02/11/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/11/2021 17:46
Speakers Highlight Role of Digital Technology in Confronting COVID-19 Pandemicâs Ill Effects, as Social Development Commission Continues Session
Government ministers, senior officials and representatives of Member States underscored the myriad ways that their countries have embraced digital technology to confront the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Commission for Social Development resumed its general discussion today in a virtual format.
Speakers built upon the theme of the Commission s fifty-ninth session - a socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all - to call for, among other things, multilateral action to help narrow the digital divide. Several delegates also pressed for a fair and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
The prime minister’s refusal to supply the Palestinians with the vaccine is a violation of Israel’s responsibilities under the 1949 Geneva Convention for the health of the Palestinians living in the areas it controls
European Parliament condemns human rights violations in Crimea, Donbas temporarily occupied by Russia 3 min read
The European Parliament condemns the large-scale and permanent violations of human rights in Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, and expresses concern about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine.
This is discussed in the section Human rights and fundamental freedoms of the resolution on Ukraine s implementation of the Association Agreement, voted by the European Parliament during the plenary session. The spokesperson was deputy from the European People s Party Michael Gahler (Germany). The European Parliament strongly condemns the large-scale and permanent violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression, religion or belief and association, as well as the right to peaceful assembly, perpetrated by the Russian occupying forces in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and by the so-called separat
Israeli anxiety was palpable when it was reported that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not contacted by the new American President, Joe Biden, for days after the latter’s inauguration. While much is being read into Biden’s decision, including Washington’s lack of enthusiasm to return to the “peace process”, Moscow is generating much attention as a possible