US Airstrikes Causing “Staggering” Civilian Deaths Says UN

The UN is reporting that the coalition airstrikes led by the US is causing a “staggering” number of civilian deaths in the Syrian city of Raqqa. The city was taken by Islamist State forces in 2014 and has been cited by the IS as their “capital” and their “caliphate”. US-backed SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) are […]

U.N. council to vote on blacklisting more North Koreans: diplomats

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Friday on a U.S. and Chinese proposal to blacklist more North Korean individuals and entities after the country’s repeated ballistic missile launches, diplomats said on Thursday. The draft resolution, seen by Reuters, would sanction four entities, including the Koryo Bank and Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean […]

U.N. official: Trump budget will make peacekeeping, other work ‘impossible’

The United Nations sounded the alarm over the U.S. Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposed by the Trump Administration on Wednesday, declaring that if approved, the budget would render key United Nations operations ‘impossible’. The budget proposal, part of a sweeping plan to balance the budget within 10 years, has ‘targeted reductions’ across the federal government, […]

U.N. Security Council weighs new sanctions on North Korea

The United Nations Security Council edged closer to imposing new sanctions on North Korea with an emergency strategy session Tuesday and a unanimous condemnation of Pyongyang’s latest missile test. The council, including North Korea’s ally and protector China, met hours after warning Pyongyang that sanctions are a possibility. A statement issued Monday said the body […]

U.N.’s North Korea sanctions monitors hit by ‘sustained’ cyber attack

United Nations experts investigating violations of sanctions on North Korea have suffered a “sustained” cyber attack by unknown hackers with “very detailed insight” into their work, according to an email warning seen by Reuters on Monday. The hackers eventually breached the computer of one of the experts on May 8, the chair of the panel […]

UN: over 1 million refugee children from ongoing war in South Sudan

The ongoing war in South Sudan has generated over 1 million child refugees, part of a humanitarian catastrophe where “the future of a generation is truly on the brink,” according to UNICEF. About 62 percent of the refugees fleeing the conflict are children, and 75,000 are completely unaccompanied by any parents or families, making them […]

Haiti Wants to Revive Military Now that UN Mission Ends

The Haitian army is seeking to rebuild itself, 22 years after it was disbanded during the period where soldiers and private militiamen killed thousands during the violence of the ‘90s. There was a power vacuum after the Duvalier family that ruled with an iron hand for many decades and was replaced by a freely elected […]

UN holds an emergency meeting on the suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria

During the United Nations emergency meeting held today after the suspected chemical attack in Syria yesterday, countries expressed their outrage of the potential war crime and urged the international community to seek a fact-finding investigation to determine who is responsible for the attack. António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, declared in Brussels on Wednesday […]

Haley: U.S. policy in Syria no longer focused on removing Assad

The United States no longer believes removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be a foreign policy priority, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Thursday. The official policy under the Obama administration calling for Assad to step down started in the earliest stages of the Syrian Civil War as it began in 2011. […]