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US and Mexico call for international force to help Haiti tackle gangs

The United States and Mexico said Monday they are preparing a UN resolution that would authorise an international mission to help improve security in Haiti, whose government issued a “distress call” for the people of the crisis-wracked nation.

France 24

U.S., Mexico call for Haiti security mission to confront gangs

The United States and Mexico said on Monday they will seek support from the United Nations for a security mission to restore order in Haiti amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, but did not identify who would lead the mission.

Reuters

Pope Francis calls for reforms to the United Nations in new book

There is never a place for the barbarism of war, especially not when contention acquires one of its most unjust faces: that of so-called ‘preventive wars,'" Pope Francis also wrote in an excerpt released Sunday.

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UN Renews Support to Political Process to Resolve Western Sahara Dispute

The United Nations Special Political and Decolonization Committee, known as the Fourth Committee, adopted on Friday a resolution reiterating its support to the political process under the exclusive UN auspices to resolve the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. The resolution calls on all parties to cooperate fully with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US will support sending ‘multinational rapid action force’ to Haiti

The United States has drafted a United Nations Security Council resolution that will encourage the “immediate deployment of a multinational rapid action force” to Haiti to address the nation’s worst security and health crisis in decades, according to a copy of the resolution obtained by McClatchy and the Miami Herald.

Miami Herald

Proposed UN resolution would sanction top Haitian gang chief

The U_N_ Security Council is negotiating a resolution that would impose an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on influential Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbeque.”

The Independent UK

U.N. Security Council considers Haiti sanctions, targeting 'Barbecue'

The U.N. Security Council is considering creating a sanctions regime to impose an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo on anyone who threatens the peace, security or stability of Haiti, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

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France: Iranian Drone Transfers to Russia Would Violate UN Nuclear Deal Resolution

France's foreign ministry said on Thursday that any transfer of Iranian drones to Russia would be a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers. Three drones operated by Russian forces attacked the small town of Makariv, west of…

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Russian official warns of World War Three if Ukraine joins Nato

A nuclear conflict will affect ‘the whole world’, a Russian Security Council official says

Evening Standard

Türkiye Once Again Denies Request to Inspect Ship Bound for Libya

Türkiye denied on Monday a flag state consent request from Operation IRINI, launched by the European Union to oversee an arms embargo on Libya, to inspect one of its ships. The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation IRINI (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) said Ankara refused the inspection of its MV MATILDE…

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U.N. publicly rejects Russia's call for secret vote on Ukraine

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Monday to reject Russia's call for the 193-member body to hold a secret ballot later this week on whether to condemn Moscow's move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine.

Reuters

UN assembly to meet on Ukraine hours after Russian strikes

The U.N. General Assembly is due to start debate on whether to demand that Russia reverse course on annexing four regions of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Putin Accuses Ukraine of Crimea Bridge Blast; Calls It ‘Terrorism’

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of orchestrating what he called a terrorist attack on a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea, as he prepared to hold a meeting of his security council on Monday amid calls for reprisals. A blast on Saturday on the bridge over the Kerch Strait,…

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UN to Take Up Russian Annexations in Ukraine

The UN General Assembly on Monday will open debate on a draft resolution condemning Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as Western powers seek to underscore Moscow's international isolation. The decision to bring the matter before the General Assembly, where the 193 UN members have one vote each -- and…

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Biden promises 'advanced air defense systems' in talks with Zelensky

Russia struck cities across Ukraine during rush hour on Monday morning, killing civilians and destroying infrastructure, two days after an explosion on a bridge linking Russia to occupied Crimea sparked calls for reprisals in Moscow. The missile strikes, the most widespread since the start of the invasion, prompted President Joe…

The Independent UK

UN mulls quick foreign troop deployment to ease Haiti crisis

The United Nations Security Council is evaluating options including the immediate activation of foreign troops to help free Haiti from the grip of gangs that has caused a scarcity of fuel, water and other basic supplies

Miami Herald

UN secretary-general proposes rapid-response troops to help Haiti regain control from gangs

The head of the United Nations threw his weight Sunday behind Haiti’s request for the immediate deployment of military troops to help the country take back control of its ports from powerful gangs and provide aid as Haitians confront a deadly cholera outbreak.

The Independent UK

UN ponders rapid armed force to help end Haiti's crisis

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has submitted a letter to the Security Council proposing the immediate activation of a rapid action force after a plea for help from Haiti as gangs and protesters paralyze the country

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Daily Mirror

Putin in crunch Security Council meeting amid fears he'll 'go nuclear' over Crimea bridge

The vital bridge connecting Crimea to mainland Russia was partially destroyed in a blast. Putin had previously said any attack on the Kerch Strait would spark "judgment day"

The Hindu

Fatalities among U.N. Peacekeeping Forces rising, says Undersecretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix

Troop- and police-contributing countries need to be very much in the loop and involved in the process of making decisions on peacekeeping, and we have been making a lot of efforts to improve the geographical diversity of nations providing the forces, says the U.N. Peacekeeping chief

The Hindu

Key UNSC counter-terrorism committee meeting in Mumbai a 'tribute and statement' to horrific 26/11 attacks: Ruchira Kamboj

It is not very frequent that the Counter-Terrorism Committee meets outside of New York but the meeting in India will be the seventh time that this is happening.

Reuters

Britain slaps down Russia's push for secret U.N. vote on Ukraine

Britain on Friday rejected Russia's call for a secret ballot in the U.N. General Assembly next week on whether to condemn Moscow's move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and requested that the 193-member body vote publicly.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken Underlines Close Cooperation with Saudi Arabia to Extend Truce in Yemen

The UN Security Council expressed “deep disappointment” at the Houthis’ failure to engage with the Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to extend the truce in Yemen for another six months. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced during a joint press conference with Chile’s Foreign Minister Antonia Oriola in…

The Independent UK

Russia seeks secret UN vote on condemning Ukraine annexation

Russia is calling for a secret ballot vote next week on a Western-backed resolution that would condemn its proclaimed annexation of part of four Ukrainian regions

The Independent UK

UN rights body rejects Western bid to debate Xinjiang abuses

In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.’s top human rights body has voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region

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