Royal Mail Releases Last Recommend Airmail Posting Dates for Christmas

British Royal Mail has announced the last recommended posting dates for their customers sending Christmas gifts by airmail.

5th December is the latest recommended date for addresses in Asia, the Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand.

Customers sending cards and gifts to destinations in South & Central America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East are advised to send these items by 7th of December.

The latest recommended date for Eastern Europe, the USA and Canada is 10th December, While destinations in Western Europe the latest date for airmail cards and gifts is 12th December.

Please take note and make sure you send your Christmas cards and gifts to friends and families on time, to avoid delays.

Draft Resolution on Female Genital Cutting sent to United Nations

LONDON (TrustLaw) – African member states of the United Nations last week submitted a draft resolution on ending female genital mutilation (FGM) to the U.N. General Assembly, in what campaigners have hailed as a landmark step to end a practice that has been inflicted on up to 140 million women and girls.

FGM, which is widespread in parts of Africa and pockets of the Middle East and Asia, involves the partial or total removal of the external genitals, and in many cases the closing of the vaginal opening.

It is usually arranged by the women of the family and performed by traditional cutters who use anything from scissors to razor blades, broken glass and tin can lids.

The procedure, generally carried out without any kind of anaesthetic or pain relief, can cause lasting physical and emotional damage. In some cases it is fatal.