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World News in Brief: Afghan rights, Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire, road safety campaign
- UN News
Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have been using torture as a tool to extract confessions from prisoners, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday.
Global leaders discuss healthier future for all: Top 5 fast facts
- UN News
Some 4.5 billion peoplemore than half the global population, do not have enough access to essential health services, an issue that world leaders and ministers will tackle at a series of high-level meetings at the UN this week.
UN Must Live Up to Its Promises of Gender Equality ---and Support Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - In 2015, the UN’s 193 member states adopted 17 goals for the health of the world that together comprise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached worldwide by 2030.
Iran: One Year on, Whats Changed?
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 19 (IPS) - It’s a year since a photo of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini – bruised and in a coma she would never recover from after being arrested by the morality police for her supposedly improperly worn hijab – went viral, sending people onto the streets.
UN's Regional Rotations at Elections & Appointments. Why Not Gender Rotations?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - Politically, the United Nations has largely been described as a monumental failure -- with little or no progress in resolving some of the world’s past and ongoing military conflicts and civil wars, including Palestine, Western Sahara, Kashmir, and more recently, Ukraine, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and Myanmar, among others.
Reforms vital to build confidence, Japanese leader tells UN Assembly
- UN News
The Prime Minister of Japan said on Tuesday that he is open to meeting President Kim Jong-Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at any time and without any conditions “to open up a new era together” between the countries.
Mozambique calls for trust and mutual respect between UN members
- UN News
In his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, the president of Mozambique said that the main reason for lack of progress on the 2030 Agenda is similar lack of trust and solidarity “between those who have a lot and those who have little or almost nothing at all”.
Courage needed to mend today’s global rifts, German leader tells UN Assembly
- UN News
Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed that in an increasingly interdependent world, “a policy for peace must not stop on our own doorstep.”
Iranian President denounces West’s meddling in affairs of Middle East countries
- UN News
Speaking at the annual debate of the UN General Assembly in New York, Iran’s President, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi discussed the emergence of non-Western powers, encouraged regional economic and security partnerships, and lamented the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
We have a duty to leave no one behind, South African President tells world leaders
- UN News
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, stating that while every human effort should be directed towards realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, “our energies have once again been diverted by the scourge of war.”
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