UN Secretary-General’s Visit Highlights Strong UN-Kazakhstan Partnership
ASTANA – UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ recent visit to Kazakhstan highlighted the strong partnership between the country and the UN, focusing on sustainable development, climate action, and regional cooperation, the UN’s press office reported on July 10. Guterres started his official visit in Almaty, warmly welcomed by Kazakh First Deputy Foreign Minister Akan Rakhmetullin, Permanent […]
Read MoreAlgeria proposes UN action to ‘stop killing in Rafah
‘Algeria on Tuesday proposed a draft UN Security Council resolution that demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all hostages held by Hamas and essentially orders Israel to “immediately halt its military offensive” in Rafah. Algeria’s UN Ambassador Amar Bendjama said earlier on Tuesday – after a closed-door meeting of the 15-member […]
Read MoreUN, ASEAN urged to act to save Rohingyas from further genocide in Myanmar
Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia on Saturday urgently called on the United Nations, ASEAN, and the wider international community to take immediate action in order to prevent the mass killing of Rohingyas who are under siege by the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine State. “We are extremely alarmed and concerned by reports that the Arakan Army […]
Read MoreIndia abstains from UN vote calling for truce in Israel without mentioning Hamas
New Delhi: India on Friday abstained from voting on a resolution in the United Nations that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The resolution drafted by Jordan also called for unhindered humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip but had no mention of Hamas. Canada proposed an amendment that a paragraph condemning […]
Read MoreUN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody
New York : The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban authorities, nearly half of them acts of torture and ill-treatment mostly by police and intelligence agents, a report released on Wednesday showed. The UN Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) said 18 people had also died in prisons […]
Read MoreEU to ask China at UN to push Russia towards ‘just peace’ in Ukraine
New York: European Council President Charles Michel will ask China directly at the United Nations Security Council to do more to push Russia towards a “just peace” in Ukraine, according to his draft speech seen by Reuters at the UNGA. At the Security Council meeting held on Wednesday during the annual high-level U.N. General Assembly in […]
Read MoreTaiwan Foreign Minister seeks international support for participation in UN system
Taipei [Taiwan] : Stating that repeated Chinese aggression continues to pose threats to Taiwan, which has been “improperly excluded” from the United Nations due to Beijing, Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu in an article has urged the UN to meaningfully allow Taipei’s participation in the system. He has pointed out Chinese aggression against other countries […]
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