The report released on Tuesday said that in contrast to large swathes of the developing countries, “investment in South Asia, particularly in India, remains strong”.
The unanimity at the UN underscores the fears over AI’s potential to disrupt politics and society through deep fakes and spreading misinformation, and its more sinister capabilities in warfare, development of weapons and disrupting economies.
The Pakistani representative also introduced a strange element into the discussion, attacking the Council’s designation of international terrorists, claiming that the Council’s actions against terrorists are “arbitrary”.
China has repeatedly blocked the listing of Pakistan-linked terrorists as international terrorists subject to UN sanctions.
With factors contributing to transnational corruption becoming increasingly complex, the UN launched an initiative on Thursday to “empower all countries” to find practical solutions and better tools to track, investigate and prosecute the scourge
Climate change is making pests that ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found
The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, remains "closely aligned" with al-Qaeda, a transnational terrorist organization, says a report by the United Nations sanction monitoring team, alleging that the bond between the two has grown deeper
United Nations General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir is “saddened” by India's reaction to his statements on Kashmir, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Amy Quantrill, and found it "regrettable" that they were taken out of context
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday named the COVID-19 variant first found in India as the "Delta variant"
Speaking in a key international partnerships summit, António Guterres said that if governments embrace together the goals of phasing out coal, enhancing climate commitments, and investing in the Global Goals, there is an opportunity to rise to 'the biggest challenge of our lives'
Nepal is likely to raise the issues of loss and damage associated with the effects of climate change and adversities faced by mountainous countries in the United Nations Climate Change Conference scheduled to be held in Glasgow from November 1
Lauding the role played by Bangladeshis peacekeepers abroad, AK Abdul Momin, foreign minister of Bangladesh, said they were branding the country abroad as a “peace-loving country”
Two senior officials of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have reached Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday for a four-day visit to take stock of Rohingya refugee camps which host over 1.1 million refugees from Myanmar
The world is far from achieving equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a tragedy that must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday during an online conversation on fair access to these lifesaving treatments
A peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue has to be found following the UN Charter and UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions as agreed in the Simla Agreement between Pakistan and India, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir has said.
Bangladesh needs bold, innovative, improved and coordinated "support measures" from development partners, UN system, and other international and regional organizations to ensure its sustainability of graduating as a developing country, says the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima
Odds are increasing that the annual average global temperature will rise beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in at least one of the next five years, the UN weather agency warns in a new report issued on Thursday
The United Nations (UN) honored eight fallen peacekeepers from Bangladesh to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday
UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkır has applauded the Bangladesh government’s project to temporarily shelter around 100,000 Rohingya refugees in Bhasan Char (Bhasan Island), located in Hatiya sub-district, about 60 km from the mainland on the Bay of Bengal
