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...
NEW YORK, United States -- Increased misinformation and the disruption of global supply chains due to Covid are behind the biggest sustained drop in childhood vaccinations in three decades, a UN report said Thursday. The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against...
The Philippine government, which is recently hounded by concerns on killings and abuses, has reaffirmed its commitment before the United Nations (UN) to implement mechanisms strengthening human rights​ in the country. During a diplomatic briefing in Geneva on Monday, two envoys vowed to...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The world's population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15, the UN forecast Monday in a report that said India will surpass China as the most populous country on earth in 2023. That overall population milestone "is a reminder of our shared...
It is up to the Philippines under the Marcos administration to participate in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. DFA Asec. for Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy Ed Meñez made the remark in response to a...
K-pop girl group Aespa’s Giselle, Karina, Winter and Ningning attended the opening of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York City on July 5. The forum, which has the theme “Building back better from the...
K-pop girl group Aespa will be attending the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. The forum will be held at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York City. Aespa will be gracing the opening of the forum on July 5, which has the theme “Building back better...
