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Nobel Peace Prize 2020: UN World Food Programme, winner of the award
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was this year s proud recipient of the award “for its efforts to combat hunger among other efforts.
ASHRAF SHAZLY
AFP
On Thursday 10 December the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), during a ceremony that was held virtually due to the safety protocols related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Nobel Peace Prize 2020: WFP
In the acceptance speech delivered by the head of the organisation, David Beasley, the threat of starvation of around 270 million people gloablly - the equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, the UK, France and Italy - was highlighted.
Abu Dhabi: The UAE National Human Rights Plan will focus on strengthening the legislative system, promoting civil and political rights and will represent an action plan for the coming years, Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said on Thursday as he launched a comprehensive process to prepare for the plan.
“UAE is currently preparing a draft law for the National Commission for Human Rights. Upon its completion, it will be presented to the Federal National Council (FNC) for discussion and approval,” Dr Gargash said. He added that the UAE was keen to launch a concerted National Plan for Human Rights to mark the International Human Rights Day, which falls on December 10 every year. The plan serves as a comprehensive and integrated national human rights framework in the UAE for the coming years.
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UNESCO & OHCHR receive €7m from Netherlands to reinforce freedom of expression
Paris, December 10 – The new partnership between UNESCO and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will strengthen press freedom and the safety of journalists, with an endowment of seven million euros announced by Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok at the 2020 World Press Freedom Conference co-organized by UNESCO and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 9 and 10 December.
The partnership will aim to put in place activities that support an independent and free press, ensure the safety of journalists – with particular focus on women journalists – promote access to information, and fight against impunity for crimes committed against media professionals.