In Brasília, Ms. Mohammed said that Brazil – as the next chair of the G20 – can inspire collective global action towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “Action like advocating for an SDG Stimulus to provide immediate relief, reforming Multilateral Development Banks and international financial institutions, and ensuring that developing countries have a strong…
A group of officers from all branches of the military made the television announcement late on Wednesday, after members of the president’s own guard detained him inside his offices in the capital Niamey. According to news reports, the attempted coup does not have the backing of the entire military, but the head of the army…
In a news release issued by his Office, Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, denounced “constant shrinkage” in Cambodia’s democratic space in recent years, which he said is undermining citizen’s fundamental freedoms and their right to participate in the public square. In the lead up to the elections, Cambodia’s National Election Committee disqualified…
The “tragic killing” at the penal colony at Olenivka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, under temporary Russian military control, occurred overnight on 28 July 2022. Many of the POWs were Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered at the stricken Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol. Appeal for justice “The prisoners of war…
On the second row from the right, the top leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Shinwar, is sitting, while the Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamil is on the desk of Egypt. A delegation of the Palestinian organization ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’ (PFLP) met with the Intelligence Chief of Egypt. The delegation of PFLP…
Addressing the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment, in Rome, Mr. Guterres said that in a world of plenty, “it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger.” Broken system “Global food systems are broken – and billions of people are paying the price.” According to UN estimates, over 780 million…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File photo In India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee exposed the secret of Prime Minister Modi’s fake Pulwama drama. According to a foreign news agency, Mamata Banerjee has said that Modi created Pulwama drama to win elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to create a fake and…
“The post-Cold War period is over, and we are moving towards a new global order and a multipolar world,” António Guterres said. He highlighted geopolitical tensions, grave human rights violations, distrust in public institutions, new conflicts, terrorism, and the weaponization of emerging technologies. Insecurity is being stoked by a rising threat of nuclear war and…
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, cautioned that just as mis- and disinformation undermined the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are undermining efforts “to keep the world safer from future pandemics.” He drew comparisons with the efforts by the tobacco industry to derail negotiations at the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. “The same…
Germany says that by 2025, its military division will be the most well-armed and equipped division in NATO. Germany’s army chief, Alfons Mies, while talking to a foreign news agency, said that after the Russian attack on Ukraine, European countries are equipping their military forces with modern weapons. Currently, Germany does not have a single…
