# united-nations - Friday 1 January, 2021
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
The Taoiseach described it as an ‘enormous responsibility’.
# united-nations - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Conflict
# Conflict
A spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said that attacks againt peacekeepers “may constitute a war crime”.
# united-nations - Thursday 17 December, 2020
# Number 2
# Number 2
The ranking appears in the UN’s annual Human Development Index.
# united-nations - Saturday 12 December, 2020
# Paris Agreement
# Paris Agreement
Last year Ireland became the second country in the world to declare a climate emergency.
# united-nations - Wednesday 9 December, 2020
# United Nations
# United Nations
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said this will “continue to grow unless world leaders stop wars”.
# united-nations - Friday 20 November, 2020
# Residency Rule
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# Residency Rule
Assistant coach Richie Murphy pointed out how well integrated foreign-born players have become in Ireland.
# united-nations - Sunday 25 October, 2020
# United Nations
# United Nations
Honduras just ratified the Treaty as the 50th state.
# united-nations - Friday 9 October, 2020
# United Nations
# United Nations
The WFP was honoured for “its efforts to combat hunger” and “its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas”.
# united-nations - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
# Azerbaijan
# Azerbaijan
Fierce fighting raged between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces yesterday despite pleas for calm.
# united-nations - Saturday 26 September, 2020
# United Nations
# United Nations
This year’s General Assembly is taking place remotely.
# united-nations - Saturday 5 September, 2020
# United Nations
# United Nations
Sir Ivor Roberts warns of the dangers of a stronger Hezbollah in Lebanon and urges Ireland and the EU to take a tougher stance against the group.
# united-nations - Tuesday 30 June, 2020
# Child Marriage
# Child Marriage
The UNFPA has called for urgent action to be taken to protect girls around the world.
# united-nations - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# Hotting Up
# Hotting Up
The suspected record temperature was measured in the Russian town of Verkoyansk on Saturday during a prolonged heatwave
# united-nations - Wednesday 17 June, 2020
# Diplomacy
# Diplomacy
A sustained campaign has seen Ireland win out in the first round of voting at the UN in New York this evening.
# Crunch Time
# Crunch Time
Ireland faces competition from Norway and Canada for two non-permanent seats on the council.
# united-nations - Sunday 14 June, 2020
# The Top Table
# The Top Table
Ireland is facing a “very competitive” field as it vies with Canada and Norway for a seat on the UN Security Council this Wednesday.
# united-nations - Saturday 25 April, 2020
# Global Pandemic
# Global Pandemic
Some US states reopened bowling alleys and nail salons.
# united-nations - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The Covid-19 pandemic could nearly double the number of people around the world facing acute hunger to 265 million.
# united-nations - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Vaccination campaigns have been postponed in 24 countries to help prevent further spread of Covid-19.
# united-nations - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# United Nations
# United Nations
It comes as leaders around the world warn of an intense few weeks ahead as the virus continues to spread.
# united-nations - Wednesday 11 March, 2020
# UN Security Council
# UN Security Council
The government is hoping to secure a two-year rotating term on the UN Security Council in 2021.
# united-nations - Friday 28 February, 2020
# Idlib
# Idlib
The soldiers were killed in the province of Idlib by a Syrian air strike last night.
# united-nations - Sunday 15 December, 2019
# Cop25
# Cop25
Greater ambition for how far countries were willing to go to combat the climate crisis failed to materialise at COP25.
# united-nations - Saturday 14 December, 2019
# Cop25
# Cop25
The aim of the negotiations is to finalise the rulebook for the 2015 Paris climate accord.
# united-nations - Saturday 9 November, 2019
# Samantha Power
# Samantha Power
Irish-American Samantha Power, who served as a UN ambassador, has had a long and storied career.
# united-nations - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The agreement set goals of preventing another 0.5C to 1C of warming from current levels.
# united-nations - Friday 1 November, 2019
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
COP25 was meant to take place in Chile but is now due to be held in Spain.
# united-nations - Monday 7 October, 2019
# Above The Law
# Above The Law
The concept is being discussed after UK police said that an American diplomat’s wife is a suspect in a fatal road crash.
# united-nations - Thursday 26 September, 2019
# United Nations
# United Nations
Higgins was addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York this evening.
# united-nations - Monday 23 September, 2019
# United Front
# United Front
Leo Varadkar met European Council President Donald Tusk this afternoon in New York.
# united-nations - Sunday 22 September, 2019
# Rising Temperatures
# Rising Temperatures
It comes ahead of a major UN climate summit tomorrow that will be attended by more than 60 world leaders.
# united-nations - Friday 26 July, 2019
# United Nations
# United Nations
Aid groups have described the spike in violence in Syria’s eight-year civil war as a “nightmare”.
# united-nations - Sunday 14 July, 2019
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
President Higgins laid a wreath on behalf of the people of Ireland at a ceremony in Collins Barracks.
# united-nations - Thursday 4 July, 2019
# Libya
# Libya
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
# united-nations - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
# Jamal Khashoggi
# Jamal Khashoggi
The report calls on UN bodies to “demand” a follow-up criminal investigation.
# united-nations - Sunday 16 June, 2019
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
A letter from the UN said private housing investment has impacted security of tenure for renters.
# united-nations - Saturday 11 May, 2019
# United Nations
# United Nations
The framework “is historic in the sense that it is legally binding, said Rolph Payet of the United Nations Environment Programme.
# Biodiversity
# Biodiversity
A recent UN report has pointed to the huge threats to biodiversity across the globe.
# united-nations - Monday 6 May, 2019
# Extinction
# Extinction
Over one million animal and plant species are now at risk of extinction.
# united-nations - Saturday 27 April, 2019
# Arms Trade Treaty
# Arms Trade Treaty
The US Senate never ratified the 2013 Arms Trade Treaty after former president Barack Obama endorsed it.
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