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UN updates global guidelines for investigating unlawful killings

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched in Geneva on Wednesday updated guidelines for investigating unlawful killings around the world.

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UN envoy calls for "common strategy" on political process in South Sudan

The United Nations (UN)'s envoy in South Sudan on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to unite behind a common strategy to advance the political process and ensure peace in the crisis-torn country.

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UN updates global guidelines for investigating unlawful killings

TheOfficeoftheUNHighCommissionerforHumanRights(OHCHR)launchedinGenevaonWednesdayupdatedguidelinesforinvestigatingunlawfulkillingsaroundtheworld.Theguidelines,na

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Venezuela rejects U.S. to bring domestic crisis to UN Security Council

VenezuelarejectedtheintentionoftheUnitedStatestoputthepoliticalcrisisinVenezuelaontheagendaoftheUnitedNations(UN)SecurityCouncil,saidadiplomatonWednesday."Weare

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DPRK defends its latest missile launch, seeks int'l support

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has justified its latest long, medium-range ballistic missile test-firing as "routine work to raise nuclear capability for self-defense," rejecting a UN Security Council statement of condemnation.

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UN chief urges global efforts to tap Belt and Road potential

UNSecretary-GeneralAntonioGuterresonSundaycalledontheinternationalcommunitytoseizetheopportunitiespresentedbytheChina-proposedBeltandRoadInitiativeandstriveforc

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3 missing Cambodian UN peacekeepers in Central Africa attack found dead

AllthreemissingCambodianUnitedNations(UN)peacekeepersinanambushintheCentralAfricanRepublic(CAR)werefounddead,bringingthedeathtollofCambodiantroopsintheattacktof

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Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria sanctions

Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a Western-backed UN resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons use, in the first clash at the Security Council since US President Donald Trump took office.

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China among first countries to pay 2017 UN membership dues

China has paid its United Nations membership dues for 2017, Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesman for UN Secretary-General, said in a recent press conference. This makes the country the first permanent member to do so.

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Does new U.S. envoy to UN bring any new foreign policy?

​U.S. President Donald Trump said he would settle for a widely-discouraged one-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but also could support the long-favored two-state solution, whichever both sides like.

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UN chief intends to set up new office to lead counter-terrorism efforts

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday proposed creating a new office for counter-terrorism to lead the world body's efforts to combat terrorism.

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UN calls for 5.6 billion USD donation for famine fighting in four countries

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appealed for 5.6 billion U.S. dollars -- 4.4 billion of it by the end of next month -- to prevent famine in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen where 20 million people face famine.

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Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin dead at 64

Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, who for years fended off Western criticism and defended Moscow's actions in Ukraine and Syria, has died in New York. He was 64.

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UN mission to resume operations in eastern Mosul Sunday: spokesman

The United Nations said Thursday that the UN mission will resume its operations in eastern Mosul in north Iraq on Sunday after it temporarily suspended its activities earlier this week out of security concerns.

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UN chief names French diplomat as new peacekeeping head

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday announced that he intends to appoint Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a French diplomat, as under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations for one year.

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32 UN personnel killed in deliberate attacks in 2016

​At least 32 UN personnel were killed in deliberate attacks in 2016, mostly peacekeepers, the Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service of the UN Staff Union announced Tuesday.

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UN envoy sees 2017 as "year of decision" for Libyans in peace efforts

UN Libya envoy Martin Kobler on Wednesday urged the Libyans to make 2017 "the year of decisions" and political breakthrough in implementing a political accord signed more than a year ago.