Fifteen MPs from different political parties and regions have joined India’s delegation to the UN General Assembly, highlighting India’s political and geographic diversity.
UN humanitarians and partners are stepping up efforts to help Gazans reduce major public health risks, including rodent infestation, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Widespread rodent and ectoparasite infestations were reported in 83 per cent of displacement sites assessed earlier this month, alongside sewage in streets, stagnant water and.
Afghanistan's Permanent Mission to the United Nations strongly condemned the Pakistani airstrikes carried out in the provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar, killing and injuring several Afghan civilians, including women and children.
The unrest in Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (PoK) must serve as a compelling case for independent factfinding mission by the United Nations and other international organisations to carry out investigation into the Pakistani army's excesses, civilian deaths, arbitrary arrests, and human rights violations in PoK.
The term of Antonio Guterres, the current and ninth secretary-general of the United Nations, will expire at the end of this year. The next UN secretary-general will take over the role on January 1, 2027.
Kinshasa: The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 689, including 139 deaths, according to the latest situation report released by the country’s health authorities. A total of 17 new confirmed cases, including five deaths, were reported on Thursday, all in the eastern province of Ituri,.
The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan risks creating a "lost generation" as nearly 3.8 million girls continue to remain out of school due to restrictions imposed by the Taliban, local media reported on Tuesday.
United Nations: India has charged that Islamabad is running an “organised factory of hate” that exploits religious terminology to cultivate permanent hostility towards India among its citizens, solely to enable Pakistan’s “deep state” to maintain its hold on power. “Blaming neighbours for its own failures is an old Pakistani habit (and) this attempt to hoodwink.
Beirut: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has raised concerns over a series of drone incidents near and inside its positions in southern Lebanon, warning that the explosions endangered peacekeepers and damaged UN facilities. According to a UNIFIL statement issued Wednesday, several presumed Hezbollah drones exploded on Monday and Tuesday near the mission’s headquarters.
