WHO starts process of slimming down in response to U.S. cuts
The World Health Organization has started a process of fixing new priorities and announced a one-year limit on staff ...
UN-backed rights experts hear Palestinians’ allegations of abuse in Israeli custody during the war
Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights ...
US cuts force UN rights office to shut some work, including for Iraq torture victims
The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received termination notices from the U.S. government for five of its ...
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Doughty holds ‘constructive’ meetings in Nicosia ahead of Geneva talks
The United Kingdom’s minister of state for Europe Stephen Doughty had “very constructive meetings” on Friday in Nicosia, ...
Entire families killed in Syria's military crackdown, UN says
Entire families including women and children were killed in Syria's coastal region as part of a series of sectarian killings ...
Gaza hunger crisis could return if Israeli blockade continues, UN relief agency chief says
There is a risk that Gaza experiences another hunger crisis if Israel continues to block aid, the head of the U.N.
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Programme announced for Geneva enlarged Cyprus meeting
The “unofficial” programme for the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the Swiss city of Geneva next week was announced ...
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A Cash Crisis Forces UN to Re-Figure Its Budget and Freeze Staff Hiring
Faced with an impending cash crisis primarily due to non-payment of dues by the US and over 100 other member states- along with threats of a US withdrawal from the world body- there were widespread ...
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Five years ago, WHO's pandemic call shook world into action
GENEVA - Five years ago on Tuesday, the World Health Organization announced COVID-19 had become a pandemic a moment when the ...
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China, Iran and Russia condemned by dissidents at UN watchdog's Geneva summit
Dissidents from across the globe gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to tell the stories of their survival and escape from authoritarian regimes. In just a few days, the United Nations Human Rights ...
Who Is Kshitij Tyagi? The Engineer-Turned-Diplomat Who Called Pakistan A 'Failed State' At UN
Kshitij Tyagi, a Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, made headlines with his bold speech ...
From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze
Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and ...