Tag: UN General Assembly

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 18:33 UTC

  Argentine president at UN threatens to suspend Falklands’ air link with Chile

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, threatened to review and suspend the Falklands/Malvinas air link with Chile, covered by the 14 July 1999 agreement, unless the UK abides by UN resolutions and begins talks with Argentina on disputed South Atlantic Islands’ sovereignty.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 17:08 UTC

  World crisis “too deep” to be addressed by “a couple of countries” exclusively

  

  Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff warned that a full blown economic crisis could be devastating for emerging countries as well as for the world’s largest economies. She added that the global financial situation could cause a “serious rupture.”

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 05:25 UTC

  Obama and Rousseff address world crises and pledge new talks before G20 meeting

  

  The world crisis was the main issue addressed by Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff during the bilateral meetings with US President Barack Obama and later with her peer Mexico’s Felipe Calderon in New York.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 08:39 UTC

  UN launches all-out attack on non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer

  

  The United Nations launched on Monday an all-out attack on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and diabetes with a summit meeting devoted to curbing the factors, like tobacco and alcohol use, behind the often preventable scourge that causes 63% of all deaths.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 22:07 UTC

  Bolivian president blasts the UN and the “Insecurity Council” on Libya

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales blasted United Nations and the Security Council for having approved military actions against Libya, an issue which he promised to consider when he addresses the General Assembly in New Your.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 16:41 UTC

  Brazil reiterates it will defend recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN

  

  Brazil will ‘defend’ the recognition of a Palestinian state during the coming United Nations General Assembly discussions, said President Dilma Rousseff’s international affairs advisor Marco Aurelio García.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:52 UTC

  Brazilian president first woman to open round of UN General Assembly speeches

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will become on Wednesday the first woman ever to open the round of speeches marking the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly, according to Brazilian sources.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:43 UTC

  Argentina is back in the international arena “with participation and leadership”

  

  United Nations Argentine ambassador Jorge Argüello said that the isolation chapter is over, “Argentina is back in the international arena displaying participation and leadership”, something that will be clearly exposed by President Cristina Fernandez when she addresses the UN assembly this week.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:41 UTC

  CFK will demand Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty negotiations before UN assembly

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly next Wednesday when she is expected to renew sovereignty claims on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and make strong statements regarding the dispute with Iran.

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 00:45 UTC

  Argentina alleges Falklands is under ‘military occupation’ with more soldiers than civilians

  

  Falklands-Malvinas is “under military occupation” and the military base “has more soldiers than the British civilian population occupying the Islands”, said Argentine ambassador before the United Nations Jorge Argüello during a conference at China’s International Studies Foundation.