The world is living through an age of extremes, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who has warned that wars, technological disruption, climate chaos, political polarisation and widening
A significant number of the world’s biggest polluters, including the EU, Australia, South Africa, and India, are expected to miss a key UN deadline to submit updated climate targets, due to economic
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At least 15 United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in clashes with M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking one of the deadliest attacks on UN forces in recent
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Editorial Last week, a staged drama by a Western media outlet sent shockwaves: Mossad agents, in a stunningly brazen display, openly bragged about their covert operations, including an espionage plot against Hezbollah
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The lives of hundreds of thousands in the famine-struck Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) hang in the balance as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have intensified attacks on North
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Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on public execution in Afghanistan We are disturbed by the public execution of a man at a sports stadium in the Afghan city
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When Dr Gamani Corea, a former Secretary-General of the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was holding court in the delegate’s lounge, I asked him what he thought of the
More If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.
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Editor’s Note: In this exclusive article, Dr. Alireza Delkhosh, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Sri Lanka, shares insights into Iran’s perspective on recent geopolitical developments and its stance
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian asserted on Monday that his country has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, pushing back against international concerns over its uranium enrichment program. “We have repeatedly emphasized that
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“To my regret, sanctioning states deny the existence of the humanitarian and often disastrous impact of unilateral sanctions,” said Alena Douhan, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of
More When the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly took place last September, there were several key world leaders missing in action (MIAs)—including, most importantly, leaders of the four of the five
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A UN Human Rights Office report issued today identified renewed threats to fundamental freedoms in Sri Lanka, evidenced by new or proposed regressive laws, erosion of democratic checks and balances,ongoing threats and intimidation against civil
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres leaves on Monday for a September visit to China, but on a circuitous route through part of the Pacific, his chief spokesman said. Stephan Dujarric, the spokesman, said
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A new UN Cybercrime Treaty, which is expected to be adopted by the UN General Assembly later this year, is being denounced by over 100 human rights activists and civil society organizations
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Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has strongly refuted recent allegations linking the Islamic Republic to political assassination attempts on American soil, including a plot targeting former President Donald Trump. In
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