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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 09 : The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution, proposed by Bangladesh, to declare July 6 as “World Rural Development Day”, marking the culmination of the initiative taken by Bangladesh. The 193-member Assembly acted by adopting — without a […]

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 : The United Nations (UN) has called for a “full investigation” into the death of Aysenur Egzi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was killed recently in the West Bank amid Israeli war against Palestinian people. Ms. Eygi, who was born in […]

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 06: From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the United Nations agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in Gaza amid relentless Israeli attacks on the enclave, according […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is closely following negotiations in Doha focused on trying to end the war in Gaza, where the situation continues to remain calamitous after more than 10 months of relentless Israeli bombardments, his spokesperson has said. Spokesperson […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 (APP): New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalated after renewed hostilities along the Israeli-Lebanese border over the weened, according to UN humanitarian officials. Evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military have impacted Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps, […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (APP): The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is sending more than a million polio vaccines to Gaza after the discovery of the highly infectious disease in sewage samples in the battered enclave. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the vaccines […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (APP): United Nations human rights experts have expressed deep concern over a “massive crackdown” on pro-Palestinian student protests at various universities in the United States, urging authorities to uphold the rights to free speech and peaceful assembly. “The banning and attacks […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (APP): Pakistan stands for boosting cooperation between the U.N. and regional and sub-regional organizations in maintaining world peace and security, a top Pakistani diplomat has said, while also stressing that no state should be allowed to dominate regional organizations. “We must […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (APP): UN humanitarian officials issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where fresh evacuation orders by the Israeli military have enforced “the largest displacements since October” across the war-ravaged enclave. In addition to deep concerns […]