UN chief urges efforts to end crisis in Congo
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for more efforts to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for more efforts to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A day after US President Donald Trump announced America's withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa'ar, said on Wednesday that Israel would also join the US in its decision not to participate in the UNHRC.
Community-led conservation strategies can be instrumental for the successful conservation of migratory species, two major reports released by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a global wildlife treaty of the United Nations, said on Thursday.
Libyan officials and political factions offered a measured welcome this week to the appointment of Ghanaian diplomat Hanna Serwaa Tetteh as the United Nations' new special envoy to the conflict-stricken nation, though analysts and lawmakers cautioned that her tenure may face familiar hurdles in steering the country toward elections and stability.
Lack of friends at a time when India is a significant military and economic power surprises oldtime diplomats. Within living memory, the pendulum has swung from one extreme to the other; in the 1950s and 1960s when we had little to offer to the world except moral guidance, we were the undisputed leader of developing nations.
India recently slammed Pakistan over raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace and security and said that it is unworthy to respond to such "malicious and false propaganda".
China's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dai Bing, on Thursday, said that sending weapons to Ukraine will only add fuel to the war and will escalate the tension instead of bringing peace.
The Syrian health ministry said in an update on Sunday night that 1,414 people in the country had been killed and 2,349 wounded.
The devastating earthquakes that shook southern Turkey and northern Syria was the "worst event" to hit the region in a century, a senior official from the United Nations said.
A high-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General called on the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan to reverse the course on recent decrees limiting women's and girls' rights, saying Afghans must not be abandoned.
