Arab states have offered the Palestinian Authority a $100 million monthly "financial safety net" to aid Palestinian government tackle an economic crisis after the United Nations granted de...
UN telecom body (International Telecommunication Union, ITU) head Hamadoun Toure held that internet freedom will not be regulated or curbed. He clarified this in the recently held World...
World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from December 3-14, 2012. UN telecommunications body has clarified that the freedom of the Internet will not...
The Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs Committee (also referred as Third Committee of the UN General assembly) of United Nations overseeing human rights issues, passed a resolution on North...
At the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with social and humanitarian issues, India voted against the UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death...
UN has declared November 10 as ‘Malala Day’ in honor of Ms Malala Yousafzai. Who is Malala Yousafzai? https://www.gktoday.in/current-affairs/2012/10/persons-in-news-malala-yousafzai-2318/
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Nepal along with 17 other countries were elected board members of ECOSOC by the UN General Assembly for a three-year term...
As per a UN expert on right to food, ‘Ocean-grabbing’ is as serious a threat as ‘land-grabbing’. What is “Ocean-grabbing”? An aggressive industrial fishing by foreign fleets. How...
The UN General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council. The New Members are: 1. South Korea 2. Luxembourg 3. Argentina 4. Australia 5. Rwanda...
