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Minister in charge of the abduction issue, Katsunobu Kato, presses North Korea to resolve the matter
Speaking at the U.N. headquarters in New York, minister says kin of abductees consider upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
U.N. disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan makes Fortune's list of World's 50 Greatest Leaders
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, has been named one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune. Ranked 37th, she is the only Japanese national to make the list compiled by the influential U.S. economic magazine. Nakamitsu "has a reputation for ...
Trump's premature and illegal attack on Syria
The U.N. Charter prohibits the unprovoked attack of any nation against another, except in the cases of self-defense or a U.N. authorized military operation. Neither applies in this case.
Social networking key to food security
Ending global hunger is as much about re-imagining social networks as it is about deciding what goes into the ground.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to skip ASEAN summit in Australia amid outcry over drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is skipping a regional summit in Australia this month, his spokesman said Monday, as he faces international censure for Manila's deadly drug war. Duterte's decision to snub the meeting comes after he said he would not cooperate with United Nations investigators ...
Japan slams South Korea for mention of 'sex slaves' at U.N. meeting
Tokyo criticized Seoul on Friday over a South Korean minister's use of the term "sex slaves" at a U.N. committee meeting in Geneva to describe the women who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels before and during World War II. "Japan is of ...
The government has reported a new suspected sanctions violation by North Korea to the United Nations Security Council, after spotting an apparent cargo transfer between a Belize-registered tanker and a North Korean one. The foreign ministry said a military patrol plane observed the apparent transfer ...
Head of U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees urges more Japanese aid amid slash in U.S. funding
The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has called on the government to offer additional urgent support following a U.S. decision to cut more than half of its funding. "In order to keep the schools for 525,000 people open and to keep education ...
Japan reports to U.N. details of North Korean tanker suspected of violating sanctions
Japan has notified the United Nations about a North Korean tanker spotted in the East China Sea that it suspects was engaged in a transfer of goods with another tanker in defiance of U.N. sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. North Korea's development of ...
Who can we trust during these new wars of the world?
Swords into ploughshares. Spears into pruning hooks. Three thousand-odd years ago, when civilization was rough and passions raw, an extraordinary visionary saw peace dawning. His words, recorded in the Biblical book of Isaiah, transcend religious denomination and national affiliation. They belong to all mankind: ...
Myanmar bans U.N. rights envoy Lee from country; says something 'awful' must be happening
The U.N.'s rights envoy for Myanmar said Wednesday the government had banned her from the country, adding her exclusion suggests something "awful" is happening in Rakhine state. U.N. Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee had been due to visit Myanmar in January to assess the state of ...
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to appeal his life sentence, his son said Wednesday, calling the judgment by a U.N. court "war propaganda." "This sentence is unjust and contrary to the facts and we will fight it on appeal to prove that ...
