Rights expert urges Korea to play ‘enhanced leadership role’ — Global Issues

Rights expert urges Korea to play ‘enhanced leadership role’ — Global Issues

“The Republic of Korea can play a vital leadership role in denying the Myanmar junta the means to continue holding 54 million people hostage while becoming a leader in providing humanitarian support to those in desperate need’’, said Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in…

Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres — Global Issues

WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics — Global Issues

WHO is convening over 300 scientists who will consider the evidence on over 25 virus families and bacteria, as well as “Disease X”, which indicates an unknown pathogen that could cause a serious international epidemic.  The process began on Friday and will guide global investment, and research and development (R&D),…

Global intellectual property filings reached new records in 2021: WIPO — Global Issues

Global intellectual property filings reached new records in 2021: WIPO — Global Issues

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), despite the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, this bucked previous economic downturn trends. Latest data shows “continued and sustained growth” in intellectual property filings, “driven largely by increases from Asia, with other regions also trending mostly upward”, said WIPO Director General Daren…

DPRK missile launch ‘latest in a series of alarming activities’ – UN political chief — Global Issues

DPRK missile launch ‘latest in a series of alarming activities’ – UN political chief — Global Issues

Citing the DPRK’s official news agency and various government sources, Rosemary DiCarlo told ambassadors that at around 10:15 am local time, the so-called Hwasong-17 missile flew a distance of 1,000 km at an altitude of approximately 6,100 km.    “It is reportedly the first successful test of the DPRK’s largest and…

Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres — Global Issues

US to Fight Sexual Abuse in International Organizations — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, November 21, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) – The United States, which recently laid down a set of guidelines to monitor sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by US citizens in international organizations, including the United Nations and its agencies worldwide, has…

Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres — Global Issues

A Looming Debt Crisis is Threatening Global Health Security. It is time to Drop the Debt — Global Issues

Opinion by Jaime Atienza, Charles Birungi (geneva) Monday, November 21, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Nov 21 (IPS) – In this moment of profound challenge in international relations, it was understandable that the conclusion of the G20 meeting left leaders feeling relieved that the meeting took place without a breakdown. Leaders…

Loss and Damage Fund Saves COP27 from the Abyss — Global Issues

Loss and Damage Fund Saves COP27 from the Abyss — Global Issues

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, chair of COP27, reads the nine-page Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan, the document that concluded the climate summit on Sunday Nov. 20, to an exhausted audience after tough and lengthy negotiations that finally reached an agreement to create a fund for loss and damage, a…

Canada sanctions ex-Haiti president and prime ministers

Canada sanctions ex-Haiti president and prime ministers

Comment on this story Comment DJERBA, Tunisia — Canada has expanded its economic sanctions freezing the Canadian assets of Haitian political elites to include former president Michel Martelly and former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Henry Céant. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly accused the trio this weekend of helping gangs…