United Nations — Leaders at the United Nations urged implementation of a newly adopted blueprint for addressing a wide range of global challenges on Monday, the second and final day of the Summit of the Future. “We cannot afford to wait any longer,” said Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. “We must push for true and real […]
“The UNSC is failing people living in conflict, with Russia and the United States particularly responsible for abusing their veto power,” said Oxfam. As the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance worldwide has skyrocketed by 150% over the last decade, five powerful countries on the United Nations Security Council have had hundreds of […]
“These attacks violate the human right to life, absent any indication that the victims posed an imminent lethal threat to anyone else at the time.” Experts from the United Nations and human rights groups said that the device attacks in Lebanon, which killed at least 37 people Tuesday and Wednesday while injuring 2,900, violated international […]
“The vast majority of countries have made it clear: Israel’s occupation of Palestine must end, and all countries have a definite duty not to aid or assist its continuation.” The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding that the Israeli government end its occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months, affirming a […]