UN chief condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine ports
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Thursday Russian attacks on Ukraine's Black Sea ports and warned the "destruction of civilian infrastructure may constitute a violation of international humanitarian law."
Migrants, women & LGBT community suffer most from populist rhetoric - UN human rights chief
An increase in support for populist political parties and anti-freedom or rights movements throughout the world is having the most impact on refugees, women and the LGBTIQ community, according to the United Nations' top human rights officials.
"We need to fight against bigotry and populism because all of it is ultimately about who we are embracing, human diversity and the richness of who we are, accepting who we are, no matter who we love and how we want to engage in our lives," Türk said.
"I think we need to respect this. This was the biggest promise from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and we need to educate all those who want to push us back into the past."
On 30 June 2023, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to end the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma).
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Es ist nur ein kleiner Auszug der gestrigen Rede von Frau Rosemary A. Dicarlo. Unfassbar, dass Menschen in 🇩🇪 hinter #Russland und Kriegsverbrecher #Putin stehen.
Thank You Mrs Dicarlo for your detailed and concerning content horrible briefing.
The United Nations Security Council will hold its first formal discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) this week in New York, with Britain to call for an international dialogue about its impact on global peace and security.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to walk away from the grain deal, which is due to expire soon, unless some Western sanctions are lifted. The change would affect millions of people across the globe who depend on the grain and other food products from Ukraine.
"Analysing 92 of the most common agricultural pesticides, scientists have estimated that 710 tonnes of pesticide active ingredients leach into the world’s oceans each year."
What a privilege to work for an organization that sees a derelict supertanker at risk of causing a catastrophic oil spill AND BLOODY STEPS IN. https://youtu.be/5pe7Rp0qeeA
UN Security Council: Russia vetoes Syria humanitarian aid
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday failed to renew a vital aid delivery program for Syria, thrusting an estimated four million people in the country into an evermore dire situation as the country's civil war grinds on in its second decade.
The Secure World Foundation has released a book about the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. "It covers the creation of COPUOS, as well as its history, placement in the UN system, membership, leadership, major deliverables and outcomes, and schedule of work."
The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green energy transition.
While most experts believe #Putin will hold on to power, for now, there is recognition that the West needs to consider a scenario where he is replaced. Powerful figures within #Putin’s orbit and the #FSB intelligence service are likely already eyeing the unfolding events — and #Putin’s muddled response — to spot any opportunity.
@Jigsaw_You@ukraine@geopolitics It's highly unlikely, that all layers of Russian leadership - not to mention the Russian people as a whole - would like to be personae non gratae in the countries of the free world forever.
And if they didn't commit & support war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide & didn't start wars of aggression, will accept the rules, laws, norms & values of the international community and pay reparations for the harm & devastation they caused, who knows, there could even be a way back for them into the community of human mankind.
"To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
— International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg 1946 —
@Jigsaw_You@ukraine@geopolitics Sorry, but Putin has lost all touch with reality, sanity, international laws, rules, norms, values & treaties already a very long time ago (Must have been collateral damage from his time as sociopathic KGB bureaucrat).
From May 2014:
"On April 17, Vladimir Putin introduced a dangerously expansive new concept into the Ukraine crisis. During his four-hour question and answer session on Russian TV that day he pointedly mentioned “Novorossiya” – a large swath of territory conquered by Imperial Russia during the 18th century from a declining Ottoman Empire. This historic Novorossiya covered roughly a third of what is now Ukraine (including Crimea)."
@histodons #histodons #palestine Looking forward to going through Anne Irfan's "Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System" (Columbia University Press,...
The #UnitedStates, #Britain and #France demanded Friday that the #UnitedNations urgently investigate #Russia's reported use of hundreds of Iranian-provided drones in the war in #Ukraine, which would violate #UN sanctions. But it's unclear whether the U.N. will do so in the face of strong opposition from Russia.
Russia denies using the #IranianDrones, despite widespread evidence that they have been used to attack Ukrainian cities.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report to the Security Council that he is "appalled" by the high number of "grave violations" against children in Ukraine in 2022.
UN slams Israel’s use of ‘advanced military weaponry’ in Jenin
The violence in the occupied West Bank “risks spiralling out of control”, according to the United Nations human rights chief who condemned Israel’s use of deadly force in a raid in the Jenin refugee camp that killed at least seven Palestinians, including children.
What followed was a 20-year first: the use of helicopter gunships in the occupied West Bank
"The issue of the protection of dark and quiet skies from large satellite constellation interference featured prominently at the 66th meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) which took place in Vienna in early June, although no consensus was reached."
Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen? (apnews.com)
The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green energy transition.
[pre-order] Irfan, Anne. 2023. Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System. Columbia Studies in International and Global History. New York: Columbia University Press.
@histodons #histodons #palestine Looking forward to going through Anne Irfan's "Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System" (Columbia University Press,...
UN puts Russian forces on blacklist for killing children in Ukraine (www.pbs.org)
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report to the Security Council that he is "appalled" by the high number of "grave violations" against children in Ukraine in 2022.