EU announces Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships 2023–2025

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The European Commission announced today the 25 young people selected to be members of the 2023–2025 European Union Youth Sounding Board for International Partnerships. The board will advise Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, and the Directorate-General for International Partnerships on youth participation and empowerment in EU external action.

"Green Skills For Youth: Towards A Sustainable World"

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Today, the world is embarking on a green transition. The shift towards an environmentally sustainable and climate-friendly world is critical not only for responding to the global climate crisis but also for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A successful transition towards a greener world will depend on the development of green skills in the population.

‘Increasingly brazen’ war crimes evident in Myanmar, reports Independent Mechanism

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The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) on Tuesday revealed compelling evidence of the country’s military and affiliate militias engaging in more frequent and audacious war crimes and crimes against humanity.

International Youth Day 12 August

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2023 Theme: Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World

Read the Forest Countries’ Communiqué released at the Amazon Summit

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The presidents and heads of delegation of the forest countries, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru Indonesia, Suriname, Venezuela, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines released on the last day of the Amazon Summit, held this Wednesday (9), the communiqué “United for Our Forests – Joint Communiqué of Developing Forest Countries in Belém

UN WOMEN: Member States agree on International Day of Care and Support: A milestone for gender equality and sustainable societies

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The United Nations General Assembly, through a groundbreaking resolution (A/RES/77/317), has proclaimed an International Day of Care and Support, to be commemorated on 29 October.

Taming big tech : Protecting Expression for All

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ARTICLE 19’s policies set out a solution that would not only protect freedom of expression and privacy online but also – finally – give us all a viable alternative to Big Tech.

OXFAM: Sick Development

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How rich-country government and World Bank funding to for-profit private hospitals causes harm, and why it should be stopped

OECD: GOVERNMENT AT A GLANCE 2023

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Crises underline need to build greater trust and enhance democratic resilience Democracies' responses to recent crises have in many cases been effective – but stepping up efforts to build trust and enhance democratic resilience is needed for future challenges, according to the OECD's latest report.

UN forum drives action to close the gender-finance gap in Asia and the Pacific

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Organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in partnership with the Government of Canada, the Feminist Finance Forum next week will drive action to move the needle on gender lens investing and financial inclusion for entrepreneurs across the region.

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