Plus a preview of the U.N. General Assembly and growing nuclear fears in Ukraine.
Tag: General Assembly (UN)
In South Korea, President Yoon Treads Fine Line Between U.S. and China
Yoon Suk Yeol has aligned his country more closely with the United States, but there are limits to how far he can go without angering China or provoking North Korea.
Mass Graves in Izium Renew Focus on Holding Russia Accountable
The U.N. General Assembly voted to allow Ukraine’s president to address the gathering of world leaders with a recorded message next week.
Volker Türk, an Austrian Diplomat, Takes U.N. Human Rights Post
One of Volker Türk’s toughest challenges will be determining what to do about a highly critical report on China that his predecessor, Michelle Bachelet, released just before departing.
Ricardo Alarcon, Diplomat and Castro Confidant, Dies at 84
As Havana’s go-between with the U.S., he negotiated Elián González’s return to Cuba. He was also the country’s U.N. representative on two occasions.
With Us or With Them? In a New Cold War, How About Neither.
Old geopolitical foes are facing off after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but much of the world is refusing to take sides.
Your Thursday Briefing: Ukrainians Flee the East
As officials warn of escalating violence, the West increases sanctions.
U.N. General Assembly Vote Further Isolates Russia on Ukraine War
Syria, North Korea, Eritrea and Belarus voted against the resolution, joining Russia, which called the measure “pseudo-humanitarian.”
Information Battle Over Ukraine Intensifies
Text messages purporting to be from a Russian soldier to his mother, read publicly this week by Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador, underscore the contest underway to shape the war’s narrative.
Russian Forces Seize Kherson, the First Ukrainian City to Fall
Russian forces seized the southern city of Kherson and besieged other cities, with casualties and destruction mounting, as Western sanctions tightened their vise grip on Russia’s economy.