20 years after UNSCR 1325: Charting progress on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Publication 21 December 2020
Gender & Inclusivity in Peace & Security
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) and 25 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which lay the groundwork for the
‘Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda’. The WPS Agenda emphasises the long-term effects of women’s meaningful and equal participation in multiple aspects of peace and security. Ireland is a strong supporter of WPS, of gender equality more broadly and has developed three consecutive National Action Plans to implement the Agenda since 2010, with the most recent plan being launched in 2019 and covering the governance period until 2024. In this context and as part of our #VisibleWomen2020 programme, the Embassy in Brussels and our Partnership for Peace Office (PfP) teamed up with institutional partners,
US State Department Sanctions Wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad The Media Line Staff 12/22/2020
The US State Department announced new sanctions on Asma Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, for preventing efforts to resolve the long-running Syrian civil war. Asama Assad “has spearheaded efforts on behalf of the regime to consolidate economic and political power, including by using her so-called charities and civil society organizations,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Tuesday.
Sanctions also will be levied against several members of Asma Assad’s immediate family, according to the statement, which named Fawaz Akhras, Sahar Otri Akhras, Firas al Akhras and Eyad Akhras. “The Assad and Akhras families have accumulated their ill-gotten riches at the expense of the Syrian people through their control over an extensive, illicit network with links in Europe, the Gulf, and elsewhere. Meanwhile, th
Application Deadline: Sunday, 31 January 2021, 5:00 p.m.
The UNAOC Youth Solidarity Fund (YSF) supports youth-led organizations that foster peaceful and inclusive societies by providing seed funding to outstanding projects promoting intercultural and interfaith dialogue. It awards grants of up to USD 25,000 for the implementation of selected projects that demonstrate innovative and effective approaches to intercultural and/or interfaith dialogue and advance the mission of UNAOC. YSF only supports projects that are entirely developed and managed by youth and for the benefit of youth. The age definition used by UNAOC to characterize youth is an individual between the ages of 18 and 35.
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Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu(left) with ASP Farasiko Matawalu. Picture: SUPPLIED.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Farasiko Matawalu presented his i-tatau to the Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu this week at the Police Headquarters in Laucala.
According to the Fiji Police Force, he departs for a year of tour of duty under the United Nations Interim Security in Abyei, Sudan early next month.
Originally from Makolei, Solevu in Bua, ASP Matawalu presently holds the post of Manager Tactical Operation at the Police Special Response Unit (PSRU) and his selection makes him the second Fijian officer to be deployed for mission duties under the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).
JEA: almost every serious journalist and writer now believes that Israel was behind the death of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeth. But that would almost certainly have been impossible if the United States and other US allies were putting pressure on Israel. In fact, one can say that the death of Fakhrizadeth was invariably a gift from the United States. Why?
The United States has been giving Israel at least 3 billion dollars every single year, and with Trump on the throne, the Israelis have been able to do just about anything they wanted. It was Trump himself who literally destroyed the peace deal Obama established with the Iranians.