Work to support and develop integrity institutions across the Pacific will be strengthened by a United Nations Resolution affirming the importance of the Ombudsman role, says Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.
“The UN General Assembly’s Resolution gives due weight to the importance of Ombudsman and mediator roles, and strongly encourages all UN member states to consider creating and strengthening independent and autonomous Ombudsman institutions”, Mr Boshier says.
“This aligns with my work to build and support integrity institutions across the Pacific, and I will be hosting workshops and discussions with my Pacific counterparts on how to put the Resolution to use in this part of the world”, he says.
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Netherlands Becomes the First European Country to Declare China s Treatment of Uyghurs Genocide
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s conservative VVD party voted against the resolution.
Foreign Minister Stef Blok said the government did not want to use the term genocide, as the situation has not been declared as such by the United Nations or by an international court.
“The situation of the Uighurs is a cause of great concern”, Mr Blok told reporters after the motion was passed, adding that the Netherlands hoped to work with other nations on the matter.
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The author of the motion, lawmaker Sjoerd Sjoerdsma of the centre-left D-66 Party, has separately proposed lobbying the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics away from Beijing.