UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Global economic prospects have improved thanks to strong performances in the United States and large emerging economies, although vulnerabilities remain, says a UN report released on Thursday. The world economy is now projected to grow 2.7 percent in 2024 and 2...
Sept. 22, 2024. The Summit of the Future opened at the UN headquarters in New York on Sunday, with the adoption of the Pact for the Future. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
GAZA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Fueling "hell on earth" by resuming the war in the Gaza Strip will only bring more despair and suffering, a UN agency said Tuesday. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, on...
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Lauding the collaboration between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) as the best ever, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned major challenges lie ahead. Guterres told a Security Council meeting on cooperation between the UN and ...
KIGALI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Domestic resource mobilization will be critical in the coming years for Rwanda and other countries to ensure sufficient and sustainable funding to sustain the gains toward ending AIDS by 2030, a UN official has said. ...
BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping extended congratulations to a UN meeting held on Wednesday to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In his message, Xi said that the bitter lessons of the cycle of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict fu...
GENEVA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- United Nations (UN) agencies have expressed concern over the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. "We are extremely alarmed by the sharp escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah and call on all parties to immediately cease the violence and ...
TEHRAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exchanged views on Iran's massive retaliatory military operation against Israel on Monday. In a phone call on Monday night, the two sides also discussed the situation...
BEIRUT, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday announced that the World Food Program (WFP) will allocate 5.4 billion U.S. dollars to provide Lebanon with food support from 2023 to 2025. The food aid will be equally distributed among vulnerable Lebanese families an...