Nikki Haley Calls Tehran and it's proxy militia a 'growing menace'
In addition to peace and security issues, framework also expands cooperation on electoral matters, good governance, mediation, protecting human rights, and preventing and responding to humanitarian crises
US ambassador criticizes North Korea, Syria, Burundi and Myanmar, among others, and suggests Security Council should give rights issues a higher priority; other nations disagree
Operation will be replaced with a smaller police mission
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley says the United States is 'watching the regime's actions carefully'
'Most famous student in the world' to focus on girls' education
US Ambassador to the United Nations says US is ready to do more, but hopes it will not be necessary
Moscow says mass poisoning triggered by Syrian airstrikes on rebel owned chemical warehouse
UN fund provides contraception to millions of poor, vulnerable women
US Secretary of State's briefing to member states will take place April 28 — well after this week's meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed tells UN his countrymen 'would have been the last to ask for assistance if they could somehow find a way to survive'
Violence in African country rising; security and stability in jeopardy
United Nations says number of people coming out of western part of Iraqi city and pace of exodus higher than it was in eastern part
UN secretary-general says human trafficking networks have gone global with some 21 million people in 106 countries victimized
In 2009, the Boko Haram insurgency against the Nigerian government began in the city of Maiduguri, in northeast Borno State. Since then, more than 1.8 million people have fled their homes causing a dire humanitarian crisis. This year, more than $1 billion is needed to meet their needs. Recently, a delegation of U.N. Security Council diplomats traveled from New York to assess the humanitarian crisis. VOA's Margaret Besheer accompanied the mission and has this report from Maiduguri.
In Boko Haram-affected areas in Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria, a force of more than 10,000 African troops working to degrade and destroy terrorist group
$4.4 billion and access for aid workers urgently needed by July, organization warns
Political impasse has deepened and human rights situation has worsened, UN secretary-general's adviser says
US envoy says women in Lake Chad area often face hunger and violence alone
The United Nations Security Council visited the Lake Chad Basin countries from March 2-6, 2017 to see first-hand the humanitarian crisis fueled by Boko Haram.
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