United Nations
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
U.N. Security Council rejects Russia’s call for bio weapons probe
Russia circulated a 310-page document to council members last week alleging that military biological activity is taking place at biological laboratories in Ukraine with support from the U.S. Defense Department.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2022
U.N. nuclear agency to probe Russia claim of `dirty bombs’
Ukraine dismissed Moscow’s claim as an attempt to distract attention from the Kremlin’s own alleged plans to detonate a dirty bomb.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2022
Russia ‘shamelessly violated’ UN charter in Ukraine, Biden tells world leaders
The president also pledges $2.9 billion in global food security aid to address shortages caused by the war and the effects of climate change, in a speech to the UN General Assembly.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2022
‘Our world is in peril’: At U.N., leaders push for solutions
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounds a note of hope by showing a photo of the first U.N.-chartered ship carrying grain from Ukraine to the Horn of Africa, where millions are headed toward famine.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2022
High-level talks in Ukraine yield little reported progress
Turkey agrees to help rebuild Ukraine's infrastructure, including roads and bridges, and the Ukrainian president asks the UN chief to seek access to Ukrainian citizens whom the Russian occupiers have deported to Russia.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
UN chief criticizes ‘grotesque greed’ of oil, gas companies
Antonio Guterres calls it 'immoral' that the largest of them made nearly $100 billion in profits in the 1st quarter.
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PublishedApril 7, 2022
UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body
The vote was 93-24 with 58 abstentions, significantly lower than the vote on 2 resolutions the assembly adopted last month demanding an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, withdrawal of all Russian troops and protection for civilians.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2022
Russian threat to invade Ukraine still ‘very high,’ Biden says
The U.S. government issues some of its starkest, most detailed warnings yet about what could happen next.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Russia, U.S. square off at U.N. Security Council over Ukraine
The session kicks off more high-level diplomacy this week, although talks between have so far failed to ease tensions in the crisis.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2021
Despite pledges at COP26, world likely on track to warm 2.5 degrees Celsius, U.N. report says
In a preliminary analysis released Tuesday, researchers found a massive gap between countries' long-term promises to zero out carbon emissions and the official, short-term plans they have submitted to U.N. officials.