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# United Nations

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# Defence Forces
Pride and sacrifice: Marking 60 years of Irish participation in peacekeeping missions
Ireland holds the record for the longest unbroken peacekeeping service of any nation in the world.
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Jun 24th 2018, 8:00 AM
# United Nations
Myanmar is 'failing to end recruitment of child soldiers'
The military and a number of rebel groups have drafted underage soldiers for years.
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Jun 2nd 2018, 12:00 PM
# New York
President Michael D Higgins to address United Nations during US visit next week
Higgins will also meet members of the Irish community during his time in New York.
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Apr 18th 2018, 3:05 PM
# playing with fire
Russia compares Salisbury poisoning allegations to Nazi propaganda
A war of words has erupted between Russia, the UK and the US.
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Apr 5th 2018, 10:57 PM
# refugee crisis
Israel will send refugees to Western countries as deportation plan scrapped
The original scheme was criticised by the United Nations.
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Apr 2nd 2018, 7:30 PM
# New York
Ministers travelling on St Patrick's Day to campaign for UN Security Council seat
Ireland is running for a seat on the Council for the 2021-2022 term, in which there are two seats available.
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Mar 6th 2018, 8:54 AM
# heinous acts
UN wants war crime charges after people in South Sudan 'forced to watch the rape of loved ones'
A UN report said some of the cases are “reminiscent of Bosnia”.
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Feb 23rd 2018, 2:36 PM
# Syrian civil war
'Hell on Earth': More than 400 people have been killed in five-day assault on Syrian rebel-held area
fter two weeks of negotiations, Russia today told the UN Security Council that there was still no agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Syria.
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Feb 22nd 2018, 10:58 PM
# UN Security Council
Iran says that meeting of UN Security Council over mass protests is 'a preposterous example of US bullying'
At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested amid anti-government rallies and unrest that began last week.
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Jan 5th 2018, 11:15 PM
# deadly crisis
Ireland is giving another €500,000 in aid to the severe humanitarian crisis in DR Congo
The UN has described the situation in DR Congo as the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in the world.
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Dec 28th 2017, 2:12 PM
# Rebels
Critically ill adults and children evacuated from besieged region of Syria
The government recently tightened its siege of eastern Ghouta.
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Dec 28th 2017, 7:35 AM
# Tension
North Korea says new UN sanctions are an 'act of war'
The UN Security Council unanimously passed new, US-drafted sanctions that will restrict oil supplies.
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Dec 24th 2017, 9:56 AM
# Nuclear Weapons
'The world wants peace, not death!' - Trump welcomes new sanctions on North Korea
The sanctions will restrict oil supplies vital for Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programmes.
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Dec 23rd 2017, 10:37 AM
# away for Christmas
'It’s tough to be away from home': Varadkar visiting Irish troops in Lebanon
Hundreds of Irish people will be deployed overseas this Christmas.
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Dec 21st 2017, 9:44 AM
# autonomous weapons
Call for ban on 'killer robots' - but are they really on the way?
The issue was brought up by concerned groups during UN talks earlier this week.
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Nov 19th 2017, 6:00 PM
# Climate Change
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have hit a record high
The UN has warned that urgent action is required to cut emissions.
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Oct 30th 2017, 5:30 PM
# Child Soldiers
Angelina Jolie 'offered to help capture' Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
The actor apparently wanted to invite Kony to dinner so he could be arrested.
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Oct 8th 2017, 12:10 PM
# threats threats and more threats
As US warplanes fly off North Korea, Trump says the country's leaders 'won't be around much longer'
The war of words between the two powers shows no sign of abating.
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Sep 24th 2017, 9:15 AM
# United Nations
Ireland backs UN treaty banning nuclear weapons despite boycott from Nato
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons today.
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Sep 20th 2017, 7:27 PM
# divisive
'Ignorant hate speech belongs in medieval times': Iran strongly criticises Trump
Trump took aim at countries who have been on his radar since he took up the presidency in January.
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Sep 20th 2017, 7:58 AM
# United Nations
Trump says democracy must be restored in Venezuela as 'their country is collapsing'
Trump made his comments ahead of the annual world leaders debate at the UN today.
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Sep 19th 2017, 8:01 AM
# Rohingya refugees
Facing a barrage of criticism, Aung San Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN General Assembly
The Nobel Peace Prize winner is being criticised for her failure to speak up for Rohingya Muslims.
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Sep 13th 2017, 7:32 AM
# global study
Ireland fares poorly on alcohol use, child sex abuse and suicide rate
We come 20th out of 188 countries evaluated in a new international health study.
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Sep 13th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Human Rights
UN accuses Myanmar of 'ethnic cleansing' as thousands of Rohingyas flee the country
The UN says 294,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar.
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Sep 11th 2017, 11:33 AM
# hydrogen bomb
North Korea is 'begging for war': US steps up pressure on Kim Jong-un at UN
Members of the UN Security Council are calling for further sanctions against North Korea as the state claims it detonated a hydrogen bomb yesterday.
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Sep 4th 2017, 7:53 PM
# rohingya
Survivors of Myanmar violence say children were beheaded and men burnt alive
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Myanmar of “genocide” against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
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Sep 2nd 2017, 2:10 PM
# mixed message
Trump says talking is 'not the answer' to North Korean situation
His comments are at odds with remarks made by US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis.
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Aug 30th 2017, 8:05 PM
# Charlottesville
United Nations issues 'racism warning' over growing US tensions
A UN committee has said the move is aimed at helping prevent “existing problems from escalating into conflict”.
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Aug 23rd 2017, 1:44 PM
# Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk backs call for killer robots to be banned
“We do not have long to act. Once this Pandora’s box is opened, it will be hard to close.”
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Aug 21st 2017, 8:44 AM
# North Korea
Minister: 'No immediate threat' to Ireland amid US-North Korea nuclear tensions
Minister Charlie Flanagan says Ireland must however remain vigilant.
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Aug 9th 2017, 7:45 PM
# United Nations
New sanctions imposed on North Korea are 'a whole new level'
A ban on exports aims to deprive Pyongyang of about €850 million in annual revenue.
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Aug 6th 2017, 9:20 AM
# Nuclear Weapons
US wants UN ban on North Korean exports of coal, iron and seafood
The move could cost Pyongyang about €850 million in annual revenue.
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Aug 5th 2017, 1:32 PM
# Human Rights
Minister tells UN Convention that some prison inmates don't have a flush toilet in their cells
Minister for State David Stanton was addressing the UN Convention Against Torture.
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Jul 27th 2017, 3:11 PM
# global shift
For the first time, over half of people with HIV are taking AIDS drugs
The United Nations report’s authors claimed that the data proved the “scales have finally tipped”.
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Jul 20th 2017, 12:05 PM
# UNDOF
Concern for Irish troops in Syria as Russia and US plan safe zone
There are concerns that this new safe zone could be safeguarded by Russian and US troops.
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Jul 16th 2017, 10:00 PM
# South Sudan
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
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Jul 4th 2017, 6:10 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know this morning.
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Jun 25th 2017, 8:53 AM
# Yemen
Yemen is facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world
One quarter of the people who have died in this outbreak were children.
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Jun 25th 2017, 7:59 AM
# going rogue
US will become a 'rogue state' if it pulls out of the Paris deal - Mary Robinson
President Donald Trump yesterday delayed a decision to honour or walk away from the climate deal.
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May 10th 2017, 7:37 AM
# Humanitarian
Ireland gives a further €6 million in aid to alleviate suffering in Yemen and Iraq
The UN has warned Temen is on the brink of a famine caused by conflict.
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Apr 15th 2017, 6:05 AM
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