On June 26 local time, the National Assembly of Nicaragua unanimously approved a proposal submitted by the Presidential Office to join the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed), officially marking the country's accession to the organization, according to CCTV News. 

To meet the international community's demand for a professional mediation body, China took the lead in promoting the signing of the Convention on the Establishment of the IOMed. The organization aims to fill a longstanding institutional gap in the field of international mediation, according to the report. 

The signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the IOMed was held on May 30 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. About 400 high-level representatives from 85 countries and nearly 20 international organizations attended the signing event. Among them, 33 countries signed the convention on-site, making them the founding members of the IOMed, according to the Xinhua News Agency.