We will continue to respond wherever we can, says UN aid chief on Syria situation
Dec 08, 2024, at 02:12 pm
As reports continued to emerge from Damascus where opposition forces declared victory on State television on Sunday, the UN’s top humanitarian official insisted that aid teams will continue to provide emergency relief wherever possible.
UN condemns Taliban ban on women attending medical classes in Afghanistan
Dec 07, 2024, at 07:49 am
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned a new ban imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan preventing women and girls from attending private medical institutions, warning that it will have devastating consequences for healthcare - especially the future availability of midwives and nurses.
Global trade to hit record $33 trillion in 2024, reveals UN report
Dec 06, 2024, at 02:27 pm
Global trade is poised to hit a record $33 trillion in 2024, showcasing remarkable resilience despite persistent economic and geopolitical challenges, a UN report revealed on Thursday.
UN officials warn over escalating violence in northwest Syria
Dec 02, 2024, at 03:51 pm
A sharp escalation in fighting in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate has displaced thousands and caused heavy civilian casualties, prompting urgent warnings from senior UN officials about the growing humanitarian crisis and threat to regional stability.
One woman was killed every 10 minutes by their partner or relatives across the world: UN report
Nov 26, 2024, at 02:55 pm
A new report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday showed that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every day at the hands of their partner or a close relative, which means one woman killed every 10 minutes.
UN humanitarian office says aid workers faced deadliest year ever in 2024
Nov 23, 2024, at 02:30 pm
The death toll of humanitarian workers in 2024 has become the “deadliest on record”, with 281 killed globally, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on Friday.
Middle East Conflict: Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Oct 11, 2024, at 02:30 pm
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to UNIFIL, the mission operating along the Security Council-mandated “Blue Line” of separation between the two countries which they patrol.
Oct 07, 2024, at 12:19 am
In a message to mark one year since the Hamas-led terror attack during which more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals were brutally killed on 7 October, the UN Secretary-General has called on the international community to loudly condemn those “abhorrent acts” which have triggered a shocking wave of violence across the region.
Antonio Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’
Sep 25, 2024, at 06:11 am
The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “get out of jail free card”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly, which opened its annual high-level meeting on Tuesday.
Sep 25, 2024, at 06:03 am
United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point “our task, our test, is to make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those that are pulling us apart.”
India abstains on UN resolution calling for Israel's withdrawal from Palestine
Sep 19, 2024, at 09:44 pm
New York/IBNS: India on Wednesday (Sept. 18) abstained from a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months.
UN says killing of human aid workers reaching record highs
Aug 19, 2024, at 08:53 pm
With the number of aid workers killed in the line of duty reaching record highs, the UN and partners are demanding greater accountability as countries commemorate World Humanitarian Day on Monday.
UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing
Aug 17, 2024, at 09:47 pm
The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must face justice to deter future attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted on Friday.
New political era in Bangladesh provides ‘historic opportunity’ for reform, says UN
Aug 17, 2024, at 02:24 pm
The political transition underway in Bangladesh represents an historic opportunity to ensure governance is anchored in human rights, inclusivity and the rule of law, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday.
Aug 16, 2024, at 04:42 am
Dhaka: A team of UN experts is scheduled to visit Bangladesh next week to investigate the deaths of protesters before and after Sheikh Hasina stepped down as prime minister last week, according to an announcement made on Thursday.
Aug 10, 2024, at 11:32 pm
A large number of people assembled outside the United Nations headquarters in New York and demanded protection for Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh where violent protests toppled the former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government and created a political vacuum last week.
Hamas-Israel conflict: UN finds nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in October 7 attacks
Aug 06, 2024, at 03:49 pm
The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel.
UN rights chief says he is 'shocked' seeing violence in Bangladesh
Aug 05, 2024, at 03:47 pm
The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the violence in Bangladesh, which claimed scores of lives, including those of police officers, over the weekend.
US-Russia prisoner swap: UN rights experts describe it as ‘an unprecedented diplomatic act’
Aug 02, 2024, at 09:50 pm
A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday involving the United States, Russia and five other countries.
UN vehicle attacked by suspected militants in Pakistan, no casualty
Jul 31, 2024, at 10:09 pm
Suspected terrorists attacked a UN vehicle in Tank district of Pakistan on Tuesday.
Jul 31, 2024, at 12:38 am
Fears of fresh unrest stare at Bangladesh after weeks of a deadly showdown between students and political opponents and the Sheikh Hasina government forces over the job quota system even as the United Nations asked for an impartial probe into the country's worst turmoil since the formation of the country in 1971 over countless human sacrifices.
UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages
Jul 30, 2024, at 11:15 pm
The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the war-ravaged enclave remains “absolutely catastrophic”, with Palestinian civilians enduring a “horrendous maelstrom of human misery.”
UN chief Antonio Guterres, other officials condemn Golan rocket attack that leaves 12 dead
Jul 29, 2024, at 03:15 pm
Secretary-General António Guterres and other United Nations officials have condemned Saturday’s rocket attack on a football field in the Golan Heights that killed at least 12 civilians, mainly children and teenagers. Urging restraint, they also warned against escalating violence in the region.
Jul 20, 2024, at 10:45 pm
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation not to recognize” the decades-long occupation.
Libya: Arbitrary detentions and impunity widespread in the nation, warns UN’s Türk
Jul 09, 2024, at 10:15 pm
The desperate plight of migrants and refugees tortured, trafficked and sold “at scale” in Libya took centre stage at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, where UN rights chief Volker Türk urged the international community to consider halting cooperation on asylum seekers and migration.
After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school suffers Israeli airstrike
Jul 09, 2024, at 09:56 pm
The war in Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians left assessing the damage of a fresh Israeli airstrike on a UN school.
Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa: UNHCR data
Jul 06, 2024, at 02:01 pm
Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, exploitation and death on sea and on land across Africa as they move through the continent, UN agencies said on Friday, in an appeal to border authorities to do more to protect them.
Belarus is not safe for anyone critical of authorities, warns rights expert
Jul 05, 2024, at 05:23 pm
Citizens and civil society critical of the Belarussian authorities face worsening repression, arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and harassment, nearly four years since widespread public protests took place surrounding the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko, a UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday.
UN launches new global road safety campaign to improve traffic safety, 1,000 cities to be reached
Jul 03, 2024, at 02:59 pm
The United Nations on Monday launched a new global road safety campaign to improve traffic safety and create inclusive, safe and sustainable streets.
World getting a ‘failing grade’ on UN Global Goals report card
Jun 29, 2024, at 02:28 pm
With just six years remaining to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global progress is alarmingly insufficient, with a mere 17 per cent of the targets currently on track, according to a new UN report released on Friday.