World Aug 10 UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017 Thomas-Greenfield said the council "must address the horrors, the abuses and crimes being perpetrated" by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's regime against its own people as well as the people of Japan and South Korea.
Politics Aug 03 WATCH: Blinken calls on world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as 'blackmail' America’s top diplomat lashed out at Russia at a U.N. Security Council meeting for ignoring the world’s appeals and pulling out of the year-old deal that allowed Ukraine to ship more than 32 tons of grain from Black Sea ports to needy…
World Jul 29 Funding crisis cuts off food aid to millions as acute hunger surges worldwide, UN says The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting…
World Jul 21 Russia comes under UN pressure to revive Ukrainian grain shipments amid global food crisis fears Moscow was also criticized by the U.N. and council members Friday for attacking Ukrainian Black Sea ports after it pulled out of the year-old grain deal on Monday and destroying critical port infrastructure.
World Jul 11 UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval Russia vetoed a compromise resolution that would have extended the operation through the Bab al-Hawa crossing for nine months, and which was supported by 13 of the 15 council members.
World Jul 06 UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs He told reporters Thursday that a U.N. expert's call for between 1,000 and 2,000 police officers trained to deal with gang warfare is not an exaggeration of the numbers needed.
Politics Jun 22 UN puts Russian forces on blacklist for killing children in Ukraine Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report to the Security Council that he is "appalled" by the high number of "grave violations" against children in Ukraine in 2022.
World May 24 U.S. announces $524 million for Horn of Africa drought; Germany, UK also make pledges U.N. Secretary-General Guterres told would-be donors to make a major injection of funding to prevent the crisis caused by drought, mass displacement after years of conflict and skyrocketing food prices "from turning into catastrophe."…
World May 15 UN to commemorate 1948 Palestinian 'catastrophe' for the first time The United Nations will officially mark the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus — an action stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish…
World Apr 24 UN chief, national representatives berate Russia's top diplomat over Ukraine The United Nations chief and representatives from Western nations berated Russia's top diplomat as he chaired a U.N. meeting. They accused Moscow of violating the U.N. Charter by attacking Ukraine and occupying part of its territory.