Sep 16 Fossil fuels under fire heading into UN summit and week of climate talks, protests By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press As a record-smashing and deadly hot summer draws to a close, the United Nations and the city that hosts it are focusing on climate change and the burning of coal, oil and natural gas that causes it. Continue reading
Sep 12 The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief By Associated Press United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that human rights are in a state of collapse in Afghanistan more than two years after the Taliban returned to power. Continue reading
Sep 09 IAEA warns of nuclear safety threat as combat spikes near Ukraine power plant By Samya Kullab, Associated Press The United Nations atomic watchdog warned of a potential threat to nuclear safety from a spike in fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, whose forces continued pressing their counteroffensive on Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 02 Bill Richardson, former UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies at 75 By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American ambassador to the United Nations who also worked for years to secure the release of Americans detained by foreign adversaries, has died… Continue reading
Aug 29 The U.N. says at least 183 people have been killed in Ethiopia in Amhara region unrest since July By Cara Anna, Associated Press The U.N. office also says the human rights situation in Ethiopia is deteriorating, with more than 1,000 people reportedly arrested under a state of emergency declared early this month over the unrest. Continue reading
Aug 16 UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying education, employment to women By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Gordon Brown told a U.N. conference on the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan that its rulers are responsible for "the most egregious, vicious and indefensible violation of women's rights and girls' rights in the world today."… Continue reading
Aug 11 5 UN staff members reportedly walk free after Yemen kidnapping 18 months ago By Associated Press The United Nations says five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago have walked free. Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman for U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said all “available information suggests that all five colleagues are in… Continue reading
Aug 08 Months of conflict in Sudan has displaced over 4 million people, a UN official says By Jack Jeffery, Associated Press The spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday that the fighting has triggered disease outbreaks and an increase in malnutrition across the country. Continue reading
Aug 08 Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court’s call to indefinitely halt elderly suspect’s trial By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press His trial, which started last year at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, was halted in June because his dementia left him unable to participate in proceedings. Continue reading
Jul 29 Funding crisis cuts off food aid to millions as acute hunger surges worldwide, UN says By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press 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… Continue reading