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Nagorno-Karabakh: captives must be released – UN experts GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called for the prompt release of prisoners of war and other captives from the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and for the return of bodies to families for burial with due respect for cultural customs. “Everyone deprived of their liberty for reasons related to the conflict should be returned to their homes, and relatives of those killed must be able to receive the ...

Slovenian Interior Minister at the virtual meeting of the trio This virtual meeting of the Ministers was held as a continuation of the exchange of views within the Trio Presidency, this time just before the informal Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting takes place on Thursday, 28th January 2021. In their discussions today, Ministers focused on the new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In its 18-month Presidency programme, the Trio agreed upon the priority to be given to the legislat...

23rd meeting of the EU-Sri Lanka Joint Commission Format The European Union (EU) and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka held their 23rd meeting of the Joint Commission on 25 January 2021, via video conference. This was the first Joint Commission under the new leadership in both the European Union and Sri Lanka. The Joint Commission meeting, was held in a cordial and open atmosphere and the EU and Sri Lanka exchanged views on a wide array of subjects, reaffirming the deep cooperation...

Consultation to improve management of industrial emissions Consultation launched on new regime for the development of techniques to manage industrial emissions From: 25 January 2021 A new consultation launched jointly by the UK and devolved administrations today (25 January) will seek views on developing world-leading measures to reduce industrial emissions. The consultation sets out a possible process for developing new “Best Available Techniques” (BAT) to limit the environmental impa...

Press Statement of Special Representative Grau after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 21 January 2021 Format KYIV, 21 January 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 held through video conferencing: "Today was the first meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in the ...

A file photo of Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in January 2020. “We are affected by the changes taking place in the Arctic,” Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs says. “These are already affecting our coastal and farming communities. In our view, we are a natural candidate to become observers to the Arctic Council.”(John Thys/AFP via Getty Images) Ireland is ready to bring its marine and scientific expertise to the Arctic Council as an observer state and made its formal...

Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 11:55 Ceasefire in Donbas continues to be generally respected – Ambassador Grau 22.01.2021 18:24 The ceasefire is eastern Ukraine continues to be generally respected, despite certain disturbing trends. This was said in a statement by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, after the regular meetings of the TCG ‎and its Working Groups held through video conferencing...

The drive for global standards in electronic messaging at ports has been given a major boost with news from the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) that the standards specialist group PROTECT has now been fully integrated into the association, a year earlier than expected. The move has consolidated, within one organisation, an unrivalled level ...

The group announced that they stand with the democratic outcomes of the 2020 US election, in which Joe Biden was elected the 46th President of the US.

A group of independent UN rights experts released a condemning the violent storming of the United States Capitol building in Washington DC on 6 January, which they described as a shocking and incendiary attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Twenty-three Special Rapporteurs and members of Working Groups – unpaid volunteers who are not UN staff – put their names to the statement, in which they strongly affirmed and expressed their “solidarity with the American people...