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UNSG calls global community to end plastic pollution
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th June. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday stressed the importance of curbing the “catastrophic” consequences of waste plastics in his message for World Environment Day as…
Guterres voices deep sadness by loss of life in India rail disaster
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 5th June. UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday has expressed his deep sadness over the loss of life and injuries sustained during India’s worst rail disaster this century, when three trains…
UNRWA on verge of financial collapse
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd June. UN refugees agency for Palestinians UNRWA on Friday said that the world body appealed for sustainable funding for its agency that supports Palestinian refugees, is on the brink of…
UN agencies voices ‘desperate’ situation for civilians IN Sudan crisis
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd June. UN agencies and partners on Friday warned that the conflict between rival military groups in Sudan is fuelling an increasingly “desperate” situation for civilians in Khartoum.
Over …
UN experts says US state abortion bans ‘risking millions of women, girls’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd June. UN rights experts on Friday warned that millions of women and girls across the United States have suffered an alarming deterioration in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare,…
UNDP says hunger, disease growing post-Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine State
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd June. UNDP said on Friday that aid access is uncertain, disease is spreading, and a major food crisis remains a very real threat after deadly Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar.
Over 1.6 million…
UNODC warns transitional crime, synthetic drugs rise in S.E Asia
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd June. UN Drugs and Crime agency on Friday said that the trafficking in illegal narcotics, precursor chemicals, timber and wildlife, people and illicit goods across Southeast Asia is on rise…
Rights experts says regulation key to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd June. UN rights experts on Friday said that the artificial intelligence powered spyware and disinformation is on the rise, and regulation of the space has become urgent, in a statement…
Political head calls for unity to calm rising tensions in Korean Peninsula
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 3rd June. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo,, on Friday said that the “lack of unity and action” in the Security Council “does little to slow the…
Top aid official says 1,500 children killed or injured in Ukraine, cites forced transfers
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 2nd June. UN top relief official in Ukraine Denise Brown on Thursday said that over 1,500 children killed or injured in Ukraine by Russia invasion and recent death of a girl alongside other…