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This Month in the Security Council –December 2020 Social Share The month of December was a busy period in the Security Council with a packed agenda. South Africa held the presidency, and most activities were conducted remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our delegation continued to work closely in the “A3+1” configuration with our African brothers and sisters (Niger, South Africa and Tunisia) on many country-specific and thematic issues. 1. Maintenance of International Peace...

It is perhaps not a matter of sheer coincidence that as Nigeria marked her 60th year of Independence from colonial rule, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, was also marking its two decades of existence. Recall that the agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 2000, a year after the country returned to democratic rule after long years of military dictatorship. Advertisement In the 20 years of its existence, indeed ICPC has passed through three ch...

Cyber will be the Augusta area’s anchor as it weathers the nation’s stormy, COVID-shaken economy. That’s among the conclusions drawn in the Georgia Economic Outlook, an annual forecast presented by the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Augusta lost 10.2% of its jobs during the COVID-19 recession, analysts found. But it fared better than the state and the nation, positioning the Augusta area for a swift recovery in 2021. Next year, Augusta’s employment is expected to g...

12/11/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/11/2020 02:56 The fourth BSMSL course: Completion of module one Twenty-seven officers and managers from different border security and law enforcement agencies from OSCEs participating States completed the first module of the one-year Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership course (BSMSL) on 11 December 2020. Due to the COVID-29 pandemic and the travel restrictions, the traditional face-to-face phase of the first module was he...

By Olayinka Oyegbile It is perhaps not a matter of sheer coincidence that as Nigeria marked her 60th year of Independence from colonial rule, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, was also marking its two decades of existence. Recall that the agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 2000, a year after the country returned to democratic rule after long years of military dictatorship. In the 20 years of its existence, indeed ICPC has passed through th...

>> during which he told me president zelensky opened the meeting by asking about the security aid, and he said he would talk to president trump that night. the vice president did say that president trump wanted the europeans to do more to support ukraine and that he wanted the ukrainians to do more to fight corruption. >> on september 11, based on the information collected and presented to president trump, the president lifted the pause on the security assistance. as mr. morrison explained, our ...

Election or security sector assistance to ukraine. beyond the call summary, the next best piece of evidence are the statements from the two participants on the call. president zelensky has said he felt no pressure on the call. on september 25th at the united nations he said, i think, a good phone call. it was normal. nobody pushed me. on october 6th, president zelensky said i was never pressured and there were no conditions being imposed. four days later on october 10th president zelensky said a...

The primary factor to determine which countries could be part of the compact with africa initiative and i think that is a great miss. take i think you also need to promote goodwill of countries would you want to include then. isnt this sort of it seems to me all of you are to some degree arguing its all or nothing dont we need to move step by step and arent there countries where you do see some potential for cooperation on trade and investment possibly beginning to change the dynamics or you wan...

Was because there were concerns about corruption. we keep going back to concerns about corruption. if the president wanted to withhold that aid for some time because he was concerned about corruption, that could have been a very simple public pronouncement that likely few people would have questioned were it done that way. im not comfortable with what i see. im going to hold off here and i want to let you all know thats the plan. that didnt happen. >> erica, even if that had happened, it would n...

A great mistake i think you also need to promote goodwill of countries would you want to include then. isnt this sort of it seems to me all of you are to some degree arguing its all or nothing dont we need to move step by step and arent there countries where you do see some potential for cooperation on trade and investment possibly beginning to change the dynamics or you want to have a look at yeah i dont really see that the political dynamics in these countries are changing i think it actually ...