Politics & Diplomacy

Apr 26, 2019

Former High-Ranking UN Official represented Chinese state interests at UN; Persecuted Chinese Minorities

On 25 April 2019, in a televised speech, Wu Hongbo, a former UN Under-Secretary-General, admitted that, in violation of his ethical obligations as a UN official, he represented Chinese state interests while serving in the role, using his authority to have Dolkun Isa, the President of the World Uyghur Congress and Vice-President of the UNPO, expelled from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues...

Apr 26, 2019

Former High-Ranking UN Official represented Chinese...

On 25 April 2019, in a televised speech, Wu Hongbo, a former UN Under-Secretary-General, admitted that, in violation of his ethical obligations as a UN official, he represented Chinese state interests...

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Apr 24, 2019

Catalonia: Effigy of Carles Puigdemont Paraded...

In the Spanish town of Coripe, Seville, an effigy of Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont has been paraded through the streets before being shot by locals. The violent message of the parade, which...

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Apr 11, 2019

UNPO Roundtable at the European Parliament Discusses...

Yesterday, 10 April 2019, UNPO held a roundtable at the European Parliament titled Protecting minorities in Pakistan through EU Mechanism, hosted by MEP Csaba Sógor (EPP) and with the participation...

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Mar 08, 2019

UNPO Kicks Off Unrepresented Women Campaign with...

On Friday 8 March 2019, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the UNPO and the Coppieters Foundation release a report entitled “Minority women in politics – The political participation...

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Mar 08, 2019

Unrepresented Women in Politics

In 2019 the UNPO and the Coppieters Foundation released a report entitled “Minority women in politics – The political participation and representation of minority and migrant women in Europe”....

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Mar 06, 2019

District of Columbia: Lawmakers Throw Support...

Last Thursday [28 March 2019], 29 senators introduced the Washington, D.C. Admission act, a bill that would finally give Washington residents full representation in Congress. In 1993, the previous vote...

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Feb 25, 2019

Taiwan: 2020 Presidential Campaign to Focus on...

On 19 February, the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen announced her plans to seek re-election in 2020. In an unexpected move, she made her plans public on CNN, rather than in her native Taipei. Whilst the...

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Feb 20, 2019

Taiwan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Urges WHO...

The Taiwanese government has been pushing for an invitation this year to the World Health Assembly, after two years of exclusion. In 2017, after seven years of participation as an observer under the name...

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