Tag: UN General Assembly

• Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 10:46 UTC

  Mercosur divided on Jerusalem vote: Argentina and Paraguay abstained; Brazil and Uruguay supported

  

  A resolution backed overwhelmingly by the United Nations has effectively called on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The vote in support of the resolution was 128, nine against and 35 abstentions. The South American Mercosur block, currently holding a summit in Brasilia, voted divided, while Brazil and Uruguay supported the resolution, Argentina and Paraguay abstained.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 05:11 UTC

  “Sustainable Tourism, a Tool for Development”, message by Taleb Rifai

  

  In 2017, the celebration of this Tourism World Day (September 27) focuses on how sustainable tourism can contribute to development and it is held in Doha (Qatar).

• Thursday, September 21st 2017 - 06:59 UTC

  UK urges UN to be efficient and transparent, “win our trust”... and funding

  

  Theresa May has warned the United Nations that Britain could withhold up to 30% of its £90m core funding each year unless the organization reforms. The PM told delegates at the UN general assembly there was a gap between “the nobility of its purposes and the effectiveness of its delivery”.

• Thursday, September 21st 2017 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina claims at UN its Falklands/Malvinas “legitimate and imprescriptible” sovereignty rights

  

  Argentine vice-president Gabriela Michetti ratified before the United Nations General Assembly her country's “legitimate and imprescriptible” sovereignty rights over the disputed Falkland/Malvinas Islands and made a new call on the United Kingdom to resume “bilateral negotiations”

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 08:07 UTC

  Temer: “We need more diplomacy, we need the UN more than before”

  

  The President of Brazil, the first Head of State traditionally to address the annual United Nations General Assembly’s general debate, pledged on Tuesday that his country will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – reiterating that the nuclear powers undertake additional disarmament.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 07:47 UTC

  Trump threatens “rocket man” with total destruction; warnings to Iran, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 11:14 UTC

  Temer's message to UN: peace, human rights and economic reforms

  

  Twenty days after being confirmed as Brazil’s new president, Michel Temer will deliver his first international speech at the UN´s General Assembly on Tuesday. He is not expected to mention recent political changes in Brazil, and focus rather on new opportunities for foreign investors.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 09:53 UTC

  Brazil and Uruguay agree on a Mercosur with “a greater open integration”

  

  President Tabare Vazquez confirmed on Monday that Uruguay will continue as “coordinator” of discussions between Mercosur and the European Union to reach a wide ranging trade agreement.

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 06:44 UTC

  Mercosur controversy moves to New York; Temer-Vazquez to address differences

  

  The Mercosur controversy has moved to New York far away from the spotlights of regional media, since the presidents of the four founding members are scheduled to address the UN General Assembly this week, and are expected to hold a series of meetings on the sidelines of the major global event.

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 05:59 UTC

  “Malvinas sovereignty claim is standing and non negotiable”, anticipates Macri in New York

  

  Argentina's claim over the Malvinas Islands is standing and non negotiable, were the first words of president Mauricio Macri when he arrived on Sunday to New York to attend this week the UN General Assembly. The statement follows the strong reactions to the last Wednesday Argentine/UK joint cooperation statement which includes a South Atlantic chapter strongly questioned in some political circles.