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UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding COVID ceasefire

The resolution "will help bring vaccines to 160 million people in conflict areas or displaced by conflict,'' says the council president.

Myanmar

Myanmar's UN envoy opposes coup in dramatic speech

"We will continue to fight for a government which is of the people, by the people, for the people,'' Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun told the UN General Assembly in a surprise speech on Friday.

United Arab Emirates

Princess Latifa 'being cared for at home' says UAE

Friends of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare.

USA

US eyes return to Iran nuclear deal by reversing Trump-era sanctions

The move by the new Biden administration comes ahead of a planned EU-led meeting to discuss a return to the Iran nuclear deal

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UN chief urges global plan to reverse unfair COVID-19 vaccine access

UN chief Antonio Guterres told a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council that 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine.

Eco-Innovation

The UN wants us to play video games to save the environment

The United Nations is teaming up with video game companies to get 'Gen Z' young people engaged in climate change.

Myanmar

UN passes watered down resolution over Myanmar military coup

The UN passed the resolution on Saturday, but was watered down after pressure from China and Russia.

World News

British barrister Karim Khan elected next ICC prosecutor

Khan, an assistant U.N. secretary-general, was widely seen as the favorite to get the job. But neither Khan nor any of the other candidates garnered enough support to be appointed by consensus, prompting Friday’s election in the U.N. General Assembly Hall.

Libya

Libya factions agree interim presidential council ahead of elections

Rival factions in Libya agree on an interim presidential council to lead the country into elections in December.

Myanmar

Myanmar coup: UN backs return of democracy and release of detainees

UN Security-General Antonio Guterres said everything possible would be done to mobilise international pressure "to make sure that this coup fails".

Belarus

Belarus referred to the United Nations over jailing of journalists

Data shows Belarus was the most dangerous country in Europe for journalists in 2020.

Green News

Climate change a ‘global emergency’, says world’s biggest opinion poll

1.2 million took part across 50 countries, covering 56 per cent of the world's population.

World News

Nuclear weapons ban welcomed, but no nuclear power has signed up

Hailed by humanitarian groups as a “victory for humanity”, the international treaty banning nuclear weapons doesn’t involve the nine countries that possess nuclear weapons.

Ethiopia

Hospitals struck by artillery in Ethiopia's Tigray region, says report

The report, compiled by the Ethiopian government, the UN and NGOs on the ground in Tigray, has laid bare the scale of the damage inflicted on the region.

World News

Brian Urquhart, early leader of United Nations, dies at 101

British diplomat Brian Urquhart, an early leader of the United Nations who played a central role in developing the UN practice of peacekeeping, has died.

Central African Republic

Three UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic

Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others wounded in the Central African Republic as tensions mount ahead of the country's general election on Sunday.

World

'Humans putting too much pressure on environment': UN report author

The UN Human Development Report 2020 points to potential multiple crises if leaders fail to act now.

World News

How are European countries planning to vaccinate their citizens?

Europe is racing to vaccinate its citizens but the UN has warned damage from the coronavirus pandemic will last for years, vaccine or no vaccine.

Green News

UN Secretary-General issues stark warning on 'state of the planet'

Antonio Guterres called on humanity to end the 'war on nature' in a landmark speech.

Green News

‘There is no vaccine for climate change’, warns British scientist

Why the climate crisis must not be forgotten amid the global health pandemic.