U.N. council seat adds twist to Guyana-Venezuela tensions
Guyana, an impoverished former British colony, controls the Essequibo region and the US$1 billion a year it generates.
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Guyana, an impoverished former British colony, controls the Essequibo region and the US$1 billion a year it generates.
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization agreed on some policies but not a unified goal to end deforestation.
The U.N. General Assembly's vote for the next five seat-holders on the powerful Security Council for 2024-25 delivered a resounding win to an E.U. member over a Russian ally.
ICJ ruled it has jurisdiction to settle a border dispute going back to colonial-era claims over a resources-rich jungle region between Guyana and Venezuela.
The world's foremost international organization for financing projects on environmental change sent up smoke signals warning that 'incremental change will not suffice.'
U.N. human rights investigators said the world's permanent war crimes tribunal should prosecute Venezuelan security forces for hundreds of arbitrary killings and other abuses.