Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare was speaking at the 2023 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial conference, which opened in Accra, Ghana. Delegates from more than 85 countries are attending the two-day meeting, where day one’s discussions focused on environmental management at peacekeeping operations and deploying more women to serve under the UN flag. Greener and leaner Addressing a side…
In 2022, Baah was one of the 173 Ghanaian women peacekeepers who served in the UN Interim Mission in Lebanon. She was also one of the 6,200 uniformed women peacekeepers – military and police personnel – serving in the world’s 12 peacekeeping missions which are mostly in Africa (6) and the Middle East (3). These women are often…
The region has been under the control of opposition Houthi forces since the internationally recognized Government were driven out of the city in 2015. WFP said that despite negotiating with the authorities for nearly a year to provide a more limited aid programme that would reach around 6.5 million in need, versus the current 9.5…
Over 60 countries signed up to a so called ‘cooling pledge’ with commitments to reduce the climate impact of the cooling sector, that could also provide “universal access to life-saving cooling, take the pressure off energy grids and save trillions of dollars by 2050.” The cost of keeping cool The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates…
Speaking from the southern city of Rafah, Dr. Rick Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, described further bloodshed after the resumption of Israeli bombing last Friday. “The situation is getting worse by the hour,” Dr. Peeperkorn told journalists in Geneva via video link. “I mean…there’s intensified bombing going on all…
Photo: Screen grab National women’s team all-rounder Alia Riaz Victory in the T20 series against New Zealand After saying that now we will go ahead. After the historic success in the first T20 series against New Zealand, captain Nida Dar and Bisma Maruf in a conversation with all-rounder Alia Riaz said that they wanted to…
Hat-trick by Nisar Ahmed of National T20 Cup, Lahore In the ongoing National T20 Cup in Karachi, thanks to Nisar Ahmed’s five-wicket performance including a hat-trick, Lahore Blues registered their first victory in the Super Eight and defeated Rawalpindi by 64 runs. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’);…
The New Zealand government has banned the use of mobile phones in schools. According to details, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Lexon said in a statement that banning mobile phones in schools will improve student behavior and help them focus on studies. He said that this ban will be applied during the next 100 days….
Karachi: In the case of illegal charged parking, the Sindh High Court ordered KMC to present the law related to charged parking, collection of parking fee and other details and a comprehensive plan. According to Express News, a two-member bench headed by Justice Nadeem Akhtar of the Sindh High Court heard the petition related to…
A Chinese technology company has sent fascinating pictures and videos of our world from space with a 360-degree camera that will amaze you. Every day space missions of different countries depart from the earth and you must have seen the pictures of the earth sent by them, but today we will show you the fascinating…
