UN urges Israel, Palestinians to halt violence
The UN Security Council on Tuesday called for those responsible for the recent rise in violence between Israelis and the Palestinians in the West Bank to be held accountable. The…
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UN: 110 Million were displaced due to conflicts
Some 110 million people have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or human rights violations, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says. The war in Sudan, which…
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UN migration agency’s 1st US woman director
Former White House advisor Amy Pope won a vote in Geneva on Monday to head the U.N. migration agency, prevailing in a tense contest against a Portuguese incumbent who had…
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UN chief and West berate Lavrov over Ukraine
The United Nations chief, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and representatives from Western nations berated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as he chaired a U.N. meeting Monday, accusing Moscow of violating the…
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UN: India will be world’s 1st populous nation ’23
India is poised to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people than its neighbor by the middle of this year, data released on…
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Russia lost 3 UN bodies election over Ukraine
Russia lost elections to three United Nations bodies this week: The U.N. Economic and Social Council, the executive board of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF and a membership in the…
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UN: Kabul is world’s most repressive for women
Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in their homes, the United Nations has…
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Russia, Iran send envoys to UN human rights
The latest session of the Human Rights Council opens Monday with the U.N. secretary-general joining three presidents to speak, and foreign ministers from countries including France, Germany, Russia and Iran…
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US, allies urge UN to condemn North Korea
The United States and its allies are urging the U.N. Security Council to condemn North Korea’s unlawful ballistic missile launches. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council that the United…
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UN OKs statement on Israeli settlements halt
The Biden administration has averted a potential diplomatic crisis over Israeli settlements at the United Nations that had threatened to overshadow Western efforts for the world body to spotlight Russia’s…
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Russian envoy: West wants to destroy Russia
The Kremlin’s U.N. ambassador Vassily Nebenzia claimed that the West is driven by its determination to destroy Russia and declared: “We had no choice other than to defend our country…
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