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UN Nuclear Chief Says Iran to Grant ‘Less Access' to Program
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says that Iran will begin offering its inspectors “less access” but will still allow the agency to monitor its atomic program.
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Biden's Nominee for UN Ambassador: ‘America Is Back'
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who President-elect Joe Biden has nominated as U.S. ambassador the United Nations, said she has a message for diplomats around the world. “America is back,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “Multilateralism is back. Diplomacy is back.”
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UN Arms Embargoes on Iran Expire Despite US Objections
A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets has expired
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UN: Climate Change Means More Weather Disasters Every Year
In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes, the U.N. weather agency is warning that the number of people who need international humanitarian help could rise 50% by 2030 compared to the 108 million who needed it in 2018
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Nearly 40 Nations Criticize China's Human Rights Policies
Nearly 40 mainly Western countries are criticizing China’s treatment of minority groups, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet, and expressing grave concern at the impact of its new national security law on human rights in Hong Kong.
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Leaders to UN: If Virus Doesn't Kill Us, Climate Change Will
In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view
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UN Report: Increased Warming Closing in on Agreed Upon Limit
The United Nations says the world is getting hotter and is getting close to passing one of the limits set by global leaders five years ago
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The United Nations Is Looking at Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Too
Structural racism in the U.S. is attracting the attention of the United Nations. Craig Mokhiber, the director of the NY Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, explains how the U.N. plays a role in defending human rights in the U.S.
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US Shares Proposal to Extend Iran Arms Embargo With Russia
U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft says she has shared a draft U.N. Security Council resolution with Russia that would extend the arms embargo against Iran indefinitely
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China Goes After US Over More Than $1 Billion Owed to the UN
China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for its regular operating budget and arrears for its separate budget for peacekeeping operations
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UN Chief Urges End to Domestic Violence, Citing Global Surge
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says there has been “a horrifying global surge in domestic violence” as fear of the coronavirus fas grown along with its social and economic consequences.