Land Degradation: Silence When Alarms Should Be Sounding
In 1992, three UN conventions were established to combat climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification. As their contours were being...
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‘Kindly Don’t Patronise Us’: India’s UN Envoy To Dutch Diplomat
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti told the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the UK on Thursday...
Ukraine: UN Head Decries Attacks On Civilians
The head of the United Nations said Ukraine has become an epicenter of unbearable heartache and pain, a description underscored...
UN: Houthi Rebels To Stop Using Child Soldiers
Yemen's Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the...
“World Is On Fast Track To Climate Disaster”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that time is running out for countries, corporations and others to adopt critical...
UN Panel To Release Report On Efforts To Curb Climate Change
A UN-backed panel was set to release a highly anticipated scientific report on Monday on international efforts to curb climate...
UN Appoints Jayati Ghosh To High-Level Board On Multilateralism
Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh has been appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to a new high-level advisory board...
India At UNSC Backs Convention Prohibiting Bio, Toxic Weapons
India told the UN Security Council meeting on Friday that it attaches importance to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention...
West, Look Within Before Looking East
In the past few days, substantial digital and print column space has been dedicated to India's stand on the Ukraine...
UN Body Mulls A Binding Global Treaty To Curb Plastic Pollution
Delegates from United Nations member countries are considering proposals for a binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. The UN...
75% People Want Single-Use Plastics Banned: Survey
Three in four people worldwide want single-use plastics to be banned as soon as possible, according to a poll released...
UN To Finalise Report On How Warming Hits Home Hard
Scientists and governments have met to finalise a major UN report on how global warming disrupts people’s lives, their natural...
Pollution Causing More Deaths Than Covid-19: UN Expert
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday...
UN Meet Sets Sights On Global Plastics Treaty
At a key UN summit in Nairobi this month, governments will discuss the path towards the first global treaty to...
UN Still To Agree On Terrorism Definition And Policy: India
UN member states have failed themselves by continuing to procrastinate on concluding a comprehensive convention against international terrorism, India has...
UN Chief: World Worse Now Due To COVID-19, Climate, Conflict
As he starts his second term as U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres has said the world is worse off in many...
UN Concerned About Efforts To Exclude Afghan Women From Public
UN human rights experts have voiced grave concern over attempts by the Taliban in Afghanistan to steadily erase women and...
UN Chief Warns Millions Of Afghans Are On The ‘Verge Of Death’
The United Nations chief warned on Thursday that millions of Afghans are on the “verge of death," urging the international...
Myanmar: UN Official Seeks Probe Into Killing Of 35 Civilians
A senior UN official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition...
Uyghurs To Take Rights Case To Court Around Start Of Winter Olympics
China's treatment of its Uyghur minority could come before the courts in Argentina at about the same time that the...
UN Projects Soaring World Humanitarian Needs In 2022
The United Nations is predicting that a record 274 million people, who together would amount to the world's fourth most-populous...
Prevent Mass Starving In Af, UN Aid Chief Urges G20
The UN humanitarian chief had a dire message for leaders of the world's 20 largest economies meeting this weekend: Worry...
COP26: What’s At Stake For India & South Asia
South Asia is home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population, and to some of the countries most vulnerable...
Pak Is ‘Arsonist’ Disguised As ‘Fire-Fighter’: India At UNGA
Pakistan, where terrorists enjoy free pass, is an "arsonist" disguising itself as a "fire-fighter", and the entire world has suffered...
Racism, Climate, Divisions Top UN Agenda As Leaders Meet
Racism, the climate crisis and the world's worsening divisions took center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday, a day...
