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UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’
The United Nations has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’.
'Strong political will crucial to ensure rights, dignity of migrants'
Fostering global solidarity is crucial for combating the rising xenophobia and intolerance, and discrimination against migrants.
UN calls on humanity to end ‘war on nature,’ go carbon-free
As an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires and heat waves comes to an end, the head of the United Nations challenged world leaders to make 2021 the year that humanity ends its “war on nature” and commits to a future free of planet-warming carbon pollution.
UN, partners release record humanitarian response plan as COVID-19 wreaks havoc
The shock of COVID-19 has pushed the number of people who need humanitarian assistance worldwide to a record high – up by 40 per cent compared to the same time last year.
UN chief calls for rapid change in fight against climate disruption
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a major and rapid change in the fight against climate disruption.
Diabetic patients at “increased risk of severe disease from COVID-19"
Amid the number of people with diabetes surge, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed need for strengthening health system as many diabetic patients are at “increased risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19”.
74 migrants killed in shipwreck off Libya coast
At least 74 migrants died in a shipwreck on Thursday off the coast of Khums, Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
UN calls for crackdown on trafficking of women, girls in digital age
The UN women’s rights committee on Wednesday called on governments to pursue all appropriate means to eliminate trafficking in women and girls, highlighting the increasing use of social media to recruit trafficking victims during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force:UN
The United Nations announced Saturday that 50 countries have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons triggering its entry into force in 90 days, a move hailed by anti-nuclear activists but strongly opposed by the United States and the other major nuclear powers.
Play decisive role to address Rohingya crisis, other issues: PM to UN
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the United Nations to play a more decisive and robust role in resolving many of today's intractable challenges such as the Rohingya crisis.