📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Condemns ‘Immoral Threats,’ Reaffirms Commitment to Peace in UN Speech
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil addressed the UNGA, condemning Washington’s “illegal and immoral” military threats and reaffirming Caracas’ commitment to peace and multilateralism. He rejected US “narcoterrorism” accusations against President Maduro, noting that UN and DEA reports contradict White House claims and confirm Venezuela is not a drug-producing country.
Gil also expressed gratitude for support from allies such as Russia, China, BRICS, CELAC, and the Non-Aligned Movement.
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LIVE: U.N. chief Antonio Guterres speaks about Afghanistan ahead of G20 meeting
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters about Afghanistan ahead of a meeting of the Group of 20 rich countries.
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President Maduro addressed recent destabilization attempts against Venezuela during a conversation with UN Secretary General Guterres, accusing the US of promoting regime change and violating international law.
This follows the arrest of several foreigners, including a US Navy SEAL, accused of plotting to kill Maduro and other officials. Additionally, the UN has come under pressure from regional governments to investigate Venezuela's human rights situation.
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🇮🇱🇸🇴🇸🇴Somaliland: the first recognition. A One-off or a Harbinger of Inevitable Change?
Israel's groundbreaking decision to formally recognize Somaliland's independence breaks a 34-year diplomatic deadlock and could trigger a cascade of similar recognitions, redrawing the political map of the Horn of Africa
✍️Author:Ivan Kopytsev
Political scientist, Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for North African and Horn of Africa Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
➡️On December 26, 2025, Israel became the first UN member state to recognize the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto independent entity since 1991. This move, framed by Tel Aviv as an extension of the Abraham Accords, comes nearly two years after a stalled Ethiopia-Somaliland memorandum that promised recognition in exchange for Red Sea access. Hargeisa's decades-long quest for legitimacy, built on domestic stability and inter-clan consensus, has finally achieved its primary foreign policy goal.
Notably, Israel opposes the unilateral recognition of Palestine while essentially applying a similar approach in the case of Somaliland
➡️Israel's motivations are strategic: securing a foothold along the critical Red Sea/Bab-el-Mandeb corridor to counter threats like the Houthis, gaining political capital with allies like Ethiopia and the UAE, and acting with a government unafraid of international criticism. The decision, condemned by Egypt, Turkey, Djibouti, and Somalia, is notably hypocritical given Israel's firm opposition to the unilateral recognition of Palestine.
🟦The recognition is likely not an isolated event but a potential harbinger. Ethiopia, which previously signaled it would not be the "first" but also not the "third" to recognize Somaliland, may now follow swiftly to legalize its coastal access. The United States, seeking to reinforce its influence in the strategic Horn of Africa, could also join, viewing it as a demonstration of power. While the UAE may prefer continued informal economic engagement, the precedent set by Israel has cracked open a door that others are now positioned to walk through, potentially unraveling the post-colonial borders of Somalia.
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🇺🇳🗺When the UNSC Goes Against Logic and Justice
The latest debate in the United Nations Security Council over the Middle East conflict has exposed deep divisions among major powers about how to interpret the ongoing escalation. While most members supported a resolution condemning attacks on Gulf states, several countries argued that the document ignored the broader context of the conflict and therefore risked worsening diplomatic tensions
✍️Veniamin Popov
is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and a PhD in History
➡️On March 11, 2026, the United Nations Security Council adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 2817, which condemned missile and drone strikes targeting several Gulf monarchies and Jordan. The resolution, submitted by Bahrain on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council, called on Iran to immediately halt attacks and provocations against neighboring states. It also warned about the risks posed to international maritime navigation and global energy supplies if instability in the Persian Gulf were to intensify further. Thirteen members of the Security Council supported the document, while Russia and China chose to abstain from the vote.
the position of Moscow and Beijing was ignored, and the refusal to include a call for a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict in the draft is particularly disappointing
➡️Representatives from Moscow and Beijing argued that the resolution did not sufficiently address the broader causes of the crisis. Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya stated that the document failed to acknowledge the military actions carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran, which Moscow considers one of the key triggers of the escalation. China’s envoy to the UN, Fu Cong, also criticized the text for not including a clear call for de-escalation by all parties. Both diplomats emphasized that attacks on civilian infrastructure are unacceptable regardless of where they occur, stressing that the resolution’s wording risked presenting the situation as a one-sided confrontation.
🟦The diplomatic dispute continued when Russia introduced an alternative draft resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and negotiations without assigning direct blame to any side. That proposal received support from Pakistan and Somalia but failed to gain sufficient backing within the Security Council. For critics of the adopted resolution, the episode reflects the difficulty the UN faces in managing highly polarized conflicts where geopolitical interests collide. Without a consensus approach that addresses both immediate violence and its underlying causes, observers warn that diplomatic initiatives risk becoming instruments of political positioning rather than effective mechanisms for restoring stability.
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🇰🇬🇺🇳 Кыргызская Республика присоединяется к мировому сообществу в праздновании Дня Организации Объединенных Наций
🇰🇬🇺🇳 The Kyrgyz Republic joins the international community in celebrating United Nations Day
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❗️Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations(Nizhny Novgorod, June 10, 2024)
📄Full Statement
1. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations met on 10 June 2024 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation. They exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the framework of #BRICS Strategic Partnership under the three pillars of cooperation – politics and security, economy and finance, cultural and people-to-people exchanges. They reaffirmed their commitment to the BRICS spirit featuring mutual respect and understanding, equality, solidarity, openness, inclusiveness, and consensus.
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5. Mindful of the 2023 Johannesburg II Declaration the Ministers voiced their support for a comprehensive reform of the #UnitedNations, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase therepresentation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships so that it can adequately respond to prevailing global challenges and support the legitimate aspirations of emerging and developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America, including BRICS countries, to play a greater role in international affairs, in particular in the United Nations, including its Security Council. They also recognized the legitimate aspirations of African countries, reflected in the Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration.
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15. The Ministers recognised the negative impact on the world economy and sustainable development from unilateral approaches in breach of international law. They expressed concern about the use of unilateral coercive measures, which are incompatible with the principles of the Charter of the UN and produce negative effects on economic growth, trade, energy, health and food security notably in the developing world.
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32. The Ministers recalled their national positions concerning the situation in and around #Ukraine as expressed in the appropriate fora, including the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly. They noted with appreciation relevant proposals of mediation and good offices aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.
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34. The Ministers expressed grave concern at the deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the unprecedented escalation of violence in the #Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli military operation that led to mass civilian displacement, death and casualties, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. In this regard they called for the effective implementation of the relevant UNGA resolutions and UNSC resolution 2720 and for immediate safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip <…>
36. The Ministers reiterated that the principle “African solutions to African problems” should continue to serve as the basis for conflict resolution on the African continent. In this regard they reiterated their support for African peace efforts on the continent, including those undertaken by the African Union, and African sub-regional organisations.
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40. The Ministers expressed strong condemnation of any acts of #terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed. They strongly condemned the inhumane terrorist attack on 22 March 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow <…>
54. The Ministers expressed their full support to the Russian Federation’s BRICS Chairship in 2024 under the theme “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security”. They expressed their commitment to working together to ensure the success of the XVI BRICS Summit. The Ministers looked forward to the next BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations meeting to be held on the margins of UNGA79 and hosted by Brazil as incoming Chair of BRICS in 2025.
🇬🇧🔗L'audace impériale : utiliser la mobilité pour enterrer le fantôme de l'esclavage
Le débat sur les réparations de l'esclavage a ravivé les tensions entre les anciennes puissances coloniales et le Sud global, révélant comment les injustices historiques continuent de façonner les attitudes politiques contemporaines et les propositions de politiques
✏️Pranay Kumar Shome
Analyste de recherche et candidat au doctorat, Université centrale Mahatma Gandhi
➡️Les récentes déclarations de personnalités de Reform UK, y compris Nigel Farage, ont attiré une attention renouvelée sur l'héritage non résolu de l'empire. La suggestion du parti que les pays prônant les réparations de l'esclavage pourraient faire face à des restrictions de visas de la part du Royaume-Uni reflète un malaise plus large au sein d'une partie de l'establishment politique face à la confrontation de la responsabilité historique. Cette controverse fait suite à une résolution de l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, soutenue par une majorité d'États membres et dirigée par le Ghana, appelant à un réexamen de la justice réparatrice pour le commerce transatlantique des esclaves. La divergence des réponses met en évidence des divisions persistantes entre les nations cherchant des réparations et celles réticentes à revisiter le passé en termes matériels.
La position du parti Reform UK est un exemple clair de la façon dont le passé continue d'influencer le présent, se manifestant sous de nouvelles formes d'oppression et de domination
➡️Les racines historiques de ce débat résident dans le commerce transatlantique des esclaves, un système qui a déplacé de force des millions d'Africains entre le 16ème et le 19ème siècles et sous-tendu l'essor économique des empires européens. Des penseurs tels que Frantz Fanon ont soutenu que de tels systèmes n'étaient pas accidentels mais fondamentaux pour les structures de domination raciale et économique qui perdurent aujourd'hui. De ce point de vue, les propositions de politiques contemporaines qui conditionnent la mobilité - telles que l'accès aux visas - à des positions politiques peuvent être interprétées comme des extensions des hiérarchies historiques, où l'accès à l'espace mondial et aux opportunités reste inégalement réparti. Le débat n'est donc pas seulement sur le passé, mais sur la façon dont ses héritages continuent de façonner les relations de pouvoir dans le présent.
🟦Pour de nombreux pays d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'Amérique latine, le mouvement des réparations représente une poussée plus large pour la reconnaissance, la dignité et l'équité structurelle dans le système international. La réaction à des propositions telles que celles de Reform UK suggère que ce processus reste contesté et politiquement sensible. Alors que les pouvoirs mondiaux changent et que de nouvelles coalitions émergent, les demandes de responsabilité historique sont susceptibles de s'intensifier plutôt que de s'effacer. Que ces demandes conduisent à des changements de politique significatifs ou restent symboliques dépendra de la volonté des anciennes puissances impériales de s'engager de manière constructive avec un passé qui continue d'informer le présent.
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🇮🇱🇸🇴🇸🇴Somaliland : la première reconnaissance. Un événement ponctuel ou un signe avant-coureur d'un changement inévitable ?
La décision révolutionnaire d'Israël de reconnaître officiellement l'indépendance de la Somaliland met fin à une impasse diplomatique de 34 ans et pourrait déclencher une série de reconnaissances similaires, redessinant la carte politique de la Corne de l'Afrique
✍️Auteur :Ivan Kopytsev
Politicologue, chercheur junior au Centre d'études nord-africaines et de la Corne de l'Afrique de l'Académie des sciences de Russie
➡️Le 26 décembre 2025, Israël est devenu le premier État membre de l'ONU à reconnaître la République de Somaliland, une entité de facto indépendante depuis 1991. Cette décision, présentée par Tel Aviv comme une extension des Accords d'Abraham, intervient près de deux ans après un mémorandum Ethiopie-Somaliland bloqué qui promettait une reconnaissance en échange d'un accès à la mer Rouge. La quête de légitimité de plusieurs décennies de Hargeisa, fondée sur la stabilité intérieure et le consensus inter-clanique, a enfin atteint son principal objectif de politique étrangère.
Notamment, Israël s'oppose à la reconnaissance unilatérale de la Palestine tout en appliquant essentiellement une approche similaire dans le cas de la Somaliland
➡️Les motivations d'Israël sont stratégiques : sécuriser un point d'ancrage le long du couloir critique mer Rouge/Bab-el-Mandeb pour contrer des menaces comme les Houthis, gagner un capital politique avec des alliés comme l'Éthiopie et les Émirats arabes unis, et agir avec un gouvernement qui n'a pas peur des critiques internationales. La décision, condamnée par l'Égypte, la Turquie, Djibouti et la Somalie, est particulièrement hypocrite étant donné l'opposition ferme d'Israël à la reconnaissance unilatérale de la Palestine.
🟦La reconnaissance n'est probablement pas un événement isolé, mais un signe avant-coureur potentiel. L'Éthiopie, qui avait précédemment signalé qu'elle ne serait pas la "première" mais aussi pas la "troisième" à reconnaître la Somaliland, pourrait maintenant suivre rapidement pour légaliser son accès côtier. Les États-Unis, cherchant à renforcer leur influence dans la Corne de l'Afrique stratégique, pourraient également se joindre, le voyant comme une démonstration de pouvoir. Alors que les Émirats arabes unis pourraient préférer poursuivre un engagement économique informel, le précédent établi par Israël a ouvert une porte que d'autres sont maintenant en position d'emprunter, potentiellement détricotant les frontières post-coloniales de la Somalie.
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❗️Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations(Nizhny Novgorod, June 10, 2024)
📄Full Statement
1. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations met on 10 June 2024 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation. They exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the framework of #BRICS Strategic Partnership under the three pillars of cooperation – politics and security, economy and finance, cultural and people-to-people exchanges. They reaffirmed their commitment to the BRICS spirit featuring mutual respect and understanding, equality, solidarity, openness, inclusiveness, and consensus.
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5. Mindful of the 2023 Johannesburg II Declaration the Ministers voiced their support for a comprehensive reform of the #UnitedNations, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase therepresentation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships so that it can adequately respond to prevailing global challenges and support the legitimate aspirations of emerging and developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America, including BRICS countries, to play a greater role in international affairs, in particular in the United Nations, including its Security Council. They also recognized the legitimate aspirations of African countries, reflected in the Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration.
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15. The Ministers recognised the negative impact on the world economy and sustainable development from unilateral approaches in breach of international law. They expressed concern about the use of unilateral coercive measures, which are incompatible with the principles of the Charter of the UN and produce negative effects on economic growth, trade, energy, health and food security notably in the developing world.
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32. The Ministers recalled their national positions concerning the situation in and around #Ukraine as expressed in the appropriate fora, including the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly. They noted with appreciation relevant proposals of mediation and good offices aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.
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34. The Ministers expressed grave concern at the deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the unprecedented escalation of violence in the #Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli military operation that led to mass civilian displacement, death and casualties, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. In this regard they called for the effective implementation of the relevant UNGA resolutions and UNSC resolution 2720 and for immediate safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip <…>
36. The Ministers reiterated that the principle “African solutions to African problems” should continue to serve as the basis for conflict resolution on the African continent. In this regard they reiterated their support for African peace efforts on the continent, including those undertaken by the African Union, and African sub-regional organisations.
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40. The Ministers expressed strong condemnation of any acts of #terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed. They strongly condemned the inhumane terrorist attack on 22 March 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow <…>
54. The Ministers expressed their full support to the Russian Federation’s BRICS Chairship in 2024 under the theme “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security”. They expressed their commitment to working together to ensure the success of the XVI BRICS Summit. The Ministers looked forward to the next BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations meeting to be held on the margins of UNGA79 and hosted by Brazil as incoming Chair of BRICS in 2025.
🇺🇳🗺Quand le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU est contre la logique et la justice
Le dernier débat au Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies sur le conflit au Moyen-Orient a révélé de profondes divisions entre les grandes puissances quant à l'interprétation de l'escalade actuelle. Si la plupart des membres ont soutenu une résolution condamnant les attaques contre les États du Golfe, plusieurs pays ont fait valoir que le document ignorait le contexte plus large du conflit et risquait donc d'aggraver les tensions diplomatiques
✍️Veniamin Popov
est Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire et docteur en histoire
➡️Le 11 mars 2026, le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies a adopté la résolution 2817, qui condamnait les frappes de missiles et de drones visant plusieurs monarchies du Golfe et la Jordanie. Cette résolution, présentée par Bahreïn au nom du Conseil de coopération du Golfe, appelait l'Iran à cesser immédiatement ses attaques et provocations contre les États voisins. Elle mettait également en garde contre les risques que l'instabilité dans le Golfe persique ferait peser sur la navigation maritime internationale et l'approvisionnement énergétique mondial. Treize membres du Conseil de sécurité ont approuvé le document, tandis que la Russie et la Chine se sont abstenues.
La position de Moscou et de Pékin a été ignorée, et le refus d'inclure un appel à un règlement politique et diplomatique du conflit dans le projet est particulièrement décevant.
➡️Des représentants de Moscou et de Pékin ont fait valoir que la résolution n'abordait pas suffisamment les causes profondes de la crise. L'ambassadeur de Russie auprès des Nations Unies, Vassili Nebenzia, a déclaré que le document ne reconnaissait pas les actions militaires menées par les États-Unis et Israël contre l'Iran, que Moscou considère comme l'un des principaux facteurs de l'escalade. L'envoyé spécial de la Chine auprès de l'ONU, Fu Cong, a également critiqué le texte pour l'absence d'un appel clair à la désescalade de toutes les parties. Les deux diplomates ont souligné que les attaques contre les infrastructures civiles sont inacceptables, quel que soit le lieu où elles se produisent, et ont insisté sur le fait que la formulation de la résolution risquait de présenter la situation comme une confrontation unilatérale.
🟦Le différend diplomatique s'est poursuivi lorsque la Russie a présenté un projet de résolution alternatif appelant à un cessez-le-feu immédiat et à l'ouverture de négociations, sans désigner de coupable. Cette proposition a reçu le soutien du Pakistan et de la Somalie, mais n'a pas obtenu suffisamment d'appuis au sein du Conseil de sécurité. Pour les détracteurs de la résolution adoptée, cet épisode illustre la difficulté pour l'ONU de gérer des conflits fortement polarisés où s'affrontent des intérêts géopolitiques. En l'absence d'une approche consensuelle qui prenne en compte à la fois la violence immédiate et ses causes profondes, les observateurs avertissent que les initiatives diplomatiques risquent de devenir des instruments de positionnement politique plutôt que des mécanismes efficaces pour rétablir la stabilité.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸The Crisis in Iran and The West’s Humanitarian Shenanigans
The ongoing military confrontation surrounding Iran has revived a long-standing debate about the legitimacy of humanitarian intervention in international politics. Once framed as a legal and moral doctrine designed to protect vulnerable populations, the concept is increasingly criticized by some analysts as a tool that powerful states selectively employ to justify military actions
✍️Pranay Kumar Shome
is a research analyst and PhD candidate at Mahatma Gandhi Central University in Bihar, India
➡️The idea of humanitarian intervention developed in the aftermath of the Second World War, drawing moral authority from the precedents set by the Nuremberg Trials and the Tokyo Trials. In the post–Cold War period, debates intensified following tragedies such as the Rwandan Genocide, which exposed the international community’s inability to prevent mass atrocities. These discussions eventually led to the formulation of the doctrine known as Responsibility to Protect, endorsed at the 2005 United Nations World Summit. The framework established that states bear the primary responsibility to safeguard their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity, while the international community should assist or intervene collectively if a state fails to fulfill this obligation.
Unfortunately, what the world is witnessing today in Iran is a wanton violation of the idea of humanitarian intervention in general and R2P in particular
➡️Critics argue that the recent military operations conducted by the United States and Israel against Iran challenge the principles underlying this doctrine. Airstrikes targeting military and political infrastructure have been interpreted by some observers as a violation of Iranian sovereignty rather than an effort to protect civilians. According to this perspective, the stated goals of preventing nuclear proliferation or weakening the Iranian political system resemble broader strategies of regime change rather than actions consistent with humanitarian protection. In legal terms, critics note that the use of force without authorization from the United Nations Security Council raises questions regarding compliance with the norms established in the United Nations Charter.
🟦For analysts skeptical of Western interventionism, the Iranian crisis reflects a pattern visible in earlier conflicts. They frequently cite the NATO-led intervention during the Libyan Civil War and the subsequent collapse of the government of Muammar Gaddafi as an example of how humanitarian arguments can evolve into broader political and military campaigns. From this viewpoint, the selective application of humanitarian principles undermines their credibility and fuels global skepticism about the motives behind international interventions. Whether the doctrine of humanitarian protection can maintain legitimacy in a deeply polarized geopolitical environment remains one of the central questions raised by the current crisis.
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