2024 CAAL Annual Lecture

Full Text Sharing
2024 ANU Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership (CAAL) Annual Lecture Join us for the inaugural ANU Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership (CAAL) Annual lecture to be delivered by Senator the Honorable Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs Australia.

Leaders to highlight volunteering as key to sustainable development at global conference

Full Text Sharing
BUSAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA—This October, leaders in volunteering from nonprofit, corporate, government and academic sectors around the world will gather in Busan, South Korea, to call attention to the global impact that volunteer efforts are making for sustainable development.

OXFAM: Prioritizing Partnerships: Modelling an alternative international humanitarian response in the Ukraine crisis

Full Text Sharing
The February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation caused the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since the Second World War. With no existing presence in the region and recognizing the strong civil society that had already begun responding to the needs of affected communities, Oxfam decided to implement a partner-led humanitarian response model.

Middle East: De-escalation and protection of civilians urgently needed

Full Text Sharing
Geneva (ICRC) – A surge in attacks across parts of the Middle East is inflicting yet more suffering on civilians and raising fears of wider regional conflict with devastating humanitarian consequences. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for de-escalation and the protection of civilian lives.

Statement by the Secretary-General on the Rio de Janeiro G20 Ministerial Declaration on International Tax Cooperation

Full Text Sharing
"For the first time in its history G20 Members have agreed a comprehensive stand-alone Tax Declaration, reflecting the transformational achievements of international tax cooperation to date, the importance of that cooperation and its commitment to continue to carry it forward. "

Simon Stiell from Wuhan: "Cooperation is our only viable solution to this global climate crisis."

Full Text Sharing
The following is a transcript of remarks delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the 8th Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) in Wuhan, China, on 22 July 2024.

Free Vietnam’s Political Prisoners!

Full Text Sharing
In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and interrogation on a daily basis.

Ada Hegerberg leads unfair football match at the Norway Cup to call for equal vaccine access for all

Full Text Sharing
Oslo/Geneva, 30 July 2024 –Today, Ada Hegerberg and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance gathered young people from around the world at the coveted Friendship Match during the Norway Cup to illustrate how unequal access to vaccines worldwide gives children an unfair start in life.

Pages