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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 09 (APP):: With no let-up in Israeli bombardments across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief is arriving “too little, too late” to help civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict. “Even if […]

UITED NATIONS, Jan 09 (APP): Palestine Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in besieged Gaza to end Israel’s “war of atrocities” in the enclave, as the UN General Assembly met to debate the use of the veto by the United States in the Security Council […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 06 (APP): The United Nations Food Agency’s World Price Index ended last year about 10% below its 2022, with values in December also down from the previous month, helping further ease concerns over global food price inflation. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 04 (APP): Amid ceaseless Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and retaliatory rocket fire into Israel from the ravaged enclave, UN relief officials said Thursday they have been unable to deliver urgently needed aid to civilians beyond central areas and […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (APP): A senior UN official warned of the risk of a spillover of the conflict in Gaza with “devastating consequences” for the entire region as the UN Security Council again met on Friday to discuss the grave situations in the Middle […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 (APP): After days of intense negotiations and many delays, the U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for boosting aid deliveries to traumatized civilians in war-torn Gaza but without the original call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21 (APP): A senior Pakistani diplomat told the United Nations Security Council Wednesday that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) obviously has freedom to conduct cross-border attacks against Pakistan, and demanded a U.N. probe to determine how this terrorist group acquired advanced weapons that […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (APP): With UN Security Council members still unable to agree on a ceasefire resolution, mainly over U.S. objections, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that without safe water, “many more children” in war-battered Gaza will soon die from […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (APP): The UN General Assembly Tuesday stamped its approval on a Pakistan-sponsored resolution that upholds occupied peoples’ right to self-determination, with Ambassador Munir Akram calling it a “beacon of hope” for Kashmiris and Palestinians suffering under alien occupation. Under the terms […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 (APP):The UN General Assembly Monday unanimously passed a resolution, sponsored by Pakistan and the Philippines, that underscored the need for promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue to advance a culture of peace and non-violence in the world. Co-sponsored by over 40 states, […]