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U.N. chief: Climate change is 'most important issue we face'
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a dramatic appeal to world leaders Monday to take the threat of global warming seriously and to act boldly to avert a catastrophic rise in temperatures before the end of the century. Guterres, who spoke at the opening of the ...
125 women and girls said to have been raped, whipped and clubbed in South Sudan
One hundred and twenty-five women and girls have been raped, whipped and clubbed in attacks so shocking that some aid workers in South Sudan say they are left speechless. Doctors Without Borders on Saturday said the "dramatic increase" in sexual violence occurred over 10 days, ...
Japan gets mixed assessment from U.N. over efforts to curb greenhouse gases
The United Nations warned Tuesday that current national commitments to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient to meet a 2030 reduction goal, and that unprecedented and urgent action is required by all nations — especially from members of the Group of 20 — ...
Koreas gain UNSC sanctions exemption for joint railroad survey
South Korea said Saturday that the United Nations Security Council granted an exemption to sanctions that will allow surveys on North Korean railroad sections the Koreas want to connect with the South. The surveys will require the South to bring to the North fuel and ...
Diplomats expressed frustration Tuesday during a U.N. General Assembly session about long-overdue negotiations to reform the Security Council. Japan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Koro Bessho, was among those who highlighted the lack of tangible progress so far. "If we fail to make significant headway in ...
A-bomb survivor, supporters call on nations to join nuke ban pact
Michiko Tsukamoto, who was just 10 years old when an atomic bomb was dropped over her hometown of Hiroshima in 1945, on Tuesday urged countries that have not signed a landmark nuclear weapons ban treaty to do so quickly. "Last year the nuclear ban treaty ...
Trump's U.N. speech almost adds up to a doctrine
The U.S. president makes his best case yet for the importance of American sovereignty.
Japan urged to up ranks of female politicians to reach U.N. sustainable development goals
To help meet the United Nations' 2030 sustainable development goal for gender equality and empowering all women and girls, Japan needs more female politicians, especially at the local level. That was one of the recommendations civil society leaders and residents in the Kansai region discussed ...
Abe and Trump to hold summit on sidelines of U.N. General Assembly next week
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in New York on Wednesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday. The meeting will be held on the sidelines of Abe's visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Suga also said ...
Myanmar's powerful army should be removed from politics, U.N. investigators said Tuesday, as they released the final part of a damning report reiterating calls for top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against the Rohingya Muslim minority. A brutal military crackdown last year forced more ...
China's African swine fever outbreak could cross borders: United Nations
An outbreak of African swine fever in China could jump the border to neighboring countries in Southeast Asia or the Korean Peninsula, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization warned Tuesday. Outbreaks of the highly contagious, viral disease that affects pigs and wild boar have been ...
Kofi Annan, who died Saturday at the age of 80, led the United Nations through the divisive years of the Iraq war and the trauma of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The first secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, Ghanaian-born Annan was credited for raising the U.N.'s ...
