The United Nations has released $110 million from an emergency fund to help neglected crises around the world, including Sudan, after donors like the United States ordered major cuts.

Antonio Guterres to convene Cypriot leaders, Greece, Türkiye, UK guarantor powers for March 17-18 meeting, spokesperson says - Anadolu Ajansı

The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a possible breakthrough this summer.

"Justice means holding not only the shooters, but also those who gave the orders." These words, spoken by Mir Mahmudur Rahman Deepto—the brother of a victim—at a UN Human Rights event, echo the deep wounds inflicted by the brutal crackdown on

Regarding elections in the hill tracts, Nazrul affirmed, “Our government is committed to ensuring every Bangladeshi’s right to vote, whether in the Chittagong Hill Tracts or elsewhere. A commission is already working on local government issues to uphold this.”

GENEVA (Reuters) - The rights chief of the United Nations expressed deep concern on Monday about a "fundamental shift in direction" by the United States under President Donald Trump, warning that divisive rhetoric is being used to deceive and polarise people.

India has responded strongly to UN human rights chief Volker Turk's remarks on Kashmir and Manipur, saying that the world's largest democracy continues to be a "healthy, vibrant and pluralist society".

India criticized UN human rights chief's comments on Kashmir and Manipur, describing them as unfounded. Ambassador Arindam Bagchi emphasized India's democratic values, urging an accurate understanding of the country.

"At a larger level, we are concerned about global updates, oversimplifications of complex issues, sweeping and generalized remarks, usage of loose terminologies and apparent cherry-picking of situations,

The Kingdom’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, in collaboration with the Ministry of Sport and the Human Rights Commission, and in partnership with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO),

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk will present the United Nations human rights fact-finding report on human rights violations and abuses related to the protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh in Geneva on Wednesday.

The United Nations rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday about a "fundamental shift in direction" by the United States under President Donald Trump, warning that divisive rhetoric is being used to deceive and polarise people.