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UN calls for action to combat terrorism on global day
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. Head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov on Monday has stressed the need for countries to work together to achieve a world “in which the promise of a future without…
Blue helmets boosts patrols in Abyei region
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. UN blue helmets on Monday said that they are maintaining enhanced levels of patrolling to protect civilians in the disputed oil-rich Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan after…
OCHA chief says telecoms blackout in Sudan ‘unacceptable’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Monday in a post on X said that the “unacceptable” telecommunications blackout in Sudan is affecting humanitarian response in the…
UN reports aid delivery extended to Syria for 3 months
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Monday told reporters in New York that the aid delivery to millions of people in north west Syria have been extended for an additional three…
UNEP report reveals complex threats to migratory species
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. UN Environment Programme released a report on Monday pointed out that migratory species globally are facing critical challenges, with half in decline and over 20 per cent threatened…
WHO chief hails rescued hostages, warns ‘ocean of need’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is still not over with anywhere near sufficient aid relief.
He praised the release of two…
OHCHR head warns of potential ‘carnage’ in Rafah
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday appealed for restraint over a possible Israeli military incursion in Rafah, warned of potential carnage in Rafah.
OHCHR…
Top official urges to address root causes of Ukraine war
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 13th Feb. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Miroslav Jenča on Monday voiced deep concern over the escalatory trajectory of…
Guterres marks International day of women, girls in science, gender bias ‘deprives great talent’
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 12th Feb. UN head António Guterres on Sunday stressed that gender equality in science is essential to build a better future for all as he marked the International Day of Women and Girls in…
OCHA warns Rafah escalation
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th Feb. UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA on Friday warned that the unprecedented population density in Rafah in southern Gaza makes it impossible to protect civilians in the event of ground…