Bank and IMF are prepared to have a fight with the USA, something they are reluctant to do at a time when USA's Trump has the world’s multilateral organisations in his sights - 9 November 2017: World Bank lending to countries like China that are rich enough to finance their own development hurts poor countries that need help, USA's David Malpass says, citing China as the World Bank's biggest borrower with $2.4 billion in loans this year
February 2018 more than 260 million children worldwide are out of school: 2 February 2018: More than 260 million children worldwide are out of school, yet more than half of those in education are not learning, the World Bank has warned, as poor countries are urged to increase domestic spending on education - 2 February 2018: Low-income countries have increased their commitment to tackling a 'global learning crisis', as host nation Senegal carries torch for Africa at fundraising summit and as China, which is heavily invested in Africa, sent a representative who stood up in a pledging session and promised nothing
May 2018 equal pay, equal hours, equal participation could lead to a global wealth jump: 31 May 2018: World Bank's analysis of lifetime earnings across 141 countries suggests failure to reward women and men equally generates huge global loss, saying equal pay, equal hours and equal participation in the workforce could lead to a global wealth jump, as well as creating knock-on benefits such as lower malnutrition and child mortality rates
September 2018 World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in ‘free fall’: 25 September 2018: World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in ‘free fall’, saying that unemployment rate has passed 50% in Palestinian coastal enclave and increased tensions are setting back youth development
March 2019 World Bank's 'Women, business and the law 2019 report': 3 March 2019: Only six countries in the world give women and men equal legal work rights, according to World Bank's 'Women, business and the law 2019 report'
December 2019 World Bank should reconsider support for Brazilian beef producer linked to deforestation: 10 December 2019: The World Bank should reconsider its investment in one of Brazil’s biggest beef producers because of the industry’s links to deforestation and the climate crisis, according to UN-appointed experts
22 October 2020 World Bank and UN report says progress in fight against child poverty could be wiped out by covid: 22 October 2020: The world’s limited progress in tackling child poverty over recent years could be destroyed by the covid-19 pandemic, the UN and World Bank have warned, calling for structural changes to tackle the effects of the pandemic on children, who make up half the world’s poor
28 October 2021 World Bank freezes Sudan aid over coup as civil disobedience grows: 28 October 2021: World Bank halted disbursements for operations in Sudan in response to the military’s seizure of power from a transitional government, while state oil company workers, doctors and pilots joined civilian groups opposing the takeover

Since 1998 World Bank Development Marketplace Award: Since 1998 World Bank Development Marketplace Award, a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank to promote innovative projects worldwide, based on innovation, potential for growth, visible benefits, realism and sustainability
Since 2004: Since 2004 solar tuki rechargeable solar lighting system that is being implemented in Nepal to replace kerosene lamps commonly used by villagers. including two lamps that have white LED lights powered by an individual solar panel




Multilateral Development Banks Multilaterale Entwicklungsbanken
Afrikanische Entwicklungsbank
Asiatische Entwicklungsbank
Bank des Südens

Central Banks - List of Central Banks
Central Bank of Argentina
Reserve Bank of Australia
Central Bank of Brazil
Bank of Canada
People's Bank of China
European System of Central Banks - European Central Bank Europäische Zentralbank - EZB-Kritik am EU-Krisenmanagement - Italiens Schuldenberg von 120% des BIP löst Sorgen aus - Rettungsschirm zu gering? - 5 July 2012: The ECB cuts its key interest rate to 0.75 per cent and the interest rate it pays banks on overnight deposits to zero - 7 November 2013: ECB cuts key interest rate to all-time low of 0.25%
Reserve Bank of India
Bank of Indonesia
Bank of Japan
Bank of Korea
Bank of Mexico
Central Bank of the Russian Federation
South African Reserve Bank
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Bank of England (United Kingdom)
Federal Reserve System FED (USA)


International Monetary Fund IMF - Internationaler Währungsfonds IWF
2011: 2011 Affaire Dominique Strauss-Kahn - IWF - Carstens' Kandidatur wird aussichtsreicher - Christine Lagarde named IMF chief - 4. August 2011: Französisches Gericht ordnet Untersuchung gegen neue IWF-Chefin Christine Lagarde an - Amtsmißbrauch bei 285 Mill. Euro 'Entschädigungszahlung' an Bernard Tapie - 'Adidas'/Bernard Tapie affair - 16. August 2011: Französisches Gericht eröffnet Verfahren gegen IWF-Chefin Lagarde
2012/2013: 20 April 2012: The IMF says it has received firm commitments of more than $430bn as part of a global effort to bolster the fund's lending capacity - 19 June: Brics nations to increase contribution to IMF resources - 5 juin 2013: Le FMI admet des 'échecs notables' et doute de la troïka, parce que l'économie de la Grèce a été confrontée à une récession bien plus forte
2014/2015: 28 March 2014: The IMF announced a $14-$18 billion bailout for Ukraine as the UN General Assembly refused to recognise Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula - 10 October 2014: Ukraine will need additional external loans to support its economy, and they should come from multiple sources, IMF's Christine Lagarde says - 20 January 2015: IMF has lowered its forecast for global economic growth for this year and next - 11 March 2015: IMF signs off $17.5bn loan for Ukraine in second attempt to stave off bankruptcy - 2 July 2015: IMF says no third bailout for Greece without debt relief, after Greek government failed to repay IMF and as bailout runs out - 8 July 2015: Saying that Greece's massive debt will need restructuring, International Monetary Fund's head reiterates that the global financial institution can not bend its rules when it comes to Greece - 5 August 2015: IMF grants Ukraine second loan tranche worth $1.7 billion
2016: 5 October 2016: The International Monetary Fund has urged governments to take action to tackle a record $152tn debt mountain, more than twice the size of the global economy, before it triggers a fresh global financial and economic crisis - 19 December 2016: IMF's Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of negligence in approving a massive payout of taxpayers’ money to controversial French businessman Bernard Tapie but avoided a jail sentence
2017: 23 May 2017: IMF and eurozone states fail to bridge divide over Greek debt relief - 15 October 2017: Speeding up urgently needed help for Somalia will only happen if World Bank and IMF are prepared to have a fight with the USA, something they are reluctant to do at a time when USA's Trump has the world’s multilateral organisations in his sights
March 2020 IMF and World Bank will support Africa amid Covid-19 crisis: 25 March 2020: IMF and World Bank lend their support in bid to help poorest countries strengthen their health systems as the Covid-19 crisis in Africa deepens
14 April 2020 global economy faces worst recession since Great Depression: 14 April 2020: Global economy faces worst recession since the Great Depression, IMF says
16 April 2020 African countries face recession in 2020: 16 avril 2020: Le directeur Afrique du FMI Selassie s’inquiète de voir les états de la région 'perdre leurs acquis de la dernière décennie en matière de développement' évoquant 'une menace sans précédent pour le développement', parce que dans ses prévisions économiques pour les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne l’organisation confirme l’entrée en récession du continent, avec un recul du PIB de 1,6 % en 2020


Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD - Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques OCDE - OECD member countries
2015: 26 mai 2015: Les pays de l'OCDE ont alloué en 2014 moins d'un tiers de leur aide au développement aux pays les plus pauvres, une aide qui s'est en outre réduite depuis quatre ans, dénonce l'ONG ONE
2016: 9 June 2016: Air pollution is becoming a 'terrifying' problem around the globe, with toxic air set to cause as many as 9 million premature deaths a year around the world in the next four decades and with economic costs rising to trillions a year if urgent steps are not taken to control the pollution, OECD warns - 3 July 2016: OECD’s tax reform expert Pascal Saint-Amans calls for register of owners of corporate trusts in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal, saying efforts to improve sharing of information between countries must go further to fight tax dodging and corruption
March 2018: 13 March 2018: Trade war could derail global economic recovery, warns OECD - 3 April 2018: The OECD has warned its members that they are failing to prepare workers for an automation revolution that will leave 66 million people at risk of being replaced by machines in the coming years, saying that 14% of jobs in developed countries were highly automatable, while a further 32% of jobs were likely to experience significant changes to the way they were carried out
October 2018: 16 October 2018: A blacklist of 21 countries, including the 3 European countries Malta, Monaco and Cyprus, whose so-called 'golden passport' schemes, fast-expanding $3bn citizenships turning nationality into a marketable commodity, threaten international efforts to combat tax evasion, has been published by the OECD

OECD Tax Database

List of countries by tax rates, tax rates by countries and territories - <List of countries by personal income tax rate, as Ivory Coast, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, Aruba, Belgium, Israel, Slovenia, are listed with 50 and more per cent, and as Bahamas, Bahrain, Bermuda, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates are listed with 0 per cent

Corporate tax, a direct tax imposed by a jurisdiction on the income or capital of corporations or analogous legal entities. Many countries impose such taxes at the national level, and a similar tax may be imposed at state or local levels. The taxes may also be referred to as income tax or capital tax. - Tax competition, a form of regulatory competition, exists when governments use reductions in fiscal burdens to encourage the inflow of productive resources or to discourage the exodus of those resources
International corporate tax rates, listed by countries: International corporate tax rates, listed by countries' integrated corporate tax rates in 2019
October 2021 Global minimum corporate tax rate (proposal): Global minimum corporate tax rate, a proposal to reduce tax competition between countries and the avoidance of corporate taxes by setting a world-wide minimum corporate tax rate. It is expected to be finalised and signed by country leaders at the end of October 2021, and subsequently confirmed by parliaments
8 October 2021 lnternational collaboration to end tax avoidance: 8 October 2021: International collaboration to end tax avoidance, as 136 countries and jurisdictions joined a new two-pillar plan to reform international taxation rules and ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate
8 October 2021 136 countries agree to minimum corporate tax rate: 8 October 2021: 136 countries agree to minimum corporate tax rate after Ireland drops its opposition

Since 1974 International Energy Agency IEA, an autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis - OECD member states can become members of the IEA, as except for Chile, Iceland, Israel, and Slovenia, all OECD member states are members of the IEA
Since 1993 promotion of renewable energy: Since 1993 Promotion of renewable energy and Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme of International Energy Agency IEA
Since 2009 International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation: Since 2009 International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation
November 2019 Africa poised to lead way in global green revolution: 8 November 2019: Africa poised to lead way in global green revolution, according to IEA report, saying the continent is set for massive urbanisation but can avoid relying on fossil fuels
12 March 2020 IEA warns coronavirus health crisis could cause economic crisis: 12 March 2020: The International Energy Agency IEA warns the coronavirus health crisis may lead to a slump in global carbon emissions this year, but the outbreak poses a threat to long-term climate action by undermining investment in clean energy
30 April 2020 IEA says covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels: 30 April 2020: Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels triggering multi-decade lows for the world’s consumption of oil, gas and coal, says IEA, as renewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years
May 2020 growth of renewable energy will slow due to the impact of covid-19: 20 May 2020: The global growth of renewable energy will slow for the first time in 20 years due to the impact of covid-19, but a rebound is possible in 2021, according to the IEA, if critical government decisions made within the next few months support a green economic recovery from the pandemic
18 June 2020 world has six months to avert climate crisis: 18 June 2020: World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert, as IEA chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions following covid-19 pandemic
3 August 2020 IEA says increase of SUV numbers, high-polluting cars threat to public health: 3 August 2020: The large increase in numbers of SUVs in the UK and around the world is the second-largest contributor to the increase in global emissions since 2010, according to the International Energy Agency, also saying if SUV drivers were a nation, they would rank seventh in the world for carbon emissions
15 July 2021 IEA warns about remaining and returning fossil fuels: 15 juillet 2921: La demande en électricité booste le recours aux énergies fossiles, et les énergies renouvelables ne se développent pas assez vite pour couvrir nos besoins en courant, alerte jeudi l’Agence internationale de l’énergie

Since 2009 International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA, an intergovernmental organisation mandated to facilitate cooperation, advance knowledge, and promote the adoption and sustainable use of renewable energy, and the first international organisation to focus exclusively on renewable energy
23 June 2021 most new wind and solar projects will be cheaper than coal as two-thirds of renewable energy schemes expected to undercut coal costs: 23 June 2021: Almost two-thirds of wind and solar projects built globally last year will be able to generate cheaper electricity than even the world’s cheapest new coal plants, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency Irena, as the agency found that the falling cost of new windfarms and solar panels meant 62% of new renewable energy projects could undercut the cost of up to 800 gigawatts worth of coal plants (or almost enough to supply the UK’s electricity needs 10 times over)


Fusion power, a proposed form of power generation that would generate electricity by using heat from nuclear fusion reactions in fusion reactors (proposed) - Proposed fusion reactors - Nuclear fusion
Since October 2007 international nuclear fusion research and engineering project ITER: Since October 2007 ITER, an international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject, which will be the world's largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment, funded and run by 7 member entities including the EU, India, Japan, China, Russia, South Korea, USA, as the EU, as host party for the ITER complex, is contributing 45.46% of the cost and as 35 countries are participating in the project with an experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor built next to the Cadarache facility in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance in southern France
Since 20th century problems and criticism of ITER project: Since 20th century problems and criticism of ITER project
1988-2035 timeline after ITER project officially initiated: Since 1988 timeline and status of ITER project
28 July 2020 Iter projec began its five-year assembly phase: 28 July 2020: Iter projec, the world’s largest nuclear fusion project aiming to show clean fusion power can be generated at commercial scale, began its five-year assembly phase on Tuesday in southern France, with the first ultra-hot plasma expected to be generated in late 2025

Since 20th century similar reactors to ITER project: Since 20th century similar reactors to ITER project, including Germany's Wendelstein 7-X, an experimental stellarator built by the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Russia's T-15MD tokamak in parallel with its ITER participation, DEMO, a proposed nuclear fusion power station that is intended to build upon the ITER experimental nuclear fusion reactor, NIF National Ignition Facility, a large laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device in California, SST-2 Steady State Superconducting Tokamak, a plasma confinement experimental device in India, as well as CFETR China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor, also STEP Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production, a spherical tokamak concept proposed by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, funded by UK government and aiming to produce net electricity from fusion on a timescale of 2040



World Trade Organization since 1995 - Member states (and observers) of the WTO and list of accession dates
Economic history of the world - International trade - the exchange of goods and services across international borders or territories - International trade by subcategories and 'wikipedia' pages by alphabetical order

Foreign trade by country - Commodity markets - History of money
2019/2020 list of countries by exports: 2019 list of countries (including European Union as an economic union) by exports, 2018-2020 merchandise exports
2019 list of countries by imports and statistics: 2019 list of countries by imports - State import statistics by the International Trade Administration
History of accounting - History of banking - Merchant bank
Economic integration
2016 list of countries by leading trade partners: List of countries by leading trade partners and WHO's list of 30 largest bilateral trade volume in 2013 - Lists of trading partners - List of USA states and territories by exports and imports

Environmental economics, concerned with environmental issues - Ecological economics addressing the interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems - Ecology, the scientific analysis and study of interactions among organisms and their environment, and an interdisciplinary field that includes biology, geography, and Earth science
Energy economics
2018 list of countries by oil exports: 2018 list of countries by oil exports, by net oil exports and domestic production in 2016

Timeline of international trade: Timeline of international trade
Since 15th/16th centuries 'Age of Sail' and 'Industrial Revolution': Since 15th/16th centuries the 'Age of Sail' and the 'Industrial Revolution', following Vasco da Gama's voyages linking Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans
Since 20th century timeline of international trade: Since 20th century timeline of international trade

Since 1995 World Trade Organization by subject: World Trade Organization by subject - World Trade Organization member economies - Ministerial Conferences - World Trade Organization agreements - World Trade Organization's website - Annual World Trade Report
Since 2001 Doha Development Round: Doha Development Round since 2001 - 2001 WTO negotiations on trade and the environment
December 2013 China challenges USA and reform deal: 3 December 2013: China challenges USA anti-dumping measures at WTO in Bali - 4 December: India rejects WTO proposals on food security in Bali - 7 December 2013: WTO reaches its first ever reform deal simplifying procedures to boost global trade, allowing countries to provide subsidy on staple food crops without any threat of punitive action
August 2014 India blocks trade deal: 2 August 2014: WTO's future in doubt after India blocks trade deal
July 2018 Chinese complaint against the USA: 16 July 2018: China has filed a complaint against the USA at the World Trade Organization after Donald Trump’s threats to place tariffs on an additional $200bn worth of Chinese goods, and after China trade surplus with USA hits record $29bn high in June 2018
April 2020 international trade could be on course for a collapse as severe as that of the 1930s: 8 April 2020: International trade has dried up as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and could be on course for a collapse as severe as that of the 1930s Great Depression, according to the WTO, saying even the most optimistic scenario for 2020 was that trade would shrink by 13%, a bigger drop than in the 2008-09 recession caused by the banking crisis
24 December 2021 removing global trade barriers would help to tackle climate crisis, WTO head says: 24 December 2021: Removing trade barriers around the world would help to tackle the climate crisis, enable a “just transition” away from fossil fuels and make developing countries more resilient to the impacts of global heating, the head of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said

Dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization - Subjects of WTO dispute settlement cases
Since 1990s WTO dispute settlement cases: Since 1990s chronological list of WTO dispute settlement cases, as of July 2016, there have been 507 such cases

Criticism of the World Trade Organization: Criticism of the World Trade Organization
1994-2004 Global Environment and Trade Study: Global Environment and Trade Study non-profit research institute established in 1994 to study the complex linkages between international trade and environmental sustainability
1999 lack of legitimacy of the WTO: 1999 Lack of transparency, participation and legitimacy of the WTO
Since 1999 labour standards debate: Since 1999 trade and labour standards debate among and within WTO member countries, after ILO member governments agreed to prohibit and eliminate the worst forms of child labour
2002 WTO and world poverty: 2002 'World Poverty and Human Rights' study explaining that the poorest 44% of humankind have 1.3% of global income and that out of a total of 6,575 million human beings 826 million of them do not have enough to eat
2013 WTO, energy production and trade: 2 September 2013: WTO, energy trade, implications for renewable energy and the OPEC cartel - the WTO does not deal specifically with the energy sector, creating several problems when it comes to regulating trade in energy goods and services

List of customs territories, including sovereign states (including freely associated states), which typically have independent customs policies, enumerated on the list of sovereign states, including both freely associated states and partially recognized states
Member states of the World Customs Organization, as the 175 sovereign states, 4 customs territories and one customs union are divided into regional groups by continent
Countries by international organization and by common interests




Regional organizations - International organization, including international nongovernmental organizations and intergovernmental organizations - List of regional organizations by population - Regional integration
Since 2001 African Union AU, a continental union consisting of 55 countries of the continent of Africa (with exception of various territories of European possessions), founded in Addis Ababa to replace the Organisation of African Unity OAU, established in 1963 in Addis Ababa by 32 signatory governments - Economy of the African Union - Assembly of the African Union, one of several decision-making bodies within the African Union, the other bodies are the Pan-African Parliament, the Executive Council, consisting of foreign ministers of the AU members states, and the African Union Commission - Since 1998 African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, a continental court established by African countries to ensure protection of human and peoples' rights in Africa, as of January 2019 nine state parties to the protocol (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, the Gambia and Tunisia) have made a declaration recognizing the competence of the Court and 30 states have ratified the protocol

Lists of trade blocs - List of economic unions - List of multilateral free-trade agreements

Supranational union, a type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states
European Union EU, a political and economic union of 28 (possibly 27 since March 2019) member states with an area of 4,475,757 km2 and an estimated population of about 513 million - Treaties of the European Union - European Union legislative procedure - European integration - Since 1952 European Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of EU law, tasked with interpreting EU law and ensuring its equal application across all 28 EU member states - Since 1959/1998 European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, a supranational or international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights and 47 member states of the Council of Europe - Relationship between the European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights - European Union and the International Criminal Court


Global economic conferences

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC
2012 Apec 24th annual gathering: APEC 24th annual gathering on Russky Island 2012 - 9 September 2012: USA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Asian countries not to let their territorial disputes disrupt co-operation in a region she called the 'engine' of the global economy
October 2013 Apec Indonesia summit: APEC Indonesia October 2013
APEC November 2014: APEC November 2014
APEC Philippines November 2015: APEC Philippines November 2015 - 18 November 2015: Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets on the first day of the APEC leaders' meeting in Manila calling on leaders to put a stop to policies that solely benefit multinationals and rich countries at the expense of people in developing nations
APEC Peru November 2016: APEC Peru November 2016 - 19 November 2016: USA's Obama tries to reassure APEC at its annual summit that the USA will continue to pursue closer ties with the Asia Pacific, downplaying effects of looming Trump’s presidency, blathering about demcocracy and again being poised to shake hands with poisonous Russian war criminal Putin and allied Chinese regime's criminals and cynics
17/18 November 2018 Apec summit in Papua New Guinea: 17-18 November 2018 Apec summit in Papua New Guinea, part of the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC meetings - 17 November 2018: Fault lines were quick to emerge over the future of free trade as leaders gathered for the Asia-Pacific summit on Saturday
18 November 2023 Apec summit ends with unity on WTO reform but not Gaza or Ukraine: 18 November 2023: Pacific Rim leaders have shown divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Apec forum, while pledging support for reform of the World Trade Organizatio
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum
2012 tension in the South China Sea: 9 July 2012: Tension in the South China Sea is expected to top the agenda for Asean's regional forum this week in Phnom Penh - 10 July 2012: Asean now seeks China agreement on adopted South China Sea code - 12 July: Speaking to foreign ministers at the Southeast Asian conference the US secretary of state Clinton says the US wants to ensure freedom of navigation and peace - 13 July: Days of heated diplomacy at Southeast Asian talks have ended in failure, as deep splits over China prevented the ASEAN grouping from issuing its customary joint statement - 18 November 2012: ASEAN Summit discusses territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and ethnic conflict in Myanmar - 19 November 2012: 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations fails to present a united front over the South China Sea dispute
2013/2014 Asean summit in Brunei: 9 October 2013: Asean summit gets under way in Brunei - 11 May 2014: Concerns over China's aggressive behavior in the South China Sea top the agenda in first ASEAN summit talks hosted by Myanmar
November 2015 South-east Asian ministers cancel joint accord amid South China Sea hostility: 4 November 2015: South-east Asian ministers cancel joint accord amid South China Sea hostility, following divisions over China’s claim on disputed islands
November 2019 35th Asean Summit Meeting in Thailand: 31 October–4 November 2019 35th Asean Summit Meeting in Thailand
4 November 2019 Chinese 'intimidation' in the South China Sea: 4 November 2019: USA has condemned Chinese 'intimidation' in the South China Sea, alleging it has bullied smaller south-east Asian nations by militarising the resource-rich waters and seeking to control the global trade route
June 2020 tensions in the South China Sea: 27 June 2020: South-east Asian 10-country bloc Asean leaders said a 1982 UN oceans treaty should be the basis of sovereign rights and entitlements in the South China Sea, in one of their strongest remarks opposing China’s claim to virtually the entire disputed waters on historical grounds
5–7 September 2023 43rd ASEAN summit in Indonesia's capital Jakarta: 5–7 September 2023 43rd ASEAN summit in Indonesia's capital Jakarta - 13 July 2023: USA's Secretary of State Antony Blinkenc met with Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ASEAN talks in Jakarta, as his goal was to 'maintain open channels of communication to clarify U.S. interests across a wide range of issues and to responsibly manage competition by reducing the risk of misperception and miscalculation', and as Wilson Center's Lucas Myers told VOA that ASEAN members are divided over whether and how to deal with Myanmar’s military rulers
Pacific Islands Forum aiming to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean since 1971
2014: 30 July 2014: A summit of Pacific leaders opened in Palau with a call for developed nations to take action on climate change and stop overfishing the world's largest ocean
Since 2007/2017 'Quadrilateral Security Dialogue' of Australia, India, Japan, and the USA intended for the Quadrilateral to establish an 'Asian Arc of Democracy' in the Indo-Pacific region
11 February 2022 Russian aggression towards Ukraine could jeopardise Indo-Pacific stability: 11 February 2022: Russian aggression towards Ukraine could jeopardise Indo-Pacific stability, says USA after Quad meeting in Australia
Summits of the so-called 'Group of Seven', consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the USA, as the heads of government of the member states, as well as the representatives of the EU, meet at the annual G7 Summit - 11 May 2013: 'Group of Seven' agree to target tax evasion and avoidance - 24 March 2014: 'Group of Seven' countries snub Putin and refuse to attend planned G8 summit in Russia amid fears of further Russian military moves in Ukraine, warning Russia of more sanctions if Ukraine crisis escalates - 26 April 2014: In a joint statement the G7 nations say they will act urgently to intensify 'targeted sanctions' on Russian regime - 5 June 2014: 'Group of Seven', gathered in Brussels, focused on Russia's involvement in the Ukraine crisis, urging Russian regime to respect international law - 31 July: G7 states have threatened Russian regime with tougher sanctions if it continues to oppose the de-escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
April 2015: 15 April 2015: As the USA is concerned about the ceasefire violation by the pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, G7 countries in a meeting of foreign ministers in Lübeck discuss escalation in violence in Ukraine - 16 April: G7 ministers have not discussed Russia's return to group
June 2015: 41st G7 summit 7-8 June 2015 - 5 June 2015: Ukrainian FM Klimkin expects powerful signals at G7 summit for the full implementation of the 2015 Minsk agreements - 5 June 2015: Canadian PM Stephen Harper says Russia with Putin shouldn't rejoin G7, explaining that there 'really is no point in having a dialogue' - 8 June: G7 summit opens with tough line on Russian agression against Ukraine - 8 June 2015: G7 industrial nations agree to phase out fossil fuel use by end of century, also announcing initiatives to work for an end to extreme poverty and hunger
April/May 2016: 11 April 2016: At a meeting in Hiroshima, G7 calls on Russian regime to comply with Minsk accords and to influence Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine and condemns the illegal annexation of Crimea - 16 May: Ukraine's Poroshenko urges G7 countries to continue their sanctions against Russia following its failure to observe Minsk agreement - 21 May 2016: The Group of Seven major economies commit to step up war on terrorist funding issues 'action plan' for increased information-sharing and collaboration on sanctions for terror group money networks
May 2016 42nd G7 summit: 42nd G7 summit 26/27 May 2016 at the Shima Kanko Hotel in Kashiko Island, Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan - 26 May 2016: Guardian's live coverage as group of seven convenes at controversial Japanese Ise-Shima location, with global economy, terrorism, refugee crisis and South China Sea high on agenda, and G7 summit politicians planting Japanese cedar trees close to the inner Naiku shrine at Ise Jingu - 29 May: G7 governments welcome the substantial energy policy reforms ongoing in Ukraine, and strongly urge it to pursue further ambitious reform of its energy sector, reiterating that 'in the context of the ongoing crisis between the Russian Federation and Ukraine ... energy should not be used as a means of political coercion or as a threat to security
April 2017: 10 April 2017: Last week’s murderous chemical attack on Khan Sheikhun in Syria and Russia’s support for the Assad regime are likely to top the agenda as G7 foreign ministers gather for a meeting in Italy's city of Lucca - 11/12 April 2017: G7 foreign ministers seek new push to end Syria war, blaming Assad’s military for a deadly chemical attack last week, as UK's Boris Johnson calls for more sanctions against Russian and Syrian regime, claiming that Putin is 'toxifying' Russia’s image and that he has to choose between withdrawing support for Assad or facing penalties, but France, Germany and Italy vetoed the idea of targeting Russian and Syrian military leaders, encouraging war criminals
May 2017 43rd G7 summit: 43rd G7 summit will be held on May 26–27, 2017 in Taormina, Sicily, Italy - 26 May 2017: With the USA president apparently reluctant to compromise with Europeans over climate change, trade, famine, refugees and migration, hopes for crisis plan fall into chasm between G7 and USA's Trump
March 2018: 14 March 2018: Ukraine's Poroshenko urges G7 not to recognize Russian elections in occupied Crimea
April 2018: 23 April 2018: G7 countries advocate extension of sanctions imposed on Russia following its unacceptable actions in Ukraine, as G7 Foreign Ministers insist territorial sovereignty must be respected, remaining determined to oppose Russian regime's malign behavior and its efforts to 'destabilize' nations around the world - 24 April 2018: G7 unite to condemn Russia for covering up Assad's crimes - 25 April 2018: G7 countries call Russia's actions in Ukraine, Syria unacceptable
June 2018 44th G7 summit: 8/9 June 2018 44th G7 summit will be held at the Manoir Richelieu in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada - 4 June 2018: Trade war fears turn Canada's G7 summit into six-plus-Trump ahead of Trump’s planned summit with North Korean regime's Kim Jong Un and Russian regime's World Cup event amid its ongoing war crimes since years - 8 June 2018: A rapid response unit to combat hostile state action ranging from cyber-attacks to poisonings has been agreed by G7 members meeting in Québec, at odds with Donald Trump’s call to readmit Russian regime to the G7 - 10 juin 2018: Le Japon et les Etats-Unis ont refusé samedi de signer un nouvel engagement du G7 contre la pollution des océans par le plastique, un sujet qui a encore plus divisé le groupe que le commerce ou le changement climatique - 10 June 2018: USA's Trump, who arrived late and left early to fly to Singapore, has left the G7 network of global cooperation in disarray after he pulled the USA out of a previously agreed summit communique - 21 June 2018: G7 ambassadors demand release of Ukrainians imprisoned by Putin regime
15 July 2018: 15 July 2018: The G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the USA, as well as the High Representative of the EU have called on Russian regime to cooperate with MH17 investigators, saying that 'the JIT's findings on Russia's role in the downing of MH17 are compelling, significant and deeply disturbing', and standing 'together against the impunity of those who engage in aggressive actions that threaten the rules-based international order', as soccer mob roars 'goal' in Russia
April 2019: 6 April 2019: G7 foreign ministers at end of meeting in France released statement including mildly worded joint commitments on issues such as fighting cybercrime, giving women bigger peacemaking roles, and engaging with countries in Africa’s Sahel region to combat migrant trafficking, acknowledging itself 'clear differences' on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other major conflicts and crises - 7 April 2019: G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the USA, and the High Representative of the European Union have called on Russia to release the 24 Ukrainian Navy sailors seized along with their three naval vessels last year near the Kerch Strait
August 2019 G7 summit in Biarritz: 24-26 August 2019 45th G7 summit in Biarritz in France - 19 August 2019: French authorities have expelled German journalist for radio station Dreyeckland from the country and banned him from staying in France until after next week's G7 Summit in Biarritz - 22 August 2019: Congratulating president Zelensky on the occasion of the upcoming Independence Day and wishing the Ukrainian people success and prosperity, British PM Boris Johnson assures Ukraine of opposing Russia's return to G7 - 22 August 2019: EU against Russia's return to G7 world leaders' talks, official says - 24 August 2019: G7 leaders to hold emergency talks over Amazon wildfires crisis, as Ireland's Leo Varadkar, who was first to call the EU-Mercosur agreement into question, said Bolsonaro’s attempt to blame the fires on environmental groups was 'Orwellian' and nternational efforts to force Brazil to change its deforestation policies gathered momentum - 25 August 2019: After terrorism supporting French presidency overbearing said G7 leaders had even agreed that Macron should hold talks and pass on messages to Iran, Macron forced to deny receiving OK to give message to Iran in name of G-7 leaders - 25 August 2019: Iranian murderous regime's Zarif had flown to Biarritz making surprise wisit to G7 at the provocative invitation of his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, as Israel is battling to fend off Iranian regime's terrorism across the Middle East aimed at destroying Israel, including plans to attack the Jewish state with explosive drones - 25 August 2019: Haftar’s forces carrying all-out offensive to recapture Gharyan, seized by GNA forces about two months ago, delivering a blow to Haftar’s French backed forces who were using the city as the control room for their fighting operations in southern Tripoli
September 2019 false G7 hopes on Iran: 2 September 2019: Following false G7 hopes on Iran, 'the best policy would be maintaining, and even increasing pressure on the regime and providing the mullahs no breathing room while Iran's people seek to settle scores with the ruling clerics', Iranian opposition group says
21 February 2021 UK urged to take lead in easing debt crisis in developing countries: 21 February 2021: UK urged to take lead in easing debt crisis in developing countries, as Boris Johnson should use upcoming G7 presidency to insist UK banks join debt suspension schemes and to alleviate a new developing country debt crisis, campaigners say
4 May 2021 G7 ministers meet for bilats on sidelines of meeting in London: 4 May 2021: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations are gathering in London - their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years - to grapple with threats to health, prosperity and democracy, as the host country Britain has warned that the increasingly aggressive activities of Russia, China and Iran pose a challenge to democratic societies and the international rule of law
2 June 2021 G7 nations have pumped many billions of dollars into fossil fuels in 2020/21: 2 June 2021: G7 nations have pumped billions of dollars more into fossil fuels than they have into clean energy since the Covid-19 pandemic, despite their promises of a green recovery, as - while the UK prepares to host the G7 summit - new analysis reveals that the countries attending committed $189bn to support oil, coal and gas between January 2020 and March 2021, and as in comparison, the same countries – the UK, US, Canada, Italy, France, Germany and Japan – spent $147bn on clean forms of energy - 2 June 2021: Climate crisis is suffocating the world’s lakes, as falling oxygen levels harming already struggling wildlife and drinking water supplies, say scientists
4 June 2021 EU’s 4 biggest economies raise pressure for a landmark agreement to curb tax abuse by multinational companies: 4 June 2021: EU’s 4 biggest economies raise pressure for a landmark agreement to curb tax abuse by multinational companies to be reached at G7 meetings in London on Friday, as - in a letter in the Guardian - the finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Spain said a critical moment had been reached to strike a blow against tax avoidance as governments around the world attempt to rebuild from the covid-19 pandemic
4 June 2021 USA president Biden plans to confront Putin at G7 summit: 4 June 2021: USA president Biden plans to confront Putin at G7 summit, as FBI chief likens ransomware threat to 9/11, the 'Guardian' reports live
5 June 2021 G7 finance ministers' accord backing the creation of a global minimum corporate tax rate: 5 June 2021: G7 finance ministers and from rich nations reached a landmark accord on Saturday backing the creation of a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15% in an effort to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some corporations
7 June 2021 climate crisis to shrink G7 economies twice as much as covid-19, says research: 7 June 2021: After the economies of G7 nations contracted by about 4.2% on average in the covid-19 pandemic, they will lose 8.5% of GDP a year, or nearly $5tn wiped off their economies, within 30 years if temperatures rise by 2.6C, as they are likely to on the basis of government pledges and policies around the world, according to research from Oxfam and the Swiss Re Institute
7 June 2021 wealthy nations breaking climate pledge with gas dash in global south: 7 June 2021: Wealthy nations breaking climate pledge with gas dash in global south, as study finds leading economies have funded projects related to fossil fuel, worsening global heating, as a week before the G7 summit the report reveals low and middle-income nations received nearly $16bn a year between 2017 and 2019 to fund projects related to gas, a fossil fuel that worsens global heating
10 June 2021 initiated by USA G7 summit will call for a transparent WHO investigation into origins of covid-19: 10 June 2021: Leaders at the G7 summit will call for a new, transparent investigation by the WHO into the origins of the coronavirus, according to a leaked draft communique for the meeting, as the call was initiated by Joe Biden’s administration and follows his decision to expand USA's investigation into the origins of the pandemic, and as statement also indicates G7 will also commit to delivering 1bn vaccine doses and plans to tackle forced labour - 10 June 2021: The 'Guardian' presents top items of G7 gathering at Cornwall, and some possible outcomes, including 'Russia – and threats to democracy', China's threats for the world, vaccines, tax, aid and girls’ education, climate and 'Brexit'
11-13 June 2021 47th G7 summit in the UK: 11-13 June 2021 47th G7 summit in the United Kingdom while it holds the presidency of the G7
12 June 2021 G7 backs Biden infrastructure plan to rival China’s belt and road initiative: 12 June 2021: The G7 group of rich nations has agreed plans to set up an alternative to Beijing regime’s belt and road initiative as part of a broad push back against regime covering human rights, supply chains, support for Taiwan and demands to reveal more about the origins of the covid-19 pandemic
13 June 2021: Charities say G7 failed to deliver on covid-19 and climate emergency13 June 2021: G7 failed to deliver on covid-19 and climate crises and emergency, a coalition of 75 charities says including Care, the International Rescue Committee, Oxfam and Save the Children, reported live via London
6 August 2021 G7 blames Iran for 'deliberate and targeted' deadly ship attack: 6 August 2021: Foreign ministers of the G7 member states issued a joint statement blaming Iran for orchestrating last week's deadly attack on an Israeli-linked ship off the coast of Oman, saying 'Iran’s behavior, alongside its support to proxy forces and non-state armed actors, threatens international peace and security'
19 November 2021 G7 condemns Belarusian human rights violations in Belarus–EU border crisis: 19 novembre 2021: Les grandes puissances du G7 ont 'condamné l'orchestration par le régime bélarusse' de la crise migratoire depuis juillet, sommant Minsk d'y mettre un terme 'immédiatement' et d'autoriser l'accès à l'aide humanitaire, concernant réfugiés et migrants en provencance d'Irak, de Syrie, de l'Afghanistan, de l'Iran, de la Republique du Congo, de Cameroun, de la Russie et Biélorussie. En attendant, sur le terrain, les tentatives de traversée de la frontière continuaient - Since July 2021 Belarus–EU border crisis (Wikipedia)
11/12 December 2021 UK G7 meeting of foreign ministers shows western unity against China and Russia: 11 December 2021: UK G7 meeting in Liverpool of foreign ministers as show of western unity against China and Russia, as UK foreign secretary Liz Truss hosts the meeting held against the backdrop of a potential Putin regime's invasion of Ukraine, tensions in the South China Sea and the potential collapse of the Iran nuclear deal - 12 December 2021: G7 leaders warn Russia all sanctions on table over Ukraine border buildup, as further military aggression against Ukraine would ‘face massive consequences and severe cost in response’, says UK foreign secretary at Liverpool talks
31 January 2022 G7 Ambassadors’ Support Group for Ukraine announced priority areas of cooperation: 31 January 2022: G7 Ambassadors’ Support Group for Ukraine has announced the priority areas of cooperation with the country in 2022 wanting to support Ukraine in three main areas including judicial reform, combat corruption, and building effective governance and institutions, measures to ensure Ukraine's economic development, the implementation of the 'green transition' and energy reform, the reform of the defense and security sectors, as well as that of the law enforcement system
22 June 2022 ahead of G7 meeting children in Somalia starving to death ‘before our eyes’: 22 June 2022: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’, as children in Somalia starving to death ‘before our eyes’ say aid workers when G7 leaders warned only ‘massive’ and urgent funding will avert famine
26-28 June 2022 48th G7 summit in Germany's Bavarian Alps: 26-28 June 2022 48th G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavarian Alps - 2 July 2022: At a meeting of the G7 Group of Seven rich democracies this week, leaders discussed imposing price caps on Russian crude, a move critics say is 'ambitious'. Some of the topics discussed were the war in Ukraine, rising energy prices, food security, investment, and technology. Multibillion-dollar pledges were made, including plans to raise $600bn to fund global infrastructure projects in developing countries, 'Al Jazeera' reports.
17 May 2023 former world leaders urge G7 to get nuclear arms control back on track: 17 May 2023: A global array of former world leaders and defence ministers, nuclear experts and diplomats have called on the leaders of G7 countries at their meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, not to let progress on nuclear arms control continue to be the victim of growing geopolitical conflict, including the conflict between the west and Russia over Ukraine, as Japanese PM Kishida intends to take world leaders arriving this week for the summit to the harrowing Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, where they will see graphic depictions of the US attack in 1945
19–21 May 2023 49th G7 summit in Hiroshima: 19–21 May 2023 49th G7 summit in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
21 May 2023 going further than G7 summit statement UK's Sunak says China poses biggest threat to global security: 21 May 2023: China poses the biggest challenge to global security and prosperity of our age with the 'means and intent to reshape the world order', UK's PM Rishi Sunak has said, adding that G7 leaders including Japan, the USA, Canada and European nations had shown 'unity and resolve' in confronting the problems posed by Beijing, but went further than the summit statement in outlining the threat that China poses to the world, appearing to rank it even higher than Russia as a global security threat
Summits of the so-called 'Group of Eight'
2012: 38th G8 summit 18–19 May 2012 - 10 May 2012: Russia President Putin will miss G8 Camp David summit later this month
2013: 39th G8 summit 17–18 June 2013 - 16 June 2013: The crisis in Syria is likely to top the agenda at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland 2013 - thousands of protesters were due on the streets of Belfast on Saturday to urge G8 leaders to act on global poverty - 18 June 2013: OECD report to help G8 offensive against tax evaders outlining how to bring about automatic sharing of financial information - 18 June 2013: Syrian conflict gets the spotlight as ‘G7 plus one’ summit opens - 18 June: Isolated at global summit, Russia's Putin clashed with other leaders - call for immediate peace talks on Syria
2014 Russia's Ukraine actions 'incompatible' with G8 membership: 40th G8 summit was planned for 4–5 June 2014 at the Black Sea resort of Sochi - 3 March: Russia's Ukraine actions 'incompatible' with G8 membership, west says as G7 leaders withdraw from preparations for June summit in Sochi - 24 March: Western nations cancel G8 summit planned for Sochi after Russia violated international law in Ukraine
'Brics' (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summits - 27 March 2013: 'Brics' bloody hands summit as Assad's Russian warplanes continue to destroy Syrian neighbourhoods and as the opposition, having few weapons to counter Assad’s helicopter gunships, warplanes and missiles, asks for international help to protect suffering and murdered people
24 August 2023 Brics to admit six new countries to bloc including Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE: 24 August 2023: Brics to admit six new countries to bloc including Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE. The summit underlined divisions with the west over the war in Ukraine, and the support Russia enjoys from its Brics partners at a time of global isolation. South Africa, China and India have not condemned Russia’s invasion while Brazil has refused to join western nations in sending arms to Ukraine or imposing sanctions on Moscow. USA officials have played down the likelihood of Brics emerging as a geopolitical rival, describing the bloc as a highly diverse collection of countries containing both friends and rivals. The Brics are a disparate mix of big and small economies, democratic and authoritarian states and war mongers like Russia, and the candidates seeking membership and those admitted to the club also reflect this variety.
Summits of the group of 20 major economies - 28 November 2013: USA reportedly spied on G8 and G20 summits in Ontario in 2010
2012/2013: 5 novembre 2012: Les devoirs budgétaires et deux journées de débats du G20 à Mexico - 17 February 2013: G20 financial officials meeting agree not to manipulate their currencies to benefit their economies - 20 July 2013: Finance ministers from the G20 group have formally backed plans to tackle international tax avoidance and evasion
5/6 September 2013 G-20 Saint Petersburg summit and sarin nerve gas attack near Damascus: 5/6 September 2013 G-20 Saint Petersburg summit - 5 September 2013: Obama to make G20 push for strike against Assad regime - 5 September 2013: After David Cameron’s presentation of new data about sarin nerve gas use in the chemical attack near Damascus in August, the Putin regime answers that Britain is 'a small island no one listens to', apart from some oligarchs - 6 September: British PM David Cameron bristles at Russia's 'small island' comment, starting with British resistance against fascism during World War II - 6 September: Ten members of the Group of 20 international economies joined the United States in accusing the Syrian government of carrying a chemical weapons attack on civilians last month and called for a strong international response against the Assad regime - 10 December: Chinese hackers spied on Europeans before G20 meeting
10 octobre 2013: Les ministres des Finances du G20 à partir de jeudi à Washington, en marge des réunions du FMI et de la Banque mondiale, pour maintenir le cap d'une économie mondiale désorientée, entre autres, par les Etats-Unis
2014: 21 September 2014: In Cairns (Australia) G20 finance ministers agree to automatically exchange tax information on a reciprocal basis by end of 2018 to stamp out evasion - 22 September: G20 worried about the 'stumbling block' of Europe's slow growth
15/16 November 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit: 15/16 November 2014 G-20 Brisbane (Australia) summit
15/16 November 2015 G-20 Antalya summit and Putin: 15/16 November 2015 G-20 Antalya summit - 15 November 2015: G20 summit in the Turkish city of Antalya, as global security and the conflict in Syria are likely to be even more pressing following Islamic State's terror attacks in Paris which claimed more than 120 lives - 22 November 2015: Western politicians who met on the margins of G-20 summit agreed to extend sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine by six months until July 2016, despite some calls to cooperate more closely with Russian regime, committing war crimes and supporting terrorism
2016: 23 July 2016: G20 ministers urge tighter tax rules for multinationals not contributing appropriately to the economies where they make their money
4/5 September 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit: 4/5 September 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit - 2-4 September 2016: China and the USA, the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, join 2015 Paris climate pact on eve of G20 summit in Hangzhou, as Hurricane Hermine leaves two people dead in Florida, after storm tore a path of destruction, flooding low-lying areas and raising concerns about the spread of the Zika virus due to the massive pools of standing water left behind
7/8 July 2017 G20 Hamburg summit in the city of Hamburg: 26 June 2017: Dozens of city mayors from around the world led by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo call on G20 leaders to stick to their commitments on tackling climate change, saying they are inspired by the 'courage' shown by more than 300 mayors in cities across the USA who have committed to upholding the Paris Agreement - 7/8 July 2017 G20 Hamburg summit in the city of Hamburg - G20 Hamburg summit protests June-July 2017
November/December 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Putin and bonesaw bin Salman: November/December 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit21 November 2018: Novichok-Putin, Trump may meet Chop-the-head-off Saudi crown prince at G20 in Argentina - 29 November 2018: Argentine legal authorities took initial action to consider a request from Human Rights Watch to prosecute Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman for crimes against humanity - 30 November 2018: G20 participants including Marcron and Trump welcome Saudi prince at G20 stage, showing he’s not isolated and mocking humans, as Mohammed bin Salman and Russia's Putin both grinned broadly and greeted each other with an enthusiastic, thumping handshake that resembled a high-five, and hearty laughter - 1 December 2018: Macron's chat with Saudi prince captured at G20 - Für den 2018 G20-Gipfel in Buenos Aires hat die argentinische Regierung einen Betrag von 112 Millionen US-Dollar zu Lasten der argentinischen Steuerzahler veranschlagt, u.a. für das Catering, das Gala-Dinner im Teatro Colón, die Gastgeschenke an die Delegationen inklusive die Mörder aus Rußland und Saudi-Arabien, und nicht eingerechnet 'Zusatzausgaben' an Material für die Sicherheit wie 12 Kleinflugzeuge Beechcraft TC6 Texan II von den USA für 160 Millionen US-Dollar, vier Artillerieboote von Israel für 49 Millionen USD sowie fünf Kampfflugzeuge Super Etendard von Frankreich für 12,5 Millionen USD - 1 December 2018: G20 agreement bows to Trump on trade reforms and reflects no progress on climate change - 4 December 2018: Briefed USA senators say they are certain Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi's murder, also saying the USA must 'send a clear and unequivocal message that such actions are not acceptable in the world's stage' - 13 December 2018: USA Senate votes to condemn Saudi Mohammed bin Salman, end support for Yemen war, unanimously approving a measure blaming the bone saws kingdom’s crown prince for the assassination of journalist and columnist for the 'Washington Post' Jamal Khashoggi
June 2019 G20 ministers in Japan and Oman incident: 14 June 2019: At meeting in Japan, G20 ministers to discuss Gulf of Oman incident on 13 June 13 2019, in which two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz
26 June 2019: 26 June 2019: Protesters have gathered at a rally in Hong Kong and marched to foreign consulates, including USA, British consulates and European Union’s representative office, to lobby international governments about the city’s political crisis during the G20 summit this week
28/29 June 2019 G20 Osaka summit, Putin and bonesaw bin Salman: 28/29 June 2019 G20 Osaka summit - 28 June 2019: British PM May will use a face-to-face meeting with Russian regime's Putin to reiterate the UK’s determination to bring the suspects in the Salisbury poisoning to justice, she has insisted, as the G20 gathering in Osaka also includes bonesaw Saudi Mohammed bin Salman
29 June 2019: 29 June 2019: UK PM Theresa May called on Russian regime's Putin to release the 24 Ukrainian sailors, whose vessels were forcibly seized in the Black Sea, also saying that the use of a deadly nerve agent on the streets of Salisbury formed part of a wider pattern of unacceptable regime's behaviour and was a truly despicable act that led to the death of British citizen Dawn Sturgess, as more details on several international GRU operations revealed by Bellingcat Investigation Team, including 'Mission London'
26 March 2020 G20's statement on covid-19 after a virtual summit: 26 mars 2020: Les dirigeants des pays membres du G20 ont annoncé ce jeudi ont annoncé jeudi, lors d'un sommet virtuel, leur intention d'injecter 'plus de 5000 milliards de dollars' dans l'économie mondiale pour 'contrer les répercussions sociales, économiques et financières de la pandémie» du nouveau coronavirus'
27 March 2020 back poor countries fighting Covid-19 with trillions or face disaster, G20 told: 27 March 2020: Economists and global health experts have called on G20 leaders to provide trillions of dollars to poorer countries to shore up ailing healthcare systems and economies, or face a disaster that will rebound on wealthier states through migration and health crises
28 March 2020 actions against coronavirus reveal possible action as result of political will to solve problems: 28 March 2020: Tackle climate crisis and poverty with zeal of Covid-19 fight, scientists urge, saying actions taken to suppress coronavirus reveal what measures are possible in an emergency and as result of political will to solve problems
April 2020 covid-19 crisis demands that the G20 give debt relief to sub-Saharan Africa: 11 April 2020: Covid-19 crisis demands that the G20 give debt relief to sub-Saharan Africa, the British 'Observer' reports, as China is a manufacturing centre of the world and Africa is its chief supplier of essential materials, from oil and copper to the rare-earth minerals
15 November 2020 world poverty rising as rich nations call in debt amid covid-19 warns UK's Gordon Brown: 15 November 2020: Ahead of a key G20 meeting next weekend, the former British PM Gordon Brown has warned that the international goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 is in jeopardy, as developing countries battling covid-19 pandamic sacrifice their health and education systems to pay western and Chinese creditors
21–22 November 2020 G20 Riyadh summit: 21–22 November 2020 G20 Riyadh summit, the fifteenth meeting of Group of Twenty in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia
10 July 2021 G20 backs crackdown on multinationals’ use of tax havens: 10 July 2021: G20 backs crackdown on multinationals’ use of tax havens, as finance chiefs endorse landmark move to prevent profits being shifted to low-tax countries
12 October 2021 Afghanistan ‘at make-or-break point’ says UN as G20 ministers meet: 12 October 2021: G20 tackles Afghan humanitarian crisis at special summit, France24 reports - 12 October 2021: Afghanistan ‘at make-or-break point’ says UN as G20 ministers meet by video conference, also to discuss UN proposal to channel funds to Afghanistan to ease growing humanitarian catastrophe, after Afghanistan was 75%-dependent on foreign aid before the takeover in August, and funds held overseas have been frozen by the USA
29 October 2021 global activists gather at Rome G20 to demand tougher action on China: 29 October 2021: Global activists gather at Rome G20 to demand tougher action on China, as Beijing regime must not be let off hook over human rights abuses in return for climate cooperation, say legislators, and as many of those at the Rome counter-meeting have been banned from travelling to China as punishment for campaigning against Chinese repression in Xinjiang
30/31 October 2021 G20 Rome summit: 2021 G20 Rome summit, the sixteenth meeting of Group of Twenty in Rome on 30–31 October 2021 - 30 October 2021: G20 leaders to endorse Biden proposal for global minimum corporate tax, as USA heralds ‘reshaping of rules of the global economy’, and as climate negotiators reveal that G20 must say goodbye to fossil fuel - 30 October 2021: Huge divide between rich and poor countries on climate, vaccines and tax at G20 summit, where leaders debating face to face, France24 reports
2022 G20 Bali summit with several meetings, beginning in July: 2022 G20 Bali summit, as the host country for the 2022 summit Indonesia commits to arrange seven meetings, including G20 Bali, Indonesia summit in November, G20 Indonesia Ministerial and Central Bank Governors (Finance Track) meeting, G20 Indonesia Sherpa (Sherpa Track) meeting, G20 Indonesia Deputies meeting, G20 Indonesia Working Group agenda, G20 Indonesia Engagement Group agenda - 7 July 2022: Ukraine tensions run high as Putin regime's FM Lavrov flies into Bali for G20 foreign ministers summit, when the meeting in Indonesia will be the first with the Russian envoy since the Kremlin regime invaded its neighbour, triggering global food and energy crises, as global hunger toll soars by 150 million with ongoing covid-19 crisis, Russia's Ukraine war, and with tenth of world’s population now chronically undernourished, with spectre of widespread famine drawing ever closer, UN report warns
15–16 November 2022 G20 Bali summit: 15–16 November 2022 G20 Bali summit, the seventeenth meeting of Group of Twenty G20, which was held in Nusa Dua in Indonesia's Bali island and province with issues including Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and Indonesian decarbonisation, as G7 countries, EU, Denmark and Norway announced a 20 billion US-dollar deal to decarbonise Indonesia's coal-powered economy - 17 November 2022: The World Health Organization WHO announced that three trial vaccines for Ebola will arrive in Uganda next week, after the announcement was made during the G20 meeting in Indonesia
2023 G20 Delhi summit, the 18th meeting of Group of Twenty: 2023 G20 Delhi summit, the upcoming eighteenth meeting of Group of Twenty, a summit scheduled to take place in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in 2023. India's presidency began on 1 December 2022, leading up to the summit in the fourth quarter of 2023.




World Social Forum: World Social Forum - Fórum Social Mundial (homepage) - 26 to 30 March 2013 World Social Forum in Tunis - 2016 World Social Forum in Montreal

World Economic Forum: So-called World Economic Forum WEF, founded 1971 and also called 'European Management Forum'
17–20 January 2017 so-called 'Responsive and responsible leadership' Davos WEF meeting: 11 January 2017: Before its annual meeting in Davos next week, the WEF says that the gap between rich and poor, the rising income inequality and the polarisation of societies pose a risk to the global economy in 2017 and had been behind the UK’s Brexit vote in 2016 and Donald Trump’s election victory in the USA - 20 January 2017: Assad and Putin cause main global security challenges, Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko says in an interview to CNN in Davos
7 February 2017 Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra performed at the 'World Economic Forum' in Davos, but... : 7 February 2017: Afghanistan Women’s Orchestra recently performed at the 'World Economic Forum' in the winter idyll Davos to a packed house of world leaders and executives before heading off on a European tour, but in their own country Afghan women risk their lives to play music, 'USA today' reports, even looking ahead in an anticipatory way, foreseeing August 2021 when the Taliban return and Afghanistan's female orchestra fears the future
15 July 2020 WEF warns against ‘no jobs on a dead planet': 15 July 2020: Tackling the global nature crisis could create 400m jobs and $10tn in business value each year by 2030, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum, as report warns that when the world recovers from the covid-19 pandemic there can be no business-as-usual, with today’s destruction of the natural world threatening over half of global GDP
Since August 2021 the Taliban again in Kabul and then Afghan civilians in danger: 17/08/2021: Chassé du pouvoir par les États-Unis et leurs alliés en 2001, la capitale afghane est de nouveau tombée aux mains des talibans, et les civils afghans en danger - 24 August 2021: As Taliban return, Afghanistan's female orchestra fears the future - 17 November 2021: BBC Newsnight's Sima Kotecha spoke exclusively to Afghan female judges who have just arrived in the UK, fearing for colleagues left behind, as under Taliban rule, female judges in Afghanistan have reportedly been tortured and received death threats, as hundreds were now forced into hiding, worried that those they'd convicted would now come to seek their revenge after being released from prison
5 December 2021 Taliban warned over mass executions by 22 nations, but without prosecution: 5 December 2021: After HRW's report documented more than 100 executions and abductions of former Afghan civil government officials since the Taliban took control of the country in August 2021, also documenting the murder of 47 members of the Afghan security forces by the Taliban between August and 31 October, 22 nations including the USA demand in a joint statement that the Islamist regime 'respect' its pledge not to harm former government or security personnel, the BBC reports - 5 December 2021: The Taliban murdered 13 ethnic Hazara people including a teenage girl, according to rights group, saying it found evidence the victims were massacred in Daykundi province in August
14/15 December 2021 murderous Saudi Crown Princ Salman, Qatar's Emir Sheikh al-Thani ahead of the Gulf Summit: 14/15 December 2021: Murderous Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamed al-Thani are seen ahead of the Gulf Summit at Riyadh in Saudi Arabia in December 2021
15 December 2021 Afghan children at risk of dying due to starvation over the coming months: 15 December 2021: Taliban ruled Afghanistan is starting to feel the very real fear of hunger, the weather turned fromy autumn to a sharp chill, several areas are reporting drought, which adds to the sense of growing catastrophe amid acute hunger and widespread famine, as BBC report includes video called 'Afghan baby girl sold for $500 by starving family', that documents desperate struggle of children, as UN has warned that one million children are at risk of dying due to starvation over the coming months
22-26 May 2022 ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos Agnès Callamard's criticism: 22-26 May 2022: Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos that starts on Sunday 22 May, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said 'this year’s Davos conference takes place amid a gathering storm of human rights crises', first of all including Russia’s mounting war crimes in Ukraine since February, the still-neglected climate emergency, and the ongoing failure to secure universal vaccine access. 'Many of the political and business leaders attending Davos are directly responsible for these catastrophes, whether through their explicit pursuit of anti-human rights agendas or through their contemptible inaction and failure to implement solutions.'
24 May 2022 Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges more sanctions against Russia, as EU 'on verge of breakthrough': 24 May 2022: EU oil embargo ‘in days’ as Russia flags closer China ties, as Ukrainian president Zelenskyy told global business leaders in Davos that the world must increase sanctions against Russia to deter other countries from using 'brute force' to achieve their aims, as Germany says EU is on verge of 'breakthrough' on banning Russian oil imports over its war in Ukraine 'within days'
16 January 2023 richest 1% bag two-thirds of $42 trillion in new wealth, Oxfam says calling for more taxes on the rich: 16 January 2023: Coinciding with the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Oxfam says in a new report that the world’s top 1% grabbed nearly two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth created since 2020
19 January 2023 a minute's silence observed at Davos summit in memory of Ukraine helicopter victims: 19 January 2023: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked global leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos to join him in a minute of silence to honour the people killed in a helicopter crash near Kyiv






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