The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, has expressed regret over Russia’s decision to recognize the independence of the breakaway republics of eastern Ukraine, which are controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. ” “The coming hours and days will be crucial. The risk of a major conflict is real and any […]
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Russia’s throws away mask ‘, German ambassador to UN says
Russia has revealed its true intentions by ordering the deployment of troops that it says will play a “peaceful” role in pro-Russian separatist areas of eastern Ukraine, German Ambassador to the United Nations Andrzej Leederdze said. Extraordinary meeting of the Security Council on the Ukrainian crisis. “Russia has repeatedly insisted that it is not part […]
Blinken: Russian invasion of Ukraine within days and provocations with ‘chemical weapons’
LAST UPDATE: 19:49 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today called on Russia to “abandon the path of war”, describing a scenario of an attack on Ukraine, which Washington considers “imminent”. “I’m not here today to start a war but to prevent it,” Blinken told the UN Security Council, adding that he had suggested to […]
Ukraine: ‘Extremely dangerous’ situation in country, says UN Political Affairs chief
The head of the UN Department of Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said today that she was concerned about reports of a new ceasefire violation in Ukraine in recent hours and called on all parties to show restraint. “Whatever one thinks about the prospect of such a confrontation, the reality is that the current situation is […]
Ukraine: US ambassador to UN warns of ‘imminent Russian invasion’ – Blinken’s emergency speech
LAST UPDATE: 15:23 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken changed his travel plans at the last minute on Thursday to address a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine amid rising tensions over the increase in Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, the agency said. Reuters. The speech of the head of the American diplomacy will start […]
UN: Environmental pollution causes more deaths than covid
Pollution from states and businesses causes more deaths worldwide than COVID-19, according to a United Nations environmental report released today calling for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban certain toxic chemicals. The report notes that contamination with pesticides, plastics and e-waste causes widespread human rights abuses as well as at least nine million deaths a […]
Yemen: Five UN officials abducted
Five UN officials have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden on a mission, the United Nations said on Saturday. Officials were abducted on Friday in the Abyan government, said Russell Giki, a spokesman for the top UN official in Yemen. “The United Nations is in contact with the authorities to ensure their […]
Libya: UN continues to support caretaker Prime Minister A. Dbeiba
The convoy carrying Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dibeba was targeted by gunfire Wednesday night in Tripoli, leaving no one injured, the interior ministry said. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a rally in the eastern city of Tripoli. The perpetrators were riding in a Toyota Camry car without license plates, the statement […]
World Health Organization chief meets Taliban health minister
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tentros Adanom Gebregesous, announced today that he had met with the Taliban government’s health minister to discuss the health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, which he described as “catastrophic”. Tetros clarified that this meeting with Kalader Ebad, who is participating in a Taliban delegation in Geneva […]
Dendias from London: We promote Greece’s candidacy in the Security Council
“I am back in the United Kingdom, first to see the ambassadors who are accredited in Athens (and based in London) in an effort to promote our candidacy for the United Nations Security Council,” he said. Greek correspondents in London Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, on the occasion of his visit to the British capital. […]
