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11/29/2021 at 22:16 CET

Victoria, a classic of Coruña grassroots football, the club from which, for example, the former Real Madrid footballer and the Spanish team Amancio Amaro came out, meets with Villarreal in the Copa del Reyin a historic match for the black and white entity, which has never been seen in an equal before.

The stage will be First Division, the Abanca-Riazor stadium, owned by the municipality and operated under a concession by Deportivo, which has seen fit, with an agreement with the City Council, to assign it to Victoria for this meeting.

Villarreal, for its part, starts its participation against Victoria touched after the defeat with Barcelona, ​​which leaves them in complications in the League, so the Cup can be a good escape route to achieve a good result and to be able to aspire to the title. The team led by Unai Emery opens in this competition with the absences of the injured Coquelin and Aurier, while forward Gerard Moreno, already recovered, could have a few minutes.

Laguna-Granada

Five categories separate Laguna and Granada in a sportingly eliconditioned for being played in a stadium that benefits Granada. The Nasrid, as is now traditional, will bet on a team with players with few minutes in LaLiga and on homegrown players with the aim of overcoming the first round of the tournament.

Unami-Alavés

Unami, a modest Segovian team that plays in the Preferential League of Castilla y León, faces with enthusiasm “The game of our lives & rdquor;, as its captain Sergio Prieto described the match that will measure Deportivo Alavés. The babazorros, everything indicates, will line up a team full of substitutes.

Ebro-Celta

The Club Deportivo Ebro de Zaragoza faces the first round of the Copa del Rey, where Celta is measured, with the illusion…

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Jeanine Plasschaert, Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said clashes erupted in the weeks following the vote, with demonstrations and sit-ins escalating into violence and casualties reported.

| Briefing (As Delivered) by SRSG and head of UNAMI, Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, at the 8910th meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation concerning #Iraq, held via video-teleconference from Baghdad on Tuesday, 23 November 2021.https://t.co/VbIqkXZqyF

— UNAMI (@UNIraq) November 23, 2021

On 7 November, an assassination attempt was made on Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi when an exploding drone entered his residence in Baghdad’s Green Zone.

Demands and grievances

Describing Iraq’s current outlook as “precarious”, the Special Representative recalled that the October elections themselves emerged from an unprecedented wave of country-wide demonstrations in 2019.

Marked by violence, excessive use of force, abductions and targeted killings, the protests left hundreds dead and thousands injuried.

The country’s current fragile peace also comes on the heels of decades of conflict, which prevented ordinary civilians from making their voices heard.

“A lack of political, economic and social prospects made many, many Iraqis take to the streets”, said Ms. Plasschaert. “Their demands and grievances remain as relevant as ever”.

‘Much to be proud of’

While turnout for the recently concluded election was just 41 per cent, the vote was generally peaceful and well-run. 

“There is much for Iraqis to be proud of in this election,” said the Special Representative.

On 22 October, the Security Council issued a statement congratulating the people and Government of Iraq on the smooth conduct of a “technically sound election” and deploring related threats of violence.

UNAMI had provided technical assistance to the electoral process and warned against the threats of violence and misinformation.

There…

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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called on all Iraqi factions to address their disputes over last month’s elections through legal means and work toward the formation of a new government.

China applauses Iraq’s successful holding of parliamentary elections last month and appreciates the great efforts made by the Iraqi government and people and fully recognizes the electoral support provided by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), said Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations.

China condemns the Nov. 7 attack on the Iraqi prime minister’s residence and expresses concern over the recent threats of violence against Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission and UNAMI, he told the Security Council.

“We hope that all parties in Iraq will stay calm and exercise restraint, express their demands and resolve their differences and disputes through peaceful means within the framework of the Constitution and laws,” said Geng. “China encourages all factions in Iraq to seize the opportunity presented by the elections to build consensus, strengthen solidarity, and form a new government in an orderly manner so as to lay a solid political foundation for further progress in nation-building and achieving development and prosperity.”

The security situation in Iraq remains grave with frequent attacks launched by the remnants of the Islamic State. The international community should sustain its unwavering support for Iraq’s counter-terrorism efforts. The countries concerned should shoulder their responsibilities by facilitating the early identification and repatriation of foreign terrorist fighters and their families in Iraq, he said.

On Nov. 4, Iraq’s UN ambassador wrote to the president of the Security Council, listing Turkey’s alleged violations of Iraqi territory and air space during the period from June to September this year. The UN secretary-general’s report on Iraq also documented Iraqi civilian casualties from airstrikes…

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