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The European Union has voted in favour of ratifying the High Seas Treaty. This treaty aims to protect marine life in areas that are outside of countries’ maritime borders including the high seas and the seabed. The decision is a key step in the process of approving the ratification of the High Seas Treaty. The Parliament’s decision will now be formally adopted by the European Council, after which the EU will be ready to deposit its “instrument of ratification” at the United Nations (UN). It has been classified as a “mixed agreement” by the EU, which means it needs to be ratified at both the EU...
Euronews (English)
The Russian Federation uses sexual violence as a weapon against civilians and prisoners of war, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya said during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on April 23. Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has recorded nearly 300 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale war. Kyslytsya addressed Russia's weaponization of sexual violence during the Security Council's annual open debate on the worldwide escalation of sexual violence in conflict zones. Citing testimony from people re...
Kyiv Independent
The Russian Federation uses sexual violence as a weapon against civilians and prisoners of war, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya said during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on April 23. Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has recorded nearly 300 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale war. Kyslytsya addressed Russia's weaponization of sexual violence during the Security Council's annual open debate on the worldwide escalation of sexual violence in conflict zones. Citing testimony from people re...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
The Russian Federation uses sexual violence as a weapon against civilians and prisoners of war, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya said during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on April 23. Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has recorded nearly 300 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale war. Kyslytsya addressed Russia's weaponization of sexual violence during the Security Council's annual open debate on the worldwide escalation of sexual violence in conflict zones. Citing testimony from people re...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
A top United Nation official appealed for €2.6 billion on Tuesday to provide desperately needed aid to 3 million Palestinians, stressing that preventing a looming famine in war-torn Gaza requires not only food but sanitation, water and health facilities. Andrea De Domenico, head of the UN humanitarian office for Gaza and the West Bank, informed reporters that extensive efforts are needed to restore these essential services and meet basic standards, which cannot be accomplished during military operations. He highlighted the widespread destruction of hospitals, water and sanitation facilities, h...
Euronews (English)
Stephen Fry, Richard Curtis, Annie Lennox and Forest Whitaker are among a host of celebrities who have written to G20 leaders calling for a reform to debt and climate crises across the world. The letter was sent ahead of this week's Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. In their open letter, the leading actors, politicians, artists and economists wrote: "80 years on, we need another Bretton Woods moment," referring to the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. The "institutions of world finance have lost their muscle", they...
Euronews (English)
The escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine is a "direct threat to regional stability and international security" and an "existential threat to the people of Ukraine," U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca said on April 11 at a Security Council session. Russia has recently intensified its attacks against Ukraine, hitting both residential areas and energy infrastructure. A U.N. monitoring mission recorded a 20% increase in civilian casualties in March compared to February. "Since our last briefing to this Council almost a month ago, Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns hav...
Kyiv Independent
The escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine is a "direct threat to regional stability and international security" and an "existential threat to the people of Ukraine," U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca said on April 11 at a Security Council session. Russia has recently intensified its attacks against Ukraine, hitting both residential areas and energy infrastructure. A U.N. monitoring mission recorded a 20% increase in civilian casualties in March compared to February. "Since our last briefing to this Council almost a month ago, Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns hav...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine is a "direct threat to regional stability and international security" and an "existential threat to the people of Ukraine," U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca said on April 11 at a Security Council session. Russia has recently intensified its attacks against Ukraine, hitting both residential areas and energy infrastructure. A U.N. monitoring mission recorded a 20% increase in civilian casualties in March compared to February. "Since our last briefing to this Council almost a month ago, Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns hav...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Ein Komitee des UN-Sicherheitsrats hat sich nicht auf eine gemeinsame Reaktion auf einen erneuten Antrag auf eine Vollmitgliedschaft für einen Staat Palästina bei den Vereinten Nationen einigen können. Zwei Drittel der Mitglieder hätten den Antrag befürwortet, fünf hätten Einwände gehabt, sagte die UN-Botschafterin Maltas, Vanessa Frazier, die dem zuständigen Komitee derzeit vorsitzt, nach einer Sitzung in New York. Sie werde einen entsprechenden Bericht darüber so bald wie möglich unter den Mitgliedern des Sicherheitsrats verbreiten. Dass das Komitee daraufhin eine Abstimmung über den Antrag ...
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