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Ukraine's top diplomat calls for the UN Security Council to convene an emergency meeting following the partial destruction of the strategically important Russian-held Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. "Ukraine calls an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council and brings the issue of the Russian terrorist act to the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says in a statement. SOUNDBITE
Tbilisi, Sep 17 (EFE), (Camera: Enrique del Viso).- The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will develop an international code for the protection of tourists for the post-COVID 19 scenario and will promote coordination between countries to establish security standards, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said in an interview with Efe on the occasion of the UNWTO Executive Council hold in Tbilisi. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF UNWTO SECRETARY-GENERAL ZURAB POLOLIKASHVILI:"Our role is precisely this: coordinate and support countries. Communicating with them. Identifying and reach an agreement under some standards about how we can travel and organise travel corridors between countries. We have different examples of this. For example, the European Union has its own policy, which is not dependant on the UNWTO. But we gave it some recommendations. In America, the United States had its own policy, as well as South America. We are facing very difficult moments. Our role consists in searching, so we have advised the Executive Council to find a group of countries that will be flexible to agree and be coordinated to implement a standard regarding how we will travel until the situation goes back to normal."
The United Nations Security Council calls for a ceasefire in Sudan to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as conditions in the country deteriorate. Fourteen countries backed the resolution, proposed by Britain, with only Russia abstaining on the vote that called on "all parties to the conflict to seek a sustainable resolution to the conflict through dialogue." IMAGES
Gilad Erdan, Israel's ambassador to the UN, concludes his speech during a Security Council meeting on the Palestinian question by leading a walk-out of the Israeli delegation. Before marching out, Erdan lights an electric candle in honor of Israelis who've died in terrorist attacks. "I’m sorry but I refuse to spend this sacred day listening to lies and condemnation," referencing Israeli Independence Day. "This debate disgraces the fallen and Israel will not take part in it," he adds. IMAGES
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says "the United Nations-centered system is enduring a profound crisis" as he presides over a Security Council meeting in New York amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
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