Tag: UNs
Iraq, Libya, Ukraine, Gaza… How far will the UN’s descent into hell go? – The Express
On September 19, 2023, Joe Biden, the leader of the world’s leading power, appears alone to condemn the Russian invasion and reaffirm his support for Ukraine, during the annual high…
Åke Sellström was the UN’s chemical weapons hunter in Syria
Just over a decade has passed since the terrible reports reached the outside world from civil war Syria. The civilian population of the small town of Ghouta had been subjected…
Formerly the top diplomat on Israel’s and the UN’s diplomatic crisis
Last week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that Hamas attacks on Israel “did not occur in a vacuum”. It provoked strong reactions from Israel, where, among others, the Israeli UN…
“Reuse, recycle and alternative”, the UN’s triple solution against plastic pollution
News Published on 05/19/2023 at 08:09 Updated 05/19/2023 at 08:09 Reading 2 mins. The world must halve “single-use” plastics and massively adopt the triptych of “reuse, recycle and alternative” to…
The UN’s appeal: 10 billion in emergency aid to Turkey
The UN appeals to the outside world for urgent emergency aid to Turkey. The call is to give financial contributions of over ten billion kroner. The World Organization states that…
The UN’s human rights work in Uganda is stopped – despite reports of torture
Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will not have its mandate extended in the country. It then…
UN’s ‘Syria’ decision: It will be made through Turkey! Term extended for another 6 months
Breaking news: The United Nations (UN) Security Council extended the decision allowing the use of the Cilvegözü Border Gate in Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to northwest Syria for another…
Universal national service: the UNS for all young people?
In 2022, 32,000 young volunteers did universal national service (SNU). Registrations for 2023 are open and Emmanuel Macron would consider generalizing the system for all young people. Here are the…
The UN’s role in the current world situation
09.00 What stood out in yesterday’s party leader debate?Comment by Elisabeth Marmorstein, SVT, after the Riksdag’s first party leader debate. Then conversation with Anna Dahlberg, political editor Expressen and Göran…
The death of Mikhail Gorbachev gathers reactions from world leaders – the UN’s Guterres says the leader “changed the course of history”
In his tweet, the future ex-prime minister of Britain, Boris Johnson, acknowledges the direction of Russia’s current leadership and says that he admired Gorbachev’s courage and integrity. The last leader…