Pakistan’s National Day was celebrated with traditional patriotic fervor at the embassy in Brussels. In a solemn ceremony organized on this occasion, Nazim-ul-Amor Syed Faraz Hussain Zaidi hoisted the national flag of Pakistan. President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s messages were also read out to the audience. In their respective messages, the…
Police officers are at the scene where the body of the student who opened fire was recovered. The body of the student who shot two people in the US state of Colorado has been recovered by the police. The student was identified as 17-year-old Austin Lyle. Police say that during a search for weapons in…
Pakistani High Commissioner and other officials are cutting the cake on the occasion of Pakistan Day. A grand flag-hoisting ceremony was held on Pakistan Day at the Pakistan High Commission in London. The High Commission officials read out the messages of the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan. Speaking at the ceremony, High Commissioner Moazzam…
The devastation caused by the cyclone in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique has increased the spread of cholera and malaria, as well as malnutrition. Meanwhile, more than 300 health facilities have been destroyed or flooded in the three countries, limiting health care access. The cyclone’s destruction increased public health risks including a surge in the spread…
War-torn Syria and neighbouring Türkiye were rocked by twin earthquakes on 6 February, which killed more than 56,000 people and caused widespread destruction, displacing millions. “The situation today is so unprecedented that it calls for leadership, bold ideas and a cooperative spirit,” said Mr. Pedersen, speaking via videoconference from Geneva. “A political solution is…
Briefing correspondents in Geneva at his regular weekly press conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “the claim that the accord will cede power to WHO is quite simply false. It’s fake news.” Countries will decide He made clear that countries themselves will decide the wording and scope of any global agreement on how to tackle the next…
“Haiti can’t wait,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director for the country. “We cannot wait for the scale of the problem to be expressed in deaths before the world responds, but that is where we are heading.” Half the population – 4.9 million people – are now struggling to access food, according…
A worldwide network of water analysis laboratories and a tool to foster collective national level action to improve coordination on water management, were among the commitments announced on Thursday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the margins of the UN 2023 Conference, which has been…
On the eve of World Tuberculosis Day, WHO announced that it will expand the scope of a five-year-old initiative in efforts to eradicate one of the world’s top infectious killers by 2030. TB mainly affects the lungs, but it is preventable, treatable and curable. Although deaths have dropped by nearly 40 per cent globally since…
On the sidelines of the historic Conference – held at UN Headquarters from 22 to 24 March – the SDG Media Zone is an informal setting for experts and senior officials to discuss a wide range of topics related to water. On the first day of the Conference, Conor Lennon from UN News led a…
