Section: Indonesia
Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, NZ, Spain win UN Council Seats
United Nations. Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, New Zealand and Spain won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Thursday for two years from January 1, 2015. The 193-member UN General Assembly elected Venezuela with 181 votes, Malaysia with 187 votes, Angola with 190 votes. All three countries campaigned unopposed for their seats after...
Venezuela, New Zealand join UN Security Council
Venezuela, New Zealand, Angola and Malaysia have been elected to coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council, while voting continued to determine whether Turkey or Spain would join the council. Neither Turkey nor Spain got enough votes in the first or second ballot of Thursday’s election by the U.N. General Assembly’s member...
Russia’s defense minister bristles at US comment
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has criticized a comment by the U.S. defense secretary about Russia’s military resurgence. U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel issued a warning to the American armed forces on Wednesday about the need to “deal with a revisionist Russia” and its army “on NATO’s doorstep.”...
Putin to focus on Ukraine during trip to Milan
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a series of meetings with Western leaders focusing on Ukraine during his trip to Italy, the Kremlin said Wednesday.Attending this week’s Europe-Asia summit in Milan offers Putin the first chance to discuss the Ukrainian crisis with Western leaders since his trip to France in June to attend the...
No WTO Judgment in Tobacco Packaging Dispute Until at Least 2016
Geneva. The World Trade Organization will not rule on a legal challenge to Australia’s landmark tobacco packaging laws until at least the first half of 2016, the panel of judges said on Tuesday, a delay that could slow anti-tobacco laws elsewhere. Australia’s “plain packaging” rules ban colorful logos and are seen by public health...
New Zealand, Spain, Turkey vie for UN council
Venezuela has taken the spotlight in this year’s campaign for coveted seats on the U.N. Security Council but the hottest race is between New Zealand, Spain and Turkey whose foreign ministers are in New York this week lobbying for votes.The U.N. General Assembly’s 193 member states will vote Thursday to elect five new members to the...
RI starts legal fight against OZ tobacco law
Indonesia has officially submitted a written complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Australia in a dispute regarding the plain packaging of tobacco. The move, made last week, marked the initiation of a legal resolution to a dispute that stretches back to implementation of the 2011 Tobacco Plain Packaging Act by Australia in...
Survey shows more pessimism about German economy
Germany’s ZEW survey of investment analysts fell for the tenth consecutive month in October, adding to a string of downbeat economic data about Europe’s largest economy and the eurozone as a whole.The index fell to minus 3.6 points from 6.9 points in September. That was worse than the zero expected by market analysts.The ZEW reading...
Australia PM Says He Will Confront Putin at G-20 Over Downed Flight MH17 ‘Murders’
A picture taken on July 17, 2014 shows wreckage from the Malaysian airliner from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine. (AFP Photo/Dominique Faget) Sydney. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday that he would use an upcoming Group of 20 leaders summit to confront Russian...
Five Countries, Including Malaysia, Set to Join World’s ‘Top Table’ at UN Security Council
United Nations. Years of campaigning for a seat at the world’s “top table” come to a head this week when elections are held to the UN Security Council, which decides on such weighty matters as sanctions, war and peace. Five seats are up for grabs in the 15-member Council, where the elected countries will join the five permanent powers —...
