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Housing Crisis

Government denies UN claim that housing in Ireland is 'unaffordable'

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Landmark pact to regulate plastic waste signed by 180 nations - but not the US

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extinction

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Arms Trade Treaty

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27 Apr 2019

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evidence

One in three UN workers have been sexually harassed in the past two years

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Bangkok

UN says Saudi woman is genuine refugee, asks Australia to resettle her

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COP24

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Humanitarian Crisis

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Heather Nauert

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Climate Change

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Violence Against Women

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Save the Children

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21 Nov 2018

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Genocide

Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of Cambodia genocide in landmark ruling

16 Nov 2018

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Nóirín O'Sullivan has another new job - this time it's with the United Nations

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Climate Change

'Unprecedented' moves needed as UN report warns of faster than expected climate change effects

Updated 8 Oct 2018

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that's the joke

Trump brings the house down at UN General Assembly after insisting his White House has 'achieved more than any other'

25 Sep 2018

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peace and security

Leo Varadkar to raise Ireland's bid to join UN Security Council in New York

23 Sep 2018

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mahmoud abbas visit

Ireland to give extra €1 million to help Palestinian refugees

Updated 22 Sep 2018

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column

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Myanmar rejects UN probe findings of Rohingya 'genocide'

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rohingya

Facebook bans Myanmar army chief following damning UN report

Updated 27 Aug 2018

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United Nations

'Honestly, we are in a mess': Kofi Annan lashed out at global leaders in one of his final interviews

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RIP

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has died following a short illness

Updated 18 Aug 2018

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Nuclear Weapons

North Korea criticises US for acting with 'alarming' impatience on denuclearisation issue

Updated 4 Aug 2018

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All I Want Is UN

Bono warns UN is 'under attack' as he issues rallying call for Irish security council seat

3 Jul 2018

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United Nations

Bono gives shoutout to Irish security council bid during Madison Square Garden concert

2 Jul 2018

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Defence Forces

Pride and sacrifice: Marking 60 years of Irish participation in peacekeeping missions

24 Jun 2018

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United Nations

Myanmar is 'failing to end recruitment of child soldiers'

2 Jun 2018

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New York

President Michael D Higgins to address United Nations during US visit next week

18 Apr 2018

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playing with fire

Russia compares Salisbury poisoning allegations to Nazi propaganda

5 Apr 2018

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refugee crisis

Israel will send refugees to Western countries as deportation plan scrapped

2 Apr 2018

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New York

Ministers travelling on St Patrick's Day to campaign for UN Security Council seat

6 Mar 2018

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heinous acts

UN wants war crime charges after people in South Sudan 'forced to watch the rape of loved ones'

23 Feb 2018

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Syrian civil war

'Hell on Earth': More than 400 people have been killed in five-day assault on Syrian rebel-held area

22 Feb 2018

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UN Security Council

Iran says that meeting of UN Security Council over mass protests is 'a preposterous example of US bullying'

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deadly crisis

Ireland is giving another €500,000 in aid to the severe humanitarian crisis in DR Congo

28 Dec 2017

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Rebels

Critically ill adults and children evacuated from besieged region of Syria

28 Dec 2017

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Tension

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Nuclear Weapons

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