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Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and Les Cayes, Haiti (CNN) When Pauline Philippe found out she was pregnant with twins, she felt a flash of happiness. "I thought about everything that could happen," Phillippe told CNN. In 2017, he unveiled a four-pronged strategy focused not only on ending impunity, but also on prioritizing victims' rights and dignity. He appointed the UN's first Victims' Rights Advocate and created a "trust fund" to support victims. Hers is the "smallest, newest and poorest" department in the UN, Connors told CNN.
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ESG’s Long History: 1700s to Today
  + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( David Uberti | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
1999U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urges business leaders to adopt socially responsible policies at a time of rapid globalization. “The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take,” he says at the World Economic Forum. Nicolas Asfouri/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Persons: General Kofi Annan, , Nicolas Asfouri Organizations: General, Economic, Agence France
Russian servicemen rehearse on Sunday for the Victory Day parade, when Moscow will aim to display its military prowess. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesSeveral Russian regions have cut back on Victory Day celebrations, due to insufficient military weapons available for display. World leaders such as former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan attended the military parade in previous years. ‘Evil has returned’Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday suggested moving Ukraine's Victory Day parade a day earlier so it does not align with Moscow's celebrations. Like Russia, Ukraine traditionally commemorates victory over the Nazis on May 9, but that date has become increasingly associated with a parade in Moscow.
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