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Expressing deep concern about current developments adversely affecting Nepal's humanitarian situation, economic performance and reconstruction efforts, the top United Nations political official encouraged the country's leaders to overcome their differences on constitutional arrangements through inclusive dialogue and parliamentary process on 9 January.

The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of TNT Express by FedEx Corporation. Both companies offer world-wide small package delivery services.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on 8 January that he is “deeply concerned” about the intensification of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes and ground fighting and shelling in Yemen, despite repeated calls for a renewed cessation of hostilities.

UNHCR's High Commissioner Filippo Grandi speaks at his first press conference as head of the agency.

Israeli authorities demolished Bedouin homes in the vulnerable community of Abu Nwar, Area C, near East Jerusalem in the West Bank.

Voters in the Central African Republic (CAR) went to the polls on 30 December 2015.

On the youth forum of the United Nations Human Rights Day, the youth invited to attend the conference all put forth suggestion for the nation from their observation of the current events. Those who first have the right to vote call for the presidential candidates to practically carry out cultural preservation.

Chung-Mo Cheng, Former Grand Justice of the Constitutional Court and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan, acted as the host.

Attorney Nian-Tzu Lee, member of the Presidential Office Human Rights Consultative Committee, stated that government agencies while exercising their authority should understand that the people’s human rights should be respected. When encountering legal problems, people usually resort to criminal litigation and administrative litigation. Administrative agencies use their administrative authority to give commands and control and restrict the people’s rights. If unjustified enforcement of the law occurs, that will directly harm the people’s rights like property right and the right to liberty, and the threat to such rights is ubiquitous.

Experts on human rights, laws, and taxation as well as a judge and a prosecutor explore the topic—“Legal and Tax Reform, It’s Everyone’s Responsibility.”