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The UN Security Council has passed a resolution, encouraging Iraq's newly formed government to prioritize reforms and combat corruption. The resolution also expressed support for Iraq's ongoing fight against ISIS, al-Qaida, and other…

Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations Officehave slated an event to hold in Geneva in commemoration of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.According to the organizer, the event will be held on 17 March 2023.…

The UN has adopted a resolution proposed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Pakistan to designate March 15 the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.The resolution was adopted three years to the day since a right-wing…

A United Nations helicopter came under heavy fire in eastern Congo, bringing the mission to suspend flights in the conflict-riddled region, the organization said Monday.A helicopter returning from Walikale to the regional capital, Goma…

A UNresolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was adopted on Thursday, with an overwhelming majority of member states voting to call for the Kremlin to withdraw its troops immediately.Ahead of the one-year anniversary of…

The United Nations(UN) System in Nigeria has expressed concerns over possible adverse effects of the lingering fuel scarcity, the difficulties imposed on Nigerians by the Naira swap policy and violence on the forthcoming 2023 general…

A data from the United Nations research has revealed a ten- year rise in African healthy life expectancy.According to the UN health agency, WHO, on Thursday August 4, 2022, healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high…

UN committee has decried school headscarf ban in FranceAccording to the committee, France violated an international rights treaty when it banned a woman from wearing a headscarf while she studied at a school."The move broke the…

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and United Nation have concluded their coordination meeting in Geneva with a strong commitment to reinforce cooperation in the political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural and scientific…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has warned against intensifying violence in Myanmar.While issuing the warning on Friday June 11, 2021, Michelle condemned the army's "outrageous" use of heavy…

The Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned Israeli attacks on Palestinians, saying they are 'barbaric'.While issuing the condemnation at its executive meeting which was held at the level of foreign…

The United Nations experts have lamented the health status of the jailed Saudi activist, Loujain Al-Hathloul.Al-Hathloul, who was arrested in 2018, has been on hunger strike for a week over conditions of her prolonged detention.The…

Military leaders from Libya’s warring sides have met in Geneva in hopes of a UN-brokered breakthrough that could pave the way for a “complete and permanent ceasefire” in the conflict-ridden North African country.The meeting on Monday…

An arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council (UNSC) since 2007 has reached its end.Iran’s foreign ministry announced this on 18th October, 2020 on its official website."All restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities…

A United Nations mines expert has said that nearly 3 billion square metres in Iraq are contaminated with mines and remnants of war.The head of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq, Pehr Lodhammar,said that "According to…

The United Arab Emirates' minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation has announced its candidacy for a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council in 2022-2023.Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed made the announcement in a…

UN Envoy to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi have today discussed cooperation related to holding early elections.While disclosing this in a statement released on Monday September 7, 2020, the…

UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has said that the UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe flooding, which has killed 90 people and affected 380,000 others.The flooding was triggered…

UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has in a report released yesterday claimed that more than half of Lebanon’s population are living in poverty.In a data compiled in May 2020, ESCWA's “estimates reveal that more than 55…

The United Nation Human Rights Committee has urged governments to restrict protests in order to continue protect public health against Covid-19.Before the coronavirus pandemic, the committee had started formulation of its legal…

The United Nations Development Programme has proposed the immediate introduction of a temporary basic income that could curtail the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by allowing the world's poorest people to stay at home. The proposed plan…

Yemen rejects UN envoy’s peace proposalsYemeni government has rejected the peace proposals submitted recently by Martin Griffiths, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen.While disclosing this on Wednesday July 15, 2020,…

A United Nations official has revealed that Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, was a prime suspect in the murder case of Jamal Khashoggi.The UN official, Agnes Callamard, disclosed this in an interview on Saturday July…

The United Nations has demanded that United States and the European Union impose sanctions over the activities of Russian mercenaries and other actors involved in the conflict in the North African country.This was disclosed on Saturday…

UN, Arab League issue warning against Israel's annexation planThe United Nations and the Arab League have called on Israel to drop its annexation planWhile disclosing this during a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday…

The United Nations has ordered investigation into the alleged human rights abuses in Libya.The announcement was made on Monday June 22, 2020, following the discovery of mass graves in the city of Tarhuna.A fact-finding mission to Libya…

Following the death of George Floyd in the United States, the African Union on Friday 12th June 2020 in a letter to the United Nations in Geneva called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to organize an urgent debate on racism and police…

The United Nations has appealed for more funding in Yemen. According to UN, three-quarters of the aid programmes organized by its agencies in war-ravaged Yemen will have to shutter in weeks without more funding.UN added that Yemen is…

The United Nations has expressed shock at the reported mass graves in Libya.This was disclosed on Thursday June 11, 2020, after at least eight mass graves were discovered in an area retaken by the country's internationally recognised…

United Nations humanitarians have said that help and funding are urgently needed for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit severely by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including conflict-hit communities “on life-support”…