World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
Stories & Blogs UN (UN Story )At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries.
Côte d'Ivoire: Model to follow for definitive abolition of the death penalty, says Special Rapporteur
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press )A UN human rights expert today welcomed Côte d'Ivoire’s ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as a definitive and irrevocable step to abolish the death penalty in the country.
AFCFTA-Anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative Ministerial Meeting on the endorsement of the Centralized Pooled Procurement Framework and signature of its Legal Instrument
Stories & Blogs ECA (Event )The implementation of the Pharma Initiative is anchored on the Africa Medicines Agency (AMA) and AfCFTA, geared towards fostering inclusive and sustainable socioeconomic development through a single market of approximately 1.4 billion people.