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UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for data-driven fight against terrorism

Data drives every aspect of economic, business and social life," he said in remarks to a meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact

UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi to visit India from Jan 29-31

UNGA President will meet with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi, while continuing on topics raised during their last meeting in December

UN slashes India's economic growth forecast by 20 bps to 5.8% for 2023

Pegs world economy growth at 1.9%; trade to contract 0.4%

Human trafficking moving deeper underground due to Covid-19: UN report

Covid-19 resulted in a decline in number of detected human trafficking victims as there were fewer opportunities for traffickers to operate and some trafficking forms were less likely to be detected

UK supports India's bid for a permanent seat at UNSC: Top British diplomat

British High Commissioner Alexander Ellis said that New Delhi's push for reforms will make the institution more effective in dealing with the realities of today

UN says Taliban divided on restoring women's rights post official visit

A delegation led by the highest-ranking woman at the United Nations urged the Taliban during a four-day visit to Afghanistan that ended Friday to reverse their crackdown on women and girls

UN General Assembly President Korosi set to visit India, China, Japan

The visit of the UNGA President who has been invited by the Indian govt will likely begin on Jan 29 and will include an address to the Indian Council of World Affairs, a foreign policy think tank

Israelis, Palestinians clash at UN amid escalating political rhetoric

Israel's new hardline govt responded on Jan 6 by approving steps to penalize Palestinians in retaliation. PM Benjamin said they were aimed at what he called "an extreme anti-Israel" step at UN

United Nations plans to increase aid to frontline areas of Ukraine

'This community has been heavily impacted by months of hostilities and the 4,500 people who remain there depend on humanitarian aid to meet their needs'

UN approves second four-year term for environment chief Inger Andersen

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a note to the 193 members of the General Assembly on January 9 nominating Andersen for re-election

India's fertility rate dips, but the decline is faster in Bangladesh, Nepal

A significant reason is India's higher fertility rates or the number of children born per woman

India's population may have already overtaken China's, estimate analysts

The United Nations had expected the milestone to be reached later this year. As of Jan. 18, India's population had already climbed to 1.423 billion, according to WPR

UN blacklists LeT deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki as 'global terrorist'

Pakistan-based deputy chief of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba Abdul Rehman Makki has been blacklisted as a global terrorist by the United Nations. The UN Security Council's Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee added Makki Monday to its list of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo. In June last year, China had put a hold, at the last moment, on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council. Makki is a US-designated terrorist and brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba head and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

UN experts concerned over rise in abductions, conversions of girls in Pak

A group of top UN human rights experts has expressed alarm at the reported rise in abductions, forced marriages and conversions of underage girls and young women from religious minorities in Pak

United Nation's nuclear watchdog IAEA to increase presence in Ukraine

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that it would step up its presence in Ukraine to help prevent a nuclear accident during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict

Antonio Guterres urges member states to uphold UN values, rule of law

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all member states to uphold the vision and the values of the UN Charter and the rule of law in particular

2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record, fueled by GHGs: WMO

The past 8 years were the warmest on record globally, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

UAE names oil company chief Sultan al-Jaber to lead UN COP28 climate talks

The United Arab Emirates on Thursday named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts to be the president of the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, highlighting the balancing act ahead for this crude-producing nation. Authorities nominated Sultan al-Jaber, a trusted confidant of UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who serves as CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. That firm pumps some 4 million barrels of crude a day and hopes to expand to 5 million daily. Those revenues fuel the ambitions of this federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula as well as the production of more of the heat-trapping carbon dioxide that the UN negotiations hope to limit. But al-Jaber also once led a once-ambitious project to have a USD 22 billion "carbon-neutral city on Abu Dhabi's outskirts an effort later pared back after the global financial crisis that struck the Emirates hard beginning

Success in Colombian peace process depends on efforts to curb violence: UN

Lasting success of the Colombian peace agreement, which we all wish to see, is contingent on the ability of the Colombian authorities to address the persistent violence that poses its greatest threat

UN chief shocked by deaths in Peru protests, calls for investigation

The Secretary-General underscores that demonstrations must be carried out in a peaceful manner, respecting life and public and private property, Dujarric told a daily press briefing