Tag: UN General Assembly

Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 06:32 UTC
Morales opens indigenous peoples conference in New York blasting capitalism

Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, inaugurated the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at the UN on Monday and said he is living proof that the community can “govern and not just vote.”
Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 - 04:56 UTC
“Just you wait; I'm coming” president Maduro tells US main newspapers

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has said he will travel to New York this week for his debut appearance as president at the United Nations General Assembly despite “racist” editorials against him in major US newspapers.
Monday, September 22nd 2014 - 04:44 UTC
Cristina Fernandez to address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday

Following her meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez arrived in New York, where she is expected to deliver a speech at the UN’s 69th General Assembly on Wednesday.
Saturday, September 13th 2014 - 05:13 UTC
Venezuela quietly working to ensure a seat at the UN Security Council

Venezuela’s populist government has quietly secured the backing of Latin America and the Caribbean to obtain a diplomatic trophy that long eluded the late Hugo Chavez: a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
Thursday, May 29th 2014 - 06:35 UTC
Argentina and Russia ratify close links; Moscow reaffirms Malvinas claim support

Argentina was formally invited to take part in a BRICS summit to be held in Brazil next month. The Kremlin also ratified support to Buenos Aires in its long-standing dispute with the UK over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, May 1st 2014 - 06:45 UTC
Malvinas issue should be addressed at UN General Assembly suggest Argentine lawmakers

Members from the opposition addressed a letter to President Cristina Fernandez recommending that in the coming UN General Assembly Argentina presents a resolution-draft calling for the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim to be discussed in the assembly and not at the Decolonization Committee or C24.
Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:54 UTC
Brazil and Germany, with UN support hit back at US cyber spying

UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution aimed at protecting the right to privacy of internet users. The resolution was introduced by Brazil and Germany after allegations that the US had been eavesdropping on foreign leaders, including Brazil's Dilma Rousseff and Germany's Angela Merkel.
Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 02:10 UTC
Spain says Madrid and London reached an agreement on Gibraltar

Spain and Britain have crafted a joint declaration on Gibraltar for presentation to the UN General Assembly, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Tuesday. The text calls for Madrid and London to reach a definitive solution to the status of the Rock, “listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar that are coherent and legitimate in accord with international law,” Spain's top diplomat said.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 06:14 UTC
Mujica blasted consumerism and called for political heads to rule the globalized world

In a fiery speech before the UN General Assembly, Uruguayan president Jose Mujica criticized consumerism and waste, electronic surveillance which ‘poisons’ relations among nations, called for a true globalization and blasted individual greed which has “far outstripped the superior greed of the human specie”.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:40 UTC
Rousseff implicitly accuses the US of breach of international law and calls for UN regulation of internet

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly Brazilian President Dilma Roussef claimed that spying in the lives and affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and urged the United Nations to play a leading role in protecting Internet users from illegal interception of communications and data, and decried recent allegations of electronic information spying as “serious violations of human rights”.