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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for "action to end this godawful nightmare" during the International Peace Summit in Cairo. SOUNDBITE
The UN secretary-general called for a ceasefire of "at least three days" in embattled Sudan amid Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. SOUNDBITE
At the UN General Assembly, 185 countries have voted in favor of the United States ending its economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba that has been in force for 60 years -- the thirtieth such moral victory at the UN for Cuba. Only the US and Israel voted against the resolution, with Brazil and Ukraine abstaining. IMAGES
The UN General Assembly adopts a new non-binding resolution that demands an "immediate" halt to Russia's war in Ukraine. In a vote at UN headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favor, 38 abstained and five voted against the measure. IMAGES
Brussels (Belgium), Sep 28 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Several environmental and citizen organizations participated on Tuesday in a protest in Brussels to demand that the European Union abandon the Energy Charter Treaty, which allows multinationals to resort to private arbitration courts in environmental disputes with States.FOOTAGE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST IN BRUSSELS. SOUNDBITES FROM PABLO SÁNCHEZ CENTELLAS, RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OF PUBLIC SERVICESTRANSLATIONThe investment policy that the EU has today practically favors only the large multinationals, which are the ones that design this policy.We have seen how multinational oil and gas companies lead States to international arbitration because they change their policy, for example, with 'fracking' or with oil drilling. We cannot be at the expense of what the board of directors of Shell, British Petroleum or any multinational company decides"We had entered a total schizophrenia. We hope that this judgment of the CJEU is a total change of course and the last nail in the coffin of the Charter.
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