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Protesters in Guatemala demand the president's resignation.

Human Rights & Humanitarians

Reprisals against human rights defenders cited among 42 nations

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A new report's evidence of threats and retaliation extends to 12 of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 member nations.

A report says 60% of the world's population will live in highly water-stressed conditions by 2050.

Climate & Health

Danger of exhausting local water supply puts 1-in-4 at risk globally

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'Extremely high water stress' afflicts 83% of the population in the Middle East and North Africa and 74% in South Asia.

The FSO Safer tanker moored off Yemen's Red Sea coast.

Science & Technology

U.N. starts unloading oil from Yemen tanker to prevent disaster

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Without U.N. intervention, the tanker could have released as much as four times the oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez in 1989.

International sanctions are a common tool of modern international relations.

Sustainable Development Goals

Economic sanctions as a modern tool: Cruel to the most vulnerable?

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A new study finds economic sanctions in target countries contribute to increases in mortality, poverty, and inequality, and to declines in per-capita income and human rights.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg rebuked Russia and China over global arms control.

Nuclear Security & WMD

International arms control at a 'crossroads' over nuclear threats

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Despite his concerns about Russia and China and the "unraveling" of the international arms controls regimes the world has long depended on, the NATO chief emphasized the need to negotiate new arms control arrangements.

Geopolitics

U.N. talks open on Syria national governance

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Syrian representatives, dogged by mistrust from an almost decade-long civil war, began a fourth round of peace talks on a new system of governance.

Nuclear Security & WMD

U.N. lets Iran arms ban lapse despite U.S. dissent

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The signatories to the Iran nuclear deal allowed a U.N.-imposed embargo on arms trade with the nation and some travel bans to expire as planned.

Nuclear Security & WMD

U.S. unilaterally restores U.N. sanctions on Iran

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The U.S. followed through on its threat to unilaterally restore sanctions against Iran, defying widespread international criticism.

Geopolitics

Envoy says Syrian peace talks restoring trust

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The U.N. special envoy to Syria said peace talks built "a little bit" more confidence and trust among government, opposition and civil society representatives.

Nuclear Security & WMD

IAEA chief negotiates nuclear access with Iran

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Amid rising tensions on the U.N. Security Council over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, IAEA and Tehran said Tehran will allow inspectors at two nuclear sites.

Nuclear Security & WMD

Security Council rejects U.S. demands on Iran

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The U.N. Security Council rejected the Trump administration's attempt to use the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to restore international sanctions against Tehran.

Justice & Accountability

Tribunal convicts one in Hariri assassination

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A U.N.-appointed tribunal convicted one of four Hezbollah members charged in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Human Rights & Humanitarians

Donors pledge €6.9 billion to help Syrians

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Governments and organizations pledged €6.9 billion in humanitarian aid for people displaced inside Syria and for refugees who fled to neighboring countries.