Geopolitics
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New York, Nov 27 (JEN): Asylum-seekers transferred from Australia to Pacific island processing centres, including survivors of torture and trauma and unaccompanied children, are living in arbitrary detention and harsh physical conditions that do not meet international standards, the United Nations refugee agency reported Tuesday. more
Darfur: UN envoy fosters effort to initiate peace process

New York, Nov 27 (JEN): In an effort to bring all groups in Sudan’s conflict-wracked Darfur region into the peace process, the joint African Union-United Nations mediator has held ta ...

Guinea-Bissau: UN seeks credible elections for constitutional order

New York, Nov 27 (JEN): The holding of credible and peaceful elections next year is vital for the process of restoring constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, a United Nations envoy told the ...

UN concerned over Gaza power shortage

New York, Nov 27 (JEN): An independent United Nations human rights expert Tuesday called for urgent action to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, where a power shortage has ...

UN concerned over Gaza power shortage

New York, Nov 27 (JEN): An independent United Nations human rights expert Tuesday called for urgent action to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, where a power shortage has ...

UN voices solidarity with Palestinian cause

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) United Nations officials on Monday voiced their solidarity with the people of Palestine in their aspirations for independence and sovereignty, and stressed the importa ...

Corruption hobbles development: UN official

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) The world's largest biennial gathering of delegates in the global fight against corruption opened in Panama on Monday with the United Nations top crime fighter warning ...

UN mandate in Abyei extended through May

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) The Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force for Abyei which is tasked with overseeing the demilitarization of an area ...

DR Congo: Senior UN envoy begins visit

New York, Nov 26 (JEN) The senior United Nations official for the Great Lakes region of Africa has begun a week-long mission to help shore up peace efforts, visiting Tanzania, Rwanda, the Re ...

UN concerned about Japan’s special secrets bill

New York, Nov 23 (JEN): Two independent United Nations human rights experts Friday expressed serious concern about a Government-sponsored draft bill in Japan that would decide what constitu ...