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Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the former United Nations secretary general who died earlier this week at age 93, left behind a mixed legacy, comprised of praise and criticism.

A Vatican Radio message on the fourth day of Pope Francis’ trip to Mexico, acknowledges the “escalating number of ‘desparacidos’” in the country but does not mention their manner of death, and the network of ovens operated in the state of Coahuila.

Recently released satellite images of Iran’s top-secret military complex suggest that the Islamic Republic was engaged in efforts to hide its atomic program-related work from the past while nuclear deal negotiations were ongoing.

The UN has demanded Latin American countries give women access to abortions and birth control due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in the region.

U.S. officials believe North Korea might launch a rocket soon due to increased activity at the missile site Sohae Satellite Launching Station.

Syrian peace talks brokered by the United Nations were scheduled to begin on Monday, but opposition groups indicated that they would only attend if the Bashar al-Assad regime and its Russian allies stop bombing their territory and lift sieges on towns that are being starved.

Peter Salama, regional director of UNICEF in the Middle East, is reporting Syrian children continue to be forced to fight in the nation’s civil war, dying in classrooms.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) released a report estimating the slave population of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) in Iraq at 3,500.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Khorasan province, a branch of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, has declared victory over the Taliban in the most recent edition of its propaganda magazine, Dabiq.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has demanded an investigation into reports from the African nation of Burundi of the discovery of mass graves with hundreds of bodies and soldiers gang-raping women.

Officials in Syria have announced they are ready to participate in peace talks in Geneva, but will not attend if the UN also invites the opposition.

“Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson has launched a public brainstorm session on Twitter for help naming her new feminist book club.

The notion that the Obama administration’s talking points increasingly sound like they are coming out of Tehran was further solidified this week, culminating with an op-ed published by Bloomberg confirming that the State Department acquiesced to Iran’s demand to reject new missile sanctions.

New sexual abuse allegations have surfaced against UN peacekeepers in Central Africa Republic (CAR) as officials investigate previous claims.

Venezuelan opposition leaders have written a letter to the UN General Secretary asking the world community to prevent a “judicial coup” by the ruling socialist party.

A senior Russian diplomat reportedly said Moscow is ready “to show flexibility” on possibly easing United Nations Security Council sanctions imposed on Afghanistan’s Taliban, which has intensified attacks against U.S. service members and American-trained Afghan security forces.

Saudi Arabia’s air force intercepted a Scud missile launched from Yemen Saturday night, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Yemeni rebels known as Houthis and their allies.

TEL AVIV – Hamas sources told Breitbart Jerusalem that the group’s chief, Khaled Mashaal, has been invited to Tehran by the Iranian government for the first time since 2011.

An independent investigation found reports of sexual abuse of young boys by UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic credible and said they suggested a broader pattern of abuse that should have been further investigated.

JERUSALEM – The United Nations’ Middle East envoy Nikolay Mladenov met with Hamas officials during a visit to the Gaza Strip on Monday, Breitbart Jerusalem has learned from sources with inside knowledge of the meeting.

The largest piece of terra nullius in the world is one step closer to having an internationally-recognized government again. The two governments of Libya have signed a UN-brokered agreement to begin building a state in Tripoli, though members of both factions have loudly protested any such deal.

Iran continues to conduct missile tests in violation of United Nations sanctions, and appears to be disinterested in how the international community views their legitimacy.

Three radical feminist lawyers from the UN visited the United States for ten days, ending December 11. Sent as investigators of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women, their report shows they are not very happy.

TEL AVIV – At a UN forum in Geneva, leaders of Egypt’s Coptic Christian community called for the abolition of an “exploitative” blasphemy law, but praised Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for saving them from the oppression of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Syrian Civil War has forced hundreds of thousands of citizens to flee their homes for safety. Ahmad Mohammed and his family survived to tell their story, even though his 11-year-old daughter was shot in the head.

The United Nations Security Council released a report on Tuesday warning that the Islamic State (IS) terror group continues to make unimpeded gains in Libya, locking down territory in the nation plagued by civil war and sectarian strife.

 “The fact of the matter is that there’s a reason why you have the largest gathering of world leaders probably in world history here in Paris. Everyone else is taking climate change seriously.” Barack Obama. Like a lot of the

Paris, COP21 Climate Summit – One of the most dangerous men of the Twentieth Century has just died: and the weird thing is, hardly anyone noticed. His name was Maurice Strong (picture above, on the right), Canadian billionaire, diplomat and UN

Over the next ten days, 140 world leaders – including Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and David Cameron – will descend on Paris to join 40,000 delegates at the UN’s COP21 climate conference.

Politico has found an unlikely hero to thank for the Paris COP21 climate talks: that legendary global warming crusader George W Bush.

The world is losing interest in “global warming” a survey has found on the eve of the UN’s COP21 climate talks in Paris. Most people in most of the 20 countries surveyed say they don’t want their leaders to set

The use of chemical weapons in Syria, namely chlorine and mustard gas, is becoming routine, lamented the U.S. representative of a United Nations-backed chemical weapons watchdog.

As the UN on Monday marked the annual Palestinian Solidarity day by passing a series of 20 anti-Israel resolutions, Israel’s envoy to the global body sought to highlight the country’s struggles with Islamic terrorism on one of the worst days of violence in the course of the recent upsurge in terror.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has encouraged Russia and the United States to work together to fight jihadist violence, saying he intends to present a comprehensive plan to combat terrorism by early 2016.

The Russian government provided the United Nations with an 18-month plan to end the Syrian civil war. Syrian opposition groups resist the plan, as it makes no mention of a transition process for President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

The forthcoming UN climate talks known as COP21 which start in Paris at the end of this month are going to be a MASSIVE SUCCESS. I say this with confidence for three reasons. 1. $1.5 trillion. This, according to a fairly conservative