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All posts tagged "UN"

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  N. Korea sends letter to UN to call for end of US military presence in S. Korea

  WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council, denouncing the U.S. military’s presence in South Korea for destabilizing the divided Korean Peninsula and demanding its withdrawal, according to the United Nations....

  • Posted September 14, 2015
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  UN chief welcomes inter-Korean deal

  NEW YORK (Yonhap) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed an agreement between South and North Korea to defuse heightened military tensions, saying he hopes it will lead to resumption of long-stalled negotiations on the North’s nuclear program....

  • Posted August 24, 2015
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  Ban Ki-moon fires UN peacekeeping chief in Central African Republic

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief has fired the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic over the force’s handling of dozens of sexual and other misconduct allegations, including rape and killing,...

  • Posted August 12, 2015
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  UN sets goal to end poverty, hunger in next 15 years

  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 193 member states of the United Nations have reached agreement on a new development agenda for the next 15 years that calls for eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality, improving living...

  • Posted August 3, 2015
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  N. Korea says opening of UN human rights office in South will lead to war

    Ever since the United Nations opened up a human rights office in South Korea on June 23, North Korea has felt the need to publicly rebuke the move on several occasions. The U.N. made it clear...

  • Posted June 29, 2015
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  Top UN official says Abe should meet ‘comfort women’

  By Lee Chi-dong and Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) — A top United Nations official advised Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo Thursday to meet “comfort women” in person to understand their sincerity in demanding a formal...

  • Posted June 25, 2015
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  S. Korea, WFP cement ties to fight world hunger

  SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) — South Korea on Wednesday held talks with the U.N. food aid agency on promoting partnerships in the global fight against hunger. A six-member delegation from the World Food Program visited here for...

  • Posted June 10, 2015
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