Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 31 The Wall Street Journal on ‘melodrama’ in Texas...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020 file photo, Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies program, speaks during a news conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. At right is WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. As WHO faces allegations that unnamed staffers were involved in the systemic sexual abuse of women, Tedros has declared he was “outraged,” and Ryan said, “We have no more information than you have.” But an AP investigation has found that senior WHO management was not only informed of specific cases of alleged sexual misconduct in 2019, but was asked how to handle them. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Panel suggests WHO should have more power to stop pandemics

By Maria Cheng And Jamey Keaten May. 12, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 file photo, hospital staff wash the emergency entrance of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China. A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)
Panel: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic

By Maria Cheng And Jamey Keaten Jan. 19, 2021 04:45 AM EST

Niger's leader: Fragility of nations must be top priority

By Edith M. Lederer Jan. 06, 2021 09:29 PM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Days after attacks on two villages killed more than 100 civilians in his African nation, Niger’s president said Wednesday that tackling...

Tigray men who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, work to build shelters at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Ethiopia's prime minister said Thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray regional capital after his 72-hour ultimatum ended for Tigray leaders to surrender, and he warned the city's half-million residents to stay indoors and disarm. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Ethiopian PM rejects Tigray conflict talks in AU meeting

By Cara Anna Nov. 27, 2020 03:21 AM EST

In this photo made from UNTV video, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at UN Headquarters. (UNTV Via AP )
Women's issues at UN: Still 'too low down on the agenda'

By Jennifer Peltz Sep. 29, 2020 06:39 PM EDT

A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks across a pedestrian crosswalk in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd most in world

Sep. 03, 2020 10:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, June 11, 2009 file photo, the logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review the U.N. health agency’s coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic said on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 it would have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary as the group begins their probe. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)
Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response

By Maria Cheng Sep. 03, 2020 09:57 AM EDT

WHO chief taps ex-leaders to head COVID-19 response panel

Jul. 09, 2020 08:36 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday that former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and former New Zealand Prime...