Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Dmitry Polyansky, on X social media, Saturday (3/2) wrote that Russia in a UN Security Council emergency meeting has requested to discuss the threat against international peace due to the U.S. attack on Iraq and Syria. He hoped the meeting could be held on Monday (5/3).
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday asked donor countries to guarantee the continuity of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine - UNRWA. The statement was given after some countries announced to temporarily stop donations to the agency because of the allegation of UNWRA's staff in Hamas attack against Israel on October 7.
The Non-Aligned Movement under the chairmanship of Uganda held its 19th Summit in Kampala, Uganda on January 19-20, 2024 on "Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence". The summit was attended by 121 member countries as well as some other countries and international organizations such as U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The summit resulted in four documents, including the Non-Aligned Movement Political Declaration that encouraged the peace realization in Palestine.
Taiwanese presidential candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Lai Ching-te won the Taiwanese general election on Saturday (14/01/2024). Lai defeated his rival Hu Yu-ih from the Chinese Nationalist Party or Kuomintang with more than 900,000 votes. Lai will be inaugurated along with his vice president Hsiao Bi-khim on May 20.