Briefing ambassadors a day after the attack, Assistant-Secretary-General Khaled Khiari stressed the need for restraint. “We appeal to the Council today, as we do every month, to continue to actively engage all concerned parties to prevent further escalation and the worsening of tensions that undermine regional peace and security,” he said. Respect diplomatic premises UN…
António Guterres was addressing a UN General Assembly meeting on the topic of “human security”, which he described as a useful framework that could promote “bold, decisive, collective action” amid growing turbulence worldwide. He said civilians in Gaza “have no security at all” in the face of relentless Israeli attacks, adding that Israelis themselves “feel…
“The Haitian population cannot wait any longer,” Volker Türk said in a video statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, part of an interactive dialogue on his most recent report on the country. State of emergency Mr. Türk said the already alarming situation in Haiti has deteriorated in recent week as gangs launched…
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday called for the fighting and occupation of Ukraine to end, so the country can begin “healing the deep wounds and painful divisions” caused by Russia’s invasion.
“You’re speaking about the greatest crime against humanity ever committed,” said renowned historian Sir Hilary Beckles, who also chairs the Caribbean Community’s Reparations Commission, reflecting on the transatlantic trade that enslaved more than 10 million Africans over four centuries. “One could say it was an institution that was abolished 200 years ago, but let me…
In a stark assessment of the closure of 750-bed facility Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the World Health Organization (WHO) maintained that aid teams had been waiting for “days and days” for Israeli permission to reach the stricken facility, where staff and patients endured “horrific levels of violence”. “We’ve had contact with the staff, the…
Islamabad: 8 judges, including the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court, have received threatening letters filled with powder, on which the police called experts. According to Express News, a new incident has come to light regarding the judges of Islamabad High Court. According to judicial sources, letters filled with powder have been sent to them….
Crime has increased in January and February, Murad Ali Shah Karachi: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has admitted that the law and order situation is not satisfactory. Talking to the media in the Sindh Assembly on the occasion of the Senate election, he said that those who wanted to contest boycotted, PPP will win…
The office paperwork on the transfer will continue for now Karachi: The Sindh government has decided to end physical fitness checking on the transfer of used vehicles. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon in which Secretary Excise, DG Excise, representatives of Automotive Traders and Importers Association participated….
Islamabad: The court acquitted Imran Khan and Asad Umar from the case registered for holding a rally. The hearing of the case against the rally in favor of the judiciary was held in the District and Sessions Courts Islamabad, where the court acquitted the founding chairman PTI Imran Khan and former federal treasurer Asad Umar…
