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Politics Jan 27
WATCH: U.N. Ambassador nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears at Senate confirmation hearingLinda Thomas-Greenfield says that if confirmed by the U.S. Senate as America's ambassador to the United Nations she will vigorously counter China’s authoritarian agenda.
World Dec 03
U.N. chief says vaccine can’t undo damage from global pandemicGuterres accused some countries he didn't name of ignoring or rejecting the World Health Organization’s recommendations at the start of the crisis early this year, resulting in nations going in their own directions.
World Dec 01
U.N. says pandemic will likely cause surge in humanitarian needs in 2021The U.N. humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of COVID-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021.
World Oct 21
U.S. urges countries to withdraw from U.N. treaty that would ban nuclear weaponsBeatrice Fihn, head of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, said the U.S. action shows the treaty will soon become reality.
Politics Oct 05
U.N. chief urges Libya cease-fire, warns its future is at stakeThe United Nations chief is urging world powers and other countries with interests in Libya's long-running civil war to keep working toward a lasting cease-fire between its rival governments.
Politics Oct 01
25 years after U.N. women’s meeting, equality remains distantTwenty-five years ago, the world's nations came together to make sure that half of Earth's population gained the rights, power and status of the other half. It hasn't happened.
World Sep 22
WATCH: UN chief says there’s an ‘epochal’ crisis as world powers meet remotelySecretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the U.N.'s first-ever virtual meeting of global leaders Tuesday that the world is facing an "epochal" health crisis, the biggest economic calamity and job losses since the Great Depression, threats to human rights and worries of…
World Sep 17
Showdown set as U.S. to declare U.N. sanctions on Iran are backIn defiance of overwhelming opposition, the United States is preparing to declare that all international sanctions against Iran have been restored. Few countries believe the move is legal, and such action could provoke a credibility crisis at the United Nations.
World Sep 15
U.N. demands all countries enforce U.N. arms embargo on LibyaThe U.N. Security Council has adopted a resolution demanding that all countries enforce the widely violated U.N. arms embargo on Libya and withdraw all mercenaries from the North African nation.
World Aug 25
UN security council rejects US call for sanctions against IranAll the council members, except the Dominican Republic, had informed the council president that the U.S. administration’s action was illegal.