Although small island States are the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, the scope of those impacted is much wider, the President of the UN General Assembly warned on Thursday. PNP Deskpnp.com.pk
Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago underscored the Assembly’s role as a unique and truly global platform for debate, dialogue, and problem-solving through multilateral diplomacy. A clear imperative For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic more than three years ago, Heads of State and Government from most of the UN’s 193…
Mr. Guterres was speaking at the opening of a high-level forum at UN Headquarters where world leaders adopted a political declaration to accelerate action to achieve the 17 goals, which aim to drive economic prosperity and well-being for all people while protecting the environment. “The SDGs aren’t just a list of goals. They carry the hopes, dreams, rights and expectations of people everywhere,” he said. Concerted,…
“Our survival depends on our cooperation,” he said, pointing to global road blocks such as accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss, education and gender inequality. “Let us put money where our promises are,” he added, urging governments to translate actions for sustainable development into budgeting policies, national regulations and capacity building. The 77th session, which formally…
General Michael Corrella, head of the US military’s Central Command, visited Syria where he visited two camps housing thousands of people linked to ISIS fighters. Thousands of families of Daesh fighters live in the two camps, Al-Hul and Al-Ruj. There are 51,000 people in al-Hul camp, most of them women and children, the wives, widows…
For the 2024 elections in India, 26 opposition parties have formed an alliance against the ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party. According to Indian media, the name of this 26-party opposition alliance is ‘Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance’. According to Indian media, the slogan of the opposition alliance against the Modi government is ‘Jitega Bharat’….
Iran-Iraq border, file photo Iran’s military has warned Iraq to secure its border and disarm Kurdish rebels in the Kurdistan Region by September 22. “We will wait until September because the Iraqi government has promised until then,” says Major General Mohammad Bagheiri, the chief of Iran’s armed forces. He said that if this deadline passes…
What was the director’s request that Hema Malini quit the film? Senior Bollywood actress and famous heroine of her time, Hema Malini, who was also called the Dream Girl of Bollywood, made herself famous by acting in several hit films. . 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’); },…
Secretary General meets with NATO military personnel, file photo Yesterday NATO extended the term of its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for another year. Stoltenberg is a former prime minister of Norway and has headed the NATO security alliance since 2014. His tenure has already been extended thrice. The decision marks a continuation of NATO policy,…
US Army Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley canceled a trip to the Middle East after the armed coup of the private military company Wagner Group in Russia. According to the spokesperson, General Mark Milley has canceled his Middle East tour due to the situation in Russia. The spokesman said that…
