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The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world. The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, with its other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna and The Hague.

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UN rights investigator warns of ‘iron curtain’ in Belarus A UN investigator of human rights violations in Belarus is warning of another ‘iron curtain’ descending on Europe. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:56Published 1 day ago

Watch: PM Modi's programme at UN General Assembly amid Covid India's Permanent Representative to United Nations TS Tirumurti spoke on the upcoming General Assembly session. Tirumurti said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address will be the highlight of.. Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 05:29Published 2 days ago

Belarus may close Poland, Lithuania borders A U.N. investigator warned of the possibility of "another Iron curtain" descending in Europe during an urgent debate on the human rights situation in Belarus in Geneva on Friday. It comes as President.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:24Published 2 days ago

Belarus backers seek to block speeches at UN rights body Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 00:52Published 2 days ago

Human rights abuses persist in Burundi despite new gov't: UN New report says security forces and governing party youth wing commit rape, murder and other abuses with impunity. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:40Published 3 days ago

Venezuela: UN accuses Maduro government of crimes against humanity Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 01:16Published 4 days ago

UN: Maduro's security forces committed 'crimes against humanity' A UN investigation alleges Venezuelan authorities have used arbitrary killings and torture to undermine human rights. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:42Published 4 days ago

Biodiversity in crisis: World fails to meet a single target on protecting nature, UN warns Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 01:45Published 5 days ago

World failing to meet wildlife target - U.N. All the world's governments have fallen short on pledges made a decade ago to protect wildlife - although conservation projects show the destruction of nature can be slowed - according to a U.N. report.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:10Published 5 days ago

World failing to meet wildlife protection target -UN All the world's governments have fallen short on pledges made a decade ago to protect wildlife - although conservation projects show the destruction of nature can be slowed - according to a U.N. report.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:10Published 5 days ago

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Assumes UN Protection After Death Threats Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege is under the protection of the United Nations after being subjected to death threats. CNN reports Mukwege was threatened after he demanded justice for serious.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:34Published 1 week ago

UN's Guterres calls for $35 bln more to fight virus Some $3 billion has been contributed so far, Guterres told an online event on Thursday (September 10), calling it "seed funding" that was less than 10% of what the WHO wants for the programme, formally.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 02:01Published 1 week ago

Belarus unrest: Opposition leader asks UN to condemn crackdown There have been demonstrations across Belarus since the August 9 election. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:24Published 2 weeks ago

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges UN sanctions against Lukashenko regime The former presidential candidate called for UN help "to stop blatant human rights violations and cynical disregard for human dignity right in the middle of Europe".View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 04:04Published 2 weeks ago

Protests back Congo's threatened Nobel winner Thousands of protesters have thronged the streets of Bukavu, eastern Congo, in support of local Nobel peace prize winner Denis Mukwege. He has received death threats for speaking out over serious.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:35Published 2 weeks ago

Baloch, Sindhis and Pashtuns stage protest in Toronto to mark International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances Baloch, Sindhis and Pashtuns staged a protest on August 30 in Canada's Toronto to mark International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The protestors demanded United Nations (UN) and.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:49Published 3 weeks ago

UN renews Lebanon peacekeeping mandate with minor changes US pressure results in a reduction of troops and stronger language but likely few tangible changes on the ground. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:56Published 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan violence: UN says 52,000 displaced from their homes Security remains Afghanistan’s biggest challenge. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:37Published 3 weeks ago

Massive protest held in Dhaka against China's repression of Uighur Muslims A massive protest was held outside Dhaka Press Club on Friday to condemn the Chinese brutality and suppression against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang Autonomous region. Bangladesh Freedom Fighters.. Credit: ANI Duration: 01:43Published 3 weeks ago

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon: Beirut rejects attempt to reform mission Lebanese official fears failure to renew the mandate could lead to a 'wild, wild west'. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 02:48Published 3 weeks ago

‘States whose primary export is terror cry victim’: Jaishankar slams Pakistan External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that terrorism is Cancer that affects everyone like pandemic. During his virtual address at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Jaishankar made an.. Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 01:51Published 3 weeks ago

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Serbia ready to sacrifice EU membership over Kosovo deal Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday he would reject European Union membership if Belgrade does not receive concessions in return for recognising Kosovo and dropping attempts to stop it.. Reuters - Published on June 18, 2020
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France accuses Turkey of hostile acts to stop enforcement of Libya arms embargo France accused Turkey's navy on Wednesday of acting in a "hostile and aggressive" manner towards its NATO allies to prevent them from enforcing a United Nations arms embargo on Libya. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020

Colombia's potential cocaine output up 1.5% in 2019, says U.N. drug agency Potential production of pure cocaine hydrochloride in Colombia was up by 1.5% last year to 1,137 metric tonnes, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Wednesday, even as the areas.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020
Brother of George Floyd urges U.N. probe into U.S. racism, violence The brother of the late George Floyd called on the top U.N. human rights body on Wednesday to investigate police brutality and racial discrimination in the United States. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020
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