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Sweden, represented by Mr Robert Rydberg, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Niklas Kebbon, Head of Department for International Law, Human Rights and Treaty Law, handed over the Chairship of International IDEA to the Australian Ambassador to Sweden, Mr Bernard Philip, at the Council of Member States meeting held on 1 December 2020. Ambassador Philip congratulated Sweden on its successful Chairship in 2020 and highlighted the importance of supporting democracy in the challengin...

Thursday, 08 April 2021, 23:10 Transparency International’s Global GDI Index: Ukraine has High Risk of Defence Corruption 14.12.2020 12:01 Ukrinform On Friday, 11 December, at the news agency Ukrinform in Kyiv, the results of the Government Defence Integrity Index 2020 (GDI) were presented. Transparency International Defence and Security Programme released Central and Eastern Europe Data to the public. Ukraine received 41 points from 100 and band D which indicates a high risk of defence co...

Messenger BEIRUT, Dec 12: Qatar and the United Arab Emirates ranked second and eighth respectively among the world’s top 10 richest countries, while Egypt and the Sudan ranked first and third respectively among the 5 least expensive countries, according to a new report released by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The regional report, titled “Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) and the Real Size of Arab Economies”, presents the largest and most recent...