'Most pressing concern' in country now is protection of civilians, UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien tells Security Council Thursday
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, discussed the new sanctions against North Korea in an interview with VOA, March 2, 2016.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted new hard-hitting sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday. The measures were added in response to two recent violations by Pyongyang of international prohibitions on its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. From the United Nations, VOA’s Margaret Besheer reports.
South Korea's defense ministry seeks to determine number, nature of projectiles, which it says were fired into Sea of Japan at midmorning local time
The move follows North Korea's latest nuclear test and long range missile launch
Nearly 100 groups committed to observing cessation of hostilities brokered by the United States and Russia
January nuclear test, February rocket launch violated four sets of sanctions imposed on Pyongyang; US, China drafted tougher measures
China has criticized North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests, but in the past it has been reluctant for tougher punitive measures
Stephen O’Brien tells UN Security Council that nationwide cessation of hostilities due to start in Syria on Saturday must not be squandered
Panel also criticizes 'direct and active' military involvement of other countries in conflict, saying Syria has become 'multisided proxy war'
Officials seek long-term cessation of hostilities that would assist humanitarian aid delivery; Russian effort to condemn possible Turkish ground troop use fails
‘Time is against us,’ envoy tells Security Council on Wednesday, emphasizing that talks should not be delayed beyond March
Diplomats meeting in Munich as part of International Syria Support Group agreed to cooperate to expand humanitarian access
Rights group documents how both sides in Ukraine conflict carried out attacks on schools and used them for military purposes
With Moscow criticized for targeting armed opponents of President Assad, Russia’s UN envoy says his country ‘acting in a very transparent manner’
Practice, which involves removing all or part of a girl’s external genitalia, has no health benefit and can cause severe bleeding, infection, pain, and later, complications in childbirth
In a rare Sunday session, Security Council members met behind closed doors for 90 minutes to discuss the next steps for dealing with the defiant Asian nation
Rebels' goal is ouster of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza
People younger than 25 are three times more likely to be jobless as other adults, International Labor Organization official says, saying 74 million youths need work
Initiation of UN-facilitated talks aimed at political transition 'is a critical step toward ending the conflict in Syria,' United States' UN ambassador says
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