GENEVA, March 24 — Two United Nations agencies said today that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

GENEVA, March 18 — The United Nations migration agency said today that unprecedented cuts in donor funding this year will force it to scale back or shut down projects around the world, resulting in a severe impact on migrants.

JAKARTA, March 11 — The United Nations’ migration agency has reinstated humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, its chief of mission in Jakarta told Reuters today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Based on the latest analysis using 2022 data, the target achievement rate for the country’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030 is projected at 43 per cent compared to the global average of 17 per cent, said Deputy Economy Minister Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 — Implementation of a ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Israel — due to start tomorrow — will be disastrous, the agency chief told the UN Security Council yesterday, as the United States accused it of being “irresponsible and dangerous”.

HAMILTON (Canada), Jan 28 — The United Nations (UN) chief on Monday expressed concern over United States (US) President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of a pause in foreign assistance, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

ZURICH, Dec 31 — A United Nations Human Rights Office report today condemned Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, saying they had devastated the Palestinian enclave’s health system and raised serious concerns about Israel’s compliance with international law.

OSLO, Dec 20 — Sweden will no longer fund the United Nations’ refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) but instead provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country’s aid minister, Benjamin Dousa, told Swedish broadcaster TV4 today.

HAMILTON, Dec 12  — The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution yesterday calling for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in Gaza as well as the release of all hostages held in the conflict, Anadolu Agency reported.

GENEVA, Dec 4 — The United Nations today sought US$47 billion (RM209.2 billion) in aid for 2025 to help around 190 million people fleeing conflict and battling starvation, at a time when this year’s appeal is not even half-funded and officials fear cuts from Western states including the top donor, the United States.

GENEVA, Nov 27 — More than 700 trucks are on their way to famine-stricken areas of Sudan as part of a major scale-up after clearance came through from the Sudan government, a World Food Programme spokesman said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Malaysia has been making optimal use of the global stage and international platforms to urge the world to recognise the state of Palestine and expel Israel from the United Nations, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

BAKU, Nov 12 — Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev used a keynote speech at the COP29 climate summit to lash out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry, saying it had been the victim of a “well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail”.

NEW YORK, Nov 12 — The United States will decide this week whether Israel has made progress toward improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and how Washington will respond, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday as Israel began to make its case.

RIYADH, Nov 12 — An Arab-Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia on Monday called on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to issue a binding resolution enforcing an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and facilitating urgent access to humanitarian aid, Anadolu Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called on the world community to build a consensus on suspending or even expelling Israel from the United Nations.

CAIRO, Nov 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has proposed that any country that refuses to acknowledge resolutions made by the United Nations (UN) be expelled from the world body.

PHNOM PENH, Nov 10 — The United Nations has called for urgent international intervention in famine looming over Myanmar’s Rakhine state as it could herald social and economic chaos.

KABUL, Nov 10 — Afghan Taliban officials will attend the major United Nations climate conference COP29 that starts next week, the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry said today, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7 — The United Nations said replacing its Palestinian relief agency in Gaza and the West Bank is not the world body’s responsibility, signalling it was Israel’s problem, showed a letter excerpt seen by Reuters.