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January 2018
SYRIA: ‘UN chief calls for Syria referral to International Court’, Associated Press, 26 January 2018 WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: ‘Senior UN figures under investigation over alleged sexual harassment’, Guardian, 25 January 2018 ISRAEL & PALESTINE: ‘U.S. Funding Cut Reignites Debate on Palestinian Refugee Agency’, New York Times, 17 January 2018; and ‘UN alarmed as US cuts aid to Palestinian refugee agency’, BBC News, 17 January 2018 AFRICA: ‘Central Africa’s iconic mammals threatened by poachers, armed groups – UN environment wing’, UN News Centre, 19 January 2018 DR CONGO: ‘World cannot stand idle as millions in DR Congo ‘suffer in silence,’ says UN agency’, UN New Centre, 17 January 2018 General Assembly: ‘Migration, sustaining peace, development high on UN General Assembly’s agenda for 2018’, UN News Centre, 12 January 2018 Secretary-General: ‘UN chief touts positive economic contributions of migrants’, Associated Press, 11 January, 2018 Peacekeeping: ‘South Sudan rejects 4,000 additional UN peacekeepers’, Al Jazeera, 11 January 2018 Secretary-General: ‘Secretary-General António Guterres - 2018 New Year message’, UN Web TV, 31 December 2017 IRAN: ‘Hard-won UN debate sees US at odds with partners over Iran’, Guardian, 5 January 2018; ‘Video: Iran crisis: France criticizes U.S. over U.N. meeting’, Reuters, 6 January 2018 UNITED NATIONS: ‘General Assembly approves $5.4 billion UN budget for next two years’, UN News Centre, 26 December 2017 UNITED STATES: ‘Haley announces $285M cut in 2018-19 UN operating budget’, Fox News, 25 December 2017; and ‘US to make at least $285m cut to UN budget after vote on Jerusalem’, Guardian, 26 December 2017 ISRAEL & PALESTINE: ‘Defying Trump, U.N. General Assembly condemns U.S. decree on Jerusalem’, New York Times, 21 December 2017 CLIMATE: 'Climate summitry: new life for the Paris deal', The Economist, 16 December 2017