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The terrorist attacks in Paris last November have led to the European Commission proposing updated rules to prevent guns ending up in the wrong hands. However, could these new rules have unintended consequences? The internal market committee debated the proposals and their possible impact with experts during a hearing on Tuesday 15 March.

Newly arrived Syrian refugee women and children queue for registration and aid distribution in the town of Arsal, Lebanon, February 17 2014.

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt talks with Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

102 humanitarian agencies urged sustained and unconditional humanitarian access to all Syrians on March 15, 2016.

UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia Sachin Tendulkar bats at the launch of the ICC Cricket for Good and Team Swachh campaign, New Delhi.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at High-level Event, “The Roadmap to Realizing Rights: Every Woman Every Child’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health.”

EU-Turkey cooperation on migration should be uncoupled from the EU accession negotiating process, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a repor voted on Tuesday. MEP praise Turkey for hosting the largest refugee population in the world, and note that it remains a "key strategic partner for the EU" but nonetheless call for progress on rule of law and fundamental values and "a more structured and frequent political dialogue on key thematic issues".

MEPs have another busy week ahead of them

The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development’s on 13 March agreed on the need for a new set of connectivity targets to help governments harness broadband networks and services more effectively to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the UN last autumn.