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The European Parliament has suspended negotiations on two files in the EU's proposed migration pact if EU ministers do not proceed with the so-called ‘crisis management’ regulation, MEPs announced on Wednesday (20 September). 

Alors que les institutions européennes poursuivent les négociations sur la directive relative à la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes, Irene Montero, ministre espagnole à l’Égalité par intérim, a réaffirmé son engagement dans la lutte contre les violences sexistes.

MEPs are seeking an extra €10bn between 2024-2027, compared to the proposal of the European Commission. EU countries are expected to oppose the top-up request.

WARSAW/SKOPJE, 20 September 2023 - The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference (WHDC) organized by the OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia will take place from 2 to 13 October 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.

The ten day conference is dedicated to human rights and fundamental freedoms in the OSCE area. It evaluates the implementation of OSCE Human Dimension commitments and offers a forum for participants to present their work and raise issues meriting the immediate attention of the international community.

Media representatives are invited to cover the event, to be held at the Sofitel Victoria Warsaw, Królewska St. 11, 00-065, Warsaw.

Advance accreditation of media representatives is mandatory. The deadline for registration is 23:59 CEST on 30 September 2023.

To register, please fill in this form and send it by email to: accreditations.press-OSCE23@mfa.gov.mk.

Media representatives will receive an email confirmation once the review process is completed.

Follow @OSCECiO on X (formerly Twitter) and see the WHDC event page for more information.

An official from the EU’s diplomatic service warned on Wednesday (20 September) that Central Asian countries would face “negative effects” if they ratify the accession of North Cyprus as an observer to the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS).

Euronews: Az azerbajdzsáni hadsereg 24 órás intenzív offenzíváját követően Hegyi-Karabahban szeptember 20-án örmény szeparatisták bejelentették, hogy leteszik a fegyvert. Bakunak ez az alapvető feltétele ahhoz, hogy befejezze a katonai műveletet. A tűzszünet közép-európai idő szerint reggel 9 órakor lépett életbe, az orosz békefenntartó erők közbenjárása után.

Die Europäische Kommission hat vorgeschlagen, die Zulassung des umstrittenen Herbizids Glyphosat für einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren zu verlängern, empfiehlt jedoch Nutzungseinschränkungen.

German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir said he is against extending the approval of glyphosate as proposed by the European Commission and is lobbying other countries to join his resistance.

Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.

Azerbaijan said on Wednesday (20 September) it had halted military action in its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenian separatist forces there surrendered and agreed to a ceasefire whose terms signalled the area would return to Baku's control.

Befejeződött Marrákes környékén a Filmintézet támogatásával készülő Sirokkó című mozifilm forgatása – közölte a Nemzeti Filmintézet (NFI) az MTI-vel szerdán.

La Commission européenne a proposé de renouveler l’autorisation du glyphosate, un herbicide répandu, mais très controversé, pour une période de 10 ans, avec un certain nombre de restrictions.

Der Mechanismus zur Bekämpfung von Zwangsmaßnahmen wird das neue Instrument der EU im Kampf gegen wirtschaftliche Bedrohungen und unfaire Handelsbeschränkungen durch Drittstaaten sein.

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During a debate on Wednesday (20 September), European Commission and Parliament representatives shared similar positions on harmonisation rules, such as the tacit approval of permit granting and fibre rollout, putting pressure on member states to come closer to their viewpoints.

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Les membres de la commission des budgets du Parlement européen ont adopté leur position sur la proposition de révision du budget à long terme de l’UE, demandant 10 milliards d’euros supplémentaires, une demande à laquelle les États membres risquent de s’opposer.

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In 2021, during their time as elected members of the UN Security Council, the Governments of Ireland, Mexico, and Kenya initiated the “Presidency Trio for Women, Peace and Security” in an effort to advance the implementation of the WPS Agenda. Since then, the activism of these three countries has evolved into the “Shared Commitments on WPS.” As of 2023, sixteen past and present UN Security Council members have joined the Shared Commitments. Today, all five newly elected member countries to the Council have pledged their commitment to making the WPS Agenda a priority. But world leaders, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and women across the world know that there remains work to be done to bridge the gap between verbal commitment and the tangible implementation of goals.

To build on the momentum of the Presidency Trio and work towards that implementation, IPI together with the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of the Republic of Slovenia, Japan, Switzerland, and Mexico, cohosted a symposium on September 20th entitled, “Innovations in Implementing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda.”

This event brought together voices from civil society and national governments. Against the dire contemporary backdrop of global polarization, paralysis at the leadership level, and pushback on gender and human rights, panelists acknowledged the need for increased political will and essential transnational and cross-sector collaboration; but they also reminded the audience of current initiatives and future ambitions that have the potential to creatively address the challenges ahead.

In his opening remarks, H.E. Micheál Martin TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence of Ireland, established one of the unifying messages of the discussion and the backbone of the WPS agenda: “It’s a simple and clear fact that women must be involved in making the policies that shape our lives and livelihoods.”

The panel discussion that followed was shaped by the transformative and urgent energy of the WPS agenda as speakers outlined the kind of coalitional network, strategy, and action across international, national, community, and civil society lines that will be required to more justly and comprehensively implement it on a global scale.

H.E. Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia, called for national accountability on the involvement of women: “We have to start from the inside…we have to lead by example.” She emphasized the importance of strengthening women’s participation at all levels of national diplomacy. Dr. Nadine Gasman, President of the National Institute of Women in Mexico, further elaborated on the need for work at the national level with an emphasis on the crucial role of community and local action within countries to “rebuild the social fabric from women’s perspective.”

Through a historical callback to Resolution 1325, the civil society roots of the agenda, and the trajectory of WPS in the multilateral arena, H.E. Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN, tied local and national commitment back to the international alliances and the role of leadership on the Security Council to implement an agenda that needs political will.

Kaavya Asoka, Executive Director of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, concluded the discussion with a reminder that “women’s rights are not negotiable,” and that the implementation of the WPS agenda will “require extraordinary coordination and commitment from member states on the Security Council to hold the line, protect the normative agenda, and implement it, not just during thematic debates in WPS spaces, but in the most difficult negotiations processes in Syria, Myanmar, Sudan and all others on the Security Council’s agenda.”

Welcoming Remarks:

Dr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, President and CEO of the International Peace Institute

Opening Remarks:
H.E. Mr. Micheál Martin TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Ireland
H.E. Ms. KAMIKAWA Yōko, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan

Speakers:
H.E. Ms. Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovenia
H.E. Ms. Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN
Dr. Nadine Gasman, President of the National Institute of Women, Mexico
Ms. Sarah Hendriks, Deputy Executive Director a.i. for Policy, Programmes, Civil Society & Intergovernmental Support, UN Women
Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights at the UN
Ms. Kaavya Asoka, Executive Director, the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security

Moderator:
Dr. Adam Lupel, Vice President and COO of the International Peace Institute

Am Dienstag (19. September) hat Aserbaidschan Ziele in Bergkarabach militärisch angegriffen. Die Zurückhaltung Russlands könnte Albanien dazu drängen, sich weiter in Richtung des Westens zu orientieren.

Seit diesem Jahr lässt die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik (GAP) den Mitgliedstaaten mehr Freiraum bei der Ausgestaltung von Umweltmaßnahmen. Doch viele Länder zeigen hierbei laut einer neuen Untersuchung nur wenig Ambition.

It’s not just Germany’s economy that is going through a slump: German football is stuck in the middle of a veritable crisis. And the chancellor’s recent comments on football woes reveal much of what is holding back Germany at large.