UN calls for efforts to shield Syria from regional conflict as fragile recovery hangs in balance
NEW YORK CITY(RAHNUMA): The UN warned on Wednesday that Syria’s fragile recovery could be derailed by spillover from the widening military conflict in the region, and called for renewed efforts to insulate the country from the escalation. The deputy special envoy for Syria, Claudio Cordone, said that incidents linked to Iranian missile and drone activity, […]
AIMPLB asks Indian govt, UN to help stop aggression against Iran
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday appealed to the Indian leadership, the UN and the international community to take immediate, serious and practical measures to stop the aggression carried out by the US and Israel against Iran. A statement issued by AIMPLB Spokesperson S.Q.R. Ilyas strongly […]
‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there. “Human rights monitoring provides a warning system. That system is flashing red for South Sudan,” Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. “We need […]
UN calls for ‘urgent reforms’ to uphold migrants’ rights in Libya
TRIPOLI(RAHNUMA): The UN on Tuesday called on the Libyan authorities — both the UN-backed government in Tripoli and a rival administration in the east — to undertake urgent reforms to protect the rights and dignity of migrants and refugees. “In Libya, systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees […]
Yemen humanitarian crisis to worsen in 2026 amid funding cuts, says UN
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): The UN warned on Monday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is worsening and that gains made to tackle malnutrition and health would go into reverse due to funding cuts. “The context is very concerning… We are expecting things to be much worse in 2026,” Julien Harneis, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, […]
Young Palestinian boy drowns in muddy water flooding his Gaza tent camp, UN says
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): The UN said Thursday that a Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip drowned in floods that engulfed his tent camp, with videos showing rescuers trying to pry his body out of muddy waters by pulling him by the ankle. It was the latest sign of the miseries that winter is inflicting on the territory’s […]
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar brings Lord Krishna’s lesson of meditation to UN
United Nations, Dec 20 (IANS) Recalling Lord Krishna’s teaching to Arjuna on meditation yoga in the battlefield, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar brought the lessons of the ancient practice to the UN, which encapsulates a world wracked by conflict and war. Leading a practice session here on Friday (local time) at the observance of the Second […]
UN, aid groups warn Gaza operations at risk from Israel impediments
UNITED NATIONS(RAHNUMA): The United Nations and aid groups warned on Wednesday that humanitarian operations in the Palestinian territories, particularly Gaza, were at risk of collapse if Israel does not lift impediments that include a “vague, arbitrary, and highly politicized” registration process. Dozens of international aid groups face de-registration by December 31, which then means they […]
Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, less poverty: UN
Nairobi, Dec 9 (IANS) The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger. The Global […]
UN says 106.6 million USD urgently needed for Sudanese refugees in Libya
Tripoli, Feb 18 (IANS) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that $106.6 million are needed urgently to assist Sudanese refugees in Libya. In a press release, the UN refugee agency says the funds will be used to support 375,000 Sudanese refugees, 70,000 people in host communities, and 1,000 third-country nationals. The funds […]
