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2021-04-28 13:42:15 Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Executive Committee of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) decided to hold the 142nd IPU Assembly in an online format between 24-27 May 2021.  The general theme of the 142nd IPU Assembly will be "Overcoming the pandemic today and building a better tomorrow: the role of parliaments".  As part of the preparations and starting from the 26th of this month, a series of online conferences will be organized...

Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 5:11 pm United Nations independent human rights experts on Tuesday voiced serious concerns over recent appointment of new members to Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission, which they said “undermined its independence, integrity and legitimacy”. In a statement, the experts said that the appointment process “failed to implement the essential requirements of the Paris Principles, including the need for an open, transparent and participatory process with broad ...

1. Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) is the worlds leading organization on financial inclusion policy and regulation. Currently, 100 member institutions make up the AFI network including central banks, finance ministries, and other financial policymaking or regulatory institutions more than 88 developing countries and emerging markets. AFI empowers policymakers to increase the access and usage of quality financial services for the underserved thro...

Azerbaijan: UN experts urge release of ailing Government critic Huseyn Abdullayev GENEVA (27 April 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged the immediate release of infirm inmate Huseyn Abdullayev, a vocal opponent of the Government of Azerbaijan, who has been granted asylum in Germany on political grounds. Mr. Abdullayev was arrested in Turkey on 21 April 2018 and forcibly transferred to Azerbaijan the following day. On 1 October 2019, he was sentenced to six years in prison by the B...

April 27, 2021 File photo shows the entrance to the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal. — courtesy UN News GENEVA — The United Nations independent human rights experts on Tuesday voiced serious concerns over recent appointment of new members to Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission, which they said “undermined its independence, integrity and legitimacy”. In a statement, the experts said that the appointment process “failed to implement the essential req...

Minister Hackett’s Forestry Policy Group meets for fourth time • Backlog being addressed • Funding for Woodland Support Projects imminent • Project Management specialist appointed The fourth meeting of the national Forestry Policy Group took place today. Chaired by the Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, the meeting was convened to monitor progress on the implementation of Project Woodland, which she es...

ONUG to Address Enterprise Cloud, Cloud Native DevOps, Security & Automation at Biannual Spring 2021 Event Enterprise cloud community hosts ONUG Spring to explore the software building blocks required to scale and create flexible, transformative digital business News provided by Share this article ONUG, an open enterprise cloud community of Global 2000 IT business leaders, today announced its ONUG Spring 2021 event. Held virtually on May 5-6, ONUG Spring 2021 will gather enterprise architects,...

World Customs Organization Current Location You are here: World Customs Organization   Media   Newsroom   2021   April   MTP in East Africa concludes with a pool of 18 quality trainers on PCA Sidebar Menu 20 April 2021 Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, five (5) East African Customs administrations, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, pa...

9th Euronest Assembly: new perspectives for a post COVID-19 Eastern Partnership 9th Euronest Assembly: new perspectives for a post COVID-19 Eastern Partnership. Post COVID-19 recovery, the situation in Belarus, and countering energy security threats in the Eastern Partnership on the agenda for 19-20 April. Members of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly will meet remotely for the 9th Ordinary Session on Tuesday, 20 April. The Assembly is comprised of 60 MEPs and 10 members each of the participat...

Posted:  04/20/21 Geneva – The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), António Vitorino, today congratulated Nepal on its successful leadership of the Colombo Process over the last two years and committed continued IOM support as Afghanistan takes over as Chair.  DG Vitorino made the remarks at the virtual Chairmanship handover ceremony during which Nepal was commended for its achievements, notably the work of the five Colombo Process Thematic Areas�...