
On Geneva visit, diplomats tout international humanitarian law
As the U.N. honored the Geneva Conventions, the Red Cross chief said non-compliance is a 'serious problem.'
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As the U.N. honored the Geneva Conventions, the Red Cross chief said non-compliance is a 'serious problem.'
The U.N. General Assembly elected Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia to the Security Council.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
Guyana, an impoverished former British colony, controls the Essequibo region and the $1 billion a year it generates.
The election adds only the sixth female judge and denies Russia a seat for the first time in the court's 77-year history.
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization agreed on some policies but not a unified goal to end deforestation.
The U.N. General Assembly's vote for the next five seat-holders on the powerful Security Council for 2024-25 delivered a resounding win to an E.U. member over a Russian ally.
ICJ ruled it has jurisdiction to settle a border dispute going back to colonial-era claims over a resources-rich jungle region between Guyana and Venezuela.
The Global Environment Facility, or GEF, sent up smoke signals warning that 'incremental change will not suffice.'
Investigators urge the prosecution of Venezuelan security forces for hundreds of arbitrary killings and other abuses.