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UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting late Friday requested by Guyana after Venezuela’s referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor. But...
UN court bars Venezuela from altering Guyana’s control over disputed territory
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court on Friday ordered Venezuela not to take any action that would alter Guyana’s control over a disputed territory, but did not specifically ban Venezuela from holding its planned referendum Sunday on the territory’s future. ...
Top UN court orders Azerbaijan to ensure the safety of Nagorno-Karabakh people
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The U.N. top court on Friday issued an order calling on Azerbaijan to ensure the safety of people who leave, return to or remain in Nagorno-Karabakh, following the Azerbaijani military’s retaking of the separatist region in September. Armenia asked...
5 European nations and Canada seek to join genocide case against Myanmar at top UN court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Five European countries and Canada are seeking to join a case brought by Gambia at the United Nations' highest court that accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya minority. The International Court of Justice said Thursday that...
The top UN court has ordered Syria to do all it can to prevent torture
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture, in a case in which the Netherlands and Canada accuse Damascus of a years-long campaign of torturing its own citizens. ...
At the UN's top court, Venezuela vows to press ahead with referendum on future of disputed region
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Venezuela's vice president on Wednesday vowed that her country will press ahead with a referendum on the future of a large tract of mineral-rich territory that it claims in a long-running dispute with neighboring Guyana. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez...
Guyana tells UN court that Venezuelan referendum on territorial dispute is an 'existential threat'
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Guyana on Tuesday urged judges at the United Nations' highest court to call for a halt to parts of a Venezuelan referendum about a territorial dispute that Guyana representatives called an "existential threat” designed to pave the way for the annexation of a large...
Armenia wants a UN court to impose measures aimed at protecting rights of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Armenia urged the United Nations top court on Thursday to impose new interim orders on Azerbaijan to prevent what the leader of Armenia's legal team called the “ethnic cleansing” of the Nagorno-Karabakh region from becoming irreversible. Armenia...
Canada and the Netherlands take Syria to top UN court. They accuse Damascus of widespread torture
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Syria boycotted a hearing at the United Nations' top court on Tuesday where the Netherlands and Canada accused Damascus of a years-long campaign of “institutionalized” torture against its own people. The hearing was focused on a preliminary Dutch...
Ukraine's allies make legal arguments at top UN court in support of Kyiv's case against Russia
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine’s international allies filed into the United Nations’ top court on Wednesday to support Kyiv’s case against Russia that alleges Moscow twisted the genocide convention to manufacture a pretext for its invasion last year. The hearing came a...
