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Burkina Faso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré criticized the United Nations for its “impotence” amid global threats to peace and security; countries who see themselves as “masters of the world”; critics of Burkina’s military; and, finally, the government …
- Clair MacDougall
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UK: Calls for Ceasefires in Mideast; Silence on Israeli Atrocities Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister as of July 5 and a former human rights lawyer, says ceasefires among Israel, Hezbollah and Gaza are needed to stop the “rising tide”of conflict …
- Damilola Banjo
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Israel: Anti-Semitism and Iran’s Evil Designs A defiant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his speech to the UN General Assembly Friday to drill home his refrain that Iran is the global ground zero of evil, that Israel’s opponents are anti-Semites …
- Anton Ferreira
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American officials have told the embattled Sudanese President and head of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan that they will pressure the United Arab Emirates to stop providing weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The rebels are …
Palestine: ‘We Will Not Leave’ “We will not leave,” Mahmoud Abbas, the 88-year-old president of the state of Palestine, repeated three times in the opening of his General Assembly address, which was met with a distinctly supportive round of applause …
Ukraine: Harsh Words for China and Brazil Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded his case to world leaders to support his country’s continuing defense against Russian aggression until “a just peace” — or the total restoration of Ukrainian territory — during …
- Joe Penney
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South Africa: ‘We Know What Apartheid Looks Like’ President Cyril Ramaphosa — whose government brought the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December — cited South Africa’s grim status as the country that spawned …
- Anton Ferreira
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President Joseph Biden’s address to the 2024 UN General Assembly — his final one as United States leader — represents a summary of what he regards as the highlights of his foreign policy, where, he argues, that his four years …
After a splash of diplomatic theater over the weekend, with Russia introducing an amendment in a last-ditch attempt to thwart the process, the Pact for the Future was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on Sunday morning with not …
Journalists’ frantic attempts to reach country missions to the United Nations are intensifying as the major annual speeches by world leaders inches closer to opening day, Sept. 24. A weekslong investigation into how easy it is — or not — …
