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Action on climate change ‘cannot be put on the waiting list’, says UNEP executive director
Before the prime minister announced he would not attend COP27, we spoke to Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.
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Putin condemned at UN summit after latest “act of desperation”
At the United Nations general assembly – America’s secretary of state Antony Blinken urged all security council members to send Russia a clear message “that these reckless nuclear threats must stop immediately”.
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UN calls for Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations after death of Mahsa Amini
The United Nations has called on Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations to take place – amid a crackdown against protests over the death of a young woman who was detained for breaking the law on wearing a hijab.
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World leaders gather for UN General Assembly for first time since pandemic
World leaders – including Russia’s foreign minister – are all in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Pakistan flooding ‘unprecedented’, says UN’s Jawed Ali Khan
We’re joined by Jawed Ali Khan from the United Nations team in Islamabad.
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Russia nuclear threat: UN and Ukraine discuss risk of ‘another Chernobyl’
As Russian attacks on Kharkiv in the East of Ukraine continue, the United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has arrived in the country’s West to seek a solution to the violence.
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UN-led operation evacuates civilians from Mariupol
A group of civilians are on their way to Ukrainian-controlled territory after an operation led by the United Nations and the Red Cross to evacuate them from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
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Russia suspended from UN Human Rights council
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a US-sponsored resolution to throw Russia out of the UN Human Rights council over mounting war crimes allegations.
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How many refugees have been allowed into the UK?
The United Nations said today that four million people have fled Ukraine since the conflict began.
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More than three million people have fled Ukraine since start of war, UN says
The United Nations has said the number of people fleeing Ukraine has topped three million, and that child refugees are leaving at a rate of nearly one every second.
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UN votes to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and calls for their withdrawal
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn Russia’s invasion and called on it to pull its forces out of Ukraine immediately.
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On the road with the refugees fleeing violence in Ukraine
The number of people who have now fled Ukraine has passed 800,000 according to the United Nations.
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Refugee crisis as 500,000 flee Ukraine after Russia invasion
More than 500,000 people have already fled Ukraine, according to the United Nations – their long journeys made even more traumatic by the freezing temperatures.
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Russia Ukraine conflict: At least 368,000 refugees have already left Ukraine
First thing this morning the United Nations said that at least 368,000 refugees had already left Ukraine, a number which has been rising by the hour.
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US says Russia ‘preparing attack against Ukraine in coming days’
The increasing tension has been discussed on the floor of the United Nations. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Russia to de-escalate in a security council meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine.