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UN chief highlights need for climate action, pandemic response, in commemorating 75th anniversary of the General Assembly
In his first major speech of the year, the UN Secretary-General underlined the need for global cooperation to address today s challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
António Guterres was speaking on Sunday during a virtual event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, which was held in London. The work of the General Assembly has helped to boost global health, literacy, and living standards, and to promote human rights and gender equality, he said, reflecting on some of its accomplishments since then.
In his first major speech of the year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the need for global cooperation to address today’s challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. The UN Chief was speaking on Sunday during a virtual event to commemorate the 75th…
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Fiona Bruce MP
THE appointment of Fiona Bruce MP as the Government’s special envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) will help people of faith to live “without fear or favour across the world”, the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, has said.
Ms Bruce is the Conservative MP for Congleton and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. Her appointment as special envoy was announced by the Prime Minister on Sunday.
She succeeds Rehman Chishti MP, who resigned from the position in September, saying he could not support the Government’s Internal Markets Bill, which broke sections of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement (News, 18 September).
Connectivity in South Asia: Corridor-led integration of BBIN countries mooted
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“Given new and emerging infrastructure linkages, it is vital to advance, adapt and accelerate the use of big data and analytics to conceptualise corridor assessment and monitoring mechanisms to improve logistics quality for enhancing trade and competitiveness in the BBIN sub-region,” said Bipul Chatterjee, Executive Director, CUTS International, a leading public policy body.
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Some borders have been studied multiple times in the last decade or so like the Benapole-Petrapole border, but substantial challenges are still evident that inhibits this corridor’s logistics quality.