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United Nations Al Arabiya English / May 1, 2022

Opinion. On the first day of the 21st United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York last week, with delegates from around the world dressed in their colorful Indigenous attire, Cherokee Nation Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. spoke about the preservation of the Cherokee language. He was the…

United Nations Al Arabiya English / May 1, 2022

Around 100 Ukrainian civilians were being evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on May 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after the United Nations confirmed a “safe passage operation” was in progress there.

United Nations Al Arabiya English / May 1, 2022

In the mid-twentieth century, they were part of a State Department program to share jazz with the world. In Eastern Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia. A form of “cultural diplomacy” amid the Cold War. In their performances, they shared the creativity, the diversity, and the freedom of jazz. They…

United Nations Al Arabiya English / May 1, 2022

DUSSELDORF, Germany — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged to continue to support Ukraine with money, aid and also weapons, saying a pacifist approach to the war is “outdated.” Speaking at a May Day rally in Dusseldorf, Scholz said: “I respect all pacifism, I respect all attitudes, but it must…

United Nations Daily Post Nigeria / Apr 30, 2022

The UNMISS “peacekeepers don’t ‘just’ protect civilians. Some 1,160 troops from #India in #SouthSudan also rehabilitate roads, build the capacity of local communities and give medical treatment to humans & animals. For that they deserve @UN medals,” the UNMISS said in a tweet on Thursday.