“In the current situation of emergency, the United Nations mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) assumes a fundamental stabilisation role. The safety and security of United Nations peacekeepers is paramount; we call on all parties to protect and support the important mission of UNIFIL. ” – EU HR Josep Borrell.
ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC is filing applications for arrest warrants before “Pre-Trial Chamber I” of the International Criminal Court (ICC) related to the “Situation in the State of Palestine”: against Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif), Ismail Haniyeh, and Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu, and MoD Yoav Gallant.
The European Union offers its condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian and other Iranian officials involved in the helicopter crash on Sunday. Russian Prime Minister Mishustin noted the “great personal contribution” of Raisi to “strengthening friendly and good-neighborly Russian-Iranian relations”.
At his inauguration, Taiwanese President Lai delivered his address titled “Building a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous new Taiwan.”
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Friday, heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli military operations under way in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
The law will cause rifts within Georgia and further harm the country’s international standing and its European future, warn leading MEPs in the joint statement.
The European Union urges Israel to end its military operation in Rafah immediately: “This operation is further disrupting the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza and is leading to more internal displacement, exposure to famine and human suffering, EU High Representative Borrell said.
The EU Commission report takes stock of progress and achievements in five key areas: protecting the EU’s physical and digital infrastructure; fighting terrorism and radicalisation; fighting organised crime; strengthening law enforcement and judicial cooperation; and cooperation with international partners.
“The EU stands with the Georgian people and their choice in favour of democracy and of Georgia’s European future. The intimidation, threats, and physical assaults on civil society representatives, political leaders and journalists, as well as their families are unacceptable. We call on the Georgian authorities to investigate these documented acts” – EU and EEAS statement.
The EU Council adopted a landmark reform of the European asylum and migration system. This establishes a set of rules that will help to manage arrivals in an orderly way, create efficient and uniform procedures and ensure fair burden sharing between member states.
The European Union acknowledges the result of today’s momentous vote at the UN General Assembly concerning Palestinian application for membership of the United Nations where a majority of States voted in favour.
“At the occasion of the Europe’s day on the 9 May, some reflections from my part on the necessary paradigm shift for the EU in the dangerous geopolitical landscape we are now living in, between the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the war in the Middle East” – EU HR Borrell.
49 frontline practitioners from EU and ASEAN Member States took part in the two-day event to strengthen approaches to the management of extremist and high-risk inmates in the prison system and their transition back to life on the outside.
The EU Commission has quadrupled to over EUR 100 million its humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip. The Commission has also disbursed an additional EUR 10 million in support of United Nations Relief and Works Agency – UNRWA’s program budget on 6 November 2023.
The Vice-President, together with representatives of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will discuss issues related to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the rule of law, and the fight against organised crime, among others.
In light of intensified terrorist activity in the Middle East, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advisory to assist financial institutions in detecting potentially illicit transactions related to Islamic Republic of Iran-backed terrorist organizations.
Ministers held a discussion on the situation in Ukraine and on the Ukraine Plan, aimed at unblocking the disbursements under the first pillar of the Ukraine Facility for 2024-2027, conditioned by the progress of Ukraine’s reform and investment agenda.
Brussels, 7 May 2024 The Commission is providing €125 million in new EU humanitarian funding
In 2023, 118935 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the EU territory at one of its external borders, a 16% decrease compared with 142420 in the previous year. An additional 1.27 million people were found to be illegally present in one of the EU countries, indicating a 13% increase compared with 1.12 million in 2022.
The Foreign Affairs Council, in its development configuration, will start on Tuesday at 09:00 with a discussion on Ukraine and the Ukraine Plan, followed by an exchange of views on Palestine. During a working lunch ministers will talk about EU engagement in fragile contexts.
The National Security Council of Israel recommends that Israelis due to arrive in the city reconsider the necessity of the trip. The travel warning is for the period of the Eurovision and is subject to an assessment of the situation.
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