Tag: General Assembly (UN)
Lavrov Blasts Zelensky and Ukraine at UN Security Council Meeting
Insults, accusations and talk of war crimes and nuclear holocaust dominated the world’s premier diplomatic stage on Thursday.
Truss Pledges to Support Ukraine in Speech at U.N. General Assembly
The prime minister of Britain also restated a promise to raise Britain’s spending on defense to 3 percent of G.D.P. by 2030, a commitment long urged by the United States,.
Putin Raises Stakes in the War, With Direct Challenge to the West
The Russian leader announced a call-up of troops and hinted at using nuclear weapons, accusing the West of trying to “destroy our country” and vowing that Russia would defend itself.
Biden Paints Russia as a Threat to the World in U.N. Speech
President Biden portrayed Russia as the chief threat to global peace and renewed warnings that “a nuclear war cannot be won.”
In U.N. General Assembly Address, Zelensky Says, ‘Russia Should Pay for This War’
“A crime has been committed against Ukraine, and we demand just punishment,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a recorded speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
Biden Criticizes Iran and China on Human Rights and Security Issues
President Biden said that Washington “will be unabashed in promoting” a vision of a free world.
Iran’s President Speaks at U.N. as Protests Rock His Nation
The Iranian president, who came to power last year, will address the assembly amid large demonstrations at home and international pressure to revive the Iran nuclear deal.
Al Gore Calls the World Bank Chief a ‘Climate Denier’
The former vice president also said President Biden should seek to have the Trump-nominated bank leader, David Malpass, removed from his role.