Diplomatic Dispatch

UNWTO is deeply shocked by the tragic attacks perpetrated in Paris. On the behalf of the international tourism community, UNWTO expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the victims and to the […]

The Prime Minister of São Tomé e Príncipe, Patrice Emery Trovoada, made this statement in his address to delegates at ‘STeP In London’ the country’s first ever International Conference for Private Investors and Development Partners. […]

Der CDU-Innenexperte Wolfgang Bosbach wirbt für die Einführung von Asylverfahren an den Landgrenzen in sogenannten Transitzonen. Das Landgrenzenverfahren „würde ermöglichen, offensichtlich unbegründete Anträge schon an der Grenze abzulehnen und die Einreise zu verweigern“, sagte Bosbach […]

Mr President, fellow members of this House, “We should, rather, recognize the United Nations for what it is – an admittedly imperfect but indispensable instrument of nations working for a peace evolution towards a more just […]

A defining year for global health The World Health Summit (WHS) 2015 took place in a defining year for global health The world has set an ambitious agenda in relation to poverty, development, climate, and […]

Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe: “The world must be better prepared to deal with future public health crises. And this is our job.” The refugee crisis, diseases like Ebola, the joint effort to combat […]

EcoMobility World Festival in Johannesburg sends strong car-less urban transport message to UN Climate Summit in Paris Johannesburg may be a city built on the profits of gold, but Mpho Parks Tau, Mayor of South […]

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of […]