Updated on 02/23/2022 04:41 pm Peru expressed this Wednesday its deep concern about the evolution of events within the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as on the eastern border of Ukraine and Russia, and advocated a peaceful and sustainable solution through diplomatic channels. The Permanent Representative of Peru to the UN, Ambassador Manuel Rodríguez […]
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States, companies and societies press for a treaty against plastics
Companies, governments and people around the world, as shown by a survey published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF, for its acronym in English), agree on the urgent need to reach a global treaty to fight against plastic pollution, which this week it begins to be debated in the United Nations. A survey […]
Zelensky calls for UN Security Council meeting
President ukrainian, Volodymyr Zelenskyrequested this Saturday a meeting of the Security Council of the UN in view of the military escalation around Ukraine and added that a roadmap is needed for a “possible integration of Ukraine into the alliance” of the NATO. “In the coming weeks it is necessary to seek new security guarantees for […]
UN warns the world is more dangerous now than during the Cold War
Updated on 02/18/2022 11:07 am UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is probably a more dangerous place now than it was during the Cold War. With East-West tensions at their highest since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, he said a small mistake or miscommunication between major powers could […]
The US details in the UN the alleged Russian plans to invade Ukraine
United States detailed before United Nations the alleged plans of Russia to justify and imminently launch an invasion of Ukrainewhich would include the taking of Kiev, accusations that Moscow considered unfounded and dangerous. In a last-minute move to underscore the seriousness of the crisis, the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, traveled to New York […]
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other at the UN of breaching the Minsk agreements
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin accused Ukraine this Thursday at the UN Security Council of failing to comply with the 2015 Minsk agreements, the same accusation made by the Ukrainian ambassador to the UN. “Don’t be fooled” by these “superfluous speculations,” Vershinin said of statements by top officials of Western powers warning Russia against […]
UN: global trade rose 25% in 2021 and exceeded pre-pandemic levels
According to the United Nations Organization (UN), global trade in goods and services hit an all-time high of $28.5 trillion in 2021, a 25% year-on-year increase that was also 13% higher than 2019 figures. The UN Agency for Trade and Development (UNCTAD)specified that the result was given thanks to the impulse of the rises in […]
Coats and backpacks ready to flee, eastern Ukraine prepares for possible Russian attack
A family photo, a quilt and food”: in Krasnogorivka (east of Ukraine), Maria, nine years old, prepares her backpack that she will have to carry if there is a Russian attack, while her mother watches. Planning for a possible evacuation has become routine for this large family, who reside in a multi-story building partially destroyed […]
The US defends the right to impose unilateral sanctions if there are blockades at the UN
U.S justified his recourse to sanctions dictated unilaterally in the face of what he called “the blockade on occasions of the Security Council of the UN”, after criticism from Russia Y China, who consider that with measures like these the role of the Council is distorted. The Council debated today, at the proposal of the […]