Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., blocked a congressional resolution Wednesday that would have recognized the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks hours after he and President Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Graham objected to passing H.Res.296, according to The Hill, saying senators shouldn’t “sugarcoat history or try to rewrite it.” Graham’s office did not comment on the matter in response […]
Continue ReadingThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) is offering an internship in the Media and Communication Division, based in its headquarters in Geneva to support the design, drafting and roll out of institutional guidelines for communication and information campaigns, as well as other activities relating to strategic communication projects and programmes under the Community Engagement portfolio. IOM has […]
Continue ReadingThis winter, UNITAR is delighted to deliver a 5-day field visit to Geneva, Switzerland. It will offer participants the chance to fully immerse themselves into International Geneva and thereby gain first-hand experience of the United Nations and its multilateral environment. As a hub for global diplomacy, Geneva offers itself for a whole series of formative experiences. […]
Continue ReadingReport.az: The 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders has today kicked off in Baku, Report informs citing AzerTag. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva are attending the Summit. Prior to the Summit, a joint photo was taken. The event started with the recitation of verses from the holy Quran. President Ilham Aliyev […]
Continue ReadingYou might take it for granted that you can load up Twitter or browse through Reddit whenever you like, but around half of the 7.7 billion people living on the planet right now aren’t yet able to get online. And that’s a big problem, according to one researcher. Merten Reglitz, a philosopher and global ethics lecturer from […]
Continue ReadingBy Azeridaily BY INFORMATION SECTION On 1 November 2019, the Congress of Judges of Latvia was held in Sigulda. Latvian President Egils Levits welcomed the participants and made recommendations to the judges. It should be noted that the European Commission for the efficiency of justice of the Council of Europe (CEPEJ) in 2017–2019 conducted large-scale […]
Continue ReadingApplications for 2020 entry are now open. We are delighted that you are interested in applying for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. In this section you will find information about the programme which will help you make the best possible application. Please read through all pages to find out if you are eligible, how to apply and […]
Continue ReadingLONDON (Reuters) – Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain’s information rights regulator said on Wednesday. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questioning by U.S. and EU lawmakers over how the political consultancy obtained the […]
Continue ReadingThe course is offered jointly by the Department for Continuing Education and the Faculty of Law. It is conducted on a part-time basis over 2 academic years and includes two periods of distance learning via the internet as well as two summer sessions held at New College, Oxford. The degree programme is designed in particular for lawyers and other human […]
Continue ReadingThe Youth Department of the Council of Europe is organising the seminar “Artificial Intelligence and its impact on Young People” to explore the issues, role and possible contributions of the youth sector to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) is responsibly used in democratic societies and that young people have a say about matters that concern […]
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