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Saudi Arabia Promotes ‘Appeasement And Development’ In The Middle East And Beyond
Monday, 30 September 2024, 5:58 am | UN News
The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia highlighted the country’s work to support peace efforts in the region and beyond in his address to the UN General Assembly on Saturday. More >>
Sudan: UN Chief Alarmed At Full-Scale Assault On El Fasher
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 6:52 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General is gravely alarmed by reports of a full-scale assault on El Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said on Saturday. More >>
Lebanon Escalation: Have We Learned Nothing From Gaza, UN Humanitarians Ask
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 6:13 am | UN News
As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday against a return to the “dark days of 2006” when full-scale war broke out, calling for an urgent de-escalation ... More >>
Guterres To World Leaders: Stay Committed To UN Development Goals
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 5:22 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline. More >>
‘If We Act Together,’ We Can Overcome Global Challenges – UN Assembly President
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 5:17 am | UN News
In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the world’s most inclusive, represented, representative and authoritative platforms for global ... More >>
Island Nations Unite At UN: ‘Empty Pledges’ Will Not Save Future Generations
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 4:34 am | UN News
As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly platform to sound the alarm on climate change – their most pressing existential threat – warning that it is obliterating economies ... More >>
Governments Urged To ‘Stop Gambling With Humanity’s Future’ And Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 4:23 am | UN News
World leaders, senior government officials and civil society representatives joined forces at UN Headquarters on Thursday to reaffirm commitment to nuclear disarmament as a global priority. More >>
Calls By African Leaders For Equitable Representation On UN Security Council Gain Momentum
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 3:51 am | UN News
The call for a more inclusive and representative Security Council resonated loud and clear at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, as African leaders demanded global powers address the longstanding inequity in the Council’s composition. More >>
Invisible Killer: What Is Antimicrobial Resistance?
Friday, 27 September 2024, 11:05 pm | UN News
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an invisible killer, which is directly responsible for 1.3 million deaths and a contributing factor to five million other fatalities every year. More >>
Nepal’s Prime Minister Highlights Climate Crisis, Global Inequality At UNGA
Friday, 27 September 2024, 10:52 pm | UN News
The world is at a historic watershed moment, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, with the contrasts between rich and poor, harmony and hatred, and economic development and environmental destruction ... More >>
Lebanon Crisis: 90,000 Displaced In Last 72 Hours, Warns Refugee Agency
Friday, 27 September 2024, 12:56 pm | UN News
Latest data from Lebanon’s interior ministry indicates that 70,100 internally displaced people are now registered inside 533 government-run centres. Some 500,000 people have been displaced following months of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, ... More >>
‘We Have Failed The People Of Gaza,’ Guterres Tells Ministers
Friday, 27 September 2024, 11:55 am | UN News
The UN agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is the only “outpost of hope” left in the hellscape that is Gaza, the UN Secretary-General told a high-level ministerial meeting on Thursday in New York. More >>
‘Hell Is Breaking Loose In Lebanon’, Guterres Warns Security Council
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 11:11 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Security Council on Wednesday “to work in lock-step” to end the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants across the Blue Line in Southern Lebanon. More >>
Lebanon Escalation: UN Boosts Support At Border With Syria
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 10:50 am | UN News
The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced “tens of thousands” of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian refugees, leaving border routes to Syria choked with vehicles trying to get through, the UN ... More >>
Security Council ‘Must Spare No Effort’ To Unite And Push For Peace
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 9:06 am | UN News
In a world where peace is “never automatic”, leadership is essential on the part of the UN Security Council which must find better ways to unite in the face of gridlock, the UN chief said on Wednesday. More >>
Stop Global Warming To Turn The Tide On Sea Level Rise: UN Assembly President
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 8:55 am | UN News
With global sea level rising faster than at any time over the last 3,000 years, UN Member States met on Wednesday to examine how to best address this existential threat. More >>
UN Chief To G20 Ministers: Collaboration Key To A Sustainable Future
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 8:46 am | UN News
As foreign ministers from the G20 group of industrialised nations met on Wednesday to discuss sustainability and justice issues, the UN chief urged global financial institutions to “cooperate and collaborate for the good of humanity.” More >>
UN Assembly President Urges Nations To Sustain Momentum From Summit Of The Future
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 7:37 pm | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action and to advance the outcomes of the Summit of the Future as it concluded on Monday. More >>
Afghanistan: No Future Without Women’s Participation
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 10:12 am | UN News
Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing. More >>
Torture ‘A Common And Acceptable Practice’ In Ukraine War, UN Investigators Say
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 9:02 am | UN News
Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva heard on Monday. More >>
