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ALASKA and HAWAII Pursue THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION

  UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA – Representatives from Alaska and Hawaii re-assert their diplomatic protests against the unlawful annexation of their countries in interventions and panel events during the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council that met from 13 June – 1 July of this year in Geneva, Switzerland. The United States continues to violate their right to self-determination since it misled the General Assembly of the United Nations into removing Alaska and Hawaii from the list of Non-Self-Governing…

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UN deputy chief highlights benefits from and challenges confronting oceans

27 June 2016 – Addressing a gathering on laws affecting the world’s oceans, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today underscored that healthy oceans are critical to maintaining life on the planet, while also noting their connection to broader sustainable development aims. In his remarks to the opening of the 40th annual Conference of the Centre for Oceans Law and Policy, the UN official also emphasized that oceans are fundamental to meeting many of the world’s most pressing…

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