The United States announced a decrease in contributions to the UN

The United States will no longer provide the United Nations with a quarter of its budget, Washington's UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Wednesday. “Peacekeeping is a shared responsibility. Everyone needs to contribute, and everyone needs to do more...

UN opens hotline for sexually abused staff

A large number of complaints of sexual harassment among UN staff forced the leadership of the world organization to take the unprecedented step of opening a hotline to receive complaints about inappropriate behavior of staff. As the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric told reporters, specially trained...

Israel wants to pay countries that will support it at the UN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to create a fund to help countries that will vote for Israel in the UN, writes Iland. The program received the code name "Fifty-fifty". It lies in the fact that Israel will allocate $ 50 million from its budget, and each country ...

US cuts UN funding by $ 285 million

The United States will reduce its contributions to the UN budget in the new fiscal year by $ 285 million. The message was published on December 24 on the official website of the US special mission in an international organization, writes RTVi. Washington will cut UN funding from the 2018-2019 fiscal year (the US fiscal year lasts from ...

Why does the UN explore extreme poverty in rich America

Philip Alston, United Nations Observer on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, traveled along the US coast to find explanations for the hardships facing America's most vulnerable citizens. According to The Guardian, the tour, which started at the beginning of the month, includes stops ...

The UN Security Council will hold a meeting because of the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

The United Nations Security Council plans to hold a meeting on US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, writes Voice of America. According to diplomats, such a request was made to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres by France, Bolivia, Egypt, Italy, Senegal, Sweden,...

US withdraws from the UN Global Compact on Migration

The US informed the UN that it will no longer participate in the Global Compact on Migration. According to Voice of America, a statement by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson notes that this program is inconsistent with US immigration policy. “Although we will continue to work on a number of ...

The United States did not issue a visa to the delegation of the General Staff of Russia for a trip to the UN conference

Members of the Russian Defense Ministry delegation have not been issued US visas to participate in the joint Russian-Chinese military conference at the UN, the department's spokesman Alexander Yemelyanov told RIA Novosti. On Thursday, the UN hosted a briefing by the Russian and Chinese military on the deployment of the US global missile defense system. According to Yemelyanov, to participate in the briefing ...

Trump threatened to completely destroy the DPRK: speech in Russian

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US would be forced to “completely destroy” North Korea if Pyongyang does not end its nuclear program, and called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a “rocket man” going to suicide. Writes about it Reuters. Trump's comments have become ...

Russia decided on a permanent representative to the UN: what is known about Vasily Nebenze

Vasily Nebenzya, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who previously oversaw economic cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), will soon take over the post of Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN. Russia Today has collected information about the career of a diplomat. Nebenzya is a career ...

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