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
You can never understand one language unless you understand at least two ~ Geoffrey Williams Sathnam Sangera begins his book “Empire World : How British Imperialism Shaped the World” by saying that 2.6 billion
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In the world today, there is a prominent trend to promote small nations as strong and powerful countries within the world’s global agenda. According to that trend, we can identify East-Timor (now
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In a statement delivered at the 56th Session of the Human Rights Council, Cuba, representing a coalition of 123 countries, demanded its removal from the U.S. List of States Allegedly Sponsoring Terrorism.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for action to stop vandalizing the Earth as nearly 40 percent of land across the planet is degraded with more acres lost every second. “Every
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The world remains off course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal for energy (SDG7) as progress on basic energy access in 2022 reversed for the first time in a decade, finds a
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According to a China-proposed resolution unanimously adopted by the 78th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday, June 10 was designated as the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations. The aim
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The United Nations on Friday celebrated World Oceans Day, observed annually on June 8, at its headquarters in New York, focusing on “opening minds, igniting senses, and inspiring possibilities” for global marine
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Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Thursday for a two-year term. The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on
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The United Nations on Thursday held events at its headquarters in New York to honor the memory of the UN peacekeepers who lost their lives since 1948. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laid
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UN officials, among other high-level representatives, have called on everyone to be part of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also known as the Biodiversity Plan, to echo the theme of the 2024
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Members of the UN Security Council on Monday observed a minute of silence to mourn the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other passengers in Sunday’s helicopter
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Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and
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Editorial Sri Lanka has unfortunately become a platform where anyone and everyone feels entitled to air their grievances and baseless accusations, resembling a chaotic Hyde Park of sorts. The recent involvement of
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the “wholesale reform” of the global financial architecture and specifically, its approach to debt. He made the appeal at a high-level thematic debate on
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Sabah, Libya, is an oasis town at the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. To stand at the edge of the town and look southward into the desert toward Niger is forbidding.
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