September - 2021

World rights chief calls to investigate killing of veteran Rohingya activist

UN Photo/Caroline Gluck UNITED NATIONS -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet called for a prompt, thorough, and effective investigation into the killing of a veteran Rohingya refugee activist in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. UN strongly condemned the killing of Rohingya refugee leader Mohib Ullah in Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh, UN officials said. World body urged the Bangladesh authorities to undertake an investigation and to hold those responsible to accou

UNSG calls to redouble green energy to save climate, boost access

UN Photo/Manuel Elías UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,called the international community to redouble its renewable energy efforts to avert a climate emergency and address global energy poverty. He said at the high level summit in New York that "Today, we face a moment of truth," who described the mandate as a "double imperative to end energy poverty and to limit climate change. Guterres said "And we have an answer that will fulfill both imperatives," a

MC Aesthetics Finally Launches in New York

Photo Credits: Society & Diplomatic Review New York, N.Y.- On September 17, 2021, MC Aesthetics finally launched its global flagship office at 1 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, New York to cater to its global market officially. At 7 pm EST, Society & Diplomatic Review Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Gloria Starr Kins, officially cut the ribbon with Haiti's Presidential Candidate Encgr. Jude Elie. Gracing the event were dignitaries, diplomats, and ambassadors from the United Nations

POTUS calls for ‘new era of relentless diplomacy’

UN Photo/Ariana Lindquist UNITED NATIONS – United States President Joseph Biden addressed the 76th session of the UN General Assembly and said that the United States is moving into a “new era of relentless diplomacy,” in the shadow of frantic departure from Afghanistan and some diplomatic missteps by the White House lately. The United States angered France over the nuclear-powered submarine deal with the United Kingdom and Australia. Biden said in his speech to the world body

PGA says ‘Power of humanity’ overcome COVID-19, climate threats

UN Photo/Loey Felipe UNITED NATIONS – 76th session of the President of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid addressed the world leaders in a hybrid in-person and virtual setting reflected on the darkest days of the pandemic, “when cities were shuttered and vaccines still a dream” and how the world’s peoples “came together as never before,” in his opening remarks. Shahid of the Maldives said that after a year and a half of suffering “in silence and in anxiety”, it was hope a

Iran President calls to end “US sanctions” as ‘US way of war’

UN Photo/Cia Pak UNITED NATIONS, President of Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi addressed the world body and called the United States to end the sanctions against his country, described them as ”US way of waging a war.” President Raisi described the presence of the US in the Middle East region as a “lack of rationality”, which has been detrimental to “oppressed people, from Palestine and Syria to Yemen and Afghanistan, as well as the US taxpayers” in his speech t

China pledges carbon neutrality by 2060, halt new coal plants

UN Photo/Cia Pak UNITED NATIONS- President Xi Jinping announced that China is set to provide more COVID-19 vaccines to the world and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 in his address to the high level summit of the world body. Xi urged global leaders to strengthen solidarity, promote mutual respect while rejecting “forming small circles or zero-sum games.” President Xi said “the year 2021 is a truly remarkable one for the Chinese people”, as it marks the centenary of the Commu

SG marks 20th anniversary of Durban Declaration adoption, calls for concrete actions

UN Photo/Loey Felipe UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres celebrated the 20th anniversary of Durban Declaration was adopted against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on September 8, 2001. World body adopted a political declaration on the fight against racism at a high-level meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and adopted a political declaration to carry forward

South Korea President calls for declaration to end Korean War

UN Photo/Cia Pak UNITED NATIONS, President of South Korea Moon Jae-in called for a declaration to end the Korean War, in his address to the high level 76th session of the world body. He told the world leaders that "I once again urge the community of nations to mobilize its strengths for the end-of-war declaration on the Korean Peninsula.” President Moon said "I propose that three parties of the two Koreas and the U.S., or four parties of the two Koreas, the U.S. and China com

UN Rights Chief fears growing ‘brutal, systemic repression’ of Afghan women and girls

UN Photo/Violaine Martin By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS -- UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet expressed her deep over the growing brutal, and systemic repression’ of Afghan women and girls, since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, as she was addressing a side event of the General Assembly. Although, the Taliban regime had made some commitments to uphold human rights but their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicted” to those promises, she told the gathering. Michell