PACE Is Becoming Part Of Corrupt System
KARABAKH OFFICIAL: PACE IS BECOMING PART OF CORRUPT SYSTEM 12:23, 27.11.2015 Region:Armenia, Karabakh, Azerbaijan Theme: Politics STEPANAKERT. - The Sarsang Reservoir and Dam--in the Nagorno-Karabakh...
View ArticleDisrepair of Sarsang reservoir may result in fresh humanitarian crisis, PACE...
European parliamentarians have warned that the state of disrepair of the Sarsang dam could result in a "major disaster with great loss of human life" and possibly a fresh humanitarian crisis. PACE...
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Print 30 November 2015 Warning of a further “dramatic” worsening of the humanitarian situation in Iraq, a senior United Nations relief official today urged increased international support to assist...
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(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States) November 29, 2015 | Mexico City | Press Release 615 The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee (social, humanitarian and...
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(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of IR of Iran) Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Sunday that alleged possible military dimension of Iranian nuclear program is invalid. Speaking in a...
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(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 2 December 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighth to eleventh periodic...
View ArticleEuropean Rapporteur Says Armenia Is Creating An 'Artificial Environmental...
EUROPEAN RAPPORTEUR SAYS ARMENIA IS CREATING AN "ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS" IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH PR Newswire Europe November 30, 2015 Monday 5:39 AM EST BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 30, 2015 The MP...
View ArticleMinister Bibeau Meets with Key Humanitarian Partners (Government of Canada)
(Source: Government of Canada) December 3, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today launched a...
View ArticleFundamental change needed to address women’s health in conflicts, disasters –...
(Source: UN - United Nations) 3 December 2015 - Of the more than 100 million people in need of humanitarian aid this year due to conflict and natural disasters, 26 million are women and adolescent...
View ArticleFundamental change needed to address women’s health in conflicts, disasters – UN
Print 3 December 2015 Of the more than 100 million people in need of humanitarian aid this year due to conflict and natural disasters, 26 million are women and adolescent girls of reproductive age,...
View ArticlePresident received delegation headed by the President of the Chamber of...
(Source: The President of the Republic of Armenia) President Serzh Sargsyan received today delegation headed by the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic Jan Hamacek. Welcoming the...
View ArticlePress Releases: Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk...
(Source: US Department of State) The text of the following statement was released by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries: We, the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk...
View ArticleJoint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair...
(Source: OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) BELGRADE, 3 December 2015 - We, the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries - Foreign Minister of the...
View ArticleHumanitarian response treats women's health ‘as an afterthought’, says the UN
UN population fund says in times of crisis, women and girls are left in precarious situation with lack of pregnancy, childbirth and family planning services...
View ArticleMinister Bibeau Meets with Key Humanitarian Partners (Embassy of Canada in...
(Source: Embassy of Canada in France) December 3, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today...
View ArticleEbola is not only a medical emergency and case for humanitarian assistance,...
(Source: EFD - Europe of Freedom & Democracy Group) Ignazio Corrao is a co-author of parliament's resolution on the EU response to the Ebola outbreak Ebola has been declared a public health...
View Article27/11/2015 The Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly must be in...
(Source: Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly) The Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly must be in the lead of consolidating the efforts of the international community to eliminate...
View ArticlePresident received the Co-Rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of PACE on...
(Source: The President of the Republic of Armenia) President Serzh Sargsyan received today Alan Meale, PACE Co-Rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee for verifying the fulfillment by Armenia of her...
View ArticleEP this week: COP21, migration, ACP, arms control (European Parliament)
(Source: European Parliament) A delegation of 15 MEPs heads to Paris this week as world leaders gather at COP21 to hammer out a global agreement to fight climate change. Back in Brussels members of the...
View Article27/11/2015 The Standing Committee of PACE adopts a Declaration initiated by...
(Source: Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly) The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Declaration, initiated by Bulgaria, to reconfirm the...
View Article27/11/2015 At a meeting with PACE President Ann Brasseur, Tsetska Tsacheva...
(Source: Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly) The Bulgarian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe provides us with an opportunity to once again reaffirm our commitments...
View Article26/11/2015 National Assembly to host a sitting of PACE Standing Committee...
(Source: Republic of Bulgaria National Assembly) The National Assembly will host a siting of the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The sitting will be opened by...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Adopts 28 Fourth Committee Texts Covering Issues Including...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Two Actions Postponed until Later Date, as Plenary Acts Directly on Three Drafts Upon the recommendation of its Fourth Committee (Special Political and...
View ArticleThe Suffering People of Nepal are Facing a Dire Winter
Seven months after the devastating twin earthquakes that killed more than 8,000 people, destroyed over 600,000 homes and damaged hundreds of thousands more, the suffering people of Nepal are facing...
View ArticleDynamic, Complex and Increasingly Dangerous
If we have learned anything from living in our increasingly globalized world, it is that no community or no nation stands in isolation. For better or worse, we are all connected. This makes our...
View ArticleThe global humanitarian crisis 'can't depend on a continuous increase in...
As the UN asks for a staggering $20bn in humanitarian funding, some of the leading donor states share their thoughts on the future of the sector...
View ArticleSituation in Eastern Ukraine Remains ‘Tense and Volatile’ Despite...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Delegations Stress Need to Implement Minsk Agreements in Full, End Widespread Human Rights Violations, Stabilize Humanitarian Situation Despite a reduction in clashes...
View ArticleConcluding Its Session, Second Committee Unanimously Approves 18 Resolutions...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Sustainable Development, Poverty Eradication at Centre of Agreed Texts Concluding its work for the main part of the General Assembly's seventieth session...
View ArticleConcluding Its Session, Second Committee Unanimously Approves 18 Resolutions...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Sustainable Development, Poverty Eradication at Centre of Agreed Texts Concluding its work for the main part of the General Assembly's seventieth session today, the Second...
View ArticleEuropean Commission increases humanitarian aid for Yemen crisis (European...
(Source: European Commission) The European Commission is releasing an additional €15 million of emergency aid to provide life-saving assistance in Yemen. This money will bring the Commission's total...
View ArticleEuropean Commission increases humanitarian aid for Yemen crisis (ECHO -...
(Source: ECHO - Humanitarian Aid Office) The European Commission is releasing an additional €15 million of emergency aid to provide life-saving assistance in Yemen. This money will bring the...
View ArticleUlster County Executive Mike Hein Commends The County Legislature For...
(Source: Ulster County, NY) New Policy Set For County-Owned Ulster & Delaware Corridor Kingston, NY - County Executive Mike Hein is pleased to support the amended County policy of the Ulster County...
View ArticleBurundi: Urgent action needed to prevent a humanitarian crisis (UNICEF -...
(Source: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund) Burundi: Urgent action needed to prevent a humanitarian crisis NEW YORK, 15 December 2015 - Two United Nations Emergency Directors warned today that...
View ArticleFifth Committee Approves Resolution Asking for Action to Address United...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Speakers Also Examine Requests for Extra Funds to Implement Post-2015 Goals The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today approved a draft...
View ArticleFifth Committee Approves Resolution Asking for Action to Address United...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Speakers Also Examine Requests for Extra Funds to Implement Post-2015 Goals The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today approved a draft resolution calling...
View Article39th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender...
(Source: Narodna Skupstina Republike Srbije) Greeting the attending, Defence and Internal Affairs Committee Chairperson Marija Obradovic opined that the Draft Law is of fundamental importance for the...
View Article46th Sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (Narodna Skupstina...
(Source: Narodna Skupstina Republike Srbije) Greeting the attending, Defence and Internal Affairs Committee Chairperson Marija Obradovic opined that the Draft Law is of fundamental importance for the...
View ArticleRecord EU humanitarian budget adopted for 2016 (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) As global humanitarian needs are set to reach a historic high in 2016, the European Commission is stepping up its humanitarian budget to record levels. The European...
View ArticleRecord EU humanitarian budget adopted for 2016 (ECHO - Humanitarian Aid Office)
(Source: ECHO - Humanitarian Aid Office) As global humanitarian needs are set to reach a historic high in 2016, the European Commission is stepping up its humanitarian budget to record levels. The...
View ArticleCoats: Responding to humanitarian catastrophe (Daniel Coats)
(Source: Daniel Coats) Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Responding to humanitarian catastrophe Mechanisms that ended the Bosnian War could be applied in Syria By Dan Coats Responding to humanitarian...
View ArticleEU provides €5 million in humanitarian aid for the Burundian crisis (European...
(Source: European Commission) The European Commission has today released €5 million in new humanitarian assistance to help the increasing number of Burundians affected by the ongoing instability in the...
View ArticleBurundi: International community must act immediately to end human rights...
(Source: Amnesty International USA) The international community must take urgent steps to address the political crisis in Burundi and restore full respect for human rights as the country moves...
View ArticleBurundi: warning that country is facing 'human rights crisis' (Amnesty...
(Source: Amnesty International United Kingdom Section) The international community must take urgent steps to address the political crisis in Burundi and restore full respect for human rights as the...
View ArticleEU provides €5 million in humanitarian aid for the Burundian crisis (ECHO -...
(Source: ECHO - Humanitarian Aid Office) The European Commission has today released €5 million in new humanitarian assistance to help the increasing number of Burundians affected by the ongoing...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DECIDES TO URGENTLY DISPATCH A MISSION TO BURUNDI TO...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 17 December 2015 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution in which it requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...
View ArticleMeetings of the Delegation Led by the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee...
(Source: National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia) Meetings of the Delegation Led by the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv On December 13-14, the...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: Record EU humanitarian budget adopted for 2016 (Delegation of...
(Source: Delegation of European Union to the United Republic of Tanzania) dacb03af-3292-4625-95f7-907bd4eff009.pdf European Commission - Press release Record EU humanitarian budget adopted for 2016...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON PREVENTING THE FURTHER...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 17 December 2015 The Human Rights Council this morning opened a Special Session on preventing the further deterioration of the human rights situation in...
View ArticleNeeds of migrants high on humanitarian agenda (Australian Red Cross)
(Source: Australian Red Cross) Friday December 18, 2015 Credit: IFRC The 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the largest humanitarian meeting of its kind, is being attended...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Adopts 64 Third Committee Texts Covering Issues Including...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Delegates See Four Actions Postponed Due to Possible Programme Budget Implications Acting on the recommendation of its Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural),...
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