Arctic nations pledge climate action despite tensions taipeitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from taipeitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CCP Uses UN as Battleground to Confront US for Hegemony
Commentary
On May 7, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi once again talked about “multilateralism” at a U.N. Security Council video conference, using the U.N. as a battleground to confront the United States. The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) was originally meant to be a consultative mechanism to avoid conflicts and wars, but now the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mistakenly thinking that “the East is rising and the West is falling” flagrantly uses the UNSC to fight for hegemony, putting it in serious jeopardy.
Wang said that international rules are not the exclusive right or privilege of a few countries and should be made by everyone. Further, the world should not be divided along ideological lines.
Une rencontre Canada-États-Unis en marge du sommet du Conseil de l Arctique – Regard sur l Arctique rcinet.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rcinet.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Canada provides additional humanitarian assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau and Minister of International Development Karina Gould on Tuesday issued the following statement:
“Canada continues to support efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and is deeply committed to addressing its grave humanitarian consequences. Building on Canada’s support provided in the immediate aftermath of the fighting in 2020, we are announcing an additional $1 million to support the efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“Canada continues to call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to ease tensions and expresses its hope that the parties can engage in meaningful action, including accelerating the release of detainees and the remains of the deceased, the investigation and prosecution of all alleged war crimes and cooperation on demining.
German Foreign Minister Criticizes China’s Vaccine Diplomacy: ‘It’s Not the Right Way to Go’
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has indirectly criticized the Chinese regime for taking the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to expand its influence through “vaccine diplomacy.” He called on the international community to counter China’s expanding influence in Africa and Latin America, and warned against the regime’s tactic to divide Europe.
Maas gave a speech at the Ecumenical Church Congress in Frankfurt, Germany on May 15. He said that some countries are trying to increase their geopolitical influence through vaccine diplomacy referring to China and Russia, according to a report by World Today News.