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World leaders need to act against Myanmar junta: UN Special Rapporteur

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said that the junta needed "more than words of condemnation" and urged the world leaders to take action

Latest LIVE: Core sector output rises by 5.4% in November vs 3.2% YoY

Live news updates: Noting that doubling of tracks and electrification is underway at a record speed, he said that the eastern and western freight corridors will bring revolutionary changes

UN committed to delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, says envoy

UN and its humanitarian partners are committed to delivery of life-saving services to the people of Afghanistan despite the Taliban-run administration's decision to ban women from working in NGOs

20 mn people to face acute hunger by March 2023 in Afghanistan: Report

The report predicted that four million children and women will experience acute malnutrition, with malnutrition rates continuing to be exceedingly high

UN, int'l partners concerned about escalating violence in South Sudan

The partners said the escalating ongoing violence had resulted in the loss of lives amid reports of the alleged use of heavy weaponry

India at UNSC: Voice of Global South; emphasised on UN reforms, says Kamboj

Highlighting India's two-year tenure at the UNSC, which is coming to an end on December 31, Ruchira Kamboj said New Delhi was voice of entire Global South, and reinforced commitment to multilateralism

UNSC calls on Taliban to drop 'unfathomable' restrictions on women

The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday decried increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, urging the country's Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. The Security Council "reiterated its deep concern of the suspension of schools beyond the sixth grade, and its call for the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan," it said in a press statement. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker pointed to "terrible consequences" of a decision to bar women from working for non-governmental organizations. Last week, Taliban authorities stopped university education for women, sparking international outrage and demonstrations in Afghan cities. On Saturday, they announced the exclusion of women from NGO work, a move that already has prompted four major international aid agencies to suspend operations in Afghanistan. "No country can develop indeed survive socially and economically with half its population excluded," U.N. High Commissione

UNHCR says 26 Rohingya died, 180 missing at sea making hazardous journey

At least 26 Rohingya Muslims had died in dire conditions during a month at open sea while making a dangerous voyage that brought scores of others to safety in Indonesia, a UN agency said Tuesday, adding there will likely be more. Exhausted women and children were among 185 people who disembarked from a rickety wooden boat on Monday in a coastal village in Aceh's Pidie district, authorities said. A distressing video circulated widely on social media showed the Rohingya worn out and emaciated, with many crying for help. They are very weak because of dehydration and exhaustion after weeks at sea, said local police chief Fauzi, who goes by a single name. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said that survivors told the agency that 26 people died during the long journey. One of the refugees, who identified himself as Rosyid, told The Associated Press that they left the refugee camp in Bangladesh at the end of November and drifted on the open sea. He said at least 20 of us died aboard

Samsung raises over $10 million to contribute to UNDP for Global Goals

Samsung Electronics announced that it has reached a significant milestone to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, or the Global Goals, with a contribution of more than $10 million to the UNDP

Amid Ukraine conflict, Covid-19, India emerges as voice of Global South

India emerged as a voice of the Global South during its two-year term in the powerful UN Security Council, which acrimoniously deliberated on Russia's invasion of Ukraine that led to unprecedented levels of global food and fuel insecurity as the world continued to grapple with inequalities amplified by the pandemic. Before relinquishing its non-permanent seat in the 15-member Council on December 31, 2022, India presided over the powerful UN body in December with the country's first woman Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj sitting in the President's seat at the horse-shoe table. Just about two months into India's second year of its 2021-2022 term on the Council as elected non-permanent member, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a 'special military operation' in eastern Ukraine on February 24. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a direct and strong appeal to Putin to stop your troops from attacking Ukraine and give peace a chance as the UN chief

100 mn people displaced globally in 2022; UN efforts underway to assist

Outbreaks of violence, or protracted conflicts, were key migration factors in many parts of the world, including Ukraine, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Syria and Myanmar

United Nations urges rescue of 190 refugees adrift in Andaman Sea

Reports indicate that they have been at sea in dire conditions for a month, lacking sufficient food or water, and with no efforts from any States in the region to help

India's leadership at UNSC draws global praise on completion of 2-year term

As India wraps up its two-year term as an elected member of the Security Council and its month of presidency, it has received praise from an array of countries spanning the globe

Text of UN biodiversity pact agreed at COP15 with 2030 vision released

After two days of agreeing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the final text of the historic framework has been released

UN calls for restoration of university rights for Afghanistan women

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous has called for the restoration of Afghan women's right to higher education after the Taliban-run administration banned female students from university

UN Deputy urges nations to consider forces for Haiti to restore security

The UN's deputy secretary-general urged every country with capacity to urgently consider the Haitian government's request for an international armed force to help restore security and alleviate a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation, which is in a deepening crisis of unprecedented scale and complexity that is cause for serious alarm. Amina Mohammed also reiterated Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' call for international support for the beleaguered Haitian National Police. Insecurity has reached unprecedented levels and human rights abuses are widespread, she told the UN Security Council. Armed gangs have expanded their violent criminal activities, using killings and gang rapes to terrorise and subjugate communities. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the country's Council of Ministers sent an urgent appeal October 7 calling for the immediate deployment of a specialised armed force, in sufficient quantity to stop the crisis caused partly by the criminal actions of armed

India votes in favour of resolution on mental health of UN peacekeepers

India voted in favour of a resolution on the mental health of UN peacekeepers

UN official warns against new Armenia-Azerbaijan clash over disputed land

A senior UN official urged the international community on Tuesday to prevent Armenia and Azerbaijan from resuming their conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as the two countries accused each other of violating a Russian-brokered peace agreement. UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs Miroslav Jenca said a renewed conflict would likely impact the wider south Caucasus region and beyond. He urged redoubled diplomatic efforts to achieve a lasting peaceful settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan before it is too late. The former Soviet countries have been locked in a decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994. During a six-week war in 2020, Azerbaijan reclaimed broad swaths of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent territories held by Armenian forces. More than 6,700 people died in the fighting that was ended by a ...

India 'closely monitoring' security situation in Afghanistan, UNSC told

'We are deeply concerned at the unfolding humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. In response to the humanitarian needs of the Afghan people'

United Nations extends Congo peacekeeping force with an eye to its exit

The Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo with an eye to its eventual exit, and to lift a notification requirement on some arms purchases which Congo's foreign minister recently called unjustified and humiliating. The separate resolutions were approved on Tuesday amid worsening security in Congo's mineral-rich east, a region rife with rebel groups and an upsurge in violence and civilian killings that has uprooted tens of thousands of its inhabitants. The resolution extending the U.N. peacekeeping force known as MONUSCO until Dec. 20, 2023, strongly condemns all domestic and foreign armed groups operating in the country and demands they immediately cease all violence and destabilizing actions and the illegal exploitation and trafficking of natural resources. It also demands the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels, who have been fighting a coalition of armed civilian protection militias in the east for more than a year, as agreed at a ...