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C hina Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. (a joint stock company established under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China with limited liability) Announcement on the Addition of Proposals and Postponement of the 2020 Annual General Meeting The board of directors and all directors of China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. (the "Company") warrant that there are no false representations and misleading statements contained in, or material omissions from, this announcement, and sever...

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the National Election Councils 5th session (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, who is also Chairman of the fifth session on April 12 – the first after several positions of the council were filled. Speaking at the event, Hue said that along with efforts to successfully organize the NA’s 11th session – the last of the 14th tenure, preparations for the elections of deputies to the 15th legislature and all-level P...

news Paradigm Shift Narrative About Climate Action The New Nation Samira Sadeque : A keen awareness about the intersection of our ecosystem and the "accelerating destabilisation of the climate" is helping shift the narrative for climate action and can help us transition from being polluters to becoming protectors of the climate, said Marco Lambertini, Director General at the World Wide Fund for Nature. "Science has never been clearer. We are currently witnessing a catastrophic d...

Home / Press Information Department / Statement by His Excellency Munir Akram, President of ECOSOC at the Virtual Opening Plenary of the Fifth Session of UN Environment Assembly Statement by His Excellency Munir Akram, President of ECOSOC at the Virtual Opening Plenary of the Fifth Session of UN Environment Assembly Islamabad, February 24, 2021 (PPI-OT): It is a privilege to speak at this Opening of the Fifth Session of the Environment Assembly. It was a hospitable and bio-diverse planet which ...

UNEA-5 ends with clear message: act now to tackle planetary crises Photo: UNEP / 24 Feb 2021 The virtual Participants were left in no doubt that 2021 marks a critical turning point if the world wants to secure a future where people and planet can thrive together. UNEP’s Executive Director Inger Andersen described the cost of inaction “Unless we take action, future generations stand to inherit a hothouse planet with more carbon in the atmosphere than in 800,000 years. Unless we take acti...

Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino / 23 Feb 2021 The backed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners, catalyses public and private funds to combat deforestation, with the goal to cut annual emissions by 1 gigaton by 2025. As environmental leaders and change makers meet virtually for the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)  in February 2021, the issue of deforestation has been central to their discussions.   “It is fundamental in the fight ag...

IPS interviews JOYCE MSUYA, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to find out what to expect for the Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) Joyce Msuya, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), says environmental issues are development issues and therefore are everybody’s issues. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS NAIROBI, Feb 22 2021 (IPS) - Its time for the world to radically change our ways if we are to make...

UNHAS Afghanistan Standard Administrative and Operating Procedures (SAOP) - Part 1 Format 2.1CONCEPT OF OPERATION UNHAS Afghanistan fulfills the demand from the humanitarian community for transportation of their staff, partners and cargo involved in humanitarian and development activities in Afghanistan. Aircraft chartered by WFP Aviation under UNHAS management provides airtransport to all eligible humanitarian organizations and their partners to all regions of Afghanistan. UNHAS provides both ...

MPs to approve new members of powerful committee Tuesday February 09 2021 By EDWIN MUTAI Summary The National Assembly will Tuesday afternoon approve the appointment of seven MPs to the powerful 12-member House Business Committee (HBC). The HBC is the top decision making organ of the National Assembly. It sets the day to day agenda of business to be transacted by the House. The seven MPs who sat in the committee chaired by Speaker Justin Muturi during the 4th Session have been reappointed to s...

Manufacturing, high-tech to spur Tianjin GDP surge By YANG CHENG in Tianjin | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-28 09:16 Share CLOSE FAW-Volkswagen employees work on an assembly line at the automakers Tianjin plant. [Provided to China Daily] The North China city of Tianjin expects its GDP growth this year to hit 6.5 percent compared to 1.5 percent in 2020, said Mayor Liao Guoxun on Monday. Liao made the remarks during the opening of the Fi...