Tag: UN
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UN Summit: 48,063 persons from 121 countries petition FG over disability rights
The Federal Government has received a petition with 48,063 signatures from 121 countries calling for action to protect disability rights.
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Sudan: UN head of mission to Sudan resigns
Volker Perthes, UN head of mission to Sudan, has resigned three months after being declared “persona non grata” by the government with the country edging closer to full-scale civil war.
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Small Island Nations seek help on Climate change from UN maritime Court
Leaders of nine small island states appeared at the United Nations Maritime Court in Hamburg on Monday to seek protection of the world’s oceans from catastrophic climate change, as rising sea levels threaten their very existence.
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Why Earth experienced hottest three-month period on record- UN agency
The past three months have been the hottest ever recorded on Earth, according to the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organisation.
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Tinubu solicits UN support in fight against terrorism
President Bola Tinubu has solicited the support of the United Nations in Nigeria’s fight against terrorism in the light of its rippling effect on global peace, displacements of people and rising poverty.
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Sudan unrest: Situation ‘spiralling out of control’ after four months of war- UN
Millions of people are running out of food in Sudan and some are dying due to lack of health care after four months of war that have devastated the capital Khartoum and sparked ethnically-driven attacks in Darfur, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
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Number of displaced people in Sudan rises to more than 4 million – UN
More than four million people have been displaced since fighting began in Sudan nearly four months ago, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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Niger’s junta rejects diplomatic UN visit over ‘atmosphere of menace’
The Niger military junta has stopped diplomatic attempt to reinstall the ousted president, rejecting a proposed visit by representatives of the West African regional bloc, the African Union and United Nations on Tuesday, according to a letter seen by The Associated Press.
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Humanitarian aid delivery still on in Niger – UN
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niger says aid continues to be delivered to people in need amid the uneasy situation in the country.
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Russian attacks continue to affect world’s most vulnerable – UN
The UN says attacks against Ukrainian port infrastructure are not isolated and with Russia’s termination of the Black Sea Initiative, are impacting on global food prices and affecting the most vulnerable people.