2010 All international current events and political events since May.

On May 1, new york police found explosives on a car in Times Square. The next day, the US Department of Homeland Security announced that the danger of explosives had been eliminated. The attempted explosion in Times Square is the most serious similar incident since 1993 car bomb explosion in New York World Trade Center.

Cameron became the new British Prime Minister.

After the British Labor Party and the Liberal Democratic Party failed to form a cabinet after the general election, Brown resigned as prime minister on the evening of May 1 1, and Queen Elizabeth II accepted her resignation, appointed Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, as the new prime minister and authorized him to form a new British government. The 43-year-old Cameron has thus become the youngest prime minister in Britain in the past 200 years.

The Thai government has taken three measures to control the situation.

On May 20th, the Thai government introduced three important measures: extending the curfew, starting to repatriate the "red shirts", and announcing that it will still implement the road map plan for political reconciliation proposed by Prime Minister Abhisit. By the afternoon of May 20, thousands of demonstrators had registered their identities and taken the bus provided by the government to go home, and then the Thai army launched a weapons inspection operation in the assembly area.

South Korea announced the investigation results of the sinking of the Cheonan ship.

On May 20th, South Korea announced the official investigation results of the sinking of the Cheonan ship, saying that the South Korean Navy's "Cheonan" warning ship was sunk by a torpedo attack launched by a small North Korean submarine. The North Korean National Defense Commission immediately issued a statement saying that it refused to accept the investigation results released by South Korea. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said that China advocates that all parties maintain calm and restraint, properly handle relevant issues and avoid escalating tensions.

The international community condemned Israel's attack on the rescue flotilla.

On May 3 1, Israeli forces attacked an international rescue fleet transporting humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip on the high seas, causing dozens of casualties. The international community severely condemned this act. On June 1, the UN Security Council issued a presidential statement condemning Israel's attack on the humanitarian aid flotilla and demanding that Israel immediately release the detained ships and personnel.

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On June 2nd, Yukio Hatoyama announced his resignation as Japanese Prime Minister. Naoto Kan was elected as the new leader of the Democratic Party on June 4th, and then became the new prime minister of Japan.

On June 9, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to impose sanctions on Iran. Since then, US President Barack Obama signed the unilateral sanctions bill against Iran on July 1.

On June 10, a violent conflict broke out in Kyrgyzstan, which later turned into a large-scale riot.

On June 1 1, the 10th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Hu Jintao attended and delivered an important speech. The meeting issued the Declaration of the Tenth Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and approved the Regulations on the Admission of New Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Rules of Procedure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and other important documents.

From June 1 1 to July 12, 19 World Cup was held in South Africa.

On June 24th, Gillard was elected as the leader of Australia's ruling Labor Party, replacing Kevin Rudd as Australia's first female prime minister.

On June 25th and 26th, the G8 Summit was held in Scoca, and the Ma Scoca Declaration was issued.

From June 26th to 27th, the fourth summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) was held in Toronto, Canada. The meeting issued the Declaration of the G20 Toronto Summit. Hu Jintao attended and delivered an important speech.

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On July 15, the United States "United Nations Command" held university-level talks with the representative department of the Korean People's Army in Panmunjom. This is the first time that the US and DPRK military sat down after the Cheonan incident in South Korea.

From 6 to 26 July 2009, the Third World Conference of Speakers of Parliament was held in Geneva under the auspices of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Chairman Wu Bangguo attended the meeting.

On July 2 1, US President Barack Obama signed the financial regulatory reform bill.

From July 25th to 28th, the United States and South Korea held a large-scale joint military exercise in the eastern waters of South Korea (Sea of Japan).

18 In August, official data released by Pakistan showed that floods in that country had caused 1540 deaths and more than 20 million people were affected.

On August 2 1, the Bushehr nuclear power plant reactor, Iran's first nuclear power plant, built with the help of Russia, began to load nuclear fuel.

On August 23rd, a Hong Kong tour group was hijacked in the Philippines.

At the end of August, the threat of forest fires in Russia weakened. Since the beginning of summer, rare high-temperature and dry weather has occurred in most parts of Russia, causing serious forest and peat fires.

On August 3 1, the President of the United States announced the end of the US military combat mission in Iraq.

1. After 9 days of discussion and deliberation, the 34th World Heritage Congress closed in Brasilia on August 3rd. More than 20 new world heritage sites were reviewed and approved at this meeting. At this conference, the "Heaven and Earth" historical complex in Dengfeng, China and the Danxia landform in China were listed as cultural and natural heritages respectively. China's "Three Parallel Rivers" has also been approved to expand the heritage protection area. Brazil's Minister of Culture Ferreira, the president of this congress, pointed out that the greatest achievement of this congress is a substantial increase in the number of world heritage recognized by developing countries, and the enthusiasm of developing countries to participate in world heritage protection is growing. Three developing countries declared World Heritage for the first time. Among the newly approved 15 world cultural heritages, 12 are in developing countries. Three of the five newly approved natural heritages are in developing countries. The participating countries agreed that more regional training centers for world heritage protection should be established, so that more developing countries can participate in world heritage protection and improve the distribution of world heritage.

2. The Asia-Pacific Special Ministerial Meeting to Review the UN Millennium Development Goals opened in Jakarta on 3 August. The meeting focused on the opportunities and challenges encountered by countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the process of achieving the 20 15 UN Millennium Development Goals. The theme of this conference is "Arriving at 20 15". More than 200 representatives from 25 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, 13 development partners and organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank attended the meeting.

3. The 4th1Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting was held in Port Vila, Vanuatu on 4 August. The themes of this leaders' meeting are economic development, coping with the financial crisis, climate change and the situation in Fiji. Vanuatu Prime Minister Natapei, who holds the rotating presidency of this forum, said that the international financial crisis continues to have a negative impact on the economies of Pacific island countries, and countries in the region should take measures to actively respond. On the issue of climate change, countries need to strengthen cooperation and take effective countermeasures. On the issue of Fiji, Natapei stressed that regional leaders should keep close contact with Fiji and help it restore democracy. He said that although Fiji's membership was suspended, members of the Pacific Islands Forum should still be responsible for it. Alienating Fiji is not the right answer. The Pacific Islands Forum is a regional cooperation organization among the governments of South Pacific countries, aiming at strengthening regional cooperation and coordinating foreign policies. Its 16 members include Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Palau, Cook Islands and Niue.

4. The National Research Center for Circulatory Diseases of Japan issued a communique on August 7, saying that its researchers used goat skin cells as auxiliary materials to make an artificial heart aortic valve and implanted it into the goat heart. This aortic valve has been working smoothly for a month.

5. According to the report released by WWF Russia in August 10, the gas emitted by fires in Russia will accelerate the process of global climate change. The report emphasizes that the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to the imbalance of the climate system, thus increasing the number and duration of "heat waves" and thus inducing more fires. The fire in Russia is not only a disaster for Russians, but also a disaster for all mankind. People expect that forest fires and peat fires in Russia can be completely extinguished as soon as possible.

6. The modern Olympic movement has gone through 1 16 years, and a brand-new event, the Youth Olympic Games, was born in Singapore in August 14. On the banks of marina bay, fireworks were in full bloom, and nearly 3,600 young athletes from all over the world witnessed the birth of this event of their own. Many groundbreaking works at the opening ceremony showed the uniqueness of the Youth Olympic Games to the world, and showed the flying vitality and unrestrained spirit of young people. Young athletes from 204 countries and regions will participate in 26 major events of the Youth Olympic Games. The age of the contestants is limited to 14 years old to 18 years old, and the settings of 26 sports are exactly the same as those of the London Olympic Games. The Youth Olympic Games will last for 12 days, and 50 different types of cultural and educational activities will be arranged at the same time.

A few days ago, the United Nations held a ceremony to announce the official start of the one-year "International Youth Year". The theme of "International Youth Year" is "Dialogue and Mutual Understanding", and its goal is to promote the ideals of peace, respect for human rights and unity among different cultures, religions and civilizations. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the launching ceremony that during the International Year of Youth, the United Nations and its youth organization partners will actively promote understanding and dialogue between different cultures and religions. According to statistics, there are 15 to 24-year-olds in the world, accounting for 18% of the global population. 87% of young people live in developing countries. The United Nations decided to commemorate the International Youth Year from August 20 10 to August 20 1 1.

8. Canadian Prime Minister Harper issued a statement on August 20, reaffirming Canada's Arctic strategy. He said that "the primary focus of Canada's Arctic strategy is to protect and enhance Canada's sovereignty in its Arctic region", which has not changed. But it also includes working with "our partners" when necessary. Harper also emphasized Canada's military investment, economic development, social development and environmental protection in the northern region. It is reported that Harper will visit northern Canada, including its North Pole, next week.

9. In the the State Council Report released on August 24th, the Obama administration acknowledged that some Americans, mainly American citizens of ethnic minorities, are still victims of discrimination. The goal of "everyone is equal before the law" in the United States still needs to be achieved. The United Nations Human Rights Council requires Member States to submit periodic reports on the human rights situation in their respective countries. On August 20th, the US government formally submitted a 29-page report on the human rights situation to the UN Human Rights Council for the first time. The contents of the report were not released until the 24th. Since June 5438+ 10 this year, the US government has held discussions with several civil rights organizations to write this report. Some civil rights organizations are deeply worried about racial discrimination in immigration-related law enforcement in the United States. The State Council said in his report that some Americans, especially ethnic minorities, are still discriminated against. Despite the success in abolishing slavery and changing the inequality that prohibits women from voting, the United States still needs to make more progress in human rights. The report pointed out that although the United States now has an African-American president and women and Hispanics have achieved greater social and economic success, there are still many people in American society who do not enjoy fair policies and treatment. African-Americans, Hispanics, Muslims, South Asians, Indians, homosexuals and other groups still face challenges such as high unemployment rate, high crime rate, poverty, poor housing conditions, lack of public medical care and employment discrimination.

1. The 33rd World Ocean Peace Conference and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO were successfully concluded on September 4th. The meeting issued the "Beijing Declaration", reiterating that paying attention to the ocean, protecting the ocean and using the ocean peacefully have become the main theme of the world today, and the ocean will surely make irreplaceable contributions to the sustainable development of mankind.

According to Indian media reports on September 4th, the Indian government released a survey report based on the latest "reliable statistical model", and said that by the end of next year, the urban slum population in India will approach 654.38 billion. According to the survey report of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation of India, the population of urban slums in India was 75.26 million at the time of the 20001census, but by the end of 20 1 1, the population of urban slums is expected to reach 93.06 million, even exceeding the total population of Germany. According to the report, by the end of next year, the slum population in the Indian capital, New Delhi, will reach 3 1.6 million, an increase of 850,000, 5438+0 compared with 2006, while the slum population in Maharashtra, where the financial center Mumbai is located, will reach 1.8 1.5 million, ranking first among the states in China.

On the afternoon of June 3.5438+04, the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened at the United Nations Headquarters in new york. The sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly closed that morning. Joseph Deiss, the new president of the General Assembly and former Swiss Federal President, said in his opening speech that the General Assembly is the best forum for debate among countries in the world. He said that the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly will focus on the following three aspects: ensuring the realization of the Millennium Development Goals; Strengthen the role of the United Nations and the General Assembly on a global scale; Promote sustainable development.

4. On September 20th, the United Nations High-level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals opened at the United Nations Headquarters in new york. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President Joseph Days of the 65th UN General Assembly and President Treki of the 64th UN General Assembly attended the meeting. Nearly 140 heads of state or government will review the progress of the Millennium Development Goals at the three-day meeting. 10 years ago, world leaders jointly launched the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which set a road map and timetable for eliminating poverty and promoting the development of backward areas around the world. At present, all the work to achieve this goal has made progress, and the first goal of halving the proportion of poor people in the world is expected to be achieved as scheduled, but there is still a long way to go. Coupled with the impact of the international financial crisis, it is difficult to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. With only five years to go before the deadline of 20 15 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders to attend the summit of 20 10 held in new york from September 20 to 22, so as to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Ban Ki-moon quoted the goal set by the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000 (drastically reducing poverty, hunger, diseases, maternal and infant deaths and other diseases by 20 15), saying: "This summit will be a crucial opportunity for us to redouble our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals."

5. According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on September 29th, the one-day meeting of representatives of the Workers' Party of Korea closed in Pyongyang on the 28th. The meeting elected Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, the Central Military Commission (CMC), the Secretariat of the Central Committee and the Central Review Committee, and adopted a decision on amending party constitution of the Workers' Party of Korea. The meeting re-elected Kim Jong Il as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

1.101On October 3rd, Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of reunification. In the past few days, a series of activities have been held all over Germany to celebrate their National Day. Twenty years ago, with the drastic changes in Eastern Europe and the international situation and the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Germany seized a rare historical opportunity and finally achieved reunification with the support of the then Soviet Union and the United States. This also marks the end of the cold war. At that time, German Chancellor Kohl was called the "unified chancellor", and he promised that East Germany would present a "prosperous scene" before long. Today, 20 years later, Germans look back on the history of the integration of East and West after reunification. 654381October 3 At the central celebration ceremony held in Bremen, the new German President Wolff delivered his first "programmatic speech" since he took office. In his speech, he thanked the international community for its support for German reunification, called for full respect for the contribution made by the former East German people to social integration after reunification, and said that the main task of Germany in the future is to "bridge the social rift".

2. 10 The final report of the global "Census of Marine Life" project was released in London on October 4th, 2008. This is the first time that scientists have conducted an "audit" of marine life, and the results show that the marine world is more exciting than expected. According to the statistical data obtained from the census, there may be a total of about 1 10,000 species of marine life, of which 250,000 species are known to humans and the other 750,000 species are poorly known to humans. Most of these unknown species live in the unexplored waters of the Arctic Ocean, Antarctica and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

3. Jielong Biomedical Company, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, USA1October 1 1, announced that the first human clinical trial of its stem cell therapy drug GRNOPC 1 has been launched, which is the first human clinical trial of embryonic stem cells approved by the US government.

4.1June 15 local time 14: 08+07, the east line of the longest railway tunnel under construction in the world-the Saint Gotthard Tunnel was drilled under the Swiss Alps for the last 1.5 meters. The total length of the tunnel is 57 kilometers, the design and construction will take about 25 years, and it is planned to be completed in 20 17. Western drilling is expected to be completed next spring. Upon completion, it will surpass the Qingxin Tunnel, which is about 54 kilometers long in Japan, and become the longest railway tunnel in the world, which will make the train running time from Zurich, Switzerland to Milan, Italy only take 2 hours and 40 minutes, reducing by about 1 hour. By then, about 300 trains will run every day, with an average speed of 250 kilometers per hour for passenger trains and 0/60 kilometers per hour for freight trains.

5. 10 June 5438+07 is the 18 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty designated by the United Nations. The theme of this year's event is "Narrowing the gap between poverty and decent work", which is intended to appeal to all countries to attach importance to employment, strive to create more and more decent employment opportunities, and fundamentally solve the poverty problem.

6. The United Nations General Assembly held a plenary meeting on126 October to discuss the United States embargo against Cuba. The meeting adopted a resolution demanding that the United States immediately end the blockade against Cuba with 187 votes in favor, 2 votes against and 3 abstentions. The resolution states that the United States embargo policy against Cuba lacks any moral or legal basis and will not be supported. The long-term blockade has caused serious damage to the health and food of the Cuban people. The resolution also said that there are still laws and regulations promulgated and implemented by Member States that affect the sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests of other countries, and the General Assembly once again urged the countries concerned to revoke or abolish these laws and regulations that are still in force as soon as possible.

1. Beijing time 1 65438+1October1day, the Supreme Electoral Court of Brazil announced the vote counting results of the second round of the Brazilian presidential election. Known as the "Iron Lady", dilma rousseff, the presidential candidate of Brazil's ruling Labor Party, won 56% of the support rate, defeating jose serra, the candidate of the opposition Social Democratic Party, and won the general election. Dilma will officially take office on June 1 next year, becoming the first female president in Brazilian history.

2. MGM, a well-known film company with a history of 86 years in Hollywood, USA, declared bankruptcy on165438+1October 3 due to its inability to repay a huge debt of up to $4 billion. The debt crisis of MGM Film Company has been going on for some time. Earlier, billionaire carl icahn bought the debt of MGM15, and promoted the merger of MGM and its Lionsgate Film Company. However, Icahn recently abandoned the merger plan, and MGM had to file for bankruptcy protection in the federal court in Manhattan, new york.

3. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council165438+1October 5 first considered the human rights situation in the United States. Fifty-six countries spoke at the meeting, and many of them, especially developing countries, criticized the human rights violations in the United States. He Yafei, head of the China delegation and the Permanent Ambassador of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva, pointed out in his speech that the laws and regulations on human rights protection in the United States are not perfect, and law enforcement departments use excessive violence. Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea and other countries demand that the US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan cause a large number of civilian casualties to be investigated and those responsible be tried. Russia criticized the United States for violating human rights in the war on terror. Iran criticized the United States for violating human rights and demanded that the United States ban torture and close secret prisons. Egypt, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries criticized the discrimination against ethnic minorities in the United States and called on the United States to stop discrimination against Asian, African-American, Hispanic, indigenous and immigrant groups, stop violent acts and unfair practices against ethnic minorities in law enforcement, provide them with equal opportunities for work and education, and improve their political and economic rights. India, Bangladesh, South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries pointed out that the United States has only acceded to about one third of the international human rights protection conventions, and suggested that the United States ratify and implement the core international human rights treaties such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as soon as possible.

On the evening of June165438+1October 14, the French Presidential Palace announced the list of new cabinets with Fillon as Prime Minister. The number of new cabinet members has been reduced from 37 in the previous session to 30. Fillon said that the new government will focus on employment, unity and security in the new stage. But the opposition party believes that this new government means closing the door to the center-left party.

5. At noon on165438+1October15th, US Eastern Time, NASA held a press conference in Washington, D.C., announcing that astronomers had observed a supernova in the m 1979 c galaxy, which is about 50 million light years away from the Earth. Scientists say that this black hole is about five times the mass of the sun and about 50 million light years away from the earth, so there is a delay of about 50 million years in observation. To say "young" does not mean that it is only 30 years old, but that its forming state was observed 30 years ago. However, people didn't know it was a black hole at that time, and recent observations proved that it might be a black hole.

6. South Korea and North Korea1On the afternoon of October 23rd, they exchanged fire near the disputed "Northern Boundary Line" in the western waters. North Korea fired more than 100 shells at Yeonpyeong Island on the Korean side of the "Northern Boundary Line", while South Korea returned more than 80 shells to North Korea. Yeonpyeong Island is located on the Korean side of the "Northern Boundary Line", only about 13 kilometers away from North Korea. At present, the island is actually under the jurisdiction of Incheon, South Korea. It is reported that there are more than 900 families living on Yeonpyeong Island, with 1000 residents. A South Korean military spokesman said that several shells landed on Yeonpyeong Island and the forest caught fire. The power went out in Yeonpyeong Island. Except for the maritime operators, most people took refuge in air defense facilities at the prompt of local radio stations.

1. This year, 65438+February 1 is the 23rd World AIDS Day, and the theme of this AIDS Day is "Popularization and Human Rights". UNAIDS' Report on the Global AIDS Situation in 20 10 recently pointed out that in recent years, the global AIDS spread trend has been effectively curbed, and the number of new AIDS infections and AIDS deaths has generally declined. This turning point is hard-won, but to achieve the goal of "zero infection, zero discrimination, zero death, and * * * enjoy health and development", it needs the joint efforts of all mankind.

2. CERN 65438+announced on February 6th that researchers have successfully produced a certain number of anti-hydrogen atoms in flight by using an innovative particle trap device. On this basis, they are expected to make anti-hydrogen atomic beams in the next step and study antimatter better.