#UN
spox confirms that the organization/SecGen have yet to see the
#Israeli
dossier accusing
#UNRWA
staffers of taking part in Hamas attack on Oct. 7
@SecBlinken
France: Russia is using the Security Council again as a "propaganda platform"
The
#BlackSea
grain deal is a "success"
Everything must be done to keep the initiative [going]
Ru's "blackmail" to suspend role in the deal is using "hunger" as a weapon of war
.
@ZelenskyyUa
tells the
#UN
Security Council that Russians hit a maternity ward, killing a 2-day-old child, in
#Zaporizhzhia
Ru sent 70 missiles against our energy infrastructure today
Also hit
#Moldova
Ru is weaponizing winter in
#Ukraine
#Ukraine
in
#UNSC
on children abducted in armed conflict:
"Crimes against children are the most heinous acts inherent in human nature...Any war, any armed conflict brings suffering, takes away childhoods & leaves emotional & psychological scars that can last a lifetime"
India replies to
@ImranKhan
's remarks
#UNGA
:
He had no reasonable to offer the world except for lies....
Pakistan pays terrorists from state funds, hosts largest # of terrorists & cleanses minorities...
#Kashmir
is an integral part of India
@narendramodi
@IndiaUNNewYork
Breaking, per UN spokes:
[Matt] "Hancock’s appointment by the UN Economic Commission for Africa is not being taken forward. ECA has advised him of the matter.”
@MattHancock
@GlobalJusticeUK
@UKParliament
#Ukraine
Since Sept, Ru has impeded access of ships via Black Sea corridor to blackmail Ukraine
More than 2mn metric tons foodstuffs are blocked by Ru, not reaching 7mn people globally
Ukraine remains committed to
#BlackSeaGrainInitiative
Two more photos from Sloviansk after Russia hit a residential building there with an S300 rocket on 14th April.
The attack killed 15 people and wounded 24 - rescue services.
Russia continues terrorizing civilians.
Russian envoy to
#UN
claims:
We use our military [at
#ZaporizhzhiaNPP
] to provide the physical safety of the plant
[but the plant has become a global radioactive danger under Ru occupation]
Kenya stands w/people of Ukraine who suffer from the failure of multilateralism
Gravely concerned by latest developments from missile attacks.
Blockade of Ukr to Black Sea has disrupted global food supply chain
Reaffirm respect for sovereignty & territoriality of
#Ukraine
The logic is Russia is responsible for all the ills of the world
US [under
#Trump
] withdrew from Iran nuke deal, eg
Notes the latest reason for invading Ukraine:
the "unconstitutional coup" of 2014
#UNSC
mtg on Ru plan to put tactical nukes in
#Belarus
#Ukraine
on
#ZaporizhzhiaNPP
:
Ukraine is ready to discuss modalities on
#IAEA
proposal
The world needs reps of
#IAEA
to force Russia to demilitarize the plant & withdraw
We have never used forceful military actions [on the plant].
The worst-case scenario has become possible
Russia took 46 children, most under 5, from this Kherson orphanage, to occupied Crimea on October 21. Russians didn't hide the evidence of war crime.
In fact, Igor Kastyukevich, Member of Russian State Duma, widely advertised the move.
#Ukraine
:
I wonder if ever this whole [General] assembly voted...to admit Ru Federation to the UN in Dec 1991 or Jan 1992 or forever thereafter
Which countries voted? raise yr hand
Puts on his glasses & says no one has raised hand
#Ukraine
envoy:
Ru envoy "whines" that he hasn't had time to properly study
#IAEA
report "as if it weren't Ru that called this urgent mtg"
An attempt to pressure
@rafaelmgrossi
on his report
My advice to Ru envoy: be patient; do not bustle
Do not put words in my govt's mouth
Before
#Russia
-led UN Security Council mtg on weapons flows to
#Ukraine
,
@SergiyKyslytsya
, shown here with dozens of other ambassadors, tells media:
"Ukraine will win this war, but not only Ukraine but all the democratic world"
#UNSC
Fanaye Solomon
@GIWPS
event on violence in
#Tigray
Women being gang raped by soldiers to the pt of being paralyzed
After taking turns raping a woman, abusers inserted a "heated metal rod inside her" to ensure she would not give birth.
There is intent to infect women w/HIV
How much more of this nonsense do we have to endure?
#UK
ambassador asks
#Russian
delegation in
#UN
Security Council session on Ru claims of bio weapons in
#Ukraine
[reporters are tired of it too]
#Ireland
's ambassador to the UN, Geraldine Nason Byrne, says farewell to journalists at one of her favorite places: the Security Council stakeout
She heads to DC as her country's envoy
Slán & ádh mór
Breaking: From a UN source this AM: a message from the staff union announcing that the us mission will no longer give g4 visas to same sex unmarried couples. Possible backlash?
We asked
@ICC
prosecutor's office for an update on his probe into alleged war crimes in
#Gaza
. Reply:
The ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s investigation into the situation in the State of Palestine concerns crimes committed within the Court’s jurisdiction since 13 June 2014. This
@IlzeKehris
, UN ASG for human rights:
"While stated that its evacuation orders have been for the safety of Palestinian civilians, it appears that Israel has made scant provision to ensure such relocations comply w/IL"; particularly, appropriate hygiene, health, safety, nutrition
#UN
spox: 132 member states have paid their dues in full to the UN regular budget, inc
#Ukraine
, which on Jan. 10 paid $1,608,696
UN spox: Given that they paid in the 1st month, Ukraine is included in the honor roll
.
@SergiyKyslytsya
We should not forget the war started in 2014
#Crimea
Ru committing war crimes & crimes ag humanity (thoroughly documented); intl legal proceedings underway
@CIJ_ICJ
@IntlCrimCourt
Even if Ukr reaches ceasefire it doesn't mean we will switch to biz as usual
Amanda Gordon, 23-yr-old poet laureate:
We lift our gaze to what stands before us. . . we seek harmony for all...we will never again sow division... democracy can never be permanently defeated
#BidenHarrisInauguration
[how cool she is]
Prez
#CostaRica
@CarlosAlvQ
: We created a patent pool in developing vaccines. People globally are looking for leaders to act. Costa Rica supports you fully,
@DrTedros
We need to stop flows of arms, jet fuel & financial flow to the military: this is what we want to see in a
#UNSC
legally binding resolution on
#Myanmar
@KyawTun62907405
@UN
#Ukraine
: Those of you...opt today to be a bystander, to abstain, let me quote Elie Wiesel: ... "indifference is always a friend of the enemy"
All you need to do is press the 'yes' button; 'no' means pulling a trigger & red dot on screen: red as the blood of innocent lives lost
#UNSC
vote on
#Gaza
draft text, led by
#UAE
(97 co-sponsors), calling again for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, built on SecGen's invoking Art 99 of UN charter: 63 days into the war, 16K killed
UNITED STATES VETOES
Yes 13
No 1 (US)
Abstention 1 (UK)
Balakrishnan Rajagopal,
#UN
special rapporteur on
@adequatehousing
: systematic demolition of Palestinian border homes could constitute a war crime because they pose no immediate threat to Israel.
“There is simply no provision in the Geneva Conventions for what Israel is doing
A copy of a classified report written by
#Israel
’s FM with a plan to dismantle
@UNRWA
in
#Gaza
in 3 stages was leaked to Israeli media last month.
1st stage? Revealing cooperation between UNRWA & Hamas
.
@USAID
's Power: I watch people at the
#UN
Security Council – what you don't see on TV – is when the Russian Ambassador is talking, often people are on their phones, are scrolling through the sports scores, they're going shopping on shopping app, they’re not listening.
#Russia
#Ukraine
:
Quoting
@rogerwaters
: The method for becoming a totalitarian state . . . is always the identification of the 'other' as the enemy
"Keep strumming your guitar, Mr Waters"
Open letter from independent UN human rights experts serving in various investigative, reporting & advisory capacities mandated by
@UN_HRC
:
"We call urgently upon all UN Member States to immediately cease and desist from articulating political and moral support or providing
We're concerned by Albanian presidency allowing
@ZelenskyyUa
to [speak]; no consultations were held on this matter & violates "existing practice" of
#UNSC
. Must be physically present.
[Meanwhile,
#Russia
violates UN Charter in its war on
#Ukraine
& attacks civilians]
#UNSC
votes for 1st time in weeks on another
#Gaza
draft rez. This 1, led by
#Malta
, focuses on the 1000s of children enduring war firsthand: 4K killed so far, inc preemies
#AlShifaHospital
Res 2712 adopted
Yes 12
Abstain 3 (US, UK, Ru)
Ru amendment calling 4 immediate truce
.
@Unicef
's
@Manuel_Fontaine
:
"I returned last week from a mission to Ukraine. In my 31 years as a humanitarian, I have rarely seen so much damage caused in so little time.
Friday’s attack on
#Kramatorsk
train station was particularly horrifying."
#UNGA
vote on
#Gaza
"demands" an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire"
Austria amndt: 89/61/20 (abst): fails
US: 84/61/25 (fails)
Draft rez ES-10/L27
Yes: 153
No: 10
Abstain: 23
[Pakistan: "this is a war against Palestinian ppl"]
[Israel: rez will prolong death/destruction]
#UN
: Since 19 May, 9 inbound vessels were inspected/ cleared; 5 loading in Odesa & Chornomorsk ports.
Port of Pivdennyi has not received any vessels since 2 May. We are concerned by this restriction & call again for the full resumption of operations.
#BSGI
[What's up
#Russia
?]
#WPS
debate in
#UNSC
is also a moment when a delegation showing up is fully female. The optics change the public perception of the Security Council
#Norway
#halfthesky
#Albania
in
#UNGA
debate on "remedy & reparation for aggression in
#Ukraine
":
There is no heat, electricity, internet in
#Kherson
But what is most important: Russia is gone
US AMB THOMAS-GREENFIELD: I am hearing those concerns every single day. [
#Rafah
] And what we have tried to do is keep our colleagues briefed on what is happening on the ground so that we don’t take actions in the Security Council that might jeopardize the very sensitive
#Russia
re
#UNSC
closed meeting on
#Kashmir
, starting now:
Wwe hope for an understanding; we favor a bilateral track. We'll just exchange opinions on what we can and can't do.
[Russia requested that the mtg be closed]
#Pakistan
#India
#UN
.
@UN_PGA
:
Albania requests that vote on A/ES11/L5 be made by recorded vote & not secret ballot
Russia: Objects to the motion
Final count:
107 in favor of Albanian proposal
No: 13
Abstention:39
The terrorist groups conducting attacks in
#Pakistan
are "facilitated, financed, backed & supported by a country in our neighborhood":
@BBhuttoZardari
to media
@UN
By the grace of God, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe...We all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time.
I applaud the ability of the Ukrainian operators to keep all 6 reactors in safe conditions while attacked
#Zaporizhzhia
US envoy to UN with EU crowd after Ru vetoes resolution condemning itself
"We will be taking this matter to the General Assembly, where the Ru veto does not apply"
#UkraineUnderAttack
#RussiaInvadesUkraine
.
@Ramos_Horta
#TimorLeste
1/2 my monthly salary of <$5K goes to poor families. I have not authorized purchase of new vehicles for the presidency; no staffer is assigned an official car. For
#UNGA
I brought a delegation of 7 & we stay in the cheapest hotel we could find near UN.
Breaking: The provisional schedule for the
#UNGA75
is out:
Sept 22, 1st day lineup:
Brazil, US, Turkey, China, Chile, Cuba, Russia, Jordan, SKorea, Qatar, Philippines, Morocco, Iran, France, SoAfrica