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[ad_1] Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations defends the country’s retaliation against the Israeli regime’s recent terrorist attack on the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital. “Iran’s military action was based on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter concerning legitimate defense in response to the Zionist …

[ad_1] LAHORE: Pakistan has underscored the critical importance of accelerating progress towards sustainable energy goals at a meeting of a United Nations-based panel on the subject. In his closing remarks at the meeting of ‘Group of Friends for Sustainable Energy,’ Ambassador Munir Akram also said that concessional climate financing was …

[ad_1] Prior to adopting the new resolution, entitled: ‘Measures to Combat Islamophobia’, by a vote of 113 in favour to none against, with 44 abstentions, the 193-member Assembly rejected two amendments proposed by a group of European nations. India, along with most of European states, abstained on the resolution. The …

[ad_1] Environ­mental activists are increasingly facing hostility across Europe, a UN expert said, warning that the very right to protest was “at risk” in countries usually considered beacons of democracy. Michel Forst, the UN special rapporteur on environmental defenders, said that he was deeply troubled by the hardening tone against …

[ad_1] The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog during his visit to Japan has stressed the importance of “full transparency” in the discharge of radioactive wastewater from the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. Speaking to the state-run NHK on Tuesday, Rafael Mariano Grossi noted that …

[ad_1] ROME: Women who run farms and rural households in poor countries suffer more from climate change and are discriminated against as they try to adapt to other sources of income in times of crises, the United Nations warned Tuesday. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, “The …

[ad_1] Fighting, fuel shortages and Israeli raids put the Gaza Strip’s second-largest hospital completely out of service on Sunday, local and UN health officials said, as Israel battled Hamas in the devastated Palestinian enclave. The latest blow to Gaza’s destroyed healthcare sector came as Israel prepared for an assault of …

[ad_1] The UN agency for Palestinian refugees or UNRWA has confirmed a total death toll of its employees in Gaza due to Israeli airstrikes at 158. “As of 15 February, the total number of UNRWA colleagues killed since the beginning of hostilities is now 158, an increase of two since …

[ad_1] Amid growing calls for investigation into poll-related irregularities, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday called on Pakistani authorities and political leaders to resolve the issues related to last week’s election through established legal procedures and to avoid any action that raised tensions. The February 8 elections were marred by allegations …

[ad_1] The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Tuesday that Israel’s invasion of the densely populated southern city of Rafah would constitute a war crime. “We, as the UN and member states, can bear witness,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists. “We can make it clear that under international …