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India slammed a UN panel for falsely claiming that women community health workers do not receive social security benefits. BJP MP Poonamben Maadam said the panel’s report lacked credibility, while reiterating that ASHA workers are covered under pension, health, and insurance schemes.
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India accused Pakistan of attempting to divert global attention by raising Kashmir at the UN, reminding the world of its army’s “genocidal mass rape” of women during Bangladesh’s 1971 war. India reaffirmed its leadership in promoting women’s participation in UN peacekeeping.
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The UN has reimposed “snapback” sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, freezing assets, halting arms deals, and targeting its missile development. Already hit by record inflation and food shortages, Iranians now face deeper economic pain and growing fears of conflict.
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Pakistan currently sits as a non-permanent member of the powerful 15-nation Security Council, which is being presided over by Greece for the month of May
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The whole world has heard the Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitting and confessing Pakistan's history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations in a recent television interview, said India's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Yojna Patel
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No institution worth its name can remain relevant if it fails to address the emerging realities
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US President’s announcement came on the day he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Hamas declared the Gaza Strip a "disaster zone", warning of an unprecedented catastrophe that threatens the lives of its over 2.4 million people, as widespread destruction continues and essential resources run out
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A significant move cutting ties with the United Nation's public health agency on his first day in office, the order also said that the WHO "continues to demand unfairly onerous payments" from the US
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Pakistan gets balance and virtual veto power over sanctioning terrorists it harbours
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10-month-old child tests positive for vaccine-derived poliovirus strain; Hamas supports UN's call for seven-day truce to vaccinate children
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The victim was identified as Col. Waibhav Anil Kale, who had started working a month ago as a security coordinator for the UN in Gaza, according to The Washington Post, which quoted unnamed informed sources.
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Guterres added that he is "deeply alarmed" about the "very real danger" of a devastating region-wide escalation,
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Jonathan Crickx, chief of communication in the State of Palestine for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said this figure corresponds to one per cent of the 1.7 million people who have been displaced in Gaza.
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The U.N award is in recognition of Guidance's efforts to attract investments using innovative approaches for promotion, finance, and partnerships in Energy transition promotion.
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According to Rachel Snow, the lead demographer of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) the population growth is below the replacement fertility rate in India and it has a "window of opportunity."
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Volker Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, briefed the Security Council in a closed-door session on the latest situation of the conflict, reports Xinhua news agency.
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United Nations: India is forecast to grow at 6.5 per cent in fiscal year 2022, a decline from the 8.4 per cent GDP estimate in previous financial year, and while the country’s economic recovery is on a “solid path” amid rapid vaccination progress, coal shortages and high oil prices could put the brakes on economic […]
