I. Changes in the Palestinian-Israeli Political Situation In June 5438+10, the conflict between the two sides intensified. Israeli Kadima Party leader Olmert succeeded the seriously ill Prime Minister Sharon, and Hamas won the ruling position in the Palestinian Legislative Council election. The Israeli-Palestinian governments do not recognize each other and are hostile to each other, and the mediation efforts of the United States and other western countries have decreased, leading to continuous conflicts between Israel and Palestine. 165438+ 10 in June and June, Israeli military operations of "summer rain" and "autumn clouds" were launched against Gaza, causing thousands of Palestinian casualties. Israel and some western countries suspended their economic aid to Pakistan, which made the Palestinian economy worse. The efforts of the Palestinian parties to form a Coalition government have not achieved results, and the Palestinian political situation has experienced violent turmoil. Second, the Egyptian passenger ship crashed in the Red Sea. Thousands of people were killed. On February 2, the Egyptian passenger ship Salam (Peace) 98 broke down on the way from Dubai port in Saudi Arabia to Sefaj port in Egypt and sank into the Red Sea. More than 0/000 people were killed on board/KLOC-and more than 380 people were injured. The investigation shows that there were major safety hazards in the passenger ship before the incident. The Attorney General of Egypt accused six people who were responsible for the sinking of the passenger ship of negligence, formally filed a lawsuit against them, and issued an international wanted order against the boss of the company whose accident ship fled overseas. In addition, the Egyptian administrative court handed over 59 people suspected of dereliction of duty to the disciplinary court for trial. Three. The security situation in Iraq has deteriorated since February, with active anti-American forces in Iraq, frequent violent attacks and intensified sectarian conflicts. Tens of thousands of Iraqis were killed in the conflict and about 420,000 people fled their homes. Since the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003, 600,000 Iraqi civilians have died of violence and nearly 3,000 American troops in Iraq have died. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Iraq has fallen into civil war. The chaos in Iraq has had a great impact on American domestic politics. The Democratic Party of the United States regained control of the House and Senate in the mid-term congressional elections, and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, who had a tough attitude towards Iraq policy, resigned. Fourth, the armed conflict between Lebanon and Israel caused disaster. 12 in July, Israel launched a large-scale military invasion of Lebanon on the grounds of rescuing kidnapped soldiers, and Hezbollah armed forces in Lebanon stubbornly resisted. The bloody conflict that lasted for 34 days caused about 2,000 deaths, nearly one million people became refugees, and the direct economic loss in Lebanon was as high as more than $3 billion. On August 1 1, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 170 1. On August 14, Lebanon and Israel achieved a comprehensive ceasefire. The Lebanon war has intensified the confrontation between the Arab world and Israel, and the situation in the Middle East has become more complicated and turbulent. 5. The international crude oil price fluctuates violently. On July 14, the New York Mercantile Exchange crude oil futures price hit a record high of 78.40 USD per barrel due to the Iranian nuclear issue. Since then, with the increase of global crude oil inventories, the market's concerns about tight crude oil supply have eased, and oil prices have begun to fall sharply, falling below $60 a barrel. 10 year 10 On October 20th, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to cut crude oil production to prevent a sharp drop in oil prices. At present, the oil price in new york market fluctuates around $60 per barrel. Falling oil prices are conducive to the sustained growth of the world economy. 6. Pluto is no longer listed as a planet in the solar system. On August 24th, the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union held in Prague, Czech Republic, passed a resolution to stop listing Pluto as planets of the solar system, and its status was controversial, thus reducing the number of planets in the solar system from the traditional nine to eight. According to the new definition of planet adopted by the General Assembly, the planets in the solar system include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, and Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet. Planets and dwarf planets are two different celestial bodies. 7. Abe quickly visited China after taking office. On September 26th, Shinzo Abe was elected Prime Minister of Japan, succeeding Junichiro Koizumi. On June+10, 5438, China and Japan reached an agreement on overcoming the political obstacles affecting the relations between the two countries and promoting the healthy development of friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, which created conditions for the improvement and development of Sino-Japanese relations. On this basis, after Abe's successful visit to China, the leaders of China and Japan reached broad consensus on building a strategic and mutually beneficial relationship between China and Japan and realizing the great goal of "peaceful coexistence, friendship from generation to generation, mutually beneficial cooperation and common development". Sino-Japanese relations have opened a political deadlock that lasted for five years and embarked on a normal development track. 8. Nuclear non-proliferation efforts suffered a major setback. 10 year 10 9 October, North Korea brazenly conducted a nuclear test despite the general opposition of the international community. 10 10 14, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear test, demanding that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons and nuclear program, immediately and unconditionally return to the Six-Party Talks, and decided to take sanctions against North Korea in areas related to weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons and missiles. During this year, the Iranian nuclear issue continued to heat up, and the intervention of the United Nations Security Council and the efforts of the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany failed to make substantial progress. On February 23rd, 65438, the UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution to impose sanctions on Iran's nuclear program and ballistic missile program, but Iran refused to implement this resolution. 9. The United Nations produced a new Secretary-General 10 10/0/3. On the 6th1session of the United Nations General Assembly, a plenary meeting was held and a resolution was passed, officially appointing Ban Ki-moon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the fierce election of the Secretary-General of the United Nations was settled. Ban Ki-moon, who will succeed the current Secretary-General Annan, will be the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations and the second Secretary-General from an Asian country after Wu Dan of Myanmar. His term of office will be from 1 in October 2007 to 1 1 in February 2007. X. The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held on14-5 October, 165438+, attended by heads of state, government or representatives of China and 48 African countries and representatives of international organizations. Guided by the principles of friendship, peace, cooperation and development, Chinese and African leaders agreed to establish and develop a new strategic partnership between China and Africa on the basis of political equality and mutual trust, economic cooperation, cultural exchange and mutual learning. The Beijing Summit Declaration and Beijing Action Plan adopted at the summit are of great guiding significance to the future development of China-Africa relations.

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