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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS |
| Ø Pakistan meeting point for US, China: envoy
https://www.dawn.com/news/1815895 Ø Dispatch from Munich: The lessons of appeasement for US lawmakers withholding support for Ukraine Ø Governing Gaza after the War: The Regional Perspectives https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/02/16/governing-gaza-after-war-regional-perspectives-pub-91663 Ø U.S. Policy and the Israel-Hamas War: A Conversation with Ambassador David Satterfield Ø Two Years of War in Ukraine: Timeline to Invasion https://ukraine.wilsoncenter.org/article/two-years-war-ukraine-timeline-invasion Ø Pakistan Can’t Stop the Cycle of Discontent https://www.hudson.org/politics-government/pakistan-cant-stop-cycle-discontent-husain-haqqani Ø The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): Overview and the U.S. Funding Pause https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12316 Ø Pakistan urges stronger UN peacekeeping https://dailytimes.com.pk/1172609/pakistan-urges-stronger-un-peacekeeping/ Ø Pakistan criticizes UN Security Council’s ‘paralysis’ following US veto on Gaza ceasefire resolution https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2463836/pakistan Ø Situation Analysis of Child Online Protection in Pakistan https://www.unicef.org/pakistan/documents/situation-analysis-child-online-protection-pakistan Ø Humanitarian leaders unite in urgent plea for Gaza https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146837 Ø Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146792 Ø Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – Public hearings https://www.icj-cij.org/multimedia/203577 Ø Two years of the Ukraine conflict: ‘This war should never have started’ https://news.un.org/en/interview/2024/02/1146752 Ø Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146667 Ø We all want an Afghanistan at peace, UN chief says in Doha |
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RUSSIA & EUROPE |
| Ø Over 300 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s fiercest foe
https://apnews.com/article/russia-alexei-navalny-death-prison-putin-d0121f49840ee1cd6fbf94f6d7249e1b Ø Two years after Putin ordered a war on Ukraine, what’s changed in Russia? Ø US sanctions 500 Russia-linked targets ahead of Ukraine war anniversary Ø EU approves new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/eu-approves-new-sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine-war Ø Hungary, Sweden sign fighter jet deal before NATO membership vote Ø ‘Not losing’ is not enough: it’s time for Europe to finally get serious about a Ukrainian victory Ø Europe’s security elite braces for Trump, searches for backup plans https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/18/munich-security-conference-trump-nato-europe/ |
