Tag: U.N
U.S. to Present Gaza Cease-fire Resolution at U.N. Security Council
The Security Council resolution being circulated by American diplomats, notable for its strong language, calls for “an immediate and sustained cease-f [...]
Congress Seeks to Bar Funding for U.N. Agency for Palestinians
A bill would bar support for the agency, UNRWA, amid accusations that some employees were Hamas fighters. Other countries are scrambling to make up th [...]
U.N. Seeks Repayment of $63.6 Million From Former Official
The official was fired after investing millions in U.N. funds in housing and energy projects that went badly. He is contesting the order.
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U.S. Is Criticized After Veto of U.N. Call for Gaza Cease-Fire
As fighting surged in the territory, Arab leaders condemned the move as a “mark of shame,” one that will haunt the United States for years.
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Fight over new climate fund dogs Biden as U.N. summit looms
Those nations say rich countries like the U.S. have long exerted too much control over the World Bank at the expense of those receiving aid. They not [...]
Biden, in U.N. Speech, Calls for Action on Ukraine and Other Crises
As other major leaders skipped the annual opening session of the General Assembly, Mr. Biden used his address to try to counter war fatigue both at ho [...]
Last week the hottest in recorded world history, U.N. agency says
“The scientific community is struggling to a certain extent to keep up,” Michael Sparrow, head of the WMO’s world climate research department, said i [...]
Conditions at Guantánamo Are Cruel and Inhuman, U.N. Investigation Finds
The last 30 detainees at Guantánamo Bay, including the men accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, are being held by the United States under circums [...]
U.N. Group Condemns Torture of the Guantánamo Prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
The NewsA United Nations human rights panel has issued a damning report that blames the United States and seven other nations for the C.I.A.’s “tortur [...]
U.N. Body Demands Release of Guantánamo Prisoner Who Was Tortured by the C.I.A.
A U.N. human rights panel has urged the United States to immediately release Abu Zubaydah, a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay and the first detainee waterbo [...]
U.N. Investigators Protest to U.S. Over Health Care at Guantánamo Bay
The rapporteurs filed the complaint with the United States on Jan. 11 but kept it confidential until this weekend. Washington has yet to respond.
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U.N. agency: Iran continues to block nuclear probe, scales up its nuclear program
Non-proliferation experts say that Iran’s current stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium is sufficient for one nuclear bomb, if enriched further. B [...]
U.S. Seeks Removal of Iran From U.N. Women’s Rights Agency
At an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, the American ambassador called on the global community to give its “moral [...]
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addresses U.N. General Assembly
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the Kharkiv region for the first time since Russia started the attacks against his country on February [...]
Biden Paints Russia as a Threat to the World in U.N. Speech
President Biden portrayed Russia as the chief threat to global peace and renewed warnings that “a nuclear war cannot be won.”
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