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Russia loses election to three UN bodies over Ukraine
"Russia did not fare well in recent elections to three UN bodies. I'm Lisa dwyer. Russia has lost elections to three United Nations bodies, a sign that opposition to its invasion of Ukraine over a year ago remains strong. This week's votes in the 54 member UN economic and social council follow approval of 6 non binding resolutions against Russia by the 193 member UN General Assembly, Russia was overwhelmingly defeated by Romania for a seat on the commission on the status of women. It lost to Estonia to be a member of the executive board of the UN children's agency UNICEF, and Russia was defeated by Armenia and the Czech Republic in secret ballots for membership on the commission on crime prevention and criminal justice. I'm Lisa dwyer
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U.N. approves resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine
"The UN has approved a resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine. I'm Lisa dwyer. The UN General Assembly has passed a non binding resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities and withdraw from its neighbor. The resolution which passed on a vote of 141 to 7 with 32 abstentions since a strong message that Russia's aggression must end during two days of debate, foreign ministers from more than a dozen European nations and Japan called for support for the resolution that upholds Ukraine's territorial integrity. The General Assembly has become the most important UN body dealing with Ukraine because the Security Council which is charged with maintaining international peace and security is paralyzed by Russia's veto power, unlike Security Council resolutions, its resolutions are not legally binding, but serve as a barometer of world opinion.
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OnPolitics special edition: One year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
"The UN General Assembly is holding an emergency special session with the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaching and Ben Thomas for the latest. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres opened the emergency session, calling one year of war a grim milestone. That the invasion is an affront to our collective conscience. It is a violation of the United Nations charter and international law. It is having dramatic humanitarian and human rights consequences. And the impact is being felt far beyond Ukraine. Ukraine's foreign minister is urging nations to pass a resolution calling for a peace that ensures his country's sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity. This vote will go down in history. U.S. ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield. We will see where the nations of the world stand on
The Dan Bongino Show
Lee Smith: Analysis on Whether the U.S. Bombed Nord Stream Pipeline
"Whoever was telling him this might very well have been an American intelligence source or official We don't know But whether they intended for some of not just that they intended to mislead the American public but they intended to set the intended to signal that it was a fake story So again that's my argument I don't know who did it but certainly seems quite possible The United States could have done it I mean I think I make a convincing argument that in fact Biden was keen to protect Nord stream too And the bigger takeaway I think from my article it's not just about Seymour hersh I'm arguing that Joe Biden green lighted war in Europe by lifting sanctions Remember this is something that Donald Trump had warned about We warned the Germans and this is when the Germans started laughing at him at the UN General Assembly He said you guys don't you know if you don't get off your dependence of Russian oil it's going to be big problems And we saw what the Russians and the Germans were trying to do They were trying to impoverish the rest of Europe It's really dirty And so Biden was apparently totally with that plan The Putin Angela Merkel condominium to impoverish Europe And so he lifted sanctions on Nord stream two and that's what's set everything off So there's a lot going there's a lot going on here But my focus on the her story is this to me is patently untrue because I mean you know it's like I mean it's like the stuff that we would talk about with the dossier all the time
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UN draft resolution: Any peace must keep Ukraine intact
"Ukraine's supporters have circulated a proposal resolution for adoption by the 193 member UN General Assembly. On the eve of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of its smaller neighbor. Supporters say the proposed resolution underscores the need for peace, ensuring Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity the proposed resolution obtained on Friday by the association press is broader and less detailed than Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky's ten point peace plan. UN diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions have been private, so this was a deliberate decision by Ukraine and its backers to try to gain maximum support when the resolution is put to a vote on February 23. I'm Charles De Ledesma
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UN General Assembly calls for Russian reparations to Ukraine - The Associated Press - en Español
"The United Nations general assemblies call for Russian reparations to Ukraine I Norman hall The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violating international law by invading Ukraine including by paying reparations for widespread damage to the country and for Ukrainians killed and injured during the war The vote in the 193 member world body was 94 to 14 with 73 extensions It was close to the lowest level of support received by any of the 5 Ukraine related resolutions adopted by the General Assembly since Russia's February 24th invasion
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Russia unleashes biggest attacks in Ukraine in months
"UN General Assembly is debating whether to demand Russia reverse its annexation of four regions of Ukraine as Moscow's most extensive missile strikes in months alarm much of the international community anew on Ben Thomas with the latest Civilians heads bloodied and bandaged could be seen on the streets of the capital Kyiv being tended to by emergency responders who weren't otherwise trying to douse smoldering rubble Ukraine's president Vladimir zelensky says Russia's barrage inflicted the most damage on civilians in video images showed a flaming crater right next to a playground Russian president Vladimir Putin said his forces used precision weapons targeting energy infrastructure and military command facilities Estonian prime minister kaya callis offered this assessment Russia is definitely escalating
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Belarus foreign minister blames NATO, West for Ukraine war
"Russia made its case to the world Saturday for its war in Ukraine repeating a series of grievances about its neighbor and the west to tell the UN General Assembly that Moscow had no choice but to take military action At the heart of foreign minister Sergei Lavrov's address was a claim that the U.S. and its allies not Russia as the west maintains are aggressively undermining the international system that the UN represents Through an interpreter he said the future of the world is being decided today It is clear to any impartial objective The question is whether or not that is going to be the kind of order with one hegemon at the head of it He also took aim at U.S. support of Taiwan Washington is trying to turn the entire world in its own
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Putin announces partial mobilization for Russians
"The U.S. is ripping Russia's partial military call up as a sign of weakness and desperation over losses in Ukraine Its Moscow's first mobilization since World War II Russia is scraping for personnel to throw into this fight White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan yesterday as reports spread that Vladimir Putin would partially mobilize reservists At the UN General Assembly this morning Sullivan says President Biden will focus on Russia's naked aggression in Ukraine and urge fellow leaders to stand up for the UN's own charter At a time when a permanent member of the Security Council has struck at the very heart of the charter by challenging the
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Queen Elizabeth Funeral 2022 | King Charles Joins Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Procession - India Today
"On his way to Great Britain for the queen's funeral President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden departed joint base Andrew Saturday morning for the flight to London to attend the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II Biden was set to meet with new British prime minister Liz truss on Sunday But the prime minister's office said Saturday they will not need in London and will instead have a meeting at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday in New York The White House confirmed the UN meeting just as the president boarded Air Force One Mike Gracia Washington
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UN votes to allow Ukraine's Zelenskyy to give virtual speech
"The United Nations has voted to allow Ukraine's president to give a virtual speech to the world body I Norman hall the UN General Assembly voted to allow Ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky to deliver a pre recorded address to next week's gathering of world leaders Zelensky is being given an exception to the role requiring leaders to speak in person because of his need to deal with the war following Russia's invasion The 193 member oral body approved zelensky's virtual address by vote of one O one to 7 with 19 abstentions including China the southern countries voting no or Belarus Cuba Eritrea Nicaragua North Korea Russia and Syria I Norman hall
UN News
Guterres Condemns Yemen Executions by Houthis
"U. n. secretary general antonio guiterrez on monday urged world leaders to take action to get sustainable development back on track before it's too late to change course at a meeting in new york on the sidelines of the un general assembly. He insisted that the road to recovery after kovic was mapped out clearly highlighting several challenges. The un chief said that corona virus vaccine production needed to double to reach seventy percent of the world's population by the middle of next year. Bold investment was also needed in education welfare protection healthcare and jobs. Mister guitarist continued at the digi moment. Event as he urged an end to tax evasion money laundering and illicit financial flows the third global challenges ensuring equal rights for women and girls including in education everywhere. The un top official maintained as leaders heard his call to put an end to the warming lead against a planet. The only way to do this by committing to zero net emissions by twenty fifty said mr perish by dedicating one hundred billion dollars a year to climate action and by saying no to more coal-fired power stations after twenty twenty one
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Breakdown or Breakthrough? UN Chief Lays out Stark Choices for Humanity
"Ahead of the high level week of the seventy six. Un general assembly session which begins on twenty first of september. You g antonio guitarist launched a common agenda his vision for the future of your organization. The report lays out two distinct divergent visions for the world. One of breakdown in perpetual crisis or a breakthrough to greener safer world at the heart of the vision is enhanced multi-lateralism with a summit of the future creating a new global consensus on what the future of the world should look like. And how to secure it sometime. Thomas away from your news sat down with mr guitar. Wish to discuss the report as well. As the un chiefs take on some pressing global issues including the humanitarian situation in afghanistan and the covered nineteen pandemic. She started by asking him to explain why he remains convinced. That multi-lateralism is the key to a better world. Look what has happened to. Our worlds vitals is defeated. The world's more than linear in the health after everything started we still have the vitals spreading everywhere and we see that impact on the lives of people that are mexican cuisine inequalities economies in extremely difficult situations and of course the most vulnerable suffering enormously and the world's was not able to come together and to define a global vaccination plan and bringing the countries that produce vaccines or can produce vaccines together with the organization with the in international financial institutions to then the with the pharmaceutical industry and doubled the production. And make sure that there is an equitable solution at the production. This cannot be done by country alone. Sweden by all the problem. Is that the multilateral issue we have now which is essentially late. Show them late. Show is not even the power to obtain information about the situation.
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UN Chief: 'Hell on Earth' for Children of Gaza
"If there is a hell on earth. It is the lives of children in gaza. Un secretary general. Tony guitarist said on thursday in an impassioned appeal for an end to ongoing violence in the occupied palestinian territory and in israel in his address to the un general assembly. Mister gutierrez repeated his appeal for a revitalized peace process describing it. As the only route to adjust and lasting solution the un chief's comments came amid increasing international calls for a ceasefire after more than ten days of air strikes by israeli defense forces on gaza and targets and rocket fire into israel by armed groups including hamas based in the end clave misty guitarist noted that he and other senior united nations officials were pushing for an end to hostilities by all parties to the conflict through extensive diplomatic efforts within the region including egypt jordan and qatar and key partners in the international community. I call on all members of the international community to do everything in their power to enable the parties to conflict to step back from the brink. He said latest data indicates that the clashes which are the may serious since two thousand fourteen have claimed the lives of two hundred and nineteen palestinians including sixty four children and thirty six women and injured thousands more. There have also been at least twelve fatalities in israel including two children and hundreds of injuries from rockets fired by hamas and other militant groups which mister gutierrez also condemned
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Multilateral Disarmament Treaty Is Signed
"First multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades came into force just after midnight on friday development hailed by the un secretary general as important step towards a world free from weapons of mass destruction in his message. The un chief commended the states that have ratified the treaty. On the prohibition of nuclear weapons attorney tarik also welcomed the instrumental role of civil society in the negotiation and entry into force of the pact. The survivors of nuclear explosions and nuclear tests offered tragic testimonies and were immoral force behind the treaty. He said adding that his entry into force was a tribute to their enduring advocacy. The accord was approved. Initially by one hundred and twenty two nations at the un general assembly in two thousand seventeen. It's security fifty ratifications. It needed to enter into force at the end of last october. The main nuclear powers of the united states the united kingdom russia china and france have not signed the treaty
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'Disgraceful': World reacts as Trump supporters storm US Capitol
"Officials including the secretary-general and the president of the general assembly have expressed sadness over the violent scenes on wednesday involving supporters of president trump. who stormed at the. Us capitol building the arrival of demonstrators temporarily brought a halt to the judge ruled confirmation of november's presidential election result. The secretary general is saddened by the events. A spokesperson for attorney guitarist said in response to questions from correspondence adding that in such circumstances it is important. Political leaders impress on their followers. The need to refrain from violence as well. As to respect democratic processes and the rule of law vulcan gear president of the un general assembly also voiced his dismay at the scenes on capitol hill. In a tweet. Mr busk said that the. Us is one of the world's major democracies and that he believed that peace and respect for democratic processes will prevail in our host country at this critical time in the day. Several thousand protesters marched on the us capitol in washington dc the heart of american democracy and home to the house of representatives on the senate after president trump and his supporters repeated false claims of election rigging
Monocle 24: The Foreign Desk
Macron wants France to have a seat at the top table
"President Emmanuel Macron is not unique among French leaders in entertaining grandiose notions about his country's singular place in the world charles-de-gaulle believed that France cannot be France without greatness and wrote of its exalted and exceptional destiny for Napoleon. The word impossible is not French. Emmanuel macron is a banker by background rather than a warrior, but he seems to share with his swashbuckling predescessors. The conviction that France is a great power and should behave like one in recent months alone macron has met with the Democratic opposition leaders of Belarus dispatched warships and fighter jets to Greece as it butts heads with Turkey and perhaps most startlingly invited himself to Lebanon within forty eight hours of the warehouse explosion which devastated. Beirut. In August, all of which is to say nothing Francis outreach economic and military to its former colonies in West Africa. Last month macron. told the UN General Assembly that the world as it is today cannot come down to a rivalry between China and the United States macron appears to have a firm idea of at least one of the nation deserving of a seat at the top table.
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Earth’s web of life must be protected, UN chief Guterres tells biodiversity summit
"The Earth's fragile web of life must be protected for the good of future generations for human progress and prosperity. That's the message from Urine Serie General Antonio Guitar to the UN Summit on biodiversity on Wednesday in New York in a call for action to protect the planet Mister Guitarist insisted that humanity was waging war on nature. His comments come despite repeated international commitments that have failed to see any of the. Global biodiversity targets agreed a decade ago met in full twenty twenty opening the summit. UN General Assembly President Volcan Bosca warned that despite the importance of biodiversity thirteen, million hectares of forest lost every year and one million species are at risk of extinction. We also risk jeopardising food security, water supplies, livelihoods, and our ability to fight diseases and face extreme events. Ahead of the biodiversity summit, more than sixty heads of state made a leaders pledge to halt and reverse nature loss.