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US Envoy: UNSC Is Avoiding Real Debate on Mideast Peace
July 31, 2019
In remarks to the UN Security Council, the US President's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt criticized the Council’s history of “heavily negotiated, purposely ambiguously worded resolutions” as a way for the body “to avoid substantive debate” about a realistic resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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UN Body Targets Israel as “Obstacle” to Women’s Rights
July 29, 2019
The Times of Israel reports that members of the UN Economic and Social Council - including Saudi Arabia and Iran - have targeted Israel and no other country over alleged violations of women’s rights, adopting a resolution citing the “Israeli occupation” as a “major obstacle” to the fulfillment of the rights of Palestinian women.
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Podesta Calls for New Legal Regime for “Climate Migrants”
July 26, 2019
John Podesta of the Center for American Progress argues that global governance institutions must develop an adequate legal framework to account for hundreds of millions of “climate migrants” displaced by extreme weather events brought on by global warming in the near future.
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US Blocks UNSC Resolution on Israeli Demolition of Buildings
July 26, 2019
Reuters reports that US officials have blocked the introduction of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution condemning Israel’s destruction of apartment buildings, most of which are still under construction, which Israeli authorities argued were built illegally and too close to the West Bank security barrier.
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UN Officials: Israeli Destruction of Homes Violates Law
July 26, 2019
A statement by three UN officials criticizes as a violation of Israel’s international legal obligations an Israeli Supreme Court decision approving the destruction of homes in the community of Sur Bahir because the buildings were constructed too close to the West Bank security barrier.
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