One can only feel an enormous sense of relief that the 1st phase of the plan for #Gaza has been agreed. While the road ahead will be difficult, for the hostages & prisoners & detainees to be released & their families, this news is tremendous.
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It’s an honour for me to be appointed the new Chair of the Board of #Gavi - the Vaccine Alliance. Gavi’s mission to reach every child with essential vaccinations is life-saving. This is a noble mission which I am proud to support. @gavi.org www.gavi.org/news/media-r...

New #pandemicagreement finalised in Geneva after 3+ years of talks. At a time when multilateralism is under threat, @WHO Member States have joined together to say that we will defeat the next pandemic threat in the only way possible: by working together”. borneobulletin.com.bn/who-countrie...

Excellent meeting of #AmityCircle in #KualaLumpur discussing impact of geopolitical tensions on #AsiaPacific & regional issues (incl #Myanmar)
needing concerted diplomacy to find solutions. #Malaysia 🇲🇾 chairs ASEAN this year. #ASEAN SG joined dialogue: asean.org/secretary-ge...

Near full employment and a strong social wage make a huge difference. Since my time both those have deteriorated. But I assume your views on this are fixed, so it is not productive to continue this exchange. Over and out.

Dumb stuff in #NZ. Govt is happier banging populist drum on law and order & incurring the heavy costs of a fast rising prison population than in following more enlightened policies of small democracies like Norway and Netherlands. Mimicking US approach is counterproductive & costly.

Look at the words & terms whose use is to be limited or avoided by US Govt agencies under Trump Administration. For ex: “#women & underrepresented”; inclusive, indigenous community, inequality, inequity, injustice, LGBTQ, “race & ethnicity”. Monstrous www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Twitter algorithm now pushes owner’s tweets to top of feed. What’s clear is his lack of understanding of what supports development. Having sound tax policy & law & capacity 2 collect tax is vital. See this @OECD @UNDP initiative: tax inspectors w/o borders tiwb.org

Last week at #Norad
conference on #financingfordevelopment, I spoke as #EITI Board Chair on the importance of domestic resource mobilisation: that is a key aim of implementation of the EITI Standard. See my blog on this: eiti.org/blog-post/tr...

Check out new policy paper from #TheElders on #pandemic prevention, preparedness & response. Key message: be prepared!
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