The UK has had more success in its negotiations with Turkey, whereby the Turkish Ambassador to the UK said in October 2020 that “[w]e believe that we can finalize our talks soon”. However, it is also being asserted that Turkey’s membership in the Customs Union with the EU means that...
On 16 October 1990, theUN General Assemblydecided to grant the ICRCobserver statusfor its assembly sessions and sub-committee meetings, the first observer status given to a private organization. The resolution was jointly proposed by 138 member states and introduced by the Italian ambassador,Vieri Tr...
Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia has said his country will carry out a ceasefire on Tuesday morning at 10 am Moscow time and open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens from Kyiv, Chernigov, Sumy and Mariupol. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected earlier proposals to evac...
South African ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi, speaking on behalf of 26 main sponsors of the resolution, told the WHO's annual ministerial assembly that the special session would "consider the benefits for such a convention, agreement or other international instrument". Germany The coronavirus infection rate...