Geopolitics
New York: Faced with a global pandemic that has infected millions, killed thousands, forced borders to close, upended economies, and drastically changed lives, the world today needs the United Nations today as much as it did 75 years ago, the President of Cuba underlined on Tuesday. more
Renew ‘collective commitment to multilateralism’, urges Assembly President

New York: The COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented world leaders coming to New York to address the General Assembly in person, but the president of the world body stressed on Tuesday that ...

Trump will not visit UN General Assembly during upcoming session: White House

Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump has abandoned his plans to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in person, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told re ...

Millions of Afghans have ‘voted not just for a president, but also for democracy’, UN Assembly told

New York: Just two days ago, some three million Afghans faced the threat of terrorism and headed to the polls, to “vote not just for a president, but also for democracy,” Hamd ...

DPRK reports ‘little progress’ since historic June 2018 summit with US

New York: Lack of progress in achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula is “entirely attributable” to the United States, a senior official from the Democratic People’s Rep ...

Stage set for successful 2020 Burundi elections, Foreign Minister tells General Assembly

New York: With organizational and financial preparations for Burundi’s 2020 elections well underway, Ezechiel Nibigira, Minister of Foreign Affairs, told the UN General Assembly on ...

At UN, Yemen Foreign Minister demands end to ‘Iranian-Houthi coup d’etat’

New York: The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yemen on Saturday called on the United Nations and the wider international community to stand by his crisis-torn country as it struggled to c ...

Myanmar willing to repatriate ‘verified returnees’ from Bangladesh

New York: Myanmar is prioritizing the repatriation of scores of people who fled violence in northern Rakhine state for Bangladesh, a senior official from the country said on Saturday, the ...

At UN, Cuba slams US ‘criminal’ practices undermining country’s development

New York: At the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, the Foreign Minister of Cuba condemned the United States for imposing blockades and other “criminal, non-conventional m ...

At UN Assembly, China says ‘it will not ever be cowered by threats’

New York: In his address to the  UN General Assembly on Friday, the State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China declared that his country will not ever be cowered by threats or sub ...