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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s article for Russia in Global Affairs magazine, «The UN Charter as the legal foundation of a multipolar world», February 4, 2025

05.02.2025

Eighty years ago, on February 4, 1945, the leaders of the victors of World War II − the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain − opened the Yalta Conference to determine the contours of the postwar world. Despite ideological differences, they agreed to eradicate German Nazism and Japanese militarism. The agreements reached in Crimea were reaffirmed and elaborated upon at the Potsdam Conference in July-August 1945.

The UN Climate Change Conference

22.12.2023

December 13, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) closed in Dubai; it lasted a day longer than it was scheduled because participants were debating on the final statement.

UN accuses EU of putting migrant lives at risk

14.05.2020

The United Nations has warned European countries about violations of international humanitarian law, based on the decision to reject rescued migrants in the Mediterranean.

UN, India and Kashmir

23.09.2019

Akashma Marivel Guzman, you have nicely highlighted the facts about the Indian crimes in Kashmir since 1948, and what you say is absolutely true. The UN can still take steps to stop the Indian savagery in Kashmir, but there are too many restraints upon its proper functioning. The big powers have their geopolitical and economic interests in international politics. They are quite complacent with the policies of India in international trade and economic relations.

Libya: the West can start bombing again

08.04.2019

According to recent reports, the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal, surrounded the city of Tripoli, the capital and residence of the so-called National Unity Government (PNU), from three sides.