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UN negotiations in Geneva (INC-5.2) aimed at forging a legally binding global plastics treaty are stalled just days in, due to split positions over production caps, chemical regulation, and enforcement…

Pakistan has taken centre stage in international diplomacy by successfully sponsoring UNSC Resolution 2788 (2025) during its July presidency. The resolution, unanimously adopted, calls for stronger global mechanisms for peaceful…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued a strong call for accountability today following reports of at least 13 summary executions and hundreds killed since July 12 in…

Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the World Court for allegedly violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces,…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday that Israeli forces will remain in a Syrian buffer zone adjacent to the Golan Heights until a force on the Syrian side…

The U.N. secretary-general called for calm and avoiding violence, in the aftermath of the sudden and stunning fall of Syria’s Assad regime to rebel forces. “After 14 years of brutal…

The United Nations mission to Afghanistan said on Tuesday the ruling Taliban had arbitrarily detained journalists 256 times since their takeover three years ago and urged authorities there to protect…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the United Nations that Russia can only be forced into a peace settlement, as he vowed not to negotiate on Moscow’s terms to end…

Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes in Lebanon as Israeli strikes pummelled the country, the UN said Tuesday, calling events “extremely alarming”. “We are gravely concerned about…

Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s electricity generation, transmission, and distribution facilities probably violate international humanitarian law, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). The report…