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UNCTAD deplores attacks on commercial ships, warns soaring costs, delays
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. UN trade and development agency on Thursday said in its latest report that the attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea with wider geopolitical and climate-related crises, are…
UNRWA chief warns agency at ‘breaking point’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini on Thursday said that the agency has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls for its abolition and the associated funding freeze, just when it is…
Head of the independent review team on UNRWA may request Gaza visit
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 23rd Feb. Head of an independent review team on UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, Catherine Colonna on Thursday briefed reporters in New York said that researchers have been…
DSG calls global community to collaborate on SDGs
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN deputy chief Amina Mohammad on Wednesday said that today’s multilateral arrangements global and regional organizations and major development banks are “not up to the job” of helping…
Top rights expert says Junta ‘a greater threat’ to civilians, mandatory draft shows ‘desperation’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews on Wednesday said that the Myanmar’s military government is becoming a greater threat to civilians after the imposition of a mandatory draft…
UN official urged UK to end violence against women, girls ‘a national threat’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN Special Rapporteur and the human rights expert Reem Alsalem on Wednesday said that the Great Britain must take action to end all forms of violence against women and girls, have…
OCHA reports Russian attacks in Donetsk
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UN humanitarians on Wednesday reported that attacks on the frontline in the Donetsk region had disrupted clean water supplies in Kramatorsk City, as the war in Ukraine marked 2 years.…
UN experts warns US companies dump ‘forever chemicals’ with impunity
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. UNEP on Wednesday reported that the US companies such as the DuPont and Chemours chemical are dumping toxic so-called “forever chemicals” into the local environment, completely…
Top envoy calls to curb illicit weapons in Central African Republic
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 22nd Feb. Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic MINUSCA Valentine Rugwabiza on Wednesday urged greater support for the efforts to build a professional national army,…
Novelis Hindalco subsidiary files draft papers for proposed US IPO
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 22nd Feb. Atlanta-based Novelis Inc. a fully-owned subsidiary of Hindalco Industries on Wednesday has announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form F-1 with the…