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Dr. Ferenc Dancs, Deputy State Secretary for Migration Challenges of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary's visit of the WIPO

Dr. Ferenc Dancs, Deputy State Secretary for Migration Challenges of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary deposited the instrument of ratification of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement in WIPO.....

Budapest Water Summit official website launched

The three most important, fateful challenges facing our age are the water shortage crises, the water surplus crises and the water pollution crises.

Dr. Ferenc Dancs, Deputy State Secretary for Migration Challenges of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary's visit of the WIPO

Happy Birthday United Nations!

The United Nations’ celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The solemnity of the significant anniversary is overshadowed by the Covid-19 pandemic, which draws attention to the fact that we can only face the global challenges of our time together in order to build a better future for all....

Hungary advocated for a wide range of important human rights issues at HRC44

From 30 June to 17 July 2020, the 44th UN Human Rights Council session gathered in Geneva, addressing a wide range of thematic and country specific human rights issues and situations. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the session was held in hybrid form, where a total of 23 resolutions were adopted....

Remembering the Legacy of Ignaz Semmelweis apropos to the fight against COVID-19

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated to us all that the work of Dr Ignaz Semmleweis is as relevant today as it was in his time, some 200 years ago. The Hungarian scientist has made an immeasurable contribution to the prevention of communicable diseases, for example by discovering the paramount importance of proper hygiene conditions in health-care settings......

Hungary chaired the WTO’s Services Trade Committee in the past one year

Tamás Vattai, First Secretary at our Permanent Representation chaired the WTO’s Services Trade Committee in the past one year. After the successful revitalization of the work of the Committee, Members discussed the measurement of digital trade, a proposal of the United States on conditional GATS commitments in telecom and financial services and the transparency of services commitments related to the movement of individuals.....

Hungarian President János Áder's speech on Day of National Unity

… For 10 years now, this day – 4 June – is called the Day of National Belonging. During the past 10 years we have worked to finally build where so many decades in the past were only about destruction.....

World Intellectual Property Day - 26 April

This year’s World Intellectual Property Day (26 April) is about “Innovate for a Green Future”. This theme is of extreme relevance for Hungary, since the implementation of the Sustainable development Goals, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change are an outstanding priority for the Government of Hungary....

Funds available in budget for containment of virus

The containment effort to combat the coronavirus epidemic will have a budget of several hundred billion forints, these funds are available in the budget, Gergely Gulyás, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said at his Thursday online press conference......

We would need more solidarity in a global pandemic

As we all face the most serious pandemic in a century, when governments everywhere are battling an unknown enemy and doing our best to protect the population against the spread of the virus and to save lives – I guess I hoped that this time we’d see a little more solidarity, Zoltán Kovács stressed.....

Budapest Water Summit official website launched

The three most important, fateful challenges facing our age are the water shortage crises, the water surplus crises and the water pollution crises.

Meeting between H.E. Ms. Ambassador Zsuzsanna Horváth and J. Todt, UN Special Envoy for Road Safety

H.E. Ms. Ambassador Zsuzsanna Horváth met UN Special Envoy for Road Safety. During the meeting, the Special Envoy commended Hungarian efforts and the relevant Hungarian National Strategy to improve road safety and to reduce road traffic fatalities. Ambassador Horváth welcomed the establishment of the UN Road Safety Trust Fund and underlined that Hungary supports the aims of the Trust Fund......

TEQBALL demonstration on World IP Day

Hungarian invention Teqball was presented at this year’s World Intellectual Property Day campaign to showcase the role that IP rights play in the world of sports. The inventors have consciously utilized the intellectual property toolset to safeguard their invention and obtain a favourable market position.

The unveiling of the statue of Ignaz Semmelweis at the WHO

A bust commemorating the second centenary of the birth of Ignaz Semmelweis, renowned Hungarian doctor, was ceremonially unveiled at the World Health Organization main building on 25 January 2019....

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Hungary elected to UN Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly decided about the new members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on October 28. Since the announcement of the tender the four years of continuous work resulted that Hungary will became a member of the Eastern European Group (EEG) of the HRC members for the three-year period between 2017-2019. Croatia and Hungary has been selected in the group ahead of Russia......

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