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Indus treaty rethink: PM Narendra Modi to get official briefing today

Edit The Times of India 26 Sep 2016
PM Narendra Modi will be briefed on the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty by senior officials on Monday, a discussion seen as significant in the light of India-Pakistan tensions following the death of 18 soldiers in a terrorist strike at an Army camp in Uri last week ... The argument against reviewing the treaty is that doing so makes India appear an aggressive power unmindful of international obligations....

PM Modi to chair meet to review Indus Waters treaty in response to Uri attack

Edit DNA India 26 Sep 2016
... meeting the Indus Waters Treaty, on Monday ... According to reports, Modi will meet officials from External Affairs, Water Resources and other ministries, and the meeting will look at the pros and cons of the treaty signed 56 years ago under which India and Pakistan share the waters from six rivers....

No official confirmation of PM calling meeting on Indus water treaty

Edit Deccan Herald 26 Sep 2016
There were reports last night that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting on Monday on Indus water treaty but there was no official confirmation of that ... Under the treaty, which was signed by ......

News flash: Uma Bharti to brief Modi on Indus Water Treaty

Edit One India 26 Sep 2016
Sept 26. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and senior officials to brief Narendra Modi on Indus Waters Treaty at 12 PM today. Get all the latest news updates of the day. {image-narendra-modi-26-26-1474857232.jpg www.oneindia.com} 8.17 am. Supreme Court hear matter related to ... ....

U.S. denies trade-off on climate pact

Edit The Hindu 26 Sep 2016
has been keen to see the treaty brought into force by the end of President Obama’s tenure as his “legacy”, a senior official privy to those meetings said ... Climate Change treaty agreed to at the Paris summit in November 2015, enters into force only after 55 countries, accounting in total for 55 per cent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions, ratify it....

Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security... (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Sep 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea) ... ° On the sidelines of the IAEA General Conference, the Special Representative will meet with IAEA Director-General Yukiya Amano and Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) to make an assessment of North Korea's fifth nuclear test and exchange views with them on ways to respond to it....

Majority of UK CEOs considering moving operations abroad post-Brexit - survey

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Sep 2016
However, 76 percent said they were considering moving either their headquarters or their operations outside Britain because of the June 23 "Brexit" vote ... John Nelson, chairman of Lloyd's of London, told Reuters last week that the insurance market would be ready to move some of its business to the EU as soon as Britain invoked Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which triggers the start of exit from the bloc....

Majority of UK CEOs considering moving operations abroad post-Brexit: survey

Edit Deccan Chronicle 26 Sep 2016
However, 76 percent said they were considering moving either their headquarters or their operations outside Britain because of the June 23 "Brexit" vote ... John Nelson, chairman of Lloyd's of London, told Reuters last week that the insurance market would be ready to move some of its business to the EU as soon as Britain invoked Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which triggers the start of exit from the bloc....

Premier Speaks to Annual General Assembly of Southern Chiefs' Organization (Government of Manitoba)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Sep 2016
Government of Manitoba) September 14, 2016 ... The premier noted the lengthy process associated with treaty land entitlements (TLE) and committed to initiating discussions with the federal government and Manitoba First Nations to facilitate a more speedy resolution of TLE claimsso they are able to move forward with theirurban economic development zones in communities throughout Manitoba....

Toward a more reasonable European asylum system

Edit Open Democracy 26 Sep 2016
For sure, it cannot be done if all governments are dominated by a very xenophobic and populist narrative, in which they feel in danger because of the situation and would rather hide behind the rhetoric than look it in the face ... Immigration policy is one of the most coveted aspects of national sovereignty ... fulfil the treaties. If you look at the referendum in the United Kingdom, you see a great example of this ... fulfil the treaties....

Australia must bring youth justice in line with international standards (Amnesty International Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Sep 2016
The Human Rights Law Centre's Director of Legal Advocacy, Ruth Barson, said, 'The world was shocked by images of children being hooded, restrained and tear gassed. We have since seen further evidence of abuse and mistreatment in Queensland ... The use of solitary confinement on children, for any duration, is not permitted under international human rights law ... Australia must protect the rights of children in detention,' said Ms Barson....

#dnaEdit: Restraint for now

Edit DNA India 26 Sep 2016
As is evident from his speech on Saturday, Modi has decided that he is no mood to pay any attention to either of these groups ... Pakistan chose to take the Kashmir issue to the UN general assembly and India hit back in kind at the same forum, not hesitating to slip in a few words about altering the terms of the successful Indus water treaty....

African elephant numbers plummet during 'worst decline in 25 years’

Edit The Guardian 26 Sep 2016
African elephant population has contracted by around 111,000 in the past decade as a result of poaching, study finds. The number of African elephants dropped by about 111,000 in the past decade as a result of poaching, a report released at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade has found ... IUCN chief Inger Andersen said the numbers showed “the truly alarming plight of the majestic elephant”....
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