Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said Aug. 6 said China should handle the controversial trip of United States (US) Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan diplomatically by criticizing the US through the United Nations (UN) mechanisms. Attempts to solve the problem outside the UN is...
HIROSHIMA, Japan -- "Humanity is playing with a loaded gun" as crises with the potential for nuclear disaster proliferate worldwide, UN head Antonio Guterres said in Hiroshima on Saturday, the 77th anniversary of the first atomic bomb attack. Visitors pray for the atomic bomb victims in front of...
The United Nations (UN) Philippines supports the designation of Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte as the national convenor in the upcoming education summit that will be held during the 77th UN General Assembly on Sept. 19 in New York, United States. VP and...
The humanitarian sectors of the United Nations (UN) in the Philippines pledged to aid the national government in providing humanitarian aid and relief to the victims of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Abra and other parts of Northern Luzon on July 27. Photo from Abra Provincial Government FB...
BENI, Dr Congo -- UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was "outraged" after two people were killed and several others injured when UN peacekeepers opened fire during an incident in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the Uganda border on Sunday. UN Photo / Marie Frechon via UN Peacekeeping...
IWC Schaffhausen partners with environmentalist and supermodel Gisele Bündchen ENVIRONMENTALISM MODEL Gisele Bündchen IWC Schaffhausen has released the fourth edition of its sustainability report. Now the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer welcomes environmentalist and supermodel Gisele Bündchen as...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Botswana has become the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as "stellar results". The country has met the so-called "95-95-95" target on HIV...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The UN's highest court ruled on Friday that a landmark case accusing military-ruled Myanmar of genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims can go ahead. This handout taken and released by the Royal Malaysia Police on April 20, 2022 shows Rohingya refugees, who had escaped...
The Philippines raised concerns over the New People’s Army (NPA)’s continued use of improvised explosive devices (IED) functioning as landmines at a United Nations experts’ meeting in Geneva, Switzerland a day after the terrorist group reportedly detonated an IED in Samar, killing one soldier...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban have carried out hundreds of human rights violations in Afghanistan since seizing power last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, including extra judicial killings and torture. Fiona Frazer, Chief Human right United Nations assistance Mission in Afghanistan (R)...
The Department of Science and Technology’s flagship program, “Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program 4.0 (SETUP 4.0)” has been recognized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Photo from DOST According to DOST, UN DESA published SETUP 4.0 as part of...
The Philippines has vowed before the international stage to continue its efforts to meet the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDG) despite some reversal effects experienced amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This came after Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary (DFA) Enrique Manalo attended on July...
