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Published
October 27, 2023

UN General Assembly set to vote on nonbinding resolution calling for a ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza

The assembly’s emergency special session on Israeli actions, which began Wednesday, continued Friday with U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield echoing Israel’s envoy in calling the resolution to be voted on.
Published
October 18, 2023

U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war

The resolution sponsored by Brazil had wide support and would have condemned all violence against civilians, including 'the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas' against Israel.
Published
September 20, 2023

UN chief warns of ‘gates of hell’ in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent

The only countries that touted their efforts – 'first movers and doers,' the United Nations called them – were responsible for just one-ninth of the world's annual carbon pollution.
Published
September 20, 2023

Zelensky, at Security Council, lashes out at Russia but avoids face-to-face encounter

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the council that he would not have come if he didn’t have a proposal to end the 19-month war. He stressed that the restoration of all Ukrainian territory is the key to peace.
Published
September 19, 2023

Zelensky: Russia is weaponizing food, energy and abducted children in its war against Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to the world stage at a sensitive point in his country’s campaign to maintain international support for its fight at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting.

Published
September 19, 2023

Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine ‘be carved up’

He implores the leaders to stand up to 'this naked aggression today to deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow.'
Published
September 18, 2023

Leaders see hope in tackling deadly climate change and public health problems together

Experts hope the sputtering global public health system and efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine to create a better system for handling the problem.
Published
September 9, 2023

G20 adds the African Union as a member, issues call rejecting use of force in reference to Ukraine

There was widespread support for adding the AU to the G20, making it the second regional bloc to become a permanent member after the European Union.
Published
September 8, 2023

UN secretary-general has urged the Group of 20 leaders to send a strong message on climate change

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres asked nations that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to aim to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and for emerging economies to reach the same goal by 2050.
Published
September 4, 2023

Invasive species are costing the world more than $423 billion a year

The authors of a major new U.N. report describe invasive species as a threat to human society.

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