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India Gears up to be UNSC Non-Permanent Member with 'Five S' Approach - Diplomacy24.com. Ahead of the vote for the position of a non-permanent member at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the next term, India launched its priorities for its candidature for the elections – scheduled to take place on June 17.
Aiming to become a UNSC non-permanent member for the eighth time, India is standing unopposed for the Asia-Pacific seat in the category. Launching India’s priorities for its UNSC non-permanent member candidature, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar last week highlighted the four challenges that are looming upon international peace and security, which included the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has triggered grave health and economic repercussions across the world. Among other challenges, he spoke about traditional and non-traditional security challenges, such as terrorism, that continue to grow unchecked, and global institutions that are unreformed and under-representative. “India can play a positive global role in this extraordinary situation. Amid BLM protests in US, American Diplomats Face Dilemma.
Amid the powerful ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests going on across the entire United States in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, President Donald Trump administration has come under severe criticism over the management of the crisis.
As the protests that started in the US spread across the globe, US diplomats at missions overseas are struggling to position themselves in such unprecedented situations. While some US ambassadors, including career diplomats in Foreign Service, have voiced their support to the protests escalating back home, many other diplomats are facing condemnation and critical response from foreign adversaries like China and Iran. As per media reports, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently questioned Hong Kong’s government’s move for rejecting peaceful vigil marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.
Bolsonaro Accused of Totalitarianism as the Official Site Gets Wiped off of COVID-19 Tally. On Friday night the Brazil’s official health website was taken offline as the cumulative numbers were stopped from releasing.
On Saturday as the site came back online, it was lacking any COVID-19 tally. Bolsonaro Deserves to be Impeached – Former Brazilian President. North Dakota Company Touted by Trump wins Billion-Dollar Contract for Border Wall Construction. A North Dakota construction company that has been regularly publicized by President Trump and his allies, has bagged the billion dollar contract for border wall construction.
The value of border wall contract is more than $1.2 billion, a US Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson reported to CNN on Tuesday. Fisher Sand and Gravel, a North Dakota company won this contract for “border barrier infrastructure” on May 6. This contract deal was reported by The Arizona Daily Star, though it is still not announced by Defense Department or the Customs and Border Protection. President Donald Trump has regularly touted Fisher Sand and Gravel, although there are numerous red flags to this company in the past. The history of this company includes fines of more than $1 million for environmental and tax violations. A former co-owner of the company pleaded guilty to tax fraud a decade ago and is now imprisoned. 'Yellow Economic Circle' Altering the Face of Hong Kong Politics Through Economy. After months of street protests, Hong Kong is becoming unprecedently “color-coded”.
Shops and restaurants are being labeled as either ‘yellow’ to show support to the pro-democracy movement or ‘blue’ in support of the police and government establishments. Hong residents have termed the pro-democracy campaign by the restaurants and other businesses as part of the “yellow economic circle” – an informal association of thousands of businesses and retailers supporting the protest movement against the anti-extradition bill. It is being visualized as a peaceful means for people to extend support to the protest movement amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Something that started with small eateries offering food and drinks to pro-democracy protestors last year, it has expanded into a mammoth circle of variety of businesses from hair salons to lawyers joining in to continue the movement.
Many of these businesses display pro-movement posters and slogans to identify themselves. In an Attempt to Curb Coronavirus Pandemic Spread, U.S. is Expelling Hundreds of Child Migrants. Group of children as young as 10 years can be seen swimming across the Rio Grande, crossing the US-Mexico border through the dense brush of Texas, who are young migrants and asylum seekers.
Citing the Coronavirus pandemic spread, Trump administration is expelling child migrants rapidly. Fauci to Issue Stark Warnings to Senate against Premature Opening in U.S., Points Out at Probable ‘Needless Suffering and Death’ Dr.
Anthony S. Fauci, top infectious disease expert in the U.S. intends to warn the Senate on Tuesday against the government’s plans of opening the country as a step towards reviving the economy. He is planning to put forward his reservations and warnings to Senate that this decision might only lead to ‘needless suffering and death’ in the country which is struggling with constant spikes in positive coronavirus cases.
Dr. Fauci is at the center of Trump’s administration response team against the Coronavirus. Dr. Taking this opportunity of speaking in a high profile hearing, Dr. In an email to New York Times late Monday night, Dr. Dr. Get the Latest Diplomacy News - Diplomacy 24.