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As of May 20, Iran’s overall stockpile of low-enriched uranium totaled 1.73 tons, compared to 1.1 tons on Feb. 19, according to the IAEA.
“I’m stressing that Russia and China need to join a global consensus on Iran’s conduct. This is about the people—the people in the Middle East,” said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft.
“Funds are being used for activities that do not appear to involve vital, lifesaving resources and supplies to implement the most urgent and critical activities,” said Becca Wertman, managing editor at NGO Monitor.
UNIFIL was “necessary and urgent” within the context of “violations by Israel of Lebanon’s sovereignty by land, sea and air,” said Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi tells U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria “make the one-state solution a fait accompli.”
Lebanese army claims Syrian shepherd evacuated to an Israeli hospital for treatment • Israel, UNIFIL launch investigations into incident.
Participating countries include Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Kenya, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Rwanda and Barbados.
“ ‘You can’t inspect, so why you are there?’ ” posed Danon. “ ‘You have to be more active, you have to move freely and inspect all sites.’ ”
“Our position is very clear: We support the call of the U.S. to renew the embargo and not to allow Iran to be able to spread more terror in the region,” Danon said during a virtual briefing organized by the Israeli Mission to the United Nations.
Nickolay Mladenov says moves to acquire Judea and Samaria, and the Jordan Valley, would “constitute a serious violation of international law” and “deal a devastating blow to the two-state solution.”
“How dare you slander our efforts? How dare you lie about the brave soldiers of the IDF? How dare you blame them of the spreading the virus? They risk their lives to contain the outbreak for both Israelis and Palestinians.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran “needs to be held accountable” for the launch, which was “not remotely consistent” with the 2015 Security Council resolution endorsing the Iran nuclear deal.
