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Coronavirus delays UN nuclear treaty meeting, possibly till August

A coronavirus surge has upended plans to hold a major nuclear treaty conference at the United Nations, with participants agreeing Thursday to postpone the meeting just days before its scheduled start.

Commit to making 2022 a year of recovery for everyone: UN chief Guterres

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday suggested that the world should commit to making 2022 as a year of recovery for everyone.

UN top envoy says Yemen violence escalation worst in years

Hans Grundberg, the special envoy of the UN Secretary general for Yemen, has said that escalating violence in the country has been "among the worst" in recent years

UN Chief calls for global solidarity to stop infectious diseases

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity to stop infectious diseases.

Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN chief

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is not the last of its kind and that people should take measures to prevent such crises in the future

UN chief mourns death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday mourned the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, calling him a towering world figure for peace.

UN official 'horrified' by massacre of civilians in Myanmar, demands probe

A UN official on Sunday said he was "horrified" by the reports that at least 35, including women and children were killed and their bodies were burned in Myanmar

United Nations planning $8 bn in aid to restart Afghanistan's economy

The United Nations (UN) is planning to aid Afghanistan's economy with $8 billion to rebuild governing systems and social services.

UN allocates $12 mn emergency funds for typhoon response in Philippines

The UN resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator in the Philippines, Gustavo Gonzalez, said on Thursday that typhoon Rai has been devastating.

UN passes resolution over easing financial restrictions on Afghanistan

United Nations Security Council has passed resolution 2615 proposed by the United States and allowed money to flow to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes

Violence between Israelis, Palestinians must stop: UN Mideast envoy

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland has expressed grave concern over the continued violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

US working with UN bodies to allocate humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

The United States said it is working with UN bodies to find ways to allocate humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

UN leader Antonio Guterres says more aid needed for crisis-hit Lebanon

Lebanese are facing a deteriorating economic crisis that began in late 2019 and is rooted in years of mismanagement and corruption

India ESG assets up 4.7 times in two years to Rs 12,300 crore, shows data

The size of environment, social, and governance-based fund investments in India from a global sustainability AUM perspective is currently negligible, but has been growing significantly

Afghan envoy to United Nations resigns after Taliban moved to oust him

The former Afghan government's ambassador to the United Nations has resigned after the country's current Taliban rulers sought to replace him with their own envoy. Ghulam Isaczai told the U.N. on Thursday that he stepped down the day before, U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said. Afghanistan's U.N. Mission tweeted that another diplomat, Naseer Faiq, would lead it as a charg d'affaires. The term can denote someone filling in between ambassadors. The mission said it would continue working to share the concerns and legitimate demands of our fellow citizens at the U.N. Taliban leaders, however, have been trying to put their own representative, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, in their country's seat at the U.N. Isaczai, a longtime U.N. diplomat, was appointed last June by President Ashraf Ghani, whose government was ousted by the Taliban on Aug. 15 amid a chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. The Taliban challenged Isaczai's credentials to remain in his post. The U.N. General Assembly delay

UNSC extends term of team tracking sanctions against Taliban-linked outfits

The UN Security Council has decided to extend for 12 months the mandate of the team monitoring sanctions against individuals and entities associated with the Taliban.

United Nations adopts resolution on North Korean human rights abuses

The UN has adopted a resolution on North Korean human rights, condemning systematic and gross human rights violations in the reclusive nation.

World cannot defeat pandemic in uncoordinated way: Antonio Guterres

Arguing that the world "cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.

Taiwanese President Tsai urges unity against rising authoritarianism

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called Wednesday for greater unity among democratic nations in the face of rising authoritarianism.

Nations renew talks on 'killer robots' as deal hopes narrow

The countries behind a United Nations agreement on weapons have been meeting this week on the thorny issue of lethal autonomous weapons systems, colloquially known as killer robots