The diamond from Charles III’s scepter claimed by South Africa

2023-05-06 09:30:19 Published on : 06/05/2023 – 11:30 The coronation of Charles III on Saturday rekindled calls in South Africa for the return to the country of the world’s largest diamond, the centerpiece of a scepter the monarch is to hold during the ceremony in London. This jewel, which weighs 530 carats, was found in … Read more

UN to Send Senior Official to Sudan as Humanitarian Crisis Reaches Breaking Point

2023-05-01 03:00:01 An “unprecedented” situation in Sudan: faced with the persistence of fighting in Khartoum and despite the extension of a truce admittedly little respected, the UN decided on Sunday to send a senior official to the region “immediately”. Millions of Sudanese remain trapped in shelling and gunfire since the April 15 outbreak of a … Read more

United Nations – Universal Periodic Review of France at the Human Rights Council – Joint press release from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities (28.04.23)

2023-04-28 18:54:13 On May 1, 2023 in Geneva, Mrs. Isabelle Lonvis-Rome, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, will represent France on the occasion of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a general review of each state’s compliance with its international human rights obligations. All … Read more

Sudan – Evacuation of United Nations personnel (28.04.23)

2023-04-28 21:47:23 A plane of the French forces, leaving from El Fasher, arrived this morning in N’Djamena (Chad) within the framework of the evacuation operations carried out from Sudan. This new operation made it possible to evacuate from Sudan staff members of the United Nations and humanitarian NGOs. The Ministry for the Armed Forces and … Read more

“Belgian Humanitarian Worker Detained in Iran: Latest Updates and Prisoner Transfer Agreement”

2023-04-27 13:41:00 The Head of the Belgian Government and Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi discussed the case of Olivier Vandecasteele, a Belgian humanitarian worker detained in Iran since February 24, 2022 in inhuman and degrading conditions. According to the Iranian news agency Irna, they also agreed to speed up the implementation of the agreements concluded between … Read more

“China’s Role in Achieving a Just and Peaceful Resolution to the Ukraine Conflict”

2023-04-26 20:11:00 “It is very important that China talks to Ukraine. I want to remind you that we all want peace (…) But everyone must understand that it should not be just any” peace, said the Spanish official, traveling to Bogota. “It is not the peace of one who is forced to surrender in the … Read more