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Divide at UN Over Naming Russia in Aid Resolution for Ukraine
France and Mexico are pressing U.N. members to mention Russia’s invasion in a resolution on the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
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Haiti Faces Uncertain Future as Mourning First Lady Returns
Haiti’s political future is growing murkier after the surprise return of first lady Martine Moïse, who was released from a hospital in Miami where she was treated for injuries following an attack in which the president was assassinated
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UN Urges Action to End AIDS, Saying COVID-19 Hurt Progress
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a declaration calling for urgent action to end AIDS by 2030, noting “with alarm” that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities and pushed access to AIDS medicines, treatments and diagnosis further off track
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UN Commission Urges Equality for Women in Decision-Making
The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality is calling for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a hotly debated final document that saw continuing pushback against women’s rights and a refusal to address issues of gender identity
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UN Official: Myanmar People Want UN Sanctions, Peacekeepers
The top U.N. official in Myanmar says its people have huge expectations from the United Nations and the international community following the Feb. 1 coup
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UN Says No International Staff Left in North Korea
A U.N. spokesman says the world body in North Korea has been left with no international staff, who are now working remotely
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UN Nuclear Chief Says Iran to Grant ‘Less Access' to Program
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says that Iran will begin offering its inspectors “less access” but will still allow the agency to monitor its atomic program.
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Biden's Nominee for UN Ambassador: ‘America Is Back'
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who President-elect Joe Biden has nominated as U.S. ambassador the United Nations, said she has a message for diplomats around the world. “America is back,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “Multilateralism is back. Diplomacy is back.”
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UN Arms Embargoes on Iran Expire Despite US Objections
A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets has expired
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Nearly 40 Nations Criticize China's Human Rights Policies
Nearly 40 mainly Western countries are criticizing China’s treatment of minority groups, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet, and expressing grave concern at the impact of its new national security law on human rights in Hong Kong.
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Leaders to UN: If Virus Doesn't Kill Us, Climate Change Will
In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view
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UN Report: Increased Warming Closing in on Agreed Upon Limit
The United Nations says the world is getting hotter and is getting close to passing one of the limits set by global leaders five years ago
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Ex-UN Employee Charged With Making False Statements to Cover Up Sexual Assaults: Feds
A former United Nations employee was charged with two counts of making false statements to federal agents in an effort to conceal his drugging and sexual assault of multiple women while he worked for the intergovernmental organization, according to federal officials. Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr.,…
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The United Nations Is Looking at Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Too
Structural racism in the U.S. is attracting the attention of the United Nations. Craig Mokhiber, the director of the NY Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, explains how the U.N. plays a role in defending human rights in the U.S.
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US Shares Proposal to Extend Iran Arms Embargo With Russia
U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft says she has shared a draft U.N. Security Council resolution with Russia that would extend the arms embargo against Iran indefinitely
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China Goes After US Over More Than $1 Billion Owed to the UN
China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for its regular operating budget and arrears for its separate budget for peacekeeping operations
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UN Chief Urges End to Domestic Violence, Citing Global Surge
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says there has been “a horrifying global surge in domestic violence” as fear of the coronavirus fas grown along with its social and economic consequences.