By Breaking Travel News Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin toured the East Coast Main Line today to see how £million of rail improvements are being used to boost capacity and provide better journeys for passengers.
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By Breaking Travel News According to new research from Europcar, the leader in car hire services in Europe, 1 in 10 home improvers have tried to fit a sofa in their car; 28% have attempted to squeeze in a mattress! Illustrating the potentially serious consequences of cutting corners by trying to transport furniture home, nearly 1 in 5 35-44 year olds admitted to driving an overloaded car.
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By Breaking Travel News According to new research from Europcar, the leader in car hire services in Europe, 1 in 10 home improvers have tried to fit a sofa in their car; 28% have attempted to squeeze in a mattress! Illustrating the potentially serious consequences of cutting corners by trying to transport furniture home, nearly 1 in 5 35-44 year olds admitted to driving an overloaded car.
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By Breaking Travel News British Airways has begun testing a hi-tech blanket which changes colour using brainwaves, to ensure it offers customers the best flight’s sleep in the sky.
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By Breaking Travel News The Telegraph Cruise Show Liverpool is pleased to announce that footballing legends Alan Hansen, and Kenny Dalglish, are to formally open the show. The event will take place October 11-12 at the Echo Arena, Liverpool.
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Fact Sheet
The outcomes of the 26th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) underscored the importance of robust U.S. engagement at the Council, where the United States continues to work with a diverse range of countries from all regions to address urgent human rights concerns. U.S. leadership helped to keep the Council at the forefront of international efforts to promote and protect human rights.
MULTILATERAL RESPONSES TO COUNTRY SITUATIONS
Ukraine: The Council adopted its first ever resolution on human rights in Ukraine. The resolution called for continued cooperation and monitoring of the human rights situation throughout the entire country, and condemned ongoing abuses taking place in Russian-occupied Crimea and by separatists in the eastern parts of the country.
Syria: The resolution on Syria, the HRC’s 14th such resolution since the start of the conflict in Syria, focused on accountability, condemned serious abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law in Syria, and lamented the lack of an International Criminal Court referral. It also reiterated the international community’s demand for unfettered humanitarian access.
Belarus: The HRC renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Belarus. The resolution highlights the continued violations of human rights in Belarus, especially the draconian restrictions on civil and political rights, such as the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
South Sudan: The HRC adopted a consensus resolution that condemns human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including targeted killings, unlawful recruitment of child soldiers, and sexual violence and rape that have occurred since the outbreak of violence in mid-December 2013.
CROSS-CUTTING HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES
Internet Freedom: More than 70 countries co-sponsored a resolution led by Sweden in conjunction with the United States alongside Brazil, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Turkey on internet freedom. This consensus resolution reaffirms the core principle that human rights are the same online or offline.
Women’s Rights: Thirty-four other countries joined a U.S.-led statement expressing deep concern at the disproportionately high rates of violence against indigenous women and girls worldwide. The United States also co-sponsored a resolution on eliminating violence against women and girls that focused on how that violence impedes political and economic empowerment for women and girls, as well as a resolution extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons. We also co-sponsored a resolution on eliminating discrimination against women that focuses on eliminating gender-based violence, providing education for women and girls, and promoting access to economic and employment opportunities.
Business and Human Rights: The United States was pleased to co-sponsor Norway’s resolution on business and human rights. The United States strongly supports efforts to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights around the globe. Those principles provide an important policy framework for States, corporations – both domestic and multinational – and other stakeholders in addressing the human rights challenges in business operations.
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By Breaking Travel News The concept of thought leadership centers around leading a conversation and encouraging others to think differently, consider trends and form alternative points of view. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. has introduced a series on LinkedIn to lead the conversation about the luxury sector.
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Remarks
SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you very much for joining us. We’ve just come from a wonderful lunch with President Bachelet and her delegation, and we discussed the very strong relationship between the United States and Chile. And to that end, Foreign Minister Munoz and I are going to be signing memoranda of understanding on small business cooperation, on international development cooperation, and a declaration on the intent on trilateral cooperation in the Caribbean. Afterwards, my colleagues from the Department of Homeland Security will sign a joint statement to combat trafficking in persons, and with Finance Minister Arenas, an agreement on customs mutual assistance that will facilitate trade while at the same time keeping our countries secure.
The MOU on small business, on business cooperation, cements an already strong partnership with Chile, and it does so in a way that will advance economic opportunities for small businesses, and it will also promote access for women through the Women’s Entrepreneurship of the Americas initiative. We really look forward, as we talked about at lunch and we also talked about with President Obama today, to the opportunity to expand an already strong economic relationship and long-term both security and friendship relationship with Chile in order to develop other economies in the Pacific region as well as throughout Latin America.
Our declaration of intent on the cooperation on the trilateral effort is really a pledge to continue and upgrade our development in Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. So the United States and Chile come to this memorandum of understanding signing today with a clear intent to continue to grow our own relationship and to try to strengthen the relationships with other countries in Latin America, particularly with a view to trying to achieve our shared goals on a global basis. Chile is a great partner globally, and we appreciate enormously the cooperation that we have received and that we give each other.
Heraldo.
FOREIGN MINISTER MUNOZ: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Let me first say that we’re very pleased with the president, President Bachelet, to come to Washington for this bilateral meeting with President Obama with you to sign these agreements that I think underline the fact that we have a key bilateral relationship and that this is a mature and high-quality relationship that we highly value. And I think that the agreements that we’re signing today point towards sort of a new association. We already have a free trade agreement, we already have a high-quality relationship, but we’re signaling here that we want to go into new grounds.
And that new association has to do with cooperation, not only among ourselves but in third countries like in the Caribbean, like we’re signing today, with small and medium enterprises that are absolutely fundamental to create jobs. In our country, most of the jobs are created by small and medium enterprises, and we appreciate cooperation in that area. The fact that we are also singing agreements with regard to education, science and technology, innovation, energy, which are all the areas that I think point towards this new association between our two countries.
I want to also say that the customs agreement point towards the common interests in security, in securing our borders, but at the same time facilitating trade, because this is one of our interests. We value also your mentioning our projecting ourselves towards the Pacific and the Asia region. This is a horizon of the future. We are part of the Pacific. We’re both members of APEC. And Chile, within the Pacific Alliance, is making a further commitment to deepen our ties with our countries, our colleagues of the region to project ourselves together with the rest of the Latin American region so that Chile can aspire to be a bridge to the Pacific. It can be a port to the Pacific not only to the countries that face the Pacific but also those on the Atlantic side.
So this has been a very positive visit. President Bachelet is satisfied with the conversations that we had. And I think we have a road ahead of us to comply with the commitments, including those, Mr. Secretary, that both of us made at the Our Ocean Conference that you led that will be held in Chile next year, where I hope the countries that came with commitments will comply with what they promised. I think this will be not only for the benefit of our oceans, of our biodiversity, but the economic future of our countries. If we ecologically value what we have, I think we are making a commitment towards future generations.
So thank you very much for hosting us, and thank you to President Obama because President Bachelet has been very satisfied with this visit. Thank you.
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you, Heraldo.
STAFF: Secretary Kerry and Minister Munoz will now sign the Memorandum of Understanding for International Development Cooperation.
(The memorandum was signed.)
STAFF: The second signing will be the Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Witnessing the signing of the MOU are U.S. Small Business Administration Maria Contrares-Sweet and Chilean Minister of Economy, Development, and Tourism Luis Felipe Cespedes.
(The memorandum was signed.)
STAFF: The third signing will be the Joint Declaration of Intent for the Development of Trilateral Cooperation in Countries in the Caribbean. This declaration of intent on trilateral cooperation evidences our pledge to contribute to development in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica.
(The memorandum was signed.)
SECRETARY KERRY: Whatever we signed is legally binding now. (Laughter.)
FOREIGN MINISTER MUNOZ: We cannot repent.
SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, sir. Well done.
(Applause.)
STAFF: Now Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Foreign Minister Munoz will sign the Joint Statement between the United States Department of Homeland Security and the Chilean Ministry of Interior and Public Security on Combating Trafficking in Persons. The joint statement will increase cooperation among enforcement agencies with an aim to target, disrupt, dismantle and deter human trafficking criminal enterprises, enhance bilateral exchanges of information related to human trafficking and share experiences regarding the protection of vulnerable populations.
(Applause.)
STAFF: Finally, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske and Minister of Finance Alberto Arenas will sign the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Chile regarding Mutual Assistance between their Customs Administrations. This agreement provides the legal framework to assist countries in the prevention, detection and investigation of custom offenses. Chile is the seventieth country to sign a customs mutual assistance agreement with the United States. The signing of the agreement will build on bilateral efforts to cooperate on law enforcement and facilitate trade and travel.
(Applause.)
STAFF: Thank you. This concludes our signing ceremony. We look forward to working together closely on issues ranging from economic development to security.
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By Breaking Travel News Travel agents throughout Asia are taking advantage of up to 30% and more off bookings as GTA celebrates three decades of powering global travel in Asia. One of the world’s biggest wholesalers for fully independent travel (FIT), GTA has launched a six month campaign across China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand to drive travel to three of Asia’s most popular destinations.
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By Breaking Travel News London Gatwick announced today that it has delivered record passenger growth, increasing its share of traffic in the London market, and achieving a profit.
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Press Statement
The United States congratulates the people of Mauritania on the successful completion of peaceful and orderly presidential elections on June 21. We greatly value our long-standing friendship and partnership with Mauritania and the Mauritanian people. The United States looks forward to continuing to work with President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the Government of Mauritania to promote prosperity and regional security.
We also note Mauritania’s Chairmanship of the African Union and look forward to continuing to work with Mauritania to support an action-oriented U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit.
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By Breaking Travel News This week, the BUAV Save our Monkeys campaign has launched a tourism awareness campaign addressing the plight of the long-tailed macaque on the paradise island of Mauritius.
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Press Statement
Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Beijing, China on July 8 – 10, 2014.
In Beijing, Secretary Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will join their Chinese co-chairs, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice Premier Wang Yang, for the sixth joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED).
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Press Statement
The news of the murder of these three Israeli teenagers — Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach — is simply devastating. We all had so much hope that this story would not end this way. As a father, there are no words to express such a horrific loss that shakes all people of conscience. We pray for these three boys and their families, and together we grieve with all the people of Israel. Knowing that Naftali was also an American citizen makes this an especially heavy blow not just to Israel, but to the United States.
We condemn this despicable terrorist act in the strongest possible terms. The killing of innocent youths is an outrage beyond any understanding or rationale, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice. This is a time for all to work towards that goal without destabilizing the situation.
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Press Statement
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I send best wishes to the people of Burundi on the 52nd anniversary of your independence on July 1.
The United States and Burundi share a long history of friendship and cooperation based on a mutual commitment to peace and regional security. We continue to support the efforts of the government and people of Burundi to promote economic growth and development. We are deeply committed to Burundi’s continued progress as a peaceful and democratic country.
The United States wishes you a joyous celebration as you gather with family and friends to mark your national day.
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