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US and UN push Ethiopia to investigate Tigray market air strike
Ethiopia must look into attack and soldiers said to have stopped ambulances from reaching injured, UN says
UN chief predicts ‘devastating consequences’ if Syria aid checkpoint is shut
Russia under pressure to approve resolution keeping Syrian border open to aid convoys
UN: more than 8,400 children killed in wars last year
Researchers also say thousands of minors were recruited into armed groups in the past 12 months
Afghanistan hurtling towards ‘dire scenarios’, says UN envoy
The Taliban have captured 50 districts amid the US withdrawal and are poised to take more
New Yorkers vote after fierce race for new mayor
A former police officer leads the polls, but a new voting system makes the outcome hard to predict
The row over Syria’s last aid checkpoint
UN has only weeks to break a deadlock between US, Russia and others on humanitarian convoys
UN chief Antonio Guterres appointed for second term
World’s top diplomat has been praised for his craft, but activists want to see more courage
UN General Assembly calls for weapons flow to Myanmar to stop
Resolution passed after UN chief Antonio Guterres demanded clear response to military coup
UN: refugee numbers increase despite Covid border closures
The world hit a new peak in 2020 with 82.4 million people displaced even with pandemic travel restrictions
UN pushes for Syria aid flows amid US-Russia standoff
Russian and American presidents did not settle differences over humanitarian convoys into Syria at Geneva meeting
Mass graves found in Myanmar as human rights situation deteriorates, UN says
Security Council has been slow to act on the February 1 coup but an arms embargo is in the offing
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon lauds ‘miraculous’ Abraham Accords in memoir
South Korean diplomat says the agreement averted an Israeli grab of Palestinian land
New UN aid chief rethinks stranded Yemen tanker mission
Martin Griffiths says it is time for new approach to repair oil tanker off rebel-held coast
Outgoing UN envoy paints bleak picture of Yemen’s peace prospects
Like his predecessors, Martin Griffiths finishes his job after making little headway in ending the war
UAE and four others elected to UN Security Council
UAE, Albania, Brazil, Ghana and Gabon will serve at the world’s top diplomatic table for two-year terms
