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In a first, Pakistan elected to UN Environment Assembly
PM's aide Malik Aslam says election to UNEA bureau is ‘great achievement and honour for Pakistan’
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China says UN human rights chief can visit Xinjiang
Chinese FM says so-called systematic forced labour or education camps are all lies and fabrication
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Contradictory UN report
The report notes how Al-Qaeda congratulated the Taliban, implying a connection between the groups
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UN seeks to define its role in Taliban-run Afghanistan
Negotiations are expected to be very tricky and very difficult, says one UN ambassador
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UN report says Taliban have killed scores of former Afghan officials, others
Guterres seeks restructuring of the UN mission to deal with the Afghan situation
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Pakistan's UN envoy lambasts India’s actions
Ambassador Khalil Hashmi says Modi-led regime embarking on militarization
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Pakistan urges UN to take cognizance of India's war crimes in IIOJK
The world must hold accountable Indian officials for breaches of international humanitarian law: Munir Akram
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Taliban release first budget since Afghan takeover
$508m budget will cover the first quarter of 2022, entirely dedicated to funding govt institutions
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Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens
Scheme, which has largely paid labourers on public works programmes, will be expanded around country, says official
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UN seeks record $5b in aid for Afghanistan to avert ‘humanitarian catastrophe'
Help us stave off widespread hunger, disease and ultimately death, says aid chief
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2021 was a successful year for Pakistan at UN: envoy
Munir Akram says Islamabad continued to make legal, political and moral case for Kashmiris freedom struggle
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Man with gun outside UN in New York surrenders to police
Police said the individual 'is now in custody and poses no threat'
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US issues biological weapons’ danger warning at UN meeting
American arms control chief says Biological Weapons Convention ignored for 2 decades while threats are severe, growing
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At UN, Pakistan urges international community to unfreeze Afghan assets
Ambassador Munir Akram says spoilers in the war-torn country ‘must be isolated and exposed’
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Taliban asks UN for a seat at the table
Spokesperson says Taliban govt seeks positive ties with all countries, including US
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50% of world population to be exposed to flood, storm, tsunami by 2050: UN
UN marks World Tsunami Awareness Day calling on countries, international bodies, civil society to raise awareness
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'Engine of occupation': UN experts slam Israeli settlement plans
Raison d’etre of Israeli settlements tramples upon fundamentals of humanitarian, human rights law, say officials
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9 out of 10 killings of journalists go unpunished: UN experts
UN special rapporteurs say states must investigate violence against journalists, prosecute perpetrators
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UN seat is Afghanistan's 'right' as per rules: Taliban
Permanent representative should be a person accredited by government actually in power, says Taliban govt spokesperson
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At United Nations, Afghan women appeal: don't let Taliban in
UN member states are expected to make a decision by the end of the year
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Damascus bomb kills 14, then army shells fall on rebel area killing 12
Bus carrying troops was blown up near a bridge in the centre of Damascus
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UN warns of consequences if Afghanistan aid delayed
UN refugees chief urges donor nations to honour their financial pledges swiftly
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UN declares access to a clean environment a human right
Lawyers say legislation could help them build arguments in cases involving environment, human rights
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Pakistan warns of threat posed by India’s massive militarisation
Islamabad will defeat any potential Indian aggression, vows envoy to UN
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UN agency warns of 'imminent' famine in Afghanistan
War-torn country at risk of 'imminent hunger' with winter approaching, says UN official
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UN says world likely to miss climate targets despite Covid pause in emissions
Concentrations of major greenhouse gases continued to increase in 2020, first half of 2021
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Pakistan participates in first China-hosted multinational peacekeeping drill
Troops from Thailand and Mongolia also join China's armed forces for 10-day exercise dubbed ‘Shared Destiny 2021’
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PM assures UN of continued cooperation in Afghanistan
Imran, Guterres discuss latest situation in war-torn country
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China submits draft biodiversity declaration to United Nations
China wants the international community to sign the declaration during the virtual Kunming talks on Oct. 11
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Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake, fanning security fears
Tens of thousands of homes are in ruins, leaving many families with no option but to sleep outside
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Pakistan welcomes UN's 'unchanged' stance on Kashmir
Pakistan says India violated UN resolutions, Geneva Convention by changing Kashmir's status.
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Qureshi asks UN to take note of India's illegal steps in Kashmir
FM says India's attempt to change demography of occupied region violation of UN resolutions
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'Indiscriminate' Afghan fighting hurting civilians the most, says UN
10 civilians killed, 85 wounded in Lashkar Gah in past three days
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COAS appreciates UN mission's efforts in service of Pakistan
Army chief meets head of Pakistan UN mission head, discusses matters of mutual interest, Afghan reconciliation
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US tells UN that weekend airstrikes aimed to deter Iran
US envoy says airstrikes hit militia facilities blamed for an escalating series of attacks against US personnel
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United Nations calls for halt of weapons to Myanmar
Urges the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Suu Kyi
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Need for a new development agenda
Need for a new development agenda
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Save it from UNraveling
The pandemic has brought new scrutiny to the World Health Organization
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Suu Kyi’s trial set to start in Myanmar, junta rejects UN rights chief’s statement
The first trial is expected to run until the end of July, lawyer of the country's ousted leader say
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Blinken says U.S. and India united in tackling Covid-19
Antony Blinken said on Friday Washington is determined to help India with its coronavirus crisis
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FM Qureshi concludes Ankara visit, departs for New York
Will attend UNGA emergency session, highlight Israeli atrocities in besieged Gaza
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'Israeli terror may trigger global or regional war'
Turkish leader says Israeli terror, brutality, attacks on human rights impossible to digest.
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Crushing dissent
Crushing dissent
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Some 200 rights groups push for UN arms embargo on Myanmar
Diplomats say such a move by the UNSC is unlikely as China and Russia may use veto
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Myanmar protesters march three months after coup; UN warns of ‘standstill’
Despite a relentless crackdown killing at least 759 protesters, crowds come out day after day to reject the junta
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Men forced to rape family members in Ethiopia's Tigray, UN says
The violence in Tigray has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes
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Pakistan lauds China on eradicating poverty decade ahead of UN deadline
Ambassador Akram says never before have 770 million people been taken out of extreme poverty in a span of 35 years
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Pakistan exposes India’s atrocities in IIOJK in verbal clash with India
Pakistani envoy had urged UN rights chief to conduct impartial investigation into human rights violations in Kashmir
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APPAC urges to resolve Kashmir dispute through UN resolutions
US-based Pakistani activists call on Biden administration to form bipartisan committee
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Yemen's children starve as UN seeks billions to avoid vast 'man-made' famine
In the modern world famine is about people having no income and other people blocking efforts to help them