CGD Experts’ Statements on US Foreign Aid Freeze

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jan
Media contact: Evan Ottenfeld eottenfeld@cgdev.org
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HRW: Afghanistan: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Gender Persecution Charges

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jan
Senior Taliban Leaders Named for Alleged Crimes Against Humanity in Request for Warrants
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Children bear the brunt of escalating conflict and famine in Sudan

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jan
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder
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IDS: Ten reasons not to use AI for development and ten routes to more responsible use

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 24Jan
Published on 21 January 2025 Tony Roberts Digital Cluster Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy. The Foreign Secretary says he is planning to bring ‘AI into the heart of our work’.
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90 Parties Submit First Biennial Transparency Reports

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 24Jan
UN Climate Change News, 22 January 2025 – Ninety Parties to the Paris Agreement have submitted their first Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs), underscoring the commitment of nations to advancing the goals of the Paris Agreement through the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF).
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Myanmar Junta's Cybersecurity Law is unconstitutional and must be withdrawn immediately, says Southeast Asian MPs

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 24Jan
Jakarta, 24 January 2025 – The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) firmly opposes Myanmar’s recently revived Cybersecurity Law, warning that it poses a profound threat to fundamental freedoms and directly contradicts the principles enshrined in Myanmar's constitution.
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Billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Jan
Published: 20th January 2025 Oxfam predicts there will be at least five trillionaires a decade from now. 204 new billionaires were minted in 2024, nearly four every week.
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Syria: Visiting Türk calls for human rights to be central to face tremendous challenges and risks

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Jan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk At Damascus, Syria
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Mediterranean: Dozens of migrants rescued by humanitarian groups (INFO MIGRANTS)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Jan
A total of 83 people, including 11 women, three of whom are pregnant, and three babies were rescued by the crew of the Ocean Viking rescue ship from an overcrowded rubber dinghy in the night between January 20 and 21. A further 38 people were rescued by the crew of the Louise Michel.
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AI Localism: An alternative vision to a Global Citizens' Assembly for governing AI

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Jan
The true promise of AI lies not in abstract global agreements but in its capacity to enhance lives, one community at a time. New paper by Dr. Stefaan Verhulst, PhD (Co-Founder of The GovLab and The Data Tank) and Claudia Chwalisz (Founder and CEO of DemocracyNext)
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