El Paso Mayor Calls For UN Intervention On Border Harold Hutchison on December 21, 2022 The mayor of El Paso called Wednesday for the United Nations to get involved with …
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EXCLUSIVE: Afghan Migrants Say UN Workers Gave Them Directions To US Border Jennie Taer on October 20, 2022 Guatemala City, Guatemala — The United Nations and other aid groups are informing …
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China Is Quietly Working To Kill A Major UN Human Rights Report: REPORT Philip Lenczycki on July 20, 2022 Beijing is pressuring the U.N. to suppress a forthcoming report on …
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‘Cruel, Inhuman’: UN Concludes First-Ever Investigation Into Palestine’s Record Of ‘Widespread Torture’ Micaela Burrow on July 20, 2022 The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) concluded an inquiry into allegations …
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‘Destabilization, Starvation’: UN Issues Dire Warning On Global Food Security Micaela Burrow on July 8, 2022 The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) predicted a global food “catastrophe” over the …
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UN Human Rights Chief Calls It Quits After Failing To Investigate Genocide In China Philip Lenczycki on June 13, 2022 The United Nations human rights chief announced she would not …
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LONDON -Measures taken in North Korea to fight the first reported COVID-19 outbreak could have “devastating” consequences for human rights in the country, a spokesperson for the U.N. human rights …
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‘MORALLY WEAK’: Why Critics Fear UN Investigation May Whitewash China’s Genocide Philip Lenczycki on May 13, 2022 Michelle Bachelet, the U.N.’s Human Rights High Commissioner, will visit Xinjiang this month …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA – Iran has moved all its machines that make centrifuge parts from its mothballed workshop at Karaj to its sprawling Natanz site just six weeks after …
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Over 2 Million Refugees Have Fled From Ukraine Amid Invasion, UN Says Sebastian Hughes on March 8, 2022 More than two million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the …
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UN Tells Staff Not To Refer To Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine As An ‘Invasion’: REPORT Sebastian Hughes on March 8, 2022 The United Nations told its staff not to refer …
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Diplomats representing their countries in the United Nations walked out of a meeting Tuesday in protest as a response to a speech given by a Russian official attempting to justify …
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Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N., Sergiy Kyslytsya, recommended that Russian President Vladimir Putin kill himself like Adolf Hitler, during a discussion on Russia putting their nuclear forces on high alert, …
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Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya called out his Russian counterpart for Moscow’s invasion of his country during an 11th hour Security Council meeting on de-escalating the unfolding conflict. …
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The United Nations’ top panel studying climate change released an in-depth report, outlining the many dire and sometimes cataclysmic consequences of not curbing carbon emissions. The most vulnerable global populations …
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A significant climate pledge made during the recent United Nations climate change summit is at serious risk of being nixed mere months after it was agreed to. The so-called Glasgow …
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Russian officials denied they sent a response to a U.S. proposal aiming to deescalate the conflict at the Ukrainian border just one day after a tense exchange at the U.N. …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping promised his support to ongoing global climate change mitigation efforts despite his absence from the recent United Nations climate summit. “We need to discard Cold War …
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A coalition of the world’s largest producers and users of plastic led by Coca Cola and PepsiCo urged the United Nations to create a legally binding treaty addressing plastic pollution. …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL – Ten years after Kim Jong Un assumed power North Korea is better armed but deeply isolated and more dependent on China, despite actions by the …
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Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council measure that would’ve labeled climate change a threat to security worldwide in a first for the international body. Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia …
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By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH – Major multilateral organisations will launch a new initiative next week aimed at developing a system of standards for companies, investors and financial institutions to …
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Environmentalists condemned the United Nations’ COP26 draft agreement published Wednesday as inadequate and urged negotiators to make firm commitments. Critics argued that the draft proposed several non-binding provisions and doesn’t …
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A top Senate Republican sent letters to several Biden administration officials, demanding information on their travels to Glasgow, Scotland, for a global climate summit. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee …
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Elliot Dordick on November 1, 2021 The leaders of Russia and China plan to give the United Nations climate conference the cold shoulder despite being among the biggest emitters of …