Browsing Manila Standard by Name "United Nations"

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    • Austalia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef, say activists 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 26, 2018, on page B3)
      Australia is breaching commitments to protect the embattled Great Barrier Reef from the effects of land clearing, environmental groups claimed on Monday (June 25) and called on the UN to probe the alleged failures. Canberra ...

    • Beating plastic pollution 

      Duran, Peter Paul (Manila Standard, June 5, 2018, on page C1-C2)
      In truth, people throw away plastic waste each year that could encircle the earth four times over! What doesn’t ends up in our already brimming landfills ultimately reaches our oceans, thereby affecting more biodiversity ...

    • South China Sea ruling out on July 12 

      Barcelo, Vito; Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, July 1, 2016, on page A3)
      The United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration said Wednesday it will rule on the arbitration case initiated by the Philippines against China on July 12, and the Philippines said it will respect the ruling. The ...