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Michelle Nichols

U.S., allies to raise human rights in North Korea at U.N. Security Council

11:12am IST

NEW YORK Nearly half the 15-member U.N. Security Council plan to raise the issue of rights abuses in North Korea during a closed-door meeting on Friday - a move likely to anger Pyongyang - after Russia and China objected to a public briefing, diplomats said.

Anti-tank missile in Libya looks like Iran-produced weapon - U.N.

09 Dec 2020

NEW YORK A United Nations analysis of photos of four anti-tank guided missiles in Libya found that one "had characteristics consistent with the Iranian-produced Dehlavieh" missile, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reported to the Security Council.

U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

04 Dec 2020

NEW YORK Next year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a "stampede for vaccines" to combat the coronavirus pandemic, top U.N. officials told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Friday.

U.N. chief pans countries who ignored COVID-19 facts, WHO guidance

04 Dec 2020

UNITED NATIONS United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday decried countries - without naming any - who rejected facts about the coronavirus pandemic and ignored guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).

CORRECTED-U.N. chief pans countries who ignored COVID-19 facts, WHO guidance

04 Dec 2020

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 3 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday decried countries - without naming names - who rejected the facts about the coronavirus pandemic and ignored guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).

U.N. chief says U.S. leadership key to fight climate emergency

03 Dec 2020

NEW YORK United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity is waging a suicidal war on nature and that there is no way to address the climate emergency without global leadership from the United States.

U.S. says U.N. COVID-19 meeting is stage for Chinese 'propaganda'

03 Dec 2020

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK The United States on Wednesday claimed a United Nations meeting of world leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic was being designed to allow Beijing to spread "propaganda," stoking months of bickering at the world body between the superpowers.

Amid fight to curb coronavirus, U.N. urges designation of seafarers as key workers

02 Dec 2020

NEW YORK The 193-member U.N. General Assembly urged all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers on Tuesday after travel restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19 have left hundreds of thousands stranded at sea for months.

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