
Treaty to fight match-fixing in sports takes effect with European backing
Under the legally binding Macolin treaty, a special committee will be set up to create procedural rules and a mandate.
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Under the legally binding Macolin treaty, a special committee will be set up to create procedural rules and a mandate.
Mona Juul, Norway U.N. ambassador, won election as president of the 54-nation U.N. Economic and Social Council.
The condemnation came from Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan and New Zealand, along with 17 European nations.
The number of refugees, internally displaced people and asylum-seekers rose by 2.3 million from 2017. And over the past two decades, the number has doubled.
The British monarch touted global institutions the U.K. and U.S. helped create after World War II — to prevent a third one.
The proposed global pact is named the Christchurch Call after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in March.
Disasters and conflicts drove nations atop a list of places adding to the 28 million people newly displaced at home.
Scientists say the Arctic region is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the planet, but the Trump administration blocked a council statement from referring to that threat.
Accelerating species losses undermine humanity's perch on the planet because all life depends on rich species diversity.
The International Maritime Organization requires industry upgrades and streamlining electronic information exchanges.
The judgement in the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals at The Hague, Netherlands, brings to a close the legal odyssey of 73-year-old Radovan Karadžić.
Climate protests organized in 2,083 cities across 125 nations made for one of the world's biggest ever demonstrations.
The U.N. reported losing 21 staff who worked for its agencies; other international organizations reported losing 25 staff.
The European Union and eight other nations condemned Saudi Arabia, demanding that it cooperate with a U.N.-led investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's brazen murder.
Japan will leave the International Whaling Commission, which will drop to 88 members, and resume whaling in April.
The image of a jet-setting executive at an agency that sets environmental and climate agendas made for poor optics.