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Comoros hosts WCO National Workshop on the Harmonized System
World Customs Organization
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April 11, 2024
The WCO National Workshop on the Harmonized System (HS) held in Moroni, Comoros from 8 to 12 November 2012 had as its objectives: the carrying out of a diagnostic mission relating to the national Nomenclature and the current infrastructure for...
Comoros Customs makes progress on post-clearance audit implementation
World Customs Organization
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April 11, 2024
From 2 to 5 May 2023, the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with Comoros Customs, held a national workshop on post-clearance audit (PCA) in Moroni (Comoros). The workshop was funded by the China Customs...
Comoros Customs improves its preparedness to tackle disasters with the support of the COVID-19 Project
World Customs Organization
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April 11, 2024
On 11 and 12 January, the WCO COVID-19 Project, financially supported by the Government of Japan, held an online workshop to assist Comoros Customs in ensuring business continuity and in improving its response to emergencies by building its border...
Comoros hosts a second WCO National Workshop on the Harmonized System
World Customs Organization
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April 11, 2024
Within the framework of the Institutional Capacity Building Project financed by the African Development Fund, a second National Workshop was held in Moroni from 14 to 25 February 2013 aimed at providing (i) legal training for senior management...
Does your tongue look like this?
College of Naturopathic Medicine
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May 28, 2024
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DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes Timor-Leste as 166th WTO member
World Trade Organization
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August 30, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Kalbuadi Lay of Timor-Leste handed to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the instrument of acceptance of its Protocol of Accession at a meeting of the General Council on 22 July 2024. At the request of...
A regional agreement aims to save a tropical paradise in trouble
UN Environmental Program
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August 21, 2024
The Nairobi Convention is part of the Regional Seas Programme established by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The Convention entered into force in 1996 to address the accelerating degradation of the Western Indian Ocean by increasing the...
New project will strengthen early warnings for floods and flash floods in Southwest Indian Ocean
World Meteorological Organization
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July 5, 2024
The event from 2-5 July is hosted by WMO in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, the US National Weather Service, the Hydrologic Research Center and the Seychelles Meteorological...
WTO members explore ways of boosting LDCs’ capacity to participate in services trade
World Trade Organization
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July 11, 2024
Speakers underlined that LDCs' capacity to participate in services trade is hindered by infrastructure issues, skills development, the regulatory environment and limited technological capacity. The importance of international cooperation in...
Prospects for a Just Peace between Russia and Ukraine: South Africa’s Potential Pathway
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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July 2, 2024
The Ukraine Global Peace Summit is a platform for the international community to take unified action and put diplomatic pressure on Russia. South African history suggests that achieving a fair peace for Ukraine requires Russian political leaders...
Report highlights success of EIF in helping disadvantaged countries address global challenges
World Trade Organization
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June 28, 2024
Also attending the meeting were Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Tourism, Mohamed Warsama Dirieh, Finland's WTO Ambassador Heidi Schroderus-Fox, who also chairs the EIF Steering Committee, Togo's WTO Ambassador and chair of the EIF Board, Kokou...
Remittances Slowed in 2023, Expected to Grow Faster in 2024
The World Bank - Washington D.C.
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June 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2024—After a period of strong growth during 2021-2022, officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) moderated in 2023, reaching an estimated $656 billion, according to the World Bank’s...
African Development Bank and African Solidarity Fund seal strategic partnership
African Development Bank
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June 24, 2024
The African Development Bank and the African Solidarity Fund (ASF) have signed a letter of intent to strengthen the two institutions’ working relationship and synergy. The partnership was ratified by Aida Ngom, Director of the Private Sector...
Conference on the accession of Azerbaijan to the WTO
World Trade Organization
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June 6, 2024
Opening Remarks Thank you, Chair. Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen, Good morning. It is a great pleasure to join you today for this conference on Azerbaijan’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Allow me to begin by expressing my deepest...
A Financing Perspective on Tailoring WMO Technical Assistance to Members’ Needs
World Meteorological Organization
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June 7, 2024
By John Harding, CREWS Secretariat and Lina Sjaavik and Jean-Baptiste Migraine, WMO Secretariat The WMO Strategic Plan 2024–2027 envisions “a world where all nations, especially the most vulnerable, are more resilient to the socioeconomic...
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Colorado Secretary of State
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June 17, 2024
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Working Party Chair meets Somalian President to discuss WTO accession, Trade for Peace
World Trade Organization
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June 14, 2024
The roundtable on the economic dimensions of peacebuilding was organized by the Federal Government of Somalia and Interpeace, an international organization whose mission is to prevent violence and build lasting peace. In opening remarks, President...
Small Island Developing State conference agrees resilience roadmap
World Meteorological Organization
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May 28, 2024
“The United Nations stands with you in reaffirming SIDS' aspirations: to halt and mitigate the terrible impacts of the climate crisis; to build resilient economies; to foster safe, healthy and prosperous societies; to achieve water, food and...
African Development Bank Appoints Dr. Léandre Bassole as Deputy Director General for East African Region
African Development Bank
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June 11, 2024
The African Development Bank has appointed Dr. Léandre Bassole, a seasoned economic development specialist, as Deputy Director General for the East African Region, effective June 1, 2024. Dr. Bassole, a Burkina Faso national, has over 18 years of...
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin’s Regular Press Conference on May 22, 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China
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May 22, 2024
President Xi Jinping’s Special Representative, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council Zhang Guoqing will attend the memorial service for Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on...