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Share on email As we enter the next decade of the women, peace and security agenda examining relevant research and focusing on the participation of women in peacebuilding efforts is important Introduction The year 2020 marked the 20 th anniversary of the unanimous adoption of the United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security; 25 years since the World Conference on Women in Beijing; and the conclusion of the African Women’s Decade. Since 2000, the UN has adopted 10 subsequent resolutions and several strategies under the normative framework of the women, p...

Independent Senator Paul Richards. - After Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith took Senator Paul Richards to task for comments on the under-reporting of gender-based violence, Richards has said the commissioner must not have been listening to him properly. Richards said contrary to the commissioner’s assertions, he at no time identified the police in their current state as complicit in the phenomenon of not following up on reports of gender-based violence. In fact, he praised the police for their new approach. At the weekly press briefing at the police administration building in Port of ...

Date Time Statement on seventh meeting of International Health Regulations Emergency Committee regarding coronavirus disease pandemic The seventh meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took place on Thursday, 15 April 2021 from 12:00 to 16:30 Geneva time (CEST). Proceedings of the meeting Members and Advisors of the Emergency Committee were convened by videoconference. The Director-General welcomed the Committee, expressed concern over the continued rise in cas...

Statement on the seventh meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic Format Proceedings of the meeting Members and Advisors of the Emergency Committee were convened by videoconference. The Director-General welcomed the Committee, expressed concern over the continued rise in cases and deaths, and the need to scale up the global vaccination efforts. He thanked the committee for their continued support and advice. Representatives of the Office of Legal Counsel (LEG) and the Department of Compliance, Risk Managem...

April 19, 2021 The Straits Times Hands up if you’re feeling a little suffocated knowing that June is just around the corner but things don’t seem to be turning around just as quickly as you would’ve expected. Me too.  It’s been exactly one year and 26 days since my last plane ride, and I miss it. But that’s not all I miss. I miss the strangers that have turned into friends, I miss the thrill of discovering bars and restaurants hidden away in alleyways — I even miss the thrill of purchasing groceries in a foreign supermarket, and I’d bet you do too.