The UN’s top nuclear official warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and made an urgent appeal to Russia and Ukraine to immediately allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation to avoid a nuclear accident, as reported by the Associated Press. Rafael Grossi, director […]
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War in Yemen: The ceasefire agreement is extended in extremis until October
The UN on Tuesday announced a last-minute extension for “two additional months” of the ceasefire in force in Yemen, expressing the hope that negotiations will be “intensified” to allow for a more “lasting” peace in the Arab world’s poorest country. where an armed conflict has been raging for some eight years. Facing one of the […]
UN to Israel: Stop the ‘harassment’ of humanitarian workers in the West Bank
UN rapporteurs today called on Israel to stop “harassing” aid workers and human rights defenders in an area of ​​the occupied West Bank where the Israeli military is training. “The arrogance of the Israeli authorities is proving to know no bounds. The authorities are even harassing human rights advocates and humanitarian workers who are trying […]
UN warmly welcomes departure of first Ukrainian grain ship from Odessa
UN chief Antonio Guterres “warmly welcomes” today’s departure of the first ship of Ukrainian grain as part of a plan aimed at lifting the Russian maritime blockade, a spokesman said. “The Secretary-General hopes that this will be the first of many merchant ships under the agreement signed and that this will bring the stability and […]
Israel demands dissolution of UN commission after member’s ‘anti-Semitic comments’
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid claimed yesterday that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should proceed with the dissolution of a commission of inquiry after the “anti-Semitic” statements of one of its members, intensifying the pressure on the international organization. This UN commission investigates human rights violations in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In an […]
Ukraine: Russia invites UN, Red Cross to investigate POW prison deaths
Russia today called on the United Nations and the Red Cross to investigate the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners held by pro-Russian separatists, as Ukraine’s president ordered the evacuation of residents of Donetsk, in the country’s east. President Volodymyr Zelensky said hundreds of thousands of people remain at risk amid heavy fighting in the […]
Cyprus: Diametrically opposed receptions for the new UN resolution on the peacekeeping force
Resolution 2646, unanimously adopted by the United Nations Security Council and which renews the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus for another six months, received a different reception on both sides of the barbed wire. On the Greek Cypriot side, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reiterated his satisfaction with the content of the resolution. […]
Cyprus: Satisfaction with the renewal of the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force (UNFICYP) on the island
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus expresses its satisfaction with the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution regarding the renewal of the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force (UNFICYP) in Cyprus. As the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs states in its related announcement, in its Resolution the Security Council confirms all its Resolutions […]
The UN Security Council condemns the execution of political prisoners by the Myanmar junta
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemned the executions of four democracy activists in Myanmar by the military regime and called for the immediate release of all those arbitrarily imprisoned, including former president Win Min and former de facto leader of the government, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. In its statement adopted unanimously […]
Erdogan promises ‘good news’ on Ukraine grain export deal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would give “good news” to the world about grain exports after delegations from Ukraine and Russia signed an agreement under a United Nations plan to restart Kiev’s grain exports later today. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN will sign the agreement at 16:30 Greek time in Istanbul, in […]
