Niger junta orders top UN official to leave the country
Niamey, NigerReuters Niger’s junta has demanded that the top United Nations official there leave the country within 72 hours over accusations that Niger was excluded from the annual UN gathering of world leaders in New York last month. Niger military officers ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in July, suspending the constitution, dissolving all former institutions and […]
UN mission to visit Karabakh after military offensive
Baku, Azerbaijan Reuters Azerbaijan has invited a United Nations mission to visit Nagorno-Karabakh “in the coming days”, the foreign ministry said on Friday, amid a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region following a lightning Azerbaijani military offensive. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric confirmed that a UN mission, led by a senior UN aid official, […]
Essay: The UN and the multi-lateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must do
In an article first published on The Conversation, academics MONICA HERZ and GIANCARLO SUMMA look at the challenges facing the United Nations…
Countries should mull slavery reparations despite complex legal claims – UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations said on Tuesday countries could consider financial reparations among the measures to compensate for the enslavement of people of African descent, though legal claims are complicated by the time passed and the difficulty in identifying perpetrators and victims. A protester holds a sign during a rally to demand that the […]
UN refugee agency: wave of migrants must be moved off island of Lampedusa
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it was imperative that the thousands of migrants who have arrived in recent days on the Italian island of Lampedusa be relocated because of its limited resources. Around 7,000 migrants arrived on the shore of the small island in a two-day period, prompting pleas for […]
UN calls for regional solutions to curb record migration through Darien Gap
Panama City, PanamaReuters The United Nations on Wednesday called on countries to join efforts to contain the record-high traffic of US-bound migrants and refugees crossing the treacherous jungle region linking Panama and Colombia, known as the Darien Gap. Official data shows 248,901 people crossed the dangerous stretch between January and July, surpassing the record high […]
Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Ukraine’s key port city of Odesa
United NationsAP In an escalation of Russia’s anger at Ukraine and its Western backers, Russia refused to speak at a UN Security Council meeting called to disuss Moscow’s recent devastating attacks on the key port of Odesa immediately following its refusal to extend the Black Sea grain deal. The confrontation began at the start of a council […]
With 735 million people hungry, UN says world is “off track” to meet its 2030 goal
Reuters About 735 million people worldwide faced chronic hunger in 2022, a figure much higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and which threatens progress towards a global goal to end hunger by 2030, said the United Nations on Wednesday. A multi-year upward trend in hunger rates leveled off last year as many countries recovered economically […]
United Nations ‘alarmed’ by Hong Kong 4th June detentions
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters The United Nations said on Monday it was “alarmed” by detentions in Hong Kong linked to the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while China said the financial hub was moving from “chaos” to prosperity. Hong Kong police said they detained 23 people on Sunday for “breaching public peace”, and also […]
UN gets $US2.4 billion in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts
United NationsReuters The United Nations received pledges of $US2.4 billion on Wednesday to help fund aid operations for some 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, but the donations fell short of what the UN was seeking as it warned against a possible “catastrophe.” The UN has appealed for more than $US7 billion for […]