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At least 98,000 children under the age of five are at "high risk of dying" unless they receive urgent treatment (File photo)

Child malnutrition soars in war-torn Yemen - UN

World • 27 Oct

The UN said that the treaty has been ratified by a 50th country, allowing the text to come into force after 90 days

Treaty banning nuclear weapons to enter into force

World • 25 Oct

Xi Jinping's address to the UN followed Donald Trump's

Trump uses UN to hit out at China, Xi urges cooperation

World • 22 Sep

The UN is marking its 75th birthday

'Digital diplomacy' at the UN General Assembly

World • 22 Sep

All statements have been pre-recorded and will be broadcast in the General Assembly hall

We must work together, says Guterres at UN anniversary

World • 21 Sep

The UN warned that man-made activity had already severely degraded three quarters of land on Earth

World missing all targets to save nature - UN

World • 15 Sep

The troops were due to arrive home last month but were delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak

115 Irish troops arrive home from Lebanon

Ireland • 22 Jun

Figures for the number of people displaced have been rising since 2012

Record 79.5m people displaced, 1% of humanity - UN

World • 18 Jun

Votes were cast at the UN headquarters in New York

Ireland wins seat on United Nations Security Council

World • 18 Jun

The new system will see UN ambassadors cast their ballots at different time slots at the UN headquarters in New York

Rules agreed ahead of Ireland's Security Council bid

Ireland • 30 May

The first troops arrive in Ireland on 21 June with a second contingent returning eight days later.

Peacekeepers' families welcome June return date

Ireland • 22 May

Antonio Guterres told a news conference that the international community was divided

UN chief says world powers divided and lack leadership

Coronavirus • 01 May

Global deaths linked to the coronavirus have now passed 200,000

Global coronavirus death toll passes 200,000

Coronavirus • 25 Apr

Members of the South Sudanese Ministry of Health Rapid Response Team prepare to take a sample from a woman at her home in Juba, South Sudan

Number of people suffering acute hunger could double

World • 22 Apr

The resolution calls for strengthening the 'scientific international co-operation necessary to combat Covid-19'

UN call for 'equitable' access to any Covid-19 vaccine

Coronavirus • 21 Apr

Antonio Guterres comments were stark in relation to the fallout from coronavirus

'We are at war with a virus' - UN chief warns

World • 19 Mar

Students take part in a protest to mark 2019 International Women's Day in Madrid

9 in 10 of all people hold bias against women - study

World • 06 Mar

Javier Perez de Cuellar played a crucial role in ending the Iran-Iraq war, securing the release of American hostages held in Lebanon and in peace agreements in Cambodia and El Salvador

Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar dies aged 100

World • 05 Mar

The flights from Sanaa will go to Amman in Jordan and Cairo in Egypt

'Glimmer of hope' as evacuation flights leave Yemen

World • 03 Feb

France remains the world's most visited nation with 89 million arrivals

Global tourism growth slowed in 2019 - UN

Business • 21 Jan

Aung San Suu Kyi leaving the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague

Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims at top UN court

World • 11 Dec 19

The initiative is the idea of Dr Laura Kehoe, a sustainability researcher at the University of Oxford

Green Santa wants to know what children want for planet

Environment • 29 Nov 19

A photo made available by the Iran Atomic Energy Organization reportedly shows the inside of the Fordow nuclear facility

European nations warn Iran over nuclear actions

World • 11 Nov 19

The lawsuit requests provisional measures to prevent further harm to the Rohingya people

Myanmar genocide lawsuit filed at United Nations court

World • 11 Nov 19

Members of Mr Ryan's family were present as his coffin, draped in the UN flag, was brought out of Dublin Airport

Irish man killed in Ethiopia crash a 'UN hero'

Ireland • 29 Oct 19

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