WASHINGTON, Oct 10 — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should remain a quota-based organisation which represents developing and emerging markets, a group of 24 states (G-24) said on Tuesday, reported Sputnik.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — The recent six-day visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Russia, which raised global concerns about potential arms deals between the two nations, occurred when both countries grappled with increasing international isolation.

NEW YORK, Sept 20 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived in New York to join other world leaders at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

JAKARTA, Sept 7 — The world risks a 'great fracture' of its economic and financial systems, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at a summit with Southeast Asia's Asean bloc, China, the United States, and others in Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — Malaysia ranks 25 out of 123 countries in terms of participation in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions as of March 31, the Dewan Negara was told today.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 9 — The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) fears a current food crisis in the Middle East could further destabilise the region, reported German news agency dpa.

DHAKA, May 5 — A 20-member Rohingya team left for Myanmar on Friday via the transboundary Naf River to visit a settlement in Rakhine State prepared for the forcibly displaced nationals under a pilot project.

PUTRAJAYA, May 3 — A Malaysian mother, her two children, and her Sudanese husband who were trapped in the Al Gaza region due to the conflict in Sudan are now on their way to Port Sudan.

NEW YORK, April 23 — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday (April 22) called on the international community to accelerate climate action with deeper, faster emissions cuts, reported Xinhua.

JAKARTA, April 6 — Asean Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn received the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer, at the Asean Secretariat headquarters earlier today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Malaysia has called for the establishment of a United Nations (UN) agency for water to help realise the Water Action Agenda.

BANGKOK, March 17 — Looking at the current circumstances there is no prospect for a negotiated settlement in Myanmar’s political crisis, the United Nations' (UN) Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer said.

GENEVA, March 4 — A report published by the United Nations on Friday accused Myanmar's military of creating 'a perpetual human rights crisis' in the southeast Asian country and called for an immediate end to violence there.

MANILA, March 3 — Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said during a visit to the Philippines that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) must prove it is 'relevant' in helping to resolve the crisis in Myanmar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Stakeholders in the plantation and commodity sectors are urged to forge better ties and collaboration in terms of research and development (R&D) to increase yield quality and products, in line with international market standards.

GENEVA, Feb 15 — The impact of last week’s deadly earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria was discussed at the UN on Tuesday, reported Anadolu Agency.

ANTAKYA/JANDARIS, Feb 9 — Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on Thursday, while hopes faded of many more people being found alive amid the ruins of cities.

NEW YORK, Jan 31 — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern Monday over the intention of Myanmar's ruling junta to hold elections amid intensifying aerial bombardment and the burning of civilian houses along with ongoing arrests, intimidation and harassment of political leaders, civil society actors and journalists.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 — The UN Security Council will vote on Friday on a proposal by Ireland and the United States to give humanitarian efforts a blanket exemption from UN sanctions, addressing aid groups' concerns about the impact of such measures on their work.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 15 — The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change.