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Excavation starts on final tunnels at world’s first spent fuel disposal facility Finland will become the first country to operate a geological disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel From: Underground excavation under way at Finlands disposal facility for spent fuel We have welcomed the start of work in Finland to excavate the first tunnels for final disposal of the country’s spent nuclear fuel. Underground research has been carried out at Olkiluoto, located around 170 miles no...

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Gaza-Israel: UN experts welcome ceasefire, call for ICC probe Format GENEVA (21 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on all parties to the conflict in Gaza and Israel to respect a ceasefire, and for an investigation by the International Criminal Court into the attacks on civilian populations and other gross violations of human rights. The experts pointed to the forced evictions of Palestinian families living in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan in Occupied East Jerusalem as the spark that...

Myanmar: UN expert welcomes “new blow” against junta’s finances, urges all nations step up with sanctions GENEVA (20 May 2021) – A UN human rights expert today welcomed the announcement of a new set of government sanctions against Myanmar’s junta by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, highlighting in particular the US designation of the junta itself, or the State Administrative Council (SAC) for sanctions. “It is imperative that the international community ram...

2021-05-19 04:06:27 GMT2021-05-19 12:06:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English HELSINKI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The 12th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting is to be held Thursday in Reykjavik, Iceland. As two of the Arctic Council members -- the United States and Russia, will use this multilateral stage to have bilateral talks, this years meeting has attracted more attention. The eight-member Arctic Council is considered to be the most important regional institutional arrangement in Arctic governan...

World Customs Organization Current Location You are here: World Customs Organization   Media   Newsroom   2021   May   Southern Africa MTP successfully completed with the pool of 15 quality trainers on Customs Valuation Sidebar Menu 19 May 2021 Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, five (5) Southern African Customs administrations, Botswana, Malawi,...

Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 19 May 2021 Format KYIV, 19 May 2021 — The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG ‎and its Working Groups were held through video conferencing: “The ceasefire violations remain on a high level. The increased use of...

By Emmanuel Elebeke The minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has disclosed that the federal government has secured N250 million to fund Open Government Partnership. The minister disclosed this at the ongoing 2021 Open Government Partnership Week and National Steering Committee Interactive Session with Thematic Working Groups hosted by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning in Abuja. Though, the money had been secured for OGP, he said the ministry had not st...

The Alliance for Financial Inclusion The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) is the world’s leading organization on financial inclusion policy and regulation. Currently, nearly 100 member institutions make up the AFI network including central banks, ministries of finance and other financial policymaking or regulatory institutions from over 85 developing countries and emerging markets. AFI empowers policymakers to increase the access and usage of quality financial services for the underserv...

Poll Body Sets Up Panel To Identify Shortcomings In Recent Assembly Polls Poll Body Sets Up Panel To Identify Shortcomings In Recent Assembly Polls Committee is broadly tasked to identify: Shortcomings/ gaps in ECI regulatory regime, if any and the gaps in implementation and enforcement at the level of Chief Election officers/ District official. The election results of the recently poll gone states/ UTs were announced on May 2.(File) New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) on Thur...