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Members of the AFET Committee will meet on:

Tuesday 16 April 2024 in Altiero Spinelli 5G2 (Brussels)

Meetings are webstreamed with the exception of items held "in camera".
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Russian open source (OSINT) Telegram channels have been blowing up over the past few weeks. As Intelligence Online was able to confirm with Ukrainian security sources, the Bulgarian company Hades Defense Systems is designing a suicide drone for Ukrainian forces,

Emirati cyber intelligence provider CPX is to soon become part of Core42, the new entity of national artificial intelligence specialist

Bulgaria's biggest private defence company, Arsenal JSC, has recently hired Florida-based weapon distributor Manticore Defense to support its operations in

As part of the federal budget presentation to parliament on 16 April, Justin Trudeau's government presented a 36-page defence policy

In the two weeks since acquiring Défense Conseil International (DCI) from the French state (IO, 22/03/24), corporate intelligence firm ADIT

Patients have been left without access to crucial services at state hospitals for a month.

The establishment of a new Loss and Damage Fund and Funding Arrangements at COP27 and the Fund’s operationalization and initial capitalization at COP28 were milestones in the UN climate regime. The World Bank engaged in the Transitional Committee (TC) process as a potential host and trustee for the Fund, a member of a new “High-Level Dialogue,” and a direct provider of loss and damage (L&D) support. The implementation of the Fund and Funding Arrangements—the mosaic—is the first big test of the World Bank’s commitment to evolving its policies, practices, and relationships.

This paper discusses the World Bank’s engagement with loss and damage, including the context of broader reforms aiming to modernize the Bank, such as the Bank’s Evolution Roadmap, which identifies three guiding elements for the Bank’s evolution: a new mission and vision, a new playbook, and new resources. One of the key components of the Bank’s evolution is the introduction of climate-resilient debt clauses (CRDCs) or “pause clauses.” Pause clauses feature prominently in recent initiatives to reform the international financial architecture, such as Bridgetown 2.0, the Africa Climate Summit’s Nairobi Declaration, and the Vulnerable Twenty Group’s (V20) Accra-Marrakech Agenda.

The paper also discusses the debate over the World Bank’s hosting of the Fund and the set of conditions and safeguards, determined by developing countries, that the Bank would have to meet in order to host the Fund. Finally, the paper discusses priority actions for the High-Level Dialogue, including resource mobilization, institutional protocols, and the losses and damages of the future.

(B2) L'opération maritime militaire européenne au large de la Somalie a confirmé lundi (15 avril) la libération des 23 membres d'équipage du navire marchand Adbullah et du navire. Mais elle n'a rien précisé sur les conditions de cette libération.

Le navire Abdullah escorté par les navires européens (Photo : EUNAVFOR Atalanta)

Un vraquier du Bangladesh suivi à la trace par Atalanta

Ce navire qui transportait plus de 55 000 tonnes de charbon du Mozambique vers les Émirats arabes unis (1) avait été  capturé le 12 mars dernier (lire : [Actualité] Un navire bangladais piraté dans l’Océan indien. Ancré au large de la Somalie). Tout au long des 32 jours de captivité des marins, EUNAVFOR Atalanta « s'est activement engagée », assurant notamment la surveillance continue du navire, indique le QG de l'opération à La Rota.

Une rançon de cinq millions de dollars

Cette libération n'est pas inopinée. Les propriétaires bangladais auraient payé une rançon de 5 millions de dollars (environ 4,7 millions d'euros), indique l'agence de presse Reuters. « L'argent nous a été apporté il y a deux nuits. Comme d'habitude... nous avons vérifié si l'argent était faux ou non. Ensuite, nous avons divisé l'argent en groupes et sommes partis en évitant les forces gouvernementales », a déclaré Abdirashiid Yusuf, l'un des pirates à l'agence britannique.

Versée par avion

« Un avion a largué trois sacs remplis de dollars américains sur le navire » a précisé Fahmida Akter Anny l'épouse du capitaine du navire, Mohammed Abdur Rashid à l'Agence France Presse, repris par le Marin. « Les pirates nous ont appelés lorsqu'ils sont arrivés près des côtes somaliennes ». Et l'un d'eux parlait anglais, a confirmé dimanche Meherul Karim, PDG de KSRM aux journalistes à Chittagong, au Bangladesh. « Il a communiqué avec nous jusqu'à ce que nous finalisions les négociations », a-t-il ajouté. Ne voulant pas confirmer le montant de la rançon.

Une autre libération

Selon nos informations, un autre navire, le Al-Kambar battant pavillon iranien, capturé le 28 mars a été libéré également, peu de temps après sa capture.

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)

1. L'exportation du charbon somalien aux mains des terroristes d'Al Chabab est interdit par une résolution du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies

Americas General Dynamics Land Systems  was awarded a $21,998,374 modification for Abrams systems technical support. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 15, 2025. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $21,998,374 were obligated at the time of the award. Army […]

On Tuesday 16 April, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will discuss Montenegro's progress on EU-related reforms with Prime Minister Milojko Spajić. The meeting is organised in association with the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee. Montenegro applied for EU membership in 2008, and started accession negotiations in 2012. So far, 33 of 35 negotiation chapters have been opened.
Montenegro's path towards EU accession continues to be underpinned by unwavering support of its citizens. However, in recent years the process has stalled and no chapters have been closed since 2017. Montenegro's progress towards the provisional closure of other chapters, remains conditional upon the fulfilment of the rule of law interim benchmarks set under chapters 23 and 24.
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On Tuesday 16 April, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will discuss Montenegro's progress on EU-related reforms with Prime Minister Milojko Spajić. The meeting is organised in association with the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee. Montenegro applied for EU membership in 2008, and started accession negotiations in 2012. So far, 33 of 35 negotiation chapters have been opened.
Montenegro's path towards EU accession continues to be underpinned by unwavering support of its citizens. However, in recent years the process has stalled and no chapters have been closed since 2017. Montenegro's progress towards the provisional closure of other chapters, remains conditional upon the fulfilment of the rule of law interim benchmarks set under chapters 23 and 24.
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Slam poet Emi Mahmoud wants the world not to forget Sudan, one year into its civil war.

La famille Đukanović a perdu le pouvoir, mais pas la main. Même si les bénéfices des nombreuses sociétés appartenant à Milo, son frère Aco et son fils Blažo ont chuté entre 2022 et 2023, les investissements se concentrent dans des secteurs plein d'avenir comme l'énergie solaire ou la station de ski de Kolašin.

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Publiquement, les représentants des services de renseignement ukrainiens ne disent pas si le GUR mène réellement des opérations au Soudan.