International Crisis Group
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UN Security Council Reform Now: Start With the G20!
Brazil’s former Foreign Minister of External Relations, Celso Amorim’s contribution to the Future of Conflict collection of 20 essays for Crisis Group’s 20th Anniversary.
As the UN marks its 70th anniversary, the crucial question of Security Council reform remains neglected, despite a number of UN-focused initiatives launched, both by think-tanks and other private institutions, as well as by the UN Member States and its secretariat. This, despite the fact that the Security Council and its reform has been the object of heated and, by and large, fruitless debate for at least twenty years. Now, on the occasion of the UN’s 70th anniversary, the upcoming G20 meeting — and the G20 themselves — should be leveraged to gain real traction for reform efforts and ensure a broader group of voices, reflecting today’s world, are heard.
FULL ESSAY (Via Crisis Group)
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Source: Crisis Group
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Turkey: Clashes Between Army and PKK Soldiers Leave 26 Dead | International Business Times
By Gianluca Mezzofiore
Clashes between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants have left at least 26 people dead in fighting at three army outposts in Hakkari province, near the country’s mountainous border with Iraq.
Militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organisation in Turkey, the European Union and the United States, launched a simultaneous attack on a local military post in Daglica village.
Eight Turkish soldiers and 18 PKK fighters were killed in the attack.
Photo: Reuters