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The Ethiopian government should allow an independent, international investigation to determine how scores of people were killed at the country’s Irreecha festival on October 2, 2016, Human Rights Watch said in a question-and-answer document about the issue.

This year’s Annual Integrity Update emphasizes the World Bank Group’s (WBG) continued commitment to the global fight against corruption.  With a focus on safeguarding development funds, the report highlights results of investigative, forensic review, prevention and compliance-monitoring efforts by the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT).  

On October 7, Norway signed a contribution of NOK40 million (about US$4.8 million) to a new phase of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF)’s Managing Natural Resource Wealth Fund. Mr. Jon Lomøy, Director General of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Ms. Carla Grasso, IMF Deputy Managing Director, signed the letter of understanding in Washington on October 7.

The European Commission welcomes the landmark agreement reached yesterday by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), with the adoption of a Global Market-Based Measure (GMBM) to reduce international aviation emissions. The European Union and its Member States played an instrumental role in brokering this deal, which constitutes the first-ever agreement to reduce CO2 emissions in a global sector. Days after the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the EU, this new multilateral deal shows that the EU is committed to keep global warming well below 2°C. It is also a key deliverable under the European Strategy for low-emission mobility recently adopted by the Commission.

The Colombian Government and the country’s largest rebel group announced on 7 October that they are willing to press ahead on the goals of the historic peace accord that was rejected by voters this past weekend, while the two sides also requested that the United Nations Mission in the country continue its work, particularly relating to monitoring the ceasefire.

The actions of the Syrian and Russian governments against the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo are "incomprehensible," Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said on Oct. 6.

Most Syrians left in Aleppo are too poor to leave and live in the carcasses of apartment blocks.

The old city of Homs in Syria has been destroyed by years of conflict

António Guterres, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, addresses Member States regarding his candidacy for Secretary-General.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.