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The Elders today called on the international community to intensify pressure on the military leadership in Myanmar to prevent the country descending into endemic violence and state failure.

Look to the Stars March 4, 2021 The Elders have voiced grave concern about the lack of ambition from many world leaders, as the UN reports back on carbon commitments ahead of the crucial COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November. Despite growing momentum for drastic action, many major economies have yet to submit their national carbon reduction pledges to the UN’s climate body (UNFCCC), or have put forward commitments that woefully fail to deliver. Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders said...

The Elders welcome US re-engagement on climate, WHO; call for renewed commitment on nuclear threat The Elders welcome the decisions by US President Joe Biden to rejoin the Paris Agreement and cease the process of withdrawal from the World Health Organization. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, January 21, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Elders today welcomed the decisions by newly-inaugurated US President Joe Biden to rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and cease the process of...

The Elders today expressed concern that the severe famine and humanitarian crisis in Yemen will be worsened by the US Government’s designation of one of the parties in the conflict as terrorists.

Some areas. i dont believe were making it across the board. one of the factors thats different about afghanistan than iraq is theres a need to -- we need to bring in the tribal elders of sura, weve not done that and weve got to get back and look at the providingal leadership, how we work with them and step away from central government. right now president karzai is being seen as corrupt by his own people. we need to walk a fine line in supporting the people, supporting the sura, the elders, and ...

Is becoming less about celebrating mandelas birthday and more of a public service call to action, championed by human rights group called the elders. people are being urged to devote more than an hour of their day to community service. >> give only 67 minutes of your time to change the world. >> maybe its talking to a grandmother who is a bit lonely, maybe its helping somebody whom we know is in difficulty, maybe its just in small ways reaching out to the other, its not about him, he says. its a...

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