President of Ukrainian Grain Association confident of increased grain export
"I believe that they will find a solution, and the grain corridor will be extended. I hope we will even add an additional port."
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#117 The G|O Briefing, November 10, 2022
A GOOD WEEK FOR INTERNATIONAL GENEVA | HOW DO YOU SPELL DEADLOCK? T-R-I-P-S | IN DEFENSE OF NON-ALIGNMENT
All things considered, a good week for International Geneva
Between Brazil’s rejection of Jair Bolsonaro and America’s notable containment of Trump’s toxic MAGA ideology, multilateralism has been offered a bit of a breather.
The strange tale of an unofficial private Swiss plan for a negotiated peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia
"While admitting that the invasion was a violation of the UN Charter, Ukraine was, under the different points of the proposal, the country that would have to alter its political institutions and its identity."
Gennady Gatilov, Russia’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the war in Ukraine
"The so-called collective West has long forsaken its core concerns for human rights, instead using the Council as a playground to host the blame game against its political opponents, this time Russia and China."
#114 The G|O Briefing, October 20, 2022
"Ukraine and the West will never defeat Russia," Russian Ambassador in Geneva says | The UN reviews its humanitarian strategy
Russia, Iran, and the perils of post-autocracy
Robert D. Kaplan | The more destructive a tyranny has been, the more pervasive the subsequent anarchy often is.
The Conference on Disarmament is worried. Will it finally be able to act? It appears unlikely...
Russia’s renewed and repeated threats to use nuclear weapons as it faces territorial setbacks in Ukraine are being taken extremely seriously by the US and the EU. Nor do they go unheard at the Conference on Disarmament—‘the CD, as the Conference is almost unanimously referred to here, both
A guessing game around ITU
The election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as the ITU's new chief may have settled tensions for now, but with an outgoing Chinese S-G and a contest for his successor that pitted a Russian candidate against an American, the scene was ripe for some intense speculations amongst the diplomatic community.
#111 THE G|O Briefing, September 29, 2022
WESTERN RELIEF AFTER ITU VOTE | ANXIETY AT CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT |SPEAKING FOR THE UN | AUROCRACIES NEVER COLLAPSE NICELY | FIFA AND WTO! FOUL