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ISSUE: 23 | OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2020

• While the COVID-19 pandemic continued to ’20 Years of Mekong Ganga Cooperation’ on 5-6
threaten human health and disrupt daily lives, ICWA November 2020. Secretary (East), Ministry of External
HIGHLIGHTS... • The 19th meeting of the ICWA Governing Board and • ICWA organized a two-day international webinar
endeavoured to hold regular digital conversations on
Affairs, India Smt. Riva Ganguly Das delivered the
issues of topical relevance. The Council organised
inaugural address.
a total of twenty national and international webinars
with participation of Indian and foreign experts.
on ‘India and Africa: Looking Ahead: Contemporary
Three MoUs were signed with international and
Realities and Emerging Prospects’ on 24-25 November
national partners.
2020. Secretary (Economic Relations), MEA Shri Rahul
Chhabra addressed the Inaugural Session.
the 18th meeting of the ICWA Governing Council were
• With the objective of pioneering discussions on the
held virtually on December 2, 2020. The meetings
were chaired by Hon’ble Vice President of India and
ideas of gender shape and are shaped by international
President of ICWA Shri M Venkaiah Naidu. External
relations, ICWA organised a two day Webinar on
Affairs Minister and Vice President of ICWA Dr. S.
‘Women and Power: Gender within International
Jaishankar also participated. what and how of feminist foreign policies and how
• The Council organised a two day international webinar Relations and Diplomacy’ on 15-16 October 2020.
on ‘Gandhi and the World’, to mark the culmination • On the eve of India’s eighth tenure of the UN Security
of the two year celebration of 150th anniversary of Council as elected non-permanent member, the Indian
Gandhiji. 25 scholars and luminaries from 14 countries Council of World Affairs organised a one-day Webinar
and India participated at the webinar. The Valedictory on ‘Advancing Reformed Multilateralism in the
Address was delivered by Hon’ble Vice President of Changing World’ on 10 December 2020.
India and President, ICWA Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu. • Digital conversations were held on ‘India and 1982
• ICWA along with Vietnam Institute for Indian and UNCLOS’, ‘ASEAN’s Regional Security Vision and
Southwest Asia Studies (VIISAS), Hanoi, an affiliate of the Sabah Dispute’, ‘Nagorno Karabakh Imbroglio’,
the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, organised ‘China-Pakistan Relations and CPEC’and ‘Elections
an international webinar on ‘New Horizons in India- in Myanmar’.
Vietnam Relations’. The Minister of State for External
Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan delivered the Key Note • Five Dialogues with partner institutions from
Address and Deputy Minister, Minister of Foreign Vietnam, Russia, Poland, Germany and Iran were
Affairs, Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Minh Vugave made successfully held.
remarks during the Webinar. • ICWA continued to research track various regional and
• ICWA organized the Second Track 1.5 Indo-German global happenings, with total of 9articles and 3 Sapru
Dialogue. Opening Statements were delivered by House Papers published on ICWA website by research
Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary faculty and 5 papers by guest experts.
and Niels Annen, State Minister, Federal Foreign • Results of essay competitions held with MoU partners
Office, Gernamy. – Christ University, Bengaluru in Kannada and English
• ICWA along with the ASEAN India Centre for RIS and Centre for Public Policy Research, Kochi in
organised a two-day International webinar on Malayalam were declared by ICWA.

Virtual Meeting of the ICWA Governing Body and Governing Council
2 December 2020

The 19th meeting of the ICWA Governing Board and Governing Council discussed the functioning
Aand the 18th meeting of the ICWA Governing of the Council and its research and programme
Council were held virtually on 2 December 2020. activities. The Council was commended for its
The meetings were chaired by Hon’ble Vice high level of activity through virtual hosting and
President of India and President of ICWA Shri conducting of conferences and panel discussions
M Venkaiah Naidu. External Affairs Minister including on research related activities, participating
and Vice President of ICWA Dr. S. Jaishankar,
Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee in dialogues with foreign partners, national
on External Affairs and Vice-President of ICWA outreach through MoUs and conference/research
Shri PP Chaudhury and Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog sponsorship and its publications programme. Text of
and Vice President of ICWA Shri Rajiv Kumar also Press Release issued by Vice President’s Secretariat
participated. Members of the ICWA Governing Board following the meeting on 2 December 2020:

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