UN General Assembly resolution upholds ‘Olympic Truce’ ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics
Ahead of the Summer Olympics in Paris next year, the UN General Assembly has urged countries to maintain the ancient Greek tradition of observing peace before, during and after the Games.
UN chief says Gaza civilian killings ‘unparalleled, unprecedented’
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the world had witnessed an “unparalleled and unprecedented” death toll in Gaza over the past six weeks of war between Hamas and Israel,...
Israel’s limited fuel shipments not enough to provide power, water to Gaza: UN
Under mounting international pressure, Israel began limited shipments of fuel to blockaded Gaza Saturday, but the United Nations said the supplies are only half of what is needed to provide water and...
UN warns Israeli-imposed shortage of fuel in Gaza can shut down relief help
The United Nations warned Monday that the humanitarian situation in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip is growing more dire, as trucks transporting desperately needed aid into the enclave could stop rolling Tuesday due...
Minister reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to UNESCO SDG-4-Education
Caretaker Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Madad Ali Sindhi on Wednesday reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to SDG-4 (Education) as it was the corner stone to progress, and a guiding light towards...
UN warns essential food supplies will run out in Gaza in 3 days
Food supplies in the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been battling a month of relentless Israeli bombings, are running dangerously low and will last for up to three days only, the UN...
UN General Assembly demands the end of the embargo against Cuba, as it does...
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding an end to the economic and commercial embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba, with the opposition of only...
UN warns about rising Israeli settlers’ violence against W. Bank Palestinians, as Gaza carnage...
Amid Israel’s escalating attacks against Gaza that have killed nearly 8,000 men, women and children, Israeli settlers have displaced more than 820 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, worsening the already terrible...
China calls for full implementation of UNGA’s resolution on Gaza
China hopes that the resolution that calls for humanitarian truce in Gaza, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), will be fully implemented, and regional peace and stability will be restored...
UN General Assembly approves call for ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Gaza
The UN General Assembly on Friday approved by an overwhelming majority (120 to 14, with 45 abstentions) a resolution calling for a “cessation of hostilities” in Gaza, the first to be adopted...