Tag Archives: United Nations

• China’s election to UN human rights council draws world-wide ire 14 October 2020 This post has no comments yet

  The re-election of countries like China and Pakistan to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) amid opposition from various rights groups drew condemnation from various quarters on Wednesday. ...

• China and Russia win seats on UN Human Rights council | Edith M Lederer This post has no comments yet

  China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the UN’s premiere human rights body Tuesday despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records, but another target, Saudi Arabia, lost. ...

• ‘China Doesn’t See Us as Friends’: Patel’s Letter to Nehru in 1950 29 May 2020 This post has one comment

  These are some of the questions which occur to my mind. It is possible that a consideration of these matters may lead us into wider questions of our relationship with China, Russia, America, Britain and Burma. ...

• Three billion under lockdown as UN warns virus threatens humanity 25 March 2020 | Philippe Rater with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid and AFP bureaus This post has 5 comments

  More than three billion people are living under lockdown measures to stem the spread of the killer coronavirus that the United Nations warned Wednesday is threatening all of humanity. ...

• US won’t grant Iran foreign minister visa for UN visit 7 January 2020 | Matthew Lee This post has no comments yet

  The US won't issue Iran's foreign minister a visa to travel to the United Nations later this week, contending there was not enough time to process the request. ...

• UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets 15 December 2019 | Frank Jordans and Aritz Parra This post has no comments yet

  Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponing the regulation of global carbon markets until next year. ...

• US wants UN to take up Dalai Lama succession: envoy 10 November 2019 | Shaun Tandon This post has 2 comments

  The US wants the UN to take up the Dalai Lama's succession in an intensifying bid to stop China from trying to handpick his successor, an envoy said after meeting the Tibetan leader. ...

• UN adds Pakistani militant chief Masood Azhar to terror list 1 May 2019 | Carole Landry This post has no comments yet

  The United Nations on Wednesday added Masood Azhar, the leader of a Pakistan-based Islamist group, to its list of global terrorists after China lifted its objections to the move. ...

• UN chief raised Uyghurs plight with Chinese authorities | Edith M Lederer This post has no comments yet

  Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the plight of an estimated 1 million Uyghurs incarcerated in re-education camps in China with Chinese authorities during a recent visit to Beijing. ...

• UN says major funding needed to help southern Africa after cyclone 21 March 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The United Nations said Wednesday it will be seeking a "large" amount of funding from member-states to help deal with the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Idai. ...