Tag: United Nations
UN rights investigator Agnes Callamard named Amnesty chief
LONDON — Agnes Callamard, who led a United Nations’ investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has been appointed the new leader...
N. Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday accused the United Nations of a “double standard” over its reaction to the North’s recent missile...
Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’
BEIRUT — At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits' end. In the last year alone, she lost her home to fighting in...
US urges UN to stop making aid to Syria a political issue
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the divided U.N. Security Council on Monday to stop making humanitarian aid to war-torn...
UN: Increase in child migrants through dangerous Darien Gap
PANAMA CITY — The number of child migrants passing through the perilous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama has risen dramatically, the U.N. child...
UN commission urges equality for women in decision-making
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality called for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a...
Report: Money key to reverse pandemic losses for poor
UNITED NATIONS — More than 60 international agencies are calling for immediate financing to put gains for developing countries back on track after the...
Serbia vaccinates migrants amid surge in COVID-19 cases
KRNJACA, Serbia — Bashir Ahmad Shirzay lived through wars in Afghanistan, survived a harrowing journey to reach Europe and has no intention of taking...
UN renews mandate of North Korea experts, asks missile probe
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday to renew the mandate of U.N. experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea...
1 report, 4 theories: Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin
GENEVA — A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that...
