UN experts call for global system to trace critical minerals
AFP UN experts called Wednesday for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the transition away from fossil…
UN to send mission to Bangladesh to probe human rights violations
Reuters The United Nations Human Rights Office on Friday said it will dispatch a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh, as requested by the interim government, to investigate alleged human rights violations…
UN’s Gaza polio vaccinations will rely on pauses in fighting
Reuters GENEVA – United Nations officials are preparing to launch a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza on Sunday that will rely on a series of limited pauses in fighting between…
Libya armed mobilisation causes concern, UN says
Reuters TRIPOLI – The United Nations Libya mission said late on Thursday it was concerned about reports of forces mobilising in Tripoli and threats of force to resolve a crisis…
West African juntas write to UN over Ukraine’s alleged rebel support
Reuters The juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the United Nations Security Council to denounce Ukraine’s alleged support of rebel groups in West Africa’s Sahel region,…
UN rights expert barred from Afghanistan: diplomatic source
AFP The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan has been barred from entering the country, a diplomatic source told AFP on Tuesday. “Richard Bennett was informed…
UN warns of ‘unacceptable’ level of violence against aid workers
AFP GENEVA – The United Nations on Monday condemned the “unacceptable” level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023. And…
Haiti’s child death toll mounts as security mission lags
Reuters PORT-AU-PRINCE- At least five Haitian children have been killed or injured a week so far in 2024, charity Save the Children said on Tuesday, urging the United Nations and…
Israel lawmakers vote to oppose Palestinian state; UN chief says “very disappointed, you can’t vote away the two-state solution”
AFP The Israeli parliament voted Thursday to oppose a Palestinian state as an “existential threat”, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers the army had Hamas “by the…