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Canada has announced the deployment of a military aircraft to Japan to support the implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea. Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced the deployment of the…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he’s “deeply concerned by the gains terrorist groups are making in the Sahel, and elsewhere.” Guterres read from prepared remarks delivered at a Security Council meeting on counterterrorism…

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has called for the rival administrations in the country to reach an agreement by mid-June and hold long-delayed elections by the end of the year. Libya remains split between a nominally interim…

Heads of states and officials from different nations met in Doha on Sunday for the opening of the 5th United Nations Conference on the least developed countries. The conference opened with remarks from the president of the conference…

The United Nations has published  a report accusing Myanmar's military of creating "a perpetual human rights crisis". The report, which documents alleged human rights violations between February 1, 2022, and January 31, 2023, found that…

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for Africa " for peace operation" to combat rising violence as the continent's leaders held their annual summit in Addis Ababa. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn and deadly violence…

A total of 633 soldiers and 80 officers from the pioneering Ghana Battalion (GHANBATT) and Ghana Level II Plus Medical Unit (GHANMED) serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) have received the prestigious…

The UN has called for an independent and impartial investigation into clashes in the separatist Somali region of Somaliland, which it said left "at least 20 dead and 119 injured". "I am concerned about reports that clashes are continuing…

The UN agencies -the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Population Fund have said 4.3 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year and the number is projected to reach 4.6 million by 2030. In a…

Malian ruling junta says that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission there, giving him 48 hours to leave the country. The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the…