All posts tagged "UN"

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  UN chief calls Netanyahu ethnic cleansing comment “outrageous”

  Israel's "stifling and oppressive" occupation of Palestinian territory "must end"

  • Posted September 15, 2016
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  Luxembourg foreign minister urges excluding Hungary from EU

  BERLIN — Luxembourg’s foreign minister says Hungary should be temporarily or even permanently expelled from the European Union over its approach to refugees and other issues, drawing a sharp rebuke Tuesday from his Hungarian counterpart. Senior officials...

  • Posted September 13, 2016
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  UN changes guidance about sex for travelers to Zika zones

  Saying both men and women should now practice safe sex or abstinence for six months

  • Posted September 6, 2016
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  UN: Zika Remains Global Emergency, Virus Still Spreading

  GENEVA – The World Health Organization says the outbreak of Zika remains an international health emergency and noted the virus is continuing to infect new countries. The U.N. health agency convened its expert committee this week to...

  • Posted September 2, 2016
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  US Appeals Court Upholds UN Immunity from Haiti Cholera Suit

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld the United Nations’ immunity from a damage claim filed on behalf of 5,000 cholera victims who blame the U.N. for an epidemic of the deadly disease in...

  • Posted August 19, 2016
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  US Launches Airstrikes Targeting IS In Libya

  WASHINGTON – The United States launched multiple airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya on Monday, opening a new, more persistent front against the group at the request of the United Nations-backed government, Libyan and U.S. officials...

  • Posted August 1, 2016
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  Tribunal Rejects China’s Expansive South China Sea Claims

  Aggravated regional dispute with construction of artificial islands, infringing on Philippines' economic zone

  • Posted July 12, 2016
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  Puerto Rico Senate President: UN Resolution Will Have Little Effect

  SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico Senate President Eduardo Bhatia said the resolution passed by the United Nations, which reaffirms the island’s right to self-determination and independence will have little or no effect. “Sadly, it is very little...

  • Posted June 21, 2016
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  PIP Calls UN-Approved Proposal on Decolonization Unprecedented

  SAN JUAN – “A development without precedence” is how the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) cataloged the United Nations decolonization committee‘s approval of gubernatorial candidate María de Lourdes Santiago’s proposal, which calls for the committee to serve...

  • Posted June 21, 2016
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  UN Decolonization Committee Approves Text Calling upon US to Expedite Self-Determination for Puerto Rico

  The United Nations’ Special Committee on Decolonization approved Monday a draft resolution calling on the Government of the United States to expedite a process that would allow the people of Puerto Rico to exercise fully their right...

  • Posted June 21, 2016