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Macky Sall withdraws from the race for the UN Secretary-General to pave the way for a consensus candidate.

The former president of Senegal, Macky Sall, announced this Saturday that he is abandoning his aspiration for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, after holding conversations with the presidents of Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye, and Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. With this step, he aims to facilitate the election in the Security...

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The UN Security Council condemns the Houthi attacks from Yemen against Saudi Arabia.

The United Nations Security Council has approved a statement in which it "strongly" condemns the attacks carried out from Yemen by the Houthis against Saudi Arabian territory, which have affected several airports and energy infrastructures and have caused several fatalities and dozens of injuries.The highest security body of the UN...

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Cuba accuses the US of pressuring other countries before the UN vote on the blockade

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, has accused the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, of exerting "pressure" on various governments with the aim of conditioning the vote that will take place at the end of October in the General Assembly of the...

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The Polisario urges Guterres to act on the critical situation of Sahrawi prisoners in Moroccan jails.

The Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has urged the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to "intervene urgently" regarding the "critical situation" faced by the Sahrawi prisoners held in Morocco, and has also demanded their "immediate" release.In a letter sent to Guterres, Ghali emphasizes "the...

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The Houthis release in Yemen a UN employee held since 2024

The Houthi rebels have released a member of the United Nations staff who had been detained in Yemen since 2024, as confirmed by the international organization itself, which has described this gesture as "a positive step in the right direction." The release occurs in the context of the detention of...

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The Polisario calls into question the neutrality of the UN envoy for the Sahara

The Polisario Front has questioned the neutrality of the UN personal envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan De Mistura, whom it blames for "seriously compromising his mandate of strict neutrality and his role as an impartial mediator by supporting the Moroccan autonomy plan as a basis for future talks."The Sahrawi movement...

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The UN warns of mass arrests in the protests in India and New Delhi accuses the United Nations of interference.

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed its concern over the mass arrests carried out in India during the large protests in recent days in New Delhi, the capital, while the Indian government has rejected the international body's criticisms, understanding that they represent an...

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The UN condemns the Houthi attack on Riyadh airport and warns of a dangerous regional escalation.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed this Saturday that he is "deeply shocked" and has "strongly condemned" the attack carried out by the Houthi rebel militia against the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which has so far left at least twelve dead and more than three...

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The UN considers the US sanctions on the ICC a hard setback for international justice

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has strongly criticized the sanctions announced this Friday by the United States against the International Criminal Court (ICC), warning that they will directly affect the court's ability to investigate and prosecute international crimes. "It represents a severe blow" to Justice, he laments.The...

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The UN denounces almost 300 armed "incidents" by Israel in southern Syria in September

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, pointed out this Friday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were involved in nearly 300 "incidents" within Syria "only" during the month of September, and warned that nearly 50 Syrian citizens remain in the custody of Israeli authorities in connection with...

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The UN qualifies as abominable the live execution of the author of the Fort Hood massacre.

The United Nations has denounced this Friday as an "abomination" the decision of the United States to carry out and broadcast live the execution of Nidal Hasan, the military psychiatrist responsible for the shooting deaths of 13 people at Fort Hood base (Texas) in 2009.Stepháne Dujarric, spokesperson for Secretary-General António...

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Expansion | Israel claims that Joseph Goebbels applauds from hell the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay

The Israeli Executive has assured this Friday that the Nazi leader Joseph Goebbels, former Minister of Propaganda of Adolf Hitler's regime, "applauds from hell" the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navanethem Pillay, former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and former United Nations High...

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Spain denounces the Houthi attacks on Saudi airports and calls for stopping the violence

The Spanish Executive has expressed this Friday its rejection of the recent attacks carried out by the Houthis against several airports in Saudi Arabia. In its official reaction, the Government has wanted to emphasize its support for the Saudi kingdom and has demanded that this Yemeni insurgent group put an...

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Spain denounces Houthi attacks against Saudi airports and demands an end to the violence

The Spanish Government has expressed this Friday its outright rejection of the recent attacks launched in the last few days by the Houthis against several airports in Saudi Arabia. In its message, the Executive has shown its support for the Saudi kingdom and has asked this Yemeni rebel group to...

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Guterres applauds the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay as a tribute to defenders of International Law

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has conveyed his warmest "congratulations" to the South African jurist Navanethem Pillay, distinguished with the Nobel Peace Prize 2026, and has interpreted the award as a "tribute" to all the people dedicated to protecting and upholding International Law.In a message disseminated on...

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The student protests in France amount to almost 6,900 detainees and more than a hundred injured in education.

The French authorities have estimated this Friday that there are about 6,900 detainees and more than a hundred workers in the education sector injured across the country in the context of student protests against cuts and the lack of resources allocated to public education. So far, a total of 6,877...

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The UN qualifies the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay as a moment of pride for human rights defenders.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, stated this Friday that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navanethem Pillay --who held the same position from 2008 to 2014-- represents "a moment of pride" for the international human rights defense movement."This is a...

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The South African jurist Navi Pillay receives the Nobel Peace Prize 2026

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced this Friday the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the South African jurist Navanethem Pillay, better known as Navi Pillay, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC).Pillay, born in South Africa in 1941, takes...

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The UN reproaches the Colombian Government for the lack of concreteness in the application of the Peace Agreement.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has warned this Thursday about the lack of precision from the Colombian Executive regarding the new approach to the implementation of the Peace Agreement. His observations come after the shift in security matters driven by the Colombian president, Abelardo de la Espriella,...

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The UN human rights officer qualifies the latest Russian bombings in Ukraine as condemnable.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has described the recent attacks by the Russian Army against various areas of Ukraine as "censurable," including those recorded this Thursday in Kramatorsk, which have caused the death of 33 civilians. He has warned that these bombings increase the risk for...

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The Security Council extends the arms embargo on Darfur until December amid the clash between the US and Russia.

The UN Security Council has decided to extend for two more months the arms embargo that weighs on the Sudanese region of Darfur, one of the areas most affected by the war that has ravaged Sudan for three years, in a context of strong tensions between Russia and the United...

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The UN warns of the detention of more than 50 women and girls in Afghanistan for the Taliban dress code.

The United Nations made public this Thursday that more than 50 women and girls have been detained in Afghanistan for alleged violations of the "dress code" imposed by the Taliban since their return to power in August 2021. The organization has emphasized that the verified figure is probably lower than...

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The displaced by the war in Yemen exceed 200,000 and the crisis worsens.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned this Wednesday that the number of people forced to flee their homes in Yemen due to the conflict has surpassed the threshold of 200,000, in an emergency that is advancing at an "alarming" rate and for which there are barely any economic resources...

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The UN condemns the Houthi attacks against Saudi airports after the latest bombings.

The United Nations has once again spoken out against the attacks launched by the Houthi rebels from Yemen on Saudi Arabian territory, after the latest offensives directed against several airports —including that of Riyadh, the capital— and insisting "to all parties to act with moderation" and to refrain from "carrying...

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Bachelet opens up to a third term in Chile after resigning from leading the UN

The former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet expressed this Wednesday that she is willing to aspire to a third term in Chile, appealing to the unity of those who desire "progress and not regression." Her words come after she withdrew her candidacy for the Secretary-General of the UN in mid-September.When asked...

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Macky Sall withdraws from the race for the UN Secretary-General to pave the way for a consensus candidate.

The UN Security Council condemns the Houthi attacks from Yemen against Saudi Arabia.

Cuba accuses the US of pressuring other countries before the UN vote on the blockade

The Polisario urges Guterres to act on the critical situation of Sahrawi prisoners in Moroccan jails.

The Houthis release in Yemen a UN employee held since 2024

The Polisario calls into question the neutrality of the UN envoy for the Sahara

The UN warns of mass arrests in the protests in India and New Delhi accuses the United Nations of interference.

The UN condemns the Houthi attack on Riyadh airport and warns of a dangerous regional escalation.

The UN considers the US sanctions on the ICC a hard setback for international justice

The UN denounces almost 300 armed "incidents" by Israel in southern Syria in September

The UN qualifies as abominable the live execution of the author of the Fort Hood massacre.

Expansion | Israel claims that Joseph Goebbels applauds from hell the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay

Spain denounces the Houthi attacks on Saudi airports and calls for stopping the violence

Spain denounces Houthi attacks against Saudi airports and demands an end to the violence

Guterres applauds the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay as a tribute to defenders of International Law

The student protests in France amount to almost 6,900 detainees and more than a hundred injured in education.

The UN qualifies the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay as a moment of pride for human rights defenders.

The South African jurist Navi Pillay receives the Nobel Peace Prize 2026

The UN reproaches the Colombian Government for the lack of concreteness in the application of the Peace Agreement.

The UN human rights officer qualifies the latest Russian bombings in Ukraine as condemnable.

The Security Council extends the arms embargo on Darfur until December amid the clash between the US and Russia.

The UN warns of the detention of more than 50 women and girls in Afghanistan for the Taliban dress code.

The displaced by the war in Yemen exceed 200,000 and the crisis worsens.

The UN condemns the Houthi attacks against Saudi airports after the latest bombings.

Bachelet opens up to a third term in Chile after resigning from leading the UN

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