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YANGON - A lethal attack on anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sparked fresh UN condemnation of the country's new military regime on Sunday (21), as mourners held a funeral for a young woman who has become a national symbol of resistance to…
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By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta  On Friday (8), the Centre for Justice and Accountability, a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, the US, filed a complaint with the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee on behalf of…
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations warned Monday (11) of "serious" effects on international assistance to war-ravaged Yemen after the United States declared that the country's Huthi rebels were "terrorists." "The decision is likely to…
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The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is a third-generation UN human rights instrument that commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of…
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By António Guterres As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, a promising movement for carbon neutrality is taking shape.  By next month, countries representing more than…
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GENEVA- Officials representing the Trump administration countered a barrage of criticism at the UN Monday (9) over police violence and racial tensions, the treatment of migrants, among other rights concerns. Some 120 country…
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BERLIN - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday (25)  called for global solidarity in the rollout of any future coronavirus vaccine, as the number of cases soared across the world. In a video address at the opening of…
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1945  - The United Nations is founded The charter for the United Nations — the world's premier international organization, established at the end of World War II to maintain world peace and friendly relations among nations—entered into…
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By Megan Specia and Matina Stevis Gridneff OSLO - The World Food Program (WFP) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (9) for its efforts to combat a surge in global hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has swept around the…
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By Mohamed Hasni, and Agnes Pedrero DUBAI/GLION, Switzerland - The warring sides in Yemen's long conflict have agreed to exchange 1,081 prisoners, the United Nations mediator said on Sunday (27) following talks in Switzerland. Yemen's…
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