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New project will strengthen early warnings for floods and flash floods in Southwest Indian Ocean
World Meteorological Organization
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July 5, 2024
The event from 2-5 July is hosted by WMO in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, the US National Weather Service, the Hydrologic Research Center and the Seychelles Meteorological...
Ethiopia resumes accession negotiations with target of WTO membership by MC14
World Trade Organization
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March 19, 2025
Minister of Trade and Regional Integration and WTO Chief Negotiator Kassahun Gofe Balami led the high-level Ethiopian delegation in Geneva. Several senior government officials from the Steering Committee on Accession and experts from ministries...
In memoriam: Taylor Binnington
Stockholm Environment Institute
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March 12, 2025
With heavy hearts, SEI announces the death of our cherished colleague, Taylor Binnington, on 8 March 2025. Taylor, 39, was a Senior Scientist at SEI US in the Energy Modeling Program and had been at SEI since 2013. Living in North Haven,...
Union of the Comoros: IMF Executive Board Completes Second Review Under ECF Arrangement and Approves US$2.42 Million Disbursement
International Monetary Fund
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January 21, 2011
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the second review of the Union of the Comoros’ economic performance under a program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) . The Board’s decision enables the...
Minister Angie Motshekga: Debate on events in DRC
South African Government
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February 17, 2025
The Speaker/Chairperson Ministers and Deputy Ministers Members of Parliament Ladies and Gentlemen Allow me to thank the Speaker for allowing us time and space to debate this very important and yet tragic matter which attracted a lot of public...
Exercise Cutlass Express 2025 Concludes in Tanzania
U.S. Navy
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February 21, 2025
During the exercise, which took place from Feb. 10-21, over 1000 participants from 20 partner nations supported Exercise Cutlass Express 2025 as part of a global network of partners to enhance cooperation and expertise in maritime security...
Somalia successfully kick-starts its WTO accession process
World Trade Organization
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February 17, 2025
Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama led the high-level delegation in Geneva. Several government officials from a wide range of ministries and agencies joined virtually from Mogadishu. Mr Jama said that Somalia's first Working Party...
Visit to Singapore Under the 13th Forum of Small States Fellowship Programme by Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, 5 to 9 August 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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August 5, 2024
Singapore will host a study visit by seven Permanent Representatives to the United Nations (UN) in New York from 5 to 9 August 2024 under the 13th Forum of Small States (FOSS) Fellowship Programme. These Permanent Representatives are from Angola,...
Small Island Developing State conference agrees resilience roadmap
World Meteorological Organization
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May 28, 2024
“The United Nations stands with you in reaffirming SIDS' aspirations: to halt and mitigate the terrible impacts of the climate crisis; to build resilient economies; to foster safe, healthy and prosperous societies; to achieve water, food and...
Co2Bit to Revolutionize Voluntary Carbon Credit Offsets Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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January 7, 2024
ORLANDO, FL, Jan. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Co2Bit Technologies (Co2Bit), a forward-thinking technology company dedicated to developing innovative solutions for a sustainable future, is excited to announce the development of an advanced...
A Financing Perspective on Tailoring WMO Technical Assistance to Members’ Needs
World Meteorological Organization
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June 7, 2024
By John Harding, CREWS Secretariat and Lina Sjaavik and Jean-Baptiste Migraine, WMO Secretariat The WMO Strategic Plan 2024–2027 envisions “a world where all nations, especially the most vulnerable, are more resilient to the socioeconomic...
WTO members explore ways of boosting LDCs’ capacity to participate in services trade
World Trade Organization
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July 11, 2024
Speakers underlined that LDCs' capacity to participate in services trade is hindered by infrastructure issues, skills development, the regulatory environment and limited technological capacity. The importance of international cooperation in...
New funding from CREWS Initiative accelerates Early Warnings for All
World Meteorological Organization
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May 17, 2024
The Climate Risk and Early Warnings Initiative (CREWS Initiative) has approved funding to boost progress towards providing life-saving early warning systems in vulnerable Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States by the end of...
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on April 25, 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China
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April 25, 2024
China News Service: Yesterday, China Wildlife Conservation Association released that two giant pandas will depart for Spain for conservation cooperation at the end of this month. Do you have more information on that？ Wang Wenbin: Giant panda...
New disciplines on regulation of services trade enter into force for four more members
World Trade Organization
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May 24, 2024
A total of 72 economies — comprising 70 WTO members and two acceding members (Timor-Leste and Comoros) — are committed to implementing the new disciplines. Ecuador is the latest WTO member to have confirmed its commitment, requesting to become a...
Supporting transparent and inclusive elections in the Central African Republic
UN Volunteers
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December 2, 2024
Angeline Kidiga is a 39-year-old woman from Kenya. She is a UN Volunteer Electoral Officer and joined MINUSCA in 2022 to support electoral operations. Angeline has overseen the distribution of electoral materials to some of the most remote areas...
UNAIDS urges Indian Ocean Island countries to strengthen HIV prevention to end AIDS
UNAIDS
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March 27, 2024
ANTANANARIVO/GENEVA, 27 March 2024—Despite progress across most of sub-Saharan Africa, UNAIDS warns that gaps in HIV prevention are driving new HIV infections in the Indian Ocean Countries (IOC) and several other countries in Africa. The critical...
Minister Ronald Lamola on international relation matters and upcoming engagements
South African Government
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November 13, 2024
Media statement delivered by Minister Ronald Lamola at Oliver Tambo Building in Pretoria South Africa and Angola strengthen economic ties with new initiatives and upcoming State Visit On the 1st of November 2024, we undertook a working visit to...
Harvard’s Jason Furman urges continued embrace of trade to further reduce global inequality
World Trade Organization
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September 11, 2024
Jason Furman, Practice of Economic Policy Professor at Harvard University, emphasized that globalization over the past 25 years has significantly improved human welfare. Despite a global population increase of two billion, more than one billion...
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on May 22, 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China
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May 22, 2024
President Xi Jinping’s Special Representative, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council Zhang Guoqing will attend the memorial service for Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on...