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Malala Yousafzai designated youngest-ever UN Messenger of Peace

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Secretary-General António Guterres designates children’s rights activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace.

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UN refugee agency urges EU States to suspend transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary

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Asylum-seekers rest in their room in the Debrecen Reception Centre, Hungary.

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Security Council, UN Secretary-General and UN group condemn terror attacks in Egypt

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Secretary-General António Guterres.

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PACE strongly condemns Hamas executions in the Gaza Strip

The General Rapporteur on abolition of the death penalty for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Yves Cruchten (Luxembourg, SOC), has strongly condemned three executions carried out in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.

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Worldwide Spirit of Optimism Over the New Silk Road! - Part 3

WHAT ROLE WILL GERMANY PLAY?

What is being presented here is really the new paradigm that comes from the continuous development of the human species. Chinese President Xi Jinping has often described it as a “community of destiny for the future of mankind,” in which the common goals of mankind come first, and the interests of the individual nations come second.

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Worldwide Spirit of Optimism Over the New Silk Road! - Part 2

WHAT ROLE WILL GERMANY PLAY?

Then there is the New Eurasian Land-Bridge that goods from Central China are reaching Western Europe in 2 to 3 weeks, rather than 5 weeks by ocean.

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Worldwide Spirit of Optimism Over the New Silk Road! - Part 1

WHAT ROLE WILL GERMANY PLAY?

At a conference on the centenary of the German-American space pioneer Krafft Ehricke on March 25, 2017 in Munich, Helga Zepp-LaRouche gave the following address.

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One-in-seven people impacted by the money migrants send home

While migration issues draw political fire in Europe and beyond, the greater development benefit of the approximate half trillion US dollars that migrants send home each year to poor families and nations can’t be underestimated, according to Adolfo Brizzi, Director at the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

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Further agricultural reforms in the Philippines would help reduce poverty and improve food security

The Philippines has made impressive progress in reforming the agricultural sector, but more can be done to ensure that farm policy helps further reduce poverty and ensure greater food security, according to a new OECD report.

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New research centre to inform UK housing policy

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation announced the launch of the new UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) on 6 April.