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Vanuatu, a tiny low-lying Pacific island, announced Saturday that it will lead a global campaign to acquire a landmark legal judgement on the effects of global warming from the United Nations’ top court. The idea is...

On Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres encouraged countries to rethink their food priorities, saying that the world needed food systems that protected the environment. “The war on our planet must end,” the Secretary-General said at...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was nominated for a second term as head of the World Health Organization by nearly 20 European Union countries just before the deadline on Thursday. Member states had until 1600 GMT to suggest...

Bangladesh’s growth miracle has been praised by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s vibrant and visionary leadership. In bilateral talks with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Lotte New York Palace on...

The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council reached an agreement on Afghanistan on Wednesday, with officials indicating that after the Taliban’s military takeover, all powers will press the Taliban to be more inclusive....

Despite Covid’s fears, over 100 world leaders will arrive on New York next week for a partial resumption of the annual UN spectacular, with progress sought on critical global issues, beginning with the epidemic. In the...

According to an updated data analysis provided today by UNICEF, schools for over 77 million pupils in six countries are still almost fully closed 18 months after the COVID-19 outbreak began. Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Panama...

At the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is slated to speak about vaccine fairness, climate change, and the Rohingya tragedy (UNGA). On Thursday, Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen shared the Prime Minister’s...

The United Nations’ computer systems were penetrated by unidentified hackers in April, and the global body has had to fend off related hacks in the months afterwards, according to a UN official. Multiple private cybersecurity specialists...

The United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as certain states, condemned Guinea’s military coup on Sunday and demanded that the country’s president be released....