Tag: Un
UN delays drawdown of Somalia peacekeeping force
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday delayed a plan to draw down the peacekeeping mission in Somalia after finding that Somali security...
1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2018, Italy deadliest route:...
GENEVA: For the fifth straight year at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the...
UN urges rivals in Cyprus to engage with UN on peace...
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday urging rival parties in Cyprus "to seize the important opportunity" to engage with...
Syria’s Red Crescent, UN begin delivering French aid
DAMASCUS: Syrian relief workers and the United Nations began distributing humanitarian assistance provided by France to the battered region of Eastern Ghouta on Thursday,...
Protesters loot aid agencies in S Sudan: UN
JUBA: Angry protesters on Monday forcefully entered and looted around 10 humanitarian agency compounds in conflict-torn South Sudan, said the UN refugee agency UNHCR...
UN court rules in favour of Qatar in dispute with UAE
THE HAGUE: The United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled in favour of Qatar in a dispute with the United Arab Emirates that...
Rohingya report more violence, persecution in Myanmar: UN investigators
GENEVA: Muslim Rohingya refugees reaching Bangladesh say violence, including torture, persists against them in Myanmar and the overall environment remains "menacing" for ethnic and...
UN rightfully rejected Indian allegations against Kashmir report, says Pakistan
Dr Faisal says OHCHR disturbed by Indian attempts to divert focus from human rights violations in IoK
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday...
Record three in five HIV-carriers now have access to drugs, says...
GENEVA: Almost three in five people infected with HIV, or 21.7 million globally, took antiretroviral therapy in 2017 -- a new record for anti-AIDS...
Almost 300 Malians killed this year in militia clashes: UN
GENEVA: Nearly 300 Malian civilians have been killed in fighting between rival militias this year, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday, as...
Facebook deletes MML pages, accounts of candidates
Social networking giant Facebook has deleted the official page of Milli Muslim League (MML) and accounts of its candidates as well as supporters.
The MML...
Pakistan calls upon UN, SCO to work jointly for global peace
--Pakistani delegation meets Russian foreign minister, welcomes cooperation between SCO, UN, regional bodies
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged United Nations (UN) and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)...
UN says Israeli closure will worsen conditions in Gaza
GAZA CITY: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says new Israeli restrictions on Gaza will worsen living conditions there.
Agency spokesman Chris Gunness said Thursday...
Top UN official praises Pakistan’s positive role at world body
UNITED NATIONS: A top United Nations (UN) official on Thursday lauded Pakistan's role at the global body especially in advancing its core causes.
"Pakistan and...
India rejects UN report on IOK, says it is coloured by...
India on Tuesday rubbished the United Nations report on Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), terming the “so-called” report...
UN slams ‘revolting acts’ by South Sudan govt-backed forces
GENEVA: The UN slammed government-backed troops in South Sudan Tuesday for ruthlessly targeting civilians in opposition-held areas, killing hundreds and using sexual violence, including...
UN report on Kashmir opportunity to alleviate people’s sufferings: Farhatullah Babar
ISLAMABAD: Former senator Farhatullah Babar on Sunday said that the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presented last month offered an...
