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BEIJING, June 18 () -- State Councilor Ma Kai on Tuesday urged government officials, especially those in human resources (HR) and social security organs, to better serve the people and help improve living standards.Ma made the call when meeting with a delegation from southwest China's Yunnan province, as they delivered a report publicizing the story of Chen Jiashun, a local HR official who has worked tirelessly for migrant workers.Ma, also secretary-general of the State Council, China's Cabinet, said that all members of HR and social security organs should learn from Chen's exemplary loyalty to the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people.Chen, 43, is deputy director of the HR and social security bureau of Yunan's Zhanyi county.Disguised as a farm worker, Chen has been to many careers fairs to investigate stall holders so as to protect farmers from his county from being cheated by their employers and better safeguard their rights.Hailed as an "undercover bureau director," Chen has been rewarded by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security with the title "National Model Worker."
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20 () -- More than 120,000 people affected by the recent violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state may need emergency assistance, which is twice the original estimate, the United Nations humanitarian official in the African country said on Friday.Hilde Johnson, special representative of the UN secretary- general in South Sudan, called for an immediate end to the cycle of violence in Jonglei state, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here Friday.UN APPEALJohnson condemned the use of violence by communities and urged their political, traditional and youth leaders to do their utmost to end the killings and confrontations, and was particularly concerned about continued statements that could incite ethnic violence, Nesirky said at a daily news briefing."The ongoing security crisis in Jonglei state is a test for all of us," said Johnson, who is also the head of he UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)."All concerned should redouble their efforts to put an immediate end to the cycle of violence, which is putting thousands of lives at risk and threatening the stability of the whole area," she added.Johnson also urged the government to deploy additional forces and strengthen its forces in the key areas to stop further violence, saying this would also provide the basis for a peace process between the Jonglei communities."The special representative welcomed the government's decision to establish a peace team to lead the peace process," said the UN spokesman.The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) had been relocating its military forces to areas most at risk. "The peacekeepers have provided medical aid and helped evacuate a number of people from the village of Duk Padiet, where the latest attack took place on Monday night," said Nesirky."Looking back on the new country's first six months of independence, she also underscored the importance of relations between Sudan and South Sudan," the spokesman said. "And she welcomed the political and security reforms that were introduced in South Sudan."Fighting between Lou Nuer and Murle communities escalated sharply in late December, causing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in Pibor County and resulting in casualties, destruction of property and livelihoods.Retaliatory attacks were then launched on communities in Akobo, Uror and Duk counties. The most recent attack took place on Jan. 16, when 80 people were reportedly killed and 300 houses burnt in Duk Padiet in Duk County, according to local authorities."The violence in Jonglei hasn't stopped," Lise Grande, the UN humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan, told a news conference in the capital, Juba.UN ACTION"Only two weeks ago we launched a massive emergency operation to help 60,000 people. As a result of recent attacks, we now estimate that double that number will need help," said Grande.On Thursday, the top UN envoy in South Sudan called for an immediate end to the ethnic violence in the newly independent nation, and urged the government to hold the perpetrators to account and to deploy more forces to key areas to avert further bloodshed.Humanitarian assistance is being provided in violence-affected areas and assessments are continuing, said a news release from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).A humanitarian response and coordination hub has been established in Pibor town and 15 aid groups are present on the ground, working to repair water points and provide food, household items, emergency education, nutrition, protection and medical assistance. Help is also being provided in Gumuruk, Likuangole, Boma and Walgak, and other villages will receive aid soon.The recent spike in inter-communal violence has compounded an already difficult humanitarian situation in South Sudan, OCHA stated. Aid agencies were already supporting 30 simultaneous emergency operations before the crisis in Jonglei began.Jonglei state has been the scene of confrontations between the Murle and Lou Nuer peoples, who have a history of conflict over land and resources for cattle grazing.Since mid-2011, tensions on the border with Sudan have also escalated, triggering fresh displacements. In May 2011, violence erupted in Abyei, displacing 110,000 people into Agok and South Sudan where they remain displaced.In addition, ongoing conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states in Sudan has caused approximately 80,000 people to flee into South Sudan since June 2011. Hundreds of new refugees continue to arrive every week."Operations in South Sudan are some of the most difficult and expensive in the region due to the combination of poor infrastructure and limited accessibility," said Grande, also deputy special representative at UNMISS."It's a race against time every year to ensure that life-saving supplies are purchased and pre-positioned before the rains arrive, " she said. "These attacks have occurred at the beginning of the dry season when stocks are at their lowest."Grande deemed it essential that the 763-million-dollar appeal for humanitarian work in South Sudan, covering 271 projects among 110 organizations, is adequately resourced early this year to ensure that assistance can be provided on time.
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By Alito L. MalinaoMANILA, Feb. 23 () -- Because of its expanding foreign exchange reserves and growing balance of payments (BOP) surplus, the Philippines has growed from a borrower to a lender country in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), of which it is a long- standing member.According to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the country' s central bank, the Philippines is now contributing to two IMF financial assistance programs, the Financial Transactions Plan ( FTP) and the New Arrangements to Borrowers (NAB).The FTP, formerly called the operational budget, is the mechanism through which the IMF finances its lending and repayment operations to its members.The IMF can lend member-countries in both foreign exchange and special drawing rights (SDRs.) The SDRs, also known as the paper gold, are a form of international reserves created by the IMF in 1969 to solve the problem of international liquidity.The BSP said that as of end of 2011, the Philippines had contributed more than 125 million U.S. dollars to the FTP to help address the financial crisis confronting economies in Europe.The BSP said that the Philippines has made available about 251. 5 million U.S. dollars to the FTP, of which more than half has actually been disbursed by the IMF to European countries battling financial crisis, including Ireland, Portugal and Greece.Member-countries like the Philippines, which pay quota contributions to the IMF, are either net borrowers or lenders depending on their foreign exchange liquidity and the stability of their financial sectors."By virtue of their participation in the FTP, emerging market economies like the Philippines have joined international cooperative efforts to mitigate the spillover effects of Europe's sovereign debt crisis by enhancing financial safety nets [through contributions to funds for lending]," BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said in a statement.The Philippines used to be a net borrower from the IMF until 2006 when the country prepaid all its outstanding obligations to the multilateral institution.By 2010, the Philippines became a net creditor to the IMF when it participated in the FTP.According to Tetangco, the Philippines' long-standing relationship with the IMF "has evolved from being a prolonged user of the IMF's resources to a stronger partnership marked by the country's contribution to collective efforts in preserving the stability of the international monetary system."On top of the FTP, the Philippines had also pledged 500 million U.S. dollars to the NAB, which has now a total of 579 billion U.S. dollars worth of pledges from various creditor countries.The expanded NAB, which became effective on March 11, 2011, is a standing set of credit lines under which 39 members or their institutions are committed to provide supplementary resources to the IMF.The entry of the Philippines to the IMF lending facilities was made possible by a steady increase in both its GIR and BOP surplus.In January, the country's GIR rose to 77.043 billion U.S. dollars, or an increase of 21.3 percent from the 63.54 billion U.S. dollars booked in the same month last year. The January GIR has also eclipsed the previous all-time high of 76.206 billion U.S. dollars recorded?in November last year.According to Tetangco, the build-up in the reserves was due mainly to foreign exchange inflows coming from the foreign currency deposits by the National Government of proceeds from its dollar-denominated 25-year global bond issuance as well as dollar remittances from overseas Filipino workers and earnings from Philippine businesses abroad.Early last month, the Philippines sold 1.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of dollar-denominated bonds due 2037.The BSP expects the GIR, which is the sum of all foreign exchange flowing into the country, to hit a record level of 79 billion U.S. dollars this year.The BSP also said that the country registered a balance of payments (BOP) surplus in January in the amount of 864 million U.S. dollars--the highest in five months--as the Philippines continued to enjoy inflows from the usual sources of foreign currencies, such as remittances and portfolio investments.BOP, which is the difference between the amounts of foreign cash flowing in and out of a country, serves as a record of a country's commercial transactions with the rest of the world. A surplus in the BOP will boost a country's foreign exchange reserves.
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WELLINGTON, Jan. 5 () -- New Zealand immigration officials have refused visitor visas to the wives of two Filipino officers charged in connection with the grounding of a cargo ship three months ago, New Zealand media reported Friday.The captain and the navigation officer of the stricken ship had been kept at secret locations, thousands of kilometers from their families, since the Liberian-flagged Rena struck the Astrolabe Reef near the North Island port of Tauranga on Oct. 5, said the report.The vessel's owner, the Costamere shipping company had planned to bring the men's wives to New Zealand during the holidays, but Immigration New Zealand declined their visas just days before Christmas, Philippine Embassy consul Giovanni Palec told Fairfax."The second officer was expecting it to go through, but they received this unfortunate news," the report quoted him as saying."They probably have to submit more document requirements to the New Zealand embassy in Manila," he said.Immigration New Zealand reportedly confirmed the visas were turned down, but would not comment further about the case without a privacy waiver.Branch manager operations support Michael Carley told Fairfax that as a general rule a visitor's visa would not automatically be granted to the spouse of a person facing court action, simply for visiting.Despite being away from their wives and children, Palec said the men were not alone during the holidays as Filipino families invited them to Christmas dinners. 1 2 1 2
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 () -- The United States on Monday urged Iran to be cooperative when a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visits Iran later this month to discuss issues related to its controversial nuclear program."Well, obviously, we call on Iran to cooperate fully with the IAEA on this trip," the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said at a regular news briefing."The IAEA is going in a constructive spirit, and it's asking Iran to display the same attitude," she said, adding that "There is a lot of work to do."The European Union (EU) decided earlier Monday to target Iran's oil exports and central bank for sanctions, banning imports of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products.The move follows new U.S. sanctions authorized by U.S. President Barack Obama at the end of 2011, under which foreign firms continuing to do business with Iran's central bank and financial sector are shut out from America's financial market.The IAEA's team, led by its deputy director Herman Nackaerts, will visit Iran on Jan. 29-31 with a view to "resolving all outstanding substantive issues," as the UN nuclear watchdog put it.A Nov. report by the agency pointed to clandestine activities towards bomb making in Iran, though the Islamic republic insists its nuclear program is only for peaceful purpose.Nuland said that the report raised "a huge number of" questions, and the IAEA team will be seeking answers to them."It's incumbent on Iran to be supportive," she said. "Obviously, the proof will be in the pudding. We'll have to see whether the IAEA gets into the sites it wants to see, gets the information that it wants to have."
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