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Israel pressured by UN and US to step up action to tackle Gaza's escalating humanitarian crisis
Read full article: Israel pressured by UN and US to step up action to tackle Gaza's escalating humanitarian crisisThe top U_N_ humanitarian official is accusing Israel of blocking the delivery of desperately needed aid to Gaza, and the U_S_ ambassador is demanding that its government step up efforts to tackle the Palestinian territory’s ”intolerable and catastrophic humanitarian crisis.”.
UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti, but sidelines call for UN peacekeepers
Read full article: UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti, but sidelines call for UN peacekeepersThe U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force trying to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti’s government to start talks on transforming it into a U.N. peacekeeping mission.
US backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security Council
Read full article: US backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security CouncilThe United States says it will support the addition of two new permanent seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council for African nations.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders' call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks
Read full article: Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders' call to refrain from any retaliatory attacksIran has rejected a call by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions.
US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti
Read full article: US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to HaitiThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip to the troubled Caribbean country.
US signs agreement with 3 social media giants aimed at preventing distribution of synthetic drugs
Read full article: US signs agreement with 3 social media giants aimed at preventing distribution of synthetic drugsThe United States has signed a memorandum with several of the world’s biggest social media companies aimed at preventing the use of their platforms for the distribution of synthetic drugs.
In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids' hospital
Read full article: In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids' hospitalU.N. Security Council members are confronting Russia over a missile strike that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital.
US urges UN Security Council to support cease-fire plan in Gaza announced by President Biden
Read full article: US urges UN Security Council to support cease-fire plan in Gaza announced by President BidenThe United States is urging the U.N. Security Council to support the three-phase plan announced by President Joe Biden aimed at ending the nearly eight-month war in Gaza, freeing hostages and sending massive aid into the devastated territory.
Xavier University cancels UN ambassador’s commencement speech after student outcry
Read full article: Xavier University cancels UN ambassador’s commencement speech after student outcryXavier University of Louisiana has reversed course and canceled Saturday’s planned commencement address by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft
Read full article: Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draftRussia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space.
Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for the prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space
Read full article: Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for the prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in spaceRussia has vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it “a dirty spectacle” that cherry picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned.
US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims
Read full article: US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victimsThe American envoy to the United Nations has called for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan.
US envoy to the UN vows support for families of Japanese who were abducted and taken to North Korea
Read full article: US envoy to the UN vows support for families of Japanese who were abducted and taken to North KoreaThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America will stand with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation.
Envoy says US is determined to monitor North Korean nukes, through UN or otherwise
Read full article: Envoy says US is determined to monitor North Korean nukes, through UN or otherwiseThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America and its allies are discussing options “both inside and outside the U.
UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began
Read full article: UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war beganThe United Nations Security Council issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote.
The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire
Read full article: The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fireThe U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but the United States warned the measure could hurt negotiations to halt Israeli-Hamas hostilities.
Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
Read full article: Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in GazaRussia and China have vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.
US calls for vote Friday on UN resolution declaring that immediate Gaza cease-fire is `imperative'
Read full article: US calls for vote Friday on UN resolution declaring that immediate Gaza cease-fire is `imperative'The United States is calling for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians.
US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer space
Read full article: US and Japan seek UN resolution calling on all nations to ban nuclear weapons in outer spaceThe United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space.
Caribbean leaders meet with Haiti's prime minister. Foreign force deployment is on the agenda
Read full article: Caribbean leaders meet with Haiti's prime minister. Foreign force deployment is on the agendaCaribbean leaders have met with embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to talk about his country’s unrelenting gang violence.
The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
Read full article: The US vetoes an Arab-backed UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in GazaThe United States has vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
US circulates rival UN resolution for temporary Gaza cease-fire after rejecting Arab proposal
Read full article: US circulates rival UN resolution for temporary Gaza cease-fire after rejecting Arab proposalThe United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza after rejecting an Arab-backed resolution.
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities
Read full article: UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilitiesThe U.N. Security Council has adopted a watered-down resolution calling for immediate speeded-up aid deliveries to hungry and desperate civilians in Gaza — but without the original call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas.
UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
Read full article: UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in GazaThe U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza
Read full article: UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in GazaThe U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution calling for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip” after four failed attempts to respond to the Israel-Hamas war.
UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians
Read full article: UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of PalestiniansThe head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees is telling a U_N_ emergency meeting “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions.”.
UN Security Council fails again to address Israel-Hamas war, rejecting US and Russian resolutions
Read full article: UN Security Council fails again to address Israel-Hamas war, rejecting US and Russian resolutionsThe U.N. Security Council has failed again to address the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza, rejecting rival United States and Russian resolutions.
US vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war
Read full article: US vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas warThe United States has vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and urged humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs
Read full article: UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangsThe U.N. Security Council has voted to send a multinational force led by Kenya to Haiti to help combat violent gangs in the troubled country.
The US and allies clash with North Korea, China and Russia over failed satellite launch and tensions
Read full article: The US and allies clash with North Korea, China and Russia over failed satellite launch and tensionsThe United States and its allies clashed with North Korea, Russia and China over Pyongyang’s failed attempts to launch a spy satellite and who is responsible for escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country
Read full article: UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the countryThe U.N. rights chief says North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens.
UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017
Read full article: UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017The U.N. Security Council will hold its first open meeting on North Korea’s dire human rights situation since 2017 next week.
Sudan fighting is driving country to collapse and millions face a 'humanitarian calamity', UN says
Read full article: Sudan fighting is driving country to collapse and millions face a 'humanitarian calamity', UN saysUN officials say nearly four months of brutal fighting is driving Sudan to collapse with millions of people trapped in a “humanitarian calamity” and the possibility of a new ethnic conflict spilling into the region.
US, UK, France demand UN investigate Russia's sanctions-busting use of Iranian drones in Ukraine
Read full article: US, UK, France demand UN investigate Russia's sanctions-busting use of Iranian drones in UkraineThe United States, Britain and France are demanding that the United Nations urgently investigate Russia’s reported use of hundreds of Iranian-provided drones in the war in Ukraine, which would violate U.N. sanctions.
UN conference raises less than $1 billion for climate-wracked Horn of Africa in major disappointment
Read full article: UN conference raises less than $1 billion for climate-wracked Horn of Africa in major disappointmentA high-level U.N. conference has raised less than $1 billion of the more than $5 billion organizers were hoping for to help over 30 million people in the Horn of Africa cope with a major climate crisis and mass displacement after years of conflict.
US envoy to head to Brazil following up on high-level talks
Read full article: US envoy to head to Brazil following up on high-level talksU.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield is heading to Brazil next week, following up on recent high-level meetings between the presidents and top diplomats of the two countries.
US urges Russia's Lavrov to see suffering of Whelan's sister
Read full article: US urges Russia's Lavrov to see suffering of Whelan's sisterThe U_S_ has brought the sister of an American imprisoned in Russia to the U_N_ Security Council for a session being chaired by the Russian foreign minister, urging him to “look into her eyes and see her suffering.”.
US says China and Russia blocking UN action on North Korea
Read full article: US says China and Russia blocking UN action on North KoreaThe United States is accusing China and Russia of shielding North Korea from any action by the U.N. Security Council for its unprecedented spate of intercontinental ballistic missile launches, which violate multiple U.N. resolutions.
US ambassador heading to Africa as part of Biden's big push
Read full article: US ambassador heading to Africa as part of Biden's big pushThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is the second Cabinet member heading to Africa as part of President Joe Biden’s big push to engage with the world’s second-largest continent.
US and Russia clash over responsibility for missile strike
Read full article: US and Russia clash over responsibility for missile strikeThe U.S. and its Western allies clashed with Russia at the U.N. Security Council over responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland near the Ukrainian border.
UN Security Council denies Russia call for bio weapons probe
Read full article: UN Security Council denies Russia call for bio weapons probeThe U.N. Security Council has overwhelmingly rejected Russia’s attempt to establish a commission to investigate its unfounded claims that Ukraine and the United States are carrying out “military biological” activities that violate the convention prohibiting the use of biological weapons.
UN demands end to violence in Haiti, sanctions gang leader
Read full article: UN demands end to violence in Haiti, sanctions gang leaderThe U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and imposing sanctions on individuals and groups that threaten peace and stability in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.
Russia vetoes UN resolution calling its referendums illegal
Read full article: Russia vetoes UN resolution calling its referendums illegalRussia has vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned its referendums in four Ukrainian regions as illegal, declared that they are invalid and urged all countries not to recognize any annexation of the territory claimed by Moscow.
Ukraine's president: No talks with Putin if its land annexed
Read full article: Ukraine's president: No talks with Putin if its land annexedUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that Russia’s just concluded “sham referendums” and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory rule out any talks with Moscow as long as Vladimir Putin remains president.
Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conference
Read full article: Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conferenceRussia has blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine.
US envoy: Africa trip isn't to compete with Russia, China
Read full article: US envoy: Africa trip isn't to compete with Russia, ChinaThe U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is heading to Africa, saying she is going to focus on how the United State can help Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde deal with the food crisis that has hit the continent particularly hard — not to compete with China and Russia.
US envoy: Russia intends to dissolve Ukraine from world map
Read full article: US envoy: Russia intends to dissolve Ukraine from world mapThe U_S_ ambassador to the United Nations says there should no longer be any doubt that Russia intends to dismantle Ukraine “and dissolve it from the world map entirely.”.
'New Cold War': Russia and West vie for influence in Africa
Read full article: 'New Cold War': Russia and West vie for influence in AfricaRussian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War.
Liberia marks its founding and independence amid challenges
Read full article: Liberia marks its founding and independence amid challengesLiberia is celebrating two major anniversaries this year — 200 years ago freed slaves from the U.S. arrived here and 25 years later they declared the country to be independent.
UN limits aid to Syrian rebels to 6 months in a Russian win
Read full article: UN limits aid to Syrian rebels to 6 months in a Russian winThe U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution extending humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million people in Syria’s rebel-held northwest for just 6 months in a victory for Russia.
UN fails to extend aid deliveries to Syrian rebel-held area
Read full article: UN fails to extend aid deliveries to Syrian rebel-held areaThe U.N. Security Council has failed to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest from Turkey after Russia vetoed a resolution for a year-long extension and got insufficient support for its resolution for a six-month extension.
UN delays vote on aid to Syria's northwest from Turkey
Read full article: UN delays vote on aid to Syria's northwest from TurkeyThe U.N. Security Council has delayed an expected vote on extending humanitarian aid deliveries to rebel-held northwest Syria from Turkey after failing to reach a compromise.
Envoy says US, allies preparing for N. Korean nuclear test
Read full article: Envoy says US, allies preparing for N. Korean nuclear testPresident Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea is monitoring North Korean arrangements for a possible nuclear test explosion that outside officials say could be imminent.
China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea
Read full article: China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North KoreaChina and Russia have vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States that would have imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea for its spate of intercontinental ballistic missile launches that can be used to deliver nuclear weapons.
As Putin marks Victory Day, his troops make little war gains
Read full article: As Putin marks Victory Day, his troops make little war gainsRussian President Vladimir Putin marked his country’s biggest patriotic holiday without a major new battlefield success in Ukraine, and the Kremlin made little to no progress as the war ground through its 11th week on multiple fronts.
War in Ukraine spurs bid to take a closer look at UN vetoes
Read full article: War in Ukraine spurs bid to take a closer look at UN vetoesAfter decades of complaints about vetoes in the U.N. Security Council, some momentum is building behind a proposal to subject any vetoed matter to scrutiny by the world body's full membership in the General Assembly.
UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body
Read full article: UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights bodyThe U.N. General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called war crimes.
Ukraine leader to UN Security Council: No more Russia veto
Read full article: Ukraine leader to UN Security Council: No more Russia vetoThe war in Ukraine has put a spotlight on the U.N. Security Council’s failure to stop Russia’s aggression and carry out its mandate to ensure international peace and security.
Ukraine's president to address UN Security Council on war
Read full article: Ukraine's president to address UN Security Council on warUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops.
US to seek Russia’s suspension from Human Rights Council
Read full article: US to seek Russia’s suspension from Human Rights CouncilThe United States plans to seek a suspension of Russia from its seat on the U.N.’s top human rights body amid increasing signs that Russian troops may have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
US seeks tighter UN sanctions after N. Korea missile test
Read full article: US seeks tighter UN sanctions after N. Korea missile testThe United States says it will seek tougher U.N. Security Council sanctions after North Korea said it test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile to date.
'She became our voice': Albright hailed by world leaders
Read full article: 'She became our voice': Albright hailed by world leadersAs she pressed the Clinton administration into action against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic over war crimes in the Balkans, Madeleine Albright would harken back to her own childhood as a refugee from Czechoslovakia who fled the Nazis in war-torn Europe.
West accuses Russia of using UN council to spread propaganda
Read full article: West accuses Russia of using UN council to spread propagandaSix Western nations are accusing Russia of using the U.N. Security Council to launder disinformation, spread propaganda and justify an unprovoked attack on Ukraine.
Live updates: Zelenskyy says 9,000 leave besieged Mariupol
Read full article: Live updates: Zelenskyy says 9,000 leave besieged MariupolUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces are blockading Ukraine's largest cities to create a “humanitarian catastrophe” with the aim of persuading Ukrainians to cooperate with them.
Amid Mariupol horror, a newborn rests in her mother's arms
Read full article: Amid Mariupol horror, a newborn rests in her mother's armsImages of the desperate mothers and medical workers from the stricken Children’s and Women’s Health hospital in the city of Mariupol shocked the world, as the bombing took Russia’s war against Ukraine to a sickening new level.
US accuses Russia of using UN council for 'disinformation'
Read full article: US accuses Russia of using UN council for 'disinformation'The United States has accused Russia of using a U.N. Security Council meeting for “spreading disinformation” as part of a potential false-flag operation by Moscow for the use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine.
West says Russia attacked nuke plant, Russia blames Ukraine
Read full article: West says Russia attacked nuke plant, Russia blames UkraineThe United States and its allies are accusing Russia of attacking Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant and putting the lives of millions of Europeans at risk of radiation fallout.
Live updates: Official: Artillery kills 70 Ukraine soldiers
Read full article: Live updates: Official: Artillery kills 70 Ukraine soldiersA regional Ukraine official says more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv.
Russia vetoes UN demand that Russia stop attacking Ukraine
Read full article: Russia vetoes UN demand that Russia stop attacking UkraineRussia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops, a defeat the United States and its supporters knew was inevitable but sought to highlight Russia’s global isolation.
Russia-Ukraine: What to know about Europe's security crisis
Read full article: Russia-Ukraine: What to know about Europe's security crisisFrom capitals around the world, leaders are condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two pro-Russia regions in eastern Ukraine as independent and his order to send troops there.
Putin gets no support from UN Security Council over Ukraine
Read full article: Putin gets no support from UN Security Council over UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin has received no support from members of the U.N. Security Council for his actions to bring separatists in eastern Ukraine under Moscow’s control.
Black members of Biden's Cabinet mark Black History Month
Read full article: Black members of Biden's Cabinet mark Black History MonthBlack members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet came together Thursday for a Black History Month event highlighting their roles in the administration, some of which are historic firsts.
US and Russia clash over use and impact of UN sanctions
Read full article: US and Russia clash over use and impact of UN sanctionsThe United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China in the U.N. Security Council over the usefulness and impact of U.N. sanctions, currently imposed on countries from North Korea to Yemen and Congo as well the al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and their affiliates and supporters.
Russia, US exchange accusations over Ukraine at UN
Read full article: Russia, US exchange accusations over Ukraine at UNRussia accused the West of “whipping up tensions” over Ukraine and said the U.S. had brought “pure Nazis” to power in Kyiv as the U.N. Security Council held a stormy debate Monday on Moscow’s troop buildup near its southern neighbor.
Ethiopia airs claims about UN officials; UN seeks documents
Read full article: Ethiopia airs claims about UN officials; UN seeks documentsDays after kicking out seven U.N. officials, Ethiopia is accusing them without providing evidence of inflating the magnitude of humanitarian crisis in its Tigray region.