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In a fiercely contested election held on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York, Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN, was chosen to serve on the esteemed International Civil Service Commission (ICSC)....

Turkey’s foreign ministry announced on Sunday that it has sent a letter to the UN, signed by two organisations and fifty-two nations, requesting that arms sales to Israel be stopped. “We have written a joint letter...

On Thursday, the UN Security Council called for a “realistic” political solution in the contested territory of Western Sahara, passing a resolution to extend the UN mission there for another year. The US-sponsored resolution renewed the...

The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL, has reported a significant increase in incidents this month, with over 30 cases resulting in property damage or injuries to peacekeepers. Approximately 20 of these incidents are attributed to...

With just two days remaining until the conclusion of the UN biodiversity conference in Colombia, delegates are still at loggerheads over the crucial issue of financing efforts to halt and reverse nature loss. The 16th Conference...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk met with Bangladesh’s Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain to discuss the country’s ongoing reform initiatives. Türk expressed admiration for the Interim Government’s commitment to change and pledged the...

As catastrophic wars simmer in Sudan, Lebanon, Gaza, and Ukraine, UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed for “peace among ourselves” on Wednesday in order to save the world. “We need peace with nature and we need peace...

United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived here early this morning on a two-day official visit. Foreign ministry’s director general of UN wing Toufique Hasan received him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...

A Ukrainian man who was volunteering with the UN’s World Food Programme was arrested by Kyiv on Monday for allegedly helping Russian forces in the country’s east. Since Russian armies invaded Ukraine in 2022, Ukraine has...

In a protest letter addressed to UN Security Council chairman Antonio Guterres, Iraq denounced Israel’s use of its airspace to attack neighbouring Iran, Baghdad stated. “The letter denounces the Zionist entity’s flagrant violation of Iraq’s airspace...