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News Articles: United Nations

U.N. Secretary-General António <a href="https://www.npr.org/live-updates/ukraine-russia-moldova-putin-04-26-2022#u-n-chief-urges-russias-foreign-minister-to-call-a-ceasefire-and-end-the-suffering"></a>Guterres (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands during their meeting in Moscow on Tuesday.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 26)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 26, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
A Ukrainian refugee speaks with a local interpreter as she and her two children arrive at the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine on April 18.

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  • Europe

The U.N. now projects more than 8 million people will flee Ukraine as refugees

The number is more than double what the U.N.'s refugee agency projected in February when Russia invaded the country. The vast majority of those who have already left are women and children.

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
In this image taken from UNTV video, United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Ukraine to deplore Russia's actions toward the country and plead for diplomacy, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, at U.N. headquarters.

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  • World

World is seeing the greatest number of conflicts since the end of WWII, U.N. says

Guterres said the world is grappling with the most conflict since 1945, and proposed a New Agenda for Peace to bring stability to places such as Yemen, Myanmar, Syria, Sudan and Ukraine.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Anti-coup protesters are shown running around their makeshift barricade as they make a defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 28, 2021.

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  • Asia

U.N. says military violence in Myanmar may be 'crimes against humanity'

More than 12,500 people in Myanmar have been detained, at least 440,000 have been displaced and about 14 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, the report says.

March 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Ukraine's UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya speaks at the United Nations in New York on March 2, 2022 before a vote on a resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • World

The U.N. approves a resolution demanding Russia end the invasion of Ukraine

The General Assembly overwhelmingly supported a non-binding resolution that demands Russia immediately remove its forces from Ukraine.

March 02, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Granitz and
  • Joe Hernandez
Matthias Schmale, serving as director of operations in Gaza for UNRWA, speaks during a news conference in front of the agency's headquarters in Gaza City, in May.

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  • World

He was the top U.N. official in Gaza. An Israeli TV interview cost him his post

The U.N.'s Matthias Schmale reflects on his time as a leading international aid rep in Gaza. He departed UNRWA this week after offending Palestinians with his remarks on Israeli airstrikes.

November 18, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Activists dressed as debt collectors hold cutouts of the leaders of the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK and Italy in front of the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, D.C., last month to ask rich nations to keep their financial commitment to developing countries to tackle climate change.

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  • Climate

A climate summit theme: How much should wealthy countries pay to help poorer ones?

Wealthy countries have historically been the largest producers of greenhouse gases. One of the biggest issues left at the COP26 summit is their role helping poorer nations cope with climate change.

November 11, 2021
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  • Frank Langfitt

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  • Climate

These 4 charts explain why the stakes are so high at the U.N. climate summit

How hot will the planet get? What nations negotiate at the international climate summit will help determine that. Here are 4 things to know about what's being decided.

October 30, 2021
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  • Lauren Sommer,
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin,
  • and 1 more
United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool reached an agreement with Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics allowing MPP to license the manufacture of molnupiravir to pharmaceutical companies across the globe.

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  • World

Merck will allow drugmakers in other countries to make its COVID-19 pill

The drug, known as molnupiravir, has shown promise in treating the disease. The agreement to license its production could help millions of people in the developing world gain access to it.

October 27, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Emissions rise from Duke Energy's coal-fired Asheville power plant in Arden, N.C., in 2018.

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  • Climate

Greenhouse gas levels reached record highs in 2020, even with pandemic lockdowns

The U.N. meteorological agency says despite a decrease in emissions due to reduced economic activity during COVID-19, carbon dioxide and other warming gases continued to accumulate in the atmosphere.

October 25, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
In this Dec. 29, 2020, file photo, Rohingya refugees wait on naval ships to be transported to an isolated island in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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  • World

U.N. and Bangladesh sign deal to aid Rohingya relocated to island in Bay of Bengal

The agreement came as a paradigm shift after the U.N. and humanitarian groups criticized the relocation, saying the island is regularly submerged by monsoon rains and was not fit for habitation.

October 11, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

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  • Environment

Boris Johnson Urges World Leaders To Act With Renewed Urgency On Climate Change

Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the British prime minister said the global community needs to "listen to the warnings of the scientists."

September 23, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes a speech during the 76th session of United Nations General Assembly, in New York, United States on Tuesday.

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  • World

The Taliban Want A Chance To Address The U.N. That's Unlikely To Happen Soon

Afghanistan's new rulers have asked for United Nations recognition so they can address the current General Assembly session. But the U.N. credentials committee is unlikely to move that quickly.

September 22, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
V (from left), Suga and Jin of BTS at the launch of the U.N. General Assembly's 76th session on Monday. The popular boy band from South Korea sang (in a video performance viewed online by more than 1 million) and spoke.

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  • Global Health

BTS Spoke At The UNGA. And That's Not The Only Surprise At The U.N. Event

The appearance of the popular boy band from South Korea is one of many unexpected moments at the U.N. General Assembly — everything from a U.N. TikTok to a groundbreaking food summit.

September 21, 2021
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By:
  • Joanne Lu
One thorny issue facing President Biden at the U.N.: the defense deal he announced with Australia and the United Kingdom, which left France so angry that it pulled its ambassador from Washington.

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  • Politics

Biden Says 'America's Back.' The World Has Some Questions

President Biden gives his first address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He may find some skepticism for his pitch to work together on COVID-19 and climate after some recent decisions.

September 20, 2021
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  • Ayesha Rascoe
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