US vetoes Palestine’s request UN's full membership
Apr 19, 2024, at 10:43 pm
The Security Council rejected Palestine’s request for UN membership on Thursday, with the United States casting a veto.
Uyghurs demand 78th UN General Assembly to confront China's ongoing genocide in East Turkistan
Sep 14, 2023, at 06:37 pm
In light of Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent invigorated commitment to persist with genocidal actions in East Turkistan, the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) issues an immediate and urgent plea to the 78th United Nations General Assembly and its member states for immediate and decisive action to halt China's ongoing genocide against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other Turkic peoples.
Security Council fails to reach consensus on Syria aid lifeline
Jul 12, 2023, at 10:20 pm
New York: Life-saving assistance to millions in northwest Syria is at risk after the UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt either of two competing resolutions to extend cross-border aid delivery from Türkiye.
Social justice must be the foundation for the changing world of work: Guterres
Jun 16, 2023, at 10:55 pm
Social justice must underpin the global transition to more just and sustainable jobs for all, UN Secretary-Antonio Guterres said in a video message to the opening of the World of Work Summit in Geneva on Wednesday.
Guterres welcomes new acting chief of UN projects services
May 10, 2022, at 07:40 pm
New York: The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) welcomed on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres' appointment of Jens Wandel as its ad interim chief.
UN chief congratulates Uzbekistan on decision to end statelessness for 50,000 people
Mar 21, 2020, at 10:19 am
New York/IBNS: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated Uzbekistan on the passage this week of legislation set to end statelessness for some 50,000 people in the Central Asian country.
Central African Republic: UN peacekeeper killed; Mission deplores ‘heinous act’
Mar 17, 2020, at 10:22 am
New York/IBNS: A United Nations peacekeeper from Burundi was killed on Sunday while attempting to stop an armed militant attack in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to a statement released by the UN Mission in the country, MINUSCA.
UN Secretary-General calls for immediate ceasefire in Northwest Syria - Spokesman
Feb 28, 2020, at 07:44 pm
United Nations/Sputnik: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for an immediate ceasefire in northwestern Syria in light of the latest escalation of tensions, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
Iraq: UN ‘deeply concerned’ at continued protester deaths
Nov 30, 2019, at 08:03 am
New York/IBNS: UN chief António Guterres has expressed deep concern over reports of the continued use of live ammunition against demonstrators in Iraq.
Feb 22, 2019, at 09:29 am
New York, Feb 22 (IBNS): Despite the signing of a recent peace deal between the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 armed groups, “we should not forget that the situation in the country remains serious,” a senior UN envoy told the Security Council on Thursday.
Service and sacrifice of African peacekeepers ‘at the forefront of our minds’: UN chief
Feb 11, 2019, at 08:56 am
New York, Feb 11 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres has thanked African Member States and the African Union Commission for supporting peace operations in Africa, saying that the service and sacrifice of African peacekeepers is “at the forefront of our minds.”
Scale of displacement across Myanmar ‘very difficult to gauge’, says UN refugee agency
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:52 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): Concern over escalating violence in Myanmar’s Chin and Rakhine states continues to grow, with civilians reportedly forced to flee both internally, and across the border into Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have already sought shelter.
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:16 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS): Small shelters, some covered in the ubiquitous white sheeting provided by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), dot the dusty grey sun-bleached plain around the village of Goura, in the far north-east of Cameroon.
Jan 26, 2019, at 09:18 am
New York, Jan 26 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Greek Parliament over its ratification of a name change for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Friday, and commended the leaders of both countries for signalling the end to a naming dispute that has roiled the region for some 28 years.
‘No country, no region’ can tackle global challenges alone says UN’s Mohammed
Jan 24, 2019, at 08:58 am
New York, Jan 24 (IBNS): Against the backdrop of seemingly endless challenges across the world, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a conference of development-minded partners in Nigeria that “no country, no region” could tackle them alone
Jan 24, 2019, at 08:50 am
New York, Jan 24 (IBNS): Two years after the signing of the historic peace agreement in Colombia and following a recent escalation of violence, the newly-appointed representative of the United Nations in the country, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that its people have established a “broad consensus” against further conflict, before highlighting key steps to stabilize the nation.
Amending Guatemala ‘reconciliation law’ would lead to unjust amnesty, warns Bachelet
Jan 23, 2019, at 09:58 am
New York, Jan 23 (IBNS): A bid to give amnesty to all those found guilty of grave human rights crimes during Guatemala’s decades-long civil war, by amending the National Reconciliation Law, could represent a “drastic set-back” to the whole legal system and overall accountability, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has said.
Hopes for Palestinian State hit by ‘facts on the ground’ : senior UN official
Jan 23, 2019, at 09:55 am
New York, Jan 23 (IBNS): The possibility of establishing a “viable, contiguous Palestinian state” has been “systematically eroded by facts on the ground,” Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, ahead of the quarterly open debate on the Middle East (Israel/Palestine).
World’s human rights watchdog spotlights Afghanistan, Yemen and 12 others: Here’s the scoop
Jan 22, 2019, at 10:11 am
New York, Jan 22 (IBNS): The United Nation Human Rights Council (HRC) kicked off its Universal Periodic Review, or UPR, on Monday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to examine the human rights situation in 14 countries, including Afghanistan and Yemen.
Jan 19, 2019, at 09:27 am
New York, Jan 19 (IBNS): Warning against the dangers of widespread fear and mistrust in our planet, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, told journalists on Friday he wants to reaffirm the UN as a “platform for action to repair broken trust in a broken world.”
Migration surge leaves children stranded, begging on Djibouti’s streets
Jan 16, 2019, at 09:49 am
New York, Jan 16 (IBNS): Begging, scrubbing cars or selling themselves on the street for sex are a way of life for many children in Djibouti, according to a survey released by the International Organization Migration (IOM) on Tuesday.
DR Congo: Days ahead ‘critical’ to ‘historic election process’ Security Council hears
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:36 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): With millions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) demonstrating “their commitment to the political process”, the days ahead are “critical” to what has been an “historic election process”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Friday.
Armed insurgency in north-east Nigeria ‘has created a humanitarian tragedy’
Jan 10, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York, Jan 10 (IBNS): Following an upsurge in violence in north-east Nigeria, which was brought to global attention five years ago with the abduction by Boko Haram extremists of the Chibok schoolgirls, tens of thousands of innocent civilians continue to flee, prompting “grave concern” from the United Nations envoy there.
Amid troop build-up in Rohingya's home state, UN appeals to Myanmar for peaceful solution
Jan 10, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, Jan 10 (IBNS): Major fighting in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state has so far been avoided following clashes between armed separatists and national security forces who are increasing troop numbers there, a top UN humanitarian official there said on Wednesday.
'Hope' on the horizon as UN Peacekeepers push deep into Mali
Jan 09, 2019, at 09:28 am
New York, Jan 9 (IBNS): UN peacekeepers in Mali have given what villagers in a remote part of the West African country have called a “real glimmer of hope.”
Attack on UN compound in Somalia may be 'violation of international humanitarian law'
Jan 02, 2019, at 09:13 am
New York, Jan 2 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned Tuesday’s attacks against the UN compound in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, saying that intentionally attacking UN personnel may constitute "a violation of international humanitarian law.”
UN refugee agency presses States to aid 49 refugees stranded on Mediterranean
Jan 01, 2019, at 09:18 am
New York, Jan 1 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), on the last day of 2018, called on UN Member States to urgently offer safe ports of disembarkation for 49 refugees and migrants, including young children, aboard rescue vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.
Dec 29, 2018, at 08:24 am
New York, Dec 29 (IBNS): The excessive use of force during large-scale demonstrations against food and fuel shortages in Sudan is alarming, and an infringement on the right of peaceful assembly, said UN independent experts on Friday.
Rising insecurity in Central Africa Republic threatens wider region, Security Council told
Dec 14, 2018, at 09:00 am
New York, Dec 14 (IBNS): Rising violence in the Central African Republic threatens to spill across the border into neighbouring countries, creating further instability, a senior United Nations official warned on Thursday, urging continued and coordinated regional efforts to bolster peace and security.
UN should be ‘exemplary’ in defending judicial independence, top Judge tells Security Council
Dec 12, 2018, at 10:21 am
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): The United Nations should be a role model when it comes to repelling attempts to weaken the rule of law and undermine independent judiciaries around the world, a senior UN judge told the Security Council on Tuesday.