The U.N. health agency, already grappling with the challenge of leading the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, vowed it would investigate the allegations that women were exploited in return for jobs.
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The Rise of Child Labor in the Coronavirus Pandemic
With schools closed and families desperate for income, millions of children are being forced into work that is often dangerous, arduous and illegal.
Options Dwindling, Palestinian Leader Calls for U.N. Peace Conference
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority asked the United Nations to convene a conference in early 2021 to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Famine Emerges as U.N. Theme, Crystallized by Yemen Disaster
Starvation again threatens war-afflicted Yemen, where the U.N. has halved food rations for lack of funding. “If we get the money, we still may have famine,” the head of the U.N. anti-hunger agency said.
Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks
The U.S. insisted that new international guidelines on combating drug resistance omit any mention of fungicides — a demand that the industry made but that ran counter to science.
Saudi King, in First U.N. Speech, Assails Longtime Nemesis Iran
King Salman of Saudi Arabia used his speech to brand Iran as a force for chaos in the Middle East, but he addressed none of his country’s own controversies.
U.N. General Assembly: Live Updates
Deepening tensions are on display, with President Trump blaming ‘the China virus’ for global catastrophe, and Xi Jinping claiming the mantle of environmental champion.
U.N. Assembly, With Very Few Assembled, Marks 75th Year
A recorded speech by President Trump was scheduled but conspicuously missing as the United Nations commemorated its founding after World War II.
At the U.N., a General Assembly Like No Other
As world leaders meet for the 75th United Nations General Assembly this week, the gatherings are virtual, but the challenges all too real.
Former World Leaders Urge Ratification of Nuclear Arms Ban Treaty
In an open letter, the onetime leaders implored their own governments to embrace an arms treaty negotiated at the U.N. three years ago. It is six ratifications short of the 50 needed to go into effect.