Tag: United Nations
How Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Worsening Global Starvation
Moscow blocks most shipments from Ukraine, one of the world’s largest wheat producers, and its attacks on the…
Shelling Threatens Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, and U.N. Pleads for Access
Shelling in Ukraine once again threatened the largest nuclear power plant in Europe on Thursday, damaging equipment on…
Gangs Advance on the Seat of Haitian Government Power: ‘Haitians Are Hostages’
Gangs are increasing their chokehold on Haiti’s capital, using bulldozers to raze entire neighborhoods, overwhelming poorly armed police…
Mission Impossible? Officials Wrangle to Free Ukraine’s Grains
BRUSSELS — Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are scheduled to meet Wednesday in Istanbul, in the increasingly desperate effort…
Russia Votes to Shut Down Last U.N. Aid Route Into Syria
WASHINGTON — Russia vetoed a measure on Friday that would have allowed the last U.N. aid route into…
‘We Have Not Forgotten Syria’: U.S. Envoy Vows to Protect Refugees
HATAY, Turkey — The Alaa Aldin family bakery could have been a casualty of Syria’s civil war. Instead,…
Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — For years, opium has been the monster too big to slay. One Afghan government after…
A U.N. Agency Gave $61 Million to One Family. It Didn’t Go Well.
Ms. Kendrick’s lawyers said in a statement that We Are the Oceans delivered on all of its promises…
Head of U.N. Agency Resigns After Questions Arise About Loans
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, asked a top official at a U.N. agency to resign on…
In Ukraine War, a Long Journey Begins in Prosecuting Rape
She is appealing to other countries that are party to the international court to consider opening their own…
India Is Stalling the W.H.O.’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public
An ambitious effort by the World Health Organization to calculate the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic…
Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Serve as Secretary of State, Dies at 84
“As secretary, I will do my best to talk about foreign policy not in abstract terms, but in…