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Address by the President of Guyana against Venezuela

by Mohamed Irfaan Ali

Georgetown (Guyana) | 26 January 2021
[07.01.2021.] I had not anticipated speaking to you in a national broadcast so soon after my New Year’s Day statement.
But a troubling event has occurred concerning our territorial integrity that requires that I speak to you directly, in full transparency, and to keep you fully informed.
As you are aware, Guyana has maintained an Embassy in Venezuela accredited to the Government.
Equally, we have continued to welcome a Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana accredited to our Government.
In (...)

Inaugural Address by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

by Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 20 January 2021
Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, distinguished guests, and my fellow Americans.
This is America’s day.
This is democracy’s day.
A day of history and hope.
Of renewal and resolve.
Through a crucible for the ages America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge.
Today, we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause, the cause of democracy.
The will of the people has been (...)

Iran distributes weapons throughout the Middle East

by Gilad Erdan

New York (USA) | 12 January 2021
I write to you with utmost concern regarding the ongoing malign activities of the Iranian regime, which threaten to destabilize the Middle East and pose a great threat to international peace and security. Further, these activities constitute serious breaches of Security Council resolutions.
I call upon the Security Council to meet urgently in order to discuss, condemn and craft concrete action against Iranian nuclear, ballistic and proliferation activities.
Recently, Iran publicly (...)

The Iran-Al-Qaida Axis according the USA

by Mike Pompeo

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 12 January 2021
Good morning, everyone.
Thank you, Wang Xiyue, for that very kind introduction and those remarkable words, words that were your own. We’re blessed to have you here today.
Look, as a lot – as you said, a lot of people worked really hard to get you home. America never gives up. We never give in. We never leave anybody behind.
We work, every day and every hour – we will continue to do so – to bring back every American held hostage in Iran, all over – and all over the world back to their (...)

Saudi Arabia restores relations with Qatar

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) | 11 January 2021
Pursuant to the outcomes of the forty-first Summit of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) – the “Sultan Qaboos and Sheikh Sabah Summit” – held on 21 Jumada I A.H. 1442, corresponding to 5 January 2021, in Ula governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which stressed the need for Gulf, Arab and Islamic solidarity and stability and the importance of reinforcing the bonds of friendship and brotherhood of the peoples and States of the Council in order to serve interests of (...)

Pentagon trains Guyana to attack Venezuela

by Samuel Moncada

New York (USA) | 11 January 2021
Guyana’s Chief of Staff Gen. Godfrey Bess (left), and U.S. Southern Hemisphere Command Chief (SouthCom) Admiral Craig Faller (right) signed on January 12, 2021 a training agreement.
I have the honour to address Your Excellency, in your capacity as President of the Security Council of the United Nations, the body responsible for ensuring the maintenance of international peace and security, to take the opportunity to denounce recent events that endanger and threaten the peace and security (...)

Massive Israeli bombings in Syria

by Bashar Ja’afari

New York (USA) | 7 January 2021
On instructions from my Government, I should like to convey to you the following information:
On Wednesday, 6 January 2021, at 2310 hours, the Israeli enemy authorities once again attacked the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, in flagrant violation of Security Council resolution 350 (1974) on the Disengagement of Forces Agreement, launching successive rocket bursts at the southern part of the occupied Syrian Golan.
The ongoing State terrorism being perpetrated by the Israeli (...)

Mike Pence letter to Members of Congress

by Mike Pence

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 6 January 2021

The 10 living former U.S. secretaries of defense:

“The time for questioning the election results has passed”

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 4 January 2021
As former secretaries of defense, we hold a common view of the solemn obligations of the U.S. armed forces and the Defense Department. Each of us swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We did not swear it to an individual or a party.
American elections and the peaceful transfers of power that result are hallmarks of our democracy. With one singular and tragic exception that cost the lives of more Americans than all of our (...)

United States recognizes Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara

by Donald Trump

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 10 December 2020
The United States affirms, as stated by previous Administrations, its support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. Therefore, as of today, the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory and reaffirms its support for Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western (...)

End unilateral coercive measures now

New York (USA) | 10 December 2020
Virtual meeting of the Security Council organized according to the Arria formula, on November 25, 2020, on the theme "End unilateral coercive measures now" by the permanent missions of South Africa, China, the Russian Federation, from Niger and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Co-Chairs’ summary Background
1. On 25 November 2020, the Permanent Missions of China, the Niger, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations co-hosted a virtual (...)

EU response to Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, regarding his military operation in the Mediterranean

by Josep Borrell

Brussels (Belgium) | 4 December 2020
I would like to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29 November. I will respond here to the various points you raise. In all friendship and with respect, I must say up front that the accusations made in your letter are based on misrepresentations of facts and misquotes. In any case, our common objective should be to ensure that the arms embargo on Libya imposed by the United Nations Security Council, acting unanimously under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, is fully (...)

The 14 disputes of China to Australia

Beijing (China) | 23 November 2020
The dossier of 14 disputes was handed over by the Chinese embassy in Canberra to Nine News, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in a diplomatic play that appears aimed at pressuring the Morrison government to reverse Australia’s position on key policies.
foreign investment decisions, with acquisitions blocked on opaque national security grounds in contravention of ChAFTA / since 2018, more than 10 Chinse investment projects have been rejected by Australia citing ambigous and unfounded (...)

Ilham Aliyev’s Victory Speech

Baku (Azerbaijan ) | 20 November 2020
Dear fellow countrymen,
I sincerely congratulate you on the liberation of Aghdam district. I heartily congratulate all the people of Aghdam. Dear people of Aghdam, you are no longer IDPs. You will return to your ancestral land.
The liberation of Aghdam district is the result of a trilateral statement signed on 10 November. I have repeatedly said that the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is possible both politically and militarily. We have been trying to (...)

Repression in Jammu and Kashmir

by Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Islamabad (Pakistan) | 20 November 2020
I am writing to you in continuation of my letters of 1, 6, 13 and 26 August, 16 September, 31 October and 12 December 2019 and 9 March, 10 April, 21 May, 1 August and 18 September 2020 on the highly concerning developments in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, marked by grave and systematic violations of human rights; illegal demographic changes in violation of Security Council resolutions, the Charter of the United Nations and international law; and escalating threats to peace (...)

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