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Around 180 million children are more likely to live in extreme poverty, be out of school or suffer a violent death than their parents, according to UNICEF. The World Children’s Day report suggests things could get worse.
The UN Security Council has called on Myanmar to rein in its military campaign in Rakhine state and allow hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya driven from their homes to return. Tiếp tục đọc “UN Security Council increases pressure on Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. refugee chief sharply criticized the Security Council and world leaders Thursday for failing to prevent and resolve conflicts that have displaced nearly 66 million people around the world.
Filippo Grandi told the U.N.’s most powerful body the sharp rise in forced displacement from 42 million people in 2009 “reflects weaknesses in international cooperation, and declining capacity to prevent, contain and resolve conflicts.” Tiếp tục đọc “Refugee chief criticizes UN for failing to solve conflicts”
Over 260 million children and youths across the world, equivalent to the combined population of Russia, Poland and Germany, have no access to education, according to a new report from the UNESCO.
There are 61 million children of primary school-age (6-11 years) disadvantaged, 60 million of lower secondary school-age (12-14 years), and upper secondary school-age (15-17 years) set at 142 million. Tiếp tục đọc “UNESCO: 264 million children have no access to school”
The US will downgrade its embassy there to an observer mission.
This is the rationale they gave.
Official: Trump administration has withdrawn US from UNESCO, effective at the end of 2018. State cites “anti-israel bias,” money US owes. pic.twitter.com/QMJG4O2Qkq
— Samuel Oakford (@samueloakford) October 12, 2017
Tiếp tục đọc “The Trump Administration is Leaving the UN Agency That Promotes Freedom of the Press”
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| Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh addresses the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly (GA) in New York.VNA/VNS photo Hữu Hoàng |
![The United Nations Security Council votes to pass a new sanctions resolution against North Korea [Jason DeCrow/AP Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/9/11/dbaeffda5dee4dc981f42bc8946b52d6_18.jpg "UN Security Council slaps new sanctions on North Korea")
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea following its sixth and largest nuclear test.
With backing from China and Russia, the council voted 15-0 on Monday to slap a ban on textile exports and restrict shipments of oil products to North Korea.
The resolution is a watered-down version of the original US proposal. Tiếp tục đọc “UN Security Council slaps new sanctions on North Korea”
Trước tháng 6/2014, Việt Nam là một trong 3 quốc gia thuộc khối ASEAN (cùng với Lào và Myanmar) không có nhân sự tham gia Lực lượng gìn giữ hoà bình Liên hợp quốc (LLGGHBLHQ)- lực lượng thường được gọi là “lính mũ nồi xanh”. Từ khi Trung tâm gìn giữ hoà bình Việt Nam được thành lập vào tháng 5/2014, tính đến nay, Việt Nam đã cử 19 lượt sĩ quan tham gia LLGGHBLHQ tại Phái bộ GGHBLHQ tại Cộng hoà Trung Phi (MINUSCA) và Phái bộ GGHBLHQ tại Nam Sudan (UNMISS). Nhiệm kỳ của mỗi sĩ quan là 01 năm.
Tiếp tục đọc “Chiến binh Việt Nam trong lực lượng gìn giữ hòa bình Liên hợp quốc”
Civil defense members prepare to safely detonate cluster bombs in the rebel-held area in Deraa, Syria, July 26, 2017.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — A report released ahead of next week’s U.N. conference on the Convention on Cluster Munitions has condemned the continued use of cluster munitions by Syria and Yemen. They are the only two countries that still use the bombs, which are banned under international law. Tiếp tục đọc “Report: Cluster Munitions in Syria, Yemen Increase Civilian Casualties”
A member of the all-female Bangladeshi police unit, preparing to leave the UN mission in Haiti as it closes. A new UN compact with countries connected to a peacekeeping mission is being circulated for signature to help prevent sex abuse and exploitation. LOGAN ABASSI/MINUSTAH
Haunted by accumulating reports of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls by United Nations peacekeepers and others attached to UN missions around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres is taking the bold, unprecedented step of asking all governments to sign a compact pledging to prevent and stop these violations. Tiếp tục đọc “UN Chief asks all nations to sign new pact protecting women”
The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday as an “outrageous” threat and demanded that Pyongyang not launch any more missiles and abandon all nuclear weapons and programmes.
In a statement the 15-member Security Council said it was of “vital importance” that North Korea take immediate, concrete actions to reduce tensions and called on all states to implement United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang. Tiếp tục đọc “UN council unanimously condemns N Korea missile tests”
North Korea has come out fighting following fresh UN Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang and after the United States and South Korea celebrated the punishing measures.
North Korea on Monday condemned the sanctions imposed in response to its weapons programmes, saying it would not negotiate over nuclear arms while threatened by the US.
The sanctions passed at the weekend were a “violent violation of our sovereignty”, Pyongyang said in a statement carried by its official Korean Central News Agency, adding it would take “righteous action” in return.
“We will not put our self-defensive nuclear deterrent on the negotiating table” while it faced threats from Washington, it said, “and will never take a single step back from strengthening our nuclear might”.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on Saturday a US-led resolution, which bans mineral and seafood exports from North Korea worth more than $1bn.
The triggering event late July, North Korea’s latest test of ballistic missiles, had the international community and experts concerned. Along with the North Korean government, they say the missiles can reach different parts of the US.
Meanwhile, several Asian foreign ministers, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, are currently gathered in the Philippine capital, Manila, for an ASEAN regional summit. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea rejects UN sanctions, vows ‘action’”
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