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UN urged to replace world map accused of shrinking Africa

Togo is leading a campaign, backed by the African Union, urging the United Nations to adopt the Equal Earth projection over the centuries-old Mercator map, which depicts the African continent as barely larger than Greenland

Greece at the UNGA: Freedom of navigation is a fundamental pillar of international peace and security

Greece condemns attacks on commercial shipping and energy infrastructure, warns of risks to global food and medicine supplies and calls for a de-escalation of tensions in the Gulf

At 10 p.m. (Greek time) the UN session on Palestine – Macron to recognize Palestinian state

The session at UN headquarters in New York is expected to last three hours – France says recognition of a Palestinian state is welcome and historic, but also symbolic

Diplomatic turmoil from the recognition of a Palestinian state by several countries – Israel’s threats and the collapsing relations between Arab states

Benjamin Netanyahu, who will address the UN General Assembly on Friday, reiterated yesterday that there will be no Palestinian state and threatened to expand Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank - The Guardian reports on growing tensions between Arab states

Italy will support the declaration on the creation of a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani clarified that the move does not constitute direct recognition of the Palestinian state

Luxembourg will recognise the State of Palestine

After France and Saudi Arabia, which drafted the text, several countries have announced their intention to recognise the Palestinian state next week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

UN General Assembly gives “green light” to the two-state solution in the Middle East

The declaration on the back page was adopted by a large majority

Palestine: Will raise its flag at the World Health Organization

The proposal submitted by China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and other countries at the annual meeting of the Organisation in Geneva was voted through with 95 votes in favour, four against and 27 abstentions

Middle East: International conference in Norway on Wednesday – Under UN auspices – For the two-state solution

This marks the third conference of the "International Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution," whose establishment was announced in September - More than 80 countries and organizations will participate, though Israel's participation has not been announced

Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Highlights from New York and the UN General Assembly in Photos

The meetings with Erdogan, Macron, Christodoulides - The speech at the UN General Assembly - The frames from the background of the Prime Minister's presence in New York

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