UN chief eyes reforms to peacekeeping operations
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a "serious, broad-based reflection" on reforming the…
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World must prepare for more intense heatwaves: UN
GENEVA, July 18, 2023 (AFP) - The world should get ready to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned…
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Syria opens key aid corridor to rebel-held areas
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Syria will let humanitarian aid flow through its main…
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Key aid route to rebel-held Syria closes as UN fails to extend authorization
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- A UN-brokered agreement that allows for the delivery of aid overland from Turkey into…
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Escalation ‘not the answer,’ UN chief tells Israel
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The United Nations chief on Thursday accused Israel of using disproportionate force against Palestinian…
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Climate change spells ‘terrifying’ future: UN rights chief
GENEVA, July 3, 2023 (AFP) - Climate change threatens to deliver a "truly terrifying" dystopian future of hunger and suffering,…
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UN warns not time to ‘take our eyes off’ South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The conflict in Sudan, which has shown how quickly "hard-won peace gains" can unravel,…
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$1.5 bn pledged to curb Sudan’s slide into ‘death and destruction’: UN
By Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Donors at a UN conference on Monday pledged close to $1.5…
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UN chief urges ‘prevention’ in terror fight
UNITED NATIONS, United States, June 19, 2023 (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that countries must tackle the…
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Myanmar junta-backed media slams ‘rotten’ United Nations
YANGON, June 16, 2023 (AFP) - Myanmar state media condemned the United Nations as "rotten" on Friday, days after the…
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Record 110 million people now forcibly displaced: UN
By Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from…
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6,000 Myanmar civilians killed in 20 months post coup: report
OSLO, June 13, 2023 (AFP) - More than 6,000 civilians were killed in Myanmar in the first 20 months after…
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