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N.Korea rights ‘not changed’ despite rapprochement: UN

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- A senior UN official warned Tuesday that recent rapprochement on the Korean peninsula, as…

Koreas and UN Command begin talks on demilitarizing border

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The two Koreas and the US-led United Nations Command began talks Tuesday on demilitarising a…

PHL among nations elected to UN Human Rights Council sparking criticism from rights groups

  (Eagle News) -- The Philippines was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, October 12, along…

Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya abuse, UN must act: rights envoy

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar is "unable and unwilling" to investigate its abuses against Rohingya Muslims, a UN rights envoy…

UN warns paradigm shift needed to avert global climate chaos

INCHEON, South Korea (AFP) -- Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy…

UN warns Indonesia quake needs ‘vast’ as toll nears 1,400

by Harry PEARL Agence France Presse PALU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Nearly 1,400 people are now known to have died in…

President Duterte instituting reforms to protect rights of law-abiding Filipinos, Cayetano tells UN assembly

  (Eagle News) -- Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York…

Merkel warns Trump against ‘destroying’ UN

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump against "destroying" the United Nations.…

In UN meet, Cayetano reiterates PHL’s respect for human rights

(Eagle News)--Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano emphasized the Philippines' respect for human rights before the international community during the 73rd…

Duterte says Jordan’s King called former UN rights chief a “fake”

(Eagle News)--President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Sept. 27, said Jordan's King Abdullah II has said he does not like his…

South Korea at UN urges world to ‘respond positively’ to N.Korea

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday urged world governments to encourage North Korea…

Trump takes anti-Iran campaign to UN Security Council

  by Carole Landry Agence FRance Presse US President Donald Trump takes his campaign to isolate Iran to the United…

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