Vice Chairman @afarismaumoon and members of the Foundation's senior leadership met with H.E. Yahya Hassan Alqahtani, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Maldives.
Vice Chairman @afarismaumoon and members of the Foundation's senior leadership met with H.E. Kong Xianhua (@China_Amb_Mdv), Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Maldives, to discuss matters of mutual interest.
We respectfully request the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to review the recognition and status of the Maldives as a BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan) market.
The Maldives generates more than USD 130 million USD annually in airline ticket sales alone through GSAs, PSAs, accredited travel agencies, OTAs, and NDC channels. This figure represents passenger ticket sales only and does not include air cargo revenue.
Despite its relatively small population, the Maldives has a significant aviation market driven by tourism and international travel. We believe the country’s contribution to airline ticket sales warrants greater recognition within the global BSP framework.
We also encourage the relevant Maldivian authorities, including the government, aviation regulators, and tourism stakeholders, to work closely with IATA and the airline industry to strengthen the Maldives’ position as a recognized BSP market. Greater collaboration and support will help ensure that the country’s aviation sales are accurately represented and that the Maldives receives the recognition it deserves in the global air transport industry.
We respectfully request IATA to assess the Maldives’ market performance and consider enhancing its recognition as an important BSP market, reflecting the true value and strategic importance of the Maldivian aviation industry.@IATA .
During a conference, Netanyahu disclosed that Israel occupies 60% of the Gaza Strip, more or less.
"We were at 50%; now we’ve moved to 60%. My directive is to move to— Audience: 100! 100!"
Netanyahu: Wait, let’s go in order. First 70%. Let’s start with that.
Most collected waste in many low- and middle-income countries is stored in open dumps or is burned.
Effective waste management systems are something that many of us living in high-income countries take for granted. Our waste is collected from bins in our street and taken to controlled or sanitary landfills, incinerators, or recycling centers.
But in many low- and middle-income countries, this is not the case.
In some of them, less than half of the waste (from households, shops, and other sources) is collected by management services at all.
In many countries, even when waste is collected, most of it — sometimes over 80% — is taken to open dumps or is openly burned. You can see this in the chart.
Both methods cause pollution, either through waste leaking from open dumps or toxic air pollution generated when plastics and other materials are burned.
While these numbers show that huge amounts of the world’s waste are mismanaged, they also tell a story of opportunity. Countries that invest in waste management can do so effectively, so that very little waste pollutes the environment, and the air is far cleaner.
(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie and Veronika Samborska.)
I welcome this decision by UN SG Guterres which is long overdue.
This listing could not have come soon enough.
I had in the past expressed my disappointment that Israel was not listed already, given the systematic, large-scale and horrific sexual violence perpetrated by Israel against palestinian women, men and children that have been independently documented and verified.
A scene from lala land: ignore the decimation of the #Palestinian people and deny them their rights and freedoms; ignore the horrors of death and destruction in #Gaza, #WestBank and #lebanon; ignore the war of aggression against #Iran and its people…
Instead forget all this and hug the aggressor. Surrender is good for you…
Where do they breed these ignorant war mongers?
A world that lost its marbles!!