Editorials Sep 24, 2020
The world is facing a set of unprecedented crises and the world body is distracted by geopolitical rivalries and a growing tendency of governments to go it alone.
Commentary / World Sep 23, 2020
Celebrating 75 years of the United Nations
by Jose Antonio Ocampo
The U.N. and the belief in global solidarity that it embodies have never been more essential as the world finds itself in turmoil amid a virus pandemic and a recession.
Commentary / World Sep 4, 2020
The Security Council will perish without reform
by Ramesh Thakur
In the 75 years since the U.N. charter was signed, the world has changed.
Commentary / World Jun 22, 2020
by Gwynne Dyer
The Russian president is scared, and he's probably right to be.
National Nov 29, 2019
The United Nations rejected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's request to speak at its climate summit last September, government sources said Thursday, apparently due to the government's promotion of coal-fired power plants. Abe had wanted to brief participants at the U.N. Climate Action Summit on the ...
Asia Pacific Jun 25, 2019
Three Chinese banks face U.S. restrictions in North Korea sanctions probe: report
Three large Chinese banks could lose their access to the U.S. financial system, after a judge found them in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in a probe into the violation of North Korean sanctions, The Washington Post reported Monday. The three banks were ...
World Feb 24, 2019
Yemen's Houthis to quit two ports Monday under peace deal: sources
Iranian-aligned Houthi forces have agreed to draw back from two Yemeni ports on Monday while withdrawal from the main Hodeidah port will occur later alongside a retreat by coalition-backed forces massed outside the city, U.N. and Yemeni sources said. Houthi forces will withdraw 5 km ...
National Feb 8, 2019
U.N. rights panel calls on Japan to address high levels of violence against children
A U.N. panel expressed concern Thursday about "the high level of violence, sexual abuse and exploitation of children" in Japan, in the wake of the death of a 10-year-old girl in Chiba Prefecture due to alleged mistreatment. The Committee on the Rights of the Child ...
National | Regional voices: Chubu Dec 24, 2018
Nagoya community effort to recycle food waste wins U.N.-related award
A decade-old community effort in Nagoya to recycle food waste from supermarkets and school lunches to make compost for vegetable farming has been awarded the Biodiversity Action Award by the Japan Committee for United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB). One morning earlier this month, a ...
National / Politics Dec 23, 2018
Japan to sink to third-largest contributor to U.N. as China rises
Japan will fall from being the second-largest contributor to the United Nations’ general budget to third place starting next year as China gets set to surpass it.
Asia Pacific Dec 18, 2018
The U.N. Security Council is considering action to push Myanmar to work with the United Nations to address the Rohingya refugee crisis, although China and Russia have so far boycotted talks on a British-drafted resolution, diplomats said Monday. The draft resolution aims to put a ...
National Nov 28, 2018
Japan gets mixed assessment from U.N. over efforts to curb greenhouse gases
by Eric Johnston
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 — ...