Tag: United Nations
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ICJB’s Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights
On 29th March 2024, The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, Dr. Marcos A. Orellana. The submission highlighted the ongoing impacts faced by women survivors and next generations of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy due to exposure to the gas and to…
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Ethecon awards 2014/2015 – Black Planet Award denounces the chairman of the board Andrew Liveris and board member James Ringler and the major shareholders of DOW CHEMICAL
The follow Press Release appears in: English, español, deutsch and français. ethecon honours the Sudan activist Tomo Križnar and shames the manager and major shareholders of DOW CHEMICAL / Public ceremony of awarding the ethecon awards and presentation „Stop FRONTEX!“ On occasion of the International Day of Peace on September 21st, 2015, ethecon – Foundation Ethics & Economy announces…
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Special Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain Screening in NYC
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain, one of the first films to depict the night of the disaster, will be screened in NYC on September 18th. It is a moving story that details the lives of those impacted by Union Carbide’s negligence. Representatives of ICJB from India, the UK and North America will be in attendance…
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For World Water Day, ICJB Asks UNEP to Take Action on Ongoing Soil & Ground Water Contamination
To Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Michel Jarraud, Chair of United Nations Water (UN-Water) Georg Kell, Executive Director, Global Compact Robert Skinner, Associate Director, The United Nations Foundation, New York cc: Gavin Power, Deputy Director/Issue Management – CEO Water mandate, Global Compact Lila Karbassi, Issue Management – Environment, Global Compact…
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Letter: ICJB to United Nations Women – Address Violence Against Women in Ongoing Bhopal Disaster
To: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, United Nations Women cc: Chris Whatley, Executive Director, United Nations Association-USA, New York Robert Skinner, Associate Director, The United Nations Foundation, New York March 8, 2014 On the occasion of International Women’s Day, and in light of the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs), which emphasize the importance of improving maternal/reproductive health, The International Campaign…
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United Nations Campaign Launch
On the occasion of the United Nations Social Justice Day (February 20th), ICJB has launched our United Nations Campaign. The Bhopal gas disaster has reached its 30th year, and has gotten significantly worse for the affected communities. We ask: (1) Why has the United Nations been…
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European Parliament calls for UN special rapporteurs on Bhopal
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for UN special rapporteurs to visit Bhopal in order to examine and assess the effects of Union Carbide’s activities, including the 1984 disaster and subsequent poisoning of water by toxic chemicals abandoned by the company in its now-derelict factory. The resolution calls on the Governments of India…
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UN Urged To Help Rehabilitate Bhopal
The Bhopal delegation visited the United Nations today to urge the organisation to end its “20-year long discriminatory stand” by intervening in Bhopal’s continuing humanitarian disaster. “UN agencies such as WHO, ILO and UNICEF remain silent as people continue to die at the rate of one a day, and babies are born with birth defects.…