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The UN discussed crimes in Georgia, they are discussing about British soldiers accused  of torture in Iraq. They sent a team to Israel to discuss the crimes. It was a very important political mission.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/world/africa/africa-international-criminal-court.html

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Peace—The UN helps resolve disputes between nations and prevent or lessen conflicts between countries.

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Peace—The UN helps resolve disputes between nations and prevent or lessen conflicts between countries.

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UN Stiffens Sanctions on North Korea, Trying to Slow it's Nuclear March

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UN Stiffens Sanctions on North Korea, Trying to Slow it's Nuclear March

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The UN tried to enlarge the laws on North Korea. They tried to stop North Korea making a nuclear warhead. Beijing easily approved this and expressed China's displeasure with Mr. Kim's Agenda.

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U.N. Human Rights Officials Highlight Signs Of Genocide In South Sudan

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U.N. Human Rights Officials Highlight Signs Of Genocide In South Sudan

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"United Nations human rights investigators say the stage is set for a Rwanda-like genocide in the world's newest nation, South Sudan."

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Great Barrier Reef Threatened By Climate Change

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Great Barrier Reef Threatened By Climate Change

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The United Nations is helping to try to keep the reef safe and finding ways to save it. The UN warned Australia that it wasn't looking so good.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/world/australia/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FUnited%20Nations&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=collection&_r=0

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U.N. Human Rights Officials Highlight Signs of Genocide In South Sudan

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U.N. Human Rights Officials Highlight Signs of Genocide In South Sudan

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In South Sudan, UN officials find signs of genocide/ ethnic cleansing. The tribes of this country are divided by race. Women have less rights/power. Genocide looks imminent.

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United Nations human rights investigators say the stage is set for a Rwanda-like genocide in the world's newest nation, South Sudan.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

Ethnic cleansing is happening in South Sudan. That's according to U.N. human rights investigators who've just returned from a 10-day trip there. They say they saw signs of potential genocide in the world's newest nation, where forces loyal to the government have been warring with those loyal to the former vice president. And the U.N. team is warning South Sudan is on the brink of catastrophe. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: The stage is set for another Rwanda-like genocide. That's what the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan found, according to one team member, Ken Scott.

KENNETH SCOTT: We're not there yet. We're not saying it's Rwanda yet, but we're saying that it has the potential. And if more isn't done by the government and by the international community, it certainly has the potential.

KELEMEN: He says everyone he talked to in South Sudan said the situation has gotten worse in recent months. Ethnic tensions are dividing South Sudan's 64 tribes, and the country is awash with weapons and armed groups. Scott says the violence against women is staggering.

SCOTT: Rape in South Sudan has truly reached epidemic proportions. It's happening everywhere. Women leave the protected camps. They go out to collect firewood or water or food or other necessities. And they are constantly exposed to the risk of rape or sexual assault - and by all parties.

KELEMEN: He and his colleagues met one woman who said she had been raped by South Sudanese soldiers just a few days earlier. Angelina spoke through an interpreter in this audio provided by the U.N. human rights team.

ANGELINA: (Foreign language spoken).

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: She said it happened in my house, and they burn everything. They burn the sorghum. They burn her clothes, and they burn her house. And then they chase her away.

KELEMEN: The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, denies there's ethnic cleansing going on in his country. The conflict there began three years ago as a power struggle between Kiir, who is Dinka, and his former vice president, Riek Machar, of the Nuer tribe. There were some parts of the country and other ethnic groups that were initially spared in this conflict, but that's no longer true, says the head of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, Yasmin Sooka.

YASMIN SOOKA: Any sense of national identity is crumbling, and tribal or ethnic identity is taking over.

KELEMEN: She told reporters before leaving South Sudan that there are plenty of indicators of a potential genocide.

SOOKA: That doesn't mean that it's inevitable. There are several steps that could and should be taken now to avert catastrophe.

KELEMEN: She's calling for the quick deployment of 4,000 additional African troops that have been promised, and she'd like to see an arms embargo. The U.S. has circulated a draft Security Council resolution that would ban weapon sales to South Sudan and target some of the key figures with sanctions. But U.S. diplomats are struggling to get the nine votes they need for such a resolution to pass. U.N. human rights investigator Ken Scott says the U.S. played an important diplomatic role in helping South Sudan become an independent state in 2011, and the world is watching again now.

SCOTT: As usual, the world looks to the U.S. for leadership, and I think it requires a more robust response than we've seen so far.

KELEMEN: The U.S. ambassador to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Keith Harper, is sounding the alarms about a military buildup in one province in South Sudan.

KEITH HARPER: We have credible information that the South Sudanese government is currently targeting civilians in central Equatoria and preparing for large-scale attacks in the coming days or weeks.

KELEMEN: The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Samantha Power, says that should be a, quote, "huge red flag." She's calling on her colleagues in the Security Council to halt the arms flow to South Sudan. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington.

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U.N. Human Rights Officials Highlight Signs Of Genocide In South Sudan

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United Nations human rights investigators say the stage is set for a Rwanda-like genocide in the world's newest nation, South Sudan. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Ethnic cleansing is happening in South Sudan. That's according to U.N. human rights investigators who've just returned from a 10-day trip there.

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Trump Victory Leaves U.N. Officials Hoping To Keep Climate Deal In Place

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Trump Victory Leaves U.N. Officials Hoping To Keep Climate Deal In Place

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People think that Trump is going to disappoint people because he won't follow up with the UN. Because Trump is known for his rudeness, people think that he will forget about it. The UN people want to keep things under control.

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/19/502717935/trump-victory-leaves-u-n-officials-hoping-to-keep-climate-deal-in-place

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A lot of things were destroyed in Haiti were destroyed after Hurricane Mathew. There Helping in many ways. On way the UN is Haiti out by supping food assistance and shelter.

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DRC: UN delegates visit amid political turmoil

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DRC: UN delegates visit amid political turmoil

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Peace keepers were injured because of violence while in an area of political violence. This took place in Kinshasa, Nov. 8. "Experts fear protests if Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila doesn't step down next month."
(Laura Smith Park, 2016)

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The UN found marine pollution has affected 800 marine species. This caused many countries economy to lose money. This problem negatively impacts a countries biodiversity.

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UN Finally Apologizes for Cholera In Haiti

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UN Finally Apologizes for Cholera In Haiti

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Haiti has recently been suffering from a cholera outbreak and has demanded that the UN takes responsibility. Ban Ki-moon apologized for the UN's role in this chaotic situation. The UN was trying to help development by apologizing and trying to help the people's health in Haiti.

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For six years, Haitian activists have demanded that the United Nations accept responsibility for cholera in Haiti.

Yet many seemed almost shocked on Thursday by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's apology for the U.N.'s role in the outbreak. Shocked - and pleased.

Activists who have screamed on social media, protested in the streets and filed legal claims against the U.N. over the issue welcomed the secretary-general's new plan to address cholera in the deeply impoverished Caribbean nation: a proposal to pour $400 million into Haiti to fight cholera and compensate victims of the attack.

Ban Ki-moon's statement also noted that "the preponderance of the evidence does lead to the conclusion that personnel associated with the [U.N.'s peacekeeping] facility were the most likely source."

But he stopped short of apologizing for the fact that the bacteria was brought to the island by Nepalese peacekeepers and flowed out of toilets from their base in to a local water supply.

For that reason, Philip Alston, the U.N.'s human rights special rapporteur, told The Guardian that Ban Ki-moon had made a "half-apology."

Others were optimistic. "The U.N.'s promises are promising," says Brian Concannon, the head of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, a harsh critic of the U.N. on this issue and one of the leaders of the legal campaign to try to force the U.N. to pay reparations to victims of the outbreak.

U.N. peacekeepers inadvertently brought cholera to Haiti in 2010 just after the crippling earthquake. The outbreak, which is still ongoing, has sickened nearly 800,000 people and killed nearly 9,000. Prior to 2010 cholera had not been reported in Haiti in decades.

Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly Thursday, Ban Ki-moon, said the U.N. deeply regrets the loss of life the outbreak caused.

"On behalf of the United Nations, I want to say very clearly: We apologize to the Haitian people," the secretary-general said.

"We simply did not do enough with regard to the cholera outbreak and its spread in Haiti. We are profoundly sorry for our role."

Concannon, in a conference call with supporters of what his organization calls the "cholera justice movement," welcomed the apology and the proposed new funding. "But we need to fight even harder to get those promises fulfilled," he added.

Even though the U.N. still has not acknowledged that it was involved in bringing the deadly disease to Haiti, activists were appreciative of Ban ki-Moon's words.

"We asked for an apology and I really deeply appreciate the words from the secretary-general," said Junia Barreau, a Haitian activist based in Montreal. "Victims need these words. They asked for them and they got it. It's an accomplishment."

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U.N. Finally Apologizes For Cholera In Haiti ... But Omits One Point

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For six years, Haitian activists have demanded that the United Nations accept responsibility for cholera in Haiti. Yet many seemed almost shocked on Thursday by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's apology for the U.N.'s role in the outbreak. Shocked - and pleased. Activists who have screamed on social media, protested in the streets and filed legal claims against the U.N.

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Justice—The UN works for equal rights and fair treatment for all individuals and groups. This includes promoting basic human rights and political freedoms. 

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Justice—The UN works for equal rights and fair treatment for all individuals and groups. This includes promoting basic human rights and political freedoms. 

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Development—The UN promotes higher standards of living, healthcare, and economic and social progress for all people.

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Development—The UN promotes higher standards of living, healthcare, and economic and social progress for all people.