Published by TDPel Media Thank you, Mr President. The United Kingdom thanks the Secretary General for his previous statements on the situation in Myanmar and we welcome the appointment of his new Special Envoy Dr Noeleen Heyzer. His determination to fully implement the Rosenthal report recommendations is important. Regrettably, there has been a rapid deterioration in the human rights context since the Rosenthal report was first presented. We have been shocked by verified reports of atrocities by the military against civilians, many bearing similar hallmarks to their actions in Rakhine in 2017. The Rosenthal report, al…

Published by TDPel Media Panama is racing to restore 50,000 hectares (124,000 acres) of forest by 2025 to meet its carbon emissions reduction targets under the Paris climate agreement. The nation’s public and private sectors have embarked on various forest restoration and reforestation efforts to meet that goal.The government is currently financially incentivizing teak plantations, an industry that proponents say is a win-win for the economy and environment, but which critics say pushes out native tree species, reduces biodiversity, and can indirectly even contribute to further deforestation.A long-running research pr…

Published by The Street By Luc Olinga The social media giant has made a very significant change in its content moderation policy regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Facebook plays a central role in social interactions. The company has never ceased to promote itself as a way to bring people together and make the world a better place. Millions of people around the world use its platforms to exchange, learn, discuss, create and perform a large number of daily tasks. This essential role of the giant of social networks also earned the company many criticisms. Its opponents and its supporters

Published by The Bangkok Post Many parts of Myanmar are suffering worsening power cuts that are affecting water supplies and halting online classes, compounding the misery for residents following the economic turmoil since the military seized power last year. Photographs on social media showed people queuing for water from a tanker truck in several Yangon districts. “Every day I’m worried about electricity because without (it) there is no water. We cannot cook food and my children cannot attend online school,” said Tin, 55, who lives in Yangon, where many pumps supplying water to buildings in the country’s biggest city hav…

Published by The Bangkok Post An artist-in-exile’s view of Myanmarpublished : 8 Mar 2022 at 04:00 newspaper section: [Life](http://search.bangkokpost.com/search/result_advanced?category=news&xNewsSection=Life) A personal perspective on Myanmar one year after the coup by Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, a Myanmar artist based in the Netherlands, is presented during “The Broken White Umbrella” exhibition, at Nova Contemporary, until April 30. On display is a modern new body of work by the internationally-exhibited artist reputed for creating work that explicitly commentates on the dynamics of transnational politics. Yawnghwe takes eig…

Published by Reuters UK OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s $1.3 trillion wealth fund on Monday put India’s Adani Ports under observation, for possible exclusion from its investments, for the company’s involvement in building a port terminal in military-ruled Myanmar, it said in a statement. The fund also put several other companies under observation. Norway’s sovereign fund, which invests the state’s revenues from oil and gas production for future generations, follows an ethical mandate set by parliament. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd was not immediately available for comment outside of normal business hours. (Report…