Geopolitics
New York, Jun 6 (JEN): The Government of Pakistan must halt the execution of a man convicted of a crime committed as a child and reinstate the country’s moratorium on the death penalty, three United Nations human rights experts have urged. more
UN concerned by abduction of Eritrean asylum-seekers in eastern Sudan

New York, Jun 6 (JEN): An armed group opened fire on a convoy transporting Eritrean asylum-seekers in eastern Sudan and kidnapped 14 of them, including six boys and one girl, the United Nati ...

Syria: Security Council ‘outraged’ by intensifying attacks against civilians

New York, Jun 6 (JEN): Amid surging violence in Aleppo, the United Nations Security Council on Friday expressed “outrage” at all attacks against civilians in Syria, as well as in ...

Reformulation of HIV treatment will save more children’s lives: UN

New York, Jun 6 (JEN): The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new antiretroviral formulation that can be mixed with food, making it easier for children living wi ...

UN agency reports world food prices declining to six-year low

New York, Jun 5 (JEN): The prices of major food commodities continued their downward trajectory through May as cereal prices dropped amid an increasingly favourable forecast for this yearâ ...

Major funding gap has left Iraq on brink of catastrophe in Iraq: UN

New York, Jun 5 (JEN): Critical aid operations supporting millions of people affected by the conflict in Iraq are at risk of shutting down unless funds are made available immediately, senior ...

UN chief condemns rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza

New York, Jun 5 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday has condemned the firing of rockets by militants from Gaza towards Israel which occurred yesterday.

UN official calls for global movement to end hunger once and for all

New York, Jun 5 (JEN): The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday called for a global movement to eradicate hunger as countries look ahead to the new ...

Zambia: UN forum urges faster development action for landlocked developing nations

New York, Jun 5 (JEN): A United Nations-backed conference aimed at accelerating an ambitious development plan for the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) concluded on T ...

UN official stresses need for renewed momentum towards achieving climate accord

New York, Jun 5 (JEN): “The clock is ticking faster and faster” before an agreement must be reached in Paris in December, but “so much has happened over the past few weeks, ...