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The WHO Director-General concurs with the advice offered by the Committee regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He determines that COVID-19 is now an established and ongoing health issue which no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).tag_hash_108

The Committee considered the three criteria of a PHEIC: whether COVID-19 continues to constitute 1) an extraordinary event, 2) a public health risk to other States through the international spread, and 3) potentially requires a coordinated international response. They discussed the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic. They acknowledged that, although SARS-CoV-2 has been and will continue circulating widely and evolving, it is no longer an unusual or unexpected event. The Committee recognized that the Director-General may decide to convene an IHR Emergency Committee on COVID-19 in the future if the situation requires.

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The COVID-19 PHEIC has prompted countries to enhance their functional capacities, particularly related to emergency coordination, collaborative surveillance, clinical care, and risk communications and communication engagement. The world has made significant and impressive global progress since the declaration of the PHEIC in January 2020. Reaching the point where COVID-19 can be considered as no longer constituting a PHEIC should be seen as accolade to international coordination and commitment to global health.

6. Continue to lift COVID-19 international travel related health measures, based on risk assessments, and to not require any proof of vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for international travel.

Marking a historic moment, the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (ICPA) officially started operations today at Eurojust. The ICPA will support the preparation of crime of aggression cases, by securing crucial evidence and facilitating the process of case building at an early stage.

Eurojust President Ladislav Hamran stated: Eurojust has built up a solid track record in providing operational, technical, logistical and financial support to national prosecutors working on cross-border cases. From the very start of this war, the same support has served to coordinate and strengthen national investigations into international crimes committed in Ukraine. The ICPA represents a crucial next step in our collective efforts to end impunity at all levels.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin remarked: The official launch of the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression is a clear signal that the world is united and unwavering on the path to holding the Russian regime accountable for all its crimes. There is, unfortunately, a gaping hole in accountability for the crime of aggression in the international criminal justice architecture. The ICPA is one of the building blocks of reinforcing the prohibition of aggression, thus completing and strengthening this architecture.

Karim A.A. Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court commented: Out of the true darkness and suffering that we have seen across Ukraine, we have also seen light emerge in the building of new partnerships towards accountability. I am clear in my message today that we remain committed to further strengthening the foundations for cooperation we have built with Eurojust and national authorities over the last year through the Joint Investigative Team.

Dilan Yeilgz-Zegerius, Justice Minister of the Netherlands added: Today with the opening of the ICPA we have taken an important step in ensuring that international crimes resulting from Russian aggression against Ukraine will be prosecuted. This requires complex investigations and we can help each other with this in the ICPA. For that reason the Netherlands is proud to be the host country of the ICPA.

Being located in The Hague has several advantages. Not only will the ICPA have direct access to the valuable expertise of the Genocide Network Secretariat hosted at Eurojust, but it will also facilitate close cooperation and coordination with the ICC and other international justice actors.

The war in Ukraine is the most documented in history, and, for the first time, active investigations into the crime of aggression are taking place while an armed conflict is still ongoing. At the same time, we are dealing with an international crime that has rarely been prosecuted and for which there is no standard practice.

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Since we launched the joint report on Subsidies, Trade, and International Cooperation in April 2022,the magnitude of costly subsidies has grown and so have tensions around their use. At the same time, a succession of international emergencies and the growing urgency of the climate crisis underscore that in some circumstances well-designed subsidies can have a legitimate, albeit often only temporary, role.

Administrator Samantha Power travels to Egypt to meet with local officials and Egyptian and international humanitarian organizations working to accelerate the pace of vitally needed assistance into Gaza.

United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres said, "Peace is needed today more than ever. War and conflict are unleashing devastation, poverty, and hunger, and driving tens of millions of people from their homes. Climate chaos is all around. And even peaceful countries are gripped by gaping inequalities and political polarization."

International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. We also mark other UN observances.

The International Emmy Current Affairs & News categories are presented alongside their American news and documentary counterparts as part of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' News & Documentary Emmy Awards.

The footprint of circulating variant poliovirus in the Region has also reduced considerably in recent years. The Region has fewer outbreaks today than it had a year ago. Last year, Sudan closed its 2020 cVDPV2 outbreak and Islamic Republic of Iran closed a poliovirus event, while both Djibouti and Egypt are no longer detecting any poliovirus in environmental samples and are poised to formally close their outbreaks in a few weeks.

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