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UN – States agree on a treaty to protect the high seas, after more than 15 years of discussions
UN member states reached agreement on Saturday 4 March on the first international treaty to protect the high seas
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34 countries against the participation of Russia and Belarus in the Olympics in Paris
Host France is among the 34 countries that have called on the International Olympic Committee to ban the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in the 2024 Paris Olympics,…
International
UNODC and Cafés Malongo celebrate 5th anniversary of cooperation to help farmers worldwide
Vienna (Austria), 13 February 2023 — In many of the world’s drug crop-growing areas, isolation and poverty are inherent. Farmers in vulnerable populations cultivate illicit drug crops such as coca and…
Europe
Holocaust remembrance: beware ‘siren songs of hate’ – UN chief
In his speech, delivered at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres recalled that, within months, the Nazis had dismantled fundamental constitutional rights and paved the way for totalitarian rule: members…
Europe
Turkey breaks record for deportation of “illegal migrants”
Turkey has deported 119,817 illegal migrants this year alone. Its efforts to combat illegal migration continue unabated, the Ministry of the Interior said. In a statement, the presidency said it…
Defense
Kadyrov to the Arab world: Who does not want to live under the LGBT flags – to join “special military operation” in Ukraine
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, during a direct line broadcast for the first time in English and Arabic, addressed the Arab world and all Muslims with an offer to…
Defense
The importance of the Western Balkans for the EU during a war in Europe
The prospect of accession is important because of Putin and China. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has finally awakened the European Union to the strategic importance of the Western Balkans and…
International
Ukraine war: this conflict is just further evidence that Putin’s Russia is now a rogue power
Russia Rogue power - Given where most of the fighting and dying is taking place it is easy to think that the current European security crisis is primarily about Ukraine.
Defense
Ukraine recognized the independence of the “Chechen Republic of Ichkeria”
On Wednesday, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to recognize the “Chechen Republic of Ichkeria” as a “territory temporarily occupied by Russia” and condemned the “genocide against the Chechens”. According…
International
UN Development Programme calls for debt relief now for 54 countries
The UNDP calls for urgent debt relief for 54 countries with high poverty rates. Without action, poverty will increase and climate investments will suffer. Learn more: [link not provided]