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UN adopts resolution calling for appointment of special envoy to combat Islamophobia

The "Measures to combat Islamophobia" resolution passed with 115 votes in favour, 44 abstentions, and none against. 

Sudanese refugees gather as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams assist the war-wounded from West Darfur, Sudan, in Adre hospital, Chad, June 16, 2023 in this handout image. Courtesy of Mohammad Ghannam/MSF/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

UN warns of catastrophic hunger in Sudan in coming months

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

New climate pledges will determine safety of world's people: UN

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UN cooperation framework to support Bangladesh's LDC graduation: Gwyn Lewis

A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Kedar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Israeli settlements expand by record amount, UN rights chief says

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, Israel March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

UN to test Israeli military road to get aid to Gaza's north

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AI tools generate sexist content, warns UN

A girl reacts after receiving the HPV vaccine during the first phase of a country-wide HPV Vaccination Campaign targeting school-age girls between 9 and 14 years old, in Lagos State, Nigeria, November 3, 2023 in this picture obtained by Reuters on March 6, 2024. Gates Archive/Nyancho NwaNri/Handout via REUTERS

World Bank, Gates, UN pledge close to $600m to end cervical cancer

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, attends the high-level event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Myanmar junta's access to arms, cash must be cut off, UN rights chief says

Materials use is growing by an average of more than 2.3% per year. Photo: Roberto CISNEROS / AFP

World resource extraction could surge 60% by 2060, UN warns

Dr Muhammad Yunus. File Photo: Collected

Prof Yunus remains a dear friend of UN throughout his career: Spokesperson

Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls

The minister addressed the media following a bilateral meeting with UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis at his residence in Paribag in the capital. Photo: Courtesy

UN pledges funding for climate actions in Bangladesh: Environment minister