United Nation

UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

UN not touching on timelines for polls as decision lies with govt, political parties: Gwyn Lewis

UN team to meet every party it can think of in Bangladesh, she says

Rohingyas walk towards Cox's Bazar, fleeing from Myanmar. File Photo: Reuters
Rohingya Crisis

Support desperate Rohingya refugees fleeing to Indonesia: UN expert

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES
Hamas-Israel war

UN to vote on rival resolutions on Israel and Gaza

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region ride in a truck upon their arrival at the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, September 27, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
World+Biz

UN refugee agency readying for up to 120,000 refugees in Armenia

A view of the Batagaika crater, as permafrost thaws causing a megaslump in the eroding landscape, in Russia's Sakha Republic in this still image from video taken July 11 or 12, 2023. Reuters TV via REUTERS
World+Biz

Developing countries propose $100bn climate damage fund

The Rohingyas were forced to leave their homes and settle in makeshift refugee camps around six years ago. Photo: Reuters
Rohingya Crisis

Funding ‘simply not enough’ for Rohingya refugees: WFP

Seized crystal methamphetamine hidden inside tea bags are seen during a news conference at the Office of the Narcotics Control Board in Bangkok, Thailand, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar
World+Biz

Asia synthetic drug trade expands, UN says

China and India have fewer people than the UN thinks
Thoughts

China and India have fewer people than the UN thinks

Nicolas de Riviere, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the UN General Assembly, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. The United Nations will face three resolutions on the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine after Russia decided to call for a vote on its Security Council resolution that makes no mention of its attack on its smaller neighbor. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said there was no support for Russia's resolution. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
World+Biz

UN to vote on blaming Russia for Ukraine humanitarian crisis

A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo
World+Biz

US urges North Korea to focus on needs of its people, not missiles

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South Asia

UN sets up trust fund for 'people's economy' in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's UN ambassador Ghulam Isaczai addresses the United Nations Security Council regarding the situation in Afghanistan at the United Nations in New York City, New York, US, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
World+Biz

Myanmar will not address world leaders at UN, Afghanistan will