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The World Press Freedom Index ( WPFI) is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002 based upon the organization's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year. It intends to reflect the degree of freedom that journalists, news organizations, and netizens ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2720, adopted on 22 December 2023, called for increased aid for the 2023 Gaza humanitarian crisis, including the provisioning of fuel, food, and medical supplies. It also explicitly demanded the opening of all Gaza border crossings to humanitarian aid, including the Kerem Shalom border crossing, [1 ...
UNRWA offices in East Jerusalem, Israeli-occupied West Bank.. In early 2024, Israel made a series of allegations against United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), including that a number of its Gaza Strip staff had participated in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and that hundreds of them were members of militant groups.
Date diplomatic relations established. Relations severed in 2023 during the Israel–Hamas war. 16 Benin — 5 December 1961: Date diplomatic relations established. Relations severed in October 1973, and resumed in July 1992. 17 Bhutan — 12 December 2020: Date diplomatic relations established 18 Bolivia: 22 February 1949
Adopted. United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/21 is a resolution of the tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly relating to the Israel–Hamas war. It called for an "immediate and sustained" humanitarian truce and cessation of hostilities, condemned "all acts of violence aimed at Palestinian and ...
President. Dennis Francis. Website. www .un .org /en /ga /. The Seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 5 September 2023, and is the ongoing session of the United Nations General Assembly. The President of the General Assembly is from Latin American and Caribbean Group .
The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states, referred to as Commonwealth countries. [1] Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies . No government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union. Rather, the Commonwealth is an international ...
Procedures and background. On 27 October 2023, the General Assembly passed resolution ES-10/21 calling for a humanitarian truce with a 121 votes for, 14 against and 44 abstentions. [1] ES-10/22 followed a similar motion calling for an immediate ceasefire and release of hostages in the UN Security Council (UNSC) proposed by the UAE.