The rogue socialist regime of Venezuela won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council Thursday, a month after the same council published a scathing report accusing dictator Nicolás Maduro of gross human rights abuses.
The UN on Friday condemned Egypt over the recent arrests of prominent activists and demanded that Cairo probe allegations that they were tortured by the security services while in custody.
Around 50 percent of African children are not registered at birth and effectively stateless, often meaning they cannot access essential social services such as healthcare and education, according to recent figures obtained by the United Nations.
CLAIM: Pete Buttigieg claimed in the Democrat that Trump has been silent on Hong Kong. VERDICT: Mostly false. Trump brought it up in his UN speech.
South Korean police ruled the death of 25-year-old Choi Jin-ri, known by her stage name Sulli, a suicide on Tuesday after announcing the discovery of a note in her apartment, where her brother found her body on Monday.
Mayors from 50 world cities flew to Denmark last week to discuss ways to address the “global climate emergency,” pledging to “do something about it” before they headed homewards again on Sunday.
The United Nations has begun a series of cutbacks at its New York headquarters, starting with the heating being turned down, the diplomats’ bar shuttering early at 5pm and meetings canceled along with diminished first class global travel budgets.
Actor Ben Stiller went after President Donald Trump in a Twitter rant in which the “Zoolander” star said he’s deeply disturbed “to see the president encourage antipathy towards, and fear of #Refugees.”
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen who has become the global face of the youth climate change movement, didn’t win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
A Dutch ban on the wearing of face-covering garments such as the burqa which came into place in August has “no place” in a tolerant society, a U.N. representative said Monday.
The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday, and may run out of money by the end of October unless world governments immediately meet their financial obligations.
Kurdish militia leaders in Syria called the U.S. withdrawal announced Sunday in the region a “stab in the back” and vowed to defend their positions against Turkey “at all costs.”
ABBA singer Bjorn Ulvaeus has come out in support of fellow Swede Greta Thunberg, describing the teenage activist as a girl with “super powers” who has “left the patriachy pissing in its pants.”
The death toll from four days of widespread protests in Iraq climbed to 60 as of Friday afternoon, with a growing number of allegations that security forces are unnecessarily targeting demonstrators with lethal ammunition.
Greta Thunberg joined a large crowd of young people skipping school in Iowa City, Iowa for a climate change protest on Friday, where she declared the recent United Nation’s action summit on climate change a flop.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hit out at the United Nations on Thursday, saying he did not want to see global organisations interfering in the governance of independent nations and “demanding conformity” of words, thoughts and actions.
A coalition of minorities facing persecution by the Chinese Communist Party organized a protest outside of the United Nations headquarters in New York Tuesday to call for solidarity for the victims of Beijing’s totalitarian regime.
President Donald Trump accused the Democrats on Tuesday of conducting a “coup,” to remove him from office.
“[I]t is a COUP, intended to take away the Power of the People,” he wrote.
A tweet posted last year by a Swedish church that claimed climate change activist Greta Thunberg is a successor to Jesus has resurfaced.
Vietnam stood alone warning against China’s belligerence in the South China Sea at the U.N. General Assembly.
National Security Advisor Dr. Hamdullah Mohib of Afghanistan told the U.N. General Assembly on Monday that his country remains committed to becoming a peaceful and stable democracy despite constant attacks from the Taliban.
The number of migrants coming from El Salvador to the United States is dropping, thanks to an agreement that the Trump administration brokered.
North Korea’s representative at the United Nations blamed America’s “anachronistic hostile” policies towards the communist regime for continued tensions at the General Assembly on Monday, disparaging the Security Council for letting itself become an American tool.
The Yurok Tribe of northwestern California passed a resolution granting the Klamath River in California personhood rights.
George Soros financed radical environmental groups partnering in this week’s “Global Climate Strike” to the tune of nearly $25 million, according to a new report.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is loaning his electric car to climate activist Greta Thunberg so she can travel carbon-free to a Canadian protest.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivered a sour speech to the U.N. General Assembly in which he accused the United States and its European allies of hypocrisy on classical liberal values and claimed they have lodged false accusations against Russia to maintain their own power.
At the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, an Iran representative pushed for nuclear disarmament.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to tout China’s economic development, its commitment to globalism, and its support for the U.N. and other international bodies.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan used his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to decry “Islamophobia” faced by Muslims worldwide, a trend he said was exacerbated by the 9/11 attacks.
The U.S. Department of State designated Cuban dictator Raúl Castro and four family members on Thursday, banning them from entering the United States and strengthening the case against them for “gross violations of human rights.”
President Donald Trump characteristically mocked his enemies on Thursday, during a closed-door reception with staff in New York City.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry urged the world to unite against the “vile and cowardly” Iranian regime in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, identifying Tehran as a global threat that does not respond well to “appeasement.”
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas used an address at the United Nations on Thursday to condemn what he called Israel’s “arrogance and aggression” while promising to keep paying stipends to the families of slain Palestinian terrorists. He also urged the world
Foreign Minister Israel Katz lashed out against Iran during an address at the United Nations Thursday, calling the Islamic Republic the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism and urging the world to join America’s sanctions against the regime.
President Nayib Armando Bukele of El Salvador began his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday by pulling out his cell phone, snapping a selfie, and sending it to the “new world” that could not be present in the chamber but was accessible via “the largest network in the world, a network where billions of persons are connected in real-time and share almost every facet of their lives.”
Donald Sutherland, who admitted to having homes in Canada, France, and Miami Beach, slammed the United Nations for what the actor sees as the organization’s inaction when it comes to the issue of climate change.
The few countries of the United Nations that recognize Taiwan’s sovereignty made a case for their ally’s inclusion in the General Assembly on Tuesday and Wednesday, urging the world not to allow China to intimidate it out of accepting reality.
“It is no exaggeration to say that the stability and civilian nature of Libya is a critical matter, not only for Libya’s stability but the region and the world,” Falez Mustafa Serraj, president of the internationally-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) of Libya, told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.
Iraqi President Barham Salih insisted his country would not serve as a venue for a regional fight while speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Wednesday, presumably addressing regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia.
