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UN Security Council Holds Closed-Door Talks on Rising India-Pakistan Tensions

06 May 2025

The UN Security Council began closed-door meetings here on the India-Pakistan situation, just hours after Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm at tensions between nuclear neighbors being "at their highest in years." Pakistan's Request for Closed Consultations Pakistan, its current non-permanent member on the influential 15-nation Security Council, had sought...

UN Warns Maternal Health Progress Has Stalled Due to Global Aid Cuts

07 Apr 2025

The world made major progress in cutting maternal deaths over the past 25 years. However, the United Nations warned on Monday that this progress has nearly come to a halt. It also cautioned that recent global aid cuts could undo these gains. Maternal Deaths Dropped by 40%, But Progress Has...

Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 3,354, UN Chief Lauds Aid Response

05 Apr 2025

The toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 remaining missing, state media reports said on Saturday. As relief and rescue operations go on, United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher thanked humanitarian and community organizations for their front-line work in responding...

UN Passes US-Led Resolution on Ukraine Without Blaming Russia

25 Feb 2025

The UN Security Council approved a US-led resolution on the Ukraine war on Monday, with Russia also supporting it. The resolution did not criticize Moscow's actions, even though it marked the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The vote ended with 10 nations in favor, none against, and five abstentions. France...

UN Reports 1,400 Deaths in Bangladesh Protests, Yunus Govt Counts 834

12 Feb 2025

The United Nations has reported that around 1,400 people died during anti-government protests under Sheikh Hasina’s regime in Bangladesh. The global body emphasized that the Hasina-led government orchestrated systematic attacks and killings of protesters to remain in power. Such measures as the UN underlined may be qualified as "crimes against...

India Identified In UN’s ‘Honour Roll’ for Its Punctual Budget Payments

05 Feb 2025

India becomes one of a handful of nations receiving accolade for timely payments to the United Nations. Once again, India has been enlisted on the Honour Roll of the United Nations. The Permanent Mission of India has said that this time it had received the designation for timely and complete...

Trump’s Canal Comments Sparks Warning At UN By Panama Over Sovereignty And Security

22 Jan 2025

Panama has reportedly issued a formal notification to the United Nations regarding the promise made by newly elected US President Donald Trump during his inauguration speech regarding taking control over the Panama Canal. The development was shared by Reuters through an obtained letter, on Tuesday. In the letter, Panama's UN...

UN Urges Iran to Halt Executions, 900 Deaths Reported Last Year

07 Jan 2025

Iran executed more than 900 people in 2024, marking a sharp rise in executions, the United Nations rights chief, Volker Turk, revealed on Tuesday. This included 40 executions in a single week in December. “It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people...

UN Declared 2025 as International Year of Glaciers Amid Rapid Melting Crisis

06 Jan 2025

The United Nations has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers to highlight the urgent issue of glaciers melting at alarming rates due to climate change. This initiative underscores the essential role glaciers play in maintaining ecological balance, water supplies, and climate stability. Glaciers, massive ice formations created over centuries...

UN Warns Of Urgent Action Needed To Preserve Evidence Of Syrian War Crimes

23 Dec 2024

The head of the United Nations investigative body for Syria, Robert Petit, stressed that there is an urgency to preserving evidence of war crimes committed during Syria's brutal civil war. Petit leads the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM). He said there is enough evidence to prosecute people who have...

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