The Iraqi Kurdistan region is facing an environmental crisis due to Iran’s damming of the two main rivers in the region – the Sirwan and the Little Zab. Nearly two million people depend on the rivers as the source of their livelihood, as well as drinking water and power. Over the last three years the flow of the rivers has decreased due to the dams, causing “agricultural damage and...
The Iraqi Kurdistan region is facing an environmental crisis due to Iran’s damming of the two main rivers in the region – the Sirwan and the Little Zab. Nearly two million people depend on...
Today [7 August 2020] the UNPO and Blue Ocean Law submitted a document to the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Francisco Calí Tzay, arguing that the U.S government and...
On 3 August 2020, the XV General Assembly of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization adopted a resolution on the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal 16. The resolution highlights...
The Speaker of the 35th Guam Legislature, Madam Tina Muña Barnes, will represent Guam in the territory's induction into UNPO today, at the opening plenary of the XV General Assembly of Unrepresented...
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization is proud to be welcoming five new exciting members into the organisation. The ceremony will take place during the GA opening plenary on 31 July 2020,...
The construction of the Diamer Dam in the Gilgit Baltistan region is being seen as a way for China to counter growing Indian influence in the region by cementing its economic and infrastructure ties with...
Rapidly melting glaciers in Gilgit-Baltistan are causing many to fear that the region could be affected by severe flooding. According to a study published last year in the journal Science Advances,...
The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) has strongly condemned the Pakistani Government’s decision to build a Diamer-Bhasha Dam on the Indus River. It is believed that the dam will further increase the already...
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