Achieving sustainable forest management remains UN forum’s goal

Achieving sustainable forest management remains UN forum’s goal

The UNFF serves as a body under the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and aims to support the goals of the International Arrangement on Forests (IAF) and to advance other international forest-related instruments, processes, commitments, and goals.  At the forum’s opening ceremony, Juliette Biao, Director of the UNFF Secretariat, said the world currently faces…

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Indian stubbornness remains;  Canadian visas stopped being issued

Indian stubbornness remains; Canadian visas stopped being issued

India stops issuing Canadian visas; Photo: File New Delhi: After Prime Minister Kennedy presented irrefutable evidence of Ra’s involvement in the killing of the Sikh leader, the Modi government became distraught and started taking steps contrary to diplomatic etiquette. According to Indian media, the Modi government has temporarily suspended the issuance of visas to Canada…

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UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people

UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people

Achim Steiner, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group told delegates he had just returned from the war-torn country, noting civilians’ “extraordinary determination to adapt, to recover and to rebuild.” “The UN had developed a clear picture to inform a targeted recovery through a Rapid Damage and…

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Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned

Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned

“Non-State armed groups continue to carry out large-scale attacks against civilian and military targets and engage in clashes over access to resources, territorial control and influence,” said Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, part of the political and peacebuilding affairs department, and UN Peace Operations. The Council was meeting to assess the…

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A blizzard warning remains in place in the UK

A blizzard warning remains in place in the UK

Europe will now have a single European digital identity A single European digital identity will now operate across Europe. Through which European citizens will be able to access all digital facilities in their own or any other European member country using their identity card. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’);…

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Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity

Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity

Addressing the Human Rights Council, Nada Al-Nashif warned that serious violations of people’s basic freedoms in Eritrea have continued “and show no sign of improvement”. Military servitude In addition to the longstanding problem of indefinite military service – which intensified during the recent Tigray conflict in Ethiopia – Ms. Al-Nashif insisted that the agreed withdrawal of the Eritrean…

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