Trade in Asia-Pacific declines for the first time since 2009, highlights UN regional arm

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 19Dec
Bangkok (ESCAP news) – Asia-Pacific economies may see positive trade growth in 2020 but are still facing downside risks from the adverse impacts of the United States – China trade tensions, two new trade briefs by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) released today have revealed.
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Sakharov Prize: daughter of 2019 laureate Ilham Tohti receives prize on his behalf

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 19Dec
Ilham Tohti's daughter Jewher Ilham accepted the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday on behalf of her jailed father.
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Global Refugee Forum 16 (Advance Session), 17 & 18 December 2019

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 17Dec
Guided by the Global Compact on Refugees, the Global Refugee Forum is an opportunity to translate the principle of international responsibility-sharing into concrete action. The Forum will showcase impactful pledges and contributions and the exchange of good practices
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IVD 2019: AN INCLUSIVE VOLUNTEERING FOR ALL

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 15Dec
The celebrations of the International Volunteering Day, IVD in Nepal showed how partnerships can really work out wonders if we are all genuinely driven by the desire to achieve the common goals, inclusively, where also disadvantaged groups have a role to play.
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2019 Right Livelihood Award Laureates Announced

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Dec
The Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The 2019 Award goes to Aminatou Haidar (Western Sahara), Guo Jianmei (China), Greta Thunberg (Sweden) and Davi Kopenawa / Hutukara Yanomami Association (Brazil). The Laureates were announced in Stockholm, Sweden
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), 3 December 2019

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 03Dec
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been annually observed on 3 December around the world. The theme for this 2019 IDPD is ‘Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda’. The theme focuses on the empowerment of persons with disabilities for inclusive, equitable and sustainable development.
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UN Secretary-General's remarks at pre-COP25 press conference

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 03Dec
"Climate-related natural disasters are becoming more frequent, more deadly, more destructive, with growing human and financial costs. Drought in some parts of the world is progressing at alarming rates destroying human habitats and endangering food security"
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Mark Carney to be new Special Envoy for Climate Action

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 03Dec
The Secretary-General of the United Nations announced on Sunday that the current head of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is to become the UN’s new Special Envoy for Climate Action
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WMO (World Meteorological Organization) Provisional Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 03Dec
Global average temperature in 2019 (January to October) was about 1.1 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period.Average Temperatures for the five-year (2015-2019) and ten-year (2010-2019) periods are almost certain to be the highest on record.”
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UN Climate Change Conference

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Dec
The UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 (2 – 13 December 2019) will take place under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and will be held with logistical support from the Government of Spain. SBSTA 51/ SBI 51 will take place 2-9 December 2019.
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