- 15 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUN
U.N. to distribute Qatari aid to Gaza on Monday, envoy says
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The United Nations will begin on Monday to distribute cash aid to thousands of poor families in Hamas-run Gaza under a programme funded by…
No Afghan refugee exodus yet but ‘massive displacement’ possible -U.N. refugee agency
By Dominic Evans GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - The Taliban victory in Afghanistan has not led to a dramatic refugee exodus but the country urgently needs humanitarian aid to prevent economic…
‘Incredible fear’ among women across Afghanistan -U.N. official
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lack of clarity on the Taliban's position on women in Afghanistan has generated "incredible fear" across the country, a senior U.N. official…
U.N. blocked from monitoring rights abuses in Belarus, envoy says
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Belarus government's crackdown on human rights organizations obstructed the ability of the United Nations to document abuses, the U.N. envoy said on Tuesday. Belarus was levied…
U.N. says basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing
GENEVA (Reuters) - Afghanistan is facing the collapse of basic services and food and other aid is about to run out, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…
Qatar plans to resume Gaza funding with new method involving Abbas, U.N
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Qatar will soon resume funding for civil servants and poor families in the Gaza Strip under a new mechanism involving the Western-backed Palestinian Authority…
Australia sees strong future for coal beyond 2030 despite U.N. call
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Coal will be a major contributor to Australia's economy well beyond 2030 given growth in global demand, the country's resources minister said on Monday, a day after…
Taliban say U.N. promises aid after meeting with officials in Kabul
(Reuters) - Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen…
U.N. urges Australia to speed up efforts to drop coal
(Reuters) - Australia's government should increase its efforts to phase out coal or else climate change will dramatically damage the country's economy, Selwin Hart, the United Nations special adviser on…
U.N. to convene Afghanistan aid conference on Sept. 13
ZURICH (Reuters) - The United Nations will convene an international aid conference in Geneva on Sept. 13 to help avert what U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called a "looming humanitarian…
Vaccine inequity causes ‘dangerous divergence’ in COVID survival rates: UN
Geneva [Switzerland], August 28 (ANI): The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at "two alarmingly different speeds", UN agency leaders said. In a statement on Friday, several UN agencies…
India’s election to Universal Postal Union noteworthy, says Jaishankar
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday congratulated "Team MEA" after was elected with 134 votes to Council of Administration (CA) at 27th Universal…
