Environment

Aug 04, 2020

UNPO General Assembly: "Self-Determination Critical to Sustainable Development"

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 positive instances within the past six years where self-determination issues have been freely put to a vote. In this context, the text urges the international community to recognize that such forward-thinking...

Aug 04, 2020

UNPO General Assembly: "Self-Determination...

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...

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Jul 31, 2020

Guam: Territory to be Inducted into UNPO

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...

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Jul 29, 2020

UNPO to Welcome Five New Members - Watch the Ceremony...

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,...

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Jul 19, 2020

Gilgit Baltistan: Diamer Dam Is China's Way...

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...

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Jun 10, 2020

Gilgit-Baltistan: Millions At Risk From Melting...

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,...

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May 20, 2020

Sindh: WSC Condemns Pakistani Decision to Dam...

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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Apr 26, 2020

West Papua: Indonesia Continues Mining

Indonesia is bringing coal mining to West Papua despite an independence movement that has contested Jakarta’s claims to the region’s resources for almost 60 years and faced violent repression....

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Mar 24, 2020

Chittagong Hill Tracts: Development Project Destroying...

The Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board (CHTDB) is pursuing a project which consists of constructing roads, cutting hills, sectioning an entire village and destroying their graveyards and their ancestral...

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