Month: August 2016
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UN Statements
At Security Council, Ban calls for eradicating weapons of mass destruction ‘once and for all’
Recalling that eliminating weapons of mass destruction was one of the founding principles of the United Nations and was in…
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UN Statements
‘All of humanity is part of this story,’ UNESCO says on Day to remember slavery and its abolition
The courage of the men and women who in August 1791 revolted against slavery in Haiti “has created obligations for…
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News
UN sounds alarm as 4.5 million people need food aid in Boko Haram-hit north-east Nigeria
The number of people in need of food assistance in north-eastern Nigeria has nearly doubled to 4.5 million from March,…
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News
‘Pressure’ on Palestinian households to move raises risk of forcible transfers – UN official
A senior United Nations official has cautioned that many Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank are facing a heightened…
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More than three million displaced in Yemen – joint UN agency report
A joint report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for…
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Articles
Will A Woman Lead The United Nations? 5 Possible Females To Head UN
The question of whether a woman will be the next head of the U.N. has underpinned the entire selection process and Eastern European…
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News
Groups Urge States to Keep Pledges on UN Arms Trade Treaty
Advocacy groups are urging countries behind a U.N. treaty aimed to track and limit trade in conventional weapons to keep…
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New UN report lays bare widespread ISIL ‘atrocities’ committed against Yazidis in Iraq
A new United Nations report lays bare the widespread and systematic manner in which the Islamic State of Iraq and…
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News
Organ Transplant Operations to Be Done for Free in Iran
Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that according to the approval of the…
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News
U.S. Court Upholds United Nations’ Immunity in Cholera Suit
A United States federal appeals panel has upheld the argument that the United Nations cannot be sued in American courts, dealing…
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