Hong Kong – Secretary for Home Affairs expresses sorrow over passing of Mr Cheung Yan-lung

Secretary for Home Affairs expresses sorrow over passing of Mr Cheung Yan-lung

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     The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Caspar Tsui, today (September 21) expressed sorrow over the passing of former Chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk Mr Cheung Yan-lung.
 
     “Mr Cheung played an important role in bridging the communication between the Government and the residents of the New Territories over the past years. He spared no efforts in promoting rural affairs and district administration in the New Territories and worked for the well-being of the Government as well as the welfare of the residents of the New Territories. We thanked him for his outstanding contribution.
 
     “I extend my deepest condolences to Mr Cheung’s family,” Mr Tsui said.

Tribal Affairs Minister , Shri Arjun Munda to remain on a two-day visit to Assam from tomorrow

The Minister of Tribal Affairs , Shri Arjun Munda will remain on a  2-day visit to the State of Assamfrom tomorrow. During the course of the visit, the Tribal Affairs Minister will review the progress of  implementation of the MFP, VDVK and TRIFOOD programmes which have been put in place for the empowerment of the tribals in the state and region. He will be accompanied by Shri Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED and senior officials of TRIFED.

During the two day visit, Shri Munda will hold meetings with Governor of Assam , Shri JagdishMukhi ; Chief Minister of Assam Shri HimantaBiswaSarma; the Tribal Affairs Minister of Assam, Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary and other prominent State officials in Guwahati. Among the many activities planned are two workshops/ conferences – the Voice of North East Janajatiya Leader Conference on the first day and a Van Dhan Workshop conducted in IIE on the second day. Also planned in his itinerary is the visit to  VDVKC in Katakipara, Lokhara Guwahati.

The purpose of the two day visit by the Minister is to review and assess the ground level implementation, challenges and progress of these tribal development schemes. The ultimate aim of these programmes, implemented by TRIFED across the country is to bring about a complete transformation of tribal lives and livelihoods across the country and progress towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat.

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Tribal Affairs Ministry and AIIMS organized workshop for NGOs for mission of Sahi Poshan-Desh Roshan as part of POSHAN MAAH

Key Highlights:

  •  The purpose of the workshop was to closely associate NGOs working with Ministry of Tribal Affairs in area of tribal health.
  • The need for proper nutrition during pregnancy, lactating mothers and beyond was highlighted during the workshop.
  • A chart showing age-wise nutrition needs was also shared with the participating NGOs by them.

    A workshop for Non-Governmental Organizations on Nutrition and Health was organized by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs on 09th September, 2021, as part of its POSHAN MAAH activities. The purpose of the workshop was to closely associate NGOs working with Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the mission of Sahi Poshan-.Desh Roshan.The workshop was attended by more than 70 NGOs who are working in the health sector in tribal areas.

  

Ms. Anuja Agarwala, Senior Dietician, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi explained the need for proper nutrition during pregnancy, for lactating mothers and beyond.

 

    Ms. Richa Jaiswal, Senior Dietician, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi gave detailed information on optimal nutrition for Heart Health and beyond. A chart showing age-wise nutrition needs was also shared with the participating NGOs by them.

The workshop was organized by Tribal Health Cell under Ministry of Tribal Affairs.  Dr Navaljit kapoor, Jt Secy, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ms Vinita Srivastava, Advisor tribal health explained the importance of nutrition and various activities undertaken by Ministry for improving health and wellness of tribal population. 

Ministry of Tribal Affairs is working with more than 350 Non-Governmental  Organisations (NGOs) who have roots in difficult geographies like LWE, hilly, remote and border areas.  It is important to associate such organizations as they have capacity to cater comparatively service deficient areas where direct outreach of Government services through its institutional mechanism is not adequate:  They also have understanding of the local context in terms of barriers and facilitators. Tribal women have higher IMR and MMR mainly because of their poor nutritional status and tribal children have higher incidence of anemia, stunting and wasting. For ensuring effective implementation of nutrition strategies, it is important to understand tribal culture, practices and traditional indigenous knowledge systems while designing and provisioning context-specific services to tribal women and children for improving their health condition.

Ministry has planned many such activities jointly with MoWCD for the Poshan Maah.

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Canada – Venezuela:  Joint Statement by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada

We welcome the announcement that Venezuelan-led, comprehensive negotiations will soon begin in Mexico City, Mexico. We hope this process will lead to the restoration of the country’s democratic institutions and allow for all Venezuelans to express themselves politically through free and fair local, parliamentary, and presidential elections.

August 14, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada

The following statement was released by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, and Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau.  

We welcome the announcement that Venezuelan-led, comprehensive negotiations will soon begin in Mexico City, Mexico.  We hope this process will lead to the restoration of the country’s democratic institutions and allow for all Venezuelans to express themselves politically through free and fair local, parliamentary, and presidential elections.  We urge all parties to engage in good faith to reach enduring agreements that lead to a comprehensive solution to the Venezuelan crisis.  The forces of the democratic opposition have worked hard to build a Unitary Platform, and we recognize the need for such unity to advance these negotiations.  We appreciate the Kingdom of Norway’s constructive role in facilitating these negotiations and Mexico’s role as a host.   

We continue to call for the unconditional release of all those unjustly detained for political reasons, for the independence of political parties, for freedom of expression including for members of the press, and for an end to human rights abuses.

We call for electoral conditions that abide by international standards for democracy, beginning with the local and regional elections scheduled for November 2021.

We remain committed to supporting the Venezuelan people and to addressing Venezuela’s dire humanitarian crisis.  We welcome further agreement among all political actors in Venezuela to allow for unfettered and transparent access to humanitarian assistance, to include food, medicine, vaccines, and other critical COVID-19 relief supplies.

We reiterate our willingness to review sanctions policies if the regime makes meaningful progress in the announced talks.