The American president also fell while walking the steps of the plane in Atlanta, Photo: File Warsaw: When the US President Joe Biden’s plane arrived in Poland, the guests came out, but one of them slipped on the first step and fell to the ground, the video of which went viral. According to the World…
According to humanitarian workers, at least six people were killed on Tuesday after Russian missiles struck a busy street in the city of Kherson. Most of the victims were standing at a bus stop, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that day. Identities and shelters targeted The UN-appointed independent rights experts…
The report – Building blocks out of the crisis: The UN’s SDG Stimulus Plan – was issued ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Bangalore, India, which begins on Friday. UNDP has called for action to protect developing nations from the impact of today’s overlapping crises while also ensuring that…
“Our immediate priority must be to prevent further escalation, reduce tensions, and restore calm,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Against a backdrop of deadly accelerating surges of violence, “sky high” tensions, and a stalled peace process, the Secretary-General…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk raised a range of concerns that several sets of proposed legislative changes that Israel’s parliament is considering would pose serious risks to the effectiveness of the judiciary to defend the rule of law, human rights, and judicial independence. Human rights at risk “If passed, these changes risk…
Seventeen trucks arrived in the region that day via two crossings – Bab Al-Hawa and Bab Al-Salaam – carrying aid provided by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR; the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Health sector hard hit A UN humanitarian delegation was in Idlib governorate and visited a displacement camp…
Ms. Gbeho said she has welcomed the Federal Government’s continued commitment to implementing the women, peace, and security agenda, as demonstrated by the launch of a new national action plan on Security Council resolution 1325. The landmark document, adopted more than 20 years ago, reaffirms women’s role in peacebuilding and conflict prevention and resolution. Action…
Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said that, for almost a full year, the world body, UN Secretary-General, and international community have been consistent and vocal in calls to end this war, and to adhere to the UN Charter and international law. “Let this anniversary and the anguish of millions before our eyes over the last year…
Iran has sentenced a German citizen to death for the mosque blast, Photo: Reuters Berlin: Germany has expelled two Iranian diplomats in protest over the death sentence of a German citizen by a Tehran court. According to the World News Agency, a 67-year-old man named Jamshed Shermahd is an American-born German citizen who has been…
The building of the Iranian Embassy in Berlin Germany ordered two employees of the Iranian embassy in Berlin to leave the country. Iran has sentenced a German citizen with dual citizenship to death, on which Germany has taken this step. Yesterday, a court in Tehran sentenced Jamshed Sarmad, a German citizen of Iranian origin, to…
