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A participant takes the floor in the parliamentary chamber during the EYE event

The Heads of the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation, the Islamic Development Bank, the New Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund issued the following statement on October 9

Propaganda pressure on the EU from Russia and Islamic terrorist organisations is growing, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Monday. It seeks to distort the truth, incite fear, provoke doubt and divide the EU. However, this pressure should be countered, not with more propaganda, but with positive messaging, awareness raising and education to increase the information literacy amongst EU citizens, MEPs add.

Women fill their containers at a water collection point in the Oromia region of Ethiopia.

As part of his treatment for mental health, a displaced boy sculpts a replica of his house which was damaged in Sa'ada, Yemen.

Development-oriented agreement with five southern African countries ensures immediate duty- and quota-free access for their exports to the EU market.

The United Nations agricultural agency today unveiled a new manual that seeks to ensure that indigenous peoples, custodians of more than 80 per cent of global biodiversity, are able to freely give or deny their consent in development interventions that affect their natural resources or their way of life.

The 8 October parliamentary elections in Georgia were competitive, well-administered and fundamental freedoms were generally respected. The otherwise calm and open campaign atmosphere was, however, impacted by allegations of unlawful campaigning and some incidents of violence, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released on 9 October.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi praised the “political courage” of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos who won the Nobel Peace Prize on 7 October, and welcomed the recommendation of António Guterres to his new role as the “top peacemaker in the world.”

MEPs formally endorsed the United Nations global climate agreement agreed during last December’s COP21 Conference in Paris during this week's plenary session, clearing the way for its ratification and implementation. They also endorsed a ban on exporting EU products that could be used for torture and the death penalty and approved financial assistance for laid-off workers. In addition they supported the idea of free rail passes for 18-year-olds to help them discover Europe.