UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths to step down due to health reasons

[ad_1] Griffiths has worked as the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs for three years.UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who has played a key role in pressing for aid to the Gaza Strip and led earlier efforts for Yemen, has announced...

UN Security Council calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

[ad_1] The United Nations Security Council on Monday passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, more than five months after the conflict started.The resolution also calls for immediate and unconditional release of...

UN chief says blocked Gaza aid is a ‘moral outrage’, calls for war to end

[ad_1] The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on a visit to...

Tor Wennesland: Gaza talks in Doha key for Palestinians and Israelis

[ad_1] The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process discusses Gaza ceasefire efforts.Since Israel’s inception in 1948, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has centred on the occupied Palestinian territory, human rights violations and Palestinian self-determination, leading to cycles of violence...

Israel asks ICJ not to order new measures over looming famine in Gaza

[ad_1] Israel asks the UN court to reject South Africa’s request for more emergency orders in the Gaza genocide case. Israel has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) not to issue emergency orders for it to step up humanitarian...

India opposes introducing ‘special envoy’ to combat Islamophobia at UN

[ad_1] United Nations: Calling India “a proud champion of pluralism,” India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj opposed the establishment of the post of “special envoy” for Islamophobia at the United Nations today. This comes as the UN General Assembly adopted the...

UN says acute malnutrition spreading fast among children in Gaza

[ad_1] Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar for more talks with mediators after Hamas presented a new truce proposal.The main United Nations aid agency operating in Gaza has said that acute malnutrition was accelerating in the north...

India’s Human Development Index ranking improves to 134 from 135, lags behind Bhutan, Bangladesh

[ad_1] India’s ranking on the United Nations’ Human Development Index improved to 134 in 2022 from 135 in 2021out of 193 countries, a report released by the organisation on Wednesday saidIn 2021, the country was ranked 135th among 191 countries....

UN seeking more than $850m for Rohingya refugees

[ad_1] Bangladesh hosts more than a million Rohingya people, many of whom fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar.The United Nations is calling for more donations for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. In its annual response plan to...

‘I won’t serve’: Myanmar people plan exit to escape military draft

[ad_1] Ko Naing* is just the sort of young man Myanmar’s military is looking for. Hoping to make up for recruitment shortfalls and battlefield losses against armed groups fighting to reverse its 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military last month announced plans...
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