Let's review the most notable events of the week through outstanding photos:
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| US withdraws from the United Nations Human Rights Council:On June 19, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley announced that the US was withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, claiming that the UN Human Rights Council has a biased view against Israel. Photo: AP |
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| Russia believes that the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council reflects Washington's unilateral approach to global issues. The Russian Permanent Mission said on June 20 that it had applied for membership of the body for the 2021-2023 term in order to "maintain effective work in the UN Human Rights Council to maintain balanced dialogue and cooperation in the field of human rights." Photo: Internet |
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| Commenting on this issue, Associate Professor, Dr. - Major General Le Van Cuong, former Director of the Institute of Science and Strategy of the Ministry of Public Security, said that withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council also demonstrates the policy of opposing multilateral institutions of the Donald Trump administration. Through this, the role and position of the US will certainly be reduced; the international community will look with suspicion, losing trust in the US, including allies and friends. Photo: NRA
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| Europe is in turmoil over the migration issue: The UN said on June 22 that in just a few days, about 220 people drowned off the coast of Libya, on a risky journey to the "promised land" of Europe, bringing the death toll this year on this route to more than 1,000 people. This issue has heated up again in the EU due to constant disputes between member states, especially when Italy refused to accept 629 migrants from the rescue ship Aquarius, causing a conflict with France. Photo: Twitter |
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| These people were later accepted by Spain. However, the EU's common immigration policy "promises" to become a hot topic at the summit on June 28 and 29 in Brussels. Photo: Internet |
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| For the "locomotive" Germany, the recent heated debates have also sparked deep internal disagreements, threatening to break up the ruling coalition. It is known that German Chancellor A. Merkel has reaffirmed the need for a pan-European solution to this issue, considering it one of the important factors in European cohesion. Photo: Internet |
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| US President signs executive order to temporarily stop separating children from illegal immigrant parents:Under pressure from Congress and the international community, the decision was announced one day after the US withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council and in the context of more than 2,300 children being separated from their parents and relatives after illegally crossing the border into the US since May 5. Photo: Internet |
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| The White House leader warned that even with the latest adjustment, border enforcement will be more stringent. Earlier on June 18, Trump reiterated his tough stance on immigration policy, stating that "America will not be a migrant camp, and will not be a refugee reception point." Washington cannot allow what is happening in Europe and some other places to happen in the US. Photo: TIME |
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| Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping meet for the third time in as many months:North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 19 during his third visit to Beijing in the past three months. The visit is seen as an attempt to discuss the results of the US-North Korea summit on June 12, as well as strategies for the coming period. Photo: Strait Times |
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| Kiev expands sanctions against Moscow:Tensions continued to escalate when the Ukrainian Security and Defense Council announced on June 22 that President Petro Poroshenko had signed a decree to expand sanctions against Russian companies and entities, bringing the total number of Russian individuals and entities sanctioned by Kiev to 1,762 and 786, respectively. Photo: Sputnik |
