Category: United Nations
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Libya/Turkey: Statement by the Spokesperson on a reported agreement on hydrocarbons | European Union EEAS
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The European Union takes note of the reports indicating that Turkey and the Libyan Government of National Unity have signed an agreement on hydrocarbons based on the 2019 Turkey-Libya Memorandum of Understanding on delimitation of maritime jurisdiction areas in the Mediterranean. The EU recalls that its position on this Memorandum has been clearly stated by the…
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Cyprus-Invasion 1974: Incompetence of the Turkish army shocked NATO – WELT
Only a three-week ceasefire, which came about on July 22 under pressure from the USA and NATO, changed the situation. While the fall of the military junta in Athens completely eliminated Greece as a supporter, the Turks increased their troops for their “Operation Atilla II” on the island to 32,000 men, plus numerous tanks, armored troop…
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UN elects new council members including Japan, Switzerland | AP News
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in Albania, Diplomacy, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, News, Politics, Security, Switzerland, United NationsGeneral Assembly President Abdalla Shahid announced the results of the secret-ballot vote and congratulated the winner. It will be Mozambique and Switzerland’s first time serving on the council, Japan’s 12th time, Ecuador’s third time and Malta’s second time. The five new council members will start their terms on Jan. 1, replacing five countries whose two-year…
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Occupied Cyprus: How Turkey has destroyed Christian culture | The Christian Post
Sadly, in the case of the occupation of Cyprus, the West, and NATO have stood with the aggressor and against the victim. This Western incoherency in freely allowing the Turkish occupation of Cyprus undermines the West’s credibility and international authority. For the past 48 years, the rightful owners of the Turkish occupied territory are unable…
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Erdogan should be prosecuted over Syrian offensive: ex-U.N. investigator del Ponte | Reuters
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan should be investigated and indicted for war crimes over his country’s military offensive in Syria, former prosecutor and U.N. investigator Carla del Ponte said in an interview published on Saturday. Del Ponte, a former member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said Turkey’s intervention had broken international law and…