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WHO/Europe’s governing board decides to hold virtual Regional Committee
Members of the Standing Committee of the Regional Committee (SCRC) met on 18 May 2021 to agree on the agenda for the upcoming 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee…
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Getting a patent waiver is not enough, says WTO chief to Trade Committee | News | European Parliament
Parliament’s Committee on Trade debated on Thursday how to increase vaccine production effectively with WTO Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.Committee on International Trade Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP
Europe
Hit against euro counterfeiters linked to the Camorra
On 20 May 2021, Europol supported the German Regional Criminal Police of Nordrhein-Westfalen (Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the Italian Finance Corps (Guardia di Finanza) of Rome and Naples in dismantling an…
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WCC calls for end to violence affecting places of worship in Holy Land
After Patriarchs and Heads of Jerusalem Churches express concern for Al-Aqsa Mosque worshippers and Sheikh Jarrah families in a 9 May statement over the recent violence in East Jerusalem, World…
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SPIEGEL involved Merkel and Borissov in a scheme to supply low-quality masks from Bulgaria
The German army has ordered protective clothing from Bulgaria for hundreds of thousands of euros, which is of poor quality, but about which Chancellor Angela Merkel seems to have personally…
Institutions
How UNODC Wants to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence Against Women
Vienna (Austria), 20 May 2021 – Because Gender-Based Violence Against Women (GBVAW) is still happening every day, everywhere, UNODC is implementing several initiatives around the world in the field of…
Europe
ESMA appoints Natasha Cazenave as Executive Director
The Board of Supervisors confirmed the appointment at its meeting on Thursday 20 May, following the European Parliament’s confirmation of Ms. Cazenave’s candidature in its plenary session on 18 May.…
Buddhism
Japan congratulates President-elect Penpa Tsering
Staff Reporter May 20, 2021 Shimomura Hakubun, Japan’s former education minister (L) and Mr. Makino Seishu, a former Parliament member and Representative of Save Tibet Network Japan congratulate Sikyong-elect Penpa…
Buddhism
Creating Hope—His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s conversation with Pico Iyer
Staff Reporter May 20, 2021 Dharamshala, 19th May 2021: This morning, after His Holiness the Dalai Lama had smiled, waved and taken his seat in front of the cameras, Celesta Billeci,…