UN

An Israeli military tank and soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, December 21, 2023. REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

UN Security Council Gaza vote delayed again, US signals backing

"It looks like the US has taken full advantage of other Council members' desire to avoid a veto. But the resulting text is starting to look very weak in many parts."

An Israeli soldier uses his mobile phone in a military vehicle while smoke rises over Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, December 12, 2023. REUTERS
Middle East

UN calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Biden warns Israel is losing support

United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths gestures as he stands near damaged buildings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria 13 February, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Firas Makdesi/FILE PHOTO
World+Biz

UN appeals for $46 bln to meet humanitarian needs in 2024

US Veto: Israel's license to kill
Panorama

US Veto: Israel's license to kill

Former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Momen writes to UN, seeks its 'constructive, collaborative' role amid 'unwarranted political pressure'

UN workers arrive to distribute aid to Palestinians, who have fled their homes due to Israeli strikes and take shelter in a UN-run school, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 23 October 2023. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

When UN and its agencies lack much agency

Former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Momen to lead Bangladesh delegation at UN peacekeeping ministerial in Ghana on 5-6 December

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at United Nations headquarters during the 75th annual UN General Assembly high-level debate, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in New York, US, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Bangladesh

UN rarely deploys observers to monitor national polls: Spokesman

A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egyptian NGOs for Palestinians start to move from Al-Arish to Rafah city as they wait for an agreement on the opening on the Rafah border crossing to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the city of Al-Arish, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
Hamas-Israel war

UN says 61 trucks deliver aid in northern Gaza

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

UN unanimously adopts Bangladesh's resolution on 'Natural Fibres'

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) at the U.S. State Department in Washington, US, April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
World+Biz

We still live in a male-dominated culture: UN Chief

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Politics

Will continue to call on all stakeholders to promote credible election in Bangladesh: UN

The UN says the world must make a decisive move away from fossil fuels Photo: Lou Benoist/AFP
Climate Change

Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UN