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On International Women’s Day, we call on the European Commission to propose a comprehensive and inclusive directive to prevent, respond to and end gender-based violence online and offline.

How the integration of health and disaster risk reduction can set Asia-Pacific on a path towards resilience Format Author Omar H. Amach The COVID-19 pandemic was in many an unexpected event that caught the world off guard. The World Economic Forums 2020 Global Risks Report, for example, did not include pandemics in its list of 10 most likely risks. However, while the pandemic was unexpected, it was not unavoidable. A number of global framework and guidelines were developed in recent years to pr...

2 March 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Item 8 - Work Programme on Electronic Commerce and Moratorium on Imposing Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions - Request from India Thank you Chair, and with thanks to India for its statement I’d like to make three points: First, the United Kingdom is a strong supporter of the moratorium on imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions and we fully support making it permanent because the gains from trade and inve...

Item 8 - Work Programme on Electronic Commerce and Moratorium on Imposing Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions - Request from India Thank you...

Press conference by United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and President of the Security Council in March 2021 on the United Nations Security Council programme of work in March.

Ireland: Providence Resources announces extension of Barryroe farm-out agreement 01 Mar 2021 Providence Resources, the Irish based resource development company, has announced an extension to the farm-out agreement for the Barryroe licence.  Additional time required to finalise agreement with participants in financing structure No change to overall development proposal Providence announces that it has agreed to extend the current farm-out agreement with SpotOn Energy by an additional two mont...

leading supervisory convergence towards a high-quality prudential supervision throughout the EU strengthening the financial stability of the insurance and occupational pensions sectors delivering EIOPAs mandate effectively and efficiently  Sustainability Many of the key areas of focus incorporate sustainable finance objectives. EIOPA aims to foster supervisory convergence across the EU in the assessment of environmental, social and governance ( ESG) risks, and promote standardised information ...

NGMN Claims Pole Position in Disaggregation Operating Model, Green Networks and 6G Media Links Frankfurt, Germany, February 22, 2021: Today, the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance announces its new strategy and claims pole position in addressing the key major Operator & Ecosystem challenges in the coming years. As an operator driven organisation, NGMN is in a unique position to provide value, guidance and leadership to its members and the whole ecosystem in: Mastering the Route to ...

Full Protection and Security (Article 10.5); and Expropriation (Article 10.13). There are, however, some variations from the familiar terms of many international investment agreements in the RCEP formulation of investment protection. For example, RCEP Article 10.5(1) creates the following substantive public international law obligation for the RCEP member states: Each Party shall accord to covered investments fair and equitable treatment and full protection and security, in accordance with the ...

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