UPDATING LIVE: UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate humanitarian ceasefire during emergency session

adminDecember 12, 2023September 17, 2024021 mins

Video feed of the Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly. 4:26 PM Resolution adopted The vote on the main resolution is as follows: For: 153 Against: 10 Abstaining: 23 The resolution has passed by a large majority, securing the needed two-thirds of members. Widespread applause rings out around the General Assembly Hall. 4:24 PM…

Majority of women live in countries with large gender gaps, UN report reveals

adminJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202404 mins

Out of 114 countries studied, none has achieved full gender parity, the report by UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed. Moreover, fewer than one per cent of women and girls globally live in a country with both high women’s empowerment and a small gender gap in areas such as health and…

The OIC resolution against the Israeli occupation was approved by an overwhelming majority in the World Human Rights Council

adminApril 5, 2023September 11, 202402 mins

File photo: The United Nations Human Rights Council overwhelmingly approved the OIC resolution against the Israeli occupation. Pakistan presented OIC resolution against occupation of Beit al-Maqdis and Golan Heights. There were 38 votes in favor of the resolution and 4 against. 5 countries did not participate in the voting. United States and Great Britain were…

the invasion of Ukraine; The resolution condemning Russia in the United Nations was approved by majority vote

adminFebruary 24, 2023September 10, 202403 mins

7 countries, including Russia and Syria, opposed the resolution, Photo: File Vienna: In the condemnation resolution passed by a majority vote in the United Nations General Assembly, Russia has been asked to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine and to establish a ceasefire. According to the World News Agency, 141 countries supported the condemnation resolution…

The resolution of the Russian attack on Ukraine was approved by majority vote in the United Nations General Assembly

adminFebruary 24, 2023September 10, 202402 mins

File photo On the one year anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the United Nations General Assembly passed the resolution against the Russian attack by majority vote. According to foreign news agencies, the resolution calls for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine and the cessation of hostilities. 141 countries voted in favor of the…

PML-N, the largest party, will win with a huge majority when the elections are held, Shahbaz Sharif

adminJanuary 22, 2023September 9, 202402 mins

Lahore: (Dunya News) Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that whenever the elections are held, he will win with a huge majority. In the summit chaired by the Prime Minister, the current political and economic situation was discussed, the party officials were given tasks to mobilize the party workers in the meeting. Shehbaz Sharif said…