United Nations ready to assist Tonga after volcano eruption, tsunami
World | January 16, 2022 15:04 ISTTsunami warnings have been issued in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the US, reports Xinhua news agency.
Tsunami warnings have been issued in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the US, reports Xinhua news agency.
India is second to none when it comes to climate action and climate justice, but the Security Council is not a place to discuss either issue, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said.
UNHCR has assisted some 7,00,000 displaced people across the country in 2021, the majority since mid-Aug. Every week, the agency is helping nearly 60,000 people, according to the statement.
United Nations (UN) headquarters have been cordoned off after an armed man was seen outside, AFP reported on Thursday.
The B.1.1.529 Covid variant or Omicron, first detected in South Africa last week, was designated by the World Health Organisation as a 'variant of concern', the health body's top category for worrying coronavirus variants.
World Toilet Day, which falls on Nov 19 annually and has been commemorated since 2013, aims to break taboos and make sanitation for all a global development priority, Xinhua news agency reported.
The election of members of UNESCO's executive board took place on Wednesday. In Group IV Asian and Pacific States, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook Islands and China also were elected.
India hit back at Pakistan in the UN Security Council after Islamabad raised the Kashmir issue at the 15-nation Council.
US climate chief John Kerry said defended the Glasgow deal by saying "this is not the finish line for climate change...what we need is to live in pollution free".
Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by the change promoted by India to “phase down,” rather than “phase out” coal power, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
6-years-ago, nearly 200 countries agreed to individualized plans to fight global warming in historic 2015 Paris climate agreement.
The news came as the United Nations climate office warned that the world remains off-target for meeting its goal of cutting emissions as part of international efforts to curb global warming.
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has deteriorated ever since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August.
Violence broke out after the reported desecration of the Holy Quran at a Durga Puja mandap in Cumilla on October 13, prompting the government to deploy paramilitary forces in 20 districts to fend off further trouble.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that institutions such as United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Fund will have to look at reforming themselves.
Guterres said the UN has been engaging the Taliban every day on the safety and security of its staff, unhindered humanitarian access to all Afghans in need, and human rights -- especially for women and girls.
WHO said its decision was based on results from ongoing research in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi that has tracked more than 800,000 children since 2019.
At a wide-ranging news conference and in his speech afterward at the UNGA, Lavrov criticized the Biden administration including for its hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Addressing the high-level United Nations General Assembly session here, Modi said: “We have had a great tradition of democracy that goes back to thousands of years”.
"The UN Humanitarian Air Service is operating flights, almost daily, to different provinces and including to Kabul," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secy-General Antonio Guterres.
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