Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid lauded the moribund two-state solution for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his speech at the United Nations on Thursday, prompting political rivals including former Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to accuse him of “endangering” Israel.
China’s Global Times government newspaper expressed outrage on Wednesday at the fact that the prime ministers of Japan and Britain — Kishida Fumio and Liz Truss, respectively — made time to meet with each other at the United Nations General Assembly, dismissing both countries as “little brothers” of America.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that free nations should band together and “act as an economic NATO” to defend prosperity against the malevolent influence of authoritarian regimes like Russia and China.
Multiple nations that maintain diplomatic ties with the nation of Taiwan – which precludes them from establishing a relationship with communist China, as per Beijing’s protocol – have used the United Nations General Assembly this week to demand that the U.N. include Taiwan as a full member.
Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla used his time at the 77th United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in the representation of the Castro regime to accuse the United States of being behind the island’s problems and reiterate the communist regime’s support of other authoritarian regimes throughout the world.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented a five-point “formula for peace” between him and invading Russia during the United Nations General Assembly debate on Wednesday, identifying the first step as “punishment.”
In her speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, Hungarian President Katalin Novak lamented that “war is raging on the European continent once again” thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (FFMV) released a report on Tuesday detailing how the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro — which currently holds a seat at the U.N. Human Rights Council — has utilized its intelligence and military agencies to carry out crimes against humanity.
President Joe Biden told the United Nations on Wednesday the Palestinians are “entitled” to their own state, a day after the U.S. State Department announced $64 million in aid to the U.N. agency for so-called Palestinian refugees.
An exiled Iranian opposition group blasted the U.N.’s decision to welcome Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — dubbed the “Butcher of Tehran” — to its General Assembly on Wednesday, noting Raisi’s bloody past.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the butcher responsible for as many as 30,000 deaths in a single 1988 massacre, claimed before the United Nations on Wednesday that former American President Donald Trump had confessed that America “created” the Islamic State.
President Joe Biden used his United Nations General Assembly speech on Wednesday to primarily condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine, ignoring America’s interests on the global stage.
President Joe Biden declared an “era of relentless diplomacy” at the United Nations on Wednesday — but declined to offer any kind of negotiations to Russia, instead spending several minutes condemning Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi used his address at the United Nations on Wednesday to declare Israel is a “savage power” that “kills children” before adding Iran remains the protector of Palestinians.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio joined other free nations at the 77th U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday in condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine as an outrage that “tramples on the vision and principles of the U.N. Charter.”
French President Emmanuel Macron spent much of his address to the 77th United Nations General Assembly criticizing Russia for invading Ukraine, an act of aggression he blamed for destabilizing the post-World War II international order and exacerbating humanitarian crises around the world.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, one of the few conservatives to win a presidency anywhere in the world this year, urged the United Nations in his speech on Tuesday to “stand together in solidarity” and defend freedom from wherever a threat may arise.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s address to the 77th U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday was largely dedicated to his contention that nearly all problems can be solved through “dialogue,” and Turkey is indispensable to every dialogue in the Middle East and Asia.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric made his debut at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, delivering a speech in which he admitted fellow leftists had engaged in “grave episodes of violence” during riots in his country and warned, “it could happen in your country, too.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro devoted much of his speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to call for an end to the United States’s “war on drugs” while denouncing the consumption of “poisonous” coal and oil.
New UK PM heavily hinted there would be tax cuts this week, and that these would not please people with ideological opposition to tax cuts.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro used his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday – as per tradition, the first by a head of state at the event – to celebrate the “full recovery” of his nation’s economy in the aftermath of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
A spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – the Marxist political party and armed militia that has been fighting an insurgency against the Ethiopian central government since November 2020 – claimed on Tuesday that neighboring Eritrea launched a “full-scale offensive” across the Ethiopian border into the Tigray region.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the globalist organization’s 2022 General Assembly on Tuesday, saying the time has come for the world to fall into line and address a range of problems from Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine to rising food and energy prices – or pay a deadly price.
Two men. Two global organizations. One common theme. Barely 24-hours after former U.S. President Bill Clinton called on “governments, businesses, philanthropies and other prominent institutions” to back the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) because “the world’s on fire,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres dutifully echoed the declaration of impending doom.
PM Liz Truss says the death of Queen Elizabeth II is a “very difficult moment”, and dealing with it has been a challenge for the new govt.
Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided to soften his public image on Saturday by taking a walk through Central Park in New York City, which he is visiting to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
The European Union has now formally proposed a ban on all goods made with forced labour from being sold within the bloc, a move that is seen as being aimed at China’s abuse of minorities.
The Iran nuclear deal appears all but dead this week, with everyone from the Biden administration to European diplomats denouncing Iran for making outrageous demands and refusing to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Chinese government newspaper Global Times reported on Thursday that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) accepted the testimony of a pro-regime “local” from East Turkistan who claimed extensive evidence of slavery, genocide, and other human rights atrocities in his region all constituted “an absolute lie.”
CARACAS, Venezuela – The United Nations Human Rights Council began its 51st session in Geneva on Monday with the Latin American dictatorships of Cuba and Venezuela among its members – despite their lengthy track record of human rights violations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who the administration of leftist President Joe Biden personally sanctioned last year in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, received a visa to enter America for this month’s United Nations General Assembly, Moscow confirmed on Tuesday.
The Taliban terrorist organization launched a public relations campaign on Monday refuting extensively documented allegations of human rights abuses against women and the imposition of “gender apartheid” under its rule in Afghanistan – claiming women enjoy equal rights while women and girls organize mounting protests demanding to be allowed to go to school.
The world must repent from its “fossil fuel addiction” and turn to renewable sources to scourge the earth of climate disasters, the United Nations warned in a report Tuesday.
The United Nations Human Rights Council began its 51st session on Monday with a new high commissioner and under heavy global scrutiny following the recent publication of a report on the Uyghur genocide in China that notably did not use the word “genocide” to describe Beijing’s campaign in East Turkistan.
The world is grappling with the worst energy crisis in generations however the U.N. has warned Europe a return to fossil fuels in response to soaring prices and winter shortages must not be considered under any circumstances.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has claimed that governments enacting strong border controls to prevent illegal immigrants from entering their countries are doing so due to racism.
China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Chen Xu, said on Friday that his government will no longer cooperate with the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) following its release of a report on China’s human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang province.
Mawlawi Khaliqyar Ahmadzai, head of the culture and information department for the government of Paktia province of Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that high schools for girls have been reopened, without permission from the Taliban, which has suppressed education for women ever since they seized power in August 2021.
Al-Qaeda forces attacked separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in southern Yemen on Tuesday. 21 separatist fighters were reportedly killed during three hours of gun battles, along with six al-Qaeda members.
