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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO:
"I think the time has come for [NATO] allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions that are put on the use of weapons they have donated to #Ukraine... This is self-defense. Self-defense is enshrined in the #UN Charter. It’s legal and it’s legitimate and we are helping Ukraine upholding that right, and that should include the ability to also strike targets on Russian territory”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oOVIfdRLHw
NATO’s boss wants to free Ukraine to strike inside Russia
NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, has called on allies to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of NATO weapons inside Russian territory. Speaking to ...YouTube
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to halt its Rafah military offensive.
#israel #palestine #gaza #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #rafah #ICJ #InternationalCourtOfJustice #UN
Israel-Gaza war live: Judges at ICJ set to rule on Israel’s offensive amid fears for Rafah
The ruling is part of a wider case at the international court of justice as fierce battles rage in southern city of RafahTom Bryant (The Guardian)
#Myanmar has been caught in a spiral of violence since the #ArakanArmy, last November ended a ceasefire that had largely held since the army took over in a 2021 coup.
#Activists have accused the Arakan Army of targeting the #Rohingya Muslim minority during an offensive in the town of #Buthidaung near the border with #Bangladesh. #MyanmarCrisis
#UN sounds alarm over atrocities as rebels renew fighting with Myanmar’s military junta
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-rakhine-junta-violence-un-rights-b2547975.html
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UN sounds alarm over atrocities as rebels renew fighting against Myanmar’s military junta
Arakan Army rebels accused of targeting Rohingya Muslims in Buthidaung town near Bangladesh borderShweta Sharma (The Independent)
UN stellen Lebensmittelverteilung in Rafah vorerst ein
Seit Monaten sind in Gaza die Lebensmittel knapp. Nun teilten die Vereinten Nationen mit, ihre Lieferungen nach Rafah vorerst einzustellen. Es fehle an Nachschub, zudem könnten die Hilfstruppen nicht sicher arbeiten.
They’ve run out of food.
#UN halts all food distribution in #Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern #Gaza city: https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-jenin-raid-a3320a77a3a6ccff41db2a4bc63e4aa3?taid=664cd6cce1317b0001593b74&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
Israel-Hamas war: UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies
The United Nations says it has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. It also said no aid trucks entered via a pier set up by the U.S. for sea deliveries for the past two days. The U.N.TIA GOLDENBERG (AP News)
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Opinion
On apartheid Israel
When apartheid South Africa came under growing international pressure at the UN, the General Assembly initiated boycotts.
It suspended South Africa, stripping it of its Member State rights & privileges.
The apartheid regime "could no longer be seated, speak or vote at the General Assembly & other UN organs.
"Apartheid South Africa changed course because it became a pariah & isolated regime"
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/20/ostracising-israel-at-the-un-should-be-a-priority
#ApartheidIsrael #UN #UNGA ....2..
Ostracising Israel at the UN should be a priority
A suspension of Israel’s rights and privileges by the UNGA would put much more pressure on it than Palestine membership.Moncef Khane (Al Jazeera)
#FarhanHaq, a #UN spokesperson, said the new smaller numbers reflected those bodies which had been fully identified. The bigger figures included corpses for whom identification has so far not been completed.
#UN denies #Gaza death toll of #women and #children has been revised down | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed
UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/gaza-ministry-revises-figures-for-women-and-children-killed
UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down
Spokesperson says confusion results from Gaza health ministry’s new way of classifying those not yet fully identifiedPeter Beaumont (The Guardian)
National Post
The United Nations (UN) significantly lowers its previously stated casualty list in the Gaza Strip,Ari Blaff (National Post)
How about: you shred the UN charter, you get booted from the UN. Sound fair?
#UN #UnitedNations #Israel #pariahState #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide https://newsie.social/@LALegault/112417832509462850
UN votes to back Palestinian membership, prompting Israeli envoy to shred charter – video
The vote was a resounding expression of world opinion in favour of Palestinian statehood and Israel delivered a fiery denunciation of the resolutionThe Guardian
The UN General Assembly is expected to vote overwhelmingly in favour of enhanced Palestinian membership of the United Nations.
And it could carry far-reaching consequences.
The draft text, co-sponsored by #Ireland among others, will recognise that #Palestine is qualified for full #UN membership and recommend that the Security Council reconsider the matter, after it was blocked by a US veto last month.
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #PalestineWillBeFree
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0510/1448330-un-general-assembly-palestine/
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference
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At a conference meant to address the plastic crisis, pro-plastic messaging was inescapable.
Meanwhile, industry insiders — some positioned as government delegates — were given access to vital negotiations.
#News #Plastic #Environment #UN #Ottawa #Pollution
How the Plastics Industry Invaded the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference
At a conference meant to address the plastic crisis, pro-plastic messaging was inescapable. Meanwhile, industry insiders — some positioned as government delegates — were given access to vital negotiations.ProPublica
UN experts decry mass graves in Gaza. Over 390 bodies found at Nasser and Al Shifa hospitals, “including of women and children, with many reportedly showing signs of torture and summary executions, and potential instances of people buried alive.”
Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds
Agency pushing to raise funds as research shows 44 years of development in health and education could be erased by the warJason Burke (The Guardian)
