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SUNS # 8458 Tuesday 9 May 2017
 
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Trade : US, India-South Africa nix move for Investment Facilitation accord (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
A sustained push by Germany to revive the failed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) under the banner of an Investment Facilitation agreement foundered on Friday (5 May) at the G20 technical experts' meeting in Berlin.

Climate : Issues facing the Bonn climate talks (PRIV)
(Meena Raman and T. Ajit, Bonn)
The climate change talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will kick off in Bonn from 8-18 May 2017.

Development : Towards a global role for ACP? (PRIV)
(IPS, Brussels)
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) met this week in Brussels for the 105th Session of its Council of Ministers to discuss the key question of how these 79 countries could play a more effective role for their own citizens and in the international arena.

United Nations : How to counter violent extremism, youth radicalisation (PRIV)
(IPS, Baku)
The integration of migrants in cities, countering the rise of violent extremism, as well as youth radicalisation on the Internet have been some of the key issues discussed at a United Nations forum in Baku, Azerbaijan.


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