Human rights concerns grow over Ecuador prison riots -U.N. officials
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -United Nations human rights officials are concerned about Ecuador’s prison violence crisis, they said on Thursday, after yet another riot at a Guayaquil jail left at least…
U.N. rights expert calls for sanctions against Myanmar’s junta after executions
GENEVA – A United Nations human rights expert on Monday called on countries to take steps against Myanmar’s junta through economic sanctions and an arms embargo following the execution of four democracy…
War has killed 1.5% of Syria’s population: U.N. estimate
By Emma Farge GENEVA – The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday that 306,887 civilians had been killed in Syria during the conflict since March 2011, or about 1.5 % of…
Cannabis use has risen with legalization and COVID lockdowns -U.N. report
(Removes extra words ‘in the past year’ in paragraph 7) By Francois Murphy VIENNA -Places including U.S. states that have legalized cannabis appear to have increased its regular use, while COVID lockdowns…
World faces unprecedented global hunger crisis, U.N. chief says
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – There is a “real risk” of multiple famines this year, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday and urged ministers meeting on food security to take…
U.N. Security Council stops travel for two Taliban education ministers
UNITED NATIONS – Two Afghan education ministers are no longer allowed to travel abroad for any peace and stability talks after the United Nations Security Council removed them from a sanctions exemption…
Russia’s U.N. envoy storms out of Ukraine meeting over European statement
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia stormed out of a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday as European Council President Charles Michel addressed the 15-member body and…
Latin America, Caribbean 2022 poverty seen higher as Ukraine war bites: U.N. study
(Reuters) – A United Nations commission has increased its projection for poverty in Latin America and Caribbean for 2022, citing economic disruptions caused by the conflict in Ukraine. Latin America and Dominican…
Amid criticism, North Korea takes over as U.N. disarmament president
By Emma Farge GENEVA – North Korea, which is under sanctions for developing nuclear weapons in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, has taken over as head of a U.N. body…
U.S. will again urge U.N. sanctions if North Korea carries out nuclear test
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – The United States will again push for more U.N. sanctions on North Korea if it carries out a seventh nuclear test, despite opposition by China and…
U.N. rights envoy says Taliban must reverse restrictions on Afghan women
KABUL – The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces “severe” human rights challenges and called on Taliban authorities to reverse growing restrictions on women and investigate…
U.S. President Biden supports Japan becoming permanent member of the U.N. Security Council
TOKYO – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he supports Japan becoming a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, NHK public television said on Monday. Calls have been rising…
More than 100 million people forcibly displaced in the world – U.N.
GENEVA – More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict,…
Food prices ease slightly in April after record surge, U.N. agency says
ROME – World food prices eased slightly in April after hitting a record high in March, but global food security remained a concern because of the difficult market conditions, U.N. food agency…
Ukraine wants U.N. to be guarantor of safe corridor from Mariupol steel plant
By Max Hunder (Reuters) – Ukraine denied on Monday reaching an agreement with Russia on evacuating civilians from a steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol, and said the United Nations…
U.S. pushes U.N. to cut N.Korea oil imports, ban tobacco, blacklist Lazarus hackers
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – The United States is pushing the U.N. Security Council to further sanction North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches by banning tobacco and halving oil…
At U.N., Nadia Murad launches guidance on collecting rape in war evidence
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – Human rights activist Nadia Murad launched global guidelines at the United Nations on Wednesday on how to safely and effectively collect evidence from survivors and witnesses…
Food, farming and forestry must be transformed to curb global warming, U.N. says
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Protecting forests, changing diets, and altering farming methods could contribute around a quarter of the greenhouse gas cuts needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change,…
Ukrainian civilian death toll reaches 1,119 – U.N
ZURICH – The United Nations human rights office said on Sunday that 1,119 civilians had so far been killed and 1,790 wounded since Russia began its attack on Ukraine. Some 15 girls…
All Chernobyl staff who wanted to leave are out, U.N. nuclear watchdog says
By Francois Murphy VIENNA – The remaining members of the one shift of technical staff who had been on duty at Chernobyl’s radioactive waste facilities since Russian forces seized the site last…
Washington invitation opens way for U.N. expert’s Guantanamo visit
By Emma Farge GENEVA – A U.N. expert told the world’s top rights body on Tuesday that she had received a preliminary invitation from Washington to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in what could…
Dual registration of Russian-leased aircraft at odds with key aviation principles -U.N
MONTREAL -Any dual registration of foreign-owned aircraft leased by Russian carriers would be inconsistent with parts of a key agreement that sets out core principles for global aviation, the United Nations’ aviation…
U.S., allies urge Russia at U.N. to allow safe passage of civilians, aid in Ukraine
By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON -The United States and its allies on Monday urged Russia at the United Nations to allow safe passage to civilians in besieged Ukrainian cities and…
Russian no show at U.N. court hearing on Ukrainian ‘genocide’
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE -Ukraine sought an emergency order from the United Nations’ highest court on Monday to halt hostilities on its territory, arguing that Russia – which boycotted…
More than 350 civilians confirmed killed in Ukraine so far, U.N. says
ZURICH – At least 351 civilians are confirmed to have been killed in Ukraine since Russian troops invaded on Feb. 24, and another 707 wounded, although the true numbers are probably “considerably…
U.N. reports at least 536 civilian casualties in Ukraine
BERLIN – At least 136 civilians have been killed, including 13 children, and 400 have been injured since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday. “The real…
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