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Quartet Calls for $1.1 Billion to Support Palestinian Authority

Quartet Calls for $1.1 Billion to Support Palestinian Authority

The Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) issued a statement on 11th April 2012 regarding developments in negotiations between Israel, Palestine and the Quartet. Among…

Commonwealth Delegation to Investigate Maldives Leadership Change

Commonwealth Delegation to Investigate Maldives Leadership Change

A Commonwealth delegation has been dispatched to investigate the circumstances under which the former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, resigned from power on 7th February 2012. A ministerial mission…

Judge Peter Tomka Elected President of International Court of Justice

Judge Peter Tomka Elected President of International Court of Justice

The new President of the International Court of Justice will be Judge Peter Tomka of Slovakia. He will be assisted by the newly elected Vice President, Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor of…

Secretary General of the Arab League Denounces Shelling of Homs

Secretary General of the Arab League Denounces Shelling of Homs

The Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Dr Nabil El Araby, has denounced the Syrian shelling of protesters in the city of Homs. Dr Nabil warned against violence…

Palestinian and Israeli Negotiators Meet Tony Blair in Jordan for Peace Talks

Palestinian and Israeli Negotiators Meet Tony Blair in Jordan for Peace Talks

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators met with Tony Blair on 3rd January 2012 in Amman, Jordan, as part of Quartet talks aimed at restarting peace negotiations between the two parties. Robert…

What’s In a Name? Macedonia and Greece Agree to Resume Talks Over Title

What’s In a Name? Macedonia and Greece Agree to Resume Talks Over Title

Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have agreed to resume talks over the naming of the Republic of Macedonia. The United Nations will mediate discussions between the two…

Clashes Mar South Sudan’s Newfound Independence

Clashes Mar South Sudan’s Newfound Independence

Clashes in Jonglei district of South Sudan have tested the young government of the newly independent state with a battalion of blue helmets having to be drafted in to Pibor…

President Johnson Sirleaf “Proudly Accepts” Another Term as President

President Johnson Sirleaf “Proudly Accepts” Another Term as President

The National Elections Commission of Liberia has announced preliminary results that indicate the incumbent President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has won another term in office. The other contender for the position, Winston…

Liberia Goes to the Polls as UN Confirms Two Deaths

Liberia Goes to the Polls as UN Confirms Two Deaths

Liberia goes to the polls on 9th November 2011 to elect a new president for the West African nation. Nobel laureate and incumbent candidate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the United…

Eastern European Representation on UN Security Council Remains Undecided

Eastern European Representation on UN Security Council Remains Undecided

Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo will take their seats as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council in 2012-2013. However, the fifth seat for Eastern Europe remains unfilled as more…

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