The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a supervisory statement on the authorization and ongoing supervision of private equity-related (re)insurance undertakings. The statement is addressed to national supervisors and aims to promote consistent, high-quality and risk-based supervision of private equity-backed undertakings across the Union. Private equity (PE) firms have over the past […]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ramiz Alakbarov of Azerbaijan as his new Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security, in the UN Department of Safety and Security. Dr.Alakbarov will assume his functions in January2027, succeeding Unaisi Vuniwaqa of Fiji upon the completion of her term of office in December2026. The Secretary-General […]

Media-Society.com // Two Warsaw meetings examine human rights across the OSCE region, but their mandates and institutional status are not the same The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference perform broadly similar work: both bring governments, civil society and international institutions together to examine whether OSCE states are meeting their human-rights […]

Media-Society.com // More than 1,800 participants confront torture prevention, capital punishment and counterterrorism safeguards The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference entered its first full rule-of-law day on Tuesday, bringing governments and civil-society representatives together to examine torture, capital punishment and human-rights protections in counterterrorism. The meeting formally opened on Monday, 5 October, rather than Tuesday as […]

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service) The FourthCommittee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Coly Seck (Senegal)Chair on 2June.(See Press Release GA/12761.) Prior to his appointment as Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr.Seck served as Senegal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva between October2016 and August2024.Between January and […]

The 2026 Creative Europe Desks Meeting brought together around 250 participants from 41 countries in Brussels from 28 to 30 September for three days of exchange and cooperation.At the heart of these three days are the Creative Europe Desks, which provide national-level guidance to stakeholders interested in learning more about the programme and how to […]