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Russian strikes on Ukraine undermine peace talks prospects — US envoy to UN

US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea warned that Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities could jeopardize prospects for peace negotiations, Reuters wrote on April 8.

9 April 2025, 09:10 AM

IAEA chief Grossi announces bid for UN secretary-general

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi announced his bid for UN secretary-general during a speech at the Argentine Council on International Relations, La Nacion reports on April 2.

2 April 2025, 03:59 PM

Russia carries out widespread abductions across Ukraine’s occupied territories — UN

Russian authorities have committed "widespread and systematic" crimes against humanity, including enforced disappearances, during their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine's latest report says on March 19.

19 March 2025, 05:19 PM

GOP lawmakers push bill to pull U.S. out of UN, citing ‘America First’ agenda

Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to withdraw the United States from the United Nations, citing concerns that the international organization “does not promote American interests” and conflicts with President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda, Fox News reported on Feb. 20.

21 February 2025, 01:47 PM

Short-range drones caused most civilian deaths in Ukraine in January

In January 2025, short-range drones caused the most civilian casualties of any weapon in Russia’s war on Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission said on Feb. 11.

11 February 2025, 05:15 PM

Israel quits UN Human Rights Council, citing bias and double standards

Israel informed the United Nations Human Rights Council on Feb. 6 that it would end its participation, following the United States, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced, Reuters reported.

6 February 2025, 05:37 PM

Kyiv urges UN to back ‘peace through strength’ to counter Russian ambitions

Ukraine seeks an end to Russia's full-scale military aggression and a just peace, but will not accept the “peace at any price,” the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya told Security Council members on Jan. 16.

17 January 2025, 09:02 AM

UN unveils widespread Russian tortures of Ukrainian detainees

Russian torture of Ukrainian prisoners is carried out as part of a coordinated state policy, Pablo de Greiff, Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine representative, said, Ukrainform reported on Jan. 14.

14 January 2025, 07:59 AM

North Korea gains battlefield edge and Russian tech in war against Ukraine

North Korean support for Russia's war effort and combat experience is making Pyongyang "more capable of waging war against its neighbors," Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Dorothy Camille Shea told the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 8, according to Reuters.

9 January 2025, 09:11 AM

UN records highest civilian deaths in Ukraine since 2022

At least 574 civilians were killed and 3,082 others were injured as a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine between September and November 2024, according to a report released by the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission on Dec. 31.

1 January 2025, 11:08 AM

Russia rejects Ukraine war freeze, blames NATO

Moscow does not accept any scenarios for freezing the war in Ukraine and strongly rejects NATO’s participation in resolving the conflict, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, said at the UN Security Council meeting on Dec. 16.

17 December 2024, 10:28 AM

Survivors of sexual violence urge UN to hold Russia accountable for war crimes

Ukrainians who experienced sexual violence during the war have written an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, urging the inclusion of Russia on the "list of shame," Media Center Ukraine reported on Dec. 11.

11 December 2024, 04:35 PM

UNESCO urges full probe into journalist Viktoria Roshchyna's death in Russian captivity

UNESCO called for a thorough and transparent investigation into the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna in Russian captivity, according to Taufik Djelassi, UNESCO's deputy director-general for communication and information on Dec. 5.

5 December 2024, 06:42 PM

Russian UN Representative smirks amid report on Ukrainian children's deaths

Roman Kashaev, Russia’s UN Security Council representative, was smirking at a harrowing presentation by Daria Zarivna, Presidential advisor, detailing Russia's war crimes against Ukraine's children, Strategic Communications Center wrote on Dec. 4.

5 December 2024, 11:56 AM

Ukrainian ports' cargo turnover rises 41% in November

In November 2024, Ukrainian seaports saw a 41% increase in cargo transshipment compared to November 2023, reaching 7.5 million tons, according to the Ukrainian Seaports Administration (USPA) on Dec. 1.

2 December 2024, 06:15 PM

Musk and Iranian UN envoy discuss US-Iran tensions

Elon Musk, considered a close advisor to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani in New York on Nov. 11, according to The New York Times.

15 November 2024, 11:50 AM

Lukashenko 'gets back' at Duda for refusing to pose for photo

Belarusian dictator Aleksander Lukashenko decided to show his disdain for Polish President Andrzej Duda at the UN climate summit in Baku by deliberately ignoring his speech.

14 November 2024, 09:00 AM

Ukraine slams ECOWAS official for echoing Russian ‘genocide in Donbas’ narrative

Kyiv is outraged with an accusation of "genocide in Donbas” by Abdul Fatau Musah, the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in its statement on Nov. 13.

13 November 2024, 11:36 AM

North Korea-Russia military alliance poses global security threat, says Ukraine’s UN envoy

Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Serhiy Kyslytsya called the participation of North Korean soldiers in Russia's war against Ukraine the most dangerous development in recent times in terms of global consequences, the Ukrinform news agency reported on Oct. 31.

31 October 2024, 01:19 PM

BRICS summit rejects Russia’s push for anti-West coalition, backs UN Charter principles

Russia has failed to win BRICS support and create an alternative security structure, the U.S.-funded Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Oct. 23, citing the declaration adopted by participants on the second day of the summit in Kazan.

24 October 2024, 11:28 AM

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