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Top seat at UN becomes vacant, as China, west, jockey for influence

BREAKING NEWS: An urgent battle to fix the United Nations is taking place behind the scenes. But disagreement between key nations—particularly the west and China—mean the chair of succession for the top job, Secretary General, remains empty. Current titleholder António Guterres retires at the end of the year—just 14 weeks away—and there’s no succession plan…

September 22, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Six steps the world needs to take right now about the US and Venezuela: Jeffrey Sachs

[speech given to the United Nations security council on 5 January 2026] . Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council, the issue before the council today is not the character of the government of Venezuela. The issue is whether any member state by force, coercion, or economic strangulation has the right to determine Venezuela's…

January 6, 20260Comments ByJeffrey Sachs

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China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

CHINA BROUGHT A GIFT to the United Nations’ 80th General Assembly session yesterday: soil and rocks from "the dark side of the moon”. It was powerfully symbolic. The country was as poor as the least developed African nations in the 1960s, when the super-rich US was making its pioneering voyages to the moon—but China has…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Chinese judges appointed to key UN tribunals for first time

CHINESE JUDGES HAVE been appointed to top United Nations tribunals for the first time. Gao Xiaoli (高曉力) was elected to serve in the UN Appeals Tribunal and Sun Xiangzhuang (孫祥壯) in the Dispute Tribunal. The moves show China’s willingness to serve in important United Nations roles. Over the past 30 years, China has sent more than…

January 14, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

Top seat at UN becomes vacant, as China, west, jockey for influence

Six steps the world needs to take right now about the US and Venezuela: Jeffrey Sachs

China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

Chinese judges appointed to key UN tribunals for first time

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Top seat at UN becomes vacant, as China, west, jockey for influence

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