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Philippine government arrives at United Nations climate change summit meeting in Peru to push hard for new international deal requiring all nations to cut their use of fossil fuels as Typhoon Hagupit drives millions of Filipinos from their homes; nation is using fact that it is one of most vulnerable to impacts of climate change to help advance global negotiations.|

Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations human rights chief, sharply rebukes Sri Lankan government for what he says are efforts to obstruct an investigation of events in 2009, at end of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war, that may have constituted war crimes.|

World Health Organization official says group is not likely to achieve United Nations benchmarks in battling Ebola and that year-end goals of isolating and treating all patients and safely burying the dead will remain major challenges; notes that organization has made significant progress in reversing upward trajectory of Ebola cases in West Africa.|

United Nations panel says United States must make numerous changes to bring its security policies and domestic law enforcement practices into line with international treaty banning torture and cruel treatment; cites many examples including indefinite detention of terrorism suspects, police shootings of unarmed African-Americans and the use of solitary confinement in US prisons.|

As fighting continues in the rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, a United Nations report said an average of 13 people were dying every day.|

Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive at United Nations climate change summit in Peru to strongly urge negotiators to reach a deal; typically, secretary of state would not join diplomatic negotiations at this level but Kerry has made climate change priority of his tenure.|

United Nations Security Council document reveals that Libyan militant group Ansar al-Shariah of Benghazi, accused of leading 2012 attack on United States Embassy in Benghazi, had previously helped train a dozen fighters who later participated in a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant; justifies new sanctions on group, saying it has links to Al Qaeda.|

Mexico stands out among countries meeting for United Nations global warming summit in Lima, Peru, for its efforts to fight against climate change; has passed laws to regulate emissions and promote renewable energy, but some analysts doubt it will commit the complete resources or funding to meet its much-lauded goals.|

Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York City Mayor Michael R Bloomberg appear together at philanthropic event highlighting Data2X; project, involving Clinton and United Nations Foundation, seeks to measure and track data about issues affecting women and girls across globe.|

Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations human rights chief, sharply rebukes Sri Lankan government for what he says are efforts to obstruct an investigation of events in 2009, at end of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war, that may have constituted war crimes.|

Human rights activists and diplomats at United Nations say that they have rarely seen such frenetic action on part of North Korea in response to looming UN vote on human rights that could lead to criminal charges; country, in effort to stop resolution, has released prisoners, but denies an ex-captive's ordeal.|

Rights groups have called on the United Nations to halt its counternarcotics aid to the country because of its mandatory death penalty for drug crimes.|

Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive at United Nations climate change summit in Peru to strongly urge negotiators to reach a deal; typically, secretary of state would not join diplomatic negotiations at this level but Kerry has made climate change priority of his tenure.|

Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad says that United Nations proposal for local cease-fire in Aleppo is worth considering.|

Rights groups have called on the United Nations to halt its counternarcotics aid to the country because of its mandatory death penalty for drug crimes.|

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