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  • Jun 5, 2018
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Proposals for UN control of Yemen’s Hodeida face snags

As invading forces approach the vital port, mediators are seeking to ward off a bloody offensive or starvation siege

Yemen
  • Apr 23, 2018
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Guterres reforms shake up UN agency dynamics

The UN Secretary-General's development reform blueprint has been widely lauded but still requires concrete backing

International
  • Apr 3, 2018
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US help will block UN human rights pressure on Israel

The prime minister is struggling to manage Gaza border encroachments and rising resentment of African migrants

Israel
  • Mar 26, 2018
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Venezuela's Falcon could pull out, absent UN observers

The UN has said it will not send a delegation to assist with the May 20 presidential elections

Venezuela
  • Feb 1, 2018
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ICJ will hear Guyana/Venezuela border dispute

The UN secretary-general has passed the long-standing border dispute to the International Court of Justice

Guyana
  • Jan 31, 2018
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The UN will lack leverage as it takes back Syria talks

A one-day ‘Syrian National Dialogue’ failed to cover anything substantive

Syria
  • Jan 31, 2018
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Large Athens anti-‘Macedonia’ rally may scupper talks

With the church hierarchy shifting on the name dispute, a large Athens rally would show momentum building vs compromise

Greece
  • Jan 18, 2018
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International ocean management debates will swell

A new international deal is sought on biodiversity conservation at sea

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