Day: November 2, 2016

UTICA to finalise its international action strategy by end of 2016

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(TAP) – The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) should finalise its international action strategy by the end of 2016, to market the Tunisian product and boost exports as a way to energise the national economy, UTICA said in a press release on Wednesday. It was agreed during a meeting held Wednesday between UTICA President Wided Bouchamaoui and heads of Tunisian foreign business councils to hold regular meetings between the two sides, twice a year, to monitor and assess the work of the different sides on the international…

Press-Abuse: SNJT denounces scale of redundancies and precarious employment

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(TAP) – The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) recorded over 180 cases of journalists being dismissed, over 480 cases of non-payment in time of journalists’ wages for a one- year period (September 2015-September 2016), said Union President Neji Bghouri. Describing the abuse of “dangerous index and threat to the journalist profession in Tunisia,” Bghouri said during a workshop organized, on Wednesday by the SNJT on the occasion of the celebration of the International Day to End impunity For Crimes Against Journalists, that precarious employment of journalists and non-regulatory contractual…

Arab Opinion Poll Shows Support for Clinton

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Voice of America news – Arabs from Iraq to Tunisia are closely following the U.S. presidential election, and most want Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to win the race, believing she’ll have the most positive impact on U.S. policy toward their region, a new survey indicated. The survey of eight leading Arab nations conducted by the Arab Center in Washington found 66 percent of Arabs preferred that Clinton become the next U.S. president, while just 11 percent preferred Republican Donald Trump. It polled 400 adults each in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco,…

A call for justice for killed journalists ahead of International Day to End Impunity, 2 November

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(UNESCOPRESS) – While the vast majority of murderous attacks on media workers remain unpunished, UNESCO welcomes an increase in the number of Member States showing stronger will to monitor and report on these crimes. This encouraging sign comes as UNESCO and its partners prepare to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 2 November. It emerges from the Report by the Director-General of UNESCO on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity, which will be presented to UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme…

Khaled Khiari appointed Chair of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council Reform

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(TAP) – Tunisia’s Ambassador-Permanent Representative to the United Nations Khaled Khiari was appointed Chair of the Intergovernmental negotiations on the Security Council Reform by UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson. Tunisia reiterates willingness to carry through the “complex process” and endeavour to bridge the differences between the various States and international stakeholders and unify their visions so that the Security Council can take up current challenges and assure its mission to keep peace and international security, according to a Foreign Ministry press release Wednesday. Tunisia reaffirms, in this regard, the…