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Elise Stefanik, US Representative, speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, in New York, US, October 27, 2024.

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, and Najat Maalla M'Jid, UN Special Representative on Violence against Children, write

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Israel is the only country ever to be created by the UN yet also the country that has most violated the UN's resolutions

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Israel ramps up its 'war' on the United Nations

Israel's UNRWA ban further cements its disregard for the world governing body and its resolutions. Like apartheid South Africa, Israel should be suspended from the General Assembly.

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The UN Mission to Iraq, led by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (L), is to wind-down and wrap-up by December 2025 following a request from Iraq's prime minister (R).

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United Nations exit from Iraq keeps Iran's braying clans at bay

After 20 years, the UN Mission is being wound up and packed off, sacrificed for the political shimmying needed by Shia al-Sudani, as he dances between the US and those who want US troops out

Carolyn Moorman 16 August 2024

In her new book 'I Accuse', the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese methodically lays out Israel's countless breaches of international law.

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One UN envoy's quest to hold Israel accountable under international law

In her new book 'I Accuse', the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese methodically lays out Israel's countless breaches of international law

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People walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

U.N. Halts Some Programs in Afghanistan After Ban On Women Aid Workers

The United Nations said that some "time-critical" programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban…

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Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Hina Rabbani arrives for the Leaders' Retreat, on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at the Intare Conference centre in Kigali, Rwanda June 25, 2022. Dan Kitwood/Pool via REUTERS

Pakistan to Approach UN After Blaming India for Bombing

Pakistan will take a dossier to the United Nations alleging its neighbour India has backed incidents of terrorism, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after Islamabad said India was behind…

14 December 2022

A baker shows freshly-baked?baguettes at "Armand" bakery in Nice, France, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

French Baguette Gains Place on World Cultural Heritage List to Bakers' Delight

The humble baguette, France's staple bread, made it onto the United Nation's cultural heritage list on Wednesday, drawing delighted responses from French bakers and non-bakers alike. Paris-based U…

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A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran Rejects U.N. Investigation into Protests - Spokesperson

Iran will reject a newly-appointed independent U.N. investigation into the country's repression of anti-government protests, the foreign ministry said on Monday, as demonstrations showed no sign of…

28 November 2022

FILE - Simon Stiell, U.N. climate chief, speaks during a closing plenary session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Stiell acknowledges nations didn’t do anything additional to address climate change itself at the summit, reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases. The progress made last year at the meeting in Glasgow was maintained, he said. “There was no backtracking". (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

UN Climate Boss Settles For No Cuts On Emissions

Given an energy crisis in Europe and progress made in helping climate victims, the new climate chief for the United Nations said he’ll settle for a lack of new emissions-cutting action coming out of…

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