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Bangladesh urges greater international action on Rohingya status

Village Reporter
Bangladesh is hosting more than one million Rohingya, a mainly Muslim minority community who are stateless, most of whom fled following a wave of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2017.  “More than three years have elapsed. Regrettably, not a single Rohingya could be repatriated. The problem was created by Myanmar, and its solution must be found in Myanmar. I… Read More
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UN reform is ‘the need of the hour’: India premier

Village Reporter
The international community must ask if the UN is still relevant 75 years after its founding, said Mr. Modi, noting that despite the Organization’s achievements, including the avoidance of a Third World War, there have since been many conflicts, and today’s challenges are vastly different from those of the past. The Indian leader went on to question whether the Organization… Read More
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COVID-19 a litmus test of global unity, Thai Prime Minister tells world leaders

Village Reporter
Addressing the Assembly’s annual high-level debate via a pre-recorded video, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called on the leaders to “remain steadfast and not be shaken by nationalist sentiments or anti-globalization tendencies.”  The global crisis, he said, should motivate us to “unite as one”, since it has been proven that no nation can face the challenges alone.  “Such is the future… Read More
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Amid COVID-19 pandemic, world needs masks, not weapons, declares Prime Minister of Nepal

Village Reporter
“As we embark on the Decade of Action to implement the 2030 Agenda , the current crisis has pushed us to the brink of losing the gains made in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli told world leaders, via a pre-recorded video message.  Landlocked, least developed and small nations – which are more… Read More
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African court rules Gbagbo qualifies to seek Ivorian presidency

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– – Former President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo has been declared worthy of seeking the Ivorian presidency. The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights ruled on Friday rejecting Gbagbo’s exclusion from the presidential elections slated for October 31. The Ivorian electoral commission had said that Mr. Gbagbo was not fit to stand for president due to criminal conviction.… Read More
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Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan warns of rising Islamophobia

Village Reporter
In a pre-recorded video address to the Assembly’s annual high-level debate, Prime Minister Imran Khan, highlighted the importance of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.  “This is also a time for us to reflect whether as the United Nations, we have been able to realize the promise we made collectively to our peoples,” he said.  Amid multifaceted threats to… Read More
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Ecowas says sanctions imposed on Mali will not be lifted

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– – West African regional bloc Ecowas has said that it will not lift sanctions imposed on Mali although the country now has an interim president. Mali’s former defence minister, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou was sworn into office on Friday at a ceremony in the capital, Bamako. Ba N’Daou was named interim leader by the soldiers who toppled the government of… Read More
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Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, stress independent rights experts

Village Reporter
In a news release, on Friday, the experts also called on the authorities to bring to justice those responsible for the enforced disappearance of Ms. Kalesnikava, who, they said was “snatched off the streets” of the capital, Minsk, threatened with death or deportation, and then secretly imprisoned.  It is particularly troubling that the authorities have resorted to enforced disappearances in… Read More
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Mali: Ba N’Daou sworn in as interim president

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Mali’s former defence minister, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Bamako. Ba N’Daou was named interim leader by the soldiers who toppled the government of former president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. The new leader is now expected to oversee the 18-month transition period towards a return to civilian rule. The Head… Read More
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