by Editorial Staff France has presented a written proposal to Beirut with the aim of resolving hostilities with Tel Aviv and addressing the existing dispute on the Lebanon-Israel border. The document, obtained by Reuters, outlines measures for de-escalation, including the withdrawal of fighters, in particular Hezbollah's elite unit, to a distance of 10 [...]
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by Francesco Matera Yesterday at the UN there was still black smoke at the Security Council over the text of the resolution for a truce in the fighting in Gaza. Meanwhile, the number of victims increases hour by hour, reaching a record figure of twenty thousand deaths, considering a conflict that began only two and a half months ago [...]
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by Andrea Cascia Nowadays we don't talk about anything else: "electric". The applications in this field are endless and to date it is the only possible alternative to traditional energy sources. So we are talking about renewables, i.e. energy sources which, unlike coal, oil, natural gas, uranium and plutonium, can be used almost infinitely. So, […]
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by Paolo Giordani The drama of the Israeli hostages, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, in short the river of violence flowing in the Holy Land poorly conceals a reality that is evident to anyone who observes the situation, without political or religious prejudices. What makes this war hopeless and despairing is the fact that none of the conflicting parties […]
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by Editorial Staff The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, in Jordan to meet his counterparts from the Arab countries and then in Turkey to speak with Erdogan. Not only in Tel Aviv, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken was also in Amman where he met his colleagues from Qatar, [...]
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Once Hamas has been uprooted from Gaza, we are already thinking about phase two, which should begin the process of normalization of the area in favor of the Palestinian people. The idea would be to use the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for humanitarian aid and general government. Security must be guaranteed by a mission authorized by the UN [...]
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. The occasion was a good one to present the program that Italy intends to carry forward to the next G7, where our country will hold the presidency. Prime Minister Meloni in the bilateral meeting with Guterres "underlined the need for a greater and coordinated commitment [...]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia despite warnings from Washington not to favor a deal to send weapons to Putin. Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday aboard his private train, accompanied by senior officials from the defense and military industry and the Foreign Minister.
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China and India, opposed to outright condemnation of Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine, yesterday voted a resolution of the UN General Assembly on relations between the United Nations and the Council of Europe which explicitly refers to the aggression of the Russian Federation of Ukraine. The green light to the text of the resolution (approved last week with 122 [...]
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Two days of the European Council all focused on the Ukraine dossier. In particular on the question of the speed of delivery of weapons and ammunition to Kiev. The problem of migrants will not be touched upon, except for a few hints where the problem is placed at the center of future debates, asking the Commission to deal with the issue quickly. Central, […]
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China has never supplied weapons to interested parties in the ongoing conflict in the middle of Europe. “Why then threaten sanctions on China? It's absolutely not acceptable." So the Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Biden spoke about the application of possible sanctions to China during the meeting with German Chancellor Scholz, which took place [...]
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After a year of war we are preparing for the showdown: we sharpen our weapons for the spring assault
After a year of war there is no peace. United Nations votes against Russia. Der Spiegel: China ready to sell drones to Russia. The US allocates another 2 billion. G7: ready to give more help. (by Massimiliano D'Elia) The war in Ukraine today enters its first year without being able to see any on the horizon [...]
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The "World Water Summit" will be held in New York from 22 to 24 March, the second on this issue organized by the United Nations since 1977. The problem of lack of water has worsened with the repeated droughts, caused by climatic perturbations that affect everything the world. In 2015, the United Nations set a [...]
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According to some familiar with the dynamics of the appointment, Russia is trying to block the reappointment of the Danish head of the main UN environment agency, following a highly critical report on the impact of the war in Ukraine. According to two UN sources, Russia has been acting for several months against the reappointment of Inger Andersen, an economist with […]
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(by Maria Stefania Cataleta) Congolese children continue to pay a very dear price for the conflict that has been bloodying the country for years now. As is known, the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu are among the most affected by the war, where the highest number of victims is recorded. Based on the Report of [...]
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During the holidays, the work of the Armed Forces continued both at home and abroad with over 12.000 soldiers engaged in the various operational scenarios, to protect national interests, international security and the main metropolitan areas of the country. On the national territory, as part of the "Safe Streets" operation, about 5.000 soldiers guard the streets and squares [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) Giorgia Meloni has never hidden, she has always supported the Ukrainian cause against the Russian invasion. Italy, in agreement with NATO and the Americans, has sent arms and aid to the Ukrainian people, raising Moscow's reaction on more than one occasion. The Meloni government therefore continued in the wake of the government [...]
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In an interview with the Associated Press, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the Ukrainian government aims to hold a peace summit by the end of February, preferably at the United Nations with Secretary General António Guterres as a possible mediator. in the period of the first anniversary of the invasion launched by Russia. To the question […]
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Weapon-of-destruction attacks on civilians and infrastructure, together with the absence of adequate and continuous humanitarian corridors, make the conflict in Ukraine a serious humanitarian emergency now within Europe. (by Vincenzo Gaglione) On February 24, 2022, with an invasion by the Russian armed forces, actually preceded already in the first months of 2021 [...]
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(by Lorenzo Midili) Child soldiers, employed in armed conflicts, represent a great danger for the entire international community. The number is around three hundred thousand minors recruited by the armed forces for suicide bombings, domestic services and sexual exploitation. Putting an end to this phenomenon is a constant challenge, also linked to the global arms trade, for [...]
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Russia and Ukraine agree to create a coordination center in Istanbul on the corridors for the export of grain from Ukraine to the Black Sea. This was stated by the Turkish Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, as reported by Anadolu, speaking of the meeting held yesterday in Istanbul between military delegations from Kiev, Moscow, Ankara and UN representatives. "In the next weeks […]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) At the end of March, the troops of the Russian Federation had withdrawn from the surrounding area of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, leaving many Ukrainian corpses scattered on the streets, some of which were shot, execution style, others tied up before suffering death, still others were hit by tanks. [...]
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(by Giovanni Ramunno) The Preamble of the UN Charter reports that the peoples of the United Nations, "determined to save future generations from the scourge of war which twice in the course of this generation has brought unspeakable afflictions to humanity", constituted the United Nations Organization. To do this, the United Nations Charter identified, in the ban [...]
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THE RUSSIAN VETO PARALIZES THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS TAKES PART (by Giuseppe Paccione) Much has been said about the institution of the right and the power of veto, that is, the right to prevent the adoption of any resolution with one's negative vote, which constitutes the distinction between States [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Diplomacy is already working on redesigning Ukraine's new borders, while UN Secretary General Guterres first met Putin and then Zelensky to mediate and bring acceptable proposals from the contenders. At the base there would be the hoped for neutrality of Ukraine with a UN force of interposition with functions of "Peace Keeping". [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Two antennas were hit in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory, the country has put the security forces on alert. An ammunition depot went up in flames early this morning near the village of Staraya Nelidovka in the Belgorod region of western Russia, near the border with […]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) With unprecedented speed, the international community immediately responded to the demands of the Kiev authorities regarding the responsibility for international crimes committed on its territory by Russian troops and non-state actors flanking the special military operation wanted by Putin. This effort which is needed [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) As was shown, the international community, with broad support from the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, by adopting resolution A / ES-11 / L.1, condemned the aggressive act Russian vis-à-vis Ukraine. The threat or use of military coercive action contrary to the UN Charter is clearly illegal, under international law [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) For a month and more, the international community has been witnessing the overturning of the status quo of the international legal system since the beginning of the invasion of Russian troops, which have crossed the borders of Ukraine, a sovereign, independent and member of the United Nations. Clearly, there was no lack of broad condemnation by States and international organizations of the Russian aggressive conduct and [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, caused by the Russian invasion with the aggression towards a sovereign and independent state, China has tried in every way to stay out of the Russian-Ukrainian war struggle. This is demonstrated by the abstention of the Chinese delegation from adopting a couple of draft resolutions (S / 2022/155 and S / RES / 2623/2022) discussed in [...]
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"This war will last a long time" and "we must prepare": French President Emmanuel Macron said today during a visit to the Agricultural Fair. Macron has ensured that weapons will be sent to Zelesky while Biden has sent 350 million dollars. Meanwhile, the Russian para are trying to leave Kiev without light, but they were [...]
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Strong explosions were reported in Ukrainian cities in Odessa, Kharvik, Mariupol, Lviv and in the capital Kiev, where the Russians attempted to take control of the airport. Navigation in the Sea of Azov blocked. Russian tanks, with the 'Z' mark on the sides, would have entered Ukraine from numerous points along the border, including from Belarus and [...]
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Ukrainian security forces arrested alleged Russian operatives who were preparing a riot in the capital to destabilize the situation. On Monday 14 February the Duma will instead decide on the recognition of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. Meanwhile, six Russian warships, which left in January from the ports of Severomorsk, on the Sea of [...]
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Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria in 2013 celebrated the French troops after the arrival in the Saharan city of Timbuktu following the defeat of some jihadist groups. Today, almost ten years later, France has halved its contingent to 5000 men and is thinking of leaving the territory permanently due to the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Saif al Islam, Gaddafi's son, initially ousted from the electoral competition, was then readmitted to the list of candidates in the elections scheduled for tomorrow and postponed, according to the words of the UN special envoy, Stephanie Williams, at the end next January. The Electoral Commission had excluded him but subsequently the judiciary, with final judgment, [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The aim was the constitution of a well-trained group of "mercenaries" to be recruited preferably from newly retired military and policemen. Target? Fighting in Yemen on behalf of Saudi Arabia. The judicial and police authorities, with the collaboration of the intelligence services, managed to tighten the circle and put [...]
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Joe Biden at the UN presents the new face of America that relies on a softer approach to global tensions. "A new era of relentless diplomacy" and "peace" in the world after the withdrawal from Afghanistan and ensures that America does not seek "a new cold war" with China, even if the warning remains [...]
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As part of the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations, during the Uniting Business Live (20-22 September) Leonardo, for the second consecutive year, was recognized as the UN Global Compact LEAD. Leonardo is the only one of the main global companies in the Aerospace and Defense sector to be included in the small group of companies, a total of 36, which this year records [...]
read more(by Vito Coviello) It might seem a contradiction to dwell on issues such as the excessive use of digital and the abuse of this technology in this historical phase where everyone, absolutely everyone, is engaged in the spread of digitalization. The expansion of digitization in every sector, although it is still a long process to be completed, has also given rise to new [...]
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The United Arab Emirates with a secret airlift supplies weapons to General Khalifa Haftar. The news leaked from a United Nations report. The war began in Libya in 2011, when a popular uprising supported by the West and its allies led to the death of the country's dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Much of the east [...]
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Relations between the United States and China are increasingly tense. Donald Trump continues to point the finger at China for delaying the provision of coronavirus data. The latest statements by the US president are very heavy, even more so than the previous ones, defining the pandemic "the worst attack ever against the United States, worse [...]
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Yesterday was inaugurated at the reception and rehabilitation center for the disabled "Mosan Center" in the city of Tire (South Lebanon), a play and physiotherapy area, created thanks to the voluntary aid that the staff of the Southern Operational Forces Command of Naples under the orders of the General of the Army Corps Rosario Castellano, he sent there in the [...]
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The Libyan Joint Military Commission met in Geneva, moderator: the special envoy Ghassam Salamé directly. Five representatives from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and five from the Libyan National Army (LNA). The comment of the President of the High Council of State Khaled al-Meshri was positive: "the choice of the Presidential Council to participate in the proceedings is not a failure [...]
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UNSMIL in a note: “deep concern over current efforts to stop or compromise oil production in Libya. This move would have devastating consequences first and foremost for the Libyan people who depend on the free flow of oil for their well-being. It will also have terrible knock-on effects for the already deteriorated economic and financial situation [...]
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The British newspaper "The Guardian" quoted the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as confirming that about 2000 rebels would be transferred to Libya from the Syrian city of Idlib to reinforce Fayez al-Serraj's troops. The New York Times, on the other hand, reported the news that the forces belonging to the Tripoli Protection Force have [...]
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Le Monde interviewed the UN special envoy for Libya Ghassan Salamé. Very interesting is the examination of the latest events in Libya by the senior diplomat who for years has been trying to metabolize a political solution, always opposed by the parties involved. Now, argues Salamè, the credibility of the UN is at risk, should the military solution prevail [...]
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The Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar, writes the Agi, advances towards the Libyan capital Tripoli and is close to hitting the government of national agreement, protected by the Misrata militias and recognized by the UN. The armed forces of the strong man of Cyrenaica, which in the last hours of intense battles have lost at least six fighters - according to Tripoli between [...]
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The Egyptian press reported that General Khalifa Haftar announced “zero hour for the start of the decisive offensive on Tripoli. The Cyrenaica general even gave his men his final instructions: "do not touch private homes and properties". There are, however, four European countries, Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain that still hope to be able to find [...]
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Eni announces today its formal commitment not to carry out exploration and development activities in the Natural Sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The commitment gives official recognition to a policy that Eni is already following in its operations. It is a further step that is part of the company's transformation path. Starting from [...]
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According to the UN report on the fight against corruption in Italy "it is a report card that promotes Italy in a delicate sector and when an improvement is recognized, we must be proud of it". These are the words spoken by the Foreign Minister Enzo #Moavero Milanesi at the Farnesina, at the presentation of the second report on Italy, adopted in the framework of [...]
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The president of the Libya parallel government Abdullah Al-Thinni on Alwasat said that #Haftar is ready to negotiate the surrender. At the base of the turning point the arrival of armaments and vehicles in #Tripoli, in particular armored vehicles, supplied by Turkey and Algeria in support of Operation Vulcano, launched by al Serraj's forces. There is talk of huge reinforcements [...]
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The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, met the Prime Minister of the Government of Libyan National Accord, Fayez al Sarraj, and the UN Special Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salamé, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, ongoing until February 17. It made it [...]
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ISIS leaders have set aside millions of pounds to finance a new wave of attacks on Britain and the West - as the cult of death is on the verge of fading. The news is reported by The Sun. UN experts believe that the group has the availability of at least [...]
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The United Nations and Tripoli's Government of National Accord today launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan in Libya. The initiative to raise $ 202 million aims to provide health care, protection, water and shelter to 552.000 vulnerable people living in Libya in dire conditions. The plan was launched in [...]
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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (Unmsil) is "impartial" and the criticisms coming from Cyrenaica mean that the path has been taken is the right one: the UN special representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, said in an interview to the pan-Arab newspaper published in London “Asharq al Awsat”. The Lebanese diplomat said [...]
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Libyan civilians "continue to live in fear of a violent conflict" and the situation is particularly worrying in Tripoli, where the United Nations truce reached in September was again violated, even if the recent violations "have been contained". The UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, said today in [...]
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The UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salamé, according to the Italian news agency Nova, declared that the parliamentary elections "could take place as early as next spring". Quoted by the pan-Arab newspaper based in London "Asharq al Awsat". "Two or three weeks" of meetings between representatives between the various rival factions [...]
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The head of Italian external intelligence Alberto Manenti ran to Moscow to resolve a very sensitive issue. At stake was the participation of the strong man of Cyrenaica, the gen. Kalifa Haftar at the Palermo Summit. Haftar did not want to sit at the same table with the new Minister of the Interior of the government of national accord Bishaga, representative [...]
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US President Donald Trump presided over the United Nations General Assembly for the first time in front of a cold audience. There was also some sarcastic giggles from the world representatives who attended. Trump warned Europe "that it wants to circumvent sanctions against Iran" and a frontal attack on China on [...]
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China, Korea and Iran will be the hot topics at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who will speak at 20.30 pm Italian time, will discuss the story of Libya and the consequent migration phenomenon. Trump, in this regard, would be very interested in supporting Italy on Libya for the conference in mid-November, in Sciacca. The [...]
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The Farnesina responds to the statements made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which in a note considers the accusations of Michelle Bachelet, who denounced alleged Italian non-compliance with respect to the human rights of migrants, inappropriate and groundless. "For years, Italy has been engaged in rescue and rescue operations of [...]
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is very hard on Italy, “we intend to send personnel to Italy and Austria to assess the sharp increase in acts of violence and racism“. Michelle Bachelet argues that governments' efforts to push back foreigners do not solve the migration crisis and cause [...]
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Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize winner, died "peacefully" in a hospital in Bern in Switzerland after a brief illness at the age of 80. Annan, born in Ghana in 1938, was the seventh UN Secretary General, from 1997 to 2006, the first African to lead the UN. [...]
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The Islamic State has as many as 30.000 members engaged in Iraq and Syria, according to a United Nations report. Last month, the Iraqi government announced that the war against the group, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), had been won. The statement was taken up by the President of the States [...]
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun said again today that Syrian refugees return immediately to their country of origin. The capabilities of Lebanon do not allow them to stay, due to repercussions of all kinds that are occurring in Lebanon. Aoun reported this to the UN coordinator in the country, Pernille [...]
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The meeting of the UN Human Rights Council is scheduled for today, which meets in an extraordinary session to decide on the sending of international investigators, after the clashes that took place on the border between Gaza and Israel that resulted in the death of dozens of Palestinians. The draft resolution presented to the Council by Pakistan, on behalf of [...]
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Russia wanted an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday April 14, proposing a Resolution to condemn the aggression against Syria, but the motion was not approved. The document, circulated by Russia among the members of the UN body shortly before the meeting, denounced "the aggression against Syria by [...]
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Twenty-seven ships, twenty-one companies and some businessmen have been blacklisted by the UN Security Council at the request of the United States for violating sanctions against North Korea. Thirteen North Korean cargo ships and oil tankers have been banned from world ports along with 12 other ships that have helped [...]
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The announcement of a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opens up new scenarios characterized by "potential for kidnapped progress". These are the words of Tomas Ojea Quintana pronounced today during the presentation of his report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva in which he highlighted that a [...]
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution for a one-month ceasefire in Syria. The vote took place yesterday evening, February 24th. The text approved by the Security Council invites all parties to the conflict to stop fighting on Syrian territory and join [...]
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Six days when the Syrian regime's planes dropped bombs and barrel bombs on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, which UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called "hell on earth". According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 468 civilians, including 108 children, have died in air raids and [...]
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The United Nations has launched an appeal to stop hostilities in the Ghouta suburb, east of Damascus, and to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged population. This was declared today by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. "Eastern Ghouta cannot wait", the UN Secretary General underlined in a note, [...]
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The countries of the United Nations, with the exception of the United States, are today launching a long-term negotiation that must culminate in the signing of a non-binding World Pact on Migration in Morocco in December. The signing of the document shared by all nations is considered as one of the main challenges for the planet. The program […]
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"Preventing incitement to violence" common goal of 232 religious leaders from 7 different countries The United Nations headquarters in Vienna hosted the international meeting behind closed doors from 13 to 15 February 2018 Practical declinations of the Action Plan for religious leaders and promoters to prevent and counter incitements to violence that can lead [...]
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Eataly is also one of the companies that adhere to the United Nations global standards to promote and protect equality for LGBTI people in the workplace and in society. During the Colorful Workplaces Conference, held in Nairobi on Thursday 8 February, the head of human rights of the United Nations Fabrice Houdart announced that [...]
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The Libyan High Council of State on Tuesday called on the Arab League (AL) to stand firmly against those who stand in the way of the implementation of a UN-sponsored political deal. Abdulrahman Swehli, the head of the council, accused "some parts of the House of Representatives" of obstructing the political agreement, calling on the AL to adopt a "clear and firm position", [...]
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North Korea shipped coal using a Russian route last year. Unloaded in two Moscow ports, the coal was then transported to South Korea and Japan, in a probable violation of UN sanctions. The UN Security Council had banned coal exports on 5 August [...]
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The crisis situation in Syria, where more than 2011 people have lost their lives since March 340, is becoming increasingly critical. After the eight rounds of talks attempted by the UN in Geneva - most recently the one in December where the parties in conflict - the Damascus regime and the rebels - failed to reach an agreement [...]
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) emergency meeting saying that a gross foreign policy mistake has been made for Washington, the Tasnim news agency reported today. "The United Nations Security Council has rejected the American attempt to use [...]
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Almost all the UN member countries condemned the violence and invited Tehran to restraint, however during the meeting a chorus rose in defense of the 2015 international agreement on Iranian nuclear power, repeatedly in the crosshairs of the Donald Trump administration. After criticizing the development of ballistic missiles and Iran's role in supporting [...]
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Washington has called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss the situation in the Islamic Republic after the demonstrations in recent days. While Moscow, (also flanked by China), said it was against, accusing the United States of interfering in the country's internal affairs, and threatened to ask for a procedural vote to try [...]
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The United States challenged the world with the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and did so concretely with the announced transfer of the embassy to the holy city, for the three monotheistic religions. Many other countries had had their embassy in Jerusalem, starting with Guatemala, which relies heavily on US funding, which today [...]
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Datuk Seri Johari Baharum, Malaysian Deputy Defense Minister, said yesterday that Malaysia is ready to send a peacekeeping contingent to Palestine at the request of the United Nations, stressing that they will not conduct any kind of security operation without UN consent, just like occurred in Lebanon. Washington's stance in [...]
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The global threat of terrorism continues to evolve and diversify ”: Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, permanent representative at the UN Security Council, of which Italy is the current president, reported this. "ISIS is continuing to adapt to military pressure by changing its organization from state to [...]
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The eighth session of inter-Syrian talks is scheduled to open next Tuesday. Staffan de Mistura, UN special emissary for Syria, set four topics for discussion on the agenda which he presented as “baskets”. Three of these are included in UN Security Council Resolution 2254, adopted in 2015, and the fourth, [...]
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The United Nations has called on the warring parties in Syria to stop targeting civilians in the capital and its surroundings, where dozens of people have been killed in recent days due to the violent bombings. Damascus is largely controlled by the Bashar al Assad regime. The rebels control the [...]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Paris in early December to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. This was announced by the office of the head of the Israeli government, referring to a long telephone conversation between the two leaders which took place today. The head of the Elysée informed Netanyahu of his initiative to resolve the crisis [...]
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According to Nova, Tripoli led by Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj born from the 2015 agreements will continue to be the only Libyan executive recognized until the next elections in 2018: in the meantime, the international community will not tolerate any military-type solution threatened by General Khalifa Haftar, a man fort from Cyrenaica and commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA). [...]
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Russia, for the second time in 24 hours, once again vetoed a resolution by the UN Security Council which provided for the one-month extension of the mandate relating to the joint investigative mechanism of the United Nations and Opac that investigates the attacks chemists in Syria. This is Moscow's second veto [...]
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According to a report drawn up by the UN on Somalia, a faction of the Islamic State (Isis) active in Somalia has greatly strengthened over the last year, thanks to the funds received from Syria and Iraq. The faction would be led by Sheikh Abdulqader Mumin, and was targeted last week in the first operation carried out [...]
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Take the mints left over from making soybean oil, which is usually used to feed pigs, press them and knead them with a sand-colored flour, then with rice and chili sauce. The name of the dish is “injogogi”, which means artificial meat. In North Korea it has been a recipe for survival for years. [...]
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The UN Security Council appeals to the Libyans, divided between opposing governments to work together to get to the elections. The fifteen members of the Council gave their full support to the plan presented by the special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame ', for the legislative and presidential elections in July next year. It is imperative that all [...]
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EU applies sanctions to North Korea The EU Council has tightened sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), transposing the "sectoral" sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375 (2017). This resolution was adopted on 11 September 2017, in response to Korea's ballistic missile launch of [...]
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Iran, Trump softer: they do not respect agreement, we do not increase sanctions President Trump wants to save the face of the US on the worst agreement ever signed, as Trump himself defines it. National security advisors unanimously recommended Trump not to certify Tehran's compliance with the agreement, but not to ask the [...]
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The autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan celebrated the referendum on independence, amid local tension and international fear of another regional conflict. The polling stations closed at 18 pm Italian time, an hour after what was initially expected, and according to the latest official data on the turnout of 17 the participation was 78%. The forecast is that [...]
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Argentina, with new President Macri, new impetus for bilateral meetings The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano meets the press at the end of his speech at the United Nations. After talking about the various hot situations in the world, we focused on North Korea. Minister Alfano focused on the fact [...]
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The speech by US President Donald Trump to the United Nations General Assembly referring to Kim Jong-un: "is the sound of a dog barking". There was no lack of first-person reaction from the Korean leader. Pyongyang could detonate a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific, in response to President Donald Trump, who has threatened to "destroy [...]
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The UN Security Council condemned the latest launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea calling it a "scandalous action". "The Security Council stressed that these actions represent not only a threat to the region, but to all UN member states". In the meeting, which took place behind closed doors, Ambassador Sebastiano [...]
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As a result of the new missile launched by North Korea, which flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido and then sank in the North Pacific without causing damage, the international community reacts. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to ask for programming in [...]
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The missile just launched from North Korea had a range of approximately 3.700 kilometers and most likely sank in the North Pacific. Seoul military sources told Yonhap. The missile flew to a height of approximately 770 kilometers. South Korean maneuvers have been underway in the Sea of Japan for several hours, [...]
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The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, in an interview with the Russian agency "Ria Novosti" spoke of relations between Russia and the United States which are going through a difficult period. What is important is the ability of these two countries to find compromises for the sake of the security of much of the world. "I am very worried about the crisis around [...]
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China will address economic and trade issues with North Korea to contribute to the "stability and denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula, in line with United Nations resolutions. This is the position of the Beijing Ministry of Commerce, confirmed today at a press conference by spokesman Gao Feng, a few hours after the telephone interview [...]
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Millions of Japanese woke up to an alarming message from the government, on cell phones and via email, urging them to stay indoors and seek refuge because a North Korean missile was flying over the territory. The sirens sounded on all the locations located in the trajectory of the ballistic missile, which flew over Japanese territory [...]
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The UN Security Council will meet urgently today at the request of the US, South Korea and Japan "on threats to peace and stability" for the latest ballistic missile launched in the morning by North Korea. The news was reported by the Yonhap agency, citing an official from the Seoul Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The carrier flew over Japan ending [...]
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Developing a development and security partnership between the European Union and Africa is necessary to create prospects for the future of the countries of the continent, without this approach it will not be possible to tackle “illegal practices”. This is what the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, underlined during the joint press conference which took place today at the end of the mini summit [...]
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The governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United States "welcome the August 17 announcement by the Libyan National Army (LNA) to suspend the major, Mahmoud al Werfalli", commander of the elite forces on which a International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for unlawful killings. Through a joint note, the three countries ask the LNA [...]
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Emmanuel Macron spoke on the phone with the UN special envoy for Libya Ghassan Salamé and underlined "the importance of maintaining the dynamic created" among the Libyan parties at the Castle of La Celle-Saint-Cloud. During a telephone conversation, Macron made "a point of the situation" and underlined, according to a note from the Elysée, "the importance of maintaining the dynamics created in the [...]
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The American administration is now fed up with the umpteenth challenge to the world launched by North Korea with the latest ballistic missile. The words of the American Ambassador to the UN thundered: "it is useless to hold an emergency meeting if it leads to nothing", said Nikki Haley, underlining how so far North Korea has violated all the resolutions of the Nations "with impunity" [ ...]
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The assessment and certification of the environmental impact of the United Nations compound ended this week at the “Millevoi” base of the Italian contingent in Lebanon. This was reported by a press release, according to which a team of experts from the United Nations Environmental Management Unit spent several days in the UNP 2-3 base, headquarters of the Joint Task Force Command - Lebanon and under the [...]
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The situation in South Sudan continues to deteriorate with the result that the peace agreement remains largely not implemented, the fighting is rampant in the country and the National Dialogue does not take place ", said the Italian Permanent Representative to the UN, Sebastiano Cardi, speaking in the Security Council after a briefing on the crisis in the youngest country [...]
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