Bruno Rodríguez, Foreign Minister of Cuba, and Yván Gil Pinto, Foreign Minister of Venezuela, attend “Latin America Speaks” event in Harlem

At the UNGA, European leaders fail to break with their own imperialist practices, trying instead to hold on to their fading global influence

At the UNGA, world leaders condemn Israel for committing genocide in Gaza and provoking a regional war, calling for an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation

Biden’s final address to the United Nations as president was riddled with falsehoods and hypocrisies typical of US foreign policy

187 nations voted for a resolution to end the cruel and illegal 60 plus year US blockade against Cuba

Following the UNGA resolution, Israel announced withholding of USD 39 million of Palestinian money, which is likely to cause further suffering and impact basic services delivery in the occupied territories 

The resolution was adopted by a vote of 87 in favor and 26 opposed. The US and Israel voted against the resolution while China and Russia supported it

The two nations defended their earlier veto against the UN Security Council resolution to impose further sanctions on North Korea and argued that the US has played a major role in stoking tensions in the peninsula

China and Cuba opposed the resolution sponsored by the US and supported mostly by its allies in Europe and the Americas.

The war in Ukraine has caused a massive humanitarian crisis in Europe and exposed several faultlines on the basis of race and geo-strategic calculations across the world, which, if unaddressed, will continue to undermine world peace in the future

In the most recent set of sanctions against Russia, the United States and European Union have decided to remove a number of Russian banks from SWIFT.

Though fighting on the ground has continued with Russian troops moving closer to Ukrainian capital Kiev, both Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a second round of talks after the first round in Belarus on Monday