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Witnesses said several Hamas security headquarters and ministries were hit, and the strikes destroyed some roads and houses. He said Hamas would execute an Israeli captive for every Israeli bombing of a civilian house without warning. There was no immediate response from the Israeli military to that threat. [1/5]Flames and smoke billow during Israeli strikes in Gaza, October 9, 2023. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan called on Hamas and Israel to immediately end violence and protect civilians, the Egyptian presidency said.

Persons: Fighting, Witnesses, Abu Ubaida, Eli Cohen, Daniel Hagari, James, Joe Biden, Biden, Mohammed Salem, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Omar Shakir, Khan Younis, Antonio Guterres, Abdel Fattah al, Tayyip Erdogan, Emily Rose, Maayan Lubell, Ari Rabinovitch, Nidal, Ammar Anwar, Henriette Chacar, Dan Williams, Ali Sawafta, Steven Scheer, Patricia Zengerle, Howard Goller Organizations: Israel, Gaza's Health, Palestinian Telecommunication Co, Israeli, BBC, United, REUTERS, Palestine, Human Rights, Reuters, U.S, Thomson Locations: JERUSALEM, GAZA, Israel, Gaza, Israeli, Jihad, Italy, Thailand, Ukraine, Washington, United States, Beit Lahia, Khan, U.S, Lebanon, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Sderot, Ramallah, Modiin

☆ UN rights team to investigate Hroza attack, Kyiv says death toll 52
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"Fifty-two people died as a result of this missile attack. One person died in a medical facility," Oleh Synehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, told Ukrainian television. A three-day mourning period was announced in the wider Kharkiv region as villagers cleared grave sites for their relatives and rescuers continued their work at the scene, looking for body parts among piles of bricks, wood and metal. The Kremlin reiterated on Friday that it does not attack civilian targets, distancing itself from a strike that resulted in one of the biggest civilian death tolls of the more than 19-month-old war. [1/5]People lay flowers paying tribute to the victims at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 6, 2023.

Persons: Synehubov, Valeriy Kozyr, Valentyna Kozienko, Thomas Peter Acquire, Antonio Guterres, Elizabeth Throssell, Volker Turk, OCHR, Throssell, Dmitry Peskov, Olena Harmash, Timothy Heritage, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Kyiv, Police, REUTERS, United Nations, Human Rights, UN, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Kharkiv region HROZA, Ukraine, Hroza, Kharkiv, Russian, Kharkiv region, Russia, Odesa

☆ UN Authorizes Haiti Security Mission to Fight Gangs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for help to fight violent gangs that have largely overrun its capital Port-au-Prince. The council adopted a resolution, drafted by the U.S. and Ecuador, that authorizes the so-called Multinational Security Support mission "to take all necessary measures" - code for use of force. The response to Haiti's request for help was delayed due to a struggle to find a country willing to lead a security assistance mission. The security assistance mission, while approved by the U.N. Security Council, is not a United Nations operation. The council resolution adopted on Monday asks the countries taking part in the security mission "to adopt appropriate wastewater management and other environmental controls to guard against the introduction and spread of water-borne diseases."

Persons: Michelle Nichols UNITED, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Antony Blinken, Ariel Henry, Jean, Bertrand Aristide, Michelle Nichols, Sarah Morland, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, United Nations Security, U.S, Diplomats, Security Council, . Security, United, Peacekeeping, Monday Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, Port, United States, Ecuador, China, Russia, Kenya, Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, Americas, United Nations

CNN —The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United States have also strongly urged the international community to back such a mission. Though approved by the powerful UN Security Council, the force would not formally be under UN control. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, Prime Minister Henry told fellow nations that it was “urgent” that the Security Council approve a military mission to reestablish order. The Security Council has found itself in repeated deadlock in recent years amid deepening geopolitical rivalries.

Persons: Ariel Henry, General Antonio Guterres, Henry, Jean, Junior Joseph, –, Antony Blinken, Washington, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Zhang Jun, Vassily Nebenzia, Jovenel Moise, Maria Isabel Salvador, ” Organizations: CNN, United Nations Security Council, Haitian, United Nations, UN Security Council, UN, Haitian National Police, United Nations General Assembly, Security Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, United States, Russia, China, Kenya, Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Port, New York, UN

☆ UN vote on foreign police mission to Haiti set for Monday
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Monday to approve the deployment of foreign police to Haiti and authorize the use of force to help the Caribbean country fight violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital Port-au-Prince. China wanted the resolution to state that Haiti had to notify the Security Council of the countries taking part in the mission before U.N. authorization would take effect. A Security Council resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes to be adopted. The response to Haiti's request for help was delayed due to a struggle to find a country willing to lead a security assistance mission. The security assistance mission, while approved by the U.N. Security Council, would not be a United Nations operation.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Ariel Henry, Jean, Bertrand Aristide, Michelle Nichols, Sarah Morland, Richard Chang Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, United Nations Security, Reuters, Diplomats, . Security, United, Peacekeeping, Thomson Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, U.S, China, United States, Russia, France, Britain, Kenya, Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, Americas, United Nations

☆ The next United Nations Secretary General? This Caribbean climate leader makes diplomats 'jump' with excitement
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Stephanie Fillion | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

United Nations CNN —Asked last week if she will run to become the United Nations’ next Secretary General, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados gave a thumbs up, smiled, and walked away. Fighting for a woman at the helmThe UN’s next Secretary General would take office in January 2027. “There’s always lots of men that want to run,” said Ben Donaldson, head of campaigns at the United Nations Association of the United Kingdom. “It’s not so much about talking about a Julie or Anne, or Mary, it is more about talking about a Madame Secretary General as a general proposition, and then making sure that we pave the way to get there,” she said. “I believe that men should run next time around as I believe women should run in their numbers,” he said.

Persons: United Nations CNN —, Mia Mottley, Mottley, Juan Manuel Santos –, –, Santos, Rafael Grossi, António Guterres, Alicia Bárcena, Rebeca, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, “, Ralph Gonsalves, Saint Vincent, ”, Guterres, Obama, Richard Gowan, ” Elina Valtonen, ” Valtonen, it’s, Ben Donaldson, “ I’m, Susana Malcorra, It’s, Julie, Anne, Mary, Dennis Francis, doesn’t, ” Julia Maciel Organizations: United Nations CNN, United Nations ’, UN, United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, Assembly, CNN, International Monetary Fund, General, Chevron, European Union, Bridgetown Initiative, IMF, World Bank, Crisis, UN Security Council, Security Council, Security, United Nations Association of, Global, Madame Locations: Barbados, America, Caribbean, New York, Colombian, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Grenadines, Venezuela, Bridgetown, COP28, New York City, UN, Portuguese, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Paraguay

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The foreign minister of Belarus, which has a strategic partnership with Russia, says he cannot envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces. Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with The Associated Press that he also can’t imagine a situation where Russia would order his country to use the tactical nuclear weapons it recently deployed in Belarus. The foreign minister disputed the assertions by some opponents that Belarus’ ties to Russia were isolating the country. “It’s clear that by increasing weapons deliveries to this country, the West is determined to continue the war down to the last Ukrainian.”Could he see a situation where Belarus could support the war in Ukraine alongside Russia? The Viasna Human Rights Center recorded 1,496 political prisoners in Belarus at the end of August, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.

Persons: Sergei Aleinik, “, ”, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, Aleinik, Antonio Guterres, Lukashenko’s, didn’t, ” Aleinik, Ales Bialiatski, Edith M, Lederer Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, Russian, Associated Press, NATO, Belarus, General Assembly, U.N, European Union, Belarus ’, Moscow, General, AP, United Nations, “, Human Rights, The Associated Press Locations: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Soviet, BELARUS, RUSSIA, New York, America, China, Lithuania, “ Lithuania, Baltic, Soviet Union, Minsk, Moscow, Western, West, Ukrainian, Russian

China, the world's biggest fossil fuel consumer, is among those signalling that it intends to keep using them for decades. By inserting "unabated" before fossil fuels, the pledge targeted only fuels burned without emissions-capturing technology. "We cannot use it to green-light fossil fuel expansion," the countries said in a joint statement. We can't say we want to avoid 1.5 C ... and not say anything about phasing out fossil fuels," Cox said. The Alliance of Small Island States, whose members face climate-fuelled storms and land loss to rising seas, wants a fossil fuel phase-out and an end to the $7 trillion governments spend annually on subsidising fossil fuels.

Persons: Eduardo Munoz, General Antonio Guterres, Sultan Al Jaber, John Kerry, Teresa Ribera, Eamon Ryan, Ryan, Peter Cox, Cox, Fatih Birol, Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett, Katy Daigle, Emelia Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, United Nations General Assembly, United Arab Emirates, United, European Union, Reuters, Ireland's, American Petroleum Institute, University of Exeter, International Energy Agency, Rockefeller Foundation, Organization of, Petroleum, Small, States, United Nations, D.C, Thomson Locations: New York, New York City , New York, U.S, Dubai, China, United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia, France, Kenya, Chile, Colombia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Japan, Union, Washington, Brussels

NEW YORK (AP) — If another pandemic happens, the world will again be unprepared. That’s the bleak assessment of former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who co-chaired the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, after the U.N. General Assembly held a high-level summit aimed at heading off another pandemic. Other pandemic experts who tracked months of negotiations on the 13-page declaration adopted by the assembly’s 193 member nations were disappointed, too. “I think it’s fair to say that the declaration is a missed opportunity,” Clark said in an interview with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the General Assembly's high-level leaders' meeting. Clark also ticked off the catastrophic economic impacts of the pandemic: a $25 trillion loss to the global economy, and debt and default enveloping many developing countries.

Persons: Helen Clark, ” Clark, Nelson Mandela, Clark, “, Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wasn't, Antonio Guterres, ” Guterres, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ”, “ We’ve, Edith M, Lederer Organizations: New, Pandemic Preparedness, General Assembly, Associated Press, Health Organization, Pandemic, Liberian, General, The Associated Press Locations: New Zealand

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Just a few years ago, artificial intelligence got barely a mention at the U.N. General Assembly's convocation of world leaders. Presidents, premiers, monarchs and cabinet ministers convened as governments at various levels are mulling or have already passed AI regulation. And many eyes are on the United Nations as perhaps the only place to tackle the issue at scale. LOTS OF PEOPLE TALKING, BUT PERHAPS A SLOW PROCESSBut if the United Nations has advantages, it also has the challenges of a big-tent, consensus-seeking ethos that often moves slowly. Ideas differ about what a potential global AI body should be: perhaps an expert assessment and fact-establishing panel, akin to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or a watchdog like the International Atomic Energy Agency?

Persons: Assembly's, it's, Amandeep Gill, António Guterres, Sam Matekane, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Thórdís Kolbrún, Joe Biden, Washington, —, ” Omar Al, “ What’s, James Manyika, ”, Ian Bremmer, Gill, ” “ It’s, it’s, There's, OpenAI, Olatunbosun Tijani, “, Minister Aisén Etcheverry, ” Etcheverry, Rose, Nakasi Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, diplomacy's, Industry, Outsiders, United Nations, Safety, Israel, Assembly, United Arab Emirates, Tech, Google, Eurasia Group, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency, . Security, New York Public Library, Chilean, Minister, General, Makerere, General Assembly Locations: Namibia, North Macedonia, Argentina, East Timor, ”, Spain, New York, Nigeria, who's, India, Ugandan

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. He noted that France’s military presence in Niger was in response to a request from Niger’s government at the time. The military cooperation between France and Niger had been suspended since the coup. The junta leaders claimed that Bazoum's government wasn’t doing enough to protect the country from the insurgency. After the deadline expired without France recalling him, the coup leaders then revoked his diplomatic immunity.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Mohamed Bazoum, ”, Sylvain Itte, U.N, Antonio Guterres Organizations: PARIS, “, African Locations: France, Niger, Africa, Mali, Burkina Faso, French, “ France, New York

Many of the formal speeches delivered before the green stone in the General Assembly could have been performed straight to camera, with few other people in the room (and in 2020, they were). The General Assembly, she said, actually “overshadows what the U.N. does well." In-person relations are as important, if not more so, for non-governmental organizations with stakes in the outcomes, attendees said. Many at the General Assembly, and those observing it closely from afar, declined to discuss the substance of negotiations that may never ultimately come to fruition. But the General Assembly week “provides a critical mass that allows you to do all the things that you would prefer to do in person,” Rathke said.

Persons: Volodomyr Zelenskyy, weren't, ’, Katie Laatikainen, that's, that’s, ”, Kathryn Mengerink, Scott Hamilton, Joe Biden, —, “ We’re, Stéphane Dujarric, António Guterres, we’re, “, ” Laatikainen, Jeff Rathke, ” Rathke, ” Hamilton, Michael Weissenstein Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, General, Council, Adelphi University, Assembly, General Assembly, Waitt, State Department, United Nations Security, United Nations, “ Technology, - German Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Associated Press Locations: East, Jolla , California, midtown Manhattan, Cuba, China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, Europe, New York, Britain, Mexico

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The military government that seized power in Niger has accused United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “obstructing” the West African nation's full participation at the U.N.'s annual meeting of world leaders in order to appease France, Niger's former colonizer, and its allies. The junta had wanted Niger’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Bakary Yaou Sangare, who was made foreign minister after the coup, to speak on its behalf at the General Assembly. The deposed president appealed to a regional court this week to order his release and reinstatement as president. Bazoum took office in 2021 in the country's first transfer of power between elected leaders since the country's independence from France in 1960. ECOWAS has said it considers a military intervention an option for restoring Bazoum as president.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Col, Maj, Amadou Abdramane, Mohamed Bazoum, Bakary Yaou Sangare, Bakary, ” Stéphane, Guterres, Hassoumi Massoudou, ”, France, ” Abdramane, Bazoum Organizations: United Nations, African, General Assembly, General, Nigerien, European Union, West African, ECOWAS Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Niger, France, New York, Bazoum

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023. Lavrov added that Moscow left the Black Sea grain initiative because promises made to Russia - including on removing sanctions on a Russian bank and reconnecting it to the global SWIFT system - had not been met. Asked if Russia would send more peace-keepers to Nagorno-Karabakh, a separatist Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan, Lavrov said that would be decided on the ground. Lavrov accused the West of a neo-colonial mindset in its overtures to the Global South to win backing for Ukraine in the war. Instead, Lavrov spoke of a "global majority" that was being duped by the West, which he described as an "empire of lies".

Persons: Sergei Lavrov, Eduardo Munoz, Lavrov, Antonio Guterres, They're, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Gabriela Baczynska, Alistair Bell, Josie Kao Organizations: Russia's, General Assembly, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, Saturday, West, Kyiv, . Security, Moscow, North, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Moscow, U.N, New York, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Turkey, Nagorno, Karabakh, Armenian, Azerbaijan, Pyongyang

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 23, 2023. 'NOT REALISTIC'In a letter to Lavrov last month, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlined four measures the U.N. could immediately move on if there was an understanding that Russia would agree to a resumption of the Black Sea grain deal. They cannot be implemented," Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations after his General Assembly address. Ukraine and Russia are both major grain exporters and Moscow is also a big supplier of fertilizer to the world. Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Alistair Bell and Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sergei Lavrov, Eduardo Munoz, Lavrov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, U.N, Antonio Guterres, They're, Moscow, Guterres, Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Michelle Nichols, Gabriela Baczynska, Alistair Bell, Josie Kao Organizations: Russia's, General Assembly, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, Saturday, United Nations, Kyiv, General, Security, North, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, United States, Europe, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, New York, Pyongyang, Russian

Speaking at a meeting in New York to address the security situation in Haiti, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the mission, led by Kenya, could deploy "within months." Haiti last year asked for help to combat violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital Port-au-Prince. The council could vote as soon as next week, diplomats said, on a U.S.-drafted resolution supporting a multinational police deployment. While not providing any troops, Blinken said the Biden administration will work with the U.S. Congress to provide $100 million to back the multinational mission with logistical and financial assistance. Washington supports Kenya's vision for a three-part security mission that includes helping Haitian police, ensuring security for static installations and thoroughfares and strengthening law enforcement in the long term, Blinken said.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Ariel Henry, Diaspora Affairs Alfred Nganga Mutua, Blinken, Biden, William Ruto, Henry, Antonio Guterres, Humeyra Pamuk, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller, Grant McCool Organizations: Haitian, Kenyan, Foreign, Diaspora Affairs, . Security Council, U.S, Congress, Washington, General, Security, Thomson Locations: Haiti, United States, Caribbean, New York, U.S, Kenya, Haitian

Yet Amin said that while an agreement ridding the world of fossil fuels doesn't look likely, a “phase-down of fossil fuels is inevitable." In 10 years when critics and others look back at the talks, Amin wants to hear amazement. They say a phase-out of fossil fuels is the only way to curb warming to a manageable level. He pointed to the desire by some African countries to use fossil fuels to develop. Amin said upcoming climate talks aim to be the most inclusive ever, but that also includes the at-times vilified fossil fuel industry.

Persons: Adnan Amin, Amin, Sultan al, Jaber, Greta Thunberg, ” Amin, Antonio Guterres, it’s, Mohamed Adow, Adow, Niklas Hohne, Bill Hare, ” Hare, Nigel Purvis, “, Seth Borenstein Organizations: of Parties, United, Associated Press, petrostate United, petrostate United Arab Emirates, New Climate Institute, Analytics, U.S . State Department, AP Locations: Dubai, United Nations, petrostate United Arab, Kenya, UAE, Africa, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia

☆ Climate Week can make me feel cynical but there are signs that change might be underway
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Yet global emissions have continued to climb since 2015 when countries agreed to curb warming. Yet global emissions have kept growing since 2015, when nearly 200 countries struck the Paris Agreement aimed at averting the most catastrophic effects of a warming planet. There's also more willingness to name the main driver of climate change: fossil fuels. President Joe Biden didn't attend the Climate Ambition Summit and instead sent the nation's climate envoy, John Kerry. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo have headlined events.

Persons: execs, I've, General António Guterres, Alden Meyer, —, Meyer, There's, Gavin Newsom, Sultan Al Jaber, Al Jaber, Al Jaber's, Joe Biden didn't, John Kerry, Biden would've, Erin Mendenhall, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Yvonne Aki Organizations: Service, United Nations, Ambition, California Gov, United Arab Emirates, Associated Press, UN, Montreal Mayor, Paris Mayor Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York City, Paris, China, India, Russia, Japan, Colombia, Panama, Brazil, California, Dubai, UAE's, UAE, Alaska, Salt Lake, COP28, Africa

NEW YORK (AP) — Inside the U.N.'s gates, world leaders use the spotlight to talk — to each other and the entire planet. Nonprofit organizations send their senior leaders to the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly at significant expense to make sure their voices are heard in the right rooms. It was one of some 40 events the Ford Foundation hosted connected to General Assembly week, flexing its power to convene. The sidelines of the General Assembly first began drawing major crowds in 2014, when a U.N. The framework, he said, helps groups “to focus on a pretty specific action that might feel small given the SDGs but still has impact.

Persons: ”, Elizabeth Cousens, ‘, ’ ”, Monica Aleman, She’ll, James Baldwin, Protesters, Keya Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Joe Biden, Antonio Guterres, Melinda Gates, Mark Suzman, ” Suzman, Atul Tandon, Zia Khan Organizations: Nonprofit, General, UN Foundation, Sustainable, Ford Foundation, Assembly, Climate Summit, Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation, Opportunity International, The Rockefeller Foundation, Brookings Institution, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Washington, United States, China, India, Russia, United Kingdom, France, South Africa

His remarks at the assembly's annual meeting of world leaders previewed an AI safety summit that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is convening in November. Dowden's speech also came as other countries and multinational groups — including the European Union, the bloc that Britain left in 2020 — are making moves on artificial intelligence. The U.N., meanwhile, is pulling together an advisory board to make recommendations on structuring international rules for artificial intelligence. Political Cartoons View All 1176 ImagesMajor U.S. tech companies have acknowledged a need for AI regulations, though their ideas on the particulars vary. Inexorable,” Dowden said, and the technology will test the international community “to show that it can work together on a question that will help to define the fate of humanity.”

Persons: Oliver Dowden, Rishi Sunak, António Guterres, Dowden, “, ”, ” Dowden Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, General Assembly, United, British, European Union, Britain, EU, General, Airbus, Heineken Locations: British, Europe

“Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention, or miscalculation – is a terrible risk. New Construction at Russia's Novaya Zemlya nuclear test site, June 22, 2023. Lop Nur nuclear test site. “The Chinese test site is different than the Russian test site,” Lewis said. Both countries keep their strategic nuclear arsenals on “hair-trigger” alert, meaning that nuclear weapons can be launched on short notice.

Persons: Jeffrey Lewis, James Martin, ”, Cedric Leighton, “, Vladimir Putin, ” Lewis, Lewis ’, António Guterres, ” Guterres, Dmitry Medvedev, Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Sergei Shoigu, Lewis, we’ve, Leighton, they’d, ” Leighton, Nur, Hans Kristensen, Kristensen, Israel –, Dyess, Frederic J . Brown, Fiona Cunningham, Yang Kun, ” Daryl Kimball, Kimball, Michael Frankel, James Scouras, George Ullrich, Soviet Union –, Russia –, We’re Organizations: CNN, James, James Martin Center, Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, US, US Air Force, Atomic Scientists, Soviet Union, United Nations, Russia’s Security, Russian Defense Ministry, Planet Labs PBC, Middlebury, Science and Global Security, Novaya, Middlebury Institute, China Observer, China’s Foreign Ministry, Planet Labs, Nevada National Security, National Security Administration, US Department of Energy, Office, National Security Council, International Monitoring, Federation of American Scientists, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Columbia, Northrop Grumman's Air Force, Getty, Control Association, ACA, NGO, PLA, Nuclear, Carnegie Endowment, International, Arms Control Association, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Soviet Locations: Russia, United States, China, Xinjiang, Nevada, . China, Moscow, Washington, Ukraine, Soviet, Belarus, Minsk, Novaya Zemlya, Zemlya, Soviet Union, Lop Nur, Japan, Lop, Beijing, Stockholm, United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, Ellsworth, Palmdale , California, AFP, Yuli County, Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Baltimore, Russian, Hiroshima

JPMorgan had handled some Russian grain export payments for a few months with reassurances from Washington. However, that cooperation stopped in early August, said Russia's Foreign Ministry, after Moscow quit the Black Sea grain deal in July. UNDERMINING U.N. EFFORTSU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday that Russia's bombardment was undermining U.N. efforts to help facilitate Russian food and fertilizer exports. To convince Russia to agree to the Black Sea deal, U.N. officials agreed to help Russian exports reach global markets. "It has led many of those whose goodwill is needed, notably in the private sector, to question whether there is any real interest in re-joining the Black Sea Initiative."

Persons: Morgan, Sarah Meyssonnier, Moscow, James O'Brien, ”, O'Brien, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Sergei Lavrov, Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk, Michelle Nichols, Michael Perry Organizations: JPMorgan, REUTERS, Washington, State Department, Reuters, Wednesday, Foreign Ministry, State Department's Office, United Nations, Security, Black Sea Initiative, United, Russia's, Russian Foreign Ministry, Guterres, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, U.S, Moscow, Ukraine, Washington, Russia, New York, United Nations, Turkey, United

☆ Colors promoting UN goals or LGBTQ rights? Turkey's Erdogan complains
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsUNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan complained on Thursday that he was uncomfortable with the use of what he described as "LGBT colors" at the United Nations, which is decorated this week with bright colors promoting the Sustainable Development Goals. Erdogan said he would have liked to discuss it with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Turkish media reported on Thursday. Turkey's government - led by Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party - has toughened its stance on LGBTQ freedoms. While Guterres has been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights and spoken out about discrimination, there are no rainbow Pride colors at U.N. headquarters promoting LGBTQ rights. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by world leaders in 2015 with a deadline of 2030, are a global "to do" list that includes wiping out hunger, extreme poverty, battling climate change and inequality, and promoting gender equality.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Mike Segar, Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Turkey's, Haberturk, Guterres, Michelle Nichols, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: United Nations, Sustainable, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, AK, United Nations General Assembly, Thomson Locations: U.N, New York City , New York, U.S, Turkey

☆ At UN, Kenya's President Asks World Not to Leave Haiti Behind
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Kenyan President William Ruto urged the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to formally back a security support mission to Haiti, which Kenya has shown a willingness to lead, saying the Caribbean country "deserves better from the world." The council could vote as soon as next week, diplomats said, on a U.S.-drafted resolution supporting a multinational police deployment. Haiti last year asked for help to combat violent gangs that have largely overrun the capital Port-au-Prince. "As we mobilize to show up for Ukraine, and countries that have experienced the devastating impact of climate shocks including Libya, Morocco and Hawaii, we must not leave Haiti behind," Ruto said. U.N. peacekeepers were deployed to Haiti in 2004 after a rebellion led to the ouster and exile of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Persons: Michelle Nichols UNITED, William Ruto, Ruto, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Ariel Henry, Jean, Bertrand Aristide, Michelle Nichols, Grant McCool Organizations: Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, Kenyan, United Nations Security, General, Peacekeeping Locations: Haiti, Kenya, Caribbean, U.S, Ukraine, Libya, Morocco, Hawaii, Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, Americas

☆ Nigeria's Tinubu Urges UN to Help Curb Exploitation of Africa's Resources
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu urged the United Nations to become more proactive in addressing his African nation's poverty and security issues and helping to fight illicit resource extraction, his spokesman said on Thursday. Tinubu raised the issues when he met U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, his spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement. The Nigerian leader said malign actors who engage in illicit activities, including resource and weapons smuggling, exploit Africa's vast mineral wealth and undermine its stability. "We now recognize the need to reform the institution to represent the world as it is today," Guterres was quoted as saying. (Reporting by Felix Onuah in Abuja; Writing by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo; Editing by Howard Goller)

Persons: Bola Tinubu, Tinubu, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Ajuri Ngelale, Guterres, Felix Onuah, Elisha Bala, Howard Goller Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, United Nations, General Assembly, United, General, West African, ECOWAS Locations: New York, United Nations, West Africa, Niger, Abuja

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