... the Dialogue for the Future Forum, Moscow, December 25, 2020
Good afternoon,
This year, your research and education programme marks its 10
th
anniversary. This year also marks the 75
th
anniversary of victory in WWII and the 75
th
anniversary of the UN. These symbolic dates suggest that we take a closer look at international events.
As of the beginning of 2020, we faced numerous cross-border problems that threaten all countries, such as international terrorism, drug trafficking and other forms of ...
Yemenis themselves have no less rich potential for independent creative activity
The Yemen conflict is striking in that the entire global community and all the actors involved have achieved a singularly powerful consensus that there is no future for a solution achieved by force and a political solution is the only option. Since June 2015, this thought has permeated UN
documents
, speeches ...
A true reform of the UN cannot start in New York; it should start in national capitals of member states
Blowing out 75 candles is great exercise for the lungs. The United Nations turned 75 this year. It is a remarkable accomplishment in itself. The League of Nations, which ...
Since at least 1955, the Aegean Sea has long been an area of contention between local powers Greece and Turkey on the one hand, and the US-UK-Israeli strategic axis on the other, with the Soviet Union and then Russia defending its interests when necessary, since the Aegean cannot be separated from the Eastern Mediterranean as a strategic whole, nor from Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Palestine and Israel. In this essay, we shall, by using original documents,...
Yemen’s looming humanitarian disaster and its people’s pleas for peace require action on three levels
The long-running conflict in Yemen is riper for resolution than ever before. Yemenis on all sides are exhausted by the fighting and were quick to embrace the
appeal
issued in March by United Nations Secretary-General
António Guterres
for a global ceasefire amid ...
Discussions on the quid pro quo approach to sanctions relief and concessions look like the only possible way to move forward
On July 11, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) finally adopted a resolution extending the authorization of cross-border mechanisms that guarantee the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria for another year, until July 10, 2021. However, the UN aid will now go ...
Just like the classics of Marxism-Leninism idealized the proletariat and demonized the bourgeoisie, the UN Secretary-General idealizes the South and demonizes the North
On July 18, 2020, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a memorial lecture in honour of the great South African leader Nelson Mandela. The Secretary-General’s speech was clearly ...
Interview with Elena Dovgan, UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights
In March 2020, the UN Human Rights Council appointed
Elena Dovgan
, a Professor in the Department of International Private and European ...
Are We in for Epidemics of Sanctions?
The COVID-19 pandemic has given hope for international consolidation in the face of a common threat. Alleviating numerous sanctions and economic restrictions could be one step towards unification.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [
i
], UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet [
ii
], UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Hilal Elver [
iii
] and UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral ...
Instead of anticipating threats to the environment, we leave things for later until it is already too late
On top of the major shifts that are happening as a result of the pandemic and global movements against institutionalized racism, a new environmental threat reminds us that we need to remain extremely vigilant despite the ...
