All posts tagged "UN"

  • A North Korean freight ship (Yonhap)
    UN lifts sanctions on 4 ships once linked to North Korea

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has decided to lift sanctions on four ships originally linked to a North Korean shipping company after determining that there were no ties to the company as China claimed....

    • Posted March 22, 2016
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    UN names Angry Birds character Red to tackle climate change

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday named Red, the starring animated character in the soon-to-be-released “The Angry Birds Movie” as an honorary U.N. ambassador to encourage young people to go “green” and step up...

    • Posted March 18, 2016
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  • President Park Geun-hye, of South Korea, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    UN strongly condemns North Korea ballistic missile launches

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches, calling them “unacceptable” and a clear violation of U.N. resolutions banning such tests. A unanimous statement from the U.N.’s most powerful...

    • Posted March 18, 2016
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  • Marzuki Darusman (Yonhap)
    UN envoy urges prosecution of N. Korean leader for human rights violations

    GENEVA (Yonhap) — A special rapporteur of the United Nations on North Korean human rights called for the prosecution of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other ranking officials of the communist state for violating the human...

    • Posted March 14, 2016
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  • North Koreans watch a news broadcast on a video screen outside Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Pyongyang has long claimed it has the right to develop nuclear weapons to defend itself against the U.S., an established nuclear power with whom it has been in a state of war for more than 65 years. But to build a credible nuclear threat, the North must explode new nuclear devices — including miniaturized ones — so its scientists can improve their designs and technology. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    N. Korea warns of ‘stern’ responses against UN sanctions

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea warned Friday that it will take “stern” actions in response to the United Nations Security Council’s imposition of tougher sanctions over the North’s nuclear and missile programs. “We will mobilize various means...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • President Park Geun-hye, of South Korea, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    UN Security Council unanimously adopts harshest-ever sanctions on North Korea

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Yonhap) — The U.N. Security Council adopted the harshest-ever sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, punishing Pyongyang for its defiant nuclear and missile tests and seeking to put curbs on the weapons...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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    Four N. Korean officials blacklisted by UN council

    By Yi Whan-woo The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) has blacklisted four senior North Korean officials in charge of nuclear and ballistic missile programs as the council is set to pass a new resolution on sanctions against the...

    • Posted March 2, 2016
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