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The United Nations general assembly liveblog is now closed, but please see the following stories to stay on top of the day’s news:Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide and urges world leaders to attend peace summitWorld inching ever closer to a great fr…
Read MoreTwo years to the day, the Taliban seized back control of Afghanistan. Ever since internet access has been limited, which can be vital in garnering support from the worldWestern officials like me watched in despair two years ago on this day when the Tal…
Read MoreAs we move towards the second anniversary of the extremists retaking power, this denial of education must be addressed Two years of ever-intensifying repression since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 have not dimmed the resilience of girls and w…
Read MoreUS and UN officials working to ‘resolve incident’ after private crossed border at truce village without authorisationAn American soldier being sent back to the US to face possible disciplinary action crossed in to North Korea during a tour of the demil…
Read MoreJames Cleverly says global south deserves more powerful voice at top table and review needed into five permanent members’ vetoThe global south deserves a more powerful voice at the world’s top table by expanding the UN security council, the UK foreign …
Read MoreReturn of US ends decade-long dispute sparked by agency’s move to admit Palestine as a memberThe UN’s cultural and scientific agency, Unesco, has announced that the US plans to rejoin – and pay more than $600m (£477m) in back dues – after a decade-long…
Read MoreCommunication sent to Beijing government says media mogul’s prosecutions relate to his criticism of ChinaA group of UN experts have expressed “grave concern” over the arrest and detention of Jimmy Lai, a former media mogul in Hong Kong who has been cha…
Read MoreUN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each yearThe number of child marriages is declining worldwide, but at too slow a pace for any hope of eliminating the practice this centur…
Read MoreUN population officials say it is not possible to pinpoint a date because of uncertainty about dataIndia is expected to overtake China as the world’s most populous country with almost 3 million more people by the middle of this year, according to UN fi…
Read MoreOfficials say it will leave in May if Taliban cannot be persuaded to let local women work for organisationThe UN is ready to take the “heartbreaking” decision to pull out of Afghanistan in May if it cannot persuade the Taliban to let local women work f…
Read MoreReview launched into operations in Afghanistan as men and women told not to go to work at least until MayThe United Nations has launched a review of its operations in Afghanistan and asked all Afghan staff not to come to work at least until May after t…
Read MoreUN rights chief voices concern over sentencing of Ding Jiaxi and Xu ZhiyongThe UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has said he is “very concerned” after China sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to more than a decade each in jail.Xu Zhiyong an…
Read MoreAll staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with TalibanUnited Nations staff in Afghanistan have been ordered to stay at home for 48 hours to give UN officials time to persuade the Taliban not to go ah…
Read MorePacific nation is sponsoring resolution that will ask ICJ to rule on consequences for climate inactionLast month, twin cyclones tore through Port Vila, the capital of the Pacific nation of Vanuatu. The category-four storms left corrugated iron roofs cr…
Read MorePedro Sánchez says he will tell Chinese leader it must be Ukrainians who ‘lay down conditions’ for any peace agreementSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, will visit China next week to meet President Xi Jinping, where he is expected to stress that it…
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