The momentum to reach a political settlement in Yemen “has been building”, the United Nations Special Envoy to the country told the Security Council on November 22nd, attributing the positive development to compromises on “a range of issues”.
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Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flagrant violation under international law”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday.
Over the last three months (August to October 2019), around one-third of the Afghan population required urgent humanitarian action, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert, released this week, which declares that some 10.23 million people are living in a state of “severe acute food insecurity”.
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Improving understanding of the nexus between terrorism, transnational organized crime and drug trafficking is essential, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in his address to a high-level meeting involving the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a leading player in diplomacy in Eurasia.
Rajapaksa, who is seen as close to China, requested all countries to respect Sri Lanka’s sovereignty.
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Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, namely deportation, which have forced between 600,000 and one million Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar, into neighboring Bangladesh since 2016.
The declaration also came down heavily against terrorism.
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Mr. Modi had bilateral meetings with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Brazilian president Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro, and Chinese president Mr. Xi Jinping.
India and Pakistan have also decided that the corridor will be operational through the year and seven days a week
Hindus say the site is one of their most sacred places – as sacred as Mecca is for Muslims.
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