Plight
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The
Plight
of the RomaNEW YORK – The Roma have been persecuted across Europe for centuries.
The
plight
of so many millions of Roma in the twenty-first century makes a mockery of European values and stains Europe’s conscience.
The
plight
of the Roma is not just a short-term security problem that can be addressed by draconian measures to move people forcibly from one member state to another.
This is a positive step toward addressing the
plight
of those who have suffered the most from the unemployment crisis.
This much is clear: addressing the
plight
of the world's poorest countries and providing the global public goods needed in this age of globalization requires us to explore innovative ways of raising the necessary financing.
In Haiti, which still suffers from underdevelopment, political turmoil, and the effects of destructive hurricanes, Ban appointed former US President Bill Clinton as his Special Representative to help deal with the country’s
plight.
Twenty-first century technologies will offer environmentally benign lifestyles and the resources to ease the
plight
and enhance the life chances of the world’s two billion poorest people.
Like the unemployed, they do not want a political party devoted to their
plight.
In 2012, the organization Open Doors, which is devoted to focusing on the
plight
of Christians, designated Muslim-majority countries – including Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and even the Maldives – as some of the world’s worst offenders.
As bad as anti-Christian violence and intimidation is, indifference to the
plight
of Christian groups under threat is widespread among governments, the media, and even ordinary citizens.
After the Arab Spring, which began in December 2010 and gained momentum through 2011, the UNDP began the 2015 AHDR, which focused specifically on the
plight
of Arab youth.
My second question is addressed to the international community, which has at least two reasons to take an interest in Venezuela’s
plight.
Meanwhile, the Palestinians’ worsening
plight
is still a perennial grievance on the Arab and Muslim street.
September 19 will be devoted to discussing the
plight
of refugees (as well as migrants) and what more can and should be done to help them.
Today, creative thinking is needed to mitigate the
plight
of those who have been forcibly displaced from their homes.
In September 2016, politicians, diplomats, officials, and activists from around the world gathered at the UN to chart a path forward for addressing the
plight
of the world’s refugees.
In sum, the Protocol provides a way for individuals, who may otherwise be isolated and powerless, to make the international community aware of their
plight.
But, for those escaping Syria’s civil war, ignorance of their
plight
is overshadowed only by the reality of their needs – and the diversity of their expertise.
The US and Europe reneged on their promise that this would be a round of trade negotiations designed to improve the
plight
of developing countries.
But Barak skipped a cruelly candid paragraph in Dayan’s speech that evoked the imposing magnitude of the Palestinian plight: “Let us not cast the blame on the murderers today….For eight years, they have been sitting in the refugee camps in Gaza, and before their eyes we have been transforming the lands and the villages where they and their fathers dwelt into our estate.
Fourth, the US should renew its respect for international law by recognizing three principles: that the 1967 pre-occupation boundaries must be respected in any negotiations; that Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem must be safeguarded, with guaranteed access for Muslims, Christians, and Jews to their holy sites; and that the
plight
of Palestinian refugees, whose 60-year ordeal remains emblematic of the Palestinian predicament, must be acknowledged and fairly addressed.
The UK media have been full of sympathetic stories about Plummer’s plight, despite the fact that she was carrying a quantity in excess of that for which a UK doctor can write a prescription.
It is American leaders’ “suicidal statecraft,” to use Arnold Toynbee’s pithy phrase for what he considered the ultimate cause of imperial collapse, that is to blame for America’s
plight.
But, with the world’s media attention focused on Argentina, Dutch journalists were able to publicize the
plight
of the Madres of Plaza de Mayo – the mothers of the disappeared – thus revealing to the world the regime’s grotesque nature.
Savable AfricaThe G-8 Summit in Scotland in early July will bring together the political leaders of the richest countries to consider the
plight
of the poorest countries.
With more than 40 million people living in poverty and 7,000 killed in drug-related violence last year, Mexico will need to reform quickly to address what the virus has brought to light: a government far removed from the suffering of ordinary people and too frequently insensitive to their
plight.
Tinker, Tailor, Snowden, Spy?MOSCOW – A worldwide media frenzy has turned the
plight
of the rogue American intelligence analyst Edward Snowden into something resembling a John le Carré novel, full of suspense and intrigue.
For starters, Trump blames trade, rather than lost innovation, for the
plight
of US workers.
Of course, Afghanistan does not bear sole responsibility for its
plight.
Putin is only partly to blame for Syrians’ current plight, but he could end up owning the problem, and reprising the Soviet Union’s quagmire in Afghanistan 30 years ago.
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