Well, folks, don&#8217;t look now, but the &#8220;risk of a nuclear weapon being used is currently higher than at any time since the depths of the cold war,&#8221; <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1135222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">war in Ukraine</a> — obviously — is what is driving that risk. Based on reports made during the UN&#8217;s security council on Friday, that war isn&#8217;t ending any time soon — as if there were any doubt of that. Americans should know it is not going to end any time soon, our commander-in-chief has said that our tax dollars and equipment will be supporting Ukraine in its battle against Russia for &#8220;as long as it takes&#8221; — whatever that means. The Swamp wants this war to continue — and so it will.
While Biden has been banging the war drums, Putin has been chatting with its neighbors and new BFF Belarus. Now, reports indicate that Russia will be stationing non-strategic nuclear weapons within Belarus territory. According to the UN, those will be in place for aerial use by July.
For its part, Russia denies such accusations.
“We are pursuing cooperation with Belarus without violating obligations,” Russian ambassador and Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-sure-sounds-like-biden-wants-world-war-over-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Friday. “We are not transferring nuclear weapons. We are talking about the retrofitting of airplanes and training teams in the construction of a storage facility on the territory of Belarus.”
Yet he did make sure to note that Russia would respond to any &#8220;provocative measures&#8221; as it saw fit, while adding, “A nuclear war cannot be won.&#8221;
As has been the case for much of the war, Russia and the West aren&#8217;t exactly on speaking terms, to put it lightly. Both sides say that the other needs to leave Ukraine in order for the fighting to end, and both sides say that isn&#8217;t going to happen.
So, the war will persist at an essential stalemate, possibly inching closer and closer to World War III.
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Now, Ukraine has been fortifying troops and conducting practices along its border with Belarus. That has Belarus worried that Ukraine might try to invade Russia through its territory.
How did Belarusian leaders respond? Well, they first offered a proposal for an immediate ceasefire — which was rejected by Ukrainian leaders. Then <a href="https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-03-31-23/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Belarus essentially threatened</a> to nuke the West if it tried entering its territory.
What does the U.S. have to say about all of this?
On Friday, Robert Wood, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, told Russia, &#8220;Any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine would have severe consequences and would fundamentally change the nature of this war.&#8221; He also called Russia&#8217;s accusations &#8220;ludicrous.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Nakamitsu from the UN was practically begging the two sides to come to the table and craft a peace plan.
“When it comes to issues related to nuclear weapons, all States must avoid taking any actions that could lead to escalation, mistake or miscalculation,” she said. “They should return to dialogue to de-escalate tensions urgently and find ways to develop and implement transparency and confidence-building measures.&#8221;
Yet again, dialogue isn&#8217;t on the table for Biden or Putin. So, the war will go on for the foreseeable future. If both sides don&#8217;t start talking soon, well, then maybe it really is the closest we&#8217;ve been to a nuclear war.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-sure-sounds-like-biden-wants-world-war-over-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It Sure Sounds Like Biden Wants World War Over Ukraine</a>

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Mankind’s hope for survival depends on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-nations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations</a>’ efforts to find new ways to manage the world’s water supply, according to U.N. Secretary-General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-leaders-gather-to-condemn-fossil-fuel-addiction-as-planet-faces-energy-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antonio Guterres</a>. 
Guterres joined leaders from developing countries at a conference on global water resources earlier this week, warning nations about water shortages and sanitation and advocating for &#8220;a new course&#8221; of action. 
“All of humanity’s hopes for the future depend, in some way, on charting a new course to sustainably manage and conserve water,” Guterres said in his final remarks for the conference on Friday, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-nation-world-water-c69420149134954e6648531425cc0637" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. The U.N. chief added that water “needs to be at the center of the global political agenda.”
Prior to the conference, Guterres <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a> that this year’s gathering, which was hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands, “must result in a bold Water Action Agenda that gives our world&#8217;s lifeblood the commitment it deserves.”
The U.N. is pushing for universal access to clean drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene by 2030, a goal it calls “SDG6.” The U.N. blames climate change and underinvestment in water for the water problems faced by poorer countries. 
To push for more control of the world’s water systems, SDG6 <a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/water-and-sanitation/#:~:text=Goal%206%3A%20Ensure%20access%20to,in%202030%20unless%20progress%20quadruples.">outlines</a> six targets for the world to hit by 2030, the last of which seeks to “expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programs, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies.” 
A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsGrGx5rywk&amp;t=12s">video</a> on the U.N.’s 2023 Water Conference website says that “water can be the driver for a green economy, water is essential for food security, water is fundamental to climate resilience, and water can be the dealmaker for peace.” 
“Humanity’s demand for water is growing,” the video continues. “Pressure on water resources is increasing due to overuse, pollution, and climate change. On average, the world needs to work 4x faster to achieve SDG6 by 2030. We can and must do more. We must unite for water.” 
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The 2023 U.N. water conference was a huge success, <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1135022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Li Junhua, who formerly worked in China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and is now the U.N.’s under-secretary-general for Economic and Social Affairs.
“At the 2023 UN Water Conference, a determined global community came together to make a difference not only for the future of water but for the future of the world,” Li said.

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The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential report this week that 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a site in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/libya" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Libya</a> that is not controlled by the government.
Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/tons-uranium-missing-libyan-site-iaea-tells-member-states-2023-03-15/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the U.N. nuclear watchdog informed member states of the news this week, according to documents viewed by the publication.
A statement from IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said that the inspection was supposed to happen last year, but &#8220;had to be postponed because of the security situation in the region.&#8221;
Investigators &#8220;found that 10 drums containing approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium in the form of UOC (uranium ore concentrate) previously declared by (Libya) &#8230; as being stored at that location were not present at the location,&#8221; the report said.
&#8220;The loss of knowledge about the present location of nuclear material may present a radiological risk, as well as nuclear security concerns,&#8221; the report said.
Officials said that investigations were already underway to locate the missing nuclear materials. The name and location of the site were not revealed, although officials said that getting to it required &#8220;complex logistics.”
Natural uranium contains approximately 0.7% uranium-235, the isotope needed to produce nuclear weapons, according to the <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/materials/fuel-cycle-fac/ur-enrichment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Committee</a>. In order to make nuclear weapons, the uranium has to undergo an enrichment process to increase the concentration of uranium-235.
Natural uranium poses &#8220;little radioactive danger because it gives off very small amounts of radiation,&#8221; the CDC says.
Natural uranium is also <a href="https://fas.org/blogs/security/2008/03/finally-some-sense-about-uranium-and-dirty-bombs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not</a> a threat for making dirty bombs, according to Ivan Oelrich. Ph.D., the Senior Fellow for the Strategic Security Program at the Federation of American Scientists.
Libya is one of the most unstable and dangerous countries in the world as ISIS and al-Qaeda terror groups are known to <a href="https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/libya/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">operate</a> in country and have carried out attacks within its borders.
The U.S. State Department has attached its strongest travel <a href="https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/libya-travel-advisory.html#:~:text=Do%20not%20travel%20to%20Libya,continue%20plotting%20attacks%20in%20Libya." target="_blank" rel="noopener">advisory</a> to Libya, warning U.S. citizens not to travel to the country due to &#8220;crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict.&#8221;

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An African delegation bucked the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-nations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UN</a> by screening The Daily Wire’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman">What Is A Woman?</a>” in honor of a women’s conference Friday, even after they were told the hit documentary did not align with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/un-committee-rejects-screening-of-daily-wires-what-is-a-woman-at-upcoming-womens-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hosting commission&#8217;s</a> values.
The Nigerian Mission to the UN screened the Matt Walsh film during an annual meeting for women’s rights, in defiance of the left-wing Commission on the Status of Women, New York. Delegates from multiple African countries were in attendance, including Uganda, Malawi, and Cameroon. A delegate from Suriname, in South America, also attended.
“The movie was very informative,&#8221; said Peace Regis Mutuuzo, Ugandan State Minister for Gender, Labor and Social Development. “The people whose gender has been arranged can never lead a happy life no matter how much they pretend because gender is biological and not ideological.”
The screening was held in collaboration with the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) and Family Watch International, two non-profits that have worked with the UN to further pro-family causes. In response to the event, Daily Wire host Matt Walsh said it was clear African nations do not want gender ideology imposed on them.
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It has already found a large following in South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Now African delegates at the UN are attending a screening. The film is not only changing this country but reaching across the world. Incredibly proud to have been a part of this project.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1634269972330426368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
But gender ideology seems to be the direction the UN commission has been taking. According to guidelines, the Commission on the Status of Women, New York, says its participants must acknowledge the existence of transphobia, global north domination, and institutional oppression, and work to build an “anti-racist space.”
“An anti-racist space requires that all of us need to consider our positionality and work actively not to replicate white patriarchal structures including subjugating voices of Black women and women of color,” the commission guidelines read.
Because of the ban on the documentary, the Nigerian Mission had to screen it as a side event of the commission&#8217;s conference. The film appeared well-received by those who watched it.
“I wish this would be shown from the floor of the General Assembly,” said Funke Oladipo, deputy director for women and gender, Nigerian Ministry of Women’s Affairs.
The screening was important for delegates facing pressure to accept loaded gender terminology in UN negotiation documents, according to C-Fam Executive Vice President Lisa Correnti. These loaded terms, such as &#8220;gender,&#8221; carry different connotations in societies that have not been influenced by woke westerners.
&#8220;African countries have an opportunity to shield their children from harmful gender ideology, something we in the U.S. failed to do,&#8221; said Correnti. &#8220;But they will only be able to do it by blocking ambiguous terminology in negotiations, preventing UN agencies and western countries from including it in development and humanitarian assistance.&#8221;
&#8220;The documents they negotiate will determine how fast gender ideology makes its way to their countries through UN programs,&#8221; she said.

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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the pioneers of modern socialism, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Private-Property-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141191112/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3O1D3S5CAN5R4&amp;keywords=friedrich+engels&amp;qid=1675539313&amp;sprefix=friedrich+engels%2Cspecialty-aps%2C140&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that every adult member of society be “liberated” from parental work and instead fill “socially productive” roles. Mao Zedong of China embraced this doctrine and declared that “in order to build a great socialist society it is of the utmost importance to arouse the broad masses of women to join in productive activity” which would foster “genuine equality between the sexes.”
Notice that here in just a few words, the work of bearing and raising human beings is labeled “unproductive activity” that women must be emancipated from so they can equally contribute to mankind’s economic security. Marx and Engels also promised that equalizing workplace participation would launch large amounts of money into the economy, facilitate equality, and make entire societies prosperous.
The Biden administration has added its voice to the chorus calling for every able-bodied female to join the work of contributing to the GDP. Recently, the Biden administration launched an initiative called the <a href="https://www.state.gov/reports/united-states-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-security/#en29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Strategy on Global Women’s Economic Security.</a> At the <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?525159-1/secretary-blinken-remarks-global-womens-economic-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launch</a> meeting, Jennifer Klein, <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?525159-1/secretary-blinken-remarks-global-womens-economic-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">director of the White House Gender Policy Council</a> said we must all work to “achieve our shared vision for women&#8217;s full and equitable participation in the global economy.” She also said, “Studies show that closing gender gaps in the workforce could add between $12 and $28 trillion in global GDP over a decade.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken <a href="https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-launch-of-the-u-s-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reiterated</a> these sentiments: “The strategy that we’re putting forward has at its heart a simple vision: creating a world in which all women and girls everywhere can contribute to … economic growth and global prosperity. That’s a world in which we will all be better off. Closing the gender gap in the workforce by 2025 … would add up to $28 trillion to the global economy.”  
<h2>The Care Of Children Becomes A Public Affair </h2>
So far, Team Biden is two for two on Engels’ plan: 1) Call for women’s “full and equitable participation in the economy” and 2) promise that affluence will follow.  
But what about the kids? If everybody is participating “fully and equitably” in the public workforce and no one is available to shepherd their own children, who will be raising up humanity? Engels has the answer. He <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Origin-Private-Property-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141191112/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3O1D3S5CAN5R4&amp;keywords=friedrich+engels&amp;qid=1675539313&amp;sprefix=friedrich+engels%2Cspecialty-aps%2C140&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that in a socialist society, “the care and education of the children becomes a public affair” and “society looks after all children alike.”  
Klein appears to be familiar with Marx and Engels’ philosophy, because her next demand was for governments to ensure women’s economic security by “<a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?525159-1/secretary-blinken-remarks-global-womens-economic-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">improving care infrastructure</a>.” Blinken <a href="https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-launch-of-the-u-s-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the same thing: Governments must “strengthen the foundational support—child care, elder care—that allows women to participate equitably in the economy.”  
But how will the world’s governments provide free or low cost day care services for everyone? Such an undertaking would certainly cut into the wealth that is supposed to materialize from women’s “full participation” in the economy. 
<h2>The World Bank </h2>
Enter the World Bank. The U.S. Strategy on Global Women’s Economic Security <a href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/U.S.-Strategy-on-Global-Womens-Economic-Security.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>, “The U.S. government has partnered with the World Bank and is leading diplomatic engagements to encourage partnerships in the recently launched global Invest in Childcare initiative, housed at the World Bank, which will expand access to quality child care and early learning programs globally.” 
The World Bank, a financial institution within the United Nations system, boasts the primary goals of ending poverty and “promoting shared prosperity.” It pursues these aims by lending or granting money to different countries in the effort to redistribute wealth and incentivize participation in their initiatives. Their new childcare initiative, “Invest In Childcare,” launched just within the last year. Incidentally, in 2014, the World Bank <a href="https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/189221468327937168/official-documents-collaboration-arrangement-with-blackrock-financial-management-to-tf069027" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> an agreement with <a href="https://www.blackrock.com/us/financial-professionals/investment-strategies/sustainable?cid=ppc:uswa_us:sem_us_br_esg_phrase:google:brand_prod:fa&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA_vKeBhAdEiwAFb_nrXFwTLcbSYTJij4PVjQmZ1j1pT5kkkIZovHe45zxkGbv1iqaBCj_TBoCDkcQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BlackRock</a>, a major driver of <a href="http://thenakeddollar.blogspot.com/2022/04/esg-politicization-of-capital.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESG</a> investing.
The program’s <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education/brief/childcare-incentive-fund" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wording</a> reveals the priority behind it: “Childcare has the potential to yield multi-generational impacts by improving women’s economic empowerment, child outcomes, family welfare, business productivity and overall economic growth.” It goes on to say that not only does childcare “enable mothers to participate in the labor market” but that for children “quality childcare can provide the critical inputs needed during the early years to build the foundational skills that will help them succeed in school and throughout life.” 
Childcare may very well enable mothers to participate in the workforce, and many mothers may need or want to do just that. But is it a government’s responsibility to facilitate childcare for everyone? Many may also question whether <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-daycare-plan-is-bad-for-families-11620078804?mod=e2two" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> support the claim that quality childcare in the early years provides the critical input a child needs. To bolster their position, a major element of the World Bank initiative is to “make the case for childcare” through data collection as facilitated by the <a href="https://www.state.gov/reports/united-states-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-security/#en29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OECD</a> and other actors.
Additionally, the World Bank <a href="https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/728b0cb3f71a6f36009d8220f8e9b9f7-0200022022/related/Invest-in-Childcare-summary-note.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans</a> to leverage “development policy lending,” which “essentially pays governments for policy reforms.” They say, “We will identify a set of childcare policy reforms which could trigger payments to countries.” And to ensure that the children of the world are in good hands, the World Bank will launch “quality assurance” initiatives, including “quality standards and regulation and monitoring systems.” 
The World Bank <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education/brief/childcare-incentive-fund" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> governments must act immediately to fulfill their duty to provide universal childcare: “Solutions are needed urgently. Governments need to ensure that childcare is available, affordable, of decent quality and meets the needs of all families.” 
<h2>Buying Your Child’s Childhood </h2>
In short, the Biden administration has declared that universal childcare is the key to unlocking women’s untapped potential to contribute to the GDP. It has partnered with the World Bank to make childcare universally available and to pay countries for complying with their policy requirements. They will also produce data showing that childcare provides the best outcomes for children and will use “regulation and monitoring systems” to influence how childcare centers are run. To put a fine point on it, a global childcare scheme has been launched with the objective of getting little children away from their mothers and fathers and convincing parents, and society at large, that this is a great idea that will empower women, enrich children, and save the world.
This U.S. strategy is in line with what one early Russian socialist <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invincible-Family-Campaign-Motherhood-Fatherhood/dp/1684514266/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1675541246&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: “To oblige the mother to give her child to the Soviet state — that is our task.” He explained that to get mothers to surrender their children, the government would provide comprehensive care centers for all children where they would be “supervised by trained pedagogical and medical personnel” who would fulfill the children’s educational, physical, social, and emotional needs for essentially the first two decades of their lives. What mother could resist this great deal for her child? 
To make this dream a reality, either in 20th century Russia or in the United States today, women and society must be convinced that unpaid mothering is “socially unproductive work” and that mothers can be successfully replaced by paid caretakers. People must be convinced that raising money is more important than raising children and that supposedly swelling the GDP by trillions of dollars is worth the price of selling our children’s souls to the World Bank.  
It is a fact that some women find themselves in difficult straits and that their young children would be better off in childcare rather than alone or in other unsafe situations. But have the holders of the purse strings at the World Bank considered whether making early childcare the universal default could have any ill effects?
Politically Left-leaning psychologist Erica Komisar, with 25 years of experience in private practice, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Being-There-Prioritizing-Motherhood-Matters/dp/0143109294/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1675527772&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> that “a major social issue of our time” is the “effects of maternal absence on our children.” Komisar observes that “there has been a dramatic increase in emotional, social, and behavioral difficulties like ADHD, anxiety, depression, and increased aggression in children from toddlerhood through adolescence.” She says there are connections between these disorders and the “absence of young children’s mothers in their day to day lives.”  
The U.N., the Biden administration, and the World Bank’s alignment with Marx and Engels should concern those who wonder whether these institutions are purposely trying to distance children from their parents. Engels described the end result of the “full and equitable participation of women” in the workforce in chillingly stark terms: “The first condition for the liberation of the wife is to bring the whole female sex back into public industry and … this in turn demands that the characteristic of the monogamous family as the economic unit of society be abolished.”
As this plan to commandeer the youngest among us in the name of economic security unfolds, I foresee a global avalanche against motherhood and the family coming. The U.S. administration, in cooperation with the World Bank and other partners, is planning to normalize, glamorize, and incentivize surrendering our youngest children to a global childcare regime while parents fade into the background as simply “<a href="https://empowerms.org/yes-parents-are-the-primary-stakeholder-in-their-childs-education/#:~:text=But%20the%20ideas%20centers%20around,advocate%20for%20their%20child's%20education." target="_blank" rel="noopener">stakeholders</a>” in their children’s futures.
Prioritizing motherhood while one’s children are young is not a cop out. It is not refusing to contribute to the GDP. There is no GDP without capable humans to populate a capable workforce, and there are no capable humans without mothers. If we remove the work and the value and the influence of mothers, we cut off the branch all of humanity is sitting on.
The World Bank wants to buy your children. Don’t sell them.
Kimberly Ells is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invincible-Family-Campaign-Motherhood-Fatherhood/dp/1684514266/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1675797198&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can&#8217;t Win</a> (Regnery Gateway, paperback edition, February 2023). An avid researcher, writer, and policy advisor on family issues, Kimberly has written for The Federalist, Townhall, The Epoch Times, The Daily Wire and other news outlets.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The World Bank Wants You To Surrender Your Children To A Global Childcare Regime

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-nations-call-on-russia-to-pay-ukraine-war-reparations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations</a> women&#8217;s rights committee rejected a pro-life organization&#8217;s request to screen The Daily Wire&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What is a Woman?</a>” after declaring the groundbreaking documentary did not align with the panel&#8217;s &#8220;values.&#8221; 
The Committee on the Status of Women, New York, referred to within the global body as NGO CSW/NY, and a convener for the United Nations&#8217; annual meeting on women&#8217;s rights, rejected the International Youth Coalition&#8217;s request to hold a screening of the film starring Matt Walsh at an upcoming conference because it did not adhere to their new guidelines. 
“Unfortunately, your request to host an event has been denied as your event does not align with NGO CSW/NY’s values and/or mandate,” read the letter turning down the proposal.
The summary rejection stunned Austin Ruse, president of the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), the youth coalition&#8217;s parent organization.
&#8220;How ironic is it that a conference on women does not want to consider the question, &#8216;what is a woman?'&#8221; Ruse said. &#8220;It is also unfortunate that this UN conference is not interested in diverse voices.&#8221;
The NGO Committee of the UN Commission on the Status of Women issued new &#8220;<a href="https://ngocsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Virtual-Safety-Guidelines-and-Principles.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">safety guidelines and principles</a>&#8221; that pro-life and pro-family groups are <a href="https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/un-committee-moves-to-block-pro-lifers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concerned</a> will have the effect of blocking their participation in UN conferences. 
&#8220;In past years, many pro-life and family organizations, including C-Fam, have hosted events, but are now unwelcomed with the new guidelines,&#8221; <a href="https://c-fam.org/friday_fax/un-committee-rejects-matt-walsh-documentary-on-women/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> Craig-Austin Rose of C-Fam.
The new guidelines state that participants must acknowledge that &#8220;sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, transphobia, global North domination and other institutionalized forms of oppression exist.&#8221;
&#8220;This is an antiracist space meaning that we welcome, value and revere an intersectional approach to feminism,&#8221; the guidelines read. 
&#8220;An anti-racist space requires that all of us need to consider our positionality and work actively not to replicate white patriarchal structures including subjugating voices of Black women and women of color,&#8221; the guidelines continue.
In response to the new guidelines, C-Fam organized a petition that included signatures from 600 organizations in 119 countries that urged UN Women to allow pro-life and pro-family representation. 
&#8220;The NGO Committee on the Status of Women is blocking non-governmental organizations that do not subscribe to progressive Western views about the family and women’s issues from participating in the NGO/CSW Forum, including many organizations with ECOSOC status,&#8221; the petition <a href="https://c-fam.org/wp-content/uploads/UN-Women-Letter-Final-011723.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>. &#8220;We appeal to you to ensure that organizations that hold traditional views about the family and women’s issues are not discriminated against in UN debates.&#8221;
The 67th annual NGO CSW/NY Forum is set to take place March 6-17, 2023, at the United Nations Plaza in New York.

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UN Committee Rejects Screening Of Daily Wire’s ‘What Is A Woman?’ At Upcoming Women’s Event

UN Committee Rejects Screening Of Daily Wire's 'What Is A Woman?' At Upcoming Women's Event

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Women's Rights

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/population" target="_blank" rel="noopener">population</a> of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> witnessed a year-over-year decline for the first time in six decades.
The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics revealed on Tuesday that the country’s population dropped to 1.412 billion in 2022 from 1.413 billion in 2021, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-population-declined-in-2022-for-first-time-in-decades-11673921036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Wall Street Journal, marking the first decline since the nation was devastated by famine in the early 1960s under the leadership of Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong.
The number of births fell to 9.56 million from 10.62 million over the same period, while birth rates dropped to 6.77 per thousand people from 7.52 per thousand people.
The news follows a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-population-surpasses-8-billion-people-india-to-overtake-china-next-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> by the United Nations forecasting that India would pass China this year as the world’s most populous nation. India presently has a fertility rate of 2.2 children per woman. In comparison, China has a fertility rate of 1.7 children per woman, according to <a href="https://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
China had spent decades championing the infamous one-child policy, under which couples were only permitted to bear a single child out of fear that the nation would not have sufficient resources to support a growing population. Even as couples are now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-now-says-it-will-allow-families-to-have-three-children-amid-fears-of-population-crash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permitted</a> to have up to three children, the cultural value of having small families might now be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/civilization-is-going-to-crumble-musk-on-chinas-plummeting-birth-rate-and-the-need-to-repopulate-the-planet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">embedded</a> into Chinese society after decades under the one-child policy, despite efforts from officials to increase fertility.
The Chinese government has therefore sanctioned several industries to create markets that promote affordability for larger families. Before a ban on private tutoring was introduced two years ago, China <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-cracks-down-on-120-billion-private-tutoring-industry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">maintained</a> a supplementary education sector worth $120 billion, with roughly 70% of parents in Beijing and Shanghai paying for their children to receive additional instruction. Officials also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-cracks-down-on-real-estate-industry-so-that-families-can-afford-housing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibited speculation</a> in residential real estate to decrease property prices.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who recently began his unprecedented third term as head of state, told Chinese Communist Party officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/xi-jinping-vows-to-grow-chinas-middle-class-at-key-communist-party-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assembled</a> last year that he desires to move more residents out of poverty.
“We will ensure more pay for more work and encourage people to achieve prosperity through hard work,” he said. “We will promote equality of opportunity, increase the income of low income earners and expand the size of the middle income group. We will keep income distribution and the means of accumulating wealth well regulated.”
China is among several world powers facing a demographic crisis marked by a higher number of elderly citizens relative to younger residents who are still economically productive. Western European countries, as well as Japan and the United States, are among the major economies witnessing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/huge-problem-for-society-new-study-finds-sperm-concentration-has-halved-worldwide-problem-accelerating" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collapse</a> in birth rates, exerting pressure on government pension programs.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is among the most vocal opponents of conventional wisdom, which posits that global population expansion is harmful to the climate. He often <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-predicts-chinese-population-collapse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserts</a> that the world is facing a demographic crisis, noting last year that China would lose some 40% of its population every generation under current birth rate conditions.
“I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birthrate and the rapidly declining birthrate,” Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-warns-civilization-will-crumble-without-people-having-more-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit two years ago. “And yet, so many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control. It’s completely the opposite.”

Opening Ceremony Of The 20th National Congress Of The Communist Party Of China

China Announces Its Population Has Dropped For The First Time In Six Decades

China Says Population Has Dropped For First Time Since Mao

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Communist China

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Population

A report from The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/united-nations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations</a> encouraged policymakers around the world to plan for older <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/population" target="_blank" rel="noopener">populations</a> with fewer younger workers.
Developed countries with a greater share of older people and developing countries with more young people will experience the “irreversible global trend” of population aging, according to a <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2023/01/2023wsr-fullreport.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the organization. The number of people over 65 years old is expected to more than double over the next three decades, from around 760 million to over 1.6 billion, while the number of people over 80 years old is increasing at an even faster rate.
“This pattern began on a global scale around the middle of the twentieth century and is expected to intensify in the decades ahead,” the analysis explained. “Most of the more developed countries have experienced population ageing over several decades and are already in advanced stages of this process. By contrast, many developing countries face rapid transitions towards ageing societies.”
While nations in Europe and North America currently have the highest number of older people, nations in Africa and Western Asia are “expected to experience the fastest growth in the number of older people” over the next three decades. Dependency ratios, which chart the number of older people and children relative to the working-age populations upon which they depend, are projected to increase over the same horizon.
The UN therefore called upon governments to increase retirement ages and expand pension coverage while making investments in healthcare and education that permit older people to be more self-reliant and economically productive.
“Based on current global trends, future cohorts of working-age and older persons are likely to be healthier and better educated, and therefore more productive, compared to earlier cohorts,” the report continued. “Eliminating age-related discrimination and barriers to formal employment are other critical measures for older persons to make continued contributions.”
Several developed nations are facing overburdened pension systems as more individuals enter retirement age. Medicare Hospital Insurance in the United States is projected to be insolvent by 2028, while Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund will deplete reserves by 2034, according to an <a href="https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/social-security-and-medicare-are-approaching-insolvency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
The UN <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/india-will-surpass-japan-and-germany-as-the-worlds-third-largest-economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forecasts</a> that the human race will have 8.5 billion people by 2030 and 9.7 billion people by 2050 even as worldwide fertility rates reach their lowest levels since 1950. India will soon surpass China as the world’s most populous nation; the former maintains a fertility rate of 2.2 children per woman, while the latter has a fertility rate of 1.7 children per woman, according to <a href="https://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Some commentators have rejected the conventional wisdom that the global population is expanding at an unsustainable rate. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-warns-civilization-will-crumble-without-people-having-more-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> low birth rates “one of the biggest risks to civilization” and encouraged people to build families.
“So many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control,” he said. “It’s completely the opposite. Please look at the numbers. If people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble.”

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United Nations Alerts Policymakers To Brace For An Aging Population

Brace For An Aging Population, United Nations Tells World Governments

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a> was kicked out of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-nations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations</a> commission dedicated to women&#8217;s rights on Wednesday following the United States’ push to have the country excluded.
The country was <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/iran-ousted-un-womens-rights-commission-rcna61710" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ousted</a> from the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women after 29 members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council voted for a resolution that was <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/12/14/landmark-resolution-ousts-iran-from-un-womens-commission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brought</a> by the United States to remove Iran from the commission for the rest of its term, which started this year and ends in 2026. Sixteen members abstained from the vote and eight of the members voted in opposition to it.
The draft resolution was co-sponsored by Australia, Albania, Canada, Israel, Guatemala, New Zealand, Liberia, North Macedonia, as well as the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
“The recent horrifying executions in Tehran only strengthen our resolve to expand this growing consensus and pursue all possible mechanisms of accountability against the Iranian regime and its officials responsible for these atrocities,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/u-n-member-states-vote-to-oust-iran-from-womens-rights-panel-00073886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
Iran pushed back against the effort to kick them out, sending a letter to the council, along with 17 additional states and the Palestinians, on Monday. Iran <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-likely-be-ousted-un-womens-body-2022-12-14/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a vote on the resolution “will undoubtedly create an unwelcome precedent that will ultimately prevent other Member States with different cultures, customs and traditions &#8230; from contributing to the activities of such Commissions.&#8221;
Iran came on board the commission in March, which meets every year and “is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women,” according to the commission’s <a href="https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.
The country was set to continue holding a place on the panel until 2026, even though Iran has long denied women their basic rights.
After Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2022/12/06/mahsa-amini-the-spark-that-ignited-a-women-led-revolution/?sh=3e21f7495c3d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> away while in police custody when she was arrested for &#8220;improperly&#8221; wearing a hijab, protests erupted across the country. Since the protests, the Iranian government has detained massive numbers of protesters. Iran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-will-hold-public-trials-for-at-least-1000-detained-protestors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced that it would be publicly trying protesters</a> and followed through over the past week as two people <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/world/middleeast/iran-protests-execution.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">involved</a> with the protests were were publicly hanged.
In Iran, women are routinely at a significant <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/11/16/iranian-womens-demands-freedom-must-be-heard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disadvantage</a> when compared to men. The country’s Civil Code dictates that a woman’s husband has the ability to decide where the family lives and he can keep his wife from working in certain areas if he thinks it is against “family values.” A woman also needs to get permission from her husband to get a passport and be able to go on foreign travel.
Women make up more than 50% of people who graduate from universities in Iran, but in 2020, their labor force participation was 14%, whereas men&#8217;s was 70% after both dipping from 2019 rates.
Women have even had acid hurled on them likely because they were not appropriately <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/fr/news/acid-attacks-iranian-women-linked-bad-hijab-294274346" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clothed</a>. They have also been physically <a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/gender-based-violence-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abused</a> in public by the morality police.

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Iran Booted From U.N. Women’s Commission

Iran Gets Booted From United Nations Commission On The Status Of Women

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A French bakery product has been given a special status by the United Nations. 
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) granted a heritage recognition to the French baguette by placing it on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The &#8220;Artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread&#8221; was the official addition to the list.
UNESCO&#8217;s director general, Audrey Azoulay, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/french-baguette-unesco/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN the bread product’s newly recognized status honors &#8220;tradition,&#8221; &#8220;craftsmanship&#8221; and makes sure that the &#8220;artisanal way of baking&#8221; is &#8220;passed on to the next generation.”
&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of a way of life&#8221; Azoulay said. &#8220;There is always a boulangerie nearby, you can go and buy fresh affordable bread and you meet people, meet with bakers, it&#8217;s a very important element of social cohesion.”
&#8220;This will make people realize that this regular baguette that they know very well, is something precious,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It comes from history and it has character and it&#8217;s important to made the public aware of this, to be proud of it.”
The baguette’s <a href="https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/artisanal-know-how-and-culture-of-baguette-bread-01883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nomination, which was drafted by France</a>, pointed out that baguettes “generate modes of consumption and social practices that differentiate them from other types of bread, such as daily visits to bakeries to purchase the loaves and specific display racks to match their long shape.”
“Baguettes require specific knowledge and techniques: they are baked throughout the day in small batches and the outcomes vary according to the temperature and humidity,” it noted. 
“The baguette is consumed in many contexts, including during family meals, in restaurants, and in work and school cafeterias,” it added.
Rima Abdul Malak, the country’s culture minister, said the announcement is a “great recognition for our artisans and these unifying places that are our bakeries.”
Other selected <a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/new-inscriptions-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">winners</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/world/europe/france-baguette-unesco.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> Pyrenean village winter bear festivals, German Modern Dance, manual bell ringing of Spain, “Hungarian string band tradition,&#8221; and “Festivals related to the Journey of the Holy family in Egypt.”
The economic situation has threatened to devastate businesses across the region. Recent unrest in Europe has led to fears about bakeries going out of business. After Russia invaded Ukraine, energy costs soared in Europe, creating a dire situation for many citizens, families, and organizations, as they grapple with high prices and an upcoming winter. 
“I’m so, so afraid of losing my life’s work,” one baker said, per <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/30/french-baguette-unesco-world-heritage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>. The electrical costs for her bakery have gone up to $7,900 from $2,500, with the price of main ingredients increasing as well. 
“It makes me sick,” she said, adding that if the worst case scenario pans out, “we are all going to have to close our bakeries. There will be no more bread in France.”

An assortment of typical bread in a bakery and pastry shop

French Baguette Wins Special Status By U.N.

French Baguette Wins U.N.’s Special Status, Is Added To List Of Intangible Cultural Heritage

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France

The global <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/population" target="_blank" rel="noopener">population</a> surpassed 8 billion people as of Tuesday, according to a projection from the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/united-nations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations</a>.
The organization forecasts that the human race will have a membership of 8.5 billion people by 2030 and 9.7 billion people by 2050, although worldwide fertility rates have reached their lowest levels since 1950. India will surpass China next year as the world’s most populous nation.
“This is an occasion to celebrate our diversity, recognize our common humanity, and marvel at advancements in health that have extended lifespans and dramatically reduced maternal and child mortality rates,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a <a href="https://www.un.org/en/desa/world-population-reach-8-billion-15-november-2022#:~:text=The%20global%20population%20is%20projected,today%20on%20World%20Population%20Day." target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “At the same time, it is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet and a moment to reflect on where we still fall short of our commitments to one another.”
More than half of global population growth over the next three decades is slated to occur in eight countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the United Nations. As the populations of most Western countries grow older, most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as parts of Asia and Latin America, are witnessing younger average working populations, signaling the possibility of a more productive workforce presuming gains in education and technology.
The expanding human population, despite lower worldwide birth rates following the lockdown-induced recession, has been the subject of concern for many climate activists. Referencing the purported need to further reduce fertility, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin commented in the press release that “rapid population growth makes eradicating poverty, combatting hunger and malnutrition, and increasing the coverage of health and education systems more difficult.”
Claims that decreasing population growth is beneficial for humanity, however, often overlook the robust innovation and productive capacity that can emerge from larger populations. Cato Institute Senior Fellow Marian Tupy, who has authored multiple books about the fallacy of planetary resource depletion, said during an interview with The Daily Wire that “the more people you have, the greater the number of people who are likely to be inventors or innovators.”
“The world’s population in the last 200 years has risen from 1 billion people to 8 billion people, and yet the world is much richer than it was before. Not just that, but we are living longer, we are healthier, we are better educated, we are more moral in many aspects,” he remarked. “Only human beings can have new ideas that lead to innovations, inventions, productivity gains, and increased standards of living. If any progress is going to come, it has to come from the human mind. The more people you have, the more ideas you have, the more innovations you have.”
Tupy, acknowledging that only a fraction of the population innovates in the way he described, noted that population growth is by no means the only factor for productivity. “If a large population was all that mattered, then China would be by far the richest country, because they have been the most populous country for the past 2,000 years,” he continued. “You need to have a modicum of freedom, whereby people are free to think, publish, and associate.”
With respect to climate change, Tupy cited innovation as a mechanism to harness resources in a more efficient manner, specifically pointing to the role of fracking in reducing carbon dioxide emissions and the role of aquaculture in preserving fish populations.
“Yes, human beings are contributing to climate change, but they are also contributing to solving climate change,” he remarked. “Every human being comes into the world not just with an empty stomach, but also with a brain, and it is on those brains that we rely on to create wealth.”

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World Population Surpasses 8 Billion People, India To Overtake China Next Year

World Population Surpasses 8 Billion People

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Members of the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/united-nations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations</a> General Assembly on Monday called upon <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia</a> to pay <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a> war reparations due to violations of international law.
The <a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/N22/679/12/PDF/N2267912.pdf?OpenElement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> passed with 94 countries in <a href="https://twitter.com/maria_avdv/status/1592230157498351616" target="_blank" rel="noopener">favor</a> and 14 opposed, with Russia, China, and Iran among the disapproving parties, while 73 countries abstained. Stronger than other stances taken against Russia by the international body, the resolution also calls for the creation of an “international mechanism” for the reparations.
The General Assembly reaffirmed its commitment to the “sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine” in the resolution and demanded that Russia “immediately cease its use of force against Ukraine” by “completely and unconditionally” withdrawing all military assets from the country.
Among the nations approving the measure were the United States, France, Norway, Germany, and the United Kingdom. A far more robust margin of nations affirmed a <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129492" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> last month exhorting member states to refrain from recognizing four regions of Ukraine claimed by Russia, as well as demanding that Moscow reverse the “attempted illegal annexation.” China voted against the former resolution and abstained from the latter, while India abstained from both.
Member states of NATO sent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nato-takes-unprecedented-action-to-respond-to-russia-putins-objectives-not-limited-to-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thousands of troops</a> to neighboring eastern European countries in February after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of his country’s neighbor. The United States has sent more than $9.8 billion in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-sending-5-5-billion-more-in-aid-to-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">humanitarian and military assistance</a> to Ukraine over the past several months.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ukraine-applies-for-nato-membership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted</a> an expedited application to become a member of NATO while asserting that his Russian counterpart must step down before peace talks could begin. “Ukraine was and remains a leader in negotiation efforts. It was our state that always offered Russia to reach an agreement on coexistence on equal, honest, decent and fair terms,” he said in a video message. “It is obvious that this is impossible with this Russian president. He does not know what dignity and honesty are. Therefore, we are ready for a dialogue with Russia, but already with another president of Russia.”
The invasion of Ukraine has applied pressure to the global economy, which had already been battling high inflation and backlogged supply chains following the lockdown-induced recession. Developing nations, as well as several leading European economies, have been especially pinched by Russia severely limiting natural gas exports. The Nord Stream pipeline system, which delivers fuel under the Baltic Sea, recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nord-stream-pipelines-see-unprecedented-damage-after-cia-warned-german-government-of-sabotage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">witnessed</a> “unprecedented” damage from an unknown actor.
Ministers in the European Union have introduced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/european-union-social-market-economy-might-redistribute-fossil-fuel-profits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposals</a> to redistribute fossil fuel profits in order to pay for residents’ power bills. United States Secretary-General António Guterres <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/world-leaders-gather-to-condemn-fossil-fuel-addiction-as-planet-faces-energy-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> on attendees at climate conference COP27 to tax the “windfall profits of fossil fuel companies” which have benefited from rising energy prices, noting that the funds could be redirected toward “people struggling with rising food and energy prices and to countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis.”
Citing the purported danger of climate change, Guterres asked member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to phase out the use of coal by 2030, to be followed by all other nations by 2040, and asserted that the United States and China “have a particular responsibility” to adopt such goals. China recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-burns-more-coal-as-drought-cripples-hydropower-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transitioned</a> toward burning more coal as droughts disrupted hydropower capacity, while Germany, the largest economy in Europe, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/germany-reverts-to-burning-coal-will-keep-two-nuclear-plants-open-ahead-of-winter-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reverted</a> to consuming the fuel as natural gas supplies remain tight.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

United Nations Call On Russia To Pay Ukraine War Reparations

United Nations Tell Russia To Pay Reparations To Ukraine

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