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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Myanmar’s military to release Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint now, a UN spokesperson said on Thursday, a day after thousands of other detainees were freed. Myanmar...

The UN Security Council on Tuesday held its first formal public meeting on cybersecurity, addressing the growing threat of hacks to countries’ key infrastructure — an issue US President Joe Biden recently raised with Russia’s Vladimir...

Bangladesh abstained from voting on a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly on Friday calling for a ban on arms sales to Myanmar. The UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on Friday, condemning the military...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will return to the top post for a second term. With Friday’s oath, Guterres vowed to use the lessons learned from the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic worldwide. Guterres will serve a second term...

The UN General Assembly on Friday called on member states to suspend arms supplies to Myanmar. And it is part of a proposal that condemns the military junta government of the conflict-ridden country and has no...

The UN Security Council has backed Antonio Guterres for a second term to become the secretary-general. The 193-member General Assembly has also been recommended to appoint him as secretary-general for the next five years from January...

The United Nations has allocated an additional $4.5 mln worth of aid to the Gaza Strip after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was declared, UN Secretary-General Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a briefing on Friday, reports...

Bangladesh has called on the international community to take urgent and decisive decisions to find a lasting solution to the ongoing Palestinian crisis. Ambassador Rabab Fatima, the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, made...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to raise funds to save Gaza from Israeli aggression. “We see unlimited suffering in Gaza,” he said in a tweet on Wednesday (April 19th). Massive destruction...

The Israeli military has threatened to blow up two schools in the Gaza Strip, where preparations were underway to house internally displaced persons. Israel has informed the United Nations of its plans, media reported on Monday...