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The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria said on Sunday the government and opposition co-chairs of the Syrian Constitutional Committee had agreed to start the process of drafting a...

Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi warned of Israel's growing threats against his country's nuclear programme, reiterating that the threats should be condemned...

On Thursday 7 October, I received a call from the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Middle East office seeking more assistance to alleviate the...

Early this week, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, claimed that the Taliban did not maintain its promises regarding women's and girls' rights, following the liberation of their country from...

There are those who believe that the African Union's decision to grant Israel observer member, in spite of its crimes against Palestinians, is a natural evolution of relations. This...

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is contributing to world peace, justice, and solidarity, the Azerbaijani president said on Monday, as the group marks its 60th anniversary. The Non-Aligned Movement gathered...

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres revealed that Morocco has refused to withdraw from the Guerguerat border crossing. The Moroccan government said Guterres was referring to a letter sent...

Bahrain, Russia and other members of the UN Human Rights Council yesterday pushed through a vote to shut down the body's war crimes investigations in Yemen, in a stinging...

The economic crisis in Lebanon and the accompanying developments at the humanitarian levels in addition to the COVID-19 crisis have had a negative impact on the lives of Palestinian...

Climate change in Afghanistan has not only fuelled conflict, it has also provoked a major refugee crisis. Most of Afghanistan is dry and hot for much of the year,...

The UN today sent 63 truckloads of humanitarian aid to Idlib, northwestern Syria. The trucks crossed into Syria through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province, Anadolu reported. The aid will be distributed to...

Building upon his speech to the UN General Assembly, Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, warned that if Israel rejects the two-state compromise, which it has already given the colonial...

Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of UN investigators who have documented possible war crimes in Yemen, including by the Riyadh-led...

Former UN human rights commissioner Mary Robinson today urged the United Arab Emirates to free a pro-democracy campaigner jailed in 2018 for criticising the government on social media, Reuters reported. Rights...

Israel's military occupation is using killings, arrests and changes to the character of Islamic and Christian religious sites in Jerusalem and Hebron in order to fulfil its expansionist ambitions...

Some five million people in northern and north-eastern Syria are affected by water shortages, the United Nations said yesterday. "We have received reports that five million people are affected...

A Palestinian student born and raised in a refugee camp in Lebanon has been selected as one of the top 50 finalists for the 2021 Chegg Global Student Prize....

Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip protested against attempts to politicise UNRWA and limit its mandate in as a result of US pressure

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said his country is keen to see the end of the Syrian crisis which, over the past ten years, has led to 13.5 million...

The United Nations security personnel yesterday prevented Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, from bringing a poster of Adolf Hitler to a General Assembly session dedicated to discussing...

Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip are dying slowly as 97 per cent of the water in the coastal enclave is undrinkable, Euro-Med Monitor said yesterday. A joint statement issued by...

Every year, Mahmoud Abbas presents us with a speech addressed to the UN, and it is often prefaced by statements from the leaders of the Fatah movement and employees...

Egypt has been selected as a nominee to host the COP27 UN climate conference 2022 set to be held in Glasgow in November. The summit works towards actioning the...

Last week, the European Parliament approved an amendment to block €20 million ($23 million) in aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) if...

Syria is ready to welcome any initiative to restore relations with Arab countries, the Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad announced yesterday. "The work of the United Nations General Assembly has shown...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that he "was shocked" at the expulsion of seven senior UN officials by Ethiopia for "meddling in internal affairs", Anadolu Agency reports. The...

The European Parliament decided on Tuesday to block €20 million in aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) if immediate changes promoting "tolerance with...

Each year, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) provides proof of the fallacy upon which the two-state compromise in Palestine-Israel is based. Palestine's economy is tied perpetually...

Invitations have been issued for a sixth meeting of the committee charged with producing a new constitution for war-torn Syria, United Nations special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said...

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas's long rigmarole at the UN General Assembly provided only a partial historical reckoning. The link between colonialism and the UN, notably within the context...

Iran on Tuesday rejected a US call to grant UN inspectors access to a nuclear site, saying Washington was not qualified to demand inspections without condemning a sabotage attack...

Algeria yesterday demanded "direct negotiations" be held between Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Polisario Front) over the disputed Western...