MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Opening remarks by CE at media session (with photos/video)
Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region Opening remarks by CE at media session (with photos/video) Opening remarks by CE at media session (with photos/video) ********************************************************** Following are the opening remarks by the Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, at a media session this afternoon (June 15): Fellow citizens and members of the media, In February last year, a […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Green MEP Magid Magid calls for justice for Orgreave
Source: Green Party of England and Wales 15 June 2019 The Green MEP for Yorkshire and Humber Magid Magid today will join the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign 35th anniversary rally. He said: “Last year, as Lord Mayor of Sheffield, I was proud and honoured to dedicate one of my monthly campaigns towards demanding an […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom
OPEN LETTER: By Keith Jackson I joined the Australian Journalists Association (now the MEAA – Media Alliance) in, I think, 1971, when I still lived and worked in Papua New Guinea. When I formally retired from paid work a few years back, I was given honorary membership but, to bolster the journalism profession and its […]
Read More →MIL-OSI China: US told to stop interfering in HK
Source: China State Council Information Office Vice-Foreign Minister Le Yucheng urgently summoned a senior official from the embassy of the United States in China on Friday, urging Washington to stop interfering with the affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in any form. In his meeting with the embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Robert […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: As Communities in Washington State and Nationwide Celebrate Pride Month, Senator Murray Calls Out Trump Administration’s Anti-Equality Agenda, Urges Further Action to Promote, Protect LGBTQIA+ Rights
Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray Today, Senator Murray sent two letters to senior members of President Trump’s cabinet highlighting the Administration’s recent moves that call its commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community into question In a letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Senator Murray decried the Department’s new proposal […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Speech: Efforts to build stability in Burundi
Source: UK Government Delivered on: 14 June 2019 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you Mr President. And I’d like to begin by thanking all of our briefers this afternoon. Mr. President, the United Kingdom shares the ambition expressed by other speakers today for inclusive, peaceful and fair elections next year […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Efforts to build stability in Burundi
Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Delivered on: 14 June 2019 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you Mr President. And I’d like to begin by thanking all of our briefers this afternoon. Mr. President, the United Kingdom shares the ambition expressed by other speakers today for inclusive, peaceful and fair […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Schakowsky Participates in Roundtable on LGBTQ Health Care Issues
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (9th District of Illinois) CHICAGO, IL – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by Howard Brown Health with leaders in Chicago’s LGBTQ health sector. From day one of the House Democratic Majority, Congress has fought to protect people with pre-existing conditions […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Speech: International community should be united in demanding peace in Sudan and Darfur
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Delivered on: 14 June 2019 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, Mr President. And let me also thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Assistant-Secretary-General Gilmour for their briefings this morning. Let me speak a little about the wider situation in Sudan and its impact […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: International community should be united in demanding peace in Sudan and Darfur
Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements Delivered on: 14 June 2019 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, Mr President. And let me also thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Assistant-Secretary-General Gilmour for their briefings this morning. Let me speak a little about the wider situation in Sudan and its impact on Darfur. […]
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