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BLOG - Germany’s successful G20 presidency
Noe van Hulst, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the OECD, Chair of the IEA Governing Board How should we assess the German...
Explanation of vote of the Netherlands on text of Nuclear Ban Treaty
Madam Chair, Let me first thank you for all the efforts by you and your team over these past three weeks. We all know that...
Call for Papers: Measuring the Impact of Business on Well-being and Sustainability
The OECD Statistics Directorate, together with HEC Paris/SnO Center, has recently published a call for papers to develop and...
Council Resolution 2166 / MH17 / JIT
OECD: Public-private agreements have been highly effective at tackling agricultural emissions in the Netherlands
Recently the OECD published a study assessing whether existing policies in the Netherlands create synergies or trade-offs...
Press Release, 8 June 2017 - LAUNCH NETWORK FOR OPEN ECONOMIES AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES
A group of countries announced the formation of a new Network for Open Economies and Inclusive Societies. The announcement was...
UN Security Council Membership 2018
Last year we were very grateful for the broad support for the Split Term of Italy (2017) and the Netherlands (2018) in the UN...
BLOG - Commentary: The untapped potential of energy efficiency
Noé van Hulst Ambassador of The Netherlands at the OECD and Chairman of the IEA Governing Board What is the world’s single most...
BLOG - Smartphones are child’s play, but what about the child labour?
Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct Digital technology depends on energy, and...
Successful kick-off of the Roundtable on Financing Water
On April 12-13 the first Round Table on Financing Water was held at OECD's Headquarters.