UN – Page 18 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Ex-OPCW chief Jose Bustani reads Syria testimony that US, UK blocked at UN

Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020By Editor

At the UN Security Council, the US, UK, France and allies have blocked the testimony of Jose Bustani, the OPCW’s first Director General, on the chemical watchdog’s Syria cover-up scandal. … Read More >Ex-OPCW chief Jose Bustani reads Syria testimony that US, UK blocked at UN

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Libya’s future ‘is at stake,’ UN chief warns, urging states to stop arming rival governments

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020By Editor

World powers and the states involved in the civil war in Libya should stop sending arms to the country’s rival governments, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. … Read More >Libya’s future ‘is at stake,’ UN chief warns, urging states to stop arming rival governments

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Nebenzia Says West Uses OPCW as Instrument of Political Pressure on ‘Undesirable’ States

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020By Editor

Western countries increasingly use the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to exert political pressure on “undesirable” countries, as in the case of Russia over claims that political opposition figure Alexey Navalny was poisoned, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, said. … Read More >Nebenzia Says West Uses OPCW as Instrument of Political Pressure on ‘Undesirable’ States

Journalism & Mass media

Using human rights to promote war: debunking UN’s new Venezuela report

Posted on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020By Editor

Red Lines host Anya Parampil debunks a new report issued by the UN Human Right’s Council which accuses Venezuela’s government of “crimes against humanity”. Transcript below. … Read More >Using human rights to promote war: debunking UN’s new Venezuela report

Middle East

UN nuclear watchdog inspects 2nd Iranian site, after standoff over access

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020By Editor

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has inspected the second of two suspected former secret atomic sites in Iran, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday. … Read More >UN nuclear watchdog inspects 2nd Iranian site, after standoff over access

Journalism & Mass media

The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté testifies at UN on OPCW Syria cover-up

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020By Editor

In remarks to the UN Security Council, The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté details the OPCW’s Douma cover-up scandal and urges UN members to support the chemical watchdog’s inspectors whose evidence was suppressed. … Read More >The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté testifies at UN on OPCW Syria cover-up

Asia & Pacific

Japan will host Olympics in 2021 ‘as proof that humanity has DEFEATED the pandemic,’ PM Suga vows at UN

Posted on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020By Editor

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has vowed to prove the world’s triumph over Covid-19 with next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, telling the United Nations the games will be held safely after a year-long postponement. … Read More >Japan will host Olympics in 2021 ‘as proof that humanity has DEFEATED the pandemic,’ PM Suga vows at UN

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US intensifies Iran sanctions, while Breonna Taylor’s killer cops avoid charges

Posted on September 24, 2020September 24, 2020By Editor

The Pentagon used its pandemic response cash to buy more weapons. A Kentucky grand jury indicted a single former police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but charged no officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death. … Read More >US intensifies Iran sanctions, while Breonna Taylor’s killer cops avoid charges

Middle East

Palestine is a ‘bleeding wound of humanity’: Turkey’s Erdogan FUMES over Israel & ‘collaborators’ at UN General Assembly

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020By Editor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the Israeli government and its allies of supposedly making matters worse while addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine. … Read More >Palestine is a ‘bleeding wound of humanity’: Turkey’s Erdogan FUMES over Israel & ‘collaborators’ at UN General Assembly

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Russia Will Find Efficient Ways to Defend Itself if New START Not Extended, Envoy to UN Says

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020By Editor

The day before, Marshall Billingslea, US special presidential envoy for arms control, said that Washington is offering Moscow to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) for less than five years in order to hammer out a new multilateral document as soon as possible. … Read More >Russia Will Find Efficient Ways to Defend Itself if New START Not Extended, Envoy to UN Says

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