Photo credit: UN UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, award-winning playwright and actor Danai Gurira has delivered on April 24, 2024 powerful remarks at the UN Security Council during the annual open debate on conflict-related sexual violence. The debate, organized under the Malta Presidency of the Security Council, … Read More
UN Secretary-General-designate Antonio Guterres has said he would focus on bringing peace to conflict zones, and work towards alleviating the suffering of vulnerable people around the world, particularly refugees. “The United Nations has the moral duty and the universal right … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – African leaders who addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York called for the reform of the UN Security Council. Angola, Cape Verde and Lesotho said the reforms were necessary to meet up with … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu is hopeful that Saturday’s African Union (AU) summit, held in Livingstone, southern Zambia, will help in securing Africa a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. President Lungu, who spoke Friday ahead … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – The UN human rights office expressed deep concern over the judicial proceedings underway in Mauritania against members of two civil society groups, including the anti-slavery “Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA)”, who have been held … Read More
