West Papua Football Association admitted to CONIFA

On 25-26 January 2020 CONIFA held its annual General Assembly to reflect on the activities of the previous year and to discuss the World Cup to be held on 30…

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Somaliland Foreign Affairs Minister welcomes GDC delegation

During the third week of October 2019 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland Yasin Hagi Mohamoud welcomed the delegation of the Global Diplomatic Council to Somaliland in order to…

Delegation meets Supreme Court President of Somaliland

As part of the fact finding mission to Somaliland, Global Diplomatic Council (GDC) Secretary General and Executive Chairperson Hon. Amb. Yohan Byrde and Deputy Secretary General Mr. Jeroen Zandberg were…

Delegation meets Somaliland House of Representatives and Foreign Affairs Committee

On 23 October 2019, Global Diplomatic Council (GDC) Secretary General and Executive Chairperson Hon. Amb. Yohan Byrde and Deputy Secretary General Mr. Jeroen Zandberg had a high level meeting with…

Delegation meets Somaliland Diaspora Agency

Representatives from the Global Diplomatic Council (GDC) visited the offices of the Diaspora Agency in Hargeisa, Somaliland on 22 October 2019. Hon. Amb. Yohan Byrde, Secretary General and Executive Chairperson…

West Papua vs East Turkestan

On Saturday 19 October 2019, the national football team of West Papua played a football match against the official team of East Turkestan on the main field of Quick in…

European Parliament conference commemorates 75 years of the expulsion of the Cham

On 26 June 2019, a conference in the European Parliament addressed the 1944 expulsion of the Cham from Chameria. Various speeches and a photo exhibition of pictures taken during the…

Minority language education in Greece, the case of the Cham-Albanians

On 6 and 7 May 2019, President Festim Lato, Mr. Arben Arkaxhiu and Mr. Jeroen Zandberg participated in the European Regional Forum on Education, Language and the Human Rights of…

Greek Ombudsman response to human rights complaint

On 28 February 2019, the Greek Ombudsman sent an official response to the complaint filed in December 2018 concerning the human rights violations against the elderly Cham who were born…