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Haiti at ‘watershed moment’, Prime Minister tells UN, urging full backing for security force
- UN News
Haiti is at a “watershed moment” in its struggle against gang violence and needs sustained international support alongside stronger national security institutions, Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé told the UN General Assembly on Friday.
Pakistan’s Sharif warns any diversion of Indus waters will be ‘treated as an act of war’
- UN News
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told the UN General Assembly on Friday that any attempt by India to stop, impede or divert Pakistan’s share of the Indus River waters “will be treated as an act of war”.
UN voices grave concern as fighting spreads across northern Ethiopia
- UN News
The UN said on Friday it remains gravely concerned by the continued deterioration of the security situation across northern Ethiopia, as fighting spreads across multiple fronts and increasingly disrupts humanitarian operations.
Tuvalu urges decisive global action as rising seas threaten its future
- UN News
Climate change remains the greatest existential threat to Tuvalu, Prime Minister Feleti Teo told the UN General Assembly on Friday, warning that the pace and scale of international action are still falling far short of what vulnerable island nations need.
World News in Brief: West Bank demolitions accelerate, urgent support for Sudan, Haiti diplacement, AI hub to boost gender equality
- UN News
The situation in the occupied West Bank continues to deteriorate, the UN human rights office has said, pointing to the “mass destruction” of Palestinian villages and forcible transfer of residents in Msafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills.
‘No one speaks on behalf of Lebanon’: PM Salam asserts State authority at UN
- UN News
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, has stressed that decisions over war and peace, and control of weapons, must rest solely with the State and its constitutional institutions.
‘Invest with Iraq’: PM sets out vision for new economic future
- UN News
Iraq’s Prime Minister, Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi, said his country aims to exert its influence as an active economic power in the region, and as a bridge for dialogue and cooperation between its peoples.
Nepal PM urges climate justice after ‘Himalayan tsunami’ devastates country
- UN News
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah brought a stark warning from the Himalayas to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, saying catastrophic floods that killed at least 1,400 people in his country laid bare the human cost of climate change, and the failure of the international system to protect those least responsible for it.
Africa needs its own AI solutions, not borrowed ones, says expert
- UN News
Africa should focus its use of technology on solving its own real challenges rather than copying the systems and priorities of other parts of the world.
Sudan’s farmers are ready to return – private investment could get them there
- UN News
The war in Sudan has devastated the economy and agricultural production, but a UN-backed plan aims to mobilise private sector investment to help farmers return to their fields.
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