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UN chief deplores “paralysis and deadlock” at global disarmament body

Geneva, Switzerland Reuters UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the world’s top disarmament negotiating body on Monday it needed to make urgent reforms, accusing it of “paralysis” and failing to compel countries to cut weapons stockpiles. Addressing the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Guterres said its failure to fulfil its mandate had created an atmosphere […]

Karabakh Armenians seek promises before giving up weapons to Azerbaijan

A protester reacts next to law enforcement officers who stand guard outside the government building during a rally to demand the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following Nagorno-Karabakh surrender, in Yerevan, Armenia, on 21st September, 2023

Goris, Armenia Reuters Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh need security guarantees before giving up their weapons, an adviser to their leader said on Thursday, a day after Azerbaijan declared it had brought the breakaway region back under its control. Karabakh Armenian authorities accused Azerbaijan of violating a ceasefire agreed on Wednesday after a lightning Azerbaijani offensive […]

Colombia must speed dismantling of armed groups – United Nations

Juliette de Rivero, Representative in Colombia of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights speaks during the presentation of the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia in Bogota, Colombia March 3, 2023.

Bogota. Colombia Reuters Colombia should speed the dismantling of armed groups to reduce violence and human rights violations, and implement the country’s 2016 peace accord with the FARC rebels, the in-country representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday. Colombia’s nearly six decades of armed conflict between the armed forces, […]

Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

Ethiopia abandoned munitions

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia’s Federal Government, began handing over heavy weaponry to the national army as part of an African Union-led peace process on Tuesday. The demobilisation of Tigray forces is seen as central to the 2nd November ceasefire agreement, alongside the restoration of services, resumption […]

Pope and UN chief appeal for environment, religious tolerance

Guterres and Pope

Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed for nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and religious tolerance. The Pope and Guterres met privately for about 40 minutes in the papal library. Pope Francis meets with Secretary-General of the United Nations, Portugal’s Antonio Guterres, for a private audience at the Vatican, on […]