United Nations

UN votes to ask world court to rule on countries’ climate duties
Call for International Court of Justice to offer legal opinion on climate crisis follows campaign led by island Vanuatu.
Published On 29 Mar 2023
UN agrees on role for Int’l Court of Justice in climate change
Pacific island state Vanuatu – one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change – has led the UN initiative.
Published On 29 Mar 2023
UN Security Council turns down request for Nord Stream inquiry
Questions remain over explosions in September that damaged gas pipelines connecting Russia and Germany.
Published On 27 Mar 2023
UN mission accuses EU of aiding crimes against humanity in Libya
Fact-finding mission says state security forces and armed militia groups have committed a wide array of crimes.
Published On 27 Mar 2023

Two Category 4 cyclones hit Vanuatu within 72 hours in early March.

New IPCC report says there are enough resources and knowledge to tackle the global climate crisis.

The US ambassador criticises Security Council members for barring a webcast about alleged North Korean abuses.

The United Nations Security Council renews UNAMA and asks for recommendations on working with the Taliban-ruled country.

UN report indicated ‘suspicion, discrimination and outright hatred’ towards Muslims had reached ‘epidemic proportions’.

Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has worsened in recent months.

Updated defence and foreign policy paper highlights ‘threats’ that Russia and China pose to the UK and world order.

Opposition leader Kem Sokha, 69, was sentenced to 27 years on charges of treason and is currently under house arrest.

After a $125m donation shortfall, monthly food vouchers were cut from $12 to $10 per person, said World Food Programme.

The South American country hopes to bring the question of the islands’ disputed sovereignty before the United Nations.

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