75 years ago today, on 9 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Today, Friday 8 December, the Foreign Public Service (FPS) Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation is organising the event "Belgium's Biopharmaceutical Excellence: Navigating the path forward" at the Egmont Palace in Brussels.
On 25 November, the international day for the elimination of violence against women, the world turns orange again. In keeping with the annual tradition, the "16 days of activism against gender-based violence" campaign is launched under the hashtag #orangetheworld.
In the context of the crisis in the Middle East, in response to received requests for assistance, Belgium, through B-FAST, has offered emergency aid to the residents of Gaza.