The United Nations’ (UN) Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, says the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu had realised early in his life that good education is a powerful tool for dignity and equality. Mohammed delivered the 12th annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture in Cape Town on Friday night. She says Tutu’s beliefs[…]
Muslim-majority countries from Africa and Middle East voted overwhelmingly with Beijing The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted against a western-led motion to hold a debate on alleged widespread abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region after intense lobbying by Beijing. The United States and allies[…]
Yemenis’ prayers were left unanswered on Sunday as the ceasefire was not renewed. Now fighting on several fronts has resumed Sunday night was one of the toughest endured by Yemenis for months, as they waited for the news that the truce between their country’s warring parties had been extended. They[…]
INTERNATIONAL A six-month truce in Yemen’s war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition expired on Sunday without being extended, the United Nations’ special envoy said, urging calm and adding that negotiations were continuing. Hans Grundberg said efforts to extend and expand the ceasefire for a further six months had not been successful ahead[…]
INTERNATIONAL Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, where in his near hour-long speech he said Israel was “destroying” the two-state solution, and lambasted the UN for failing to end Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands. “[Israel] has and still is through its current policies, which are[…]
INTERNATIONAL UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for solidarity and cooperation to address a “world in peril”. Guterres made the appeal at the opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday. “We face a world in peril across our work to advance peace, human rights and sustainable[…]
INTERNATIONAL The UN humanitarian chief has urged donors to restore funding for development in Afghanistan that was frozen when the Taliban took over a year ago, warning that six million people were at risk of famine. Martin Griffiths told the United Nations Security Council that Afghanistan faces multiple crises –[…]
INTERNATIONAL More than 50 human rights organisations have called for an end to the “pressing attacks” being mounted by the United States and Israel on the United Nations commission investigating racial discrimination and repression against the Palestinian people. Last year, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) established an “ongoing” international commission of inquiry to[…]
INTERNATIONAL The monthly index for world food prices declined dramatically in July, down 8.6% compared with June, its largest single-month fall since 2008, according to a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday. The decline in food prices came after a deal was reached in[…]
INTERNATIONAL UN experts on Tuesday condemned Israel’s “harassment” of human rights defenders and humanitarian workers in the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta villages, where Israel operates a military zone. The special rapporteurs insisted such harassment must stop, and said residents continue to be threatened by the risk of forcible transfer,[…]
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