Former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko is being investigated on suspicion of abuse of power, Ukrayinska Pravda has reported, citing a response to an inquiry it received from the National Anti Corruption Bureau (NABU).The October 16 report s…
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today began reviewing the proposed programme budget for special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives during 2020, with delegates seeking clarification and justification for …
Nature based solutions can deliver over one third of weather mitigation needed by 2030 in stabilizing global warming to below 2C, a climate change expert told delegates in a joint meeting of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) with the Econom…
MOSCOW Moscow courts have upheld pretrial restrictions for two activists arrested over an unsanctioned rally on July 27 and ordered four others held for two months.The Moscow City Court said on October 16 it had upheld the decisions by a lower court…
France has confirmed that a second French academic is being detained in Iran, condemning what it described as “an unacceptable situation.”Roland Marchal was arrested in June, at the same time as Fariba Adelkhah, a dual French and Iranian citizen, Franc…