Maryknoll OGC Joins Statement on the Assassination of Honduran Environmental Leader Juan López
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined statement condemning the assassination of Honduran Environmental Leader Juan López on Sunday, September 15, 2024 and calling for justice. Juan López was an outspoken critic of open pit mining and hydro-electric projects, he was shot multiple times in his car after he left church. Honduras remains the fourth most dangerous country in Latin America for environmental activists.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Biden Administration on CBP One Changes and Protections for People on the Move
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over 75 human rights, humanitarian, civil society, and faith-based organizations in a letter thanking President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and Secretary Blinken for new policies from the Customs and Border Patrol expanding appointment access across all of Mexico, and asking for more policies that welcome migrants and asylum seekers.
Announcing U.S. Election Webinars
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns will hold webinars on policy issues relevant to the United States elections, which are only two months away.
Season of Creation
The month of September is celebrated as the Season of Creation by people of faith from around the world.
UN: Discussions on Oceans, Deep-Sea Mining
Progress made, but significant hurdles still remain, toward protections for the sea bed against exploitation by Deep-Sea Mining.
UN: Sustainable Development Not on Track
An update on the Sustainable Development Goals shows not enough progress made on the improvement targets.
Global Positive Peace Index Improved by 1%
The Institute for Economics and Peace’s index on the attitudes, institutions, and structures that create and sustain peace shows an optimistic trend from the baseline set ten years ago.
Japan Commemorates Nuclear Victims
Hiroshima and Nagasaki hold their annual ceremonies memorializing the 1945 bombings by the United States in a particularly fraught year for peace.
Bangladesh’s Yunus Reassures on Rohingyas, Garment Exports
Setting out priorities in front of diplomats and UN representatives, the new leader of Bangladesh vows continuity on two biggest policy challenges.
Myanmar: Seven Years of Rohingya Genocide
Benedict Rodgers writes in his column published in UCANews on Aug. 26, 2024, that Rohingyas are facing the gravest threats since 2017 when more than 750,000 were forced to flee to Bangladesh.
Tanzania: Maasai Defend Their Vote and Land
Tens of thousands of Maasai People living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania joined a five-day protest in August, forcing President Samia Suluhu Hassan to acknowledge their demands to restore essential social services and the right to vote.