Apr 20 2024
New York City: Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, the newly-appointed Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, succeeding Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh in this role. In their meeting following the […]
After experts confirmed that July was on course to be the world’s hottest month on record, UN Secretary General António Guterres declared that the era of global warming was over and that “the era of global boiling has arrived.” Guterres’ […]
New York: Glaciers are “critical to all life on Earth”, the UN chief reminded the UN 2023 Water Conference warning that unless the rise in sea level due to global warming is reversed, “the consequences will be catastrophic.” Secretary-General António […]
World: As per the United Nations ‘World Population Prospects 2022’ report the global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030. It also suggests that India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. […]
DUBAI: A young man in love with a mermaid, a wealthy merchant who is greedy for more, and a mean stepmother who gets what she deserves, featured among the stories told at Expo 2020 Dubai’s UK Pavilion during ‘Worlds of Words’ on […]
ABU DHABI: Half a century of effective partnerships between the UAE and the United Nations was crowned by the country’s election for membership in the Security Council for the 2022-2023 term and the Human Rights Council for the 2022-2024 term. […]
It was a special day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York as superstar K-pop band BTS addressed the audience about issues like vaccines, young people, and the earth’s well-being. Appearing at a sustainability event, the seven-member musical juggernaut […]
NEW YORK – The remarkable and rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines offers “great hope” that the devastating pandemic can be overcome, the UN chief told the first International Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine Cooperation on Thursday, but everyone must be reached […]
GENEVA – Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries, is just the latest indicator that all nations need to do more to hold back climate change-induced disasters, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said. […]
GENEVA, 19th June 2021 – The World Refugee Day, which observed on June 20, should serve as a stark reminder to politicians of the need to do more to prevent and resolve conflict and crises and of the imperative to […]
SHARJAH, 5th June 2021: Guided by the vision and directives of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Emirate of Sharjah has been taking relentless and extraordinary steps, to cement its […]
