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Dhaka reiterates importance of ensuring safety, security of peacekeepers
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima has reiterated the importance of ensuring safety and security of the peacekeepers.
UN for investing in rural women to help build resilience to crises
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to invest in rural women and help them build resilience to future crises.
“Don’t undermine local NGOs in Rohingya response”
Speakers at a conference has the urged the United Nations (UN) not to undermine the local NGOs regarding the humanitarian response to Rohingya camps.
Pandemic toll is 'mind-numbing figure': UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that the loss of 1 million people to the coronavirus is an “agonizing milestone" that has been made worse by the “savageness of this disease."
UN chief appeals for global solidarity at General Assembly
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19, and repeated his call for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, by the end of the year -a very ambitious target.
UN for building more equitable world
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has put emphasis on collective efforts to build a more just, sustainable and equitable world.
PM to virtually join 75th UNGA
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, like other global leaders, will join the 75th UN General Assembly (UNGA) virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Global call for strengthening UN system amid 75th anniversary
In an open letter - A Time for Renewal: Calling for a Strengthened Multilateral System - released Friday, 48 former UN and government officials from around the world expect the 75th anniversary of the 193-nation body to lead to "a stronger, more accountable, inclusive multilateral system."
According to the letter obtained by Xinhua, the leaders said "the institutional framework of global governance, with the United Nations at its core, must do more to provide the guidance, leadership an
UN chief calls for political will to achieve SDGs
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for political will and bold action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Equal pay essential to build a world of dignity, justice for all: UN
The United Nations is marking the first-ever International Equal Pay Day on Friday drawing attention to the gender pay gap and the systemic inequalities it is rooted in.