Now is not the time for the world to turn away from Haiti, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Wednesday, calling for international solidarity and support as the country continues to confront gang violence, political instability and a deadly cholera outbreak.
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The US could become a net exporter of crude oil in 2023, Reuters reports Read Full Article at RT.com
The European Parliament should be dissolved in its current form, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia and India are switching to ruble-rupee settlements in trade and cutting the share of major Western currencies, RIA Novosti reports Read Full Article at RT.com
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BOA VISTA, Brazil, Dec 21 (IPS) - "Roraima did not have a Caribbean character; now it does, because of its growing relations with Venezuela and Guyana," said Haroldo Amoras, a professor of economics at the Federal University of this state in the extreme north of Brazil.
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 21 (IPS) - There are two sides to the problem of Gender Parity at the United Nations.
On the one hand, member states need to appoint more women to their senior ambassadorial ranks. There is always tremendous competition for the post of UN ambassador, especially if a member state is on the UN security Council.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21 (IPS) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has singled out Gender Parity as one of his key priorities in his second term in office, beginning 2023.
Describing it as “a strategic goal of the Organization,” he pointed out some of the “notable advances achieved in the past five years.”