The number of deaths among children under 5 was the lowest on record in 2019, at just over 5 million, down from 12,5 million in 1990, according to a new United Nations (UN) report. About…

The United States imposed sanctions against several senior officials of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, including its chief prosecutor Fata Bensuda and the director of the Department of Jurisdiction Fakiso Benchojo, writes the BBC. From now on, they are banned from entering the United States, and their American assets will be ...

Trump has sent a notice to the US Congress of the official US withdrawal from WHO, Senator Menendez said. Earlier, the American president suspended funding for the organization and put forward a number of demands to it, writes DW. US President Donald Trump notified Congress of the country's official withdrawal from the World ...

Russia has asked the UN for an arbitration procedure to resolve the situation with the regular non-issuance of US visas to foreign diplomats, a diplomatic source told RIA Novosti. On February 25, the organization held a meeting of the committee on relations with the host country, at which the Russian side again raised this ...

The UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights in the Crimea annexed by Russia. It took effect immediately. Writes about this "Voice of America". 65 countries voted for, 23 against, 83 abstained. Among those who opposed ...

The First Committee of the UN General Assembly, dealing with issues of disarmament and international security, did not support Russia’s proposal to transfer its work from the United States due to the failure to issue visas to diplomats, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The draft decision was called “Increasing the efficiency of the First Committee.” The document says that the General Assembly asks the UN Secretary General...

The First and Sixth Committees of the UN General Assembly suspended their work due to problems with issuing visas to delegates from Russia. The committees dealing with legal and disarmament and international security issues will continue their work on Tuesday morning, New York time (17:00 Moscow time), writes Lenta.ru with reference ...

Ten members of the Russian delegation, including Federation Council member Konstantin Kosachev, did not receive American visas on time to participate in the UN General Assembly and are not flying to the United States, Kosachev said. He was going to New York, although he is under sanctions, writes the BBC. "IN…

The rapid melting of glaciers in Greenland, where 179 billion tons of ice melted in July alone, fires in Siberia, Alaska, Canada and the Amazon in June and July this year led to the release of tens of megatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Everything,…

An emergency meeting was held in the UN Security Council, convened at the initiative of Russia and China in connection with the recent US test of a conventional cruise missile. The broadcast from New York was conducted on the UN website. According to Moscow and Beijing, Washington's actions pose a threat to international security, writes ...