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UN reports fighting continues in eastern DR Congo
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Feb. UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Monday said that the fghting between Government forces and the M23 rebel group has began again in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.…
UN Environment Assembly unites to combat ‘triple planetary crisis’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Feb. United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6 on Monday opened the meeting of the “world’s parliament on the environment” in Nairobi with a clear call for stronger global action to…
UNRWA reports aid delivery is half in Gaza since January
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Feb. UN agency on Palestine refugees UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said on Monday that very little humanitarian aid has entered into Gaza this month, with a 50 per cent reduction compared…
UNSG launches rights protection pledge, focused on war in Gaza, Ukraine
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Feb. UN head António Guterres on Monday warned that an all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would be the end of UN-led humanitarian relief to the people of Gaza and he called the…
Guterres says deadlock over disarmament ‘not acceptable’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Feb. UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed his concern over the deadlock on the disarmament as the UN Conference on Disarmament is consistently failing to deliver.
He stated…
UNAIDS voices concern at ‘discriminatory’ court verdict on LGBTQ
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 27th Feb. UN Programme on HIV/AIDS UNAIDS on Monday expressed deep concern over St. Vincent and the Grenadines after a recent High Court verdict that upholds discriminatory laws against the…
UN says Bucha, Irpin rise from the ashes of Russian military occupation
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. UN commission on Friday hailed that the city of Bucha and Irpin rising from the ashes of Russian military occupation as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine ended in March 2022 and…
OHCHR warns human rights violations across Sudan
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. According to a report from the UN Human Rights Office released on Friday stated that the armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of civilians killed, millions displaced,…
OHCHR head deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker on Friday strongly called for accountability for serious violations committed by all parties in Gaza, the West Bank, including East…
PGA calls for solidarity with Ukraine as ‘needless war’ enters a third year
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 24th Feb. President of the UN General Assembly Dennis Francis on Friday urged countries to stand with the people of Ukraine “in their quest for justice and peace” at a meeting to mark two years…