MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY CONNECT QUEENSLAND MONTHLY PUBLICATION
Sept 2025 - Vol 3 Issue 5
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Premier Crisafulli hosts multicultural reception at Parliament House
Iran, EU discuss latest developments in Tehran’s nuclear issue
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Brisbane, August 20 (MCCQ Newsdesk) More than 350 people, representing dozens of nationalities and multicultural organisations from across Queensland, gathered at Parliament House on August 20 for the 2025 multicultural community reception. The event, held during Multicultural Queensland Month, provided an opportunity for premier David Crisafulli to continued on pg. 3
Tehran, Sep 5 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas have discussed the latest developments regarding Tehran's nuclear issue, after
France, Britain, and Germany moved to trigger a mechanism to reinstate international sanctions on Iran, Iran's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. At a meeting in the Qatari capital Doha Thursday evening, Araghchi and Kallas also exchanged views on Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to a statement released by the ministry, Xinhua News Agency continued on pg. 3
Journalists, rights activists voice Zambian President calls for fair, inclusive global system concern over rising restrictions mutual respect, Xinhua News Africa to Europe. Agency reported. "The Zambian government is on press freedom in Pakistan The Zambian president said prioritizing trade and investment
Islamabad, Sep 5 (IANS) Journalists and rights activists continue to voice concerns regarding the rising restrictions on press freedom in Pakistan, with some comparing the present situation to the media censorship experienced during
General Ziaul Haq’s military rule, local media reported on Friday. Journalists and rights activists highlighted these concerns during events held in Islamabad to pay tribute to Nisar Osmani and CR Shamsi, two veteran journalists and trade unionists, who fought for press freedom and journalists’ rights during martial law regimes, Pakistan's leading daily Dawn reported. During a seminar at the National Press Club on Thursday, current continued on pg. 3
Lusaka, Sep 5 (IANS) Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has called for a fair and inclusive global system in which all countries are treated equally. During a ceremony in the national capital of Lusaka on Thursday to receive letters of credence from newly accredited ambassadors to Zambia, Hichilema emphasised the need for a rules-based international order grounded in fairness and
Macron says 26 countries commit to Ukraine ceasefire deployment
Paris, Sep 5 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron announced that 26 countries, mostly European, have formally pledged to deploy troops as part
of a future Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire, though not directly on the front line. Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference following the meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing," Macron said the countries would contribute to a "reassurance force" that could deploy troops in Ukraine or provide support on land, at sea, or in the air.
Namibia pushes financial inclusion to bridge colonial-era disparities
Windhoek, Sep 4 (IANS) Namibian Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah on Thursday www.mccq.org.au
said financial inclusion is crucial to addressing the country's deep-rooted inequality, as Namibia hosts the 2025 Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum in the coastal city of Swakopmund. Held under the theme 'Empowering Society, Enabling Growth', the forum has drawn central bank governors, policymakers, and experts from around the world to share strategies for advancing inclusive finance. Speaking at the opening, Shafudah said Namibia remains one of the world's most unequal societies, a legacy of exclusionary continued on pg. 3
He added after the summit, participants held a call with US President Donald Trump and the United States is expected to finalize its contributions to the security guarantees in the coming days, Xinhua news agency reported. President Donald Trump recently indicated that US backing could "probably" come in the form continued on pg. 3
no country should consider itself above others, adding that global interdependence means every country's actions have an impact on others.He pointed out that ongoing conflicts and instability in some parts of the world have had spillover effects, underscoring the importance of international cooperation in promoting peace. Hichilema said supporting the development of poorer countries is in the global community's interest, as doing so would address the root causes of challenges such as illegal migration from
to grow the economy and create opportunities at home," he said. Hichilema also called for peaceful resolutions to conflicts such as those in Europe and the Middle East, warning that such wars disrupt global trade links. Reaffirming Zambia's commitment to global peace, the president said, "Instability anywhere is instability everywhere." Earlier in August, Zambia called on African countries to act with urgency in easing restrictions on air travel by opening up the skies to ensure smoother and more efficient air connectivity across the continent.
Gaza City has become ‘city of fear, flight and funerals’: UN official
United Nations, Sep 5 (IANS) Gaza City, the last refuge for families in the northern Gaza Strip, is fast becoming a place where childhood cannot survive, Tess Ingram, UNICEF Communication Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, said.
"It is a city of fear, flight and funerals," Ingram told a daily briefing on Thursday at the UN headquarters in New York, via video conferencing from the Gaza Strip. The world is sounding the alarm about what an intensified military offensive in Gaza City could bring -- a catastrophe for the nearly 1 million people who remain there, she said. "It would be an unthinkable continued on pg. 2
UNGA commemorates Int’l Day against Nuclear Tests
United Nations, Sep 4 (IANS) The UN General Assembly (UNGA) met to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests. "Today's commemoration takes place in a world overshadowed by conflict, mistrust and the looming shadow of nuclear weapons," said Izumi Nakamitsu,
UN Undersecretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, on behalf of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, at the conference on Wednesday. As trust between states continues to erode and investments in arsenals rise, the prohibition of all nuclear explosive testing is not merely a technical or procedural matter, she said. "It is a moral and strategic necessity." Robert Floyd, executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) Organization, said that 80
years after the first nuclear test and the bombings of Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities during World War II, not even one nuclear weapon has exploded in war around the world, reports Xinhua news agency. He added that in the following 50 years, some 2,000 nuclear explosions scarred the planet, averaging "one test every week" during the Cold War. Since the 1996 CTBT's opening, "fewer than a dozen tests" have taken place, making the treaty "a triumph for science, for multilateralism, for humanity," said Floyd.
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