Michelle Bachelet, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as US diplomats, called on Tuesday for a swift and independent investigation into last week’s deadly clashes during mass protests in Uzbekistan. . Uzbek authorities said on Monday that at least 18 people were killed in Friday’s clashes in the […]
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Libya: Talks in Geneva on holding elections in the country are fruitless
UN-sponsored talks between the speakers of Libya’s two rival legislatures ended without agreement on the constitutional framework that would lead to elections in the country. “While the progress made in the three rounds of consultations in Cairo and in Geneva is significant, it remains insufficient,” UN special envoy Stephanie Williams said after three days of […]
About 16 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN
About 16 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance and more than 6 million are still displaced inside the country, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the war-torn country said in Kyiv today. “Nearly 16 million people in Ukraine today are in need of humanitarian assistance: water, food, health care,” Osnat Lubrani told a news […]
Russia at UN: ‘Ready to help prevent food crisis’
Russia said Wednesday it was ready to work with the United Nations to combat the risks of a global food crisis and to meet its commitments to export food and fertilizers. The commitments were made during a conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to a statement from the […]
Zelensky to S.A. UN: Expel Russia from the body
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday called on the United Nations Security Council to take action against Russia, one of its permanent members, by one of its 14 partners. Russia should not be allowed to remain in the UN Security Council as long as it continues to “terrorize” Ukrainian civilians, Zelensky said during a video conference […]
UN: More than 306,000 civilians killed since the start of the war in Syria in 2011
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced today that 306,887 civilians have been killed in Syria during the war that erupted in March 2011, the highest death toll ever recorded by the UN agency. The war in Syria erupted after the suppression of peaceful protests against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in […]
Cyprus: In the semi-annual report of the UN Secretary General, the Turkish challenges in Varosia
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiadis, met today at the Presidential Palace with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Cyprus and Head of the Peacekeeping Force, Colin Stewart. The meeting was held in view of the preparation of the semi-annual reports of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, which […]
N. Anastasiadis meets with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General
The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis will have a meeting with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Cyprus Colin Stewart at 11:30 in the morning at the Presidential Palace. The meeting will take place in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus I. Kasoulidis and the […]
The UN is throwing Ankara in the feathers – British tactics
According to philenews.com, the United Nations is in line with the wider climate, which is forming in the international arena to “encourage” occupying Turkey. They follow the logic that Ankara should not be bothered, but instead should constantly collect, as it… is useful, for example, in the Ukrainian. That is why the pretexts are not […]
UN High Court ruling on women’s rights
LAST UPDATE: 20:53 The annulment of the abortion right decided by the US Supreme Court today “is a terrible blow to women’s human rights and gender equality,” said Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. “Access to safe, legal and effective abortion is firmly rooted in international human rights and is central to women’s […]
