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Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes “Plan of Action”

13-15 February 2018 VIENNA, 15 February 2018 (UN Information Service) — An important step towards preventing incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes was taken on 13 to 15 February, when more than one hundred and fifty religious leaders and actors from around the world, Member States and United Nations officials, gathered at …

Landmine conference addresses progress in implementation and the need to universalize the convention as the number of new victims grows

VIENNA/GENEVA, 21 December (UN Information Service) – The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention’s Sixteenth Meeting of the States Parties (16MSP) has concluded in Vienna, Austria, recording success in stockpile destruction with Belarus announcing it had destroyed over three million stockpiled landmines bringing to 159 the number of States that no longer have destruction obligations under the …

AfDB President holds high-level discussions with Sector Ministers to reinforce support to Sudan and roll out implementation of the High 5s

Khartoum, Sudan, February 28, 2017 – On Monday, February 27, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met the Sector Ministers of the Government of Sudan to reinforce the Bank’s support to the country’s economic development. The meeting, which discussed the Bank’s current and future interventions in Sudan, was chaired by …

Atos simplifies and speeds up implementation of Big Data solutions

Launch of new appliance ‘Data lake & analytics factory’ by bullion National, May 19, 2016: Through its technology brand Bull, Atos launches a Big Data appliance – the Data lake & analytics factory by bullion. Big-Data-in-a-box: integrated with the bullion server as an appliance that industrializes data collection, storage and analytics. This significantly enhances …

United Kingdom: Transparency International welcomes UK implementation of public register of beneficial owners

DAVID CAMERON BEGINS TO DELIVER HIS G8 TRANSPARENCY PROMISES BY TAKING A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING As host of the Open Government Partnership Summit in London this week, the UK Government has announced the creation of a public register of beneficial owners of companies in the UK. This is a significant …

Power Minister leads high-level delegation to Germany

Seeking to obtain a first-hand perspective of the overall energy situation in Germany and the efforts being made for a dramatic shift towards renewable energy, Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia led a high-level delegation to Berlin. Shri Scindia had detailed discussions with Germany’s Minister of State for Economic Co-operation & …