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The Organization of American States (OAS) will soon vote to suspend Russia’s Permanent Observer (PO) status in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. The vote comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates his unprovoked war through new offensives in the Donbas. Putin has repeatedly tied Russian engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean to immediate imperial endeavors in Eastern Europe—going back to Russia’s reengagement with the region amid the 2008 invasion of Georgia.

US says Ukrainian forces still hold ground in Mariupol, despite Vladimir Putin saying Russia ‘liberated’ besieged city.

Informal comments to the media by Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, on the Middle East including the Palestinian Question.

To be specific, the difficulties faced by migrants in receiving the same pay as nationals. Other problems or challenges are gender discrimination affecting women migrants, difficulties migrants have in getting jobs that correspond to their level of education. exploitation, adding to that the abusive working and living conditions.

A red thread links the responses to the pandemic crisis and the capacity to address challenges like those posed by the Russia-Ukraine war: the importance of a rules-based international order for both preventing violent conflict and aggression and coping with global crises. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign state and a democracy, in breach of international law and

The Foreign Ministry has accused the UNHRC of resorting to punitive, politicised, divisive, unhelpful action against Sri Lanka due to extraneous reasons. The OHCHR has now established a “Sri Lanka Accountability Project” citing resolution 46/1, in a situation where the language of OP6 (Operative Paragraph) in resolution 46/1 only sought to “strengthen the capacity of […]

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On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined His Eminence Metropolitan Antony of Hierapolis and His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA for an Intercessory Prayer Service for Ukraine. The Service, which was hosted in the Ukrainian Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Manhattan, was a reflection of ecumenical and interfaith support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States. On Wednesday, March 9, 202...

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva was established in June 1965. The first Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Mr Rex Koelmeyer presented credentials on 23 June 1965.The present Ambassador/Permanent Representative H.E. Mr. Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials on 19 July 2012. The Mission functions as the Permanent delegation of Sri Lanka to all UN and other international organizations in Switzerland including the World Tra...

“It is paramount that the world commits to ensure universal access to vaccination while also laying a strong foundation for sufficient healthcare capacity and pharmaceutical production in the developing world,” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, apostolic nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, said at a recent UN discussion on vaccination.