Geopolitics
New York, Sep 2 (JEN): The UN human rights office said on Tuesday it is alarmed by the steep increase in the number of civilian casualties in Yemen’s Taiz governorate in recent weeks, as well as by the “untenable” humanitarian situation which is being made worse by the blockage of supply routes into Taiz city by local “popular committees” affiliated with the Houthis. more
UN refugee agency delivers aid to non-government controlled area in Ukraine

New York, Sep 2 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency announced on Tuesday that it managed to deliver humanitarian aid to non-Government-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine for the first ...

UN hands over draft global sustainability agenda to Member States

New York, Sep 2 (JEN): The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution sending the draft ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ to Member States for adop ...

UN official stresses role of parliaments in success of development agenda

New York, Sep 2 (JEN): Parliaments have a critical role in translating the new sustainable development agenda – which world leaders will adopt later this month at the United Nations ...

Volatile Syria requires sustained donor support: UN relief chief

New York, Sep 2 (JEN): Even as aid agencies continue to reach those impacted by the Syria conflict, the needs of the 7.6 million people displaced by the war and the 4 million others who have ...

More than 850,000 people face acute food insecurity in Somalia: UN report

New York, Sep 1 (JEN): Somalia’s humanitarian situation remains “alarming” four years after a devastating famine with the number of people requiring emergency aid rising 1 ...

Ban mourns death of force commander of UN Haiti mission

New York, Sep 1 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that he was saddened by the news of the sudden death of the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in ...

UN relief wing cites major access challenges in eastern Ukraine

New York, Aug 31 (JEN): Sounding the alarm on behalf of relief agencies working to meet ongoing needs and jump-start critical preparations for winter in strife-riven eastern Ukraine, the Uni ...

Ban 'regrets' Egyptian court decision to uphold sentences of Al Jazeera journalists

New York, Aug 31 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed “deep regret' over the decision by the Egyptian court of Cassation to uphold the sentencing of severa ...

UN urges all States to sign, ratify Nuclear Test Ban as a step to nuclear-free world

New York, Aug 29 (JEN): For the fifth International Day against Nuclear Tests, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed voluntary moratoria on testing imposed by nuclear-arm ...