Closer to home, Saturday 24 April was of particular importance too. It was the first time the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek communities marched in complete unison for recognition of the genocides of their people in Sydney and Melbourne.
Community groups have always attended each other’s events in solidarity, but the demonstrations of Saturday 24 April were a testament to the common vision of the Australian Hellenic Council, The Federation of Pontian Associations of Australia, the Armenian National Committee and the Assyrian National Council of Australia.
Organised clubs that took part in the rallies include: Australian Hellenic Council NSW, Federation of Pontian Association of Australia,Pan Macedonian Association of NSW, Ahepa NSW Inc, Pan-Epirotic Federation of Australia, UNSW Hellenic Studies Foundation, Mytilenian Brotherhood of Society, Cretan Association of Sydney, Pontian Society of Sydney, Panagia Soumela, Pontoxeniteas NSW, Pontic Educational and Cultural Association of Vi
US working closely with India to rapidly deploy additional support amid COVID-19 surge
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Last Updated: Apr 25, 2021, 09:22 AM IST
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Several US lawmakers have voiced their concerns and have heaped pressure on the Biden administration to extend assistance, release vaccines and other raw materials critical for India.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday (local time) said that US is working closely with its partners in the Indian government to deploy more supplies and additional support amid the record upsurge in COVID-19 infections in the country.
The United States is deeply concerned by a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and plans to quickly deploy additional support to the Indian government and health care workers, a White House spokeswoman said on Saturday.
We re dealing with a government of intolerance, dictatorial, brooks no dissent, arrests people at a drop of a hat. I think there s a very strong case to be made that China should not be rewarded for its astonishingly bad behavior. British MP Sir Ian Duncan Smith, Co-chair, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. We therefore call on governments to boycott the Beijing 2022 Games anything less will be seen as an endorsement of the Chinese Communist Party s authoritarian rule and blatant disregard for civil and human rights. A coalition of more than 180 human rights groups, in a letter to the International Olympic Committee.
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Summit hot air no carbon solution
Setting targets on international Zoom calls is easy. But unless Joe Biden pushes for a carbon price to cut emissions, it amounts to taking the soft political option.
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Global political leaders have been convening climate summits for nearly three decades. The results have been underwhelming. Talk on climate change is cheap. Getting material and sustained cuts in global greenhouse emissions is hard.
As the world’s biggest economy and second biggest emitter, the United States must be central to any meaningful global climate deal.
Joe Biden, centre, speaking during the virtual leaders summit on climate.