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China cuts disaster mortality by half and calls for strengthening cooperation around risk reduction Format © UNDRR Disaster risk reduction was prominently featured at the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, highlighting the increasing centrality of risk reduction to economic growth and the need to increase international cooperation around its goals. The Boao Forum conference, which ran from 18 to 21 April in the Chinese town of Boao, is often described as China’s version of the Wor...

Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), Virtual, 6-7 May 2021 COMMUNIQUÉ THE Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 6-7 May 2021, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize. COORDINATION OF FOREIGN POLICY CARICOM Foreign Minister re-emphasised the importance for the Region to speak with one voic...

Item 4 – TRIPS Council Matters Mr Chair. Thank you, and my thanks too to my Norwegian colleague, the TRIPS Council Chair, for his report, and my thanks to the Director General for her leadership on this issue. And thanks also for the words of welcome to me and to the other WTO newbies, on our first appearance at the General Council. This is a really important issue. All the more so when, as others have said already this morning, so many countries around the world find themselves still in the ...

Item 4 – TRIPS Council Matters Mr Chair. Thank you, and my thanks too to my Norwegian colleague, the TRIPS Council Chair, for his report, and my thanks to the Director General for her leadership on this issue. And thanks also for the words of welcome to me and to the other WTO newbies, on our first appearance at the General Council. This is a really important issue. All the more so when, as others have said already this morning, so many countries around the world find themselves still in the ...

The integrated disaster risk management fund: Sharing lessons and achievements, October 2020 Format EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southeast Asia is home to an estimated 36 million people living below the international poverty line, about 5% of the global total. If efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in this region are to succeed, undertaking disaster risk-informed developments is not a choice, but a necessity. Natural hazards impact large areas throughout the region, leaving an average fin...

(CARICOM), Press Release (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) -- The Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 6-7 May 2021, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize.   The COFCOR was attended by Honourable E. P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda; Senator Dr. t...

Post-Covid disaster governance in Southeast Asia The pandemic revealed a narrow focus on natural hazards, lacking the systems needed for an increasingly complex world. Rescuers evacuate residents from their flooded homes in Bekasi, Indonesia, 19 February 2021 (Rezas/AFP via Getty Images) Published 7 May 2021 06:00   0 Comments   There is a consensus among Southeast Asian governments on the need for...

“Onze eengemaakte markt is bijzonder concurrerend en aantrekkelijk voor buitenlandse investeerders en ondernemingen. Maar openheid naar de wereld werkt alleen wanneer iedereen die op de eengemaakte markt actief is, in Europa investeert of meebiedt voor met overheidsmiddelen gefinancierde projecten, zich aan onze regels houdt. Vandaag dichten we een lacune in onze regelgeving, zodat alle ondernemingen op voet van gelijkheid concurreren en niemand het gelijke speelveld en het Europese concurren...

Advertisement Caerus Mineral Resources, an exploration and resource development company focused on developing mineral resources in Cyprus to support the global clean energy initiative, has announced a binding and exclusive option agreement (the agreement) with London Listed Jubilee Metals Plc, a leading company in the processing of waste materials for the recovery of metals. Highlights Option agreement is exclusive to Jubilee, whereby they have 6 months to assess the technical merits, developme...

Sinead Henshaw of Citi tells us about the company’s return to work programme, which is now open for applications.