United Nations

  • Apr 11, 2014
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Rising crime will shape Latin American policy agenda

Latin America accounted for 36% of world homicides in 2012, according to a UN report published...

Latin America
  • Mar 31, 2014
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China will buck UN pressure on Philippines' sea claims

Manila yesterday submitted a case to a PCA panel under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea...

China
  • Mar 19, 2014
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Bachelet's decision signals Chile foreign policy shift

Chile will not withdraw from the Pact of Bogota, Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz announced today.

Chile
  • Mar 18, 2014
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Shielding Pyongyang shows Beijing's priorities

China's spokesman at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday rejected an independent UN...

China
  • Feb 27, 2014
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International pressure is key to Yemen's transition

The UN Security Council yesterday voted unanimously in favour of a resolution authorising...

Yemen
  • Feb 25, 2014
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Syria's humanitarian crisis will take years to reverse

The UNSC passed a resolution on humanitarian issues in Syria on February 22.

Syria
  • Feb 10, 2014
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Rouhani can keep Iran nuclear talks on track

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran yesterday reached agreement on addressing...

Iran
  • Feb 7, 2014
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Syria truce will not ease humanitarian crisis

Syrian state media said today that civilians have begun to be evacuated from rebel-held areas of...

Syria