WHAT WE ARE SAYING
YES ! Scrap the U.N. Security Council's Permanent Five Security Council Members #UNSC https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/17/decolonizing-united-nations-means-abolish-permanent-five-security-council/
FREE TO READ, the final part of our reflective Covid series: How Africa fought the pandemic — and what coronavirus has taught the world via @davidpilling https://on.ft.com/31wDK7m
Report presented by The Oxford China International Consultancy (OCIC), together with Development Reimagined shows that the number of Chinese workers travelling to Africa continues to diminish since its peak in 2015
https://cceonlinenews.com/2020/10/18/number-of-chinese-construction-workers-in-africa-diminishing-report/
“Decolonizing the United Nations Means Abolishing the Permanent Five. The inequalities of the past can’t set the rules of the present”. @ForeignPolicy https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/17/decolonizing-united-nations-means-abolish-permanent-five-security-council/
Excellent article by @ForeignPolicy on #decolonisations of the #UN by abolishing the #UNSecurityCouncil. Not to mention that the UNSC members are among the top ten arms exporting countries: how can we entrust them with the world’s #Peace and #Security? https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
As our research shows, the Western European and Others Group and the Eastern European Group combined represent just 17.1 percent of the global population, but they have held 47 percent of Security Council seats. https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
I totally agree. https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
True but which nations are virtuous and representative enough to replace them in a new hegemony and elected non-permanent members dont tend to be paragons either viz recent UNHRC? Best to abolish #UN Security Council completely & have new forms of global cooperation & governance https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese workers leave Africa as lending slows.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3105695/belt-and-road-initiative-chinese-workers-leave-africa-lending?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=share_widget&utm_campaign=3105695
"It’s up to both China and Tanzania". We recently sat down with #Tanzania's Ambassador to #China H.E. Mbewela Kairuki to explore what he & his team @TZEmbassy are focusing on post #COVID19. Here's what he shared - incl. an idea for #FOCAC in 2021.
https://chinaafricaproject.com/analysis/qa-can-tanzania-resume-and-reimagine-agricultural-trade-with-china-in-a-post-covid-19-world/
We are looking forward to tuning into this all-women, all-African panel discussion - including the brilliant @Malado2203, moderated by @raj_devex. Hope to see many more of these kinds of panels in future!
"Like China did, 70 years ago as a poor country, Africa has both promise and agency. We must use these now, strategically with all partners, to capitalize on China's poverty reduction for the benefit of African development." @hmryder
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-10-17/China-s-poverty-reduction-was-fast-Can-Africa-s-be-faster--KRbfGQUne0/index.html
In just a decade a village of 7,000 people in Jiangsu #China managed to triple its income & lift most of their residents above the #poverty line.
But what lessons can be learnt & how this can be applied to #African nations?
#internationalpovertyday
https://youtu.be/iLOQHgRdNdA
The study found “the volume of China’s loans is a key reason” for the decline in Chinese workers across the continent. The number of Chinese workers in Africa peaked in 2015, which was also when China signed the most contracts on the continent. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3105695/belt-and-road-initiative-chinese-workers-leave-africa-lending
Belt and Road Initiative, #BRI: #Chinese workers leave #Africa as lending slows https://sc.mp/1f3... "African governments also became savvier about signing deals that included rules for hiring more locals". #AfricanAgency
Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese workers leave Africa as lending slows https://sc.mp/1f3
WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN
YES ! Scrap the U.N. Security Council's Permanent Five Security Council Members #UNSC https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/17/decolonizing-united-nations-means-abolish-permanent-five-security-council/
FREE TO READ, the final part of our reflective Covid series: How Africa fought the pandemic — and what coronavirus has taught the world via @davidpilling https://on.ft.com/31wDK7m
Report presented by The Oxford China International Consultancy (OCIC), together with Development Reimagined shows that the number of Chinese workers travelling to Africa continues to diminish since its peak in 2015
https://cceonlinenews.com/2020/10/18/number-of-chinese-construction-workers-in-africa-diminishing-report/
“Decolonizing the United Nations Means Abolishing the Permanent Five. The inequalities of the past can’t set the rules of the present”. @ForeignPolicy https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/17/decolonizing-united-nations-means-abolish-permanent-five-security-council/
Excellent article by @ForeignPolicy on #decolonisations of the #UN by abolishing the #UNSecurityCouncil. Not to mention that the UNSC members are among the top ten arms exporting countries: how can we entrust them with the world’s #Peace and #Security? https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
As our research shows, the Western European and Others Group and the Eastern European Group combined represent just 17.1 percent of the global population, but they have held 47 percent of Security Council seats. https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
I totally agree. https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
True but which nations are virtuous and representative enough to replace them in a new hegemony and elected non-permanent members dont tend to be paragons either viz recent UNHRC? Best to abolish #UN Security Council completely & have new forms of global cooperation & governance https://twitter.com/DrSenait/status/1317517148982595585
Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese workers leave Africa as lending slows.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3105695/belt-and-road-initiative-chinese-workers-leave-africa-lending?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=share_widget&utm_campaign=3105695
"It’s up to both China and Tanzania". We recently sat down with #Tanzania's Ambassador to #China H.E. Mbewela Kairuki to explore what he & his team @TZEmbassy are focusing on post #COVID19. Here's what he shared - incl. an idea for #FOCAC in 2021.
https://chinaafricaproject.com/analysis/qa-can-tanzania-resume-and-reimagine-agricultural-trade-with-china-in-a-post-covid-19-world/
We are looking forward to tuning into this all-women, all-African panel discussion - including the brilliant @Malado2203, moderated by @raj_devex. Hope to see many more of these kinds of panels in future!
"Like China did, 70 years ago as a poor country, Africa has both promise and agency. We must use these now, strategically with all partners, to capitalize on China's poverty reduction for the benefit of African development." @hmryder
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-10-17/China-s-poverty-reduction-was-fast-Can-Africa-s-be-faster--KRbfGQUne0/index.html
In just a decade a village of 7,000 people in Jiangsu #China managed to triple its income & lift most of their residents above the #poverty line.
But what lessons can be learnt & how this can be applied to #African nations?
#internationalpovertyday
https://youtu.be/iLOQHgRdNdA
The study found “the volume of China’s loans is a key reason” for the decline in Chinese workers across the continent. The number of Chinese workers in Africa peaked in 2015, which was also when China signed the most contracts on the continent. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3105695/belt-and-road-initiative-chinese-workers-leave-africa-lending
Belt and Road Initiative, #BRI: #Chinese workers leave #Africa as lending slows https://sc.mp/1f3... "African governments also became savvier about signing deals that included rules for hiring more locals". #AfricanAgency
Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese workers leave Africa as lending slows https://sc.mp/1f3
