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The ICC has been around for two decades now, and the Obama administration for a full eight years also didn’t, for good reason, ratify the Rome Statute.Over here in Israel we are used to international bodies like the ICC and the UN being used as a political weapon, examples below.There is no reason the US and Israel should not be wary about international bodies being used illegitimately against them.The Top 10 Worst UN Actions of 2020 - UN Watch10. Syria Retains Senior Post at UN Committee Responsible for ‘Decolonizing’ Gibraltar, Falklands, American SamoaWhile it was busy indiscriminately bombing four million of its own civilians in Idlib, Syria’s Assad regime won re-election to a senior post on the UN Decolonization Committee, which is charged with opposing the “subjugation, domination and exploitation” of peoples.UN Watch was the first to reveal the outrage. The story was reported in Canada’s Maclean’s magazine, which quoted Executive Director Hillel Neuer: “There should definitely be an urgent session on the situation in Idlib, but the UN just shrugs its shoulders. The UN Human Rights Council will not act with urgency on Syria.”9. UN Rights Review Praises Tehran’s RecordWhen Iran came up for a mandatory UNHRC review of its human rights record, UN Watch exposed the farce of how 85% of the country statements actually praised Tehran’s record.Syria commended Iran’s “active efforts to increase healthcare.” Russia hailed “Iran’s cooperation with human rights treaty bodies.” China praised “Iran’s efforts to protect the rights of vulnerable groups.” Venezuela cited Iran’s “steadfast commitment to protecting human rights.” UN Watch’s tweets, videos and press release were widely shared on social media and reported in the news.8. China Joins Key UN Panel to Select Human Rights Investigators on Free Speech, Disappearances, Arbitrary DetentionIn April, China was appointed to a United Nations Human Rights Council panel where it will play a key role in picking the world body’s human rights investigators, including global monitors on freedom of speech, health, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary detention.The move sparked international outrage after UN Watch broke the story in powerful tweets that went viral, liked and shared by journalists from the The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Der Spiegel, Reuters, Swissinfo and Bloomberg. Thanks to UN Watch’s revelations, U.S. senators sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to demand China’s suspension from the panel.7. UN Elects China, Russia, Cuba, Pakistan to Top Human Rights BodyThe rights-abusing regimes of China, Cuba, Russia and Pakistan were elected to the UN’s top human rights body, raising the percentage of non-democracies on the UN human rights council from 51% to a staggering 60%.UN Watch published a report evaluating all of the candidate countries, and filed formal protests at the United Nations—published as official UN documents—against the election of China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.UN Watch also organized an online press conference featuring top human rights dissidents who urged UN member states to oppose the candidacies of their oppressors.UN Watch was quoted by the Associated Press, BBC News, Newsweek and other major media. Even as apologists for UN immorality sought to justify the election of abusers, UN Watch’s viral tweets dominated the global conversation.6. UN’s World Health Organization Praises China for ‘Transparency’ on CoronavirusAs the coronavirus started to spread from the Wuhan region, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus applauded the “transparency” of the Chinese response.Even as evidence mounted that Chinese officials had silenced whistleblowers and undercounted cases, Tedros extolled the leadership of Chinese President Xi Jinping.When the WHO finally declared a public health emergency of international concern, Tedros said: “The Chinese government is to be congratulated for the extraordinary measures it has taken to contain the outbreak,” adding that China had set “a new standard” for outbreak response.5. UN Condemns Israel 17 Times, Rest of the World 6In 2020, the UN General Assembly singled out Israel in 17 different resolutions, while it adopted six on the rest of the world combined.The UK as well as EU states like France, Germany and the Netherlands backed more than two-thirds of the resolutions on Israel, even as they failed to introduce a single UNGA resolution this year on the human rights situations in China, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Cuba, Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam, Algeria, or on 175 other countries.UN Watch launched a new digital advocacy tool to track and campaign against the biased resolutions.4. UN’s WHO Names China Booster Helen Clark to Head COVID-19 InquiryWhen former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark was appointed as co-chair of the World Health Organization’s inquiry into the origins and global response to the coronavirus, UN Watch called on Clark to recuse herself on account of her numerous prior statements praising the WHO for the very actions she is meant to investigat—and due to her extensive and close ties with the Chinese regime, dating back four decades.UN Watch’s letter to Clark sparked media coverage in her home country of New Zealand, as well as in the UK’s Mail on Sunday, Sky News Australia and the Wall Street Journal. Clark was forced to publicly defend herself, which she did mainly by attacking UN Watch. This story is not over.3. UN Elects Turkey to Head General Assembly in 2020-2021Despite its egregious abuses, the oppressive Turkish regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took over the presidency of the UN General Assembly for the 2020-2021 session. Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir was the sole candidate for the post.The UN rewarded the Erdogan regime despite a crackdown that purged 18,000 civil servants, fired 4,000 judges, tortured journalists, and even as Turkey occupied northern Syria and denied water to its Kurds. The UN also gave a free pass to Turkey after it denied the Armenian genocide in a letter circulated by the UN.2. UN Rights Council Attacks Western Sanctions, Backs Iran, Syria, Venezuela, CubaAlena Douhan of Belarus, the UN’s new Special Rapporteur on “the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures,” used her first report to the Human Rights Council to complain about Western sanctions that target the regimes of Iran, Syria, Venezuela and Cuba.Instead of calling out their gross abuses, the UN human rights official blamed problems in those countries on Western sanctions. “The Special Rapporteur notes the selectivity and double standards that arise when such sanctions are introduced in the absence of any valid legal ground.“Douhan’s UNHRC position was created in a 2014 resolution sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.1. UN Human Rights Office Handed Names of Dissidents to Chinese Regime, Whistleblower RevealsThe UN human rights office had a practice of secretly handing over names of dissidents to the Chinese regime, revealed whistleblower Emma Reilly, allowing Beijing to know in advance which Uyghur and other activists were registered to attend sessions of the UN Human Rights Council—putting their lives in danger, as well as those of their family members living in China.Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, and Chinese dissident Yang Jianli, a board member of UN Watch, were two of the names provided to the Chinese government by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in 2012 and 2013, according to UN emails seen by the South China Morning Post.OHCHR spokesman Rupert Colville told the Post that the practice of revealing names of participants at its sessions to governments had “discontinued“ in 2015, and in any case, “care [was] taken to ensure that no action taken by OHCHR would endanger human rights activists.“

Just more proof the “Prize” is a joke.As long as there is ‘religion’ there will be war in the Middle East. Unless it was the Fatah or the PLO that nominated Trump for the award, I wouldn’t put too much faith in actual lasting “peace”.“July 28, 2020, as translated by PMW, “The statement issued after the [PLO - Fatah] meeting, spoke about ‘developing and implementing coordination on the ground between all the political forces, popular committees, institutions, and activists of the resistance, and working to establish a united national front for popular resistance resulting in a comprehensive intifada.’"timeline of “Peace treaties in the Gaza Strip”1967 - U.N. Security Council Resolution 2421978 - Camp David agreement1979 - Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty1991 - Madrid summit1994 - Israel-Jordan agreement1993-1995 - Declaration of Principles/Oslo Accords2000 - Camp David summit2002-2003 - Bush Declaration/Arab peace initiative/Road Map2002 - Saudi Arabia presents Arab League-endorsed peace plan for full Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory and Israel’s acceptance of a Palestinian state in return for normal relations with Arab countries.2007 - Annapolis summit2009 - Netanyahu’s Bar-Ilan address2013 - 2014 - Washington peace talks/negotiations collapseJune 2019 - Trump economic plan announced (calling for a $50 billion investment fund to boost the Palestinian and neighboring Arab economies. Palestinian leaders dismiss it.)Arab League head Ahmed Aboul Gheit says in June 2019 the only acceptable resolution for Arab states is Israel’s acceptance of the initiative drawn up by Saudi Arabia in 2002.Timeline: Israel, UAE deal follows years of failed peace initiatives

Some players, who are in the best form of their life, will try to continue in the same vein. Some have been excellent individually but their team has not performed at the big tournament. So, every cricketer would have a different resolution, and here’s a list of top 10 cricketers and what could be their New Year Resolutions.1. Steve Smith – Ending Test century droughtsteve Smith started his career as a right-arm leg-spinner. There was a time when Smith batted at the number nine position for the Australian cricket team. However, he has worked on his batting over the last few years. Now, he is a part of the Fab 4 group of the modern era along with Virat Kohli, Joe Root, and kane WilliamsonSmith won the award for the ICC Test Cricketer of the Decade recently. He batted with unmatched consistency from 2013 to 2019. But after Ashes 2019, Smith has not touched the 100-run mark even once. His last century came against the England cricket team at Old Trafford in September 2019.After that match, Steve has featured in eight Test matches. Notably, a majority of them have happened in Australia. Still, Smith has struggled to register a century. He ended 2020 without a Test century to his name. Thus, the former Australian cricket team captain will be keen to end his Test century drought in 2021.2. Mushfiqur Rahim – Keeping cool on the fieldThe Bangladesh cricket team has the potential to become the next big thing in world cricket. They have emerged as giant-killers at the multi-national tournaments. The fact that the bangladesh cricket team has made it to the final of the last three Asia Cup events shows how much they have improved as a team.Wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been instrumental in Bangladesh’s success at the international level. He has kept the wickets brilliantly and also played some vital knocks for his side in the middle order. However, Rahim has not been able to keep cool in tense situations.During the 2016 T20 World Cup match against India, he almost took Bangladesh over the line. However, he tried to play an aggressive shot and lost his wicket at a crucial moment. In the domestic T20 competition of Bangladesh, Rahim almost slapped his teammate Nasum Ahmed after he tried to catch a ball. Thus, keeping cool on the field is something that Mushfiqur Rahim would love to do in 2021.3. Babar Azam – Taking Pakistan to the number 1 position in T20IsThe Pakistan cricket team once held the number one position on the ICC T20I Rankings. It was challenging to down the Pakistan cricket team in a T20I series during their prime. Unfortunately, the Men in Green could not perform up to the mark in T20Is last year as they lost the series against New Zealand.Even the England cricket team managed to tie the three-match series against them. babar azam recently took over the reins of the team. The International Cricket Council did not include a single Pakistani player in the ICC T20I XI of the decade despite some top-quality performances from their players.Many Pakistan cricket experts criticized ICC for that decision. Babar Azam has an opportunity now to make a statement by leading the Pakistan cricket team to the number one position on the T20I Team Rankings once again. Since it is a T20 World Cup year, Pakistan will play many T20I matches in 2021.4. Jasprit Bumrah – Highest wicket-taker in T20 World Cup 2021The ICC T20 World Cup will happen in India this year. The ICC had planned a T20 World Cup in Australia last year. However, because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Cricket Australia and ICC had no other option but to delay the competition. Now, Australia will play host to this global event in 2022.As far as 2021 is concerned, all eyes will be on the Indian cricket team as they will host the second consecutive T20 World Cup. In the previous edition of the tournament, the hosts lost to eventual champions West Indies in the semifinals at the Wankhede Stadium. Jasprit Bumrah had made his T20I debut just a few months back then.In the last five years, Bumrah has become one of the top all-format bowlers in world cricket. Bumrah finished at the second position on the Purple Cap leaderboard of IPL 2020. He will aim to guide the Indian cricket team to their second T20 World Cup by taking the most wickets in the competition.5. Virat Kohli – Winning ICC Trophy as a CaptainThe Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has broken many records in the batting department. Many fans already consider him as the greatest batsman of the modern era. The Indian team has done a splendid job in Test cricket under Virat Kohli’s leadership. However, the same cannot be said about ODIs and T20Is.The Indian cricket team reached the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final under Kohli’s captaincy. Unfortunately, Pakistan defeated them to win the trophy. Next, in 2019, the Indian team made it to the Icc cricket world cup semifinal, where New Zealand handed them a heart-breaking defeat.Virat had won the ICC U19 World Cup as a captain. After breaking into the senior team, he won the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy playing under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. However, he is yet to win his first ICC Trophy as a captain at the senior level. Kohli could end that drought with a T20 World Cup triumph at home later this year.6. Kane Williamson – Retaining his number 1 Test Ranking throughout the yearNew Zealand cricket team skipper Kane Williamson attained the number one spot on the ICC Test Rankings for Batsmen in the final week of 2020. Williamson had been in sensational form during the last phase of 2020. He recorded his highest score in Test cricket against West Indies.Soon, he registered a century against the Pakistan cricket team as well. His consistent performances took the New Zealand team very close to the number one position on the ICC Test Rankings. A victory in the second Test against Pakistan will guarantee the Blackcaps the top position on the charts.Kane Williamson will have the challenge of ensuring that he maintains his top form with the bat. Retaining the number one position on the ICC Test Rankings for Batsmen will be a considerable task because India and England will play 10 Tests against each other this year. The other players will also play a lot of Test cricket. Still, the fans can back Williamson to remain World No. 1.7. Shakib Al Hasan – Regaining number 1 position on all-rounders RankingsBangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will make his much-awaited return to the cricket field in 2021. The southpaw had received a one-year suspension for not reporting the details of a corruption approach to the ICC. Nevertheless, Shakib has stated that he has learned his lesson.The Bangladesh cricket team will compete in two multi-national tournaments this year. They will visit Sri Lanka to participate in the Asia Cup. Next, they will travel to India and play in the ICC T20 World Cup. Shakib Al Hasan will be the key to Bangladesh’s success in the two competitions.While Shakib would prefer his team’s success over his individual ranking, somewhere in his mind, he would also have the goal of regaining the number one position on the all-rounders’ rankings. Ben Stokes is the number one Test all-rounder right now, while Mohammad Nabi is above the second-placed Shakib in the T20I charts.8. Rashid Khan – Help Afghanistan win Tests outside AsiaRashid Khan had helped the Afghanistan cricket team register their first Test win at home and first Test win away from home in 2019. Afghanistan beat Ireland at their adopted home venue. Soon, they defeated Bangladesh by 224 runs in a Test match at Chittagong. Unfortunately, Afghanistan could not play a single Test match in 2020.The Afghan team will don the whites again in 2021 as they will face Australia in a one-off Test match. The possibility that ICC gives more Tests to Afghanistan this year is very high. Rashid Khan had played a massive role in Afghanistan’s first overseas Test match win. The fans will have the same expectations from him this year.Although defeating Australia in Australia is a daunting task, Afghanistan could open their account outside Asia with a win against Ireland or Zimbabwe if the cricket boards plan a series. Also, Rashid Khan will try to his global cricket experience to ensure that Afghanistan betters its overall record outside the subcontinent.9. Ben Stokes – Turn the tables in T20 World Cup 2021 in IndiaNo cricket fan could forget the final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2016. West Indies had reached the final after some magnificent performances in the earlier rounds. On the other side, England made it to the final, ousting favorites New Zealand in the semifinal round of the competition.England almost had the T20 World Cup in their hands. The equation had come down to 19 runs off six deliveries. Ben Stokes got the responsibility to defend 19 runs against Carlos Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels in the final over. Unfortunately, Stokes could not defend the target.Brathwaite hit him for four sixes off the first four deliveries as West Indies won the game with two balls to spare. Every cricket fan felt sorry for Ben Stokes that night. Now, in 2021, he has the chance to turn the tables by leading England to the title in the same tournament in the same country. The all-rounder has been exceptional in all formats. Thus, he could help England win their second T20 World Cup title.10. Quinton de Kock – Leading South Africa to their first-ever ICC Trophy winDespite having some of the greatest players in international cricket history, South Africa has never won an ICC Trophy. New captain Quinton de Kock has won the last two IPL seasons with the Mumbai Indians. The team seems to be on a rise under his captaincy as they crushed Sri Lanka in the Boxing Day Test match.South Africa could even bring ab de Villiers back for the ICC T20 World Cup in India. Quinton de Kock will have the opportunity to create history by becoming the first South African skipper to win the ICC T20 World Cup. As mentioned ahead, de Kock has been a part of champion sides.Also, South Africa has much more experience in their squad now. The South African team had visited India for a T20I series in 2019. Also, they are scheduled to battle India before the T20 World Cup. Hence, De Kock’s resolution would be to bring all his experience to the fore and lead South Africa to a historic championship victory.