EU council president Charles Michel has issued a strongly worded statement after Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of four Ukrainian provinces. It reads, “President Putin has decided on Russia’s illegal annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. This annexation follows sham referenda and constitutes a dangerous and irresponsible escalation. It is…
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has concluded a week of discussions with world leaders and international partners at the UN General Assembly in New York with a series of pledges to tackle the current food crisis, aggravated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the urgent climate crisis and to improve global…
On Tuesday 27 September, the issues of human rights and political oppression in Benin were raised at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, composed of 47 member states, in which Benin is occupying a seat until 2024. An oral statement co-sponsored by two NGOs, CAP/ Liberté deConscience (France) and Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) expressed…
As the Russia’s war against Ukraine rages on, humanitarian needs in the country continue to rise rapidly. In view of an effective and timely humanitarian response, the EU organised a Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting in Brussels. Opened by Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, and Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Olha Stefanishyna, the high-level meeting discussed the…
On 21 September, the president of Russia announced the beginning of partial mobilisation, against which a huge number of those who oppose the war and mobilisation, as well as those who support the war in Ukraine appeared. All this has generated a surge of violence and brutality in Russian society. On September 26, there was…
Russia’s referenda in parts of occupied Ukraine has been condemned by the North Atlantic Council. On Friday, it issued a statement on the planned poll. It reads, “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the plan to hold so-called “referenda” on joining the Russian Federation in the Ukrainian regions partly controlled by the Russian military. …
Will Russia deliberately shell and fire on residents of the occupied territories during their pseudo-referenda? The Ukrainian authorities have suggested that the Russian Federation could be planning to carry out a number of terrorist acts against civilians by shelling the civilian infrastructure during the illegal referenda in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk…
The Samarkand Initiative is a concentrated expression of Mirziyoyev’s political “doctrine” writes Akramjaon Nematov. On 15-16 September Samarkand held a very important event – the summit of SCO Heads of State. It was different from previous ones due to its extensive programme, comprehensive agenda, as well as a broad representation of states, international and regional…
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) develops common regulations and standards for civil aviation. Countries around the world abide by ICAO’s directives to ensure the safe and orderly growth of international civil aviation, writes Wang Kwo-tsai. The 41st session of the triennial ICAO Assembly, to be held between September 27 and October 7 this year…
It has been 83 years since the start of World War II, and now Russian imperialism is trying to repeat this tragic chapter in world history. Early in the morning of 31 August, Adolf Hitler signed Directive No. 1, which stipulated that the attack on Poland was to begin at 4:45 a.m. on 1 September…
