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Q: React native: ios - Library not found for -lbolts
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*React native 0.57

*CocoaPods 1.5.3

*Xcode 10.1

I've build in debug mode It's fine but archive got errors message
Figure 1: Errors

I've open .xcworkspace instead of .xcodeproj. And remove Pods, Podfile.lock re-install pods but still not work.
I've try to link libBolts in Link Binary With Libraries but Xcode still asking for other lib up to IPods-PorjectName. But It's already in Link Binary With Libraries.
Podfile
# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '12.1'

target 'Project' do
  # Uncomment the next line if you're using Swift or would like to use dynamic frameworks
  # use_frameworks!

  rn_path = '../node_modules/react-native' # This path is likely to be `../node_modules/react-native` in your own project.

  # See http://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/integration-with-existing-apps.html#configuring-cocoapods-dependencies
  pod 'yoga', path: "#{rn_path}/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga.podspec"
  pod 'React', path: rn_path, subspecs: [
    'Core',
    'DevSupport',
    'ART',
    'RCTActionSheet',
    'RCTAnimation',
    'RCTGeolocation',
    'RCTImage',
    'RCTLinkingIOS',
    'RCTNetwork',
    'RCTSettings',
    'RCTText',
    'RCTVibration',
    'RCTWebSocket',
  ]

  pod 'react-native-fbsdk', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-fbsdk'

  pod 'react-native-image-picker', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-image-picker'

  pod 'react-native-fetch-blob', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-fetch-blob'

  pod 'Firebase/Core'
  pod 'Firebase/Messaging'

end

Package.json
{
  "name": "Project",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node node_modules/react-native/local-cli/cli.js start",
    "test": "jest"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/styled-components": "^4.1.6",
    "axios": "^0.18.0",
    "moment": "^2.24.0",
    "native-base": "^2.10.0",
    "prop-types": "^15.6.2",
    "react": "16.6.3",
    "react-addons-update": "^15.6.2",
    "react-native": "0.57.8",
    "react-native-autogrow-textinput": "^5.2.0",
    "react-native-cached-image": "^1.4.3",
    "react-native-fbsdk": "^0.8.0",
    "react-native-fetch-blob": "^0.10.8",
    "react-native-firebase": "^5.2.2",
    "react-native-gifted-chat": "^0.7.2",
    "react-native-highcharts": "^1.0.2",
    "react-native-image-picker": "^0.28.0",
    "react-native-image-zoom-viewer": "^2.2.25",
    "react-native-linear-gradient": "^2.5.3",
    "react-native-popup-menu": "^0.15.0",
    "react-native-read-more-text": "^1.1.0",
    "react-native-render-html": "^4.1.1",
    "react-native-router-flux": "^4.0.6",
    "react-native-size-matters": "^0.1.6",
    "react-native-swiper": "^1.5.14",
    "react-native-view-more-text": "^2.0.1",
    "react-redux": "^6.0.0",
    "redux": "^4.0.1",
    "redux-thunk": "^2.3.0",
    "socket.io-client": "^2.2.0",
    "styled-components": "^4.1.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/jest": "^23.3.13",
    "@types/react": "^16.7.20",
    "@types/react-native": "^0.57.29",
    "@types/react-test-renderer": "^16.0.3",
    "babel-jest": "23.6.0",
    "eslint-config-rallycoding": "^3.2.0",
    "jest": "23.6.0",
    "metro-react-native-babel-preset": "0.51.1",
    "react-native-typescript-transformer": "^1.2.11",
    "react-test-renderer": "16.6.3",
    "typescript": "^3.2.4"
  },
  "jest": {
    "preset": "react-native",
    "moduleFileExtensions": [
      "ts",
      "tsx",
      "js"
    ],
    "transform": {
      "^.+\\.(js)$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/babel-jest",
      "\\.(ts|tsx)$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/ts-jest/preprocessor.js"
    },
    "testRegex": "(/__tests__/.*|\\.(test|spec))\\.(ts|tsx|js)$",
    "testPathIgnorePatterns": [
      "\\.snap$",
      "<rootDir>/node_modules/"
    ],
    "cacheDirectory": ".jest/cache"
  },
  "rnpm": {
    "assets": [
      "./src/assets/fonts"
    ]
  }
}

A: Finally I solved It by change Deployment target version to 12.1 because version are difference between Podfile and Deployment target. Then everything is fine!.

A: In your .xcworkspace => Build Phases ==> Link Binary with Libraries :
add libPods-Project.a

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When did Carl Edwards win the Busch championship?
Carl Edwards won the 2007 Busch Series championship.
Q: When did Carl Edwards win the Busch championship?
How many points did Carl Edwards win by in the 2007 Busch Series championship?
In 2007, Carl Edwards won the Nascar Busch Series championship by 618 points.
Did Carl Edwards win the Nextel Cup championship?
No, he did not. Carl Edwards never won a NASCAR Cup Series championship.In 2007, Edwards did win the NASCAR Busch Series championship, now known as the Nationwide Series.
How many championships did Carl Edwards win in Nascar?
Carl Edwards has never won a Nascar Cup Series championship. He did however win the 2007 Busch Series championship. It is now known as the Nationwide Series.
Did Kyle Busch ever win a Nascar Cup Series championship?
No, he did not. Kyle did win the 2009 Nationwide Series championship.
Did Dale Earnhardt Sr. ever win a Busch Series championship?
No, he did not.
What year did Kurt Busch win the Winston Cup Championship?
Which NASCAR driver does a backflip after a win?
Did Dale Earnhardt Sr. win the Busch Series championship in 1981?
No. Dale Sr. never won a Busch Series championship. Also, the Nascar Busch Series inaugural season was in 1982.
Who is the best Nascar driver right now?
Carl Edwards Until another driver can win the championship who is not named Jimmie Johnson. It's Jimmie Johnson.
How many Sprint Cups did Kyle Busch win?
Kyle Busch never won a Nascar Cup Series championship.
How many Nascar Cup Series championships has Kyle Busch won?
Kyle Busch has not won a Nascar Cup Series championship. He did win the Nationwide Series championship in 2009.
Who was the favorite to win the Nascar Cup Series championship in 2011?
Carl Edwards was, but Tony Stewart came back with 5 wins in the Chase. And in Homestead, the final race, Stewart came back from a low of 40th place to win the race and the championship. He was tied with Edwards, but won a tiebreaker by having the most wins! Yay go Stewart!

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Is community annotation the solution to constantly update databases?
by Suresh Mathivanan
In the last 8 years, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have attracted significant interest among scientists for their proposed role in intercellular communication, as reservoirs for disease biomarkers, and as targeted drug delivery vehicles. Multiple groups have reported the secretion of EVs and characterised their transcriptomic, proteomic and lipidomic content. In order to compare the data generated with other studies, researchers used to perform the cumbersome task of compiling the data from published EV studies. Since the launch of ExoCarta (https://www.exocarta.org) (Mathivanan and Simpson, 2009), a manually curated exosome-centric database that catalogs RNA, proteins and lipids, the process of comparison between datasets has been made easier.
However, growing interest in EVs has made updating and maintaining an online database a daunting task. Surveys of online links in the biomedical literature report that over 20% of database links are not active after their initial publication (Wren, 2004; Wren, 2008; Ducut et al, 2008). In addition, more than 50% of databases are never updated after initial publication, limiting their usability (Wren, 2008). The underlying reasons for this database decay are often lack of personnel and continued funding. A self-sustaining system that allows for users and researchers to contribute and update the databases may be a long term solution to the problem.
This daunting task of updating databases regularly and the need for a compendium for all types of EVs prompted the development of Vesiclepedia (https://www.microvesicles.org) in 2012 (Kalra et al, 2012). The Vesiclepedia compendium allows for community annotation. Since its initial release, through the active participation of the EV research community, the amount of data contained in Vesiclepedia has doubled. In addition to hosting mammalian data, Vesiclepedia also now hosts data from all organisms including prokaryotes. Furthermore, another database driven by community annotation, EVpedia (https://www.evpedia.info) (Kim et al, 2014), which catalogues EV data from prokaryotes and eukaryotes, was also recently initiated.
While semi-automatic measures are in place to allow for community annotation, the onus is on the research community in general to drive this effort forward. Researchers should develop a culture of depositing datasets to online resources to increase the visibility of the data. They should also develop the habit of participating in community annotations. Peer-reviewed journals also need to mandate the deposition of datasets to an online resource prior to publication (some journals indeed do this already).
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The first look down the aisle is a more traditional way of seeing each other for the first time. This is often a popular option with some religious ceremonies. This style is like one big reveal of the bride to not only her husband but to the guests as well, which can be very emotional. The portrait session is between the ceremony and reception for this option, and the amount of time you have for your photos is limited to the amount of time planned between the ceremony and reception.
The intimate reveal first look is done before the ceremony, and it's a special one on one moment between you and your partner. That was important for Will and I for our wedding because we wanted that special moment to see each other first before the ceremony and get some photos done right away while makeup and hair looked fresh. Portraits were important to us, to we wanted to open our schedule to accommodate more of that. The benefit to the first look is you can tailor your portrait session to be any amount of time you want before your ceremony, then enjoy your cocktail hour and just be in the moment of your entire wedding day. It's also a great option for winter weddings as days are shorter or those that are planning having sunset ceremonies.
Either way, it's a beautiful moment that you will enjoy with your future husband/wife and one that you will always remember no matter how you decide to do it. Here are our top 10 (oops 11) favourite first look photos of couples and parents from over the years! Enjoy!
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Home News Canada NDP won't bail on Canada-Israel group, despite pressure
NDP won't bail on Canada-Israel group, despite pressure
Jagmeet Singh in 2014. BGM RIDING ASSOCIATION PHOTO
An open letter published on June 19 is calling on the NDP to withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group, but so far, the party shows no signs of caving to the pressure.
There are currently four NDP MPs on the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group, which works for "greater friendship and goodwill between parliamentarians of Canada and Israel." Murray Rankin and Randall Garrison are both on the group's executive, while Peter Julian and Gord Johns are members. All of the MPs represent ridings in B.C.
Over 200 people signed the letter asking them to withdraw. Well-known Canadian signatories include: author and former NDP candidate Linda McQuaig; Maher Arar, a man who was made famous after the Americans deported him to Syria, where he was tortured, based on faulty Canadian intelligence; Québec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir; Sid Ryan, the former president of the Ontario Federation of Labour; and Mike Palecek, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and academic Noam Chomsky topped the list of signatories, which was rounded out by union members, teachers, lawyers, activists and other individuals. Sixteen groups also signed the letter, including Independent Jewish Voices Canada.
"The undersigned are appalled by the recent deaths in Gaza," the letter begins. "At least 110 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by sniper fire and noxious gas used by the Israeli military."
It then goes on to list other Israeli actions that prompted the letter – "ongoing land theft, destruction of olive groves, construction of Jewish-only roads, imprisonment without due process and a blockade of Gaza" – before comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa.
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The letter demands that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, the four NDP MPs and the party's parliamentary caucus dissociate themselves from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group.
Author and activist Yves Engler was one of the organizers of the letter. He said that beyond the reasons listed, he was also motivated by what many see the party's failure to have a full debate about the Israel-Palestine issue.
"There's frustration with the fact the NDP suppressed what many people thought was a very modest resolution in favour of Palestinian rights at the convention in February," said Engler.
The NDP believes justice and peace will only be advanced through dialogue with both Israelis and Palestinians.
– Hélène Laverdière
The resolution in question called for the NDP to alter its policy on pursuing peace in the Middle East by "banning settlement products from Canadian markets," and "opposing parliamentary efforts to undermine nonviolent movements seeking a just resolution," which is ostensibly a reference to the BDS movement.
The resolution did not end up being discussed at the convention, as the party voted not to prioritize it by a vote of 200 to 189.
Hélène Laverdière, the NDP's foreign affairs critic, said that the party currently has no intention of withdrawing from the interparliamentary group.
NDP MP Murray Rankin campaigns in 2014. (Foreen/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)
"Members of Parliament from our caucus are members of both the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group and the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group," said Laverdière in a statement.
Rankin echoed those sentiments, telling the Huffington Post that, "As a New Democrat, I am committed to advancing peace and justice, and a two-state solution, which can only be achieved through open dialogue with Israelis and Palestinians."
If you're neutral between the oppressor and the oppressed, you've taken the side of the oppressor.
– Yves Engler
Engler takes exception to that explanation for a couple of reasons.
"If you're neutral between the oppressor and the oppressed, you've taken the side of the oppressor," he said, paraphrasing a quote by South African cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu.
Engler also pointed out that the Canada-Israel group is significantly older and larger than its Canada-Palestine counterpart, and that the Israel group receives public funding, whereas the Palestine group does not.
"Then you get into the question of dialogue," he said. "The fundamentals of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are not complicated. It's not a question of figuring out the problem. The problem is one side has repeatedly waged violence on the other side and has stolen the other side's land."
Engler suspects that Rankin and Garrison will withdraw from the interparliamentary group, if their constituents put enough pressure on them.
Toronto-area Liberal MP Michael Levitt, who chairs the Canada-Israel group, declined to comment directly on the criticisms made in the letter, but was very supportive of Rankin and Garrison and the work they do for the group.
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"The notion that NDP colleagues should be constrained from a group that has a goal of dialogue … is absolutely counterproductive," he said, calling the MPs "two mensches."
Levitt also pointed out that since he was first elected to chair the group a few years ago, he has made a point of bringing in MPs from across party lines. He explained how the group allows Canadian parliamentarians to strengthen ties with their Israeli counterparts. For example, they have hosted members of the Knesset in the past and some members of the group will be visiting Israel on reciprocal trip in the near future.
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The leaders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Cuba sent messages of congratulations to the people and Government of Eritrea in connection with the 26th Independence Day anniversary.
Asmara, 22 May 2017- The leaders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Cuba sent messages of congratulations to the people and Government of Eritrea in connection with the 26th Independence Day anniversary.
In a brotherly message he conveyed in the name of the people and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz wished good health to President Isaias Afwerki as well as peace and prosperity to the people of Eritrea.
In the same vein, Muhammad bin Nayef Bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior as well as Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud, Deputy Crown Prince, Chief of the Royal Court as well as Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense sent messages of congratulations to the people and the Government of Eritrea.
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Scots get £1,624 more public money than English
Nathalie Bonney
The government is spending more on Scottish individuals than their English counterparts but still expects English taxpayers to subsidise this difference, Treasury figures reveal.
Last year the government spent £8,588 of public money on the average English person, compared to an average figure of £10,212 for the average Scot.
This is a 15% increase on the previous year and it is expected to increase further in the future.
As well as English families benefiting from less government expenditure, English families also pay approximately £420 extra a year subsidising the difference.
Scottish families benefit from no prescription fees, free eye tests, free bus travel for over-sixties and no annual tuition fees for students.
Widening gap
Conservative MPs have criticised the widening gap at a time when public funding cuts are widespread.
Gordon Henderson, representing Sittingbourne & Sheppey, says: "It is simply wrong that English taxpayers are being asked to help subsidise people living in Scotland for a range of services not available in England."
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David Mowat, representing Warrington South, says the Scottish government is right to set its own agenda, such as offering free prescriptions but disagrees that the UK government should cover this with an extra £1,624.
"This is quite wrong and will rightly cause indignation in England. Many MPs are having to defend deeply unpopular cuts. We do so on the basis that there is no alternative and that the deficit must be brought down.
"This argument looks a bit limp when the coalition is able to fritter away billions of pounds to appease vested interests north of the border," he adds.
The reason for the gap is due to a complicated method, entitled the Barnett formula, which calculated how public spending should be divided between Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
By using this formula, Scotland currently receives 10% of government money allocated for public purposes, even though only 8% of the UK population lives north of the border.
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GREAT NEWS: The volume of goods transported from Ukraine is growing, especially cereals are gaining momentum
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When evaluating the volumes of shipments from Ukraine for the first half of 2022, a positive development can be observed. In total, almost seven million tonnes of goods were imported from Ukraine, which represents an increase of over 296 thousand tonnes and less than 4.5 per cent compared to last year.
The transport of agro-commodities by rail is largely concentrated on the carriage of cereals. They usually go to large customers such as biofuel producers, mills or export ports. Occasionally, however, there are also special, unscheduled and one-off transports, for which ZSSK CARGO deploys a now rarer type of wagons.
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The transport of cereals is also gaining in intensity, as reported by Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia. Despite various logistical problems on the Ukrainian side, the volume of grain transport from Ukraine is gradually gaining momentum, especially at the border crossing station Čop - Čierna nad Tisou. "While in March 2022 we imported only 1,808 tonnes of cereals, in April it was 9,433 tonnes, in May 22,468 tonnes and in June already 32,103 tonnes," ZSSK Cargo quantified, according to which it is gratifying that the transhipment of cereals in Čierna nad Tisou is also taking place at such transhipment points that have not been used for many years. In June, the company also started to approve the first volumes of grain from Ukraine destined for the Manovce station. "The first volumes of corn, sunflower, and sunflower oil have already arrived at the Interport siding in Haniska near Košice, as well as at Preterm in Trebišov," ZSSK Cargo added.
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A. Nilsen, K. Nielsen, A. Vaidya, "Indian Democracy: Origins, Trajectories, Contestations" (Pluto Press, 2019)
More than 70 years after its founding, with Narendra Modi's authoritarian Hindu nationalists in government, is the dream of Indian democracy still alive and well? Indian Democracy: Origins, Trajectories, Contestations (Pluto Press, 2019), a prescient collection of essays, dialogues and commentary from scholars, activists and journalists, tries to come up with answers.
India's pluralism has always posed a formidable challenge to its democracy, with many believing that a clash of identities based on region, language, caste, religion, ethnicity and tribe would bring about its demise. With the meteoric rise to power of the Bharatiya Janata Party, its solidity is once again called into question: is Modi's Hindu majoritarianism an anti-democratic attempt to transform India into a monolithic Hindu nation from which minorities and dissidents are forcibly excluded?
With examinations of the way that class and caste power shaped the making of India's postcolonial democracy, the role of feminism, the media, and the public sphere in sustaining and challenging democracy, this book interrogates the contradictions at the heart of the Indian democratic project, examining its origins, trajectories and contestations.
Alf Gunvald Nilsen is Professor of Sociology at University of Pretoria. He is the author of Dispossession and Resistance in India: The River and the Rage (Routledge, 2010), We Make Our Own History: Marxism and Social Movements in the Twilight of Neoliberalism (Pluto Press, 2014), and Adivasis and the State: Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland(Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Kenneth Bo Nielsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo. He is the author of Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India (Anthem Press, 2018), and the co-editor of several books on Indian society and politics.
Anand Vaidya is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Reed College.
Madhuri Karak holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from The Graduate Center, City University of New York. She tweets @madhurikarak and more of her work can be found here.
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NEW DATE! IAS Talking Points Seminar: 'Contagious Crossings'
12 January 2023, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Contagious Crossings: Representing Seafaring and Disease in Victorian Culture. With Dr Asha Hornsby (UCL). Respondents: Dr Charlotte Mathieson (University of Surrey) and Dr Jagjeet Lally (UCL). Chair: Professor Megan Vaughan (UCL).
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PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed. It is no longer taking place on 24 November 2022. The new date is 12 January 2023.
In nineteenth-century Britain, the inclusion of a medical man in the ship's company became a matter of course. But, in 1839, the Admiralty found 'no candidate […] at all' for the position of naval surgeon whereas the Army easily attracted 'well qualified gentlemen' to become field-surgeons. Reportedly, the widespread 'feeling against the navy' was due to it being considered 'the very lowest grade of medical employment'. This was in spite of the fact that the role required serious aetiological research, particularly the mapping of 'medical topographies' and the study of foreign diseases. Although diaries and log-books record scrupulous 'sweeping, scraping […], sprinkling & thorough swabbing', alarming outbreaks in ports led to the imposition of controversial quarantine regulations. Sailing and sickness were further associated through lively debates between contagionists and miasmists conducted in the national press: was disease being imported as 'a thing', or, as the Spectator suggested, were the damp and cramped ships themselves 'disease-manufactories'? Were the very voyages that bolstered Britain's colonial power threatening to weaken her domestic vigour? Underappreciated and under-resourced naval surgeons seemed to be the last line of defence against public health catastrophe.
This paper reads first-hand accounts of Victorian ships' doctors alongside representations of marine medicine in the nineteenth-century press. A literary-critical approach reveals how these accounts frequently combined aesthetic and epistemic elements and travelled repeatedly between the documentary and imaginary. This was vital in situating sailing vessels as 'new' and distinct sites of medico-scientific activity, and yet spaces which were anchored to landed discourses, particularly those relating to employment and public health. For instance, the Lancet, a medical journal dedicated to improving the naval surgeon's lot, strikingly compared appalling crew-mortality rates to contemporaneous conditions of industrial employment. Similarly, non-medical journals imagined the conditions below deck to be akin to those in Britain's expanding urban slums where outbreaks of cholera and typhoid were common. In short, marine medicine leaked and absorbed meanings into and from other social issues and reform movements in ways that have yet to be recognised. As well as tracing these connections, this paper suggests that the representational strategies used to express anxieties about disease containment and transmission shaped how aetiological knowledge was produced and understood.
Dr Asha Hornsby
(Former Visiting Research Fellow IAS, UCL and Associate Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews)
Dr Charlotte Mathieson
(Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century English Literature, University of Surrey)
Dr Jagjeet Lally
(Associate Professor in the History of Early Modern and Modern India, UCL)
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António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on January 01, 2017.
Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary-General is determined to make human dignity the core of his work, and to serve as a peace broker, a bridge-builder and a promoter of reform and innovation.
On January 1, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
Syria: UN chief calls on warring parties to put cessation of hostilities 'back on track'
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the warring Syrian sides to immediately recommit to the cessation of hostilities and uphold their responsibility to protect civilians, his spokesman said today.
"The Secretary-General is profoundly concerned about the dangerous escalation of fighting in and around Aleppo and the intolerable suffering, counted in mounting deaths and destruction, it is causing among civilians," UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement.
Noting the temporary re-launch of a cessation of hostilities in Damascus and Lattakiya governorates, the UN chief stressed the need to expand these arrangements to other parts of Syria, with a special urgency for Aleppo.
Mr. Ban, according to the spokesman, also reiterated his call on all concerned regional and international actors, in particular, Russia and the United States, co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), which is supporting the current UN-mediated intra-Syrian talks, to redouble their efforts to help the warring parties put the truce back on track.
The ISSG, which along with Russia and the US, is comprised of the United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union and 16 countries, has been seeking a path forward to end the Syrian crisis for the past several months.
The cessation of hostilities has not only alleviated the plight of some of the Syrian people, but it is also vital to the overall process set up and sustained in Geneva by the ISSG, including the political transition process under the leadership of Staffan de Mistura, the UN Special Envoy for Syria.
"The collapse of the cessation of hostilities will only bring more violence, death and destruction while further weakening efforts to find a negotiated solution to this brutal war," the statement said.
In related news, at the daily press briefing at UN headquarters in New York, Mr. Dujarric noted that Mr. de Mistura has met with the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva to talk about the currents situation on the ground and the need to bolster support for the cessation of hostilities.
He said that Mr. de Mistura also met with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Mohammed al-Jubeir, and underlined the importance of the members of the ISSG assisting with the re-implementation of the cessation of hostilities.
Mr. de Mistura is scheduled to travel to Moscow tonight where he will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, added the UN Spokesperson.
On World Malaria Day, UN says world closer to eliminating 'ancient killer'
April 25, 2016 – A year after the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate malaria from at least 35 countries by 2030, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today – on World Malaria Day – shows that the goal, although ambitious, is achievable.
In a press release, WHO said that in 2015, all countries in the WHO European region reported, for the first time, zero indigenous cases of malaria, down from 90,000 cases in 1995. "Our report shines a spotlight on countries that are well on their way to eliminating malaria," said Pedro Alonso, Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme. "WHO commends these countries while also highlighting the urgent need for greater investment in settings with high rates of malaria transmission, particularly in Africa. Saving lives must be our first priority."
Outside the WHO European region, eight countries reported zero cases of the disease in 2014: Argentina, Costa Rica, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Paraguay, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.
Another eight countries each tallied fewer than 100 indigenous malaria cases in 2014, and a further 12 countries reported between 100 and 1,000 indigenous malaria cases in 2014, according to the agency.
The Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030, approved by the World Health Assembly in May 2015, calls for the elimination of local transmission of malaria in at least 10 countries by 2020.
WHO estimates that 21 countries are in a position to achieve this goal, including 6 countries in the African region, where the burden of the disease is heaviest.
Countries moving towards elimination of malaria
Since the year 2000, malaria mortality rates have declined by 60 per cent globally. In the WHO African region, malaria mortality rates fell by 66 per cent among all age groups and by 71 per cent among children under 5 years old.
The advances came through the use of core malaria control tools that have been widely deployed over the past decade, including insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor residual spraying, rapid diagnostic testing and artemisinin-based combination therapies.
But reaching the next level – elimination – will not be easy, WHO noted. Nearly half of the world's population, 3.2 billion people, remain at risk of malaria. In 2015 alone, 214 million new cases of the disease were reported in 95 countries and more than 400,000 people died of malaria.
WHO emphasized that the efficacy of the tools that secured the gains against malaria in the early years of this century is now threatened. Mosquito resistance to insecticides used in nets and indoor residual spraying is growing, as is parasite resistance to a component of one of the most powerful antimalarial medicines.
Further progress against malaria will likely require new tools that do not exist today, and the further refining of new technologies, the agency said.
WHO noted that in 2015, for the first time, the European Medicines Agency issued a positive scientific opinion on a malaria vaccine. In January 2016, WHO recommended large-scale pilot projects of the vaccine in several African countries, which could pave the way for wider deployment in the years ahead.
Need for strong political commitment and funding
"New technologies must go hand in hand with strong political and financial commitment," said Mr. Alonso.
WHO stressed that governments must strengthen surveillance of cases to identify gaps in coverage and be prepared to take action based on the information received. As countries approach elimination, the ability to detect every infection becomes increasingly important.
Reaching the goals of the "Global Technical Strategy" will require a steep increase in global and domestic funding – from $2.5 billion today to an estimated $8.7 billion annually by 2030, the agency said.
WHO added that through "robust financing and political will," affected countries can speed progress towards malaria elimination and contribute to the broader development agenda as laid out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In his message on the Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said malaria is a formidable opponent, so there is no guarantee that progress will continue. "If we lower our guard, experience shows that the disease may come back. Mosquitoes develop resistance to insecticides and malaria parasites can become resistant to medicines."
He commended the World Health Assembly for setting ambitious goals for 2030: reducing malaria cases and mortality by at least 90 per cent; and eliminating malaria in at least 35 countries.
"Reaching these goals will require significantly greater investment in fighting malaria. But it will take more than money. It will take political will and leadership," said Mr. Ban, stressing that as the world celebrated progress against this "ancient killer," everyone involved must redouble their efforts to reach the 2030 malaria goals.
'Today is an historic day,' says Ban, as 175 countries sign Paris climate accord
April 22, 2016 – As 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement at United Nations Headquarters today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the next critical step is to ensure that the landmark accord for global action on climate change enters into force as soon as possible.
"Today is an historic day," Mr. Ban told reporters at a press conference following the opening ceremony of the signing event. "This is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
According to the UN chief, the participation by so many countries and the attendance by so many world leaders leaves "no doubt" that the international community is determined to take climate action. He also welcomed the strong presence of the private sector and civil society, saying they are "crucial to realizing the great promise of the Paris Agreement."
Adopted in Paris by the 196 Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at a conference known as (COP21) last December, the Agreement's objective is to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius, and to strive for 1.5 degrees Celsius. It will enter into force 30 days after at least 55 countries, accounting for 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, deposit their instruments of ratification.
"If all the countries that have signed today take the next step at the national level and join the Agreement, the world will have met the requirement needed for the Paris Agreement to enter into force," Mr. Ban highlighted, congratulating the 15 Parties that have already deposited their instruments for ratification.
These Parties include Barbados, Belize, Fiji, Grenada, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nauru, Palau, Palestine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Somalia and Tuvalu.
Speaking alongside the Secretary-General, French President François Hollande applauded all those who made it possible to reach the second stage of the process – the signing of the document.
"I want to underscore that in Paris, it wasn't just a single agreement that was brought about and needs to be ratified," Mr. Hollande told the press. "In Paris, there were also four initiatives that were launched: the International Solar Energy Alliance, the development plan for renewable energy, the innovation mission with [United States] President Obama, and finally the high-level coalition to set a price for fossil fuels and coal."
He insisted that France needs to be role model and set the example, not just because it was the place where the accord was reached, but because the country contributed to the solution.
"France should be an example to show that it wants to be the first – or one of the first – not just to ratify but also to implement the contents of the Agreement," Mr. Hollande stated, noting that his country will increase its annual financing for climate from three to five billion euros per year between now and 2020.
Meanwhile, in two weeks, the UN chief will co-host the Climate Action 2016 meeting in Washington D.C., which is expected to bring together leaders and experts from many fields, including government, business, civil society and academia, ahead of the next COP in Morocco in November.
Following the press conference, in remarks to an Informal High-Level event on promoting the early entry into force of the Agreement, Mr. Ban encouraged all countries to move forward quickly with their own domestic processes to accept and ratify the accord.
"As you are well aware, we need at least 55 countries and 55 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Having 55 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions may be a little bit shorter and easier if the United States and China […] ratify or join. Then it will add to almost 40 per cent. I call on the countries gathered here to use this opportunity to announce your timeline for joining the Agreement as soon as possible," he said.
Mr. Ban said that it is imperative that strong political momentum continues to build, as the spirit of Paris is still continuing. "I will do all that I can this year to ensure that the Paris Agreement enters into force as soon as possible," he said.
Ecuador: UN food convoy heads to quake-ravaged areas
19 April 2016 – The United Nations food relief agency has sent a convoy to assist some 8,000 people severely affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the coast of Ecuador, leaving more than 400 people dead and thousands more in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
At the request of Ecuador's Government, the World Food Programme (WFP) and authorities organized truckloads with enough food to feed 8,000 people for 15 days in the worst-hit areas. WFP has also mobilized an emergency team to the quake-affected areas to assess the humanitarian and food security situation, the agency said in a press release.
Because the region was bracing itself for the impact of El Niño, emergency food assistance kits had been ready to go. The kits, including quinoa, rice, pasta, tuna, sardines, oatmeal and lentils, were designed months ago by WFP and the country's Secretariat for Risk Management as the most effective type of assistance for people living in the coastal areas.
"This first delivery of food assistance will make a tremendous difference in the lives of people who are overcoming such hardship," said WFP Country Representative Kyungnan Park. "WFP was ready to react swiftly to this emergency thanks to joint efforts with the Ecuadorian Government to prepare a response to the El Niño weather phenomenon, which is currently affecting the country."
Additional food assistance will be delivered to 12,000 people and more than 1,000 hospital patients also affected by the earthquake. As more information about the extent of the damage and food needs becomes available, further assistance will be provided upon the Government's request.
Meanwhile, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is reporting that at least 150,000 children are affected by the April 16 earthquake. According to preliminary Government reports, the earthquake damaged 119 schools, affecting 88,000 children. Some 805 buildings have been destroyed and 608 have been damaged. Two hospitals have entirely collapsed in Portoviejo and Chone.at will be airlifted to Quito by
In some of the worst hit areas, UNICEF says that mudslides are causing further damage to infrastructure and hindering access of relief teams and supplies. Some cities are still without full power and only 40 per cent of communication lines are working.
UNICEF is concerned about health, water and sanitation conditions in the coastal areas – which are already considered hotspots for Zika, Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya.
"We are in a race against time to protect children from disease and other risks common in such emergencies," said Grant Leaity, UNICEF Representative in Ecuador.
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