News
11 December 2018
EU, Finland and Spain to provide €12.6 million for the payment of social allowances to Palestinian Families
The EU, Finland and Spain have made a €12.6 million contribution (€10 million, €1.6 million, and €1 million respectively) to the Palestinian Authority payment of social allowances to poor families in the Palestinian territories of West Bank and the Gaza Strip....
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10 December 2018
Global Compact for Migration Agreed in Morocco despite major withdrawals
The UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was agreed on 10 December at an intergovernmental conference held in Marrakech, where leaders from more than 150 countries agreed to sign this non-binding pact....
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6 December 2018
UN Assembly rejects US-drafted resolution condemning Hamas
The resolution, strongly backed by Israel, didn't mention the military occupation, the siege of Gaza, nor Israel's attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, and thus, failed to pass as it needed a two-thirds majority....
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4 December 2018
WestMED Conference on blue economy
The Ministerial conference on cooperation on blue economy in the Western Mediterranean took place in Algiers, and ministers from the countries participating adopted a declaration in which they commit to strengthen maritime regional cooperation....
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