International media US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have demanded Pakistan to take action against organizations targeting India. A joint statement of Modi’s meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington has been issued. The joint statement said that the US and India stand together to fight global terrorism and condemn…
Despite gains made in tackling sea-faring criminal groups, “piracy incidents continue to threaten the safety of maritime traffic in the region,” said Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. Effective deterrents Since her last briefing on maritime security in November, she said a steady decrease in…
—File photo Measures are being taken to prevent dengue virus in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In this regard, Secretary Relief Abdul Basit has said that steps are being taken to deal with dengue under the action plan. Abdul Basit says that mosquito nets and hygiene kits are being distributed in high risk areas….
Lachezara Stoeva was addressing a special crisis meeting on Haiti organized by ECOSOC to address the country’s urgent food security needs and noted that the humanitarian response plan for this year is only 22.6 per cent funded. Wake-up call “This plan targets 3.2 million Haitian people whereas around 5.2 million Haitian people are in need….
Duty to rescue people in distress In a joint statement, refugee agency UNHCR and migration agency IOM, said that the duty to rescue people in distress at sea without delay was a “fundamental” rule of the international maritime law. They underscored that the current approach to Mediterranean Sea crossings – one of the world’s most…
“Patriarchy must be a thing of the past. Our future depends on women and girls being at the table everywhere when decisions are made,” said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Only 1 in 4 parliamentarians are women “It was only last year that for the first time in history women were…
The agency’s flagship annual report, Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2022, found that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence, and human rights abuses stood at a record 108.4 million, up 19.1 million on the previous year – which was also a record increase. “These figures show us…
WhatsApp has added a floating action button to the user interface. Photo: Courtesy of WABTA Info Menlopark: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has brought a lot of changes to WhatsApp in particular, which users are happy with. Now there are new changes to the user interface with fundamental changes to the…
WMO warned on Tuesday that glaciers and ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica accounts for some 50 per cent of sea level rise, which is accelerating, with disastrous impacts on small island developing states (SIDS) and densely populated coastal areas. Glacier melt The average thickness of the world’s glaciers has plummeted by almost 30 metres since 1970. “The cryosphere…
“It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action,” said Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, briefing the Security Council on recent political and humanitarian developments. A range of diplomatic initiatives have quickened the pace towards finding solutions on, among other things, continuing a direct dialogue with the…
