Geopolitics

Avoid ‘risky winner-take-all tactics’ in Somalia, UN Security Council hears

New York: Increased “brinkmanship, pressure tactics, and tests of strength” are threatening progress in Somalia, the country’s UN envoy told the Security Council on Monday, warning that they must be resolved “through dialogue and compromise”. more

‘No place’ for coups in today’s world, UN chief tells Myanmar military

New York: On the opening day of a new UN Human Rights Council session on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his “full support to the people of Myanmar&r ...

UN chief to security meeting: ‘2021 must be the year to get back on track’

New York: By exposing deep fissures and fragilities, “COVID-19 has x-rayed the world”, the UN chief told the Munich Security Conference on Friday, while acknowledging that tod ...

UN chief calls for ‘new social contract’ as part of post-pandemic recovery

New York: With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing social and economic inequalities rooted in racism, discrimination and xenophobia, recovery must lead to more inclusive societies, the UN Secr ...

UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria

New York: The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday’s attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria in which one student was killed and several st ...

Mali: Around 20 UN peacekeepers injured in major attack on MINUSMA base

New York: Some 20 UN peacekeepers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were injured on Wednesday, after their temporary base came under attack in the restive centra ...

Guterres welcomes US decision to re-engage with the Human Rights Council

New York: The UN Secretary-General has welcomed a commitment from the new US administration to “re-engage immediately and robustly” with the Human Rights Council, following th ...

Paraguay: UN rights chief calls for ‘prompt, independent’ probe into girl deaths and disappearance

Dubai: Following the disappearance in Paraguay of a teenage girl and killing of two 11-year-olds, the UN human rights chief has expressed her deep concern, also noting on Friday other dis ...

Elections vital to building democratic Palestinian State: UN chief

New York: Elections this year in the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be “a crucial step” towards Palestinian unity, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on ...

UN ready to support Palestinian elections, new envoy tells Security Council

New York: Palestinian elections scheduled for later this year will be a crucial step towards unity, the new UN envoy in the region, Tor Wennesland, said on Tuesday in his first briefing t ...