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Articles with tag "United Nations"

Ukraine Will Face Severe Hardship if Russia Targets Its Energy Grid This Winter, UN Warns

“If they were to target the energy sector again, this could be a tipping point,” said Matthias Schmale, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine...

What to Expect from Russia at COP29

The Russian delegation is expected to include nearly 50 representatives from the ministries of economic development, finance, agriculture and business...
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UN Chief Guterres Calls for ‘Just Peace’ in Ukraine

Antonio Guterres was in Russia for the first time since 2022 and was due to hold talks with Vladimir Putin later on Thursday.
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UN Chief Arrives in Russia to Attend BRICS Summit

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry slammed the visit, saying Antonio Guterres made the “wrong choice that does not advance the cause of peace.”
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Zelensky Alleges Russia Plot on Nuclear Plants in Defiant UN Address

Zelensky seeks to rally support among world leaders weeks before a U.S. election that could sharply shift the stance of Ukraine's main backer.
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Forcing Russia Into Peace Would Be ‘Fatal Mistake,’ Kremlin Says

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected remarks made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said that Russia “can only be forced into peace.”
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Zelensky Says Russia ‘Can Only Be Forced Into Peace'

Addressing a special UN Security Council session attended by a representative of Russia, Zelensky described Moscow as insincere in its calls for dialogue...
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Moscow Rules Out Meeting Between Lavrov, Blinken at UN Assembly

Russia's Foreign Ministry said it is looking to show that Ukraine is “not the only subject, or even the main one” at the UN General Assembly.
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Kyiv Invites UN, Red Cross to Ukraine-Held Areas of Russia's Kursk Region

The invite comes just days after three Red Cross workers were killed in Eastern Ukraine.
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UN Nuclear Head Says Discussed Kursk Plant Safety With Zelensky

Ukraine sent thousands of troops into the Kursk region on Aug. 6, triggering fighting less than 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from the nuclear plant.
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UN Nuclear Agency Chief Warns of Nuclear Risks During Kursk Plant Visit

Rafael Rossi said he would visit Kyiv next week to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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UN Asks Moscow for Access to Embroiled Border Regions

A spokeswoman said the UN is seeking to conduct a human rights monitoring mission in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions.
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opinion Leyla Latypova

Are Indigenous Activists from Russia Being Shut Out of the UN?

Several Indigenous activists have been refused attendance at this week's UN EMRIP. Is the Kremlin behind it?
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Russian Attacks Kill 2 in South, Northeast Ukraine

Russian shelling and aerial attacks killed two people in southern Ukraine's Kherson and northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv, authorities said.
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IAEA Chief To Hold Talks With Putin About Ukraine Nuclear Plant

Rafael Grossi last met Putin in St. Petersburg in October 2022 to discuss safety issues involving the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
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43 Countries Demand International Probe Into Navalny's Death

"Mr. Navalny's unexpected and shocking death is yet another sign of the accelerating and systematic repression in Russia," the EU ambassador said.
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Top UN Court Sets Jurisdiction Over Ukraine’s Genocide Lawsuit

Kyiv has accused Putin of misapplying the 1948 Genocide Convention to launch his “special military operation” in Ukraine in February 2022.
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UN Court Rejects Most of Ukraine’s ‘Terror’ Case Against Russia

Kyiv had accused Moscow of being a "terrorist state" whose support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine was a harbinger of the full-fledged 2022...
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Russia Condemns ‘Collective Punishment’ of UN Agency in Gaza

Donors including the U.S. said they would halt funding to the UNRWA over Israel's accusations that some of its staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas...
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UN Nuclear Chief Says 'Very Real' Threat Remains at Moscow-Held Zaporizhzhia Plant

“The potential dangers of a major nuclear accident remain very real,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said in a statement to the UN Security Council.
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