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UN raises alarm on escalating food crisis in strife-torn Sudan

Posted on August 4, 2023 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 (APP): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, has issued a grave warning regarding the deepening food crisis in Sudan, as the country grapples with conflict and economic decline. Since mid-April, the conflict between Sudan’s armed forces and […]

UNDP Resident Representative calls on Finance Minister

Posted on August 3, 2023 by News Desk

Islamabad: 2nd August, 2023 (Online): Dr. Samuel Rizk, Resident Representative UNDP called on Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar at Finance Division today. SAPM on Revenue Me. Tariq Mehmood Pasha, Ms. Ammara Durrani, Assistant resident representative UNDP, Special Secretary Finance and […]

UN chief strongly condemns Bajaur terrorist attack

Posted on August 1, 2023 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) gathering in Bajaur in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and called on the authorities to hold accountable those responsible for this violence. At least 54 people were […]

UN calls for urgent action against human trafficking

Posted on August 1, 2023 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (APP): Noting that global crises, conflicts, and the climate emergency are escalating trafficking risks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for building “a world where no one can ever be bought, sold, or exploited”. In his message for the World Day […]

July 2023 hottest month-ever, UN chief says, Earth is in ‘Era of global boiling’

Posted on July 28, 2023 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 27 (APP): Noting scientists’ confirmation that July 2023 was the world’s hottest month ever on record, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that the era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”. “Climate change is […]

Global food systems ‘broken’, UN chief says, as more people go hungry

Posted on July 25, 2023 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 24 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday highlighted the need to address global hunger, promote cooperation between businesses and governments, and mitigate the damaging impact of continuing climate change on food production. Addressing the ‘UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment’, in […]

Russia faces pressure at UN to avoid global food crisis, revive grain deal

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

ISLAMABAD July 22 (Online): Russia has come under pressure at the United Nations Security Council from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukrainian grain shipments. Moscow was also criticised by the […]

Pakistan lauds UN chief’s new agenda aimed at boosting multilateral efforts for peace

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Hooriya Qureshi

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (APP): Pakistan has welcomed as “bold and perhaps timely” UN Secretary-General’s new policy brief outlining his vision of a more robust multilateral framework to boost peace and security, for a world in flux. Commenting on UN chief Antonio Guterres’ New Agenda […]

UN agencies urge ‘urgent, decisive’ action after Mediterranean migrant boat disaster

Posted on June 17, 2023 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 (APP): The UN refugee and migration agencies Thursday for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following Wednesday’s tragedy in the Mediterranean. With 78 bodies retrieved, 104 people rescued, and hundreds more missing and feared dead, the 14 […]

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