Contents tagged with UN
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Moldovan parliament calls on Russia to withdraw its troops from Transnistria
The Moldovan Parliament has called on Russia to withdraw its troops and weapons from the Transnistrian region, as stated in a declaration adopted by the parliament.
"Based on the provisions of the Constitution, according to which the Republic of Moldova is an independent, sovereign, unitary and indivisible state, and also in accordance with the permanent constitutional neutrality of our country and with a view to consolidating national and regional security, the Parliament of the Republic of …
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Kyiv calls on UN to quicken its response to conflicts
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on July 19 that the main UN institutions should respond to conflicts in the world in a timely manner, aiming to localize them and prevent the growth of violence and human rights violations, Ukrinform reports.
Kyslytsya recalled that in 1994 the UN was unable to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. "In the issues of preventing conflicts and the increase of the number of human rights violations, …
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Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament: Russia should be deprived of its veto right on Ukrainian issues in the UN
Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy said that it is necessary to deprive the Russian delegation to the UN Security Council of the right of veto in matters relating to Ukraine.
"Now, when the Russian aggression is under way, Ukraine desperately needs a strong and efficient UN. I am convinced that Russia should be deprived of the right of veto on issues that concern Ukraine," the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament said at a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is …
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Ukraine urges UN to increase pressure on Russia due to torture of Ukrainians
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on UN member states to increase pressure on Russia and force it to comply with its obligations, including the Convention against Torture.
This was stated in the comments of the Foreign Ministry on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which is observed on June 26th.
The Ministry is once again drawing the attention of the international community “to serious and systematic violations of human rights on the part of Russia as an …
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Poroshenko: In July, U.S. Secretary of State will visit Ukraine, as well as Secretary Generals of NATO and UN
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced that in July, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“We are awaiting a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Kyiv in July, and our work in Washington will continue. We are also awaiting a visit from UN Secretary General Guterres and a visit from the NATO Secretary General, which will also be in July,” he said in an …
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Russian Diplomat was appointed Chief of UN Counter-Terrorism unit
The representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Vladimir Voronkov, will head the UN Counter-Terrorism Office in the position of Deputy Secretary General. The appointment was made by the head of the international organization, Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday.
“Mr. Voronkov has more than 30 years of experience in the international field, as well as dealing with issues of public diplomacy and social and economic development,” said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman …
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Russia is pushing its candidate to the head of UN department on terrorism
The Russian Foreign Ministry expects that the new UN department to fight terrorism will be headed by a representative of Russia, as stated by Dmitry Feoktistov, Deputy Director of the Department on New Challenges and Threats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RIA Novosti reports.
He said that Russia has already nominated its candidate for this post, but did not mention the name of the Russian contender. “We are speaking about the representative of Russia being appointed to the newly …
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Assad regime sends letter to UN demanding halt to operation of Western coalition in Syria
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has sent letters to the UN Security Council which again called for an end to the “illegal actions of an international coalition led by the United States” in the country, reported the Syrian news agency SANA.
According to SANA, the Syrian Foreign Ministry, in two letters sent to the Secretary General and the chairman of the UN Security Council, condemned the coalition’s air strike on Friday on the residential quarter of Al-Mayadeen in the province of Deir Az-Zor in …
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UN calls for investigation to be opened into treatment of homosexuals in Chechnya
The United Nations has requested a full investigation surrounding the LGBT community in Chechnya, as stated by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid al-Hussein, at a briefing in Geneva. According to him, the UN continues to monitor this situation.
In April, Novaya Gazeta published material detailing a campaign in Chechnya, during which hundreds of homosexual men were abducted. Journalists claimed that the victims were tortured and forced to disclose information about other gays whom …
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Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow did not supply Croatia with S300 surface-to air missile in the 1990s
Russia did not supply the S-300 surface-to-air missile systems (SAM) to Croatia in the 1990s, bypassing the arms embargo imposed by the UN, as stated by the Deputy Head of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Artem Kozhin. The text of his statement is published on the official website of the Ministry.
Kozhin commented on reports which appeared in the Croatian media stating that Russia supplied the SAM to Croatia. In particular, on April 13th Croatian …