On Monday, the United Nations launched an air bridge to bring relief to flood-ravaged Pakistan. On Tuesday, the UN issued a warning that the humanitarian situation was expected to get …
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Uyghurs’ UN report: Act now or be ‘willfully complicit,’ says international community
by Hamza Irshadby Hamza IrshadGlobal outrage has been sparked by a United Nations study that claims China is guilty of “serious human rights breaches” and maybe crimes against humanity in its incarceration and torture …
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UN Secretary-General Guterres arriving in Pakistan on Sept 9 to extend support for flood relief mission
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailThe UN secretary-general will visit flood-hit areas of Pakistan, meet the survivors and influence the international donors to extend every support to needy people.
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UN Secretary-General Guterres to visit Pakistan in few days to lend a hand for flood relief efforts
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailThe UN chief noted that over 1,000 have been killed so far in what he called a “climate catastrophe.”
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UN initiates $160 million flash appeal to support Pakistan to pace up rehabilitation work
by Umar Sohailby Umar Sohail“Pakistan is awash in suffering,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a video message for the launch of the appeal in Islamabad and Geneva.
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Turkey changes its official name to Turkiye at United Nations: Stephane
by Umar Sohailby Umar SohailTurkish Foreign Minister said the change would bring to an end the process of “increasing the brand value of our country”, an initiative started by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, …
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United Nations Ratified A Veto-Justification Proposal
by Hamza Irshadby Hamza IrshadThe change makes veto-holders United States, China, Russia, France and Britain “pay a heavier political price” when they wield the veto to strike down a Security Council resolution
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UN: US Asset Freezes Aggravating Afghan Women’s Suffering
by Hamza Irshadby Hamza IrshadA statement by 14 UN independent human rights experts also accused the US government of making life more difficult for Afghan women by freezing billions of dollars of central bank …
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Russia Expelled From The UN Human Rights Council
by Hamza Irshadby Hamza IrshadThe US-initiated resolution needed a two-thirds majority of the votes cast to succeed, and it easily met that objective – 93-24 — as abstentions do not count.
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UN Approves Official Presence In Taliban-run Afghanistan
by Hamza Irshadby Hamza IrshadRussia was the only one to vote against the decision in a 14-1 vote.