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Democrats Rev Abortion Advertising Back Up for Next Round of Elections

January 30, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new nonprofit aligned with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is making abortion its first play in Virginia ahead of key elections this year. Democrats’ political committee focused on state legislatures is launching a new […]

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UNRWA Seeks $1.6 Bn to Overcome Chronic Budget Shortfalls

January 25, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, which struggles to overcome chronic budget shortfalls, appealed Tuesday for $1.6 billion for its work in 2023 with $848 million needed for core services and another $781.6 million […]

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UN Demands Taliban to Reverse Bans on Women After US Call

January 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Members of the UN Security Council urged the Taliban on Friday to immediately reverse all oppressive measures against women and girls, reiterating its previous calls for full, safe, and unhindered access for humanitarian actors regardless […]

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Saudi HRC Signs Agreement with UN Body to Combat Human Trafficking

January 3, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the GCC and the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) signed on Monday the second phase of an agreement to implement activities aimed at strengthening the Kingdom’s […]

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Ban on Women Staff Prompts Foreign NGOs to Stop Work in Afghanistan

December 26, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the Taliban administration ordered during the weekend all local and international NGOs to stop their female employees from coming to work, at least five top non-governmental organizations suspended their work in Afghanistan. While Islamic […]

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UN Expert Urges Libya to End Violence Against Women and Girls

December 24, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Deeply disturbed at the widespread, systematic, and grave levels of violence faced by Libyan women and children, including girls, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women has called on Libyan authorities to take urgent […]

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Iran Likely To Be Ousted from UN Women’s Body

December 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

World powers will vote on whether to oust Iran from the United Nations body tasks with empowering women.  The vote is a big moment in global solidarity against Iran’s bloody crackdown on a women-led protest […]

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Saudi KSRelief Joins UN in Humanitarian Overview

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Saudi Arabian initiative KSRelief has joined the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs this week in order to take part in an event on global humanitarian action taking place in 2023.  […]

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Terrorist Tunnel Discovered Under Gaza School by UNRWA

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to an announcement the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) issued on Tuesday, the agency workers have recently discovered a tunnel under a United Nations school […]

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Immediate De-escalation in Northern Syria Urged by UN Envoy

November 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As Turkey’s military prepares for a possible ground invasion of northern Syria, where the current escalation after three years of relative calm promises to further destabilize the situation within and beyond the country, Ankara, the […]

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UNRWA Opens Health Center in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Jordan

November 21, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) opened on Sunday a health center that will serve around 300,000 refugees in the Zarqa camp in Jordan. Being the […]

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IAEA’s Grossi Urges Stopping the Madness After ZNPP Shelling

November 21, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi urged stopping the madness on Sunday after shelling on Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (ZNPP) warning Kyiv and Moscow, which traded blame for the […]

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UN Secretary-General Says Black Sea Grain Deal Extended

November 17, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The deal between Russia and Ukraine to allow food shipments through the Black Sea has been extended. The agreement is aimed at easing global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine’s agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea […]

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Global Pandemic Fund to Get $50m Boost from Saudi Arabia

November 17, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a bid to boost global efforts to prevent future pandemics, Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday its pledge of support amounting to $50 million for the Pandemic Fund or the Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF), the […]

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World Food Output Could Drop by 30% If Climate Crisis Continues

November 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

If climate change continues at its current rate, global food production could plummet by at least 30 percent by 2050. A top U.N. official made the stark warning as world leaders met for the second week […]

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UNGA to Take Israeli ‘Occupation’ of Palestine to ICJ

November 12, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Acting at the request of the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted 98-17 to approve a resolution to request the Hague international court to urgently weigh in on the Israel-Palestine conflict and […]

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UNICEF Warns Young People Rethink Parenthood Due to Climate Change

November 10, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Climate change has made young people across the world reconsider their future parenthood plans, a global poll by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed, underlining their uncertainty about the planet’s future. UNICEF’s U-Report – […]

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Due to an increase in coronavirus instances caused by the highly transmissible omicron strain, a United Nations nuclear treaty conference has been postponed until August of next year
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UNSC Votes Against Russia’s Call for Probe into US Biolabs

November 3, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected Russia’s call for an international investigation into claims that Washington used laboratories in Ukraine to develop biological weapons. The US, Britain, and France voted against Russia’s […]

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World Food Programme Grateful for Saudi, UAE Donations 

October 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The World Food Programme’s regional representative for Gulf countries thanked the region’s nations for their contributions. Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE, were praised by the WFP representative to the GCC region, Mageed Yahia.  […]

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UNGA’s First Committee: Israel Must Get Rid of Its Nuclear Weapons

October 31, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) First Committee stated in an initial 152-5 vote on Friday that Israel must dispose of all its nuclear weapons and place its nuclear sites under the International Atomic Energy […]

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IAEA’s Grossi Thanks US for Supporting Their Efforts in Ukraine

October 25, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi informed in a post on Twitter on Monday that he had expressed his gratitude to the United States for supporting the agency’s efforts in […]

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Saudi Arabia Supports Palestinian Refugees, Donates $27Mill to UNRWA

October 23, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As part of a larger pledge by Saudi Arabia to help Palestine, the Kingdom on Sunday donated $27 million to UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, to […]

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Anti-Abortion Groups Want Republicans to Stop Avoiding the Issue

October 18, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Anti-abortion groups are calling for the Republican Party to stop avoiding the issue of abortion and make it clear where they stand. For months, Democrats have pummeled their Republican opponents on abortions.  As the November midterm […]

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UNGA to Vote on Resolution Condemning Russian Annexations in Ukraine

October 10, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As Western powers push harder in their efforts to underscore Moscow’s international isolation, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will open debate on Monday on a draft resolution condemning Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions. After […]

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Conservative Christian Legal Group Comes For California Transgender Law

October 5, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The conservative Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom has set its focus on a new issue, now coming for the new California law that offers legal refuge to transgender youths.  Alliance Defending Freedom works […]

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IAEA Demands Moscow to Release Ukraine Nuclear Plant Head Murashov

October 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called on Saturday for the release of the director-general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ihor Murashov, who was detained by a Russian patrol on Friday. Stressing that Murashov’s […]

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Alabama Activists Press Voting Rights in U.S. Supreme Court Showdown

September 26, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The new congressional map in Alabama devised by the Republican-controlled state legislature realistically only lets Black voters elect their preferred candidate in just one district. Evan Milligan, a voting rights activist and organizer, has sued […]

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Venezuela Accused of Crimes Against Humanity in UN Report

September 22, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Venezuela’s police, government security forces, and intelligence services were behind grave abuses against dissidents and other serious violations on the order of President Nicolas Maduro, a UN team claimed in a new report released Tuesday. […]

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We Are Going in the Wrong Direction on Climate, the WMO Warns 

September 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a bleak warning that the world is going in the wrong direction on climate change. “The climate science is clear. We are heading in the wrong direction,” WMO said in […]

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Over 50 Million Stuck in Modern Slavery, Forced Marriages, UN Says

September 12, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Nearly one out of every 150 people in the world is caught up in modern forms of slavery or forced marriage, a UN report said, noting that compared to the last count, the number of […]

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    February 4, 2023
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