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