Tag: United Nations

Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
MLAs Barkman and Short ready to defend Falklands' self determination at UN C24 meeting

A team from the Falklands Islands is currently in the United States, more precisely in Washington for a series of political contacts in Congress and the State Department.
Saturday, June 8th 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Paraguay not welcoming UN suggestion to legalize abortion

Paraguay's Minister of Childhood and Adolescence, Walter Gutiérrez, said Friday in Asunción that a suggestion from the United Nations to legalize abortion in the South American country collided with the Constitution and other national laws. “We would have to change the constitution,” he explained.
Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:45 UTC
Wars and climate change to blame for slowdown in world commerce, UN official says

A high-ranking United Nations (UN) official warned last week that worldwide commerce was threatened by climate change and wars such as the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Friday, March 1st 2024 - 05:00 UTC
Cuban government begs UN food program for milk to feed children

The Cuban government has asked the UN's food program for help as food shortages on the Communist-run island worsen. The World Food Program (WFP) said it had received an unprecedented official request from the Cuban government for help providing powdered milk to children under seven years of age.
Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 10:54 UTC
US endorses Guyana's stance on Essequibo but no military base

US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield insisted Monday that her country supported Guyana's stance in the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo region with Venezuela but denied that the President Joseph Biden administration was eyeing any military settlement in the region.
Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:09 UTC
UN, US and Mercosur call on Guatemala to respect election results and denounce “an attempted coup”

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mercosur member countries, the European Union and the US have called on Guatemala authorities to impede the Central American country's Attorney General's office to annul the general election result preventing President-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking office in January.
Tuesday, November 14th 2023 - 09:00 UTC
UN humanitarian aid in Gaza threatened by fuel problems

United Nations (UN) humanitarian workers might be forced to halt their deployment in the Gaza Strip in the next few hours due to lack of fuel, as shelling and fighting continued near the northern border with Israel, it was reported.
Friday, October 27th 2023 - 10:09 UTC
UN Security Council: Brazil drafting 5th resolution on Middle East crisis

Diplomatic representatives of Brazil, the country chairing the United Nations Security Council, are drafting a fifth resolution regarding the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas after four previous attempts failed to garner enough votes or were vetoed by one or more of the body's permanent members, Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, October 27th 2023 - 09:51 UTC
UN General Assembly evaluating ceasefire in Middle East war

A United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting where a possible resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Middle East was adjourned Thursday, Agencia Brasil reported. The body is to resume Friday the discussion of the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip region.
Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 09:35 UTC
Security Council rejects Brazil’s proposal regarding Israel-Hamas conflict

The United Nations (UN) Security Council Wednesday rejected by 12 votes to one and two abstentions Brazil's proposal of humanitarian pauses in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian extremist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported.