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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.

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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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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.

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Zelenskyy to seek more war support from a dozen countries in southeast Europe

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) | Photo Credit: AP Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is again seeking political and other support on Wednesday (October 9, 2024) from a dozen countries in southeast Europe at a summit in Croatia, whose…