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Standing Rock Sioux Testifies About DAPL Before United Nations in Geneva

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II called on the United Nations on Tuesday to halt construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline through tribal treaty territory and formally invited United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz to visit the reservation."I am here because oil companies are causing the deliberate destruction of our sacred places and burials," he told the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on September 20."Dakota Access wants to build an oil pipeline under the river that is the source of our nation's drinking water.

United Nations pledges to fight drug-resistant superbugs

United Nations member countries pledged for the first time on Wednesday to take steps to tackle the threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs in a coordinated effort to curb the spread of infections by pathogens that defy antimicrobial medicines.The pledge during the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York followed years of warnings by global health officials about the rise of drug-resistant infections, which threaten to wipe out all effective antibiotics and antifungal medicines, leaving the world vulnerable to simple infections that once could be easily cured."Antimicrobial resistance poses a fundamental threat to human health, development and security," said Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of World Health Organization, the global health arm of the United Nations.

U.S. says some 360,000 refugee spots pledged at United Nations

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and U.S. Secretary General John Kerry confer in the United Nations General Assembly Hall during the 71st United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, U.S. September 20, 2016.REUTERS/Lucas JacksonActor George Clooney and his wife Amal arrive at the Refugee Summit at the United Nations in New York September 20, 2016.REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks down during the Refugee Summit at the United Nations in New York September 20, 2016.

Reuters to host three Newsmakers during United Nations General Assembly week

Reuters has gathered some of the world's top leaders to speak at Newsmakers during United Nations General Assembly week.Reuters will host former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Tony Blair; Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe; and President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, for three separate Newsmaker sessions this week.On Tuesday, September 20, Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will talk with Sir Harold Evans, Reuters Editor-at-Large, about Brexit, the rise of populism in the U.S. and UK and challenges of globalization.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly

Kashmir will be the focal point of Mr. Sharif's address to the UN General Assembly.Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has raised the Kashmir issue with almost every world leader he has held talks with on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, but his efforts to internationalise the dispute with India appeared to have gained no traction.Mr. Sharif raised the issue with the leaders of the U.S., the U.K, Japan and Turkey and sought their intervention to resolve the matter.