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Fourth Anniversary Of The Beirut Explosion

An interior view of the renovated Francois Chahwan's traditional house in Beirut, Lebanon on July 26, 2024, which was severely damaged in the Beirut harbor explosion on August 4, 2020. The house had been renovated by international and local NGOs for two years without being completed. Completion is estimated at $100,000, according to Chahwan. Photo by Noemie de Bellaigue/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UNESCO official on China's governance of AI

STORY: UNESCO official on China's governance of AI SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 5, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: KRANJ, Slovenia CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): GABRIELA RAMOS, UNESCO's assistant director general for social and human sciences STORYLINE: The Second Global Forum on the Ethics of AI, a two-day event sponsored by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), started on Monday in the Slovenian city of Kranj. The forum, themed "Changing the Landscape of AI Governance," gathered more than 600 representatives from governments, international organizations, academic and research institutions, NGOs and businesses from 67 countries and regions. Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO's assistant director general for social and human sciences, told Xinhua that China has not only formulated a series of measures and laws to regulate AI but has also actively participated in international efforts addressing the downsides of AI technologies, aiming to deliver bet

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An attendee visits China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 6, 2023. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Attendees taste Chinese tea at China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 6, 2023. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An attendee experiences Chinese calligraphy at China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 6, 2023. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member demonstrates Chinese calligraphy to an attendee at China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 6, 2023. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Attendees wearing panda-decorated hats pose for photos at China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 6, 2023. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 6, 2023 shows the model of wind turbine generators at China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Attendees attend a side event at China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 6, 2023. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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UAE-DUBAI-COP28-CHINA PAVILION

(231206) -- DUBAI, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Attendees attend a side event at China's pavilion of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 6, 2023. China's pavilion at COP28 was officially inaugurated on Nov. 30 at the Expo City of Dubai. The pavilion will host a series of side events and activities in nine thematic days, in addition to two special sessions, during the two-week COP 28. The events will involve relevant government departments, research institutes, industrial associations, enterprises, and NGOs, with topics covering China's climate response policies and actions, global climate cooperation, green and low-carbon development, energy transformation, digital development, and green finance. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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15,100 petitioners seek peace on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from two Tokyo-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) give a news conference March 5 before submitting petitions bearing about 15,100 signatures calling on Japan to support a peaceful resolution of the Iraqi weapons crisis to the Foreign Ministry.

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Peace Boat members demand gov't explain NGO issue

TOKYO, Japan - About 20 members of the nongovernmental organization Peace Boat call on the government Jan. 30 to explain the initial exclusion of two NGOs from a recent Afghan aid conference. The issue led to the dismissal Jan. 29 of both Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami. The members gathered in front of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo.

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Suzuki opts to ''observe the developments''

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker and one of key players at the center of the political drama over a Foreign Ministry decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the international Afghan donor conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21, sits tight-lipped in the Diet building Jan. 29. Suzuki denied any involvement in the ministry's decision on NGO participation, saying only that he will ''observe the developments'' of the case.

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Suzuki said to have pressured Foreign Ministry to bar NGOs

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, smiles as he walks in the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Toshinori Shigeie, a senior Foreign Ministry official, admitted that Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from an international Afghan donor conference.

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Tanaka, Nogami clash over ban of NGOs from conference

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, speaking at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 24, denies Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's statement Nogami told her influential lawmaker Muneo Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations from Jan. 21-22 conference on reconstruction of Afghanistan in Tokyo.

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Tanaka says LDP's Suzuki wanted to bar NGOs from donor meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) tells a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Jan. 24 that Muneo Suzuki, an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pressured the Foreign Ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from a Tokyo donor conference on Afghan reconstruction held Jan. 21-22.

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Barred Japanese NGOs allowed to attend Afghan confab

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan (R), secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, urges Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) in Tokyo Jan. 21 to allow two Japanese nongovernmental organizations to take part in an ongoing conference in the capital on reconstructing Afghanistan. The Japan Platform and Peace Winds Japan have been barred by the Foreign Ministry from attending the conference because of their ''antigovernment'' stance.

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Afghan NGOs should directly receive int'l aid: Japan NGO

TOKYO, Japan - A member of a Japanese nongovernmental organization (NGO) hands a report to Sadako Ogata (R), Japan's special envoy for Afghanistan, on Jan. 19 calling on her to enable Afghan NGOs to directly receive international donations for the country's reconstruction. He met Ogata at a Tokyo hotel prior to a two-day ministerial meeting, to be co-chaired by Ogata, on the reconstruction of Afghanistan to be convened Jan. 21 in Tokyo.

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Tanaka says LDP's Suzuki wanted to bar NGOs from donor meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) tells a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Jan. 24 that Muneo Suzuki, an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pressured the Foreign Ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from a Tokyo donor conference on Afghan reconstruction held Jan. 21-22.

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Suzuki said to have pressured Foreign Ministry to bar NGOs

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, smiles as he walks in the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 28. Toshinori Shigeie, a senior Foreign Ministry official, admitted that Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from an international Afghan donor conference.

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Suzuki opts to ''observe the developments''

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a senior Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker and one of key players at the center of the political drama over a Foreign Ministry decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the international Afghan donor conference in Tokyo on Jan. 21, sits tight-lipped in the Diet building Jan. 29. Suzuki denied any involvement in the ministry's decision on NGO participation, saying only that he will ''observe the developments'' of the case.

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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided to sack Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (R)

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided to sack Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami (R) late Tuesday following their conflict over whether or not Nogami mentioned the name of a senior lawmaker in reference to the ministry's decision to bar two Japanese nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from last week's Afghan aid conference in Tokyo.

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Afghan NGOs should directly receive int'l aid: Japan NGO

TOKYO, Japan - A member of a Japanese nongovernmental organization (NGO) hands a report to Sadako Ogata (R), Japan's special envoy for Afghanistan, on Jan. 19 calling on her to enable Afghan NGOs to directly receive international donations for the country's reconstruction. He met Ogata at a Tokyo hotel prior to a two-day ministerial meeting, to be co-chaired by Ogata, on the reconstruction of Afghanistan to be convened Jan. 21 in Tokyo.

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15,100 petitioners seek peace on Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from two Tokyo-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) give a news conference March 5 before submitting petitions bearing about 15,100 signatures calling on Japan to support a peaceful resolution of the Iraqi weapons crisis to the Foreign Ministry. (Kyodo)