The use of mercury in mining and its trafficking to Peru, Brazil and Colombia, where it is prohibited, has earned Bolivia strong questioning by the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS), who have called on the Bolivian authorities to honor international commitments. “We see with great concern not a reduction (in […]
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UN chief warns against world famine due to war in Ukraine
Updated on 03/14/2022 12:09 pm UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned against the repercussions of Russia’s war in Ukraine, which could result in “a hurricane of famine” in many countries. Halting agricultural production in Ukraine and Russia due to the conflict will hit “the poorest the hardest and sow seeds of political instability and unrest […]
The face at the UN of a defensive Russian diplomacy
The emergency session of the Security Council in United NationsWell into the night of February 23, Vassily Nebenzia looked shocked, his face pale and his shoulders slumped. Russia, the country he represents at the UN, had just invaded Ukraine, a move that continues to shake the world to this day. At 60, Vassily Alekseevich Nebenzia […]
UN has credible reports of use of Russian cluster bombs in Ukraine
Updated on 03/11/2022 06:06 pm The human rights office UN announced that it received “reliable reports” of several cases in which armed forces Russian used cluster bombs in populated areas of Ukraineadding that the indiscriminate use of these could constitute a war crime. The UN agency has dozens of monitors in the country and more […]
UN: after pandemic, Russian invasion of Ukraine aggravates world hunger
Updated on 03/10/2022 12:25 pm World hunger was already on the rise due to the pandemic and the situation was aggravated by the war in Ukraine, a region that produces grains, fertilizers and energy, warned the United Nations (UN). “We weren’t well even before the pandemic, hunger was on the rise and then the pandemic […]
The war aggravates the food emergency that plagues the world
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means that the food inflation that has been plaguing consumers around the world is turning into a widespread crisis, one that could exceed even the impact of the pandemic and leave millions more suffering. hunger. Together, Russia and Ukraine they represent a huge part of the world’s agricultural supplies, exporting so […]
The US believes that China can show that it respects the UN Charter
Deputy Secretary of State for United StatesWendy Sherman stated that China now has the opportunity to show that it supports the principles of the Charter of the UN with regard to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. In Madrid, where he carries out various diplomatic activities, Sherman referred to the hypothesis that China carries […]
More than 1.7 million Ukrainians have fled, while the wave of refugees increases, denounces the UN
More than 1.7 million Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion have so far crossed into Central Europe, the United Nations refugee agency said, as thousands more streamed across borders. Poland – which has the largest Ukrainian community in Central Europe – has received more than a million Ukrainian refugees since the conflict began on February 24. […]
Russia: more isolated than ever in the UN after historic vote in the Human Rights Council
Russia was left more isolated than ever in the United Nations Organization (UN) this Friday after a historic vote in favor of an international investigation into Ukraine, in which allies as close to President Vladimir Putin as Venezuela and Cuba abstained. Eritrea is the only country that voted against the resolution that Kiev put on […]
The ambiguity of the large emerging countries in the face of the war in Ukraine
With a large majority, the UN General Assembly approved on Wednesday a resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine, while demanding a withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory. Of the 193 member states of the United Nations, 141 supported the text, while only five voted against it: Russia itself, Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea. […]