Russia will not consider joining the grain agreement on promises alone

Russia will not consider joining the grain agreement on promises alone

Image courtesy: Al Jazeera. Russia has said in the statement regarding rejoining the grain agreement that it will not think of rejoining the grain agreement only on promises. From Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry says that it will consider re-joining only when concrete results of the agreement are revealed. The Russian Foreign Ministry further said…

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Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end

Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end

He was speaking in Geneva at the annual meeting on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, referencing in-depth conversations he had had in recent months with Indigenous representatives during missions to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Kenya.  He described the “unprincipled and devastating impact of extractive industries on the environment and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Their…

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‘Senseless, unjustified war’ in Ukraine must stop: UN political affairs chief

‘Senseless, unjustified war’ in Ukraine must stop: UN political affairs chief

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…

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