UN rights chief calls for empowering Afghan women to contribute towards their country’s progress
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (TNS):The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Michelle Bachelet, has underscored the need to empower Afghan women, saying they should...
Pakistan urges UN chief to ‘do much more’ towards resolving inter-state disputes to promote...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (TNS):Pakistan has called for addressing the root-causes of conflicts, including the use of force, foreign intervention, occupation, xenophobia, Islamophobia and...
UN chief to raise Kashmir issue during talks with various leaders at UNGA session
UN, Sep 20 (TNS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to raise the Kashmir issue during his discussions with various leaders attending the 74th session...
G77 pushes for countering spread of online hate, disinformation: Munir Akram
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (TNS): The Group of 77 (developing countries) is seriously concerned over the misuse of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to...
UN experts call for immediate end to harassment against Indian journalist Rana Ayyub
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21 (TNS):UN rights experts Monday expressed their serious concern on the online “misogynistic and sectarian “attacks against prominent Indian investigative journalist...
Russia takes flak at UN Security Council after its moves in eastern Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (TNS):Russia faced sharp criticism from several members of the 15-nation UN Security Council over its move to formally recognize breakaway...
At UN, Pakistan spotlights Kashmiri women’s plight under Indian occupation
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 09 (TNS): Pakistan Tuesday put the spotlight on the plight of Kashmiri women under brutal Indian occupation during a United Nations...
UN: 2000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels died fighting
United Nations: Jan 31, 2022 (TNS): United Nations says nearly 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have died in fighting in 2020.
In a...
UNHCR, partners rush to aid thousands of refugees in Benishangul Gumuz region of Ethiopia
United Nations: Feb 05, 2022 (TNS): The UN Refugee Agency United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has called for an urgent need of resources...
