when did fgm banned worldwide
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UN General Assembly Adopts Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation UN General Assembly Adopts Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation. On 20 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution to Ban FGM worldwide. The Resolution [A/RES/67/146] was cosponsored by two thirds of the General Assembly, including the entire African Group, and was adopted by consensus by all UN members.
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German Measles Eliminated from Americas advertisement. German measles is officially gone from North and South America, the first region to rid itself of the disease, health officials announced Wednesday. Vaccines against German measles were first licensed in 1969, and were included in mass vaccination campaigns. It is now part of childhood shots. World Health Organization officials said it has been more than five years since there's been a German measles case that originated in the Americas.
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Eradication of infectious diseases In 1955 the WHO launched the Global Malaria Eradication Program (GMEP). Support waned, and the program was suspended in 1969. Since 2000, support for eradication has increased. According to the WHO's World Malaria Report 2015, the global mortality rate for malaria fell by 60% between 2000 and 2015.
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The Times The Heysel disaster. The Heysel disaster of 29 May, 1985, led to the deaths of 39 fans and a five-year blanket ban on English clubs in European football.he Heysel disaster of 29 May, 1985, led to the deaths of 39 fans and a five-year blanket ban on English clubs in European football.
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German Measles Eliminated from Americas A U.S. epidemic in the mid-1960s caused thousands of infant deaths and thousands of other babies to be born with birth defects. By 2004, German measles had been eliminated in the United States and it fell away in other countries as well, thanks to vaccination campaigns targeting both measles and German measles. The last German measles case originating in the Americas was reported in 2009 in Argentina.
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1980s Japan and West Germany saw large economic growth during this decade. The AIDS epidemic became recognized in the 1980s and has since killed an estimated 39 million people (as of 2013). Global warming became well known to the scientific and political community in the 1980s.apan and West Germany saw large economic growth during this decade. The AIDS epidemic became recognized in the 1980s and has since killed an estimated 39 million people (as of 2013). Global warming became well known to the scientific and political community in the 1980s.
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CMA CGM In 1996, CGM was privatized and sold to Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement (CMA) to form CMA CGM. In 1998 the combined company purchased Australian National Lines (ANL).
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) Female genital mutilation (FGM) Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed, but where there's no medical reason for this to be done. It's also known as female circumcision or cutting, and by other terms such as sunna, gudniin, halalays, tahur, megrez and khitan, among others. FGM is usually carried out on young girls between infancy and the age of 15, most commonly before puberty starts. It is illegal in the UK and is child abuse.
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Breaking the silence in the world capital of female genital mutilation 98% of Somali women and girls have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) - the highest prevalence rate of anywhere in the world. Story highlights The first ever U.S. trial is about to take place and the government is finally taking action to end FGM
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Stop taking Quinine for night-time leg cramps In 2006, it banned the sale of all unapproved drugs that contained quinine except the branded drug, Qualaquin, because of the risk of serious side effects or death. Yet in the first six months of 2008, more than 124,000 people in the U.S. received close to 300,000 prescriptions for Qualaquin, according to the FDA.
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List of banned films Banned by the government on May 25, 2012 due to objectionable content (offensive depictions of sexual violence, pedophilia, extreme violence, necrophilia and/or other content that is offensive and abhorrent) .
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- Food and Feeding Habitats. 1  Raccoons will eat almost anything, but are particularly fond of creatures found in water—clams, crayfish, frogs, fish, and snails. 2  Raccoons also eat insects, slugs, dead animals, birds and bird eggs, as well as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.Around humans, raccoons often eat garbage and pet food. Although not great hunters, raccoons can catch young gophers, squirrels, mice, and rats.accoons will eat poultry and their eggs if they can get to them. Signs of raccoon predation include the birds’ heads bitten off and left some distance away, only the bird’s crop being eaten, stuck birds pulled half-way through a fence, and nests in severe disarray.
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FGM affects 137,000 women in England and Wales, reveals shocking new study Comments. The number of women living in the UK who have experienced female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) has risen dramatically, a new report suggests. It shows that the practice has been carried out on 137,000 women and girls living in England and Wales.
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- In 1943, the Thai government banned kratom, fearing it could destroy the opium tax revenue that the nation depended on. Taking cue from Thailand, the United States is poised to do basically the same thing.
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- There was a major methamphetamine crisis from 1952-1956 in Japan. Methamphetamine use rose during the occupation period ('45-'52), and was not made illegal until 1951, when the social costs of high rates of meth use were becoming abundantly clear.
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Landmark Decision: Judge Rules NYPD Stop and Frisk Practices Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory Dorothee Benz, 212.614.6458, benz@ccrjustice.org. David Lerner, Riptide Communications, 212.260.5000. August 12, 2013, New York – In a landmark decision today, a federal court found the New York City Police Department’s highly controversial stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional.
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- Commonwealth Games champion runner, Diane Modahl, becomes the first British female athlete to test positive for performance enhancing drugs. She is banned from competition for four years in a ruling by the British Athletic Foundation (BAF) on Dec. 15, 1994.
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- In 1966, the Nineteenth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution proposed by the Soviet Union, and launched an intensive global smallpox eradication program. Its aim was to ensure that 80% of the worlds population was vaccinated within a period of two or three years.
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9 things that have been banned from golf The game itself. The game of golf itself was banned in the 1400’s. From 1457 – 1470 the game was banned in Scotland to preserve the skills of archery. I’m assuming that too many people were taking up golf instead of using the bow.
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What is female genital mutilation and where does it happen? FGM is defined by the WHO as all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is recognised as a violation of the human rights of women and girls.
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5 Medications Americans Take That Are Banned In Other Countries Here are five prescription drugs that Americans take that are banned in other countries: 1. Avandia This diabetes medication has been associated with a 64 percent increased risk of heart failure over a 7-year period. The drug has also been linked to a 27 percent increase in strokes and a 43 percent increase in heart attacks.
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Monsantoâs GMO Corn are Banned in Russia In fact France was one of the very first few countries that banned Monsanto’s rBGH growth hormones and GMOs. Now with Russia joining France in banning Monsanto’s GMO products, there is a high possibility that Monsanto will soon be facing a European ban. Russia’s policy to put a ban on all Monsanto’s GMO corn was a blowback at Monsanto’s recent policies.
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Meet the most despised man in the world: Global outrage as 32-year-old ex-hedge funder buys rights to AIDS drug and promptly raises price overnight by 5500% - from $13.50 to $750.00 per pill Meet the most despised man in the world: Global outrage as 32-year-old ex-hedge funder buys rights to AIDS drug and promptly raises price overnight by 5500% - from $13.50 to $750.00 per pill. 1  Martin Shkreli, 32, founder and chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals, purchased the rights to Daraprim in August for $55million.
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1980s Oh wait that was the 1960's. In 1991, the 1980s were banned by the Geneva Convention, the Garret Club, and the NYPD on the grounds that leg warmers were a fire hazard. Furthermore, over 90 percent of house fires reported throughout the decade were at least purported to be caused by overgrown mullets.he 1980s was a mostly-shitty decade that paled in comparison to the glorious 1990s. It began on January 1, 1980 and ended on December 31, 1989 (duh). They are generally considered to have begun when Mr. T pitied Chuck Norris at the exact moment he gave a Roundhouse kick in the chest.
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Japan Halts Whaling Program in Response to International Court Ruling The International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned commercial whaling in 1986, and most countries participating in the IWC, including Japan, have said they will follow that ban. Japan is disappointed and regrets today's ruling, according to a statement by the chief cabinet secretary of Japan.rew members hoist a minke whale, captured near Kushiro, Japan, aboard a ship. PHOTOGRAOH BY KYODO VIA AP Japan says it will abide by a Monday ruling from the United Nations' International Court of Justice ordering the nation to stop hunting whales off Antarctica.
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Jewish ethnic divisions FGM is one of the harmful traditional practices that is widely practiced in at. least 28 African countries, parts of the Middle East, pockets of some. communities in Australia, the Far East and the immigrant population in Europe. and the Americas originating from FGM practising countries.