13 августа 2021 года под председательством замминистра иностранных дел Ма Чжаосюя в гибридном формате прошел брифинг по вопросам исследования происхождения COVID-19, на котором присутствовали более 160 аккредитованных в Китае послов, дипломатов и представителей международных организаций. В брифинге приняли участие руководитель китайской делегации в Совместной рабочей группе ВОЗ по исследованию возникновения COVID-19 Лян Ваньнянь, глава Уханьской […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Holds Briefing on COVID-19 Origin-Tracing for Diplomatic Envoys in China
On the morning of 13 August 2021, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu chaired a briefing on COVID-19 origin-tracing for diplomatic envoys in China. Held both online and offline, the briefing was attended by more than 160 diplomatic envoys and representatives of international organizations in China. Professor Liang Wannian, team leader from the Chinese side of […]
Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, and Bambang Susantono If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional cooperation. Ensuring the digital transformation reaches all in Asia Pacific is one of […]
A Global Model to Tackle Violence against Women
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, a parallel and equally horrific pandemic has threatened half the world’s population. In the early months of the pandemic, the United Nations projected that quarantines and lockdowns could lead to a shocking 15 million additional cases of gender-based […]
Universal civil registration and vital statistics are critical for truth, trust and COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, Omar Abdi With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family members searching for oxygen for loved ones, the devastating second wave of COVID-19 that has swept across South Asia has felt ¬surreal. Official figures have indicated record-breaking daily coronavirus cases and deaths, not only in […]
World Drug Day 2021 in Turkmenistan
Elvira Kadyrova The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, is marked on 26 June every year, to strengthen action and cooperation in achieving the goal of a world free of drug abuse. The theme of the World Drug Day 2021 is Share Facts On Drugs, Save Lives. On June […]
Институт ЦАРЭС: как повысить доверие к вакцинации от COVID-19 в Центральной и Западной Азии
Эльвира Кадырова С момента объявления ВОЗ о пандемии Covid-19 в мире было введено свыше 1,6 млрд. доз вакцины от коронавируса. Данные вселяют надежду на то, что выработанный в результате иммунизации коллективный иммунитет остановит страшный вирус. Однако, согласно исследовательскому опросу Института ЦАРЭС, проведенному в Грузии, Казахстане, Кыргызской Республике, Монголии, Пакистане, Таджикистане и Узбекистане, только около четверти […]
CAREC Institute: How to increase COVID-19 vaccination trust in Central and West Asia
Elvira Kadyrova Since the WHO’s declaring Covid-19 pandemic, more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccine has been administered worldwide. The data give hope that the collective immunity developed as a result of immunization will stop the terrible virus. However, according to a CAREC Institute research survey conducted in Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, […]
President of Turkmenistan speaks at Global Roundtable on Extractive Industries as an Engine for Sustainable Development
President Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan made an important speech on 25 May 2021 at the UN-led global roundtable on extractive industries as engine for sustainable development. The event, anchored by Secretary General António Guterres was held in the video format. This was the last of the five roundtables focused on FFDI – Financing for the Development […]
For a safer and more resilient world, put people before runaway military spending
Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women For all of us, but especially women, the pandemic is a reminder that traditional notions of “security” that fuel the weapons industry cannot protect us from dangers and challenges we routinely face. Before the pandemic, women were […]