Africa: Japan Signs 300 Agreements With Africa At TICAD9, Marking a Historic Partnership

Africa: Japan Signs 300 Agreements With Africa At TICAD9, Marking a Historic Partnership

Tokyo, – Japan and African nations have entered into a historic wave of cooperation after signing 300 agreements during the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), held this week in Tokyo. The deals–triple the number reached at the previous summit in Tunisia in 2022–highlight Japan’s expanding commitment to Africa’s economic and social development….

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Africa: Japan Signs 300 Agreements With Africa At TICAD9, Marking a Historic Partnership

Africa: How Clustering Multilateral Environmental Agreements Can Bring Multiple Benefits to the Environment

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada — The UN80 Initiative, unveiled in March by Secretary-General António Guterres, is a system-wide effort to reaffirm the UN’s relevance for a rapidly changing world. The Initiative comes at a time of brutal budget cuts across the UN system. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is cutting 3,500 jobs and…

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Africa: Japan Signs 300 Agreements With Africa At TICAD9, Marking a Historic Partnership

Africa: UN Reform – Is It Time to Renew the Idea of Clustering the Major Environmental Agreements?

SAN Francisco, California / Apex, North Carolina, Us — “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill’s famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Yet, the existing international environmental…

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