Buhari, UN, others mourn Annan, former UN scribe
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the death of Kofi Annan, former United ...
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UN envoy says Yemen’s parties offer ‘concrete ideas’ for peace
Yemen’s warring parties have offered “concrete ideas” to achieve peace, UN envoy Martin Griffiths said on Wednesday after meeting Iran-aligned Houthi leaders ...
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty essential to global peace –UN
Unted Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, says the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is an “essential pillar” of ...
UN condemns incessant attacks and killing of civilians
The United Nations has condemned the increasing violent conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in parts of Africa especially the recent ...
Conflict: 10,000 children killed in 2017 – UN
No fewer than 10,000 children were killed or maimed in conflict last year while more than 8,000 youngsters were recruited ...
States must work to prevent atrocity crimes –UN
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has called on states to be alive to their duties to protect their people, ...
UN group raises alarm on threat against women’s rights
The United Nations’ Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice on Friday warned against what it described ...
815m people hungry globally – UN
No fewer than 815 million people are hungry in the world, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2018 has revealed. ...
Foreign Titbits: US pulls out of UN human rights council
The US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a "cesspool of political bias." The ...
Small arms: Over 500,000 people killed annually –UN
UN Small Arms estimated that there were over one billion legal and illicit firearms in the world today.
Foreign Titbits: Unprecedented UN sanctions slapped on ‘millionaire migrant traffickers’
Six men who allegedly made fortunes from buying and selling vulnerable migrants have been hit by United Nations sanctions in ...
TB kills over 1.6m people annually –UN
UN said tuberculosis takes an enormous financial toll on economies.
50 nations ‘curbing plastic pollution’
Fifty nations are now taking action to reduce plastic pollution, according to the biggest report so far from the UN.
