UN welcomes announcement of two-month truce in Yemen
Apr 02, 2022, at 11:30 pm
New York: A two-month truce in Yemen which goes into effect on Saturday must be a first step in ending the county’s devastating war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on the eve of the ceasefire.
Thousands escape to Uganda following violent clashes in DR Congo
Apr 02, 2022, at 11:17 pm
New York: Recent violent clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have forced thousands to escape to neighbouring Uganda, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Friday.
UN chief calls for unity to ‘build a peaceful world’, ahead of Ramadan
Apr 02, 2022, at 11:11 pm
New York: Highlighting it as a period of compassion and empathy, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that the holy month of Ramadan is a “time for reflection and learning, an opportunity to come together and uplift each other”.
Syria: Rights experts call for humanitarian access to detained children
Apr 02, 2022, at 11:05 pm
New York: Humanitarians must have full and unimpeded access to children arbitrarily held in detention centres in northeast Syria, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday.
Apr 02, 2022, at 10:38 pm
New York: Efforts to help thousands of desperate residents flee the embattled Ukrainian city of Mariupol continued on Friday, as humanitarians warned that there is “no Plan B”, after weeks of constant shelling since the Russian invasion on 24 February.
Zelenskiy demands strengthening sanctions against Russia
Apr 02, 2022, at 04:56 pm
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged strengthening of sanctions against Russia as they are having an impact on Moscow.
Ukraine: Second UN convoy reaches Sumy, Mariupol access thwarted
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:48 am
UN humanitarian agencies and partners on the ground in Ukraine, were able to reach the town of Sumy, in the country’s northeast on Thursday, but access to the besieged and stricken city of Mariupol, where thousands of civilians are believed to have died amidst the brutal Russian bombardment, has yet to be given.
South Sudan: $1.7 billion plan launched to meet humanitarian needs
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:41 am
New York: The UN and partners on Thursday launched a $1.7 billion Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for South Sudan, to meet the needs of some 6.8 million vulnerable people this year.
‘Unbox Me’ campaign gives visibility to lives of transgender children
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:37 am
A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and to advocate for their rights.
World can end ‘downward humanitarian spiral’ of Afghanistan
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:34 am
New York: As the world focuses its attention on the war in Ukraine, the UN reminded the international community on Thursday to remember Afghanistan as it kicked off a pledging conference to save the lives and livelihoods of those in the landlocked country. As the conference drew to a close, it was announced that a total amount of $2.44 billion had been promised.
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:25 am
New York: The World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF 2022) closed in Dubai on Wednesday with participants adopting the ‘UAE Declaration’, which calls for greater collaboration, integration and connectivity across the Arab world and a strong focus on women entrepreneurs to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Work ‘in concert’ to help bring Yemen closer to a peaceful future
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:21 am
The peace process in Yemen has been “stalled for too long,” the top UN envoy for the country told a summit meeting on Wednesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aiming to build on the Saudi-led coalition’s unilateral declaration of a ceasefire, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
Dialogue between Moscow, NATO impossible: Russia
Apr 02, 2022, at 12:40 am
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Political dialogue between Russia and NATO is impossible in the current conditions, it makes no sense to even talk about the conditions for resuming contacts, Nikolay Kobrinets, the Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's European cooperation department, told Sputnik.
South Korea: Crash of 2 Air Force trainer jets leave four pilots dead
Apr 02, 2022, at 12:09 am
Seoul: All four pilots died as two Air Force KT-1 trainer jets collided midair and crashed in southern South Korea on Friday, media reports said.
Hundreds protest outside Sri Lanka President's residence amid economic crisis
Apr 01, 2022, at 05:27 am
Colombo/IBNS: People in Sri Lankan capital Colombo, suffering from a massive economic crisis, erupted in protest on Thursday evening, reports said.
Vladimir Putin bans foreign software use in Russia starting 2025
Mar 31, 2022, at 05:40 am
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Russian President Vladimir Putin has prohibited the use of foreign software at crucial information infrastructure facilities starting January 1, 2025, according to a presidential decree published on Wednesday.
Security deal between Solomon Islands- China is gravely concerning: New Zealand PM
Mar 31, 2022, at 03:14 am
Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called the security deal being forged between Solomon Islands and China as “gravely concerning”.
WFP reaches one million people with life-saving food support in conflict-stricken Ukraine
Mar 30, 2022, at 11:44 pm
Lviv: One month into the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to one million people in the country and has built systems able to deliver food at scale to communities in need.
‘Staggering number’ of unintended pregnancies reveals failure to uphold women’s rights
Mar 30, 2022, at 11:26 pm
New York: Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.
COVID-19: Education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’
Mar 30, 2022, at 11:07 pm
New York: Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405 million school children worlwide from a full return to the classroom, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
‘Difficult months ahead’ in Ukraine, as deaths rise, along with global shortages
Mar 30, 2022, at 06:30 pm
New York: At least 1,100 civilians have been killed in a month of fighting in Ukraine, a senior UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on Tuesday, stressing that the conflict “shows no signs of abating.”
UN highlights human cost of transatlantic slave trade
Mar 30, 2022, at 06:20 pm
New York: The United Nations on Tuesday remembered the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honouring the tradition of resistance to slavery and unity against racism, through personal stories of courage.
DR Congo: UN envoy calls for strategy to address root causes of conflict
Mar 30, 2022, at 06:14 pm
New York: Amid deteriorating security in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the top UN envoy in the country has called for a comprehensive political strategy that includes measures to address the structural causes of the conflicts.
Response plan launched to support 1.4 million Rohingya and Bangladeshis
Mar 30, 2022, at 05:51 pm
New York: “Robust and sustained international support” is again needed for Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities generously hosting them, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
World football goes for goal, in aid of Ukraine
Mar 30, 2022, at 05:30 pm
New York: With the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine rapidly approaching four million, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched a new emergency appeal, with an assist from some top football players who know firsthand what it’s like to flee for your life from a warzone.
Ukraine war could create widespread food insecurity, warns FAO
Mar 30, 2022, at 05:19 pm
New York: Millions of Ukrainians may soon face serious food insecurity because of the ongoing conflict, the UN warned on Tuesday, amid reports that people are facing “life-and-death decisions” on whether to leave Mariupol and elsewhere, more than a month since the Russian invasion.
Ukraine crisis: Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin likely to meet after today's talks
Mar 30, 2022, at 02:47 am
Ukraine crisis: Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin likely to meet after today's talks
Mar 30, 2022, at 02:38 am
Istanbul/IBNS: Ukraine's top negotiator said that enough progress has been made at talks that took place in Turkey on Tuesday to resolve the conflict with Russia and also to enable a meeting between the presidents of the two nations.
Russian troops withdrawing from Kyiv, Chernihiv: Ukraine
Mar 30, 2022, at 12:54 am
Kyiv/UNI: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has claimed that "certain units" of Russia's military are withdrawing from battlefronts in the capital, Kyiv, and from the northern city of Chernihiv.
Entrepreneurship, investment key to achieving SDGs and resilient post-pandemic recovery
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:45 pm
A United Nations forum opened in Dubai today, spotlighting entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment in a post-pandemic recovery as vehicles to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).