"united-nations"

Sher Abbas Stanikzai, political deputy at the Foreign Ministry, says there is no reason to deny education to women and girls, just as there was no justification for it in the past and there shouldn’t be one at all

As of Monday, the number of South Koreans aged 65 or older stood at 10.24 million, accounting for 20.0 per cent of the country's total population of 51.22 million

Human Rights are not a monopoly of any privileged class and cannot be taken away by any power or authority

Though overshadowed by wars and the return of Trump, the summit in Brazil raised debates on revitalising multilateralism

Time is ripe for undertaking drastic reforms to make the UN more representative, inclusive, less bureaucratic

BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi says Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and will remain an integral part of India"

COP 29 will need to reflect on the needs and priorities of the developing countries

BRICS summit has enhanced India’s role as peacemaker in the changing global order

Warns the neighboring country that its "policy" of cross-border terrorism will never succeed and its "actions will certainly have consequences"

Urges all concerned actors to exercise maximum restraint, recommit to full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), return to cessation of hostilities to restore stability

UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called the day's events "an extremely concerning escalation in an already unacceptably volatile context." She urged all parties to avoid further actions or aggressive rhetoric that could spark a broader conflict.

Says nearly 400 deaths were reported between July 16 and August 4 while around 250 people were reportedly killed following new wave of protests between August 5 and 6

Parvathaneni Harish, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer was appointed as India's next ambassador to the United Nations in New York.

All houses in the villages burned; survivors sheltering at police station scared to name perpetrators

India's population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent

The size of the world's population in 2100 is now expected to be six per cent lower or 700 million fewer than anticipated a decade ago

Move comes as rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a US-led coalition

Dujarric stated Guterres would present Sen with the 2023 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award on Thursday, coinciding with the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.

Officials have struggled to provide accurate casualty estimates since the disaster, leading to varying figures on the number of people affected, creating uncertainty regarding the exact toll.

In a statement posted on social media platform X on Thursday, OCHA reported that key crossings for aid into Gaza have been closed for several days, making access to the Palestinian enclave unsafe and logistically unfeasible.