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What is the new US-backed Gaza aid plan and why doesn't the UN like it?
A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution ...
South Sudan: What if UN fails to extend its arms embargo?
The UN Security Council is due to vote in late May on whether to renew an arms embargo on South Sudan for another year. Amnesty International is warning that the conflict could worsen without it.
UN warns of ‘ongoing tragedy’ as Indigenous groups in Colombia face extinction
The United Nations human rights office in Colombia says that five Indigenous groups in northern Colombia’s storied mountain ...
UN says thousands of babies in Gaza could die without aid as UK, France and Canada warn Israel over offensive
Tom Fletcher tells the BBC five aid trucks allowed into Gaza yesterday have not yet reached people on the ground.
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UN: Start Talks on Treaty to Ban ‘Killer Robots’
Global momentum to prohibit and regulate “killer robots” seems to be building, as evidenced by numerous countries’ ...
North Korean defectors urge the UN to hold the country’s leader accountable for rights abuses
Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country ...
NBC posts, deletes debunked UN claim that ‘14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours’ in Gaza day before DC Jewish Museum shooting
NBC News made a misleading social media post claiming thousands of Palestinian babies were in imminent danger of dying the day before an anti-Israel radical allegedly gunned down two Israeli ...
Gaza: UN retracts 14,000 baby death claim; correct figure but wrong time frame
The United Nations has retracted a claim made by one of its officials that 14,000 Gazan babies would die if they don’t ...