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U.N.

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2022
As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar's junta, U.N. expert says
Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent U.N. expert said in making the appeal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2022
Earth on track to warm above 2 degrees despite climate action
Despite some progress in the last year, governments need to do more by 2030 to ensure that the global temperature increase is below 2 degrees and ideally closer to 1.5 degrees.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2022
With one notable exception, Kishida’s climate policy is similar to his predecessors'
Kishida's strategy relies not only on expanding renewable energy and restarting conventional nuclear power plants but also proposed unproven technologies like smaller nuclear reactors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 13, 2022
Russian missiles target Ukraine's Mykolaiv as U.N. denounces 'annexations'
In New York, three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution that called Moscow's recent moves illegal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2022
In blow to West, U.N. body rejects debate on China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims
The defeat is only the second time in the council's 16-year history that a motion that has been rejected is seen by observers as a setback.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 29, 2022
With forestry pledges stuttering, could an indigenous funding boost offer hope?
The forthcoming COP27 in Egypt could offer a 'breakthrough' if parties convincingly demonstrate how to fund and work with indigenous peoples on forest conservation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2022
North Korea slams U.S. at U.N. General Assembly over naval drills with South Korea
South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, leading Pyongyang to warn that the allies risked triggering war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2022
In Myanmar, grief and fury after an attack on a school
For more than a year, the army has been battling resistance fighters. Each day brings news of more people dying, mostly civilians.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2022
'Time is up': Countries trapped in climate crisis raise alarm at U.N.
During the gathering of world leaders at the U.N. this week, Vanuatu urged the world to focus on combating global warming by calling for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2022
Cambodia's war crimes court upholds conviction against last surviving Khmer Rouge leader
The tribunal was ruling on an appeal by Khieu Samphan, head of state for the murderous communist regime which wiped out a quarter of the Cambodian population in the 1970s.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2022
Climate takes a back seat to other problems at U.N. meet
So far, the handful of leaders who focused their U.N. speeches on climate have been those representing countries most affected by it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2022
How the U.N. became a bystander to the world’s biggest flashpoint
Interviews with several officials reveal a rising frustration with a body founded nearly 80 years ago that is increasingly powerless to shape global events.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2022
With Russia in crosshairs, U.S. suddenly talks up U.N. reform
As world leaders gather for the annual General Assembly, calls for change are coming from an unlikely source — the United States, which has been exasperated by Russia's veto power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2022
50 million people stuck in 'modern slavery,' U.N. says
The number of people caught up in forced labor or forced marriage ballooned by 10 million between 2016 and 2021, according to a new report.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2022
Xinjiang abuses needed to be called out and condemned
While the latest U.N. report did not use the word “genocide,” it is hard to consider China's systematic attempts to eradicate the Uyghur culture in Xinjiang anything but.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2022
Sustainable development is a matter of market design
High-level sustainable development objectives need to be implemented at grassroots levels and with the right market structures and incentives.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 8, 2022
African leaders aim to put climate finance at top of COP27 agenda
Africa has about a fifth of the world's population, but produces less than 3% of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2022
Accusations that Ukrainian children were forcibly moved to Russia are credible, U.N. says
Some judged as close to the Ukraine government or military have been tortured and forcibly removed and sent to Russian penal colonies, a U.N. official said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 7, 2022
‘Playing with fire’: U.N. team calls for no-fire zone at Ukraine nuclear plant
In a highly anticipated report, nuclear experts who inspected Europe's largest nuclear plant called for Russia and Ukraine to halt all military activity around the complex.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2022
Pakistan tries to avert lake overflow as U.N. warns of more misery
Flooding, brought by record monsoon rainfall and glacier melt in the north, has impacted 33 million people and killed at least 1,325, including 466 children.

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