United Nations News
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United Nations peacekeeping troops arrested a leader of a Christian militia accused of committing ethnic cleansing against Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR).
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Countries around the world open their wallets and try to pitch in for the climate fund. Falling short of their pledge of $10b, this controversial issue for developing countries might see a different insight.
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The predictions are not based on gazing into a crystal ball. Instead, research and insights from experts make the most urgent issues facing the world in 2015 crystal clear.
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The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has formally declared that June 21 will be recognized as International Yoga Day, in honor of India's "holistic approach to health and well-being."
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Last Friday, Canada along with the U.S. opposed a resolution that was meant to combat glorification of Nazism. The only other country to vote against the resolution was Ukraine.
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The latest United Nations report about the Islamist State (IS, formerly of course ISIS) group's atrocities in Syria is damning, but certainly not surprising.
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When an event such as the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri gets media attention, it gets that attention all over the world.
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For the 23rd straight year, the world's nations voted nearly unanimously to condemn the United States' 54-year economic embargo against Cuba.
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The United Nations General Assembly is set to hold informal consultations next week on a draft resolution titled "International Day of Yoga".
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The United Nations (U.N.) Security Council has declared the Ebola crisis in West Africa a “threat to international peace and security.” The U.N. calls for greater resources to fight the spread of the Ebola virus.
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The United Nations has called for additional assistance from the international community, including $600 million in aid, to assist with the fight against the Ebola crisis.
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The final draft of a new international science report on human-caused climate change released to governments on Monday details a harsh, bleak future for our planet. The report stresses that the heating trends seen are dangerous and may be irreversible.
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In celebration of this year’s International Youth Day observed on Tuesday, August 12, mental health was rightfully placed at the forefront of discussions.
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A recently disclosed Israeli foreign ministry document presents us with an appropriate time to ponder the feasibility, not to mention the possibility, of a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Phnom Penh -
The top two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, the 1970's Maoist group that killed millions of Cambodians during its five years in power, were convicted of crimes against humanity Thursday and sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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Madrid -
The United Nations blamed the Spanish State of failing to protect a 7-year-old girl who was killed by her father. The UN condemned Spain to compensate the mother, to investigate the failures causing the tragedy, and to report on actions taken to comply.
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Jabaliya -
At least 20 Palestinians were killed when Israeli tank shells directly blasted a United Nations school housing thousands of refugees in Jabalia early on Wednesday.
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Jerusalem -
After hours of denials all day, Gaza and Israel have agreed to a 12-hour cease-fire. No one knows if it will work if it starts as schedule Saturday morning.
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Geneva -
The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to launch an investigation of possible Israeli war crimes committed during its 16-day war against Hamas in Gaza.
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Gaza -
Nearly 800 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's 16-day war on Gaza. In one of the latest attacks, at least 17 people sheltering in a United Nations school in northern Gaza were killed by Israeli shelling.
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AIDS could be a manageable condition by 2030, according to a new report made by the United Nations (U.N.). This is based on drops both in the global levels of new HIV infection cases and AIDS-related fatalities.
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New York -
A UN official estimates that since the crisis in Ukraine began more than two months ago, 423 people have lost their lives in fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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According to a new report endorsed by five Nobel Prize-winning economists, the decades-long global war on drugs has failed and it's time to shift the focus from mass incarceration to public health and human rights.
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Abidjan -
A decade-long embargo on diamonds from the Ivory Coast could be partially lifted this week, several United Nations diplomats said Friday.
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Honduras continues to have the world's highest homicide rate, according to a recent United Nations report, followed by four other countries in Latin America.
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The United Nations has said that the Syrian regimes military blockade of the Palestinian Yarmouk camp, situated on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, could see to the starvation of up to 20,000 of its inhabitants.
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The United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has strongly condemned the use of torture in Syria by both the regime and some armed opposition groups.
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France has withdrawn from the 20th anniversary memorial of the Rwandan genocide in response to Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s statements about French complicity in the genocide that killed over 800,000.
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Geneva -
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest document discusses the dangers of a warming world. The document also suggests opportunities for adaptation in the face of environmental changes.
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In June of 2012 the United Nations established the International Day of Happiness to be celebrated on March 20th. Music plays an important part in helping achieve the goals of global happiness called for on this day.
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The United Nations Security Council observes a minute of silence upon the news of the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the U.N. headquarters in New York December 5, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Eskinder Debebe
President Barack Obama, speaking to the United Nations General Assembly Sonya Hebert / White House
Internally displaced people, fleeing to safety from the civil war in Syria. The Epoch Times
The United Nations Headquarters in New York City, NY. Sparkly Kate
Environmental activists hold placards as they protest during the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19) in Warsaw, November 21, 2013. With permission by Reuters / Kacper Pempel
Security Council Authorizes African Union Mission in Central African Republic. The Council also authorized support of MISCA by French forces. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Comic in which Superman renounces his citizenship in his adopted nation, the USA. DC Comics
Villagers fleeing their homes in Sake, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province, after fighting erupted between FARDC Government forces and rebel groups UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti
An installation of seats from the old Maple Leafs Garden in Toronto, now on display at the new Loblaws Digital Journal photo
A quarter million children in Gaza participated in the Summer Games 2011 Shareef Sarhan / UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. IAEA Imagebank
The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign invites you to “Orange YOUR Neighbourhood” United Nations
Rough diamonds are shown in this photograph from 2013. Camila Mautschke/Wikimedia Commons
U.S. Marines conduct rifle movement drills during sustainment training aboard the USS Iwo Jima DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Petersheim, U.S. Marine Corps
UN Headquarters in New York City's Turtle Bay. wally g / flickr
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) speaks to journalists in Vienna, Austria Rick Bajornas / UN Photo
David Webb travelled widely in the UK, on the Continent, and in the US. This photograph of the entrance to the League of Nations building was found in his collection. It was taken in 1947, probably by him or if not him then by a companion.
An array of motorbikes crossing Long Bien Bridge on the Red River in Hanoi, Viet Nam United Nations photo
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