Tag: United Nations
Human Rights Concerns Grow Over Ecuador Prison Riots, UN Officials
United Nations human rights officials are concerned about Ecuador's prison violence crisis, they said...
Major UN Powers Question Pacific Islanders’ Call for Nuclear Legacy Help
GENEVA (Reuters) — Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United...
UN on Ethiopian Violence After 50 More Killed in Airstrike: ‘Saddening and Shocking’
United Nations spokesman referred to ongoing violence in Ethiopia as "saddening and shocking" on Wednesday...
53 Dead, 82 Wounded in Suicide Bomb Attack in Afghanistan, Girls and Young Women Among Majority of Deaths
On Oct. 3, the United Nations (UN) declared that a suicide bombing on a Kabul education center took the...
UN Warns Central Banks to Pivot Away From Hawkish Policy
As central banks across the world raised interest rates and doubled down on hawkish narratives that they...
US Envoy Has ‘No Plans’ To Meet with Russian Diplomats at UN General Assembly
There are no plans for U.S. officials to meet with their Russian counterparts during the annual gathering...
Modern Slavery on the Rise as Crises Fuel Poverty: UN Report
The number of people forced into modern forms of slavery has risen by a fifth in recent years to around...
United Nations Forum Sounds Famine Alert in Somalia, Country at ‘Tipping Point’
On Monday, Sept. 5, the United Nation’s (UN) top humanitarian forum warned that Somalia is at a “tipping...
With Millions Facing Starvation, US Treasury Unveils Plan to Address Food Crisis
On May 18, the U.S. Treasury along with several global development banks, in collaboration with other...
Truce in Yemen to Potentially Reverse Humanitarian Crisis, UN Says
Following a truce in Yemen, brokered by the United Nations (UN) on April 2, the international organization...
North Korean Women ‘Rented’ to China for Work Disappear From Shanghai Dorm, Presumed Defected: Report
Twenty North Korean women working for a clothing company in Shanghai have reportedly vanished from their...
Civilian Massacres in Myanmar Appall United Nations; Calls for an Investigation Rise
At the end of 2021, around 35 civilians in Myanmar, including women and children, were reported to have...