UNDP calls for long-term investment to support recovery in Syria
Fourteen years of conflict have unravelled nearly four decades of economic, social and development progress. Today, nine out of 10…
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The Caribbean Is Aiming For The Top UN Post, And India May Play A Key Role
New Delhi: The term of the current UN Secretary General has entered its final two years and names of candidates…
What is social justice and how is the UN helping to make it a reality worldwide?
The United Nations supports the principle in multiple ways, from addressing economic inequality to access to education, healthcare, and the…
Interview: Young Palestinians in East Jerusalem shut out of UNRWA training centre
Agency chief Philippe Lazzarini said that Israeli forces and personnel from the Jerusalem local authority “forcefully entered” the Kalandia Training…
Security Council: Syrian leaders urged to prioritise inclusive transition
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Geir Pedersen acknowledged commitments made by interim leader Ahmad Al-Sharaa but stressed that Syrians…
Pope Told After Trump Migrant Critique
Vatican City: Pope Francis described Donald Trump’s migrant deportations as a “major crisis” Tuesday, prompting a rebuke from the US…
What is Central African Republic Controversial Memecoin Experiment?
The Central African Republic (CAR) has embarked on a nationwide cryptocurrency experiment. President Faustin-Archange Touadera announced the launch of a…
First Person: Bodies of children in Haiti have turned into ‘battlegrounds’
The agency’s spokesperson James Elder has just visited Port-au-Prince, the capital of the embattled Caribbean nation and has been speaking…
Trump Administration To Fire Most Of USAID Staff Amid Row: Report
Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out…
A Major Battle Is Brewing In Africa. Can India Catch Up?
Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) stands with leaders from African countries at the meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation,…