‘Maintain calm’ and ‘exercise patience’ UN envoy urges Nigeria
As Nigerians get ready to head to the polls on Saturday, the Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), described the pre-election period as “largely, peaceful and participatory”, and called for that spirit to prevail th..
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United Nations Moves to Help Combat Sexual Abuse in Its Ranks
NEW YORK – The United Nations on Tuesday took steps to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse within its ranks, naming an array of experts to a panel aimed at ending incidents of harassment that have plagued the global agency for years. Th..
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UN GA President Appoints Ambassador Martha Pobee to Review Financing for Development
The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Her Excellency Maria Fernanda Espinoza Garces has appointed Her Excellency Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Ghana’s Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the United Nations and her Canadi..
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Parliamentarians called to re-establish public trust – UN chief
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres advised parliament elected officials from around the world at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Annual Hearing on Emerging Challenges to Multilateralism in New York to re-establish trust..
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Keep Africa’s guns ‘from firing in the first place’, UN political chief urges
Arms control, the illegal exploitation of natural resources, and the United Nations’ role in “silencing the guns in Africa” were the focus of a Security Council’s debate on Wednesday, aimed at conflict prevention across the continent. ..
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