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US, Cuba trade barbs at UN ahead of sanctions vote reuters.com/world/americas/u…
"Year after year, the Cuban regime comes to the General Assembly and propagates a lie through its annual resolution...It uses excuse after excuse to justify its oppression, to justify the misery of the Cuban people, and what we are doing here at the US mission to the UN"
Grynspan holds lead for next UN chief as race enters decisive stage - reuters.com/world/americas/g…
@USAmbUN On the question of new contenders joining the race, Washington's envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, said after the vote: "Countries, if they want to put more candidates in, that's certainly within their sovereign rights."
US holds more secret talks with Myanmar's military-backed rulers in Tokyo - reuters.com/world/asia-pacif… by my colleagues @Simondlewis and @poppymcp and @geddiejdk
The United Nations has become too risk-averse and its next leader must be prepared to bear the cost of diplomatic failure and try again, Rebeca Grynspan, the frontrunner to be the next UN chief, told me on Thursday.
Grynspan said the UN must also cut jobs, curb bureaucracy and stop agencies duplicating work, arguing that cost-cutting alone would not revive an institution struggling with shrinking resources and declining political clout.
Grynspan said she expected new names could enter the race after the Friday vote and added: "The game is not over -- we will have to continue working."
EXCLUSIVE—UN chief frontrunner Rebeca Grynspan says UN has 'become too risk-averse' - reuters.com/world/americas/u…
Antoni Slodkowski retweeted
Reuters gains access to #Eritrea. Tightly controlled internet access is sparse and slow. Few people bother staring at phones. Young people drink unlabeled bottles of beer from the state-owned factory. Almost no cars can be seen on the streets amid severe government fuel rationing, save a few battered taxis.
The Iran war has made Eritrea's Red Sea coast more strategically important, and the country says it's now ready to open up. Reuters got access to one of the world's most secretive countries reut.rs/4zA8emT
Undeniably true, but also if you feel the need to record a message explaining why you exist…
At the United Nations General Assembly, world leaders came together to seek solutions to the biggest challenges facing humanity.
“The UN remains the only place in the world where this is possible,” says @antonioguterres, adding:
“The UN is simply irreplaceable.”
Costa Rica's Grynspan narrowly ahead in race to be next UN chief, sources say - reuters.com/world/americas/c…
At UN, developing nations call for bigger say in shaping AI future - reuters.com/sustainability/c… in which @kayikwambaT says "Developing countries cannot be reduced to the role of mere users of technologies designed elsewhere…”
“nor should be the mere recipients of standards and norms that they did not adequately participate in shaping”