# un - Wednesday 16 January, 2019
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there are “some sobering statistics” in the new report.
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# un - Friday 28 December, 2018
Mary Robinson has come under fire for claiming that an Emirati princess who has stated she is being held against her will is “in the loving care of her family”.
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# un - Monday 17 December, 2018
Over the weekend, nations struck a deal to breathe life into the landmark 2015 Paris climate treaty.
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# un - Friday 7 December, 2018
Heather Nauert was a reporter for Fox News before becoming State Department spokeswoman last year.
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# un - Wednesday 5 December, 2018
Committee concerned about State renting buildings long-term rather than buying.
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# un - Monday 3 December, 2018
The TV presenter (92) issued an appeal to world leaders at a UN climate summit.
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# un - Thursday 29 November, 2018
The last four years are also the hottest years on record.
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# un - Monday 12 November, 2018
The group revoked the award in light of Suu Kyi’s “betrayal of the values she once stood for”.
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# un - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
She has been appointed as the Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security at the United Nations.
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# un - Thursday 25 October, 2018
Myanmar has rejected accusations that its military committed atrocities in a crackdown last year.
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# un - Monday 8 October, 2018
In a landmark report released today, the organisation said that time is running out to avert disaster.
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# un - Saturday 29 September, 2018
The Tánaiste also used tonight’s speech to the the UN to state the Israel-Palestine conflict is a big foreign policy priority for the Irish government.
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# un - Thursday 27 September, 2018
“We had fun,” he told journalists in New York.
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# un - Monday 24 September, 2018
The Taoiseach and Tánaiste are in New York this morning.
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# un - Sunday 23 September, 2018
If Ireland’s bid is successful, it would be the fourth time the country has been elected to the council.
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# un - Wednesday 5 September, 2018
Washington has sought to build up international pressure on Iran after reimposing tough sanctions in August.
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# un - Monday 27 August, 2018
UN investigators lambasted the platform earlier this year, saying it had morphed into a “beast” in Myanmar.
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# un - Saturday 4 August, 2018
A UN report has said that North Korea has resorted to a “massive increase” of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products at sea to evade sanctions.
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# un - Friday 3 August, 2018
The US president has made frequent attacks on the media, and consistently accused them of being biased.
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# un - Sunday 29 July, 2018
Some boys fail to come forward for help due to gender stereotypes, Unicef has said.
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# un - Tuesday 3 July, 2018
Leo Varadkar and Mary Robinson also made speeches calling for Ireland to win a seat on the UN Security Council.
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# un - Sunday 24 June, 2018
Ireland holds the record for the longest unbroken peacekeeping service of any nation in the world.
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# un - Monday 18 June, 2018
He called for Washington to immediately end the practice of “forcible separation of these children”.
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# un - Sunday 10 June, 2018
There are tense scenes on a daily basis as temperatures soar and India experiences water shortages.
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# un - Saturday 2 June, 2018
The military and a number of rebel groups have drafted underage soldiers for years.
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At least 123 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the protests began at the end of March.
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# un - Thursday 31 May, 2018
The UN’s Middle East envoy has predicted that violence will flare up again in June.
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# un - Tuesday 15 May, 2018
Israel has faced widespread international condemnation for the killings.
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# un - Wednesday 18 April, 2018
Higgins will also meet members of the Irish community during his time in New York.
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# un - Sunday 15 April, 2018
Meanwhile, a Russian resolution calling for condemnation of the US, British, and French missile strikes on Syria has failed at the UN Security Council.
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# un - Thursday 22 February, 2018
fter two weeks of negotiations, Russia today told the UN Security Council that there was still no agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Syria.
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# un - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
The government has submitted some reservations on people with disabilities joining the Gardaí or Defence Forces.
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# un - Wednesday 17 January, 2018
ICYMI: Macedonia is both the name of a Balkan country, and the name of a northern province in Greece.
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# un - Friday 5 January, 2018
At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested amid anti-government rallies and unrest that began last week.
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# un - Thursday 4 January, 2018
South Korea has offered to hold talks with the North on 9 January.
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# un - Monday 1 January, 2018
A Dáil vote on the issue is expected in February.
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# un - Thursday 28 December, 2017
The UN has described the situation in DR Congo as the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in the world.
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The government recently tightened its siege of eastern Ghouta.
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# un - Saturday 23 December, 2017
The sanctions will restrict oil supplies vital for Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programmes.
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# un - Friday 22 December, 2017
This Christmas some 580 troops will be serving overseas.
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