UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The UN envoy for the MiddleEast peace process on Friday told the Security Council that he wasconcerned about violence escalation in the region after U.S.President Donald Trump said the United States formally recognizedJerusalem as Israel's capital.
The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process,Nickolay Mladenov, told an emergency session of the SecurityCouncil on Jerusalem that clashes in the West Bank, Gaza andJerusalem were unfolding after Trump's announcement.
Mladenov urged political, religious and community leaders torefrain from rhetoric that might encourage further escalation. "Itwill be ordinary Israelis and Palestinians who will have to livewith the violence," he said via video conference.
"There is a serious risk today that we may see a chain ofunilateral actions Twins Harmon Killebrew Jersey , which can only push us further away fromachieving our shared goal of peace," Mladenov said.
Mladenov noted that "of all the final status issues in theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict as identified in the Oslo Accords --refugees, settlements, security, borders, etc -- the status ofJerusalem is perhaps the most emotionally charged and difficultissue."
He said that it's up to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, withthe international community's support Twins Glen Perkins Jersey , to reach an agreement thatwould end the occupation.
"There is no plan B for the two state-solution," he said, withJerusalem as the capital of Israel and the Palestinians.
The special session of the Security Council was held at therequest of eight Council member states: Britain, France, Egypt,Italy, Sweden Twins Ervin Santana Jersey , Uruguay, Bolivia and Senegal.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that he was"against any unilateral measures that would jeopardize the prospectof peace for Israelis and Palestinians."
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- South Korean shares fell for two straight sessions Tuesday as the Japanese yen's slide to the U.S. dollar boosted concerns over competitiveness of local exporters.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) slid 17. 78 points, or 0.91 percent, to close at 1,935.19. Trading volume stood at 387.73 million shares worth 4.87 trillion won (4.52 billion U.S. dollars).
Bank of Japan (BOJ)'s surprise monetary stimulus caused the yen to tumble to the weakest level in almost seven years to the dollar.
It triggered worries about the weak yen as the depreciation of the Japanese currency dents price competitiveness of South Korean exporters, including Hyundai Motor that are fiercely competing with Japanese rivals in the global market.
The country's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Twins Drew Stubbs Jersey , which depends on overseas seals for more than half of its revenue, declined 3.1 percent to close at 155,000 won, keeping a downward trend for four straight sessions.
Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors reportedly agreed to pay a 100 million-dollar fine in the United States for exaggerating fuel efficiency for about 1.2 million cars. Kia Motors dipped 0.2 percent, and the country's No.1 auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis lost 0.4 percent.
Market bellwether Samsung Electronics retreated 1.5 percent, and memory chip giant SK Hynix fell 1.3 percent. Oil refiners, including SK Innovation Twins Danny Santana Jersey , S-Oil and GS, declined from 2 percent to 5 percent on lower crude prices, and the biggest steelmaker POSCO tumbled 3.8 percent on worries about sluggish economic recovery.
The South Korean currency finished at 1,076.5 won against the greenback, down 3.9 won from Monday's close.
Bond prices ended higher. Yields on the liquid three-year treasury notes fell 2.4 basis points to 2.096 percent, and the return on the benchmark 10-year government bonds lost 2.8 basis points to 2.629 percent.
JAKARTA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Volcanologists have revealed that a total of 829 tremors have occurred in the last 24 hours Twins Byung-Ho Park Jersey , indicating that Mount Gunung Agung in Indonesia's Bali could erupt at any moment, volcanology agency said on Wednesday.
White smokes with low intensity spreading 50 meters high above the crater has been detected visually, the agency disclosed.
Mount Gunung Agung volcano in Karang Asem district is in top alert and the agency has extended evacuation zone.
Early warning system has been set up by the national disaster management agency to give warning to the people for further evacuation when the eruption take place, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the agency said.
A total of five sirens with voice able to reach up to 2 km were set up near the volcano, he told Xinhua in a text message.
Meanwhile, the number of people fleeing home has climbed to nearly 100 Twins Byron Buxton Jersey ,000, according to the latest data on Wednesday, he added. That compares to over 75,000 people on Tuesday's data.
More than 200,000 foreign holiday makers visit Bali island, the center of Indonesia's tourism industry, every month Twins Brian Dozier Jersey , according to the national statistics bureau.
Mount Gunung Agung with height of 3,031 last erupted in 1963, killing 1,100 people.
Indonesia, a vast archipelagic nation with over 17,500 islands, has 129 active volcanoes.
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