UN agencies join hands in aiding cyclone...
UNTIED NATIONS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The UN food, agriculture and children agencies joined hand in aiding the victims of cyclone Idai that battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi of southeastern Afr
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UN agencies join hands in aiding cyclone...
UNTIED NATIONS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The UN food, agriculture and children agencies joined hand in aiding the victims of cyclone Idai that battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi of southeastern Afr
Increased call at UN for humanitarian tr...
UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Pressure is building up at the United Nations to reach a humanitarian ceasefire in Libya in the face of "indiscriminate shelling" causing "a significant number of
UN envoy condemns "indiscriminate" shell...
TRIPOLI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame on Wednesday condemned the "indiscriminate" shelling in the Libyan capital Tripoli as the UN-backed government and the eastern-b
Arab region needs 220 bln USD annually t...
BEIRUT, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official said here on Wednesday that the Arab region needs 220 billion U.S. dollars annually to create 92 million job opportunities for young Arabs by 2030. "
Cyprus satisfied with UN report on conti...
NICOSIA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus is in general satisfied with the contents of the report by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, which clarified the UN chief's intention to continue the eff
UN concerned about protection of civilia...
UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official on Wednesday expressed her concern about the protection of civilians in Sudan, noting that the broader population has been affected by the wo
Violence on rise in Darfur after ousting...
UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Head of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that violence is on the rise in the regi
UN envoy sees troop withdrawal in Yemen'...
Yemen's warring parties could start withdrawing forces from the main Red Sea port city of Hodeidah within weeks, a move needed to pave the way for political negotiations to end the four-year war, the
UN Sustainable Development Goals faced w...
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN) would "remain beyond reach" without adequate financing, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) o
Killing of Egyptian peacekeeper in Mali ...
UNITED NATIONS, April 20 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday night that the killing of an Egyptian peacekeeper in Mali may constitute war crimes. The UN chief
UN official welcomes indigenous input in...
The head for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity pledged Monday "a wide open door" for input form the indigenous community in the next global policy for biodiversity. Cristiana Pasca-Palmer, e
UN official welcomes indigenous input in...
UNITED NATIONS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The head for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity pledged Monday "a wide open door" for input form the indigenous community in the next global policy for bio
Heads of UN agencies to visit Rohingya r...
UNITED NATIONS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Heads of three UN agencies helping nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Bangladesh will go to Dhaka this week to meet senior officials, then visit c
Yemen civil war sets development in coun...
UNITED NATIONS, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The over-four-year-old Yemen civil war has set the country back by 21 years and its recovery will take decades, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday, citing a UN study.
Libya escalation leaves 264 dead, 1,200 ...
UNITED NATIONS, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has counted 264 civilians and combatants killed in nearly three weeks of fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya, a UN spo
UN backs weakened resolution on sexual v...
Nobel Peace Prize laureates Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege called Tuesday for justice for victims of sexual violence in conflict zones, as the UN Security Council approved a watered-down resolution la