UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric responds to President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest tirades against the global organization, which the Philippine leader described as ‘inadequate’ and a ‘product of an era long past’
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says millions of Afghans are in need of food aid and health assistance
The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday, September 13, in an effort to raise more than $600 million for Afghanistan, warning of a humanitarian crisis there following the Taliban takeover.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) must immediately initiate an independent investigation into the widespread violence under President Rodrigo Duterte, especially given the lack of accountability in the Philippines.
The UN rights chief said the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, pollution, and nature loss represented the biggest threat to human rights globally at the opening on Monday, September 13, of a month-long session set to prioritize environmental issues.
A UN envoy has met Afghanistan’s new interior minister who was for years was one of the world’s most wanted Islamist militants and is now part of a government trying to head off a humanitarian crisis.
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK added another milestone to their career after being appointed by the United Nations as an advocate for its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which last year forced them to send video statements for the annual gathering.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said there were “encouraging declarations” from rich countries to fulfill their yearly $100-billion pledge to help developing nations like the Philippines combat climate change.
The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday, September 21.
Afghan rapper and activist Sonita Alizadeh fled her homeland with her family when it was last ruled by the Taliban more than two decades ago – when women could not work, had to cover their faces, and girls were banned from school.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United States on Friday praised the Philippines for opening its doors to refugees fleeing Afghanistan to escape the Taliban rule.
The United Nations has selected the Philippines as a pilot case for the implementation of “anticipatory action” to address cyclone-related disasters.
Russia has deadlocked the Security Council over the one-year renewal of the United Nations political mission in Libya, threatening international unity ahead of a presidential election on December 24, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.