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Donors pledge $1.2 billion in emergency funds for helping Afghans

The United Nations drummed up more than USD 1.2 billion in emergency pledges Monday for helping 11 million Afghans facing an escalating humanitarian crisis in their homeland

Climate change 'greatest challenge to human rights': UN official

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has named the climate change crisis as "the single greatest challenge to human rights of our era"

United Nations seeks $606 million for Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

There are concerns that instability and upended humanitarian efforts, compounded by an ongoing drought, could further endanger lives and plunge Afghanistan toward famine.

UN chief announces $20 million humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

The "de facto" authorities in the war-torn country have "pledged" to cooperate to ensure assistance is delivered to the people: UN chief

United Nations official slams Taliban over reprisal killings

The UN human rights chief says her office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings by the Taliban

Johnson expected to hold bilateral talks with Biden during UNGA

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to meet with US President Joe Biden at the end of this month, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).One senior diplomatic source told the newspaper that the meeting was expected to take place at the White House but this had not been "100 per cent confirmed," UK media reported.The 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) is opening on September 14. The high-level week will start on September 21 and will last until the 27th.Johnson is expected to hold bilateral talks with Biden during his four-day trip to the US for the UNGA, The Times said, adding that the prime minister will try to mend relations with Washington. Downing Street had asked Biden's administration to have the meeting coincide with the UNGA trip, the newspaper specified.Sources told The Times that there is "a suspicion in Washington that Johnson doesn't want to be too tough on Beijing" and Biden will use the opportunity during talks with Johnson to get the prime minister to ...

UN nuclear agency, Iran reach deal over tools of surveillance

Tehran holds all recordings at its sites as negotiations over the US and Iran returning to the 2015 nuclear deal remain stalled in Vienna

United Nations' computer networks breached by hackers earlier this year

The hackers' method for gaining access to the UN network appears to be unsophisticated: They likely got in using the stolen username and password of a UN employee purchased off the dark web

Afghanistan on brink of universal poverty, urgent efforts needed: UN

Adds Taliban response to Afghan protests becoming very violent

UNSC reform being thwarted by a handful of countries: Meenakashi Lekhi

The decision-making structures of the United Nations do not reflect the world as it stands today, eroding the voice of the global organisation itself, Lekhi said

Pak continues to foment violence at home, across its borders: India at UN

India hit out at Islamabad for using the platform of the United Nations for hate speech against it

UN Chief to hold humanitarian conference for Afghanistan on September 13

In response to the growing humanitarian needs in the war-ravaged country, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene a high-level humanitarian conference for Afghanistan on September 13.Taking to Twitter, Guterres said that Afghan children, women and men need support and solidarity from the international community."Now more than ever, Afghan children, women & men need support & solidarity from the international community. I will convene a high-level humanitarian conference for Afghanistan on 13 September to advocate for a swift scale-up in funding & full, unimpeded access to those in need," Guterres tweeted.Earlier on Friday, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric informed that Guterres will travel next week to Geneva, Switzerland, to hold a ministerial meeting in response to the growing humanitarian needs in Afghanistan."As the United Nations continues to stand in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, the Secretary-General will travel

PM Modi may visit US in late Sept with focus on UN address, Quad summit

The tentative schedule for visit was between September 22-27 and preparations were focused his address at UN General Assembly in New York, participation at Quad summit, a bilateral meeting with Biden

Will run out of food stocks in Afghanistan by month-end: senior UN official

The United Nations' food stockpiles in Afghanistan could run out this month and there is a critical need for $200 million to provide food to the most vulnerable, a senior UN official has warned

EU to ensure humanitarian aid reaches vulnerable population in Afghanistan

The European Union said that it will continue to coordinate with the UN and its agencies on the stabilisation of Afghanistan

10 million Afghan kids in desperate need of humanitarian aid: UN

Nearly 10 million children in Afghanistan are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, and the Unicef is appealing for about $200 million to respond to their needs, a UN official announced.

United Nations team: Unclear if Fukushima cleanup can finish by 2051

Honestly speaking, I don't know, and I don't know if anybody knows, said Christophe Xerri, head of an International Atomic Energy Agency team reviewing progress in the plant's cleanup.

UN human rights chief warns of abuses amid Taliban's Afghan blitz

The UN human rights chief warned Tuesday that she had received credible reports of severe abuses in areas under Taliban control in Afghanistan

UN agencies call for 'humanitarian airbridge' for aid supply to Afghanistan

The World Health Organization and UNICEF are calling for a humanitarian airbridge to be set up immediately to allow the unhindered delivery of medicines and other aid supplies to Afghanistan

Soaring cost of food is forcing families to scrimp at the dinner table

Food prices in July were up 31 per cent from the same month last year, according to an index compiled by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization