Consensus emerging on many issues, UN’s Sudan envoy tells Security Council
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:41 pm
New York: The United Nations envoy for Sudan told the Security Council today that consensus has emerged on many issues towards establishing a functional government, warning that Khartoum could lose out on billions of external aid without such an administration.
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:27 pm
New York: The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General on Monday called on countries in Asia and the Pacific to speed up the shift from fossil fuels to new, low-carbon development models, in a just and inclusive way.
Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought impact worsens
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:20 pm
New York: The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid funding is putting the lives of millions of Somalis in danger.
UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:13 pm
New York: More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (PoA) – the UN’s blueprint to tackle racism and other forms of discrimination –UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday, hailed the “millions of voices around the globe” who’ve made it their mission to eradicate the scourge, while also noting that more work needs to be done.
Farmers in northern Haiti dig for resilience
Mar 29, 2022, at 11:05 pm
New York: Farmers in the north of Haiti are working to build their resilience to extreme weather patterns in an attempt to better protect themselves from the loss of property and crops that often result from natural disasters.
Ukraine invasion: Guterres appeals for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:58 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General appealed for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, so that “serious political negotiations” can advance towards a peace agreement, based on the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Guterres welcomes consultations to protect civilians caught in urban conflict
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:27 pm
New York: The Secretary-General on Monday welcomed consultations due to begin next week, on a political declaration to protect civilians living in cities and towns who come under fire from heavy bombing and shelling.
Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:22 pm
New York: Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may amount to crimes against humanity, top rights investigators said on Monday.
UN analysis shows link between lack of vaccine equity and widening poverty gap
Mar 29, 2022, at 10:08 pm
New Delhi: New analyses released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), show that only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to a widening gap between rich and poor.
UN analysis shows link between lack of vaccine equity and widening inequalities
Mar 28, 2022, at 10:14 pm
New York: Only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to a widening gap between rich and poor, says the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in a new study released this month.
Russian forces turns Mariupol into dust: Ukraine
Mar 28, 2022, at 03:56 pm
Mariupol: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said the city of Mariupol in Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russian forces, has been turned to 'dust'.
UN chief condemns attacks on civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
Mar 27, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New York: Recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen drew strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday.
US to provide $100 million in security assistance to Kiyv
Mar 27, 2022, at 02:02 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States is going to allocate an additional $100 million in security aid to Kyiv amid Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Call for unity in Security Council over latest DPR Korea missile test
Mar 27, 2022, at 12:10 am
New York: The top UN political affairs official urged the Security Council on Friday to be united in its response to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch – the country’s first long-range test since 2017 – as delegates met on Friday afternoon in emergency session, to discuss the matter.
‘Sharp rise’ in Nicaraguans fleeing to Costa Rica, strains asylum system
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:47 pm
New York: Around three per cent of Costa Rica’s population is now made up of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:17 pm
California: As Bangladesh remembers the victims of 'Operation Searchlight' on its 52nd Independence Day, Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) organized a virtual Press Conference to urge the US and the international community to recognize the 1971 genocide of Bangladeshis by Pakistan.
Ethiopia: Guterres welcomes Tigray humanitarian ceasefire agreement
Mar 26, 2022, at 07:34 pm
The UN chief on Friday welcomed the declaration of an indefinite humanitarian truce on the part of the Ethiopian Government, and the commitment by forces in the Tigray region to comply with the immediate ceasefire, amid deep concern for the five million people who need emergency aid there.
Human rights crackdowns in Libya having ‘a seriously chilling effect’
Mar 26, 2022, at 07:27 pm
New York: A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN human rights office, which noted on Friday that arbitrary arrests and a campaign of social media vilification are having “a seriously chilling effect on human rights defenders, humanitarian workers, and other civil society actors.”
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory is ‘apartheid’: UN rights expert
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:57 pm
New York: Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report, an independent human rights expert said on Friday that “apartheid is being practiced by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory”.
UN alarm over mounting Ukraine casualties, amid desperate scenes in Mariupol
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:52 pm
New York: Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling, the UN warned on Friday, as efforts continued to reach the country’s most vulnerable populations, one month on from the Russian invasion.
Learn from the past, ‘stand united against racism’ – UN chief
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:21 pm
New York: “Let us stand united against racism and together build societies based on dignity, equality and solidarity”, the UN chief said on Friday, International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery.
Safety of UN workers ‘our top priority’, says Guterres
Mar 26, 2022, at 05:27 pm
New York: The UN chief on Friday paid tribute to the dozens of United Nations personnel who have been detained this year while working for the Organization, and those whose whereabouts is unknown.
Volodymyr Zelensky to address Greek Parliament
Mar 26, 2022, at 05:27 am
Athens/UNI/Sputnik: The Greek government on Friday said that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will make a virtual address to the Greek Parliament at an unspecified time.
Ukraine lost 14,000 troops, Russia 1,350: Moscow
Mar 26, 2022, at 02:14 am
Moscow/UNI: A total of 1,351 Russian soldiers have been killed during the military operation in Ukraine, who have lost 14,000 troops, Moscow said on Friday.
Guterres strongly condemns DPR Korea long-range ballistic missile launch
Mar 25, 2022, at 06:53 pm
New York: The UN chief on Thursday strongly condemned the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, its first such long-range test, since 2017.
Ukraine: General Assembly passes resolution demanding aid access, by large majority
Mar 25, 2022, at 06:43 pm
New York: The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded civilian protection and humanitarian access in Ukraine on Thursday, while also criticizing Russia for creating a “dire” humanitarian situation resulting from its invasion exactly one month ago.
Syrian constitutional reform body seeking breakthrough, Security Council hears
Mar 25, 2022, at 06:33 pm
New York: The committee tasked with drafting a new Syrian constitution - and thereby setting the country on a fresh trajectory to peace and stability - resumed its difficult and halting deliberations this week, against the backdrop of fresh urgency as the conflict marked its eleventh anniversary this month.
Ukraine war fueling global economic downturn as growth projections slide
Mar 25, 2022, at 05:50 pm
New York: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the “main contributing factor” to the potentially devastating one per cent drop in projected global economic growth this year, UN development economists UNCTAD said on Thursday, in the body’s latest global economic update.
One month of war leaves more than half of Ukraine’s children displaced
Mar 25, 2022, at 05:40 pm
New York: A month since Russia invaded Ukraine, 4.3 million children – more than half of the country’s estimated 7.5 million child population – have been displaced, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
Mar 25, 2022, at 05:34 pm
New York: What independent UN human rights experts are describing as an ongoing smear campaign against a prominent Northern Irish academic and human rights lawyer, “has the potential to spark physical violence” they said on Thursday, amidst increasing polarization once more between nationalists and unionists, following the United Kingdom’s Brexit vote, and the resulting Northern Ireland protocol.