GENEVA， March 7 (Xinhua) -- While lauding the progress made over the last decade， an Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) report warned Tuesday that more measures are needed to increase the representation of women in parliaments globally.


According to statistics， the global average of women in national parliaments stood at 23.3 percent at the end of 2016， up from 22.6 percent two years ago.


This figure is a significant improvement from ten years ago， when women only accounted for 16.8 percent of parliamentary seats.


"We must seize the opportunity to build on the successes of recent years because hard-won progress can often be fragile and readily lost， particularly at a time when engaging in politics has become ever more challenging，" IPU secretary general Martin Chungong said in a statement.


"Parliaments are crucial to ensuring women are among the world's most high-profile leaders and to strengthening the policies and legislation needed to meet the goal of gender equality and women's full and equal participation at all levels by 2030，" he added.


The report highlighted that gains were documented across major regions， with the Pacific topping the list with a 1.6 percent increase in women in parliament (17.4 percent by the end of 2016).


Lower gains were also recorded in Europe and the Americas (both 0.9 percent)， Arab States and Asia (both 0.5 percent)， and sub-Saharan Africa (0.4 percent).


IPU said that "quotas" remain an effective tool to make sure that more women are involved in politics， while ensuring a minimum level of women's representation in parliament.


The shortfall of such quotas， however， is that they seldom go beyond the "critical mass" of 30 to 35 percent of women's seats in parliament， IPU explained.


In light of this， IPU urged countries to adopt more ambitious measures so as to achieve gender-parity in all levels by 2030.


ANKARA Homme Nike Air Force 1 07 Low Metallic Or Blanche Pas Cher , 28 May (Xinhua) -- Investment in Turkey by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) shows the leading Chinese lender's confidence in Turkey's potentials, a former Turkish minister said.


"I believe ICBC representatives made detailed analyses about Turkey before entering its market and they found the country's sources very attractive," said former Energy Minister Hilmi Guler, referring to the ICBC's acquisition of Tekstilbank.


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This transaction means that China sees Turkey's future as "good and brilliant", said Guler, the only Turkish member of ICBC's six-member administrative body in Turkey. "If they had concern about economic instabilities, they would not invest."


Guler said the Chinese initiative is an opportunity for Turkey to enter into "the new era," as ICBC will offer loans not only in the financial sector Homme Nike Air Force 1 07 QS All Star Noir Pas Cher , but also in the field of investment.


"In general there are no public investments in countries having budget deficit. To overcome public investment deficit, you need to find loans in proper conditions. Normally, when there is a public tender in Turkey, the investor, after winning the tender looks for loans. In this case the conditions may be very different. If ICBC takes a role Homme Nike Air Force 1 Low 07 Blanche Metallic Or Blanche Pas Cher , this will be a very important contribution for Turkey," he added, hoping the bank to a great contribution to the Turkish economy by financing it leading industrial projects.


ICBC is world's largest bank operating 17,000 branches in 43 countries with an asset and equities of 3.3 trillion U.S. dollars.


ABUJA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Many Nigerians have expressed their excitement on the recent relocation of the West African nation's military command and control center to the northeastern Borno State Nike Air Force 1 High Just Do It Homme Noir Pas Cher , epicenter of Boko Haram's violence, for the counter- insurgency operation in that region.


Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari had on May 29, during his inauguration as the fifth elected president of the African most populous country, directed the movement of the military command for the fight against Boko Haram from Abuja, the nation's capital Homme Nike Air Force 1 Low Just Do It Blanche Pas Cher , to Maiduguri, birthplace of the terror group.


The nation's military high command last Tuesday arrived Maiduguri for the battle ahead. The military top brass, headed by Adesola Amosu, the air force chief and Kenneth Minimah, the army chief nike air max 97 pas cher , told reporters shortly after their arrival in the troubled Maiduguri city that the command center was set for the enormous task ahead "in compliance to the president's order."


Abba Kalli, a leader of the government-backed youth vigilant group, described the relocation as heartwarming.


"It is a good beginning in the fight against insurgency," he told Xinhua Friday.


The youth volunteer force leader further urged military commanders to be engaged in the fight and "not just sit at control rooms."


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"We are happy about the relocation of the military command to Maiduguri and Yola. This is what we have been expecting for about two years now. There is no way the military leaders can understand the Boko Haram crisis outside the field of war," he said.


A local farmer and retired security personnel, Ahmed Umara, said he believes the presence of military command and control at the theater of the insurgency will boost performance of troops.


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