*[Enwl-eng] newsletter 8 December 2019

Mon Dec 9 01:07:34 MSK 2019



                              # 54 Sunday, 8 December 2019- edited by Ilaria 
Saltarelli, Laura Harth and Angelica Russomando


                       40 million people victims of modern slavery

                              On the occasion of International Day for the 
Abolition of Slavery on December 2, the International Labor Organization 
announced that around the world, 40.3 million people were victims of "modern 
slavery", which implies situations of exploitation that a person cannot 
refuse or leave due to threats, violence and abuse of power. 24.9 million 
were victims of forced labor and 15.4 million forced marriages. Out of the 
24.9 million people trapped in forced labour, 16 million people are 
exploited in the private sector such as domestic work, construction or 
agriculture; 4.8 million persons in forced sexual exploitation, and 4 
million persons in forced labour imposed by state authorities. In addition, 
150 million children are subjected to forced labor. Women and girls 
represent 99% of the sex industry and 58% in other sectors.One of the 
Sustainable Development Goals aims to eradicate slavery in all its forms by 
2030.

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                       China and EU: “Strategic Partners” No More

                              Axel Berkofsky for Institute for Security and 
Development Policy, December 2019- China has since March 2019, been labelled 
as the EU’s “systemic rival” as stipulated in the “EU-China- A Strategic 
Outlook”, a document which outlines some of achievements and many of the 
shortcomings of EU-China relations and cooperation. Gone are the days, or so 
it seems, when Brussels’ policymakers boasted about their “strategic 
partnership” with Bejing, their “mutual understanding”, “common interests” 
and “sectoral dialogues” all of which created the instrumental basis to 
adopt joint policies and resolve problems through strong bilateral trade and 
an investment agenda.

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                       Global Humanitarian Overview 2020

                              A record 168 million people worldwide will 
need help and protection in crises spanning more than 50 countries in 2020, 
the UN’s emergency relief chief has said, in an appeal for nearly $ 29 
billion in humanitarian aid from donors.

                              Climatic shocks, large infectious disease 
outbreaks and intensifying, protracted conflicts, have resulted in global 
needs increasing by some 22 million people in the past year, Mark Lowcock 
told journalists in Geneva, at the launch of the UN humanitarian affairs 
coordination office’s (OCHA) Global Humanitarian Interview :“In 2020, nearly 
168 million people worldwide will need humanitarian assistance and 
protection,” he said. “That represents about one person in 45 on the planet. 
It is the highest figure in decades.”

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                       World Bank adopts $ 1 billion-plus annual China 
leading plan over US objections

                              CNBC, 5 December 2019-US Treasury Secretary 
Mnuchin stated China is too wealthy for such international aid when it is 
lending hundreds of billions of dollars of its own to poor countries through 
its Belt and Road infrastructure drive. Senate Finance Committee Chairman 
Charles Grassley added that “The World Bank, using American tax dollars, 
should not be lending to wealthy countries that violate the human rights of 
their citizens and attempt to dominate weaker countries either militarily or 
economically”.

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                       In the UN, China users threats and cajolery to 
promote its worldview

                              Some countries are pushing back

                              Gady Epstein for The Economist, 7 December 
2019- Despite its veto-wielding power in the United Nations, China has long 
been reluctant to stick its neck out. It has been 20 years since it last 
stood alone in exercising that right. But in the UN’s backrooms, the country’s 
diplomats are showing greater willingness to flex muscle, and their Western 
counterparts to fight back. Not since the cold war has the organization 
become such a battleground for competing visions of the international order.

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