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UNRWA work in Lebanon will end by March, cites funding cut
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UNRWA Director in Lebanon Dorothee Klaus on Tuesday said that the cancer patients, young students and families are 250,000 Palestinians 80 per cent living under the poverty line who…
DSG calls for ‘courage, vision, solidarity’ to boost middle-income nations
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Deputy Seretary General Amina Mohammad said on Tuesday that despite being the driving force for sustainable development, middle-income countries face unique challenges and require…
OHCHR chief calls for fair, free elections in Pakistan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday has urged authorities in Pakistan to ensure that parliamentary elections this week are free and fair.
OHCHR denounced all acts…
Guterres warns female genital mutilation, calls to end ‘abhorrent practice’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation this year, appealed for action to end this “egregious violation of…
Top political head warns rising toll in Ukraine as war looms
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo on Tuesday briefed the Security Council told that with war in Ukraine about to enter its third year, the damage by the…
WHO reports unprecedented cholera rise in Africa
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. World health agency on Tuesday said that cholera cases are rising globally and there’s been an unprecedented spike in Africa.
Dr. Fiona Braka from WHO regional office in Brazzaville,…
Top torture expert urges UK to halt extradition of Julian Assange to America
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th Feb. UN independent expert on torture Alice Edwards on Tuesday urged the United Kingdom to halt the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
Alice Edwards called on…
Indian lawyer named Australia Race Discrimination Commissioner
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 7th Feb. Indian origin employment lawyer Giridharan Sivaraman on Tuesday has been appointed as Race Discrimination Commissioner by the Australian Human Rights Commission, in a press statement issued.…
Powell says central bank not to cut rates, as US stocks fell
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 7th Feb. According to mediua reports on Tuesday the US stocks fell after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank is not ready to cut interest rates yet.
“We want to see…
Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak named new premier of Yemen
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 7th Feb. According to news media reports on Tuesday Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, Yemen’s foreign minister has been appointed as the new Prime Minister
Yemen is experiencing increased tensions as a…