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OPCW Fact-Finding Mission in Syria is doing a poor job

Moscow - SANA

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Alexander Schulgen said that the staff of the OPCW Fact Finding Mission (FFM) in Syria is doing a poor job. Schulgen said in a statement on Friday that the FFM is working in a poor way as they don’t go to the scenes of incidents and theyRead more

25 years after Oslo, NGO coalition urges a new principled way towards peace

Jerusalem - PNN

A report published today by a coalition of 80+ international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) claims that the Oslo Accords have failed to create a pathway to peace for Israelis and Palestinians. The NGOs call for the world to commit to a new principled path towards peace, focused on human rights and accountability of all parties. The report’s publication marks the 25thRead more

Labour Minister Jamil bin Mohammed opens conference

Manama - Arab Today

Labour and Social Development Minister Jamil bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan stressed the importance of developing charity work by modernising the administrative and structural systems and diversifying sources of revenues to ensure sustainability of the charity orgaqnisations’ activities. The Labour and Social Development Minister was speaking after opening the Social Development Conference-Reality and Challenges which was organised under his patronage atRead more

Israel names 20 banned NGOs in anti-boycott push

Jerusalem - Arab Today

Israel on Sunday named 20 foreign NGOs whose representatives are barred from its territory, saying that they support a boycott of the Jewish state over its occupation of Palestinian territory. Publication of the list of groups from Europe, the United States, Chile and South Africa follows legislation in March banning entry to foreigners who support boycotting the country or itsRead more

Bahrain NGO visits Israel to promote 'tolerance and coexistence'

Dubai - Arab Today

An interfaith group from the Gulf country of Bahrain said it has sent a delegation to Israel to promote "tolerance and coexistence" amid Arab outcry over the fate of occupied Jerusalem. The non-governmental organisation, which calls itself "This is Bahrain", insisted it had no official status though its mission statements say it has the backing of His Majesty King HamadRead more

Anti-nuclear weapons group wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo - BNA

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican). Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said the group won thanks to its "groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty prohibition" on nuclear weapons. "We live in a world where the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for aRead more

Tashkent hosted round table on ICT development

Kuwait City - Arab Today

In the metropolitan International Business Center held a round table on "The role of modern information and communication technologies in the modernization of public administration and democratization of society". Deputies of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, managers and employees of state power and administration, foreign ICT experts, representatives of NGOs, civil society, the media and others attended it. The eventRead more

Tashkent hosts the 4th annual National forum of NGOs of Uzbekistan

Kuwait City - Arab Today

The National Association of NGOs of Uzbekistan organized the event in close collaboration with Independent Institute for Monitoring the Formation of Civil Society, Women's Committee of Uzbekistan, Ecological Movement, Public Fund for Support of NGOs and other civil society institutions under Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other partners. National NGO Forum was preceded by regional stages, duringRead more

NGO accuses Libya coastguard

Rome - Arab Today

Five migrants, including one young child, died Monday as result of a “violent, reckless” and “illegal” intervention by Libya’s coast guard in a rescue in international waters, a German charity group said. Sea Watch, one of several NGOs which operate search-and-rescue boats in the Mediterranean, said the lives had been lost needlessly due to heavy handed tactics of a coastguardRead more

Israel approves major expansion

Jerusalem - Arab Today

Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved a major expansion of an east Jerusalem settlement, signing off on plans to add 176 homes, the city's deputy mayor said. The latest approvals come after Israel last week advanced plans for more than 2,600 settlement homes in various areas of the occupied West Bank. The expansion approved on Wednesday would create the largest IsraeliRead more