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UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable

The U.N. says it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women’s rights

The Independent UK

U.N. chief condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for U.N

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a ban by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Afghan women working for the United Nations, calling it "an intolerable violation of the most basic human rights" that should be immediately revoked.

Reuters

Factbox-Diplomatic competition between Taiwan and China

Taiwan and China have engaged for years in competition for diplomatic recognition, but the pendulum has long swung decisively in Beijing's favour.

Reuters

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Iraqis in Asylum Limbo in Jordan Fashion Their Future

In a Jordanian church, Sarah Nael sews a shirt for a project that has provided scores of women who fled violence in neighbouring Iraq with skills to earn a living. Many of the women escaped the extreme violence carried out by the ISIS's self-declared "caliphate" that cut across swathes of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former defence leaders demand release of climate report

Former defence force leaders fear climate security poses a greater risk to Australia than regional threats and are demanding the government declassify a report.

AAP

UN tells Afghan staff not to work for 48 hours - UN sources

The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks additional information from the Taliban authorities about a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, U.N. sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters

UN Afghan staff told to stay home as Taliban signals UN female ban

The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signaled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body.

Reuters

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Up to 1 million people 'disappeared' in Iraq in last half century - UN

Up to 1 million people have been "disappeared" in Iraq during a tumultuous last half century spanning the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein, U.S.-led military occupation and the rise of Islamic State militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Rights Report Accuses Houthis of Committing War Crimes through Child Recruitment

The Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations, or Rasd Coalition, accused the Iran-backed Houthi militias of committing war crimes for their forced recruitment of children under 15. In a report, “Children Not Soldiers”, it also accused them of committing serious crimes against children and violating the rules of warfare…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cultural heritage and historic preservation: creating a digital twin of Shahjahanabad

Cultural heritage is an intrinsic part of the urban landscape of historical cities. Its tremendous socioeconomic and anthropological value is witnessed by the United Nations’ having included it as part of Sustainable Development Goal 11, which aims to “strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage’.

The Conversation

Lula and the world: what to expect from new Brazilian foreign policy

Guilherme Casarões, professor of political science at the São Paulo School of Business Administration explains how Jair Bolsonaro's successor must restore Brazil’s activism at the United Nations and balance Brazilian relations between Beijing and Washington if his third term is to be a success.

The Week

Maharashtra farmers' 'Mission 500' movement gets UN recognition

MUMBAI: "Mission 500 Crore Litre Water Storage”, a farmers' movement that works on a basic principle -- "of the people, by the people, for the people" -- in Maharashtra received an honour of being part of the United Nations Water Conference 2023 at New York. Movement that has simple creative…

The Times of India

Home Secretary insists Rwanda a 'safe' country for refugees despite video evidence

Braverman was confronted with footage from an incident in 2018 which showed the aftermath of a refugee protest in Rwanda

The National (Scotland)

Brit student's ingenious invention helping bombed-out Ukrainians stay warm

Engineer Harry Blakiston Houston created the Insulate Ukraine project to replace bullet and bomb-damaged windows with plastic ones of his own design, pausing his studies to concentrate on the initiative

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Russia becomes president of UN Security Council despite Ukraine invasion

Russia remains a permanent member of the UN Security Council despite its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

The Guardian - AU

Outrage as Moscow takes presidency of UN security council – as it happened

Top Ukrainian official criticises the ‘symbolic blow’ of Russia assuming the rotating presidency

The Independent UK

Russia clashes with US over tactical nukes for Belarus

Russia and the U.S. have clashed in the United Nations over Moscow’s plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Reuters

Ukrainian war zone children are in temporary Russian care, not adopted or abducted - envoy

Moscow's envoy to the United Nations in New York has denied that Russia has deliberately taken children out of Ukraine or allowed them to be adopted in Russia, rejecting charges brought against President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court.

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Haiti: The wounds of a broken country

The security situation in Haiti has spiralled out of control since the shock assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, with the country increasingly beset by violence. Today, unrest has reached such levels that the United Nations is being urged to intervene and there has been a total breakdown…

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s female agriculture workers suffering since 2022 floods

Seven months after catastrophic deluge destroyed homes and crops, millions of women continue to live in debt and penury.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: Prisoner Swap Will Be Held on April 11

Yemeni deputy minister for human rights Majed Fadail revealed that a planned prisoner swap between the legitimate government and Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militias will take place in April. The official, who is also a member of the government negotiations delegation that took part in the talks with the Houthis over…

ABC News

Pauline Hanson says Labor broke an 'election promise' on migration. Did it even exist?

Pauline Hanson says Labor broke an election promise by increasing migration. But Labor never made any promises about migration levels.

The Independent UK

Top UN court rejects Iranian bid to free assets frozen by US

The United Nations’ top court has rejected Tehran’s legal bid to free up some $2 billion in Iranian central bank assets frozen by U.S. authorities to be paid in compensation to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Defends Its Libya Migrant Work as UN Points the Finger

The European Union defended on Tuesday its work with migrants in Libya after UN-backed investigators accused the 27-nation bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes in the largely lawless north African country. Libya is a major departure point for people from northern Africa and elsewhere desperate enough to…

ABC News

UN backs landmark Pacific-led resolution clearing way for International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate obligations

A landmark resolution by Vanuatu law students and its government to get climate change to the world's highest court has been adopted by the United Nations, in a bid to clarify if states are responsible for preventing climate harm.

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