Security Council members reiterated strong support for the full withdrawal of the decade-old UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and the transfer of security responsibilities to the country’s transitional Government, which has been in power since a coup in 2021. Commending the peacekeeping operation and its staff, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for the…
The chief of OHCHR’s Myanmar team, James Rodehaver, explained that since their February 2021 coup, the country’s military rulers have been instilling a “climate of fear” to subjugate the civilian population, restricting aid access and using “all means” at their disposal to clamp down on civil society. Brutal tactics He said the military’s tactics had…
“If we want a healthy world, then it needs to be a kind and welcoming one too,” said Benedict Phillips, the UNAIDS Director of Communications and Global Advocacy. That means ensuring all communities are included, especially marginalized groups, he said. However, in many countries, stigma, discrimination, and criminalization tend to make transgender people invisible, with extreme…
In a statement released in Geneva on Friday, OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani expressed concern over the death of 17-year-old Nahel M on Tuesday, after he was shot dead driving away from a traffic stop in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre. According to news reports, at least 875 people were arrested in major cities around the…
“The challenges are many and they are serious”, Amina Mohammed said, highlighting the plight of the planet. “Almost all our indicators on the climate and ecological crises are pointing in the wrong direction.” She praised China’s role in being an innovator and believer in the power of multilateralism to overcome challenges through collection action, pointing…
Speaking from Kinshasa, Dr. Jorge Castilla, WHO’s Senior Emergency Officer, told journalists at the regular briefing in Geneva there had been a major increase in displacement due to ongoing violence fuelled by armed groups, leaving around 7.4 million in need of health assistance. Disease and displacement Since March 2022, almost three million people have been…
Violent protests that started in France last days after the death of a young man of Algerian origin as a result of police shooting continue. According to foreign media, the French government has not been able to control the violent protests that started in France after the death of a young man of Algerian origin…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that nations do not develop with loans, we are forced to take loans, people should pray that this is the last IMF program. The Prime Minister assured the people in the important press conference after the signing of the agreement between the Government of Pakistan and the International Monetary…
Pervez Khattak—File photo Former PTI leader, veteran politician Pervez Khattak has complained that I am not a public servant who has been exposed. Talking to the media in Nowshera, he said that I have always done public politics. Pervez Khattak says that our province has its own traditions, we do not have enmity in politics….
Manzoor Wasan—File photo Senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party and Advisor on Agriculture Sindh Manzoor Wasan has predicted when the general elections will be held in the country. Politician Manzoor Wasan, who is famous for making predictions by seeing dreams, has said that the general elections in the country may be held in October or…
