# United Nations

This month

May 2023

Debunked: No, a UN report doesn't call to decriminalise sex 'between adults and children'

The document, which wasn’t written by the UN, argues that the same age of consent should apply regardless of gender or marital status.

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May 19th 2023, 5:18 PM

# factcheck

Debunked: WEF hasn’t declared ‘water is not a human right’ or ordered governments to ration it

The World Economic Forum is a regular target of misinformation.

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May 10th 2023, 11:42 AM

# Afghanistan

UN chief slams Taliban over 'unprecedented' curbs on Afghan women's rights

The Taliban government has firmly rejected criticism of the curbs on women.

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May 2nd 2023, 3:48 PM

Last month

April 2023

# Port-au-Prince

At least 12 suspected gang members stoned and burned alive in Haiti

The UN has warned that insecurity in the Haitian capital has reached levels similar to countries at war.

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Apr 25th 2023, 8:08 AM

# Taliban

United Nations ready for ‘heartbreaking’ decision to pull out of Afghanistan

The head of the UN Development Programme said it will pull out in May if it cannot persuade the Taliban to let local women work for the organisation.

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Apr 18th 2023, 3:04 PM

# Security Council

EU to guard against any Russia abuse of UN presidency, foreign policy chief says

Ukraine has branded the presidency as “a slap in the face”.

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Apr 2nd 2023, 10:15 AM

Voices

Barry Andrews: Russia at the helm of the UN Security Council from today makes a mockery of it

The Irish MEP says Russia’s assumption of the Presidency for a month makes a laughing stock of a body that stands for peace.

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Apr 1st 2023, 6:16 PM

This year

2023

# Matiullah Wesa

Founder of girls' education project in Afghanistan arrested by Taliban authorities in Kabul

The Taliban government last year barred girls from attending secondary school.

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Mar 28th 2023, 8:26 AM

# Crimes Against Humanity

UN investigation finds migrants stuck in Libya are being tortured and forced into sex slavery

Nearly all the survivors interviewed did not lodge official complaints out of fear of reprisals, arrest, and extortion.

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Mar 27th 2023, 1:40 PM

# Ukraine War

United Nations accuses both Russian and Ukrainian forces of 'summary executions' of prisoners

The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said her organisation had recently recorded killings by both sides.

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Mar 25th 2023, 12:37 PM

# Biodiversity

United Nations reach landmark agreement to protect ocean life

An agreement to protect marine life in the regions outside national boundary waters, known as the high seas, had been discussed for more than 20 years.

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Mar 5th 2023, 4:56 PM

# Geneva

Tánaiste condemns Russian nuclear threats at UN conference

Micheál Martin made the comments at the the fifty-second session of the UN Human Rights Council and the 2023 Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

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Feb 27th 2023, 1:09 PM

# Elizabeth coppin

'I could feel the blood draining from me': Magdalene survivor criticises 'frightening' UN decision

Elizabeth Coppin said survivors of institutional abuse are being left with nowhere to turn.

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Feb 19th 2023, 9:00 PM

# Earthquake

Key updates: Aid convoy passes into rebel-held Syria opens as quake death toll now above 40,000

Hundreds of thousands of survivors have been left homeless.

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Feb 15th 2023, 7:30 AM

# Elizabeth coppin

'I feel deflated, so low': Magdalene laundry survivor loses case at UN Committee Against Torture

Elizabeth Coppin argued that Ireland had violated her human rights under the Convention against Torture.

Elizabeth Coppin argued that Ireland had violated her human rights under the Convention against Torture, Órla Ryan reports

The UN Committee Against Torture has ruled in favour of the Irish State - a decision criticised by human rights experts

"I felt deflated, so low, and very sad, not just for me but for all of the Magdalene women who died in vain," Coppin said

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Feb 14th 2023, 12:05 AM

# rights of the child

UN rights committee 'seriously concerned' over children in Ireland experiencing homelessness

The UN Rights of the Child Committee published observations on Ireland today.

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Feb 9th 2023, 2:28 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

UN refugee agency says it is 'completely unpalatable' that asylum seekers are homeless in Ireland

A report by

Stephen McDermott

The head of Ireland’s UNHCR office says the State can learn to accommodate current levels of asylum seekers.

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Jan 28th 2023, 12:05 AM

# Defence Forces

Trooper Shane Kearney no longer in critical condition after Lebanon attack

Trooper Kearney suffered a head injury in the shooting that killed fellow soldier Private Sean Rooney on 14 December.

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Jan 10th 2023, 1:24 PM

Last year

2022

# Peacekeeping

No immediate plans for Taoiseach to visit Lebanon following deadly attack on Irish peacekeepers

Leo Varadkar said that he hoped to fit in a visit “sometime next year”.

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Dec 27th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Lebanon

Suspect arrested in relation to killing of Irish peacekeeper Sean Rooney

Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed and three others injured when their vehicle was attacked

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Dec 26th 2022, 10:16 AM

# South of the Litani

South Lebanon: Proxy conflicts and economic collapse make Irish patrol area 'powder keg'

Our reporter, Niall O’Connor, who recently visited south Lebanon takes a look at life below the Litani River.

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Dec 21st 2022, 5:41 PM

# United Nations

Russian invasion of Ukraine and veto undermines UN Security Council, Coveney says

Coveney believes Ireland has had a “sustained and positive impact” during its two-year term on the council.

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Dec 6th 2022, 6:59 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Irish NGO fighting cholera in Haiti amid 'power vacuum' and civil unrest

A report by

Niall O'Connor

Goal is the primary international non-governmental organisation in Port-au-Prince and in surrounding communities.

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Nov 28th 2022, 12:05 AM

# ireland's triple-lock

Motion on Ireland remaining a militarily neutral state won't be opposed by Government

Taoiseach says scrapping the triple-lock is not in the Programme for Government.

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Nov 23rd 2022, 6:30 AM

# Human Rights

UN human rights council eyes investigation of Iran's crackdown on protests

Over 360 people, including 47 children, have been killed in the crackdown according to human rights groups

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Nov 22nd 2022, 8:01 AM

# one in eight billion

World population set to reach eight billion today

The UN attributes the growth to human development, with people living longer thanks to improvements in public health and medicine.

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Nov 15th 2022, 6:51 AM

# Takeover

Twitter starts rolling out paid subscriptions as UN calls for human rights to be respected

Musk’s takeover of Twitter has caused controversy in recent days.

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Nov 6th 2022, 8:06 AM

# Ukraine

G7 discuss winter aid package for Ukraine as grain shipments resume

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the G7 will help Ukraine with items including generators and heaters to survive the winter.

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Nov 3rd 2022, 7:39 PM

# Climate Change

Temperatures in Europe have increased by more than twice global average, report finds

The World Meteorological Organisation report said Europe is the fastest warming continent.

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Nov 2nd 2022, 2:34 PM

# Moscow

Moscow's delegates miss UN review of human rights in Russia

The meeting had already been postponed twice from its planned date in March

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Oct 20th 2022, 10:50 PM

# Patricia O'Brien

Irish diplomat: Global supply and 'skyrocketing' fertiliser costs a key driver of world hunger

Ambassador Patricia O’Brien has been based in the Italian capital since December, 2021.

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Oct 5th 2022, 8:00 PM

# United Nations

US asks UN Human Rights Council to debate rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region

A UN report on Xinjiang published last month cited possible crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims in the region.

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Sep 26th 2022, 11:40 AM

# New York

Ireland would have to assess whether to take in fleeing Russians, says Taoiseach

Germany has indicated its willingness to accept Russian deserters.

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Sep 23rd 2022, 3:22 PM

# United Nations

Ireland 'deeply frustrated' at Security Council’s failure to act on Russia, Palestine and climate change

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney addressed the UN Security Council in New York earlier today.

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Sep 23rd 2022, 7:00 AM

# United Nations

Zelenskyy urges 'just punishment' against Russia in address to United Nations

World leaders are gathered in New York for the 77th UN General Assembly.

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Sep 21st 2022, 10:45 PM

# UN General Assembly

Taoiseach's flight from Dublin to New York forced to return to Ireland due to a bird strike

The Taoiseach was able to catch a later flight to New York following the incident.

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Sep 21st 2022, 9:36 PM

# New York

Key week for Ireland's term on UN Security Council during Ukraine-dominated General Assembly

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will also arrive in New York later today.

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Sep 21st 2022, 2:19 PM

# Humanitarian

Coveney approves €2 million funding to UN for Palestinian refugees

It brings Ireland’s total contribution to the UN Relief and Works Agency in 2022 to €8 million.

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Sep 18th 2022, 2:02 PM

# Taliban

Exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools ‘shameful’, says UN

Teenage girls are still barred from school and women are required to cover themselves from head to toe in public, with only their eyes showing.

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Sep 18th 2022, 12:43 PM

# london-NYC

Taoiseach to travel to NY for UN events, but will timetable allow for Biden meeting this week?

The Taoiseach will deliver Ireland’s National Statement in the UN on Thursday.

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Sep 18th 2022, 8:30 AM