# united-nations - Friday 26 July, 2019
Aid groups have described the spike in violence in Syria’s eight-year civil war as a “nightmare”.
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# united-nations - Sunday 14 July, 2019
President Higgins laid a wreath on behalf of the people of Ireland at a ceremony in Collins Barracks.
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# united-nations - Thursday 4 July, 2019
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
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# united-nations - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
The report calls on UN bodies to “demand” a follow-up criminal investigation.
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# united-nations - Sunday 16 June, 2019
A letter from the UN said private housing investment has impacted security of tenure for renters.
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# united-nations - Saturday 11 May, 2019
The framework “is historic in the sense that it is legally binding, said Rolph Payet of the United Nations Environment Programme.
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A recent UN report has pointed to the huge threats to biodiversity across the globe.
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# united-nations - Monday 6 May, 2019
Over one million animal and plant species are now at risk of extinction.
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# united-nations - Saturday 27 April, 2019
The US Senate never ratified the 2013 Arms Trade Treaty after former president Barack Obama endorsed it.
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# united-nations - Wednesday 16 January, 2019
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there are “some sobering statistics” in the new report.
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# united-nations - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
The 18-year-old is fleeing from her family.
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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - Thursday 13 December, 2018
The announcement was made by the UN today.
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# united-nations - Friday 7 December, 2018
Heather Nauert was a reporter for Fox News before becoming State Department spokeswoman last year.
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# united-nations - Thursday 29 November, 2018
The last four years are also the hottest years on record.
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# united-nations - Sunday 25 November, 2018
The UN’s international day for the elimination of violence against women starts today.
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# united-nations - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
The estimate by the group Save the Children was based on data compiled by the United Nations.
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# united-nations - Friday 16 November, 2018
The “reign of terror” left some two million Cambodians dead from overwork, starvation and mass executions.
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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
Ordinarily the General Assembly is a pretty solemn place. But not today.
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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - Saturday 22 September, 2018
Mahmoud Abbas met President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney today.
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# united-nations - Wednesday 19 September, 2018
Dr Tom Clonan outlines his reasons for protesting at Leinster House today.
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# united-nations - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
On Monday the UN probe detailed evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity “perpetrated on a massive scale” against the Rohingya.
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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - Sunday 19 August, 2018
“Today, leaders are going in the wrong direction.”
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# united-nations - Saturday 18 August, 2018
He was 80 years old.
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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - Monday 2 July, 2018
A formal launch event for Ireland’s bid to the UN Security Council will take place today.
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# united-nations - Sunday 24 June, 2018
Ireland holds the record for the longest unbroken peacekeeping service of any nation in the world.
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# united-nations - Saturday 2 June, 2018
The military and a number of rebel groups have drafted underage soldiers for years.
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# united-nations - Wednesday 18 April, 2018
Higgins will also meet members of the Irish community during his time in New York.
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# united-nations - Thursday 5 April, 2018
A war of words has erupted between Russia, the UK and the US.
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# united-nations - Monday 2 April, 2018
The original scheme was criticised by the United Nations.
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# united-nations - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
Ireland is running for a seat on the Council for the 2021-2022 term, in which there are two seats available.
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# united-nations - Friday 23 February, 2018
A UN report said some of the cases are “reminiscent of Bosnia”.
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# united-nations - 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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# united-nations - 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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