UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Urged to Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court by Families of Disappeared
News Provided By January 29, 2021, 19:49 GMT
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UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab We specifically urge you this request after losing any hope to get justice for our disappeared relatives including our disappeared Babies and Children
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged UN Human Rights Council Member States to take steps to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC). ” Michelle Bachelet UN Highcommissioner for Human RightsLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, January 29, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ In a letter to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Families of the Disappeared have urged him to refer Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Humanitarian crises monitoring: Coronavirus in developing countries: Secondary impacts
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Developing countries face disastrous healthcare setbacks, hunger and huge international debt as covid-19’s ‘final wave’
The International Development Committee (IDC) today warns that a legacy of humanitarian and development reversals and crises could be more catastrophic than the direct impacts of covid-19 in developing countries. The IDC’s latest report comes as the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is set to appear before IDC members for the first time.
The IDC’s inquiry found that routine healthcare in some countries is grinding to a halt; vulnerable economies risked failure under rising levels of national debt; people across the Global South were more in fear of threats of job losses and starvation than the pandemic; and the virus, and its counter-measures, were increasing levels of gender-based violence, child marriages and other challeng
Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court (ICC). Victims Must Fashion Modalities for Non-recurrence: TGTE
News Provided By January 26, 2021, 16:57 GMT
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United Nations NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, January 26, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ The Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) has urged the UN Core Group on Sri Lanka (Canada, Germany, the UK, North Macedonia, and Montenegro) to submit a new resolution to the 46th UNHRC session next month that refers Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide crimes against humanity, and war crimes. In the letter sent on January 26, 2021 the TGTE urged that a new Resolution contain the following:
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) launches its five-year strategy | Asharq Al-Awsat Riyadh- Asharq Al-Awsat
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has launched its five-year strategy which will ensure that it continues to grow as a global investment partner of choice for innovative and transformative businesses.
The five-year strategy was approved during a recent PIF board meeting chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who also chairs the Council of Economic and Development Affairs and PIF.
“The most important aspect of the strategic focus in amending the Saudi economic structure is raising the percentage of local content to 60% in PIF’s projects and companies during the next five years,” Saudi economist Ahmed Al-Shehri told Asharq Al-Awsat.
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) will act as a key investment driver, Al-Falih added.
The global economy has begun to shift to other energy sources, the minister said, noting that the Kingdom made a strong push towards this transformation through its renewable energy strategy, as Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced ambitious goals to produce 50 percent of renewable energy in the Kingdom.
Al-Falih also noted that the strategies and policies announced by the Kingdom aim to maintain its leadership in energy sector, as it was during the oil era, amid transitioning to global leadership beyond oil amid the current global transformation.