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Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima is back in Abuja after representing President Bola Tinubu at the just concluded 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in New York. His arrival was announced by his spokesperson, Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement on Sunday. While in New York, the Vice President presented Nigeria’s National Statement…
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The Israeli defence minister has accused the United Nations of shirking its responsibility in preventing Hezbollah rocket attacks. Yoav Gallant made the allegation on X in response to comments by UN secretary general Antonio Guterres that the situation in Gaza was a “nightmare” and Lebanon is “on the brink”. Mr Gallant said Hezbollah has taken…
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As the Summit of the Future entered its second and final day at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, leaders from the world body’s member countries continued to hail the adoption of the Pact for the Future, with Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations as its annexes. The pact and…
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Explosions in booby-trapped radios and pagers in Lebanon this week seriously disrupted its fragile health sector, the World Health Organization chief said today. The United Nations health agency cited the 37 people killed and more than 3,000 injured, according to Lebanese health authorities’ toll, in the pager blasts that detonated in areas considered strongholds of the anti-Israel…
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The pager and walkie-talkie blasts across Lebanon “clearly violated international human rights law and international humanitarian law,” the chief spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says. Speaking to reporters, Ravina Shamdasani says the “utterly horrific” attack was “indiscriminate”. “The simultaneous targeting of thousands of individuals, without clear understanding of where they would…
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The United Nations Human Rights Office said on Tuesday (Aug 27) “problematic” policies persist in China, two years on from its bombshell report citing possible “crimes against humanity” in Xinjiang. China has been accused of incarcerating more than 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the northwestern Xinjiang region – charges Beijing vehemently rejects.…
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for action to stop vandalizing the Earth as nearly 40 percent of land across the planet is degraded with more acres lost every second. “Every second, around four football fields of healthy land are degraded,” the UN chief said in a video message for the World Day to…
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U.S. President Joe Biden has consistently resisted pressure during 27 months of war to let Ukraine into NATO, convinced that it could quickly result in U.S. troops being sent into direct combat with the Russians. So, on Thursday, he rolled out alternative steps designed to demonstrate to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States…
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Iran appears to have blamed the 200 reported deaths of Palestinians after an Israeli operation to free four hostages on “inaction” by world governments and the United Nations. According to Reuters, it was not immediately clear whether the hostage rescues and an Israeli air assault were part of the same operation. Both took place in central Gaza’s…
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UN officials have called for breaking the excessive dependence of African countries on the export of their raw mineral resources. The call was made Tuesday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 60th anniversary pre-event themed “Maximizing Africa’s potential: Leveraging demand for critical minerals to…
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Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. People have been forced to consume “grass and peanut shells,” the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “If assistance doesn’t reach them soon,…
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The UN chief said on Friday he is “deeply troubled” by reports of Israeli military’s use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its bombing campaign in Gaza. Stating that AI is used as a tool for target identification, particularly in densely populated residential areas, resulting in a distressing number of civilian casualties, Antonio Guterres said: “No…
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A UN special rapporteur on human rights slammed reports that students at Columbia University in the US, who organized a demonstration in support of Palestine, would face “disciplinary action” if they did not end their protests. “I’m hearing disturbing reports that students face suspension if they don’t end their peaceful protests in Columbia University in…
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The UN on Friday expressed deep worry over the heightened tensions between Iran and Israel. “It’s something he (Secretary-General Antonio Guterres) is following very closely. We’re very worried about a potential escalation in a situation that seems to be escalating on a daily basis,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference. Noting that the…
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The United Nations raised alarms Wednesday over the alarming global uptick in incidents where humanitarian aid for children is being obstructed, warning of dire consequences for the most vulnerable. During a briefing of the UN Security Council on children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, the secretary-general’s special representative for children and armed conflict, brought to…
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Russia claims it has evidence that the gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last week were linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”. In a statement, the Russian Investigative Committee said the attackers had received significant amounts of cash and cryptocurrency from Ukraine. The committee has not provided the…
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