United Nations, May 17 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the announcement of a 45-day extension of the cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel, said his press office.Guterres reaffirmed the support of the world body to all efforts to end hostilities and alleviate the suffering of communities on both sides of the Blue Line, a border demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel established by the United Nations in 2000, said the press office in a note to corresponden…
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Mogadishu, May 16 (IANS) The United Nations on Saturday urged Somali leaders to continue dialogue after three days of talks ended without resolving key political disputes related to the transition process.The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) welcomed the stated commitment by both sides to continue efforts to find a constructive way forward.”As Somalia enters a period of transition, UNTMIS hopes that, during this phase, the Federal Government of Somalia will prio…
Brussels, May 16 (IANS) The 1971 genocide carried out by the Pakistani military in erstwhile East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, is not merely an issue between Dhaka and Islamabad but a crucial test of the credibility of the international human rights and humanitarian law framework, a report said on Saturday.According to a report in ‘The European Times’, the failure of the international community to name this genocide amounts to injustice to both past and future generations.“The 1971 genocide in Ba…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The ongoing US-Iran tensions are imposing rising economic costs on China, exposing Beijing to mounting risks across energy supplies, trade flows and regional investments amid the escalating Gulf crisis, a report has said.The report by Iran International showed that China has expressed growing concern over disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy corridor through which nearly 45 per cent of its oil imports flow, even as it continues to maintain diplomatic su…
United Nations, May 16 (IANS) UN relief agencies have called for an urgent scale-up of life-saving assistance to stave off a rapidly intensifying, critical food insecurity emergency in Somalia. The Food and Agriculture Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme issued the plea, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Friday (local time).Haq said that, according to the…
United Nations, May 16 (IANS) Nearly 19.5 million people in Sudan are facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity, a UN spokesperson said, citing the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).While 14 areas are at risk of famine across Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, conditions are expected to deteriorate further during the lean season between June and September, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN secret…
Gandhinagar, May 15 (IANS) Gujarat Agriculture and Cooperation Minister Jitu Vaghani on Friday cancelled his planned visit to the United States after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to avoid foreign travel for a year and adopt austerity measures in view of global economic uncertainty and rising fuel concerns.Vaghani was scheduled to attend the ‘International Symposium on Cooperative Financial Institutions’ at the United Nations headquarters in New York during the last week of May…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday underlined the need for credible and reformed multilateralism in world which is “more interconnected, complex and multipolar”. While chairing the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting session on ‘Reforms of Global Governance and Multilateral System’, EAM Jaishankar stressed that the United Nations’ effectiveness and credibility will remain constrained without expansion of permanent and non-permanent categories.He highligh…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister on Thursday stated that the United Arab Emirates had played a significant role in the aggression against Iran during the second session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi. Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of Iran, said: “The United Arab Emirates played a significant role in supporting and facilitating the military aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Therefore, …
Addis Ababa, May 14 (IANS) African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have warned that external interferences are fueling the security crisis in Africa.The two leaders made the allegation during a joint press conference on Wednesday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, after signing a new declaration to enhance the AU-UN partnership.”Most of the security crises on the continent are fueled fr…