By Katie Ng Ross, UNA-NCA Advocacy Fellow
Author’s Note: Katie Ng Ross would like to thank her family for helping her understand her own connection to Washington DC’s Chinatown. Katie’s great-grandfather, Ernest C. Ting, lived near Washington DC’s Chinatown for 20 years before moving to New York to prepare for the rest of the family’s arrival from Hong Kong in 1970. She would like to thank her mother for translating this information from Katie’s grandmother and grandfather, and the entire Ng family for their continued support of her work.
Washington DC’s Chinatown, first established in the 1880s and relocated in…
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In a democracy, citizen’s not only have the right, but the responsibility to let their elected officials know their views on public policy issues.
Dear members and friends of LSSNCA and UNA-NCA,
We are eager to present to you this joint advocacy action guide in support of the advancement of refugee and migrant rights. Human rights and the reduction of inequalities are central to UN values, requiring dignity and equality for all persons. LSSNCA and UNA-NCA have partnered in order to consolidate valuable resources, best practices, and critical insights such that constituents across Maryland, DC, and Virginia feel readily equipped to advocate and educate on behalf of migrant and refugee rights.
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By Rebecca Contreras, SDG Research Lead, and Emma Marszalek, Advocacy Assistant
The Consultative Process & Resolution 43/1
On February 18, 2021, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) hosted a virtual consultation with civil society regarding Human Rights Council Resolution 43/1, entitled “Promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers.” …
By Kayleigh Thompson, UNA-NCA Advocacy Fellow
From shedding light onto poverty, industrial shortcomings, and the importance of good governance, the COVID-19 pandemic has left the global community scrambling to find solutions to problems both old and new. The threat of climate change has further exacerbated these challenges with extreme weather, forest fires, and other natural disasters. Covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean bears the brunt of the combined challenges of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the United Nations (UN) has dedicated itself to prioritizing clean and healthy oceans through Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14…
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“The refugee the world barely pays attention to…who currently lack[s] any formal definition, recognition or protection under international law even as the scope of their predicament becomes more clear.”
— Tim McDonnell, NPR (2018)
As of 2020, nearly 80 million individuals have been displaced due to conflict or persecution. Climate change is expected to permanently displace upwards of an additional 200 million people by 2050, leaving another 50 million at risk of death due to sea-level rise, unprecedented flooding, and continental drought.
By 2030, at least 60 million people are forecast to migrate from…
Sustainable Development Goal 9 aims to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
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This article is adapted from a presentation given by Dr. Ok Pannenborg, retired World Bank Chief Health Advisor, to the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs on September 30, 2020. The analysis and recommendations presented are those of Dr. Pannenborg. Adapted by Cassidy Childs, UNA-NCA Advocacy Fellow and Research Assistant.
While COVID-19 has impacted nearly every minute aspect of our lives in the U.S., an analysis of COVID-19 in the broader context of foreign affairs and the global health regime is valuable. The consequences of COVID-19 will dictate the future role of international institutions when facing global health challenges. However, the…
By Neval Mulaomerovic, SDG Research Assistant and Advocacy Fellow
The US first imposed sanctions on Venezuela in 2006, prohibiting all commercial arms sales and retransfer in response to a lack of cooperation on anti-terrorism efforts and concerns about narcotics trafficking. Economic sanctions against individuals and corporations with ties to illicit trade remained in place throughout the next decade, and targeted sanctions on Venezuelan military and government officials ramped up in 2013 after Nicolas Maduro assumed the presidency following an allegedly fraudulent special election. The Trump administration not only intensified targeted sanctions, increasing the number of blacklisted individuals from 24 to…
By Ava Kargosha, UNA-NCA Advocacy Fellow; Edited by Shayna Vayser, Managing Director of Advocacy and Policy Strategy
“The question is not whether Lincoln truly meant ‘government of the people’ but what our country has, throughout its history, taken the political term ‘people‘ to actually mean.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
In 1865, the 13th Amendment is adopted and officially abolishes slavery.
In 1868, the 14th Amendment recognizes that all persons born or naturalized in the United States — including former enslaved people — are all guaranteed citizens with “equal protection of the laws.”
In 1870, the 15th…
Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to eliminate hunger worldwide.
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