The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Ukraine morning briefing: Mariupol’s dead put at 5,000

Eastern area of the country now braces for sustained Russian attacks

Wales Online · Apr 7, 2022

U.N. suspends Russia from human rights body, Moscow then quits

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" in Ukraine, prompting Moscow to announce it was quitting the body.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back

Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws that forbid the return of people to countries where their lives may be in danger

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Aus-NZ refugee deal is a bandage on a failed policy. It's time to end offshore processing

Australia has finally accepted New Zealand’s offer to settle some of the refugees from the offshore processing regime – about nine years after it was first made in 2013.

The Conversation · Apr 7, 2022

Torture reports of prisoner in Iraq raised

A United Nations report has found that Australian Robert Pether has been arbitrarily detained in Iraq and has detailed allegations of torture and abuse.

AAP · Apr 7, 2022

What would following Australia’s ‘leadership’ on the climate crisis actually look like?

The Morrison government is touting their climate credentials but analysts say following Australia’s path would see 3C or more of global heating

The Guardian - AU · Apr 7, 2022

UN to vote Thursday on suspending Russia from rights council

The U.N. General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premier human rights body

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Sadiq Khan calls on leading vaccine manufacturers to share Covid jab blueprints with world

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan, alongside mayors of New York and Johannesburg, urged companies ‘to do all you can’ to promote vaccine equity and ‘help stop the unnecessary loss of life’

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

‘Major misjudgment’: how the Tories got their energy strategy so wrong

Analysis: betting big on nuclear, hydrogen, oil and gas while passing over energy saving measures, Johnson’s plan is a huge missed opportunity

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022

Feet tied and bullet to the head: A killing in Ukraine's Bucha

A rope tied around his feet and a charred hole in his forehead, a dead man lies in scrub by a railroad track on the outskirts of the Ukrainian town of Bucha.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2022