The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union: Joint As we mark two years since Russia’s illegal annexation of portions of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, we the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, stand firmly with Ukraine and its territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence. We will never accept these or other…
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $3.4 million to support continued disaster-relief employment and workforce training for Guam’s residents affected by Typhoon Mawar.In June 2023, the department announced a National Dislocated Worker Grant of up to $11.3 million – with an initial award of $4.5 million – for the Guam Department of Administration to provide people with temporary jobs focused on debris removal, water damage cleanup and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in need. The funding announced today continues that employment and supports career and training services. A powerful Category 4 typhoon…
Hidalgo hasn’t been afraid to anger them, as she’s made her anti-car crusade a key part of her mayoral agenda. Before slowing down the Périph’, Hidalgo spearheaded a referendum earlier this year which hiked parking fees for heavy vehicles such as SUVs; closed the banks of the River Seine to traffic and limited access to the central Rue de Rivoli — which passes both city hall and the iconic Louvre — to authorized vehicles; and put in place a maximum speed limit of 30 kph on most roads in the city. Some of those have proven popular with Parisians, especially…
To that end, China, jointly with Brazil and other countries of the Global South, launched a Group of Friends for Peace, he said in his address the UN General Assembly. “Its very purpose is to uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, build consensus for a political settlement of the crisis and contribute to a prospect of peace,” the Minister said. He noted that the question of Palestine is the “biggest wound” to the human conscience. The ongoing conflict in Gaza is causing more casualties with each passing day, he said, adding that fighting has started again in…
Whether you’re buying a can of sardines or a screwdriver, getting products to consumers requires that supply chains function well. The availability of labor is essential in each link of the supply chain. That includes the workers who make sure that your tinned fish and handy tools smoothly journey from their point of origin to where they’ll wind up, whether it’s a supermarket, hardware store or your front door. Amazingly, 90% of all internationally traded products are carried by ships at some point. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was hard not to notice the supply chain disruptions.…
Volker Türk also stressed the need for accountability for rights violations and violence connected to anti-government protests that rocked the country in recent weeks, prompting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India. An interim administration headed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in on 8 August during a ceremony at the presidential palace in the capital, Dhaka. Reform, revitalize, restore “The transition ahead presents an historic opportunity to reform and revitalize the country’s institutions, to restore fundamental freedoms and civic space, and to give all in Bangladesh a part in building the future,” said Mr.…
On September 30, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Dafna Rand will travel to Warsaw, Poland, to participate in Warsaw Human Dimension Conference (WHDC) and the Warsaw Security Forum (WSF). She will meet with senior officials, civil society, and human rights defenders and underscore the significance of promoting and protecting human rights in U.S. foreign policy.Assistant Secretary Rand will deliver opening remarks at the WHDC hosted by the Chairmanship-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Her remarks will emphasize that respect for the dignity and rights of individuals within states is essential to security…
WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su traveled to North Carolina for two events on Sept. 24, 2024, to promote the U.S. Department of Labor’s Good Jobs Principles, cement public and private sector partnerships that will build equitable workforce pipelines statewide and reaffirm the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to create a generation of good-paying jobs while addressing the climate crisis. In Charlotte, Acting Secretary Su joined local elected officials, union and community leaders, and workforce providers to announce their commitment to adopt and implement the department’s Good Jobs Principles. The city’s building trades and community-based organizations announced the formation of the…
This follows Israeli airstrikes in southern suburbs of the city that targeted the leader of the Hezbollah armed group, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed, according to media reports. The development comes amid escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah along the UN-patrolled line of separation in southern Lebanon known as the Blue Line, against the backdrop of the nearly year-long war in Gaza. Avert all-out war The Secretary-General’s Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, issued a statement stressing that “this cycle of cycle of violence must stop now, and all sides must step back from the brink.” “The people of Lebanon, the people…
Speaking via video link from Grenada, Simon Springett, UN Resident Coordinator in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, outlined a scene of total devastation in Carriacou – where Beryl first made landfall on 1 July. “The entire island is completely affected … that is literally 100 per cent of the population,” he stressed. Hurricane Beryl is the strongest hurricane in history to form in June in the Atlantic Ocean. Initially a tropical depression, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 storm and briefly reached Category 5 status, with winds up to 240 km/h (150 mph). On Friday morning (New York time),…