A 2022 initiative, resolution76/262, calls for the UN’s most representative body to meet within 10 days if the veto is used in the Security Council by one of its permanent members – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – who are granted this special voting power. During a Council meeting on…
In a vote of 12 in favour to one against, with two abstentions, the Council did not adopt a draft resolution that would have recommended the General Assembly to hold a vote with the broader UN membership to allow Palestine to join as a full UN Member State. The draft resolution is among the shortest…
At the same time, a full six months since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel prompted an unprecedented Israeli military response, former residents of Khan Younis just north of Rafah are already returning to the shattered city – a move that aid teams cautioned against, given the absence of stockpiled supplies. “The planning is underway for…
The proposal for the referral, made by Ambassador Vanessa Frazier of Malta, Security Council President for April, received no objections from the body’s 15 members. “Unless I hear a proposal to the contrary, I shall refer to the Committee of Admission of New Members, the request that renewed consideration be given to the application of…
NATO once again gives the green flag to Ukraine; Photo: Reuters Vilnius: No progress was made on the membership of Russia-imposed war-torn Ukraine at the summit of NATO, the Western military alliance. According to the World News Agency, the declaration of the NATO summit held in Lithuania said that the future of Ukraine is related…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that before the approval of the Turkish Parliament for Sweden’s accession to the NATO alliance, the way for Turkey’s accession to the European Union should be paved. Negotiations for Turkey to become a member of the European Union began in 2005, when Tayyip Erdogan was the prime minister. But…
Rahul Gandhi’s membership was suspended for indirectly mocking Modi; Photo: File New Delhi: An Indian court rejected opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal against the disqualification sentence in the defamation case. According to Indian media, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from holding any public office for making fun of Modi’s name. Rahul Gandhi was also…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Iran’s membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be formally approved at the proposed meeting on July 4. This was announced by the Russian Foreign Minister in his speech at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Center in Moscow. He said that a memorandum of understanding…
Russia’s ambassador in Cairo, Georgy Boryshenko, has announced that Egypt has applied to join BRICS. The Russian ambassador said in an interview to the news agency that the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) are working to trade in alternative currencies, whether it is the national currency of these countries or a new…
