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Driving forward peacekeeping reform through practical recommendations that address today’s challenges Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the C34 Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations Opening Plenary and General Debate From: Thank you Mr Chair, and please accept my congratulations on your re-election. I want to start by commending the dedication and courage of all our personnel in the field, and to pay tribute to the memory of the 129 peacekeepers who lost their lives in 20...

Monitoring and Evaluation Job in Kenya about Food and Nutrition, Protection and Human Rights and Water Sanitation Hygiene, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from CARE; closing on 29 Jan 2021

Preparation for entry into force of the Taxonomy Regulation Preparation for entry into force of periodic reporting obligations and Level 2 Measures under the SFDR The Cross Border Distribution Regulation sets down specific conditions that all marketing communications addressed to investors must comply with. These include an obligation to ensure that all information contained in marketing communications is fair, clear and not misleading and does not contradict or diminish the significance of inf...

Campaign group puts more pressure on JBS and Cargill to address deforestation The rapid clearance of forests and native vegetation to produce soy and beef for meat consumption continues, complains a new report from Mighty Earth. That’s despite commitments for a decade from supermarkets and consumer goods companies to end deforestation associated with their supply chains, the campaign group said. Figures from the Brazilian space institute INPE in November 2020 showe...

internet overseer ICANN to reclaim the .nu top-level domain. The .nu domain has never been in the hands of the Niuean people, with control currently resting with the Internet Foundation of Sweden (IIS), the body in charge of that country’s .se space. “This is the big one,” says Pär Brumark, the Swedish domains expert who is leading a delegation on behalf of Niue to claim its space. This article was originally published in BI Australia by Jack Kerr. A tiny island microstate has today l...

Getty Images Niue, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, is launching proceedings with internet overseer ICANN to reclaim the .nu top-level domain. The .nu domain has never been in the hands of the Niuean people, with control currently resting with the Internet Foundation of Sweden (IIS), the body in charge of that country’s .se space. “This is the big one,” says Pär Brumark, the Swedish domains expert who is leading a delegation on behalf of Niue to claim its space. A tiny island microst...

AP Photo/Nick Perry Niue, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, is launching proceedings with internet overseer ICANN to reclaim the .nu top-level domain. The .nu domain has never been in the hands of the Niuean people, with control currently resting with the Internet Foundation of Sweden (IIS), the body in charge of that countrys .se space. "This is the big one," says Pär Brumark, the Swedish domains expert who is leading a delegation on behalf of Niue to claim it...

Joint Statement from International Partners on the Need for Ongoing Dialogue Among Somali Leaders Format Mogadishu – The recent Somalia Partnership Forum enabled all involved to openly exchange views on current developments in the country and to agree on the 2021 Mutual Accountability Framework, which sets out key priorities on inclusive politics, security and justice, and social and economic development. However, Somalia’s international partners* remain deeply concerned about the ongoing d...

Whats Niue? Pacific Island Fights Internet Colonisation, Pushes for Control Over Top-Level Domain © AP Photo / Charles Krupa Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202012161081479900-whats-niue-pacific-island-fights-internet-colonisation-pushes-for-control-over-top-level-domain/ In the internet age, having sovereignty over ones own net is synonymous with control over an important national asset that can generate hundreds of millions of doll...