European lawmakers are expected to pass a resolution on January 21 calling on the European Union to halt construction on the nearly complete Nord Stream
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20 January 2021, Rome/Brussels - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, and the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, today agreed to step up joint efforts to fight global hunger, malnutrition and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Director-General and the President held a virtual meeting to discuss closer collaboration between FAO and the European Parliament.
Qu expressed his appreciation for the European Parliamentary Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition and stressed that FAO shared a common vision with the European Parliament and its efforts to support food security and nutrition.
Today, Members of the European Parliament will vote on a report on the Gender Equality Strategy, released by the Commission last March. The report welcomes the Commission s strategy, which lays out strategic objectives on how to strengthen women’s rights and gender equality in the EU for the coming five years. However, it addresses several shortcomings of the strategy and the fact that it remains vague in terms of concrete measures, and concrete gender equality targets.
Jan 21 2021 06:25 Gmt+3
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Members of the European Parliament are expected to call for the immediate release of the imprisoned former leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and other prisoners of conscience during a debate on Thursday, according to Bianet.
The urgent debate on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law will see European lawmakers vote on the situation in Turkey, with the case of Selahattin Demirtaş likely to feature prominently.
Demirtaş was detained alongside other HDP deputies on Nov. 4, 2016, over alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), an outlawed militant group engaged in an internal conflict with the Turkish state since 1984.