HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling to organize a high-level conference to implement relevant resolutions and achieve a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The draft resolution, submitted by Senegal and co-sponsored by numerous countries, including Türkiye, was adopted with 15...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN chief has denounced Israel’s killing of Palestinians as well as the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. “Every year on this day, the international community stands in solidarity for the dignity, rights, justice, and self-determination of the Palestinian people. This y...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights office has urged all parties to respect the cease-fire reached between Israel and Lebanon while resolving differences related to implementation. Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence, during a UN press briefing in Geneva, underlined that the cease-fire in Lebanon is a “huge relief” for the millions who have...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that demanded an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It also urged the prevention of starvation of Palestinians. The draft resolution, submitted by 10 elected members of the Council — Algeria, Ec...
More than 50 lawmakers worldwide are calling on the United Nations to intervene and protect 48 Uyghur men who have been detained in Thailand for over a decade. These detainees have been held at Thailand’s Immigration Detention Center since 2014. They are at risk of being deported to China, where they could face […]
Devastating flooding in South Sudan has affected approximately 1.4 million people. The U.N. office in the East African country said there has been flooding in 43 counties and the Abyei Administrative Area. It added that more than 379,000 people were displaced in 22 counties and Abyei. The agency said a surge in […]...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The UN has called for “urgent” and “greater” efforts to reduce air pollution and protect children’s health, as over 11 million children under five years of age are exposed to this smog in Pakistan’s Punjab province. “I am extremely concerned about the well-being of young children who are forced to breathe […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev has said that the UN’s environmental program shows that current policies implemented across the globe will result in global warming of 3 degrees Celsius. “We must be totally honest. The UN Environment Program shows that current policies are leading us to 3 degrees Celsius of warming,” Babay...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN has called on global leaders to prioritize climate action and financial reform, emphasizing the economic and human cost of inaction. “An ambitious climate finance goal is not charity—it’s self-interest for every nation,” Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN has warned about inhuman and deadly living conditions in northern Gaza and said Palestinians are “starving while the world watches on.” “For the past month, North Gaza has been under a near-total brutal siege,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said during a news conference, conveying a...
