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EcoWatch
March 26, 2018
The report, a compilation of four regional assessments on the status of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and Europe and Central Asia, was compiled by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES),ÃÂ ...
OpenGov Asia
March 26, 2018
The UK-Australia FinTech Bridge will deepen collaboration between governments, regulators, and industry bodies in the two countries. It will also support improved access for ... Australia is also the second largest alternative finance market in the Asia Pacific. Australia's supportive regulatory settings andÃÂ ...
HuffPost Canada
March 24, 2018
Scientists meeting in Colombia issued four regional reports Friday on how well animal and plants are doing in the Americas; Europe and Central Asia; Africa; ... The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem was about more than just critters, said study team chairman RobertÃÂ ...
Newsweek
March 24, 2018
The reports—which were the result of three years of work and involved more than 550 leading experts from more than 100 countries—assessed biodiversity and ecosystems in four regions: the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Europe-Central Asia. They were approved by the IntergovernmentalÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
March 23, 2018
... February 21, 2018. If current trends continue, in Asia, there will be no fish stocks for commercial fishing by 2048, the UN reports. ... The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem was about more than just critters, said study team chairman Robert Watson. It is about keepingÃÂ ...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 13, 2018
"In some countries in Asia, rice importing issues are completely controlled by government procurement bodies," Adul said. ... Several Southeast Asian importers will be targeted, including the Indonesian government's procurement and logistics agency Bulog, the Philippines' National Food Agency andÃÂ ...
Nikkei Asian Review
December 31, 1999
"In some countries in Asia, rice importing issues are completely controlled by government procurement bodies," Adul said. ... Several Southeast Asian importers will be targeted, including the Indonesian government's procurement and logistics agency Bulog, the Philippines' National Food Authority andÃÂ ...
The Asian Age
February 23, 2018
No consensus for nominating Pakistan, proposing three months pause and asking APG (Asia Pacific Group) for another report to be concluded in June". Asif was in Moscow when he posted on Twitter. Paris-based FATF, also known by its French name Groupe d'action financiere, is an intergovernmentalÃÂ ...
Davis Enterprise
February 23, 2018
The idea for the Global Virome Project began in 2016 when stakeholders from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe spanning industry, academia, intergovernmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector began to design a framework for the project. Fieldwork in China andÃÂ ...
BusinessGhana
February 23, 2018
Co-organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ... and interlinkages between energy and other development goals, which will also provide key input for ongoing intergovernmental discussions leading upÃÂ ...
Khaleej Times
February 23, 2018
Since Dubai is strategically located on the migration path between Europe and Asia, the IHC community can reach - within eight hours - two-thirds of the ... 55 humanitarian organisations and 13 commercial companies including UN organisations, international non-profits, intergovernmental entities, andÃÂ ...
Financial Tribune
February 23, 2018
The ESM is an intergovernmental organization set up in 2012 to ensure financial stability in the eurozone. Regling said the vulnerable emerging economies are in Asia, Latin America and Africa. "Monetary ... "Some Asian investors who have left (euro assets) during the crisis are now coming back. They areÃÂ ...
Nikkei Asian Review
February 23, 2018
ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling speaks to the Nikkei Asian Review in Tokyo on Feb. 22. (Photo by Rie ... The ESM is an intergovernmental organization set up in 2012 to ensure financial stability in the eurozone. Regling said the vulnerable emerging economies are in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Asia Times
February 22, 2018
Public anger stirred over recent reports that China unilaterally named and registered five undersea features at the Benham Rise in the eastern Philippine Sea at the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), an intergovernmental body that aims to ensure the world's seas, oceans and navigable watersÃÂ ...
IDG Connect (blog)
February 21, 2018
Specifically, the report calls on nations in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) intergovernmental group to boost its cybersecurity spending – to around $170 billion in total – as the world's digital economy shows no signs of slowing down and ASEAN businesses are in danger of losing $750ÃÂ ...
Trend News Agency
February 12, 2018
... the further improvements of the transport links between Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Central Asia. The official opening ceremony of the BTK railway was held in Baku Oct. 30, 2017. The BTK railway was constructed on the basis a Georgian-Azerbaijani-Turkish intergovernmental agreement.
AzerNews
February 12, 2018
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdimuhamedov confirmed the structure of the Turkmen part of Turkmen-Belarus intergovernmental committee on scientific and ... Turkmenistan is one of the key partners of Belarus in Central Asia, message on the web-site of Belarus embassy in Ashgabat reads.
AsiaOne
February 12, 2018
Thomas Tieber, CEO for ASEAN and South Asia, DHL Global Forwarding, said: "Global trade continues to grow positively, and this raises important security concerns ... WCO is an independent intergovernmental body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of customs administrations.
GW Hatchet
February 12, 2018
If I were to work with an intergovernmental organization, like I hope to do, and had to discuss topics regarding countries like Colombia, Ecuador or Panama, ... The repetitive nature of the current regional courses offered can also be seen in regards to the Asian studies major and Asia concentration.
Sputnik International
February 11, 2018
The United States is already looking not only at North Korea, although it justifies its military presence by the North Korean issue, but also at the South China Sea, where China is holding negotiations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries on the settlement of disputed territorialÃÂ ...
Mother Jones
February 10, 2018
In 1990, the first report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a select group of the world's top experts on climate science, said that “there is no ... In the hardest hit parts of highly-urbanized East Asia, for example, the complete removal of aerosols would likely have a bigger effect than all otherÃÂ ...
HydroWorld
February 10, 2018
Hydro's LCOE varies regionally, with 2016-2017 values being $0.04/kWh in Asia, $0.05 in South America, $0.06 in North America, $0.07 in Africa, Eurasia ... IRENA is an intergovernmental organization that promotes the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy, includingÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
February 9, 2018
A renewed feud over the issue has frayed ties even as America's two key Asian allies confront the challenge of North Korea's nuclear and missile ... Moon said the emotional damage sustained by the victims cannot be resolved through simple exchanges between governments and that both South KoreaÃÂ ...
Gulf Times
February 9, 2018
The agreement opens more than 15,000 km of the Asian Highway routes for transport operation and services, with the longest route stretching more than ... About Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC), he said Pakistan has unique geographic location at the crossroads of Central Asia, theÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
February 9, 2018
A renewed feud over the issue has frayed ties even as America's two key Asian allies confront the challenge of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs ... Moon said the emotional damage sustained by the victims cannot be resolved through simple exchanges between governments and that both SouthÃÂ ...
The Asian Age
February 9, 2018
"Why did PM Modi and defence minister then not ask both the companies to submit fresh bids through the 'intergovernmental agreement route' so as to get the lowest price in favour of India's public exchequer?" "Why was no prior permission of the Cabinet Committee on Security taken by PM Modi?
Channel NewsAsia
February 9, 2018
A renewed feud over the issue has frayed ties even as America's two key Asian allies confront the challenge of North Korea's nuclear and missile ... Moon said the emotional damage sustained by the victims cannot be resolved through simple exchanges between governments and that both South KoreaÃÂ ...
Jakarta Post
February 6, 2018
Southeast Asia's human rights have been deteriorating in the past ten years or more. In Cambodia ... But the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission of Human Rights (AICHR), which turns 10 years old next year, and established to promote and protect fundamental freedoms, remains paralyzed. Set up inÃÂ ...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
February 6, 2018
According to Kubiv, the members of Ukraine-India Intergovernmental Commission also spoke about participation of Ukrainian specialists in the construction of power units and reactors at nuclear power plants in India, modernization of industrial equipment of Indian enterprises of machine-building andÃÂ ...
Business Recorder
February 6, 2018
The Agreement opens more than 15,000 km of the Asian Highway routes for transport operation and services, with the longest route stretching more than 9,000 km from Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation to Lianyungang, China. The Agreement will also develop landlocked Central Asia's access to seaÃÂ ...
Yale Environment 360
February 6, 2018
There are two main reasons for the dramatic decline in NUE in Asia: cheap fertilizer prices and the genetic makeup of the “green revolution” crops ... Perhaps technical solutions can accelerate Asian countries on the upside of the Kuznets curve, and help Africa leapfrog the cheap-and-dirty phase.
Stuff.co.nz
February 6, 2018
A convention will be signed in Rome by foundation members Britain, South Africa, Australia, Italy and possibly China in the coming months to create a new intergovernmental organisation. Under the SKA model, contributing funding guarantees each country equivalent access time to the massive radioÃÂ ...
AzerNews
February 5, 2018
Azerbaijan has always harnessed an avant-garde foreign policy that addresses many global challenges that are deeply affecting Europe and Asia today, said ... He emphasized that the “Baku Process” will continue to promote intercultural dialogue between governments and nations, strengthen cooperationÃÂ ...
Eurasia Daily
February 4, 2018
President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov started an official two-day visit to Tajikistan on February 1. In the trip to Dushanbe, he is accompanied by an impressive delegation of representatives of the executive and legislative authorities of Kyrgyzstan, a total of about 25 people, six of which are ministersÃÂ ...
Asian Tribune
January 28, 2018
During the 26th Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in Singapore on 24-26 January 2018, FORUM-ASIA reiterated its message to the Government of Singapore and the AICHR to promote and protect human rights across all pillars of ASEAN and particularly byÃÂ ...
Idaho Statesman
January 27, 2018
Their research was featured in the last United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, where they served as contributing authors in the report's chapter on Asia. Meanwhile, Boise State biological sciences professor Julie Heath is monitoring the effects of climate change on AmericanÃÂ ...
Knn India
January 27, 2018
New Delhi, Jan 27 (KNN) The visiting State Heads from the ASEAN nations on the Republic Day eve to India renewed their commitment towards ensuring growth to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as a part of the ASEAN India Commemorative Summit declaration. According to theÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
January 25, 2018
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is about to make his fifth trip to China to promote trade, saying his latest foray will be an opportunity to advance efforts for a direct air link with the economic powerhouse. McNeil, who will head a delegation that leaves for Asia on Friday, said a successful effort wouldÃÂ ...
Free Press Journal
January 25, 2018
The ASEAN summit is going to be held on January 25 in New Delhi. As a part of this summit, the country heads of Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, have come to India. And, after attending the ASEAN summit, they will be the chiefÃÂ ...
AzerNews
January 25, 2018
Road freight traffic flow from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan will grow significantly, Kazakh Minister of Investments and Development Zhenis Kassymbek said commenting on the news, the Central Asian country's media outlets reported. “This agreement is aimed not only at development of bilateral transportationÃÂ ...
GMA News
January 24, 2018
The ASEAM is an intergovernmental process established in 1996 "to foster dialogue and cooperation between Asia and Europe. "It is comprised of 53 partners - 30 European and 21 Asian countries. President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly lambasted the EU for criticizing his war on drugs after thousandsÃÂ ...
Global Risk Insights
January 23, 2018
The significance of its geographical position, which links Xinjiang with Central Asian states, makes the China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor more at risk of being targeted. Ironically, the construction of a new rail system might increase terrorist attacks. SREB infrastructures will in fact exposeÃÂ ...
OpenGov Asia
January 23, 2018
OpenGov is a digital content platform, dedicated to sharing ICT-related knowledge and information between governments. We focus on the public sector in the Asia-Pacific region. We help governments become more Efficient, Agile, Transparent and Secure, so as to improve the lives of their citizens.
DefenseNews.com
January 23, 2018
Russia's S-400 air defense missile systems at the Hmeimim air base in the Syrian province of Latakia. (AFP via the Russian Defence Ministry). NEW DELHI ― India's ongoing negotiations with Russia for the $5 billion-plus purchase of five S-400 Triumf long-range surface-to-air missile systems are inÃÂ ...
AzerNews
January 23, 2018
Turkmenistan has become a reliable friend and strategic partner for Belarus in Central Asia, Belarusian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Oleg Tabanyukhov said in his message on the occasion of ... Over those years, intergovernmental, interparliamentary and interministerial cooperation has been established.
gulfnews.com
January 19, 2018
“The repatriation of registered Afghan Refugees is guided by the principle of voluntarism and gradualism as embedded in the Tripartite Agreement signed between Governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan and UNHCR” said Minister for Safron Abdul Qadir Baloch. Baloch also added that Afghan refugees areÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
January 19, 2018
New Delhi (The Statesman/ANN) - The flag of Asean would fly in the sky this Republic Day with Mi-17 V5 helicopters, the first in the fly past on January 26, sporting the standard of the regional intergovernmental organisation along with the Indian flag and flags of the three forces. The first formation in theÃÂ ...
AzerNews
January 19, 2018
The BTK railway is constructed on the basis of the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey intergovernmental agreement. The main purpose of the project is to improve economic relations between the three countries and gain foreign direct investment by connecting Europe and Asia. The project implementation beganÃÂ ...
OpenGov Asia
January 19, 2018
The third zone represent the highest level of power, where the relationship between governments and citizens is more of a partnership and the level of citizen control is developed with increased degrees of decision-making. Ladder of citizen engagement. Governments around the world have experiencedÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
January 19, 2018
Last month, the Philippines handed over the chairmanship of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission of Human Rights (AICHR) to Singapore. Immediately, Singapore's representative to the AICHR, Shashi Jayakumar, vowed to take an active role in protecting human rights within the Southeast AsianÃÂ ...
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