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Saudi Arabia loses bid for a seat on UN's premier human rights body

Oct. 09, 2024 18:58 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups that accused the Saudis of serious rights violations. The 193-member General Assembly elected 18 new members to serve on the 47-nation...

Children learn to cooperate early, but world leaders at the UN struggle to get that done

Sep. 28, 2024 20:35 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Our children are told when they're little: Play nicely. Work together. Don't hit. Use your words. Multiply that by nearly 200 countries, leaders of varied backgrounds and a preposterously complex set of 21st-century priorities and goals, and you come up with what exists in the...

At the UN, world leaders try to lay out a vision for the future — and actually make it happen

Sep. 23, 2024 17:17 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement the agreement's 56 actions. As Czech President Petr Pavel put...