In 2024 we commemorate the 45th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the 25th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to this Convention.
Today, March 7, Defense successfully carried out a first flight as part of a major airdrop operation, coordinated by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, to provide emergency material assistance to the Palestinian populations in Gaza.
Following a request from Jordan and in view of the humanitarian emergency, Belgium, through B-FAST, has decided to offer material support to the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza.
Today, an important step is taken in the implementation of restrictive measures against Russian diamonds that the G7 countries agreed upon as a result of Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.
Following requests for bilateral aid, Belgium, through B-FAST, has decided to offer material support to the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo to help their population cope with the consequences of the recent flooding of the Congo River.
From February 24 to March 1, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Trade will be in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to take part in the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization.
At the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Belgium, H.E. Alexander Tokovinin, was summoned this afternoon to the FPS Foreign Affairs.
An interview with Catherine Gigante, head of the Society Building and Social Development Department and with Hannes Dekeyzer, expert at the Health Unit of the Belgian Development Cooperation.