There is no unifying #religion in #Asia, and history of #Europe is full of wars and conflicts, some continuing. #African philosophers, humanists, historians, sociologists should work with artists and with governments to discuss and show what the continent shares. African Union

Nederlandse politiek blijft wegkijken; #religie belangrijkste oorzaak conflicten, instrument dehumaniseren tegenstander is. #Godsdienst verbiedt individuele #Geloofsvrijheid, dehumaniseert andersgelovigen. Vrijheid #levensovertuiging in #Grondwet voldoende, verwijder #Godsdienst

As World Health Organization (WHO) knows, only integration of áll #farmers in effective #FoodSafety regulation can fight Zoonotic diseases. Only increased #fiscal income can help low-income countries to make public #health investments. Food and Agriculture Organization training has not, will not help when most farmers are informal

If UN Development promotes #developmentaid it should be transparent of its staff, material cost, it would need to be held accountable for aid performance in recipient countries. United Nations should support transition to formality low-income countries, help build inclusive effective regulatory fwk

How is Live Aid understood in #Ethiopia? Making the country dependent on #foreignaid, undermining local processes, in particular on local #food production and Financial Sector Devt, and strengthening image of #Africa as a mess. Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia 🇪🇹 African Union

How is Live Aid understood in #Ethiopia? Making the country dependent on #foreignaid, undermining local processes, in particular on local #food production and Financial Sector Devt, and strengthening image of #Africa as a mess. Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia 🇪🇹 African Union

How is Live Aid understood in #Ethiopia? Making the country dependent on #foreignaid, undermining local processes, in particular on local #food production and Financial Sector Devt, and strengthening image of #Africa as a mess. Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia 🇪🇹 African Union

When I worked in #Nigeria I found it odd that consular buildings looked bad. Checking how it's govt spends, I found the staggering net salaries (with all allowances) of parliamentarians; half a million #Naira, nearly 280.000 Euro per month bbc.com/pidgin/article…

Multilateral institutions, experts, businesses and media need to organize public debate on the value added of #StateofLaw and how states in low-income countries can be supported in an accountable manner to become a State of Law. #developmentaid needs to become data-based science

Rights of workers mean obligations for employers and national government. Rights can only empower people when they can hold govts, employers effectively accountable. This can thus only be done in inclusive effectively regulated systems, nót in informal economies. International Labour Organization

Over 10 jaar is over 90% van de in #EU geïmporteerde #palmolie gecertificeerd duurzaam, zonder ontbossing, zonder bos- veenvuur. EU weigert dergelijk duurzaamheid vergelijk met oliën v koolzaad, mais, zonnebloem. En INDO, MAL hebben over helft land natuurlijk bos; EU bijna niets

M. Riemersma of Solidaridad Network talks abt "independent smallholder farmers". What he means are mainly people who plant oil palms on land for which they have no land title. NGOs know very well that such producers are responsible for most #deforestation. NGOs should be honest

Again #religion leading to war, violations of #HumanRights. Religions prohibit individual freedom of #faith, condemn other faiths, dehumanize others. Priests & followers don't care abt universal moral values, the #TenCommandments #covenant, basis of #Judaism #Christianity #Islam

An important moment in time: #France ends it's #Military presence in West, Central #Africa. #Russia & #China take over, are welcomed aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/9/…, cna.org/analyses/2024/…

Tezelfdertijd versterken vele landen in #Afrika #Azië #LatAm hun relaties met #Rusland (en #China). Zwak, incoherent, egoïstisch, neerbuigend beleid & communicatie met het zuiden schaadt ons in de strijd tegen Russische invasie #Ukraine, kost #Europa duur; isoleert ons. Ministerie van BZ

In Gouda kwelt zout water op. Boeren van Groningen tot Zeeland kweken uien, aardappelen opdat ze op verzilte bodem kunnen groeien. En ministerie van Landbouw weet al jaren dat hervernatten #veenweiden Nederland belangrijkste klimaatopdracht is, als ook tot beschermen #drinkwater

Heer Jhagroe Universiteit Leiden NRC, *liberalen" werken met links, "socialisten" samen in NGOs die door Ministerie van BZ worden gefinancierd om uitbuiting, neerbuigendheid naar #globalSouth te compenseren. Lees Carlos Lopes Carlos Lopes, een beroemde econoom vd African Union

Will IFPRI undertake comparative study on #health #sustainability of #PalmOil compared to other vegetable oil crops?

What Codex Alimentarius Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization (WHO) should explain is that a reliable #FoodSafety system is the fundamental threshold for #trade in #food; local, regional and international. Role of WTO and it's #STDF (food Standards & Trade Development Facility) key to strengthening Safe Trade

Dear Mr Lopes, do you have an explanation why only 32 countries signed the 2022 African Union protocol on #FreeMovement of People and only 4 ratified it? How many are needed so that the countries who ratified it can work on implementation? Carlos Lopes