The Refugee Agency For Palestinians Is In Peril
Yassine Daoud remembers when he first eyed the flyer at the refugee camp in Lebanon where he grew up. It was for a scholarship to study in the United States. …
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Russian Ambassador Urges UN Reforms and India’s Inclusion in Security Council | India News
NEW DELHI: Russian ambassador to India Denis Alipov has called for urgent reforms within the United Nations (UN) and its affiliated agencies. Alipov emphatically backed the idea that India must …
Senate Border Bill Targets Humanitarian Aid For Palestinians
New Senate legislation supported by President Joe Biden and many Democratic and Republican senators includes a significant blow to humanitarian aid for Palestinians — fulfilling a long-standing GOP goal while …
Nikki Haley faces lukewarm reception from GOP voters in South Carolina
Nikki Haley will continue bid for GOP nom after New Hampshire loss Donald Trump won the New Hampshire GOP primary, and Biden won in the Democratic primary with a write-in …
UN’s Usher highlights financing challenge for companies in green transition
Greenwash activists take part in the final day of four days of The Big One climate protest activities organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) on 24 April 2023 in London, United …
Republicans Equate Aid Workers With Terrorists In Hearing On U.N. Funding
Republican lawmakers repeatedly equated aid workers with Hamas terrorists during a heated hearing Tuesday as they called for the U.S. government to permanently stop funding the United Nations agency responsible …
Canada pauses funding for UN agency amid alleged staff role in Israel attacks – National
Canada has temporarily paused “any additional funding” for the United Nations agency charged with delivering aid to Palestinians amid allegations that staff members were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks …
What is climate misinformation, and why does it matter?
Misinformation is when people share false information or selectively present data about fossil fuel emissions or climate change that doesn’t give the full picture, potentially influencing how others think about …
China Under Scrutiny On Human Rights Record During United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review
This is the fourth time that China appeared before this mechanism the last one being in November 2018. Countries called out the existence of mass detention camps for Uyghurs a …
UN urges Ethiopia and Somalia to talk to solve dispute | World News
KAMPALA: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged Addis Ababa and Mogadishu to open dialogue to settle their dispute over Ethiopia‘s maritime deal with the breakaway region of …