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All posts tagged "united nations"

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  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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  South Korea questions North Korea’s UN membership

  By Kim Hyo-jin South Korea is questioning North Korea’s eligibility to be a member of the United Nations in connection with its recent provocations in breach of U.N. resolutions. During a U.N. open discussion Monday on the...

  • Posted February 19, 2016
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  Six UN Ambassadors unite for rock album under name ‘UNRocks’

  By Yi Whan-woo Oh Joon, South Korea’s ambassador and a permanent representative to the United Nations will release a rock album with five other U.N. ambassadors on Thurday sources said Wednesday. It said the six ambassadors worked on...

  • Posted December 9, 2015
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  Korean ambassador named new UN Human Rights Council president

  Ambassador Choi Kyong-lim, South Korea’s permanent representative to the United Nations’ Geneva office, has become the first Korean elected to the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The appointment, announced Monday, is effective Jan. 1,...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  Ban Ki-moon calls for world free of nuclear weapons

  By Brian Han As U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gears up for a potential meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he hopes to spread a grander vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. “Now is...

  • Posted December 7, 2015
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  UN holds cultural event for International Day of Persons with Disabilities

  The United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities Thursday was celebrated by a cultural event inside its New York City headquarters. “The theme for this day says it all: inclusion matters,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said...

  • Posted December 4, 2015
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  UN criticizes China for deporting NK defectors

  By Yi Whan-woo The United Nations condemned China for forcibly repatriating North Korean defectors even though they will face the risk of persecution on their return, South Korean officials said Thursday. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign...

  • Posted November 20, 2015
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