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Saturday 9 December 2023 is International Anti-Corruption Day. The 2023 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) seeks to highlight the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, security, and development. Corruption not only follows conflict, but is ... Read more...

As intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza and fighting with Palestinian armed groups continued to impede aid operations, reports on the ground of children begging for water and people cutting down telephone poles for firewood indicated that “society ... Read more...

As COP28 climate negotiations head into week two, governments are finalising the details of a two year process to agree the direction of adaptation action. These discussions will define how and whether progress on adaptation is framed and measured ... Read more...

In the wake of Ukraine's formidable challenges arising from conflict and environmental devastation, the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 provides an opportunity for shedding light on how investing in nature can contribute to a sustainable recovery. ... Read more...

In today’s world many human interactions are taking place in the online spaces. As the internet and mobile technologies, as well as social media spaces, become more and more accessible, this is where many of our real life activities take place. Many ... Read more...

Exploring new opportunities in IP and innovative technology - BIP Asia Forum explores IP applications and brand strategies to help businesses seize growth opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and international markets ... Read more...

Issued by the APEC Secretariat Lima, Peru, 7 December 2023 Despite limited understanding of multilateralism, the public recognizes the need for economic integration as essential to tackling global challenges effectively. That is according to the APEC Secretariat’s ... Read more...

The New Zealand Jewish Council and the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand are dismayed at the use of inflammatory and Holocaust-related language in the political arena in New Zealand. At the first sitting of the new Parliament, we witnessed multiple ... Read more...

GENEVA (7 December 2023) – UN experts* today raised concerns about the dangerous precedent and far-reaching negative consequences of the Russian Supreme Court decision declaring the “international LGBT movement and its structural units” as “extremist”, ... Read more...

2011-2020 was warmest decade on record Glacier and ice sheet loss unprecedented Sea level rise accelerates Ocean heat and acidification damage marine ecosystems Extreme weather undermines sustainable development Ozone layer on track to recovery ... Read more...