Jun 12 U.S. plans to rejoin UNESCO and pay $600 million in back dues By Angela Charlton, Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. officials say the decision was motivated by concern that China is filling the gap in UNESCO policymaking. Continue reading
Jun 10 Attack in northern Mali kills UN peacekeeper, seriously injures 8 By Associated Press The peacekeepers, all from Burkina Faso, were part of a security patrol that was targeted first by an improvised explosive device and then by direct small arms fire seven kilometers from their base in the town of Ber, U.N. spokesman… Continue reading
Jun 09 Sudan’s government declares UN envoy no longer welcome; warring sides agree to a brief cease-fire By Jack Jeffrey, Associated Press The announcement late Thursday comes weeks after the head of the country's military, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, demanded in a letter that envoy Volker Perthes be removed from his post. Continue reading
Jun 06 Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state’ in opening statement at International Court By Mike Corder, Associated Press Kyiv is bringing a case against Russia linked to Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Continue reading
Jun 03 UN delegates agree to produce draft treaty to end global plastic pollution By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Global negotiators have agreed to craft a draft treaty to end plastic pollution, a preliminary but crucial step toward tackling one of the most lasting sources of human waste. Continue reading
May 29 UN begins talks in Paris on a treaty to end global plastic pollution By Thomas Adamson, Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press The self-named "high ambition coalition" of countries, led by Norway and Rwanda, want limits on plastic production and restrictions on some of the chemicals used in plastics. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 7:27 The UN wants to drastically reduce plastic pollution by 2040. Here’s how By William Brangham, Lorna Baldwin, Harry Zahn As plastic waste piles up in the world’s landfills, sewer systems and oceans, the United Nations has set a goal to reduce plastic pollution by 80 percent by the year 2040. Inger Andersen, head of the United Nations Environment Programme,… Continue watching
May 23 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as Russia extends arrest of U.S. journalist by 3 months By Associated Press Gershkovich, a 31-year-old American citizen, was ordered held until Aug. 30. He had been arrested in March on espionage charges on a reporting trip in Russia. He, his employer and the U.S. government have denied the charges. Continue reading
May 22 2 million killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century, UN agency says By Associated Press The stark recap from the World Meteorological Organization came as it opened its four-yearly congress among member countries, pressing the message that more needs to be done to improve alert systems for extreme weather events by a target date of… Continue reading
May 15 UN to commemorate 1948 Palestinian ‘catastrophe’ for the first time By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press 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… Continue reading