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in foreign policy and internal tensions jeopardize Sri
Lanka
International Community seeks swift return to constitutional
order in Niger
more UN
Secretary-General is closely following developments
in Niger and is receiving regular updates from his
Special Representative for West Africa, Said Djinnit.
It would be...
Top UN envoy intensifies talks in Côte d'Ivoire
to ensure elections
remain on course
more The
top United Nations envoy in Côte d'Ivoire is
holding intensive talks with all sides in the divided
West African country to ensure that last week’s
dissolution of the Government...
Creation of a military base in Abkhazia contradicts
the commitments undertaken by Russia
more On
18 February 2010, NATO made a comment on the creation
of a Russian-Abkhazian joint military base, in particular,
alliance spokeswoman Carmen Romero stated. "The
North...
EU, UN and United States pledge to improve their
coordination in Haiti
more After
attending an informal meeting of European development
ministers at La Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia,
the three main players in rebuilding Haiti after
the earthquake...
Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer
leaves UNFCCC secretariat
more
(pdf) Mr. Yvo de Boer has announced today that
he will resign his position as Executive Secretary
of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change as...
Iran is a brutal tyranny, Israel PM Netanyahu
told Jewish Organizations
more Netanyahu:
In Iran, there has been the exposing of this regime,
not only by its nature and the fact that they gun
down demonstrators, that there is a popular movement
that...
Iran continues to subvert Iraq, U.S. officials
say
more As
national elections in Iraq loom on the horizon, Iran
continues to subvert its western neighbor’s
security and political infrastructure, top American
military officials said...
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Interview MEP Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
on TFTP Agreement
more Following U.S. concerns that this vote may jeopardize
joint counterterrorist efforts, ISRIA asked MEP Hennis-Plasschaert
whether the EP's vote inaugurates...
U.S.-EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement reviewed
more The
U.S.-EU PNR agreement sets forth commitments for the processing
and transfer of PNR for flights between EU Member States and
the United States. The agreement includes...
U.S. State Department Senior Official reviewed Anti-Piracy
Efforts
more Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman: I’ll stress
three general areas where we think there has been not dramatic
progress, but steady progress in being...
Encouraging signs in Timor-Leste but core challenges persist,
Ban warns
more Many
of the underlying causes that contributed to the 2006 political
crisis in Timor-Leste remain, despite recent encouraging signs,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns...
A Russian-Abkhazian summit has taken place
more Dmitry
Medvedev and President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh discussed,
in particular, Russian assistance for Abkhazia’s social
and economic development and...
Ahmadinejad dismissed impacts
of new sanctions on Iran
more At
a press conference, he told that latest Clinton's
remarks reflect what the US is doing now rather than
the Iranian government. He said that Iran produces
20 percent...
Belarus, Moldova sign agreement on economic cooperation
in 2010-2013
more Belarus
and Moldova are interested in expansion of the trade
and economic cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister of
Belarus Ivan Bambiza noted during the opening of...
NATO looks forward to deepening cooperation with
Pakistan
more The
Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shah Mahmood
Qureshi, visited NATO and met with Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Minister Qureshi also addressed...
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#109
 Change
in foreign policy and internal tensions jeopardize Sri
Lanka Former Army Commander and Chief of Defence Staff
of Sri Lanka, General (Retd.) Sarath Fonseka was arrested
by the Military Police...
 Gbagbo
complicates already tense Côte d'Ivoire's politics The
presidential poll in the world’s biggest cocoa producer
and politically divided Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
has been repeatedly postponed...
 Towards
a real breakthrough in Chad-Sudan peace process? Since
later 2007, United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has
been in place to try to quell the violence in Darfur, where
an estimated...
 Helping
Greece strengthens the European Union The media
warned that the single currency of the European Union,
the Euro, could collapse because of the financial crisis
in Greece. Worse, the financial...
 Russia
and China view the changing world differently In
their speeches at the 46th Munich Security Conference (2010),
the Russian and Chinese Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov
and Yang...
 Qatar,
when 'small' means 'strategic' in the Persian Gulf Recently,
Qatar has been particularly active on the Mideast scene.
On 28 January 2010, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad...
 Security
in India has improved but hostile groups active Overall,
the security situation in India has improved and the number
of security incidents has gone down in 2009 as compared to
2008. However...
 Cyber
threat now a diplomatic and intelligence priority? U.S.
President Barack Obama made clear two months into his presidency
that cybersecurity would be a top priority. On 12 January
2010...
 Disagreement
between parties still prevents solution in Western Sahara A
fifth session of official negotiations on Western Sahara
is planned on 10-11 February 2010. The meeting will take
place in...
 Turkmenistan
and France strengthen bilateral economic relations Turkmenistan
has gained importance as a major hydrocrabon producer in
the Caspian Sea region and its energy sector...
 Europe
remains central to United States' security In
a speech on 29 January 2010 at l'Ecole Militaire (Military
School) in Paris, France, U.S. Secretay of State Hillary
Clinton stressed the partnership between the...
 Tensions
over Taiwan make unlikely new sanctions against Iran Tension
is rising over Iran. Yet this is an unrelated issue that
could prevent the United States and its allies from further
sanctioning Iran for...
 Continuing
tensions between communities in Northern Kosovo Recent
information from the United Nations showed that "Northern
Kosovo remains a flashpoint of tensions" between Kosovo
Serb and Kosovo...
 Yemen
could become failed state, top official declared In
an official statement delivered by the state news agency Saba
News, Yemen FM Abu Bakr al-Qirbi has stated that his
country "is facing the danger...
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