Author: IINS

On March 2, 2023, Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, hosted the Summit Level Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact Group in Response to COVID-19. The meeting was attended by nearly 70 heads of states and government representatives including important international organization. The meeting was chaired by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, who is also…

Saudi Arabia is making a remarkable shift to renewable energy and a green future. The oil producing giant is aiming to become sustainable with a dedicated government thrust on futuristic goals including the focus on Hydrogen. Notably, among the renewable energy growth indicators, Saudi Arabia is one of the top performers across the globe in…

The 23rd ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting was held at the ASEAN Secretariat recently, where both parties reiterated their commitment to strengthen their longstanding relationship. The meeting was in pursuit of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established at the 19th ASEAN-India Summit held last year. The Permanent Representative of Singapore, Kok Li Peng with the Ambassador…

Zambia launched its eighth 4-year National Development Plan in 2022 with an aim to build a prosperous middle-income nation by 2030 with desired socio-economic transformation for better Zambian lives. The formulation of the Plan used both the top-down and bottom-up approaches. On the one hand, the top-down approach entailed analysing the cause-effect of the country’s…

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a Centrally Sponsored placement linked skill development program for rural poor youth under National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) to provide employment to the rural youth in India. The scheme was launched in 2014 to help disadvantaged youth, including women, scheduled castes, and scheduled tribes, and has contributed…

Malnutrition is one of the major problems facing Africa. While Africa’s share in the world’s undernourished population has decreased from 35.5% in 1990 to 22% in 2019, this alarming rate, according to the African Union still calls for stronger efforts to improve food security and nutrition in the continent. In fact, African Union designated 2022…

On the sidelines of a cabinet meeting of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held on March 6 2023, a landmark Net Zero Charter 2050 was signed by the government and the seven Emirates. The Charter was signed in the presence of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE…

Viet Nam has achieved considerable economic and social development in recent decades. An important aspect of this development is to better ensure more opportunities for more women and men in Viet Nam to enjoy decent work and sustainable development particularly those from vulnerable groups. In this respect, Vietnam took a major step when it signed…

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), apart from being the major collective voice of the Global South in the current international order, has also been vocal in highlighting the issues related to environment and sustainable development. A major aspect of this is a thrust on clean energy. At its recent summits, NAM Declarations have emphasised the needs need…

Papua New Guinea is the world’s 3rd largest island country, after Indonesia and Madagascar with over 800 indigenous languages spoken, and vast natural resources, including gold, oil, and natural gas. Like the rest of the world, this diverse country is also threatened by climate change. The scar of a deadly earthquake that stuck Turkey and…