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April 2017
SECURITY COUNCIL: ‘SWEDEN TAKES ITS SEAT ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL’, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 3 JANUARY 2017 NORTH KOREA: ‘UN security council warns North Korea to stop nuclear tests or face sanctions’, Guardian, 20 April 2017 CLIMATE: ‘Policy Advisers Urge Trump to Keep U.S. in Paris Accord’, New York Times, 18 April 2017 HUMAN RIGHTS: ‘Nikki Haley Presides Over Human Rights Discussion at U.N. Security Council’, New York Times, 18 April 2017 PEACEKEEPING: ‘U.N. votes to end Haiti task ‘, Arkansas Gazette-Democrat, 14 April 2017; and ‘U.N. Votes Unanimously to End Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti’, New York Times, 13 April 2017 SYRIA: ‘Can the United Nations do anything to stop the slaughter in Syria?’ The Atlantic, 12 April 2017 SYRIA: ‘Russia blocks U.N. Security Council condemnation of Syria attack’, Reuters, 12 April 2017 DISARMAMENT: ‘Big debates at U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty negotiations’, Brookings, 12 April 2017 Syria: ‘Syria chemical attack: UN Security Council voting delayed’, Special Broadcasting Service (Australia), 7 April 2017 SOUTH SUDAN: ‘After attacks, UN senior official in South Sudan urges protection of aid workers and civilians’, UN News Centre, 8 April 2017 DR CONGO: ‘Donald Trump scales back the UN’s peace-keeping in Congo’ The Economist, 8 April 2017 NORTH KOREA: ‘UN strongly condemns North Korea’s latest missile launch’, Globe and Mail (Toronto), 6 April 2017; also see the press release, at ‘Security Council condemns DPRK's 'highly destabilizing behaviour', UN News Centre, 6 April 2017 HUMANITARIAN RELIEF: ‘UN, partners warn 108 million people face severe food insecurity worldwide’, UN News Centre, 31 March 2017. UNITED STATES: ‘U.N. envoy draws from playbook of an aide steeped in conservativism’, New York Times, 31 March 2017