States can greatly benefit from UPR while promoting and protecting human rights
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR), since its inception in 2008, has proved as one of the most satisfying and successful Human Rights Council (HRC) bodies and UN human rights mechanisms.
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Girls Are Becoming our Agents of Change for Climate Justice and Gender Equality
Sun, 6 Nov 2022 | 10:16As world leaders convene in Egypt for COP 27 it is important to recognize where some of the most forceful initiatives for change are coming from.
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Asia sails into headwinds from rate hikes, war, and China slowdown
Sun, 30 Oct 2022 | 08:00Asia's strong economic rebound early this year is losing momentum, with a weaker-than-expected second quarter.
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When should the UN human rights office’s field presence in Cambodia end?
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 | 07:56The origin of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field presence in Cambodia can be traced back to October 1993.
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Heavy rains have been friend and foe for Cambodia in 2022
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 | 08:08Like many other countries, Cambodia did not escape this year’s extreme weather events accentuated by climate change.
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Will the ‘ASEAN Way’ last forever?
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 | 08:28ASEAN is an inter-governmental organisation which has successfully strived against difficulties for a stable, peaceful, inclusive, sustainable, resilient and prosperous Southeast Asian region for over five decades.
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World Food Day 2022: How to achieve the objective of leaving NO-ONE behind
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 | 08:05Leave no one behind – this is the theme of this year’s World Food Day, and also an urgent call for the world to face the alarming reality that more and more people are being left behind amid a spiralling global food security crisis as a result of multiple drivers.
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Persons with disabilities integral to finding new inclusivity solutions
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 | 08:22Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities.
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It’s a complicated world but we all need to eat
Mon, 3 Oct 2022 | 09:02Indeed, we live in a world full of competing interests and disagreements. Yet despite this, there is one underlying, unifying interest that we all share.
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Providing intellectual support for fully unleashing RCEP’s dividends
Tue, 27 Sep 2022 | 08:10Currently, in the face of the global economic crisis, high-level implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and the full release of the RCEP dividend will not only have a significant impact on the regional economic integration and regional economic growth in
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Hun Sen’s rare visit to Cuba: What’s going on?
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 | 08:29Back on August 17, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that he would deliver a speech at the 77th UN General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in the US’ New York City, visit Cuba and attend the state funeral of the slain Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
