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RIYADH: Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the Royal Court and supervisor general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, met Maimunah Mohd Sharif, executive director of the UN Human Settlements Programme, on the sidelines of the Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum. Prospects for cooperation between KSrelief and UN-Habitat were discussed during the meeting,

The 211-page report, “This Is Why We Became Activists: Violence Against Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women and Non-binary People,” is a groundbreaking investigation into violence and discrimination in 26 countries. Human Rights Watch looked beyond the criminalization of same-sex conduct to analyze how sexist, patriarchal legal regimes such as male guardianship, unequal inheritance laws, and discrimination against single women violate LBQ+ people’s rights and leave them at a significant dis...

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has called for enhancing viewpoint coordination among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the United Nations.

New city grantees announced today include Casablanca (Morocco), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), eThekwini (South Africa), Hargeisa (Somaliland), Nairobi (Kenya), and Nyamagabe (Rwanda)

New city grantees announced today include Casablanca (Morocco), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), eThekwini (South Africa), Hargeisa (Somaliland), Nairobi

The eco-friendly project geared to cut traffic snarls, pollution, promote cycling culture

Ismail Sabri met with UN sec-gen Antonio Guterres yesterday.

NEW YORK: The United Nations has been offered the opportunity to set up a UN-Habitat regional office in Kuala Lumpur so it can be “close” to the rapid process of urbanisation happening in South-East Asia.

NEW YORK, Sept 24 — Malaysia has proposed to the United Nations (UN) to open a regional office of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in this country in order to...

UNEP and its partners have released a new report highlighting the realities of the 1 billion people in Africa who walk and cycle daily.