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President Ersin Tatar met Turkish Cypriots in State of New York

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Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov says that Washington carried out the terrorist attack in Lebanon together with Israel.

Washington was involved in the terrorist attack on Lebanon using civilian technologies and they will deny it just like they denied involvement in NordStream pipeline sabotage.

Israel and America, brothers in genocide.

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Queen Máxima Is present at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly today. September 24, 2024.

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The Palestinian Permanent Mission to the UN submitted a first draft resolution, Tuesday, to the General Assembly demanding Israel end its presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories within 12 months, Anadolu Agency reports. The move came after the General Assembly granted the mission additional rights and privileges to participate at the UN. An emergency session was held at the 79th UN General Assembly on the legal consequences of Israel’s activities in Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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Earthshot 2024 Update

Earthshot made an announcement two days ago that was promptly buried by Sussex PR.

In case anyone else missed it (I definitely did!): Earthshot will be announcing the 2024 finalists on September 24, 2024.

The announcement will be made as part of the Earthshot Innovation Summit, hosted by Earthshot and Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Summit will take place in New York City during Climate Week and the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly.

Here’s the link to read more.

Details about the 2023 summit are here, so you can see get an idea of what to expect for the 2024 summit. Look at all the star power that turned out!

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Donald Trump’s joint appearance with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the battleground state of Pennsylvania has been canceled, according to a source familiar with the Republican presidential candidate's plans.

Trump and Duda had been planning to attend the unveiling of a monument at the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on Sunday. The shrine, named after the southern Polish city that is home to a famous Black Madonna painting, is an important site for Polish-Americans. If the event had gone forward, it would have marked a rare instance of a foreign leader appearing alongside a U.S. presidential candidate on the campaign trail. It was not immediately clear why the appearance was canceled or if Trump would meet Duda at another time or place. Voters of Central and Eastern European descent have become highly sought after in the final weeks of the race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. Pennsylvania, in particular, is home to a sizeable Ukrainian-American and Polish-American population. As the state is among the most competitive in the nation, this demographic could help determine the outcome of the election. Harris has said that Trump would fail to stand up to aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin if he wins the November 5 election, a claim the Trump campaign denies. A Who’s Who of foreign leaders will be arriving in the United States in the coming days for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. The Polish embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was a guest at Day 1 of the SDG Media Zone to talk about climate change, his docu-series "An Optimists Guide To The Planet" and hope for future generations.

📌 New York - 79th Session of the UN General Assembly

📆 September 23, 2024

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India, Germany, Japan, Brazil call for urgent reform of UNSC

The four countries, which are all claimants for permanent seats in the UNSC, stressed a comprehensive reform of the Security Council as an essential part of any endeavour to make the UN better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities.

The ”Group of Four” countries, which includes India, Germany, Japan, and Brazil, have again called for an urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through text-based negotiations.

The four countries, which are all claimants for permanent seats in the UNSC, stressed a comprehensive reform of the Security Council as an essential part of any endeavour to make the UN better reflect contemporary geopolitical realities and thus fit for the present and future.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock, Japan Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, and Brazil Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira met Monday on the margins of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly to discuss the prospects for a reform of the UNSC.

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If I were the Secretary General of the UN, I would have invited Hatsune Miku to make a speech at the 79th Session of the General Assembly.

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"The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, has just issued her new report in conjunction with the 79th session of the General Assembly, titled “Genocide as colonial erasure.”

The report comes on the heels of her March report, “Anatomy of a genocide” in which Albanese concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the threshold indicating the commission of the crime of genocide has been met in Gaza. The current report, however, expands the analysis to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and shows how Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians throughout the entirety of the occupied territory that it controls."

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24 September 2024: King Abdullah II called on all countries to join Jordan in enforcing an international Gaza Humanitarian Gateway.

Delivering Jordan’s address at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Majesty said the gateway would be “a massive relief effort to deliver food, clean water, medicine, and other vital supplies to those in desperate need”.

“Humanitarian aid should never be a tool of war,” the King continued in his speech, attended by His Royal Highness Prince Hashem bin Abdullah II.

His Majesty noted that almost a year into the war on Gaza, the world has failed politically, “but our humanity must not fail the people of Gaza any longer”.

The King urged the international community to establish a protection mechanism for the Palestinians across the occupied territories.

Turning to the dangerous developments in Lebanon, His Majesty said the escalation in Lebanon has to stop, stressing that no country in the region benefits from escalation.

“Our United Nations is facing a crisis that strikes at its very legitimacy”, said the King, stressing that the harsh reality many see is that some nations are above international law.

This Israeli government, His Majesty said, has killed more children, more journalists, more aid workers, and more medical personnel than any other war in recent memory.

The King stressed that the unprecedented scale of terror unleashed on Gaza is beyond any justification.

His Majesty warned of extremists who are taking the region to the brink of an all-out war, including those who continue to propagate the idea of Jordan as an alternative homeland.

“We will never accept the forced displacement of Palestinians, which is a war crime,” the King affirmed, noting that consecutive Israeli governments have rejected peace and chosen confrontation instead.

His Majesty stressed that Palestinians have borne more than 57 years of occupation and oppression, but the brutality of the war on Gaza has forced the world to look closer.

Over the past years of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the King said the global community had taken the path of least resistance, paying lip service to the two-state solution

“My father was a man who fought for peace to the very end. And, like him, I refuse to leave my children, or your children, a future we have given up on,” His Majesty concluded.

Following is the full text of His Majesty’s speech:

“In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Mr President,

Mr Secretary General,

Your Excellencies:

Over the past quarter-century, I have stood at this podium amidst regional conflicts, global upheavals, and humanitarian crises that have profoundly tested our global community.

It often feels that there was not a moment when our world was not in turmoil. And yet, I cannot recall a time of greater peril than this.

Our United Nations is facing a crisis that strikes at its very legitimacy and threatens a collapse of global trust and moral authority.

The UN is under attack—literally and figuratively.

For nearly a year, the sky-blue flag flying over UN shelters and schools in Gaza has been powerless to protect innocent civilians from Israeli military bombardment.

UN aid trucks sit motionless just miles away from starving Palestinians. Humanitarian workers who proudly wear the emblem of this institution are disparaged and targeted. And the rulings of the UN’s International Court of Justice are defied, its opinions disregarded.

So it’s no surprise that both inside and outside this Hall, trust in UN’s cornerstone principles and ideals is crumbling.

The harsh reality many see is that some nations are above international law, that global justice does bend to the will of power, and that human rights are selective; a privilege to be granted or denied at will.

We cannot stand for that, and we must recognise that undermining our international institutions and global frameworks is one of the gravest threats to our global security today.

Ask yourselves, if we are not nations united in the conviction that all people are equal in rights, dignity, and worth, and that all countries are equal in the eyes of the law, what kind of world does that leave us with?

Your Excellencies,

The attacks of October 7 on Israeli civilians last year were condemned by countries all over the world, including Jordan, but the unprecedented scale of terror unleashed on Gaza since that day is beyond any justification.

The Israeli government’s assault has resulted in one of the fastest death rates in recent conflicts, one of the fastest rates of starvation caused by war, the largest cohort of child amputees, and unprecedented levels of destruction.

This Israeli government has killed more children, more journalists, more aid workers, and more medical personnel than any other war in recent memory.

And let us not forget the attacks on the West Bank. There, since October 7, the Israeli government has killed more than 700 Palestinians, among them, 160 children. Palestinians held in Israeli detention centres exceed 10,700, including 400 women and 730 children—730 children. Over 4,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes and lands. Armed settler violence has surged. And entire villages have been displaced.

And in Jerusalem, flagrant violations of the historical and legal status quo at Muslim and Christian Holy Sites continue unabated, under the protection and encouragement of members of the Israeli government.

To be clear, this is in the West Bank, not Gaza.

Almost 42,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7.

So is it any wonder that many are questioning, how can this war not be perceived as deliberately targeting the Palestinians?

The level of civilian suffering cannot be written off as unavoidable collateral.

I grew up a soldier, in a region that is all too familiar with conflict. But there is nothing familiar about this war and the violence unleashed since October 7.

In the absence of global accountability, repeated horrors are normalised, threatening to create a future where anything is permitted anywhere in the world. Is that what we want?

Now is the time to ensure the protection of the Palestinian people. It is the moral duty of this international community to establish a protection mechanism for them across the occupied territories. This will guarantee the safety of Palestinians and Israelis from extremists who are taking our region to the brink of an all-out war.

That includes those who continue to propagate the idea of Jordan as an alternative homeland. So let me be very, very clear—that will never happen. We will never accept the forced displacement of Palestinians, which is a war crime.

No country in the region benefits from escalation. We have seen that clearly in the dangerous developments in Lebanon over the past few days. This has to stop.

For years, the Arab world has extended a hand to Israel through the Arab Peace Initiative, offering full recognition and normalisation in exchange for peace. But consecutive Israeli governments, emboldened by years of impunity, have rejected peace and chosen confrontation instead.

Impunity gathers force. Left unchecked, it gains momentum.

Palestinians have borne more than 57 years of occupation and oppression. During this time, the Israeli government has been allowed to cross one red line after another.

But now, Israel’s decades-long impunity is becoming its own worst enemy.

And the consequences are everywhere.

The Israeli government has been accused of genocide at the ICJ. Expressions of outrage at its conduct are echoing around the world. Cities everywhere have seen mass protests, and calls for sanctions are growing louder.

International frustration with Israel has long been mounting, but it has never been more exposed.

For decades, Israel has projected itself as a thriving Western-styled democracy in the Middle East.

But the brutality of the war on Gaza has forced the world to look closer.

Now, many see Israel through the eyes of its victims. And the contradiction, the paradox, is too jarring.

The modern, advanced Israel admired from afar, and the Israel that Palestinians have experienced firsthand simply cannot co-exist. Israel will eventually be entirely one or the other.

That is the choice its leaders and its people will have to make. To live by the democratic values of freedom, justice, and equality for all, or to risk further isolation and rejection.

Over and over, we have watched Israel try to achieve security through military means. Each escalation is followed by a pause, until the next, deadlier one.

And for years, the global community has taken the path of least resistance—accepting the status quo of the ongoing military occupation of Palestinians, all the while paying lip service to the two-state solution.

But it has never been more evident that the current status quo is untenable. And, as the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion underscored two months ago, it is unequivocally illegal.

The Court’s opinion bears a moral imperative to us all. The obligation it carries is one that our nations cannot afford to ignore—for the sake of our world, as well as the future for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

Because both peoples deserve to live their lives in dignity, free of violence and fear.

And the only way to achieve that is a just peace, one grounded in international law, justice, equal rights, and mutual recognition.

That is something we, as nations and people everywhere, can and must unite around.

Your Excellencies,

The world is watching, and history will judge us by the courage we show.

And it’s not just the future that will hold us accountable, so will the people of the here and now.

They will judge whether we, as the United Nations, will surrender to inaction, or will fight to uphold the principles that anchor this institution and our world.

Right now, they are asking whether we will stand by as parents watch their children waste away, as doctors watch their patients die for lack of basic medical supplies, and as more innocent lives are lost, because the world failed to act.

This war must end. Hostages and detainees must return home. But every day we wait is one day too long for far too many.

So I call on all countries to join Jordan in enforcing an international Gaza Humanitarian Gateway—a massive relief effort to deliver food, clean water, medicine, and other vital supplies to those in desperate need. Because humanitarian aid should never be a tool of war.

Whatever our politics, one truth is undeniable—no people should have to endure such unprecedented suffering, abandoned and alone. We cannot surrender the future to those who thrive on division and conflict.

I urge all nations of conscience to unite with Jordan in the critical weeks ahead on this mission.

Almost a year into this war, our world has failed politically, but our humanity must not fail the people of Gaza any longer.

Echoing the words of my father from 64 years ago, at the 15th session of the General Assembly, I pray that this community of nations may have the courage to decide wisely and fearlessly, and will act with the urgent resolve that this crisis and our conscience demand.

My father was a man who fought for peace to the very end. And, like him, I refuse to leave my children, or your children, a future we have given up on.

Thank you.”

The Jordanian delegation at the 79th Session of the UNGA included Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Director of the Office of His Majesty Alaa Batayneh, and Jordan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Mahmoud Hmoud.

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President Ersin Tatar meets Ambassador from Switzerland

President Ersin Tatar meets Ambassador from Switzerland President Ersin Tatar has met with Christoph Burgener, Ambassador of Switzerland accredited to the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus. Continue reading President Ersin Tatar meets Ambassador from Switzerland

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The United Nations will meet in September for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, as well as the highly-anticipated “Summit of the Future” where nations will sign the so-called “Pact for the Future”.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/international-news/the-summit-of-the-future-and-the-pact-for-the-future-will-rapidly-expand-the-technocratic-takeover

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Queen Máxima attends the 79th session of the UN General Assembly today. September 24, 2024.

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THE Government on Friday denied that it has been engaging in arbitrary detention or repatriation of Haitians, insisting that Jamaica is compliant with local and international best practices. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith told the Senate that the Government has to engage in a difficult balancing act in managing illegal Haitian migrants, noting that accepting and catering to them is at significant cost to Jamaican taxpayers. Johnson Smith, who was responding to a query on the matter from Opposition Senator Sophia Frazer Binns, said that the Haitians who come to Jamaica’s shores illegally are treated humanely and that no one is returned to their country without the consent of the Haitian Government. “What I can assure you is that Jamaica is compliant with our policy and best practice. We are also in touch with the Haitian Government, and I am in touch with my counterpart [Haitian Foreign Minister] Dominique Dupuy. All Haitians who have been repatriated have been repatriated with the consent of the Haitian Government, and with their prior notification. They have been treated with dignity and there have been no random or arbitrary detentions,” she said. Frazer Binns’ question was prompted by a statement presented by Johnson Smith on Jamaica’s participation in the 79th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York last month at which Johnson Smith touched on the Haiti situation. Frazer Binns asked if an investigation had commenced into alleged abuse and arbitrary detention of Haitians who arrive illegally in Jamaica as well as the denial of legal representation, and whether the actions the country has embarked on are in keeping with the international refugee policy. Johnson Smith went on to explain that not all Haitians that come to Jamaica’s shores are vulnerable people seeking refuge from the humanitarian crisis in that country, as criminals have been discovered among them and have had to be detained.

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Poland’s president has urged American citizens of Polish heritage to cast their votes in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

During a visit to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa—a Polish American Roman Catholic shrine in Pennsylvania—Andrzej Duda said on Sunday that a strong America was crucial for Europe and, in particular, Poland.

Voters of Central and Eastern European descent have become highly sought after in the final weeks of the race between Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.

Pennsylvania, in particular, is home to a sizeable Ukrainian American and Polish American population. As the state is among the most competitive in the nation, this demographic could help determine the outcome of the election.

Addressing the audience at the shrine, Duda said: “You [Polish Americans] live far away; your voice is important for Poland, for its security, for its survival… Your political strength, your votes cast in American elections, decide the future of America but also the future of Poland.

“I ask you to go to the American elections. Not only the upcoming presidential election, but every election, so that the strength of the Polish community in America determines the strength of the homeland.”

Duda had been invited to the shrine to unveil a new memorial to the Polish anti-communist workers’ “Solidarity” movement, which fought to overthrow Poland’s communist regime in the 1980s. The Polish president had been planning to attend the unveiling ceremony with ally Trump. However, the Duda-Trump meeting was canceled. On Monday, Marcin Mastalerek, head of the Polish president’s office, told private Polish broadcaster RMF FM that “security issues” were the reason for the cancellation. “It is a huge area. And this was a few days after the second assassination attempt on Trump,” Mastalerek added. Meanwhile, Trump took to the social media platform Truth Social, which he owns, to say: “This is a wonderful day for our amazing PolishAmerican community. “My great friend, Polish President Andrzej Duda, is at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to honor and remember the brave heroes who fought for Poland’s independence after World War II.”

A Who’s Who of foreign leaders have been arriving in the United States for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, with the most high-profile week opening on Tuesday. Asked whether Duda would meet Trump in New York, Mastalerek said there were no plans for such a meeting. “A meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden would certainly take place on Wednesday, during the U.S. president’s annual reception for world leaders,” Mastalerek added. The 2024 United States presidential election is set to be held on November 5.