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FAO reports paper, wood, forest products show signs of recovery
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - According to a new report released by FAO on Wednesday fom wood-based panels used in construction, to charcoal for cooking food, forest products are valued and traded all around the world.
FAO report…
UNSC unanimously extends mandate of African Union support mission in Somalia
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS –UN Security Council on Tuesday voted on a draft resolution 2809 (2025) on the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia and unanimously extended the mandate.
African Union support…
Top official says prospects of elections fading in Libya
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN Special Representative for Libya Hannah S. Tetteh on Friday briefed the Security Council that the path to long-awaited elections in Libya is fading away which is paved with complications but they can be…
Former Iraqi President Salih elected as next UNHCR head
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - Former Iraqi president Barham Salih, who was once a refugee, has been elected as the next UN High Commissioner for Refugees at a time when the agency faces the twin crises of shrinking resources and a huge…
UN mission says Bangladeshi peacekeepers bodies repatriated
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - UN Interim Security Force for Abyei on Friday said that the bodies of 6 UN peacekeepers killed in a drone attack on the camp in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, last weekend were transported to Bangladesh.…
UNSC renews peacekeeping mission in eastern DRC, cites M23 offensives
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS -UN Security Council on Friday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a year, as fighting in eastern intensified after renewed offensives…
IOM warns Kordofan El-Obeid a step away from being attacked
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS - IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan Mohamed Refaat,on Friday said that as fighting escalates in Sudan, “people are scared, people are fleeing their homes”, noted that over 50,000 people have been uprooted since…
UN Mission condemns death of staff member in South Sudan, calls for swift probe
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN Mission in South Sudan called on Friday for an investigation into the death of one of its staff members in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal state in South Sudan.
UNMISS stated that the staff member was…
Guterres urges calm over killing of protest leader trigger unrest in Bangladesh
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday has urged calm in Bangladesh after the killing of a prominent youth protest leader triggered fresh unrest, raised concerns about political violence and the safety of…
UN marks International Migrants Day, celebrate contributions, highlight challenges
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS –International Organization for Migration published a report on Thursday on the International Migrants Day stated that Venezuelans living in other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean contribute more…