Iran’s Raisi makes speech in first-ever UN appearance

Iran's Raisi makes speech in first-ever UN appearance

Issued on: 21/09/2022 – 15:02 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Amid warnings that Iran will not get a better proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear accord, Raisi said before his speech that his first-ever appearance at the UN as Iran’s leader would be an opportunity to explain to the world

Macron voices his support for Armenian sovereignty amid Azerbaijan ceasefire

Macron voices his support for Armenian sovereignty amid Azerbaijan ceasefire

Issued on: 16/09/2022 – 15:19 French President Emmanuel Macron held a phone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday, as major world powers look to try and stop fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Macron’s Élysée office said the French President had reaffirmed to the Armenian Prime Minister France’s support for the territorial integrity

UN chief says ‘never seen climate carnage’ like Pakistan floods

UN chief says 'never seen climate carnage' like Pakistan floods

Issued on: 10/09/2022 – 18:09 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that he has “never seen climate carnage” on such a scale as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods, blaming wealthier countries for the devastation. Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers an area the size of the United Kingdom

‘Strapped to tiger chair, raped, drugged’: Damning UN report reveals how China tortured, abused Uighurs in Xinjiang

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The report describes in detail China’s use of re-education camps, called “Vocational Education and Training Centre” (VETC), for the purpose of “deradicalization”. The Chinese government in 2019 said the VETC is a “lenient” form of rehabilitation for those involved in “minor cases”. However, the UN report said that the distinction between what constitutes “serious” and

UN faces heat over envoy’s trip to Myanmar — Radio Free Asia

This handout from Myanmar's military information team taken and released on Aug. 17, 2022 shows Myanmar's armed forces chief Snr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing [right] meeting with United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer [left] in Naypyidaw. Credit: Myanmar's Military Information Team/AFP

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) and more than 850 civil society groups called on the United Nations to remove its appointed envoy to the country after her visit last week and demonstrate a “serious commitment” to resolving the nation’s worsening humanitarian crisis. U.N. Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer traveled to Myanmar from Aug.

U.N. rights office ‘very concerned’ about planned trials of Ukrainian POWs

Service members of the Ukrainian armed forces, who surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, sit in a bus upon their arrival under escort of the pro-Russian military in the settlement of Olenivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region on May 20. | REUTERS

Geneva – The U.N. human rights office expressed concern on Tuesday about plans by Russian-backed authorities to try Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the port city of Mariupol, possibly within days, saying such a process could itself amount to a war crime. The Russian-backed authorities appear to be installing metal cages in a hall

Warring sides in Yemen agree to extend truce for two months

Warring sides in Yemen agree to extend truce for two months

Issued on: 03/08/2022 – 00:23 Yemen’s warring sides agreed to renew a two-month truce expiring on Tuesday, the United Nations envoy said, despite international pressure for an extended and expanded deal that would build on the longest stretch of relative calm in over seven years. “This truce extension includes a commitment from the parties to

Several shot dead, dozens injured at anti-UN protests in DR Congo

Several shot dead, dozens injured at anti-UN protests in DR Congo

Issued on: 26/07/2022 – 12:27 At least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday. On Monday, hundreds of people blocked roads and chanted hostile slogans before storming the UN peacekeeping mission’s headquarters and a logistical base.  Protesters

Mali to suspend all new UN peacekeeping rotations for ‘national security’ reasons

Mali to suspend all new UN peacekeeping rotations for 'national security' reasons

Issued on: 14/07/2022 – 17:02Modified: 14/07/2022 – 17:04 Mali will from Thursday suspend all new rotations of the United Nations’ MINUSMA peacekeeping mission, including those already scheduled, for “national security” reasons, the foreign ministry said. The suspension will last until a meeting is held to “facilitate the coordination and regulation” of the rotation of contingents,

World population to reach 8 billion on November 15, United Nations says

World population to reach 8 billion on November 15, United Nations says

Issued on: 11/07/2022 – 07:30 The world’s population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15, the UN forecast Monday in a report that said India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023. That overall population milestone “is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet

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