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The United Nations Secretariat has received requests from both the ousted government of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held hostage in Niger’s capital Niamey by the country’s military since it staged a coup d’état on July 26,
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine enters the UN Security Council on Sept 20, 2023
His Peace Plan Will Save Both Ukraine and the UN, Zelensky Tells the Security Council President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine promoted his 10-point peace
US President Joseph Biden and US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the UN on Sept 19, 2023
Biden Pushes Global Unity as Russia Keeps Demolishing Ukraine President Joe Biden called for unity and partnership as world leaders gathered at what he
His Peace Plan Will Save Both Ukraine and the UN, Zelensky Tells the Security Council President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine promoted his 10-point peace
Biden Pushes Global Unity as Russia Keeps Demolishing Ukraine President Joe Biden called for unity and partnership as world leaders gathered at what he
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The common thread woven across the dozens of speeches by world leaders at the opening of the two-day United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Summit was a clarion call for …
You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, we …
Moroccans affected by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the North African country on Sept. 8 are calling for humanitarian aid as they search for and hope to rescue …
The world is wary that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved by their deadline of 2030, but Lachezara Stoeva thinks that people should instead be focusing on …
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