[CARICOM]
CARICOM: “The programme is so named as it is intended to bring focused attention to this issue, moving it into the spotlight and placing it at the centre of efforts to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment.”
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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
CARICOM: Initiative launched to eliminate violence against women
SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TRAVELS TO BRAZIL FOR 11TH BRICS SUMMIT
[Africa News\South Africa]
BRICS is an association of five major emerging countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – which together represent about 42% of the global population, 23% of GDP, 30% of the territory and 18% of the global trade.
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U.N. PLEDGES “CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT” TO HAITI AS PROTESTERS DEMAND RESIGNATION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT
[Caribbean News\Haiti]
U.N.: “The Secretary-General is concerned by the current political crisis and its adverse impact on the security situation and the lives of Haitians. He urges all Haitian stakeholders to engage in genuine dialogue and prevent a further escalation in violence that threatens to reverse stability gains. He calls on the Haitian National Police, which has assumed full responsibility for the security and protection of the Haitian people… to discharge its duties with due regard for all people and their human rights.”
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UN DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACTION TO PRESERVE INDIGENOUS CULTURES AND THEIR LANGUAGES
[United Nations]
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed: “Almost half the world’s estimated 6,700 languages are in danger of disappearing. Most of these belong to indigenous peoples. With every language that disappears, the world loses a wealth of traditional knowledge and cultural heritage.”
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