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Difficult pandemic treaty talks to be extended with extra spring session
Negotiators and officials aim to wrap up so that May's 77th World Health Assembly can consider a proposed text.
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Negotiators and officials aim to wrap up so that May's 77th World Health Assembly can consider a proposed text.
On a 14-0 vote with the U.S. abstaining, the council urged a cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The spending bill also has other 'key pro-Israel provisions' aimed at the U.N. and other international organizations.
After the U.S. vetoed the first three proposals, China and Russia stopped the council's fourth try at a Gaza resolution.
WHO's chief warned that 'a torrent of mis- and disinformation' affects pandemic treaty negotiations restarting this week.
Several top donors including Australia, Sweden, Canada, and the E.U. resumed funding contingent on agency reforms.
A top U.N. official cites strong concerns about mental privacy, which is 'a line that we should not cross at all' as AI develops.
Europe dominates the top rankings as development in half of the world’s poorest nations falls below pre-pandemic levels.
Escalating violence prompts U.N. condemnation as lawless gangs terrorize and displace thousands and impede aid.
Sweden does not share a border with Russia, but its coastlines stretch 3,218 kilometers to its east along the Baltic Sea.
Humanitarian groups demanded a probe into an 'apparent mass killing' at an aid drop where Israel blamed a stampede.
The bid required approval by all NATO members, including Turkey and Hungary which each won concessions.
Warming threatens to upend ecosystems from Mongolia and the Amazon to crucial ocean currents in the North Atlantic.
Non-veto wielding nations have tried for years to reform the U.N.'s post-World War II power structure with little success.
Aid workers witnessed 'unprecedented levels of desperation,' confirming Gaza’s 'precipitous slide into hunger and disease.'
The summit is focused on Europe's uncertain security, clouded by Russia's threat and America's political turmoil.