If turning a blind eye to Cuba is the price Canada has to pay to win a UN Security Council seat, then frankly it’s not worth it, Rob Breakenridge says. Continue reading
Over the weekend, festering tensions between the two countries culminated in Russia ramming and then seizing three Ukrainian vessels in a dangerous escalation. Continue reading
But other members of the Security Council took the opportunity to oppose the fact that Trump and the United States pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Continue reading
Trump, speaking to reporters as he was entering the United Nations, said: “I’ll be meeting with Chairman Kim in the very near future. It’ll be announced. ” Continue reading
More world leaders step up to the podium at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday but the lion’s share of attention will be down the hall where U.S. President Donald Trump will be chairing the Security Council. Continue reading
The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that the fight against famine is being lost in Yemen, which is already facing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with 75 per cent of its 29 million people in need of assistance. Continue reading
It’s been 21 years since Canada’s last stint on the Security Council, the country’s longest absence from it in United Nations’ history. Continue reading
The panel of experts said North Korea attempted to sell small arms and light weapons and other military equipment via foreign intermediaries, including Syrian arms traffickers in the case of Houthi Shiite rebel Continue reading
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned last week that member states have been slow to pay their dues to the UN, with 81 countries still owing a total of $810 million as of late July. Continue reading
The United States accused North Korea of breaching a UN sanctions cap on refined petroleum by making illicit transfers between ships at sea, according to a document seen by Reuters. Continue reading