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U.N. issues 'call to action' on human rights
U.N. leaders challenged nations, businesses and citizens to respond to a "call to action" for greater efforts to withstand a rising tide of human rights abuses.
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U.N. leaders challenged nations, businesses and citizens to respond to a "call to action" for greater efforts to withstand a rising tide of human rights abuses.
In a surprise move, Sudan's transitional government will extradite former leader Omar al-Bashir to the ICC on charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
East Africa faces the worst invasion of desert locust swarms in decades from a new generation of the world’s oldest and most destructive migratory pest.
Secret cures or vaccines and Chinese biological weapons are some of the bogus social media claims WHO said it was debunking in the coronavirus outbreak.
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.
WHO At least 700,000 people a year die from drug-resistant diseases but only 50 antibiotics exist in the medical community pipeline of potential new drugs.
The United Nations could run out of money by the end of this month in the worst budget crisis that the world body has faced in at least a decade.
Delegates will consider what to do in the face of the announcement last year by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to withdraw his nation's participation.
Mona Juul, Norway U.N. ambassador, won election as president of the 54-nation U.N. Economic and Social Council.
The number of refugees, internally displaced people and asylum-seekers rose by 2.3 million from 2017. And over the past two decades, the number has doubled.
Disasters and conflicts drove nations atop a list of places adding to the 28 million people newly displaced at home.
The president's eldest daughter said in an interview that her father had asked her if she would be interested in the job.
Sudan's defense minister announced Omar al-Bashir was arrested and declared a state of emergency for three months.
The court in Rwanda convicted 61 people who bore the greatest responsibility, but eight fugitives remain at large.
Hundreds of millions of youth are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases because more countries suffer from conflicts.
The U.N. reported losing 21 staff who worked for its agencies; other international organizations reported losing 25 staff.