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COVID-19 recovery focus of UN General Assembly special session
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Health

COVID-19 recovery focus of UN General Assembly special session

Nations united on Thursday for a special session of the UN General Assembly to survey the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, reflect on the best response, and forge a path…

3 December 2020 · 4 min read

Cameroon religious leaders encouraged to become 'diplomats of peace' in troubled land
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Christianity

Cameroon religious leaders encouraged to become ‘diplomats of peace’ in troubled land

When a group of Cameroonian religious leaders from both English and French-speaking communities, both Christian and Muslim, met to discuss the crisis in the Anglophone western provinces of Cameroon, they…

2 December 2020 · 4 min read

EU agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries at risk | News | European Parliament
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Europe

EU agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries at risk | News | European Parliament

No EP consent to Post-Cotonou without parliamentary dimension.Committee on Development Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

2 December 2020 · 1 min read

MEPs call for an EU-wide “right to disconnect” | News | European Parliament
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Europe

MEPs call for an EU-wide “right to disconnect” | News | European Parliament

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201126IPR92512/meps-call-for-an-eu-wide-right-to-disconnect Disconnecting from work should be a fundamental rightCall for an EU bill granting this right to all EU workersSince the COVID-19 crisis began, over a third of EU workers…

2 December 2020 · 2 min read

Deal on new rules for EU regional, cohesion and social funds over next 7 years  | News | European Parliament
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Europe

Deal on new rules for EU regional, cohesion and social funds over next 7 years | News | European Parliament

On Tuesday, EU legislators reached a provisional political agreement on how EU countries will be able to spend EU regional, cohesion and social funds for 2021-2027.Committee on Regional Development Source…

1 December 2020 · 1 min read

COVID-19 can spark new generation of social protection measures: UN chief
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News

COVID-19 can spark new generation of social protection measures: UN chief

While COVID-19 has wiped out important development gains in mere months, with extreme poverty rising for the first time in decades, the pandemic could spark the transformations needed to achieve…

1 December 2020 · 3 min read

Article - What is the State of the EU address? (video)
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Europe

Article – What is the State of the EU address? (video)

, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20201127STO92607/

1 December 2020 · 1 min read

Making your voice heard in the EU  | News | European Parliament
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Europe

Making your voice heard in the EU | News | European Parliament

, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20201127STO92609/

1 December 2020 · 1 min read