
Shadow lobbying is an E.U. open secret in its cash suitcase scandal
The shock within institutions sidesteps the root problem: widely accepted shadow lobbying in the European Union.
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The shock within institutions sidesteps the root problem: widely accepted shadow lobbying in the European Union.
More than 40% of U.N. Geneva staff didn't report their vaccination status despite having to do so, and most of those that did weren't fully vaccinated.
It has been 20 years since U.N. diplomats stood and cheered when a treaty won enough support to launch the global court.
Appeals judges sentenced two members of Hezbollah to life imprisonment in the truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The head of a U.N. agency that last year oversaw US$3.4 billion in projects resigned over questions into tens of millions of dollars in agency spending.
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution to combat Holocaust denial and urged all nations and social media companies to fight anti-Semitism.
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The International Criminal Court hopes to 're-engage' with the United States after it revoked former Trump administration sanctions and visa restrictions.
Saudi Arabia's crown prince "approved" the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a declassified U.S. intelligence report concluded.
Leaders fear the fall of a democratically elected government will trigger a human rights crisis as the junta returns to power.
Transparency International found nations doing the most to combat corruption had better health care systems in place to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
ICJ ruled it has jurisdiction to settle a border dispute going back to colonial-era claims over a resources-rich jungle region between Guyana and Venezuela.
UNDP said in response to a news article it examined possbible "misuse of funds" affecting almost US$100 million in GEF-funded projects.
Four judges from China, Japan, Slovakia and Uganda were re-elected to the International Court of Justice, while a German candidate won the fifth open slot.
Terje Rød Larsen resigned as head of International Peace Institute due to his "failed judgment" in taking money from Jeffrey Epstein, IPI's board announced.