Germany’s UN Delegation Faces Disappointment as Climate Message Goes Unheard

Germany’s UN Delegation Faces Disappointment as Climate Message Goes Unheard

Germany is flying with a huge delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York, promoting traffic light projects and going on a diplomatic environmental offensive – but no one is listening. Embarrassing: Two German state secretaries give a press conference in English so that the world press can record their message, like that WELT … Read more

UN Report Urges Countries to Consider Financial Reparations for Transatlantic Slavery

UN Report Urges Countries to Consider Financial Reparations for Transatlantic Slavery

20 Sep 2023 at 09:34 Secretary-General António Guterres wants countries to work on compensation for the history of slavery. According to him, this is appropriate, because the system has caused enormous damage on a human and economic level. Guterres writes in a report that no country has yet fully accounted for its own role in … Read more

Group of States Around Russia Attempt to Block UN Sustainability Goals

Group of States Around Russia Attempt to Block UN Sustainability Goals

A group of states around Russia wants to block several statements that should be adopted by the global community during the upcoming UN general debate. This includes, among other things, a text that was intended to reaffirm the United Nations’ sustainability goals today. UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the paper as a “quantum leap” to … Read more

Baerbock Calls for Reform of the UN Security Council during USA Trip

Baerbock Calls for Reform of the UN Security Council during USA Trip

USA trip ends in New York Baerbock calls for reform of the UN Security Council September 17, 2023, 3:48 a.m. Listen to article This audio version was artificially generated. More info | Send feedback On her extensive US trip, Baerbock reaches her last stop, New York. Before the UN general debate, the Green Foreign Minister … Read more

Biden to Meet Netanyahu at UN General Assembly: White House

Biden to Meet Netanyahu at UN General Assembly: White House

White House: Biden will meet Netanyahu during the United Nations General Assembly US President Joe Biden will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced. Announcement Sullivan said in a statement to reporters on … Read more

Nigeria Urges UN to Strengthen Support in Countering Terrorism

Nigeria Urges UN to Strengthen Support in Countering Terrorism

Original title: Nigeria seeks UN to strengthen support for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism Xinhua News Agency, Abuja, September 2 (Reporter Yang Zhe) When Nigerian President Tinub met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, he expressed the hope that the UN will increase its Support Nigeria’s efforts to combat terrorism. According to … Read more

Lebanon’s Rejection of Draft Renewal of UNIFIL Force for Lack of Coordination with Lebanese Government

Lebanon’s Rejection of Draft Renewal of UNIFIL Force for Lack of Coordination with Lebanese Government

Lebanon announces its rejection of the draft renewal of the “UNIFIL” force presented to the Security Council, as it does not refer to the necessity of coordinating “UNIFIL” in its operations with the Lebanese government. UNIFIL forces have been in Lebanon since 1978 The Lebanese Foreign Minister in the caretaker government, Abdullah Bouhabib, announced today, … Read more

North Korea Accuses US and UN of ‘Conspiracy’ Over Human Rights Condemnation

North Korea Accuses US and UN of ‘Conspiracy’ Over Human Rights Condemnation

North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on August 19 that the United States was using the United Nations as part of a “conspiracy” against North Korea after the United Nations Security Council condemned the country’s human rights situation. I conveyed my point of view. A North Korean flag is seen near Panmunjom … Read more

The Effects of Russia’s Black Sea Grain Deal Withdrawal on Ukrainian Grain Exports and EU Import Bans

The Effects of Russia’s Black Sea Grain Deal Withdrawal on Ukrainian Grain Exports and EU Import Bans

BUCHAREST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia in July pulled out of a year-old agreement to safely export Ukrainian grain through Black Sea ports. Since then, Ukraine has relied entirely on alternative routes through the European Union. In July, Russia withdrew from a year-old deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to be safely exported through Black Sea ports. Ukraine … Read more