Day: January 2, 2020

Tunisia, on Wednesday, is officially a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 period, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The Ministry revealed that Tunisia has a set of priorities and strategic options as part of its non-permanent membership in the Security Council. These priorities focused on issues of conflict prevention and peaceful settlement so as to strengthen sustainable peace, boost the participation of women and youth in these efforts, and combat terrorism. This is besides increasing the effectiveness of United Nations peacekeeping operations,…

According to the environmental organisation WWF, nearly 600,000 tonnes of plastic is dumped into the Mediterranean Sea every year. British holidaymakers are being encouraged to take plastic-free package holidays in Tunisia this year after the two countries signed an agreement on cutting tourist waste, inews reports. Tourists will be banned from using disposable plastic cups and cutlery in hotels by the end of March, while plastic drinking straws were phased out at the end of the year. Other measures under the new sustainable tourism charter include tour operators supporting recycling at hotels and encouraging Britons…