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…
Ukraine crisis rattles U.N. climate report proceedings
By Gloria Dickie LONDON – As scientists readied for Monday’s release of a sobering United Nations climate report, some worried it would be overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The report –…
More than half a million people have fled Ukraine, U.N. says
GENEVA – The head of a U.N. agency said on Monday that more than 500,000 people have fled Ukraine to neighbouring countries since the start of Russia’s invasion last week. Filippo Grandi,…
Civilian death toll in Ukraine at least 102 but feared higher – U.N.
GENEVA – At least 102 civilians in Ukraine have been killed since Russia launched its invasion last Thursday, with a further 304 injured, but the real figure is feared to be “considerably…
U.N. reports at least 240 civilian casualties, 64 deaths in Ukraine
ZURICH – At least 64 civilians have been killed and more than 160,000 are on the move after Russian troops entered Ukraine this week, a United Nations relief agency said. “As of…
As U.N. Security Council met, Russia attacked Ukraine
By Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk UNITED NATIONS – The United States and other United Nations Security Council members slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday for attacking Ukraine as the 15-member…
U.N. Secretary-General to Putin: In the name of humanity, stop this war
UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a last-minute plea on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war ‘in the name of humanity’, after the Russian leader…
U.S., UK, France ask U.N. Security Council to meet Monday on Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS – The United States, Britain and France have asked the U.N. Security Council to meet later on Monday on Ukraine after Russia recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as…
China’s foreign minister says U.N. human rights chief can visit Xinjiang
– U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet can visit Xinjiang, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday, but China does not welcome any investigation based on the presumption of guilt. Bachelet…
Explainer-Can the U.N. do more than just talk about Russia, Ukraine crisis?
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy on Russia’s troop build-up…
Exclusive-U.S. envoy to U.N. cancels Liberia trip to focus on Russia
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy over Russia’s troop build-up…
U.N. official urges Mexico to find alternatives to migrant detention or asylum
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY – Mexico must seek alternatives to detention and asylum for migrants, especially ahead of an anticipated increase in arrivals this year, the U.N. refugee agency’s representative for…
Olympics-China’s U.N. envoy says choice of Uyghur torchbearer not meant to deflect Western criticism
BEIJING – China’s United Nations envoy has rejected his U.S. counterpart’s remark that China’s choice of an ethnic Uyghur as a torchbearer for the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the…
Food prices rise in Jan., led by vegetable oils, U.N. agency says
ROME – World food prices rebounded in January and remained near 10-year highs, led by a jump in the vegetable oils index, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday. The Food and…
Explainer-Can the U.N. do more than just talk about Russia, Ukraine crisis?
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is due to meet in public on Monday, at the request of the United States, to discuss Russia’s troop build-up on the…
Dozens sentenced to death over murders of U.N. experts in Congo
By Aaron Ross DAKAR -About 50 people were sentenced to death, many in absentia, in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday in connection with the murders of U.N. experts Zaida Catalan and…
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