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Minister says HR conventions translated into Urdu for better understanding

Heavy Syrian bombardment in Eastern Ghouta targets civilians, says United Nations

Canada highlights discrimination against African asylum seekers in Israel

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says there is no regulatory scheme for that type of warfare

Adama Ndao says fourteen of the allegations involve complainants seeking "care for children born out of relationships"

Figures alone cannot capture the appalling human suffering inflicted on ordinary people, says UN envoy

The agency says women remain poorer, sicker and more vulnerable to violence than men

Half of Iraq’s schools need repairs and over 3 million children have had their education interrupted

Ambassador to UN says Indian occupation of the valley threatens regional peace

If the UN cannot protect itself, how will it be able to protect others, Ambassador Lodhi asks UN officials

Says negative trends could bury the two-state solution of a Palestinian state existing alongside Israel

It also found that Islamic State group (IS) militants had used mustard gas in 2015

Ambassador Lodhi criticises India, Brazil, Germany and Japan for opposing democratic changes to 15-member UNSC

North Korea is helping develop Syria's chemical weapons programs and providing Myanmar with ballistic missiles

Israel fears that companies listed on any UN 'blacklist' could be targeted for boycotts or divestment

US ambassador trashes UN report

Situation particularly dire for girls and young women, with 33% in emergency countries failing to learn even basics

Country's main opposition group and Kurdish minority have said they would boycott event

UN ambassadors will visit a military hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling near Washington

United Nations has not decided whether to attend the conference

UN panel of experts concluded in recent report Iran had violated arms embargo on Yemen by supplying missiles to rebels

At least five people killed, 24 wounded as gunmen stormed in the Save the Children aid agency, Wednesday

António Guterres stands ready to mediate peace talks between Pakistan and India

Pope Francis, 81, arrives in Peru, the second and last leg of a week-long South American visit

Maleeha Lodhi says the arrest of Kulbhushan Jadhav proves that India is the harbinger of terrorism in the region

The US gave around $700 million in support to the Palestinians last year, of which about half went to UNRWA

State Department spokesperson denied withholding of aid was to punish Palestinians for their political stance

UN member-states in December adopted a resolution condemning the violence in Rakhine state

Violence amounted to an average of five children every day since March 2015

Guidance focuses on equipping children with skills to deal with harassment, molestation and rape

Report does not identify the supplier but makes clear missile debris inspected by experts were of Iranian origin

Ambassadors say Haley is a politician, not a diplomat, and is playing to a domestic audience at UN

It is the highest annual average since 2014

This comes as Russia is asking the UN to take part in a peace congress it is hosting along with Iran

He has not been 'pulling all the levers of power at his disposal'

Russia maintains that the issue should not be taken up as it does not threaten international peace and security.

More than a million people have fled their homes and 2.4 million people are in need of humanitarian aid

Maleeha says we can review our cooperation if it is not appreciated

Any visitor to Islamabad will have seen collection boxes of banned groups in a range of markets

Officials did not disclose which branch of the military the troops were from, and no information was available yet

Jamaatud Dawa and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation to be seized; govt says move wasn’t taken under US pressure

Prize ceremony attended by over 200 high ranking officials, dignitaries, ambassadors and international agencies

More than 650,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled the country since a military operation was launched in Rakhine state

United States is by far the largest contributor to the UN, providing for 22 per cent of its $5.4b budget

It is notable that 28 EU countries voted for the resolution

UN Rep Lodhi says support for the people of Palestine is basic tenet of country's foreign policy

Pakistan says selective implementation of UN resolutions weakens credibility of organisation

The UN General Assembly will meet on Thursday to vote on a draft resolution which the US vetoed

Minister outlines government’s focus on innovation and research

Maleeha Lodhi says US move further destabilises an already volatile and violent situation in the region