Tag: United Nations
UN calls on countries to take action to prevent drowning
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly encouraged all countries Wednesday to take action to prevent drownings, which have caused over 2.5 million deaths...
UN urges global support for volcano-erupting St. Vincent
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Wednesday expressing solidarity and support for St. Vincent and urging continued financial help for...
UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts are warning that political, military and ethnic divisions in South Sudan are widening, leading to multiple violent incidents between...
Low expectations dog UN bid to relaunch Cyprus peace talks
GENEVA — U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres is “realistic” about the chances of resuming formal talks to reunify ethnically split Cyprus, a U.N. spokesman said...
UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible
<p>UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts are warning that political, military and ethnic divisions in South Sudan are widening, leading to multiple violent incidents between...
Low expectations dog UN bid to relaunch Cyprus peace talks
<p>GENEVA — U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres is “realistic” about the chances of resuming formal talks to reunify ethnically split Cyprus, a U.N. spokesman said...
Harris to tell UN body it’s time to prep for next pandemic
<p>WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will make the case before United Nations members on Monday that now is the time for global leaders...
UN faces tough task to get Cyprus peace talks restarted
<p>NICOSIA, Cyprus — Normally, trying to get the two sides on ethnically divided Cyprus to sit down for yet another round of talks is...
Ukraine opens new nuclear waste site at Chernobyl
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's president on Monday unveiled a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster that...
UN faces tough task to get Cyprus peace talks restarted
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Normally, trying to get the two sides on ethnically divided Cyprus to sit down for yet another round of talks is...