Le lundi 07 septembre dernier aux environs de 20 heures, un véhicule officiel de marque PRADO a été braqué à Toui, une localité de la commune de Ouèssè sur la voie Cotonou-Parakou. Les malfrats après le braquage ont enlevé les passagers du véhicule en réclamant une rançon.
Au nombre des passagers à bord du véhicule selon Fraternité FM, une dame, un chauffeur et un cadre du ministère de l'enseignement secondaire, qui aurait réussi à s'échapper par la brousse.
Ces braqueurs selon le média, seraient entrés en contact avec les éléments de police de Ouèssè à l'aide du téléphone de la dame. Au départ, ils auraient réclamé la somme de 50 millions FCFA avant de libérer leurs otages. Au cours des négociations, cette somme a été revue à la baisse à 11 millions de francs CFA, mais les ravisseurs traînent à libérer les otages.
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L'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) accompagne le gouvernement du Bénin dans le cadre de la riposte à l'épidémie de polio dénudée de source vaccinale. Elle a offert, dans la matinée de ce mercredi 9 septembre 2020, un important lot de matériels à l'Agence nationale des soins de santé primaire pour renforcer la surveillance des maladies.
Outre le renforcement de la coordination de la riposte contre l'épidémie de polio dénudée de source vaccinale, il fallait aussi digitaliser la collecte des informations sur le terrain afin de faire des analyses et prendre des décisions en temps réel. C'est dans ce cadre que s'inscrit le don de matériel fait par l'OMS à l'Agence nationale des soins de santé primaire au Bénin pour plus de 11 millions 500 mille francs CFA. Partenaire fidèle du Bénin, l'agence a non seulement offert deux ordinateurs au comité national de coordination et de suivi de la riposte, mais elle a également mis quatre-vingt-dix smartphones à la disposition des communes et des zones sanitaires.
Ces outils disposent d'un logiciel pour la surveillance au niveau périphérique, informe Dr Raoul Saïzonou. Intervenant au nom du représentant résident par intérim de l'OMS au Bénin, il indique que les informations que recueillent les agents sur le terrain seront directement insérées dans le logiciel et recueillies en même temps au niveau du Bureau régional de l'OMS.
« Au fur et à mesure qu'ils vont sur le terrain, tout ce qu'ils constatent, on les a en temps réel dans un serveur et cela nous permet de faire une analyse et de pouvoir réagir par rapport aux problèmes », explique Dr Saïzonou.
Il invite les bénéficiaires à en faire une utilisation rationnelle et optimale afin que les résultats soient améliorés.
Ce don vient à point nommé, avoue le Directeur de la vaccination et de la logistique à l'Agence nationale des soins de santé primaire, Dr Landry Kaucley.
« Pour renforcer la surveillance des maladies sur le terrain, il faut suivre les tendances pour vite prendre des décisions », affirme-t-il.
Il a également exprimé la gratitude du gouvernement du Bénin avant de s'engager en personne pour le suivi de la bonne utilisation des matériels ainsi que leur maintenance préventive.
Dr Landry Kaucley plaide pour que les partenaires techniques et financiers continuent de soutenir tous les pays pour arriver à endiguer ces crises sanitaires qui sont, dit-il, en train de mettre à rude épreuve tous les pays.
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In a time when the world is confronted with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a functioning World Trade Organization (WTO) is more important than ever. The commitments to WTO reform at the Buenos Aires and Osaka G20 summits, however, remain general and do not describe concrete reform paths. In fact, positions of G20 members are far apart on key reform areas. The main focus of the reform debate so far has been on highly politicized issues such as dispute settlement and the role of developing countries in the WTO. In light of the current stalemate concerning these WTO reform issues, we suggest to focus on a number of concrete and promising paths for reform on the negotiation of open plurilateral agreements, regime management and decision-making procedures. We make suggestions for how the G20 can help to improve key functions of the WTO by adopting these often technical and underappreciated reform options.
In a time when the world is confronted with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a functioning World Trade Organization (WTO) is more important than ever. The commitments to WTO reform at the Buenos Aires and Osaka G20 summits, however, remain general and do not describe concrete reform paths. In fact, positions of G20 members are far apart on key reform areas. The main focus of the reform debate so far has been on highly politicized issues such as dispute settlement and the role of developing countries in the WTO. In light of the current stalemate concerning these WTO reform issues, we suggest to focus on a number of concrete and promising paths for reform on the negotiation of open plurilateral agreements, regime management and decision-making procedures. We make suggestions for how the G20 can help to improve key functions of the WTO by adopting these often technical and underappreciated reform options.
In a time when the world is confronted with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a functioning World Trade Organization (WTO) is more important than ever. The commitments to WTO reform at the Buenos Aires and Osaka G20 summits, however, remain general and do not describe concrete reform paths. In fact, positions of G20 members are far apart on key reform areas. The main focus of the reform debate so far has been on highly politicized issues such as dispute settlement and the role of developing countries in the WTO. In light of the current stalemate concerning these WTO reform issues, we suggest to focus on a number of concrete and promising paths for reform on the negotiation of open plurilateral agreements, regime management and decision-making procedures. We make suggestions for how the G20 can help to improve key functions of the WTO by adopting these often technical and underappreciated reform options.
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A 2009 study found that almost 250,000 children worked in auto repair stores, brick klins, as domestic labourers, and as carpet weavers and sozni embroiderers in Jammu and Kashmir. Laureates and global human rights activists have renewed their call for world leaders to double their efforts in protecting children from child labour and child trafficking during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Credit: Umer Asif/IPS
By Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE, Sep 11 2020 (IPS)
Addressing delegates at the end of the virtual 3rd Fair Share for Children Summit, 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi told global citizens that “business as usual” in dealing with COVID-19 is not going to be tolerated.
“We’re not going to accept the miseries of child labour and trafficking to continue to be normal,” he said.
The two-day summit, which concluded yesterday Sep. 10, saw laureates and global human rights activists renew their call for world leaders to double their efforts in protecting children during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Several Nobel laureates and heads states and government as well as heads of United Nations agencies spoke, including the Dalai Lama, Professor Muhammad Yunus, Dr. Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, among others.
“My dear children, we’re here to tell you one thing; we’re not going to fail you,” Satyarthi said, assuring the children of the world of their commitment.
“We’re not going to leave you. We’ll stand by you and fight for you,” he said during his concluding remarks. He demanded that the fair share for children must become the new normal.
Satyarthi, who is the founder of Laureates and Leaders for Children which hosted the summit, further demanded that governments should establish social safety nets for the poor because they are the ones most impacted by the pandemic and that, once the COVID-19 vaccine is available, it should be accessible to everyone in the world.
Satyarthi pinned his hope on the youth whom he applauded for showing leadership during the Summit through their participation and speaking in support of children’s rights.
“Your authority, energy, vision and leadership are definitely a ray of hope in these difficult times,” she said.
He further called on the youth to continue campaigning for children should because the world cannot afford to lose an entire generation.
“Protection of children is not only affordable, but it is also achievable,” concluded Satyarthi.
1996 Nobel Peace Laureate and former president of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta called on global leaders to “unite and act now” against child labour and slavery.
“If we fail, we’re accomplices, we’re guilty of betraying children,” he said.
Ramos-Horta said destitute children are the most impacted by COVID-19 because they do not have access to clean water, three meals a day and no longer go to school.
Rula Ghani, the First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, called upon adults to be responsible not only for their own children but for every child throughout the world. She said it is everyone’s responsibility to nurture every child they can reach because each one has a potential for greatness and distinction.
Ghani decried the fact that wars and conflicts are tearing apart the very fabric of society in such a way that the sense of security, the comfort of belonging to a caring group and certainty of a bright future are fast becoming a luxury of a few.
“In a world where the social compact between society and its members no longer carries any meaning, where even medical emergencies such as COVID-19 can wreak havoc because of the absence of thoughtful coordination and prevalence of political interest, it is high time to stop and reflect,” she said.
While the world is battling with the worst global crisis since World War II and the most significant economic challenge since the great depression, it is also facing the biggest political crisis where presidents do not know how to tell the truth, observed Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Professor at Columbia University. Sachs, who is also the director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, said the world is also dealing with the abuses by political leaders who do not care and are not transparent.
“The humanitarian crisis is deepening dramatically, and we don’t even know the extent of it because it is moving faster than our data can keep up,” he said. “We know that hunger is rising, destitution is rising, and desperation is rising.”
Sachs recommended turning to the multi-level institutions in the short term, especially the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which he said has done an excellent job of providing emergency assistance.
He called on the IMF, World Bank and other international financial institutions to provide far more resources, without the usual conditionalities. This will help avert a hunger crisis, the massive rise of deaths because of the diversion of health and medical personnel and greater levels of deprivation.
“The IMF has emergency financing facilities that have provided more than US$ 80 billion since the start of the crisis, but we need vastly more than that,” said Sachs.
Peter Kwasi Kodjie, secretary-general of the All-Africa Students Union, also called for more financial resources to be directed to children. While pleading with leaders to accept the reality of COVID-19 as the new normal, he said it cannot be the new normal for the many children who go to bed hungry because they no longer go to school. He noted that many children face the risk of not returning to school.
“Young people of the world are asking for a fair share of the money to be allocated to children who are marginalised to avoid disaster,” said Kodjie.
José Ángel Gurría, secretary-general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), also called on countries to ensure that children get a fair share of the global response to the pandemic.
“You can count on the OECD to help countries to put children at the centre of their social policies,” said Gurria.
This was the first Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit to be held virtually owing to the pandemic.
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