Following weeks of negotiations, the UN-brokered accord that facilitated the export of more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to global markets via three Black Sea ports expired on 17 July. “Today’s decision by the Russian Federation will strike a blow to people in need everywhere,” said Mr. Guterres, speaking to journalists at…
Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo briefed the Security Council in the wake of the collapse earlier in the day of the Black Sea Initiative to bring grain and fertilizer from the region to the world. “The longer this war continues, the more dangerous its consequences, including the possibility of a wider conflict,” she warned. “For the sake…
“For three months now, the people of Sudan have endured unspeakable suffering amid violence that is tearing their country apart,” Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement. “As the conflict enters its fourth month, the battle lines are hardening, making it ever more difficult to reach the…
Major General Kyrailo Badanov, head of the Ukrainian intelligence GUR Major General Kyrailo Badanov, the head of the secret service of Ukraine, says that he has informants close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. While giving an interview to a foreign news agency, General Kyrailo said that in today’s era, the head of a secret agency…
Water is being released into the river from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana; Photo: Reuters New Delhi: As the water level in the Yamuna River rose, floodwaters entered residential areas and swept away everything in its path. After the Chief Minister’s House and the Assembly Hall, the flood relay now camped around the Supreme Court. According…
The victims, who included members of the Masalit ethnic community, were allegedly killed last month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said, citing credible information. Local people were forced to dispose of the bodies in a mass grave outside the regional capital, El-Geneina , denying those…
Right Sergei Naryshkin, left William Burns Sergei Naryshkin, director of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, has confirmed that he spoke with CIA chief William Burns in late June regarding Ukraine. According to Russia’s official news agency, Sergei Naryshkin said that the talks with the CIA director discussed what should be done in Ukraine. The telephone conversation…
According to a new report by the UN Global Crisis Response Group, entitled A World of Debt, a total of 52 countries – almost 40 per cent of the developing world – are in “serious debt trouble”, Mr. Guterres said, backing calls for them to receive urgent fiscal relief. Last year global public debt reached a record…
The Pakistani education advocate – who was shot by the Taliban for her activism – was speaking exactly 10 years after her landmark ‘Malala Day’ address to youth at UN Headquarters in New York, where she called for global action against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. Passionate message UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed introduced Malala, saying…
The attack by unknown assailants on the patrol from the MINUSCA mission occurred just a few kilometres from the town of Sam Ouandia. The mission has immediately opened an investigation into the exact circumstances, said a statement issued by the UN Spokesperson for António Guterres on Tuesday. “The Secretary-General expresses his deepest condolences to the family of the fallen peacekeeper and to…
