The UN General Assembly will resume its 10th emergency special session (ESS) on May 10, after Palestine's UN membership bid was blocked by the US at the Security Council in April.
Bangladesh has agreed to join an international force that will operate independently of the UN to help restore order in Haiti, which has spiralled into gang-fuelled chaos, according to a UN Spokesperson.
Making the General Assembly more effective cannot be divorced from the wider context of the reform of the UN, including the Security Council, according to India.
On World Earth Day, the United Nations led the comity of nations by addressing a triple planetary crisis to foster climate stability, and asked that we live in harmony with nature and forge a pollution-free future.
The UN’s fact-finding mission recently found Mahsa Amini’s custodial death as ‘unlawful’, and the subsequent state crackdown, an ‘egregious human rights violations’. In September 2022, Mahsa died in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police for violation of the Islamic Republic’s mandatory ‘hijab norms’.
For the first time, the UN climate talks have addressed the need to stop burning fossil fuels.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, a top official confirmed.
On November 25, we observed the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. But on the same day, the UN published a report on gender-related killings of women and girls. A chilling reality on the global stage is revealed by the report.
A UN spokesman has refuted the US claim that civilians in Gaza should seek refuge in UN-designated safe places.
Mission Life, the lifestyle mass movement launched by India, can address the needs of sustainable development, according to UN Assistant Secretary-General Ligia Noronha.
