Geopolitics

Unable to accept its decline, West subverts international law to suit its needs, Russia’s Lavrov tells UN

New York: While crediting the United Nations for preventing ‘World War III’, the Foreign Minister of Russia lamented to the General Assembly on Friday that the number of conflicts on the planet has not declined, nor has enmity weakened. more

Treat climate crisis with ‘greatest urgency’, Bahamas leader tells UN Assembly

New York: Hurricane Dorian, one of the most destructive Atlantic storms ever recorded, “is a generational tragedy” for The Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said on Friday ...

Sudan at the start of ‘long road to recovery’, UN chief tells high-level meeting

New York: Sudan is now on the long road to socio-economic recovery, following the establishment of a civilian-led government, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-leve ...

At UN, Somalia’s President spotlights country’s progress, but cautions eradicating terrorism ‘will not be easy’

New York: Somalia is “the perfect example of the success of the multilateral system,” President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told the UN General Assembly on Thursday, while ackno ...

North Macedonia President, credits dialogue and diplomacy for setting a decades-long ‘name dispute’

New York: As a United Nations Member State more than two deacades, Thursday was the first time the Republic of North Macedonia addressed the General Assembly under its settled-upon name a ...

Patriotism must have global dimension, says EU’s Donald Tusk

New York: The suggestion by some earlier this week at the UN that there is an immanent conflict between patriotism and globalism “is false and dangerous, even if it has many followe ...

DR Congo President outlines vision for a ‘more representative’ UN Security Council

New York: With Africa at the centre of many global challenges, it is time for the continent to have a seat in the UN Security Council, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Cong ...

Liberian President credits UN for ‘16 years of unbroken peace’, outlines plan to reduce poverty, boost growth

New York: “Liberia is a UN success story”, President George Manneh Weah told the annual United Nations high-level generalral debate in New York on Wednesday.

Security Council debates closer links between multilateral organizations in Europe and Asia

New York: Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the move to increase cooperation between the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of In ...

Strong leaders care about all people, not just their own citizens, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says at UN

New York: Advances in weaponry have made the world smaller, which means leaders are not only responsible for the fate of their citizens but of everyone else on the planet, the President o ...