Debt relief for developing nations must top agenda of forthcoming Doha Social Summit
UNITED NATIONS : Pakistan has called for putting “front and centre” financial justice that includes debt relief for developing countries among the priorities of the upcoming Second World Social Summit in Doha,...
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal
A budget document presented at the meeting showed WHO’s health emergencies program has a ‘heavy reliance’ on American cash
The document said US funding ‘provides the backbone...
Israeli president calls UN morally bankrupt on Holocaust anniversary
UNITED NATIONS : Israel’s president attacked the UN General Assembly in a speech on Monday marking the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust, accusing the body of exhibiting “moral bankruptcy” and failing to confront...
Pakistan pushes for Israel’s accountability for ‘heinous’ crimes in Gaza; Children’s suffering a ‘black...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 - A top Pakistani diplomat has called for Israel to be held accountable for the crimes committed during its 15-month long war in Gaza, as he highlighted...
‘Killed, maimed, frozen to death’: UN Security Council meets to discuss plight of Gaza’s...
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher tells council members of urgent need for donations to meet $4bn funding target for 2025
The growing struggles of civilians in the...
Yemen Red Sea port capacity down sharply after hostilities, UN says
Houthis have launched attacks on international shipping near Yemen since November 2023 in solidarity with Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip
More than 1 million people displaced by raging Haiti gang violence, UN says
GENEVA: More than a million people, over half of them children, are now displaced within Haiti where gang violence continues unabated despite the start of a United Nations-backed security mission last year,...
Humanitarian disaster in Yemen could get even worse if attacks by Israel continue, UN...
Israeli strikes on air and sea ports, and continuing detentions by the Houthis cause great anxiety among aid workers, UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Yemen tells Arab News
Response to Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Rylsk to come shortly — Russia’s UN envoy
Vasily Nebenzya warned as he denounced the attack as yet another unambiguous step by the Kiev regime toward escalation
UNITED NATIONS - Russia’s response to the latest Ukrainian crime...
UN General Assembly adopts Russian-backed resolution on fight against neo-Nazism
The document was supported by 119 countries, 53 were against
UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly voted to adopt the resolution, headlined 'Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism...