UN refugee agency condemns ‘brutal and callous’ killings in Burkina Faso
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has strongly condemned an attack, on the night of 4 October, targeting a convoy carrying internally displaced persons in Burkina...
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Global trade amid COVID-19: Signs of rebound, but recovery uncertain
Global trade is showing signs of bouncing back from a deep, COVID-19-induced slump, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has said, with the caveat that any...
UN chief condemns continuing escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh
The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned the continuing escalation of violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, reminding all sides of their obligations under international humanitarian...
UN rights chief urges Iran to release jailed human rights defenders, citing COVID-19 risk
The top UN rights official has called on Iran to release imprisoned human rights defenders, lawyers and political prisoners, citing deep concerns over their situation...
Violent protests sparked by murder, bring Haiti to brink of instability, Security Council warned
Violent protests sparked by the murder of a high-profile legal scholar are threatening to push Haiti into a spiral of instability, Special Representative Helen La...
COVID-19 disrupts critical mental health services, WHO warns
The global pandemic has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries it surveyed, underscoring the devastating impact of COVID-19 and...
Greening of India’s railway network on track
An ambitious plan to make one of the world’s largest and most complex railway networks a net zero carbon emitter by 2030 is moving full...
COVID-19 underscores need to deliver on promise of landmark women’s rights conference
Unless countries act now, the COVID-19 pandemic could erase recent “fragile progress” towards gender equality, the UN Secretary-General warned on Thursday, urging governments to put...
President Ghani sets out ‘clear plan’ to advance UN values in Afghanistan
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan told the 75th session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that his country was moving into the next five...
European unity is an example to the world: Bosnia and Herzegovina Head of State
Šefik Džaferović, the Bosnia and Herzegovina Head of State, used his address to the General Debate of the General Assembly on Wednesday to praise the...