The UN Biodiversity Conference moves to Canada

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The United Nations Biodiversity on Tuesday, June 21, announced the new dates for the second part of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 15), the UN Biodiversity Conference. The Meeting will take place between December 5 to 17, 2022 in Montreal, Canada under the Presidency of China.

Perspectives Asia #10: Fabrics of Society (The Heinrich Böll Foundation)

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The 10th issue of Perspectives Asia takes a look at how the pandemic is reshaping state/society relationships in different Asian countries; it also shares down-to-earth Covid-19 experiences from different regions and cultures, on issues as diverse as trust in government institutions, the situation of migrant workers, and gender relationships.

International Parliamentary Inquiry into the Global Response to the Crisis in Myanmar (IPI)

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The International Parliamentary Inquiry into the Global Response to the Crisis in Myanmar (IPI) will hold today its inaugural hearing into the failure of international actors to bring about the conditions for an end to violence in Myanmar, in the wake of the Military coup against the democratically elected government in February 2021.

Workshop: Sport for Gender Equality

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Join GIZ S4D Learning Lab for a three-day workshop on how sport can be used to promote gender equality.

Repairing the Harms of the Drug War (OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS)

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June 23, 2022 9:00–10:00 a.m. (EDT)he Support Don’t Punish Global Day of Action—panelists from the U.S., Brazil, and the Philippines will discuss the consequences of drug policy enforcement, work to dismantle the drug war within their own communities, and how reparations are critical to creating a more just post-prohibitionist future.

A Proposed Global Funding Mechanism for Social Protection

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In this webinar, our guest speaker, Dr Zina Nimeh (UNU-MERIT/Maastricht University, The Netherlands), will talk about the importance and benefits of having a global mechanism for social protection in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and what potential it can have on reducing poverty, inequality, insecurity and on increasing of wellbeing and human development.

NEW DECLARATION TO BETTER PROTECT CHILDREN IN CONFLICT IS A ‘MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT’ (by SAVE THE CHILDREN)

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17 June 2022, Geneva - Save the Children welcomes the news that multiple countries will endorse the text of an Irish-led political declaration aimed at strengthening the protection of civilians from the use of explosive weapons in towns, cities and other populated areas.

The DW Global Media Forum 2022

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The DW Global Media Forum offers a unique interdisciplinary platform for media professionals as well as decision-makers from politics, civil society, culture, education, business and science from all over the world to get together and to learn from each other as part of an intercultural exchange since 2008.

States agree final text of political declaration on the use of explosive weapons

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17 June 2022 – States, civil society, and international organizations met in Geneva on 17 June and finalised the text of the political declaration aimed at strengthening the protection of civilians arising from the use of explosive weapons in towns, cities, and other populated areas.

ODI: What if the Commonwealth was really about common wealth?

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What if the 54 member countries of the Commonwealth committed to sharing their common wealth more equitably?

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