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The next ordinary AFET Committee meeting is scheduled to take place on 27 June 2022

The meetings will be web-streamed.

AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2022
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La Commission européenne lance une initiative visant à aider les États membres à réduire la charge que représente la lutte contre les maladies non transmissibles (MNT) dans l’UE.

A vásárlók kiszolgálásának biztosításával és a töltőállomások zavartalan működésével indokolja a Mol, hogy péntektől normál kútoszlopon a járművekbe hatósági áron maximum 50 litert lehet egyszerre tankolni az eddigi 100 liter helyett.

Des centaines de chercheurs, représentants d’ONG et responsables de l’environnement se réunissent dès dimanche dans la station grisonne pour le «World Biodiversity Forum».

La France a sa propre solution miracle pour stabiliser le voisinage de l’UE, et ce n’est pas nécessairement celle de l’élargissement.

The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on 30 June 2022.

The meeting agenda and documents will be published here.

SEDE missions:

• SEDE mission to Iraq from 24-28 May 2022

• SEDE mission to Georgia from 10-14 April 2022

SEDE meetings' calendar - first half of 2022
SEDE meetings' calendar - second half of 2022
EP calendar 2022 revised
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Quatre hommes ont volé beaucoup d’argent à l’ex-régie fédérale. Or, ils échapperont sans doute à la prison et garderont une grande partie de l’argent.

“2022. június 17., délután. A telefonom pittyeg. Értesítések tömege tájékoztat, hogy az Altice Media, a BFMTV és az RMC tulajdonosa ----> tovább olvasok!

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Le « rêve européen » des travailleurs asiatiques en Roumanie (2/3) : au risque de l'illégalité
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La Thaïlande possède l'un des régimes juridiques les plus libéraux du monde en matière de cannabis. Comment cela s'est-il produit ?

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By Jong-Jin Kim
BANGKOK, Jun 24 2022 (IPS)

It wasn’t that long ago that Internet connectivity faded the moment one left a populated area like a city or big town – “no service” was the take-away message back then. But thanks to 3G, 4G and now 5G mobile technology, coupled with widespread installation of cellular towers in rural areas region-wide, that little message shows up much less frequently.

Most importantly, the rapid spread of internet connectivity and mobile telephony, reaching into the most remote rural communities, has resulted in countless opportunities to help address chronic problems such as poverty, malnutrition and inequality.

Investing in an enabling environment to ensure equal access is key to ensuring the benefits of rural digitalization are enjoyed more broadly

From farmers to fishers to herders, digital technologies are increasingly relied upon to help transform and enhance livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people each day. From a smart phone in the hands of a woman or man checking optimal conditions to sow a field, or band together to rent a drone for aerial assessments, to a herder checking the weather, to fishers finding the best places to cast their nets, digital technologies are becoming increasingly accessible, useful and affordable for those in rural areas.

This paradigm shift offers great hope to get this region – and the world – back on track to meet the 2030 SDG deadline.

While this digital revolution sweeping rural areas of Asia and the Pacific holds great promise, not everyone is benefiting equally. Indeed, in some cases, digital technologies can even be disruptive, or lead to unintended consequences by widening, not reducing, the digital divide if their implementations result in a loss of decent work.

This needs to be addressed, and it’s in everyone’s best interests to do so. Policy makers in countries across the region do understand the added value, and they see the economic benefits digitalization of rural areas bring to their nations and people. Hence, investing in an enabling environment to ensure equal access is key to ensuring the benefits of rural digitalization are enjoyed more broadly.

 

Credit: FAO

 

Digitalization of rural areas needed now – more than ever before

Indeed, the move to accelerate implementation of digital technologies, equitably across the region’s rural areas couldn’t come at a more important time. The global pandemic hit rural communities disproportionately hard – particularly with respect to individual livelihoods. Now, as we try to recover from the devastation of COVID-19, we are facing the highest prices for many basic foods – the highest we’ve seen in decades. Higher food costs hit poorer and marginalized communities the hardest, particularly in rural areas, as they must spend a greater proportion of their disposable income to feed their families.

These challenges are compounding an already existing and alarming situation. Last year, prior to the inflation of food commodities, FAO and partners pointed out that many people – at that time – already couldn’t afford a healthy diet in Asia and the Pacific.

By leveraging the advancements offered by digital technologies we can find ways to counter some of these and other devastating negative effects that already existed such as severe weather related events, droughts and floods.

That is already happening in some countries in this region, and they are well on the road to digitalization of even the smallest and most remote villages and towns. And they have good examples to share with their neighbors.

At the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), we’ve been following these trends, policies and initiatives of our Member Nations in the Asia-Pacific region. We know the full scale of their desire and determination to embrace, and fully harness, the potential of digitalization.

For our part, FAO has pledged to assist in bringing together these existing good practices of our Members, and to create a space for others to share their digital solutions as part of FAO’s 1,000 Digital Village Initiative. A key component of this initiative is the Digital Village Knowledge Sharing Platform for Asia-Pacific that can act as a one-stop village square, where those working in the food and agriculture sectors can share their innovations and technologies with us all.

A digital village isn’t necessary a small place. It is a concept – one that is inclusive, operational, country-led and fit-for-purpose to deliver solid benefits to people.

At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is to make things better for everyone.

Working together, and sharing together, this region’s digital village innovations and technologies can help lead us all to a world of better production, better nutrition, better environment and a better life – leaving no one behind!

 

Credit: FAO

 

More information on the Digital Village Initiative:

Join the Knowledge sharing and policy dialogue live (and recorded) – 27 June 2022, Bangkok, and more information about the Programme is here.

At G20, FAO’s Director-General calls for closing of digital divide.

FAO Video on Digital Village Centres empowering farmers in Bangladesh and a social media video here

For more information on FAO’s Digital Village work with our Members in Asia and the Pacific, see here.

For more information on FAO’s Digital Village work with our Members in Africa, see here.

For more information on FAO’ Digital Village work with our Members in Latin America and the Caribbean, see here.

 

Excerpt:

Jong-Jin Kim is Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Le Conseil européen a décidé d'accorder le statut de pays candidat à l'Ukraine et à la Moldavie et s'est déclaré prêt à accorder le statut de pays candidat à la Géorgie une fois que les priorités auront été prises en compte. Plus tôt dans la journée, les dirigeants de l'UE et des Balkans occidentaux se sont penchés sur les progrès réalisés en matière d'intégration à l'UE.

On 23 June 2022, the European Council adopted conclusions on Ukraine, the membership applications of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, Western Balkans and external relations.

Council and European Parliament reach an agreement on a new EU law that deals with preparedness, surveillance, risk assessment, early warning and responses in the event of cross-border threats to health.

Doorstep of President Charles Michel ahead of the European Council and the EU-Western Balkans’ leaders meeting

Le Conseil européen a décidé d'accorder le statut de pays candidat à l'Ukraine et à la Moldavie et s'est déclaré prêt à accorder le statut de pays candidat à la Géorgie une fois que les priorités auront été prises en compte. Plus tôt dans la journée, les dirigeants de l'UE et des Balkans occidentaux se sont penchés sur les progrès réalisés en matière d'intégration à l'UE.

Am 23. Juni 2022 hat der Europäische Rat Schlussfolgerungen zur Ukraine, zu den Beitrittsgesuchen der Ukraine, der Republik Moldau und Georgiens, zum Westbalkan und zu Außenbeziehungen angenommen.

Der Rat und das Europäische Parlament haben Einigung über ein neues EU-Gesetz erzielt, das die Vorsorge, Überwachung, Risikobewertung, Frühwarnung und Reaktion bei grenzüberschreitenden Gesundheitsgefahren regelt.

Doorstep von Präsident Charles Michel vor dem Europäischen Rat und dem EU-Westbalkan-Gipfel

Le Conseil européen a décidé d'accorder le statut de pays candidat à l'Ukraine et à la Moldavie et s'est déclaré prêt à accorder le statut de pays candidat à la Géorgie une fois que les priorités auront été prises en compte. Plus tôt dans la journée, les dirigeants de l'UE et des Balkans occidentaux se sont penchés sur les progrès réalisés en matière d'intégration à l'UE.