The World of International Organizations
January 30, 2020
WHO said the coronavirus outbreak is a global health emergency, after the epidemic first detected in China spread to 7,800 cases and 170 deaths worldwide.
January 30, 2020
The U.N. refugee agency said it was suspending operations at a migrant center in the Libyan capital of Tripoli due to safety concerns as violence intensifies.
January 29, 2020
The U.N. human rights office acknowledged it suffered a sophisticated cyberattack last year, but said all of its sensitive and confidential data were safe.
January 28, 2020
Chinese officials agreed to allow WHO’s experts to enter as soon as possible and help to combat a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.
January 27, 2020
Renewed fighting ended a fragile ceasefire in Libya as U.N. officials urged warring parties to investigate airstrikes that killed at least 53 people last July.
January 24, 2020
The U.N. migration agency was providing aid and arranging the return home of more than 140 migrants in Guatemala from Honduras trying to enter the U.S.
January 23, 2020
The International Court of Justice ordered Myanmar’s government to do everything it can to prevent more atrocities and genocide against the Rohingyas.
January 23, 2020
Most nations had little to no improvement last year in fighting corruption that was “more pervasive” whenever big money influenced elections or governments.
January 22, 2020
U.N. investigators urged an inquiry into the Saudi crown prince’s alleged role in hacking the phone of Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.
January 21, 2020
Ioane Teitiota lost his case against deportation, but in its ruling the U.N. Human Rights Committee said people fleeing climate change may claim asylum.