North Korea lashed out at United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today, calling his call for Pyongyang to denuclearize during a visit to Seoul “dangerous”. During his two-day visit to the South Korean capital, Mr. Guterres assured last Friday that he “fully supports” the denuclearization of North Korea, which he reduced to a “fundamental goal for […]
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The UN pledges to fully support efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Seoul for meetings with South Korean leaders, said today that he fully supports efforts to fully denuclearize North Korea. “I would like to take this opportunity to express my unequivocal support for the complete, credible and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, particularly North Korea, and to […]
UN – Palestine: UNHCR expresses concern over number of children killed in recent days
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today expressed her concern at the number of Palestinian children killed in recent days and called for those responsible to be held accountable. Last week, 19 Palestinian children were killed, bringing the death toll to 37 since the beginning of the year, according to the UNHCR. […]
What does the agreement between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN provide for Ukrainian grain exports
The United Nations, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine on Monday issued the long-awaited terms of the process that will apply to commercial ships handling Ukrainian grain and fertilizer exports through the Black Sea, according to a document seen by Reuters. “The parties will not launch attacks against commercial vessels or other civilian ships and port facilities […]
UN Secretary-General warns humanity against nuclear weapons on Hiroshima anniversary
Bells rang in Hiroshima today to mark the 77th anniversary of the dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb, with the UN secretary-general and other officials sounding the alarm over a new arms race following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and, shortly after, Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin raised the possibility […]
UN confirms involvement of Malian soldiers and ‘white soldiers’ in death of 33 civilians
The Malian army and “white soldiers” are involved in the death, in early March in Mali, not far from the border with Mauritania, of 33 civilians, including 29 Mauritanians and 4 Malian citizens, according to a report by UN experts, on which Agence France-Presse saw today. The bodies of these civilians were found a few […]
UN: Food prices fall again in July
The United Nations food agency’s global price index fell again in July after hitting a record high in March. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which records the monthly variation in international prices of a ‘basket’ of staple foods, averaged 140.9 points last month against a revised reading of 154.3 points in June. […]
North Korea is preparing for its first nuclear test since 2017
UN experts have warned that North Korea is preparing to carry out its first nuclear weapon test since 2017. Construction works at an underground test facility in the north of the country have been observed in recent months: “works at the Punge-ri test site pave the way for additional nuclear tests to be conducted to […]
The UN confirms that the Rwandan army has operated in DR Congo
The Rwandan army has intervened in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent months, both directly and by offering support to armed groups, according to a confidential report by experts tasked with investigating the crisis on behalf of the UN and obtained by the AFP news agency. and Reuters yesterday Thursday. […]
UN: Investigative mission on the explosions in Olenivka prison in Ukraine
The UN secretary-general will launch a fact-finding mission to find out the “truth” in connection with last week’s explosions at Olenivka prison in a pro-Russian separatist region of eastern Ukraine, he announced today, responding to requests from Kiev and Moscow. “I decided to launch an investigative mission” following “requests I received from the Russian Federation […]