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The pragmatic cooperation between China and Ecuador in trade and finance has yielded great success. China is now the third biggest trade partner for Ecuador, while Ecuador is China’s important energy cooperation partner in Latin America, a major destination for Chinese investment and financing as we
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the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), potentially the world’s largest economic corridor, is part of a new trend and an innovative contribution to global governance. It represents an opportunity to build a shared vision for common prosperity through regional cooperation, and could act as an a
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Indigenous peoples play a major role that cannot be ignored in protecting the environment and fighting against global warming. This was the result highlighted by the participants at a side event held today, November 8, at COP22 headquarters by the Peruvian Indigenous Cultures Center (CHIRAPAQ) on the role of these
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The opening day of COP22 also witnessed the inauguration of Dar Media “Media House, “ an open space in the conference Green Zone designed by and managed through the COP22 steering committee communications team and dedicated to engaging with Moroccan and international media. The goal of Dar Media is to ease
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Marrakech, November 8th, 2016 - Scores of COP22 participants attended the opening ceremony of the Indigenous Peoples’ & Communities’ Pavilion: “Traditional Knowledge for Climate Action” that took place today in the Green Zone. The activity featured lively music and dance from indigenous Moroccan Tamazight and Russian & Eastern European performers. The
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Marrakech, November 8th, 2016 - Launched in 2014, on the occasion of COP20 in Lima and entrusted to Hakima El Haité and Laurence Tubiana, the climate champions for Morocco and France, respectively, the Global Action Agenda was officially launched on the 8th November, the second day of the 22nd Conference of
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Marrakech, November 8th, 2016 - Ali Zerouali, Director of Cooperation and Partnership of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) was one of the featured speakers for an event held at the African Pavilion today promoting solar energy on the continent. The event highlighted the World Bank and International Finance Corporation’
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Under such circumstances, whoever wins this election would face the political conundrum about how to efficiently run the government. The world is more concerned about whether the US will adopt a more cautious diplomatic policy or decide to make a more aggressive move. After all, the discretionary po
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, November 7, 2016 – “Nothing could be more important,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said Monday, as he addressed a high-level dialogue on strengthening public health security in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Health is wealth.” “Our meeting today is crucial, for building resilient health systems to
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Sierra Leone must lift a deeply discriminatory ban on visibly pregnant girls attending school and taking exams, which continues to entrench gender inequality in the country and puts thousands of teenage girls’ futures at risk, Amnesty International said today, a year on from its report on the issue. “The prohibition
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, November 7, 2016 – “Nothing could be more important,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said Monday, as he addressed a high-level dialogue on strengthening public health security in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Health is wealth.” “Our meeting today is crucial, for building resilient health systems to
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With the entry into force of the pact, every country in the world faces a test to fulfill their promises in implementing the tasks. The first multilateral UN conference on climate change after the implementation of the Paris Agreement will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from November 7 to 18.