... sanctions relief and concessions look like the only possible way to move forward
On July 11, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) finally adopted a resolution extending the authorization of cross-border mechanisms that guarantee the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for another year, until July 10, 2021. However, the UN aid will now go through just one Turkish border crossing — Bab al-Hawa. The resolution did not approve the Bab al-Salam crossing on Syria’s border with Turkey, as well ...
... cooperation and support rendered to the people of Kyrgyzstan. The technical capacity remains since there is no ban being placed on assistance, although now taxes must be paid. Some experts believe that Congress may reject such improper outlays attached to the humanitarian aid.
With parliamentary elections coming soon, Bishkek quite reasonably would like to see Western influence diminished.
In a nutshell: U.S. technical assistance is very important, for example
in the healthcare sector
. Thanks to vaccinations ...
... rebel leaders in both Donetsk and Lugansk suggests that Moscow seeks to field a more authentic and presentable group for eventual future talks. While Kiev is desperate to achieve a full military victory almost at any cost, Moscow is reaching out with humanitarian aid, confusing and confounding its opponents. At the foreign ministers' meeting in Berlin on Sunday, a measure of progress was achieved on the issue of the Russian humanitarian aid to Donbass. As to the war there, it still continues.
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Humanitarian aid in the political spotlight
Humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence are the four basic principles of aid, on which many humanitarian organisations base their work (including the oldest of them, the
International Committee ...
... BRICS soft power potential and the multilateral investment cooperation to give impetus to the organization's institutionalization and prove its viability.
RIAC Program Assistant Ilya Ivanov delivered the report "Cooperation of BRICS Countries in Humanitarian Aid: New Donors and Old Rules" devoted to the current role of nontraditional donors, among them BRICS countries, in international development assistance and humanitarian aid. He also mentioned the need to step up BRICS activities in ...
