Tag: United Nations

The authors “did not have the support they expected” in order to pass the motion with a large majority of the Assembly‘s 193 member countries, one diplomat said on condition ...

May 17, 2021, 8:27 AM From all appearances, it is a golden age for women in economics, a traditionally male-dominated field that has recently seen women appointed to the top ...

Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Denmark for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grow for the Biden administration to take ...

Russian officials on Wednesday called for “a quartet” of international mediators to intervene and diffuse escalating fighting between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militants. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking after ...

GENEVA — A panel of independent experts who reviewed the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.N. health agency should be granted “guaranteed rights of access” ...

May 11, 2021, 4:58 PM The United Nations plans as early as Wednesday to announce the appointment of Martin Griffiths, currently the U.N. special envoy to Yemen, as the organization’s ...

ROME — A top World Health Organization official has strongly denied making false statements to Italian prosecutors about a spiked U.N. report into Italy’s coronavirus response, doubling down on his ...

LONDON — Veteran British broadcaster David Attenborough has been appointed the “people’s advocate” at the global climate summit this year, where he is expected to address political leaders about the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s long-haul carrier Emirates will begin shipping aid from the World Health Organization and other groups into India for free to help fight a crushing ...