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Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. That’s a 30% increase from the same period in 2022. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the report to the U.N. General Assembly…
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media personnel as Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, listens to him outside the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu, Nepal October 29, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on Nepal Prime…
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Eminent technology experts hailing from India have been named to a new global advisory body announced by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to support the international community’s efforts to govern artificial intelligence. The High-Level Multistakeholder Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, announced by the UN Chief here on October 26, brings together experts from the government, the…
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on October 25 that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and hit by devastating Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The…
Trucks carrying aid wait to exit, on the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on October 21 to let desperately…
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets António Guterres, U.N. Secretary General on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, in New York on September 26, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with the top U.N. leadership here and discussed India’s G20 Presidency, regional issues and global challenges, sustainable…
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at a global event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a series of bilateral meetings with his global counterparts on the sidelines of the high-level United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York,…
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at a global event on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a series of bilateral meetings with his global counterparts on the sidelines of the high-level United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York,…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. | Photo Credit: AP “More than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents committed, on September 18, to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more,” the White House said. The adoption of the Declaration on Atlantic Cooperation was completed on Monday evening at a meeting hosted…
The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden. As a record-smashing and deadly hot summer draws to a close, the United Nations and the city that hosts it are focusing on climate change and the burning of coal, oil and natural gas that causes it….
