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By: Thoboloko Ntšonyane MASERU – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) commemorated the International Human Rights Day on Thursday. The UNDP Resident Representative Betty Wabunoha said the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aspire for improved human rights and seek to leave no one behind. “Protection of human rights is a collective effort,” she said. She said the commemoration is a platform to reflect on human rights nationally and globally and “to increase entrenchment on human rights based approaches”. “UNDP, OHCHR [Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights] and the Global Alliance of National human rights institutions (GANHI) through their tripartite agreement have provided both technical and ....
By: Thoboloko Ntšonyane MASERU – In its attempt to clear the hurdles and promote the domestic and international trade as well as enhancing export performance, the Ministry of Trade and Industry had recently embarked on an exercise of launching the National Trade Policy (NTP) Framework and National Export Strategy (NES) also referred to as the National Trade Strategy. The two policies are said to be in synch with the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) II. “The National Trade Policy framework (NTP framework) is a strategic development tool with specific focus and clear directives to guide both public and private in ....