Officials from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and the United Nations have agreed to a deal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, according to Turkish and U.N. officials. A general agreement that was reached during talks in Istanbul last week will be put into writing, and signed by all parties on July 22…
Canada to Use Traditional Spelling of ‘Türkiye’ Following UN Move
The Canadian government has quietly changed the name of Turkey to the official Turkish spelling Türkiye in all official communications. The move follows a request by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government for the international community to recognize the authentic spelling of his country’s name. Last month Ankara asked the United Nations to ditch the commonly-used…
Food Prices Fall in June, Cereal Output Seen Slightly Higher, UN Agency Says
July 8, 2022
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ROME—World food prices fell for a third consecutive month in June, but remained close to record high levels set in March, the United Nations’ food agency said on Friday. The May figure was previously put at 157.4. Despite the monthly decline, the June index was still 23.1 percent higher than a year earlier, pushed up…
War Has Killed 1.5 Percent of Syria’s Population: UN Estimate
GENEVA—The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday that 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria during the conflict since March 2011, or about 1.5 percent of its pre-war population, in what it said was the highest estimate yet. Syria’s conflict sprang out of peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule in March 2011 and…
UN Biodiversity Summit Moved From China Over COVID-19 Policy
BEIJING—A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies. The U.N. secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity and China’s environment ministry said in separate statements that the meeting will be…
China Calls Canadian Flights Monitoring North Korea Sanctions ‘Provocations’
Beijing has responded to Ottawa’s concerns about Chinese fighter jets harassing a Canadian surveillance plane in East Asia by warning it of potential “severe consequences” for any “risky provocation.” “The U.N. Security Council has never authorized any country to carry out military surveillance in the seas and airspace of other countries in the name of…
2 UN Peacekeepers Killed in 6th Incident in Mali in 2 Weeks
UNITED NATIONS—Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed Friday when their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali in the sixth incident in less than two weeks targeting the U.N. mission in the West African nation that has faced a decade-long Islamic insurgency. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the device that killed the…
US and Others Seek ILO China Mission to Probe Alleged Xinjiang Abuses
GENEVA—The United States, Britain, and other countries on Thursday called for the International Labor Organization (ILO) to set up a mission to probe alleged labor abuses in China’s Xinjiang and urged Beijing to allow unfettered access. A committee at the U.N. agency is addressing the Chinese regime’s compliance with global labor standards after describing its…
Michelle Bachelet, Prove Us Wrong (Please) or Resign
Commentary To much fanfare from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its state-run media, the United Nation’s human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, concluded her visit to China and its Xinjiang region on May 28. The outcome is a complete travesty, at least at first glance. The consistent murmur within the civil society sector from the…
US Resident Asks UN Human Rights Chief Visiting China to Confirm Her Jailed Husband is Alive in Xinjiang
A Californian resident has urged UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who is visiting China, to help ascertain if her husband, who is under a 19-year prison term for his rights speech, is still alive after four years of being denied visitation, correspondence, and phone calls. Jenny Li, a Hayward-based resident, wrote to Bachelet on…
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