Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares
04 august 2024 - 06:08:11New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials on Friday called for a stand against bigotry “wherever and whenever it [...] Full text...
thread Society
Breaking news
- Agriculture
South African Minister hails export of avocados to Japan
- Culture
UNESCO raises alarm over museum looting, loss of priceless heritage in Sudan
- Economy
Sierra Leone, IMF reach staff-level deal on new ECF arrangement
- Environment
Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency
- Gender
Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable
- Health
Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt outbreak in Africa
- Politics
Troika on South Sudan expresses ’deep concern’ about two-year extension of transition
- Press Review
Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
- Sciences
‘Irrefutable’ need for global regulation of AI: UN experts
- Social
Libya chairs Arab discussion group at mine action session
- Society
UN chief ’alarmed’ at full-scale assault on Sudan’s El Fasher city
- Sports
2024/25 CAF Conf. Cup: Results of second-leg, 2nd Preliminary Round matches played on Sunday
54 Search result
New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials on Friday called for a stand against bigotry “wherever and whenever it [...] Full text...
Remembering Holocaust victims, Guterres urges a stand against division
28 january 2024 - 06:04:11New York, US (PANA) - In remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call [...] Full text...
thread Society
Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration
27 january 2024 - 07:39:46New York, US (PANA) - Hate is growing at an alarming speed, and the world must strongly denounce forces of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Uphold freedoms, fulfill the promise of human rights, urges UN chief
11 december 2023 - 17:47:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on world leaders to rely on the Universal Declaration [...] Full text...
thread Society
Preventing genocide, as essential to defence of human rights as ever: UN rights chief
05 december 2023 - 06:25:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Early warning signals of genocide must compel us to action,” said the UN human rights chief [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa recalls diplomats from Israel
06 november 2023 - 18:21:01Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is recalling its diplomats from Israel "for consultation" as the bombardment of Gaza [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Murder of Nahel in France, burning of Koran in Sweden confirm hypocrisy of slogans promoted by the West - Libyan newspaper
14 july 2023 - 16:32:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two major events in the last two weeks have attracted a great deal of attention, one [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
UNESCO accepts US' proposal to rejoin UN organisation
02 july 2023 - 05:38:05Paris, France (PANA) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has accepted the proposal of the US [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Genocide threat still real, UN chief says, commemorating victims worldwide
11 december 2022 - 06:28:35New York, US (PANA) - In response to rising hate speech and discrimination worldwide, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged [...] Full text...
thread Society
Hate speech ‘dehumanizes individuals and communities’: Guterres
18 june 2022 - 07:08:29New York, US (PANA) - Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and “threatens the common values and [...] Full text...
thread Society
South African billionaire publishes her memoirs
25 april 2022 - 13:25:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s wealthiest woman has revealed how she fled to the Maldives with her [...] Full text...
thread Society
Senegalese Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins the Goncourt Prize 2021
04 november 2021 - 20:23:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall congratulated in a tweet the Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, who won [...] Full text...
thread Culture
South African academic under fire over Hitler comments
09 april 2021 - 12:28:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African university lecturer is in hot water over remarks he made about [...] Full text...
thread Society
What lessons have the Libyans learned 10 years after the revolution? (Analysis)
19 february 2021 - 16:53:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As echoes of the jubilee festivities of the 10th anniversary of the February 17 revolution are [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Fayez al-Sarraj reaffirms confidence in Libya’s capacity to treat injuries
16 february 2021 - 23:27:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, said [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Recognise and act on warning signs of genocide, Guterres urges, honouring victims
09 december 2020 - 12:00:40New York, US (PANA) - Social media platforms, technology companies, and religious and civil society leaders have a central role [...] Full text...
thread Society
‘World has failed’ victims of genocide too often: Guterres
10 december 2019 - 08:13:13New York, US (PANA) - Too often, “the world has failed” populations under threat of genocide, crimes against humanity, war [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN chief launches new plan to ‘identify, prevent and confront’ hate speech
19 june 2019 - 04:17:01New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has declared war on hate speech, telling Member States on [...] Full text...
thread Society
Cameroonian gov't 'deplores inappropriate' anti-Semitic statement by Justice minister
05 february 2019 - 11:29:55Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Cameroonian government has distanced itself from the anti-Semitic statement made on Sunday by the Minister [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Israeli Embassy in Cameroon protests minister's anti-Semitism statements on TV
04 february 2019 - 21:51:15Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Israeli embassy in Cameroon on Monday expressed shock at the "Anti-semitism statement made by Jean [...] Full text...
thread Politics
‘Complacency is still strong’ over stopping genocide, says top UN adviser
07 december 2018 - 21:18:42New York, US (PANA) - The current rise in hate speech, racial tensions and identity-based violence is alarming, the UN [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN hails Human Rights Declaration as tool for conflict and poverty prevention
27 september 2018 - 06:50:31New York, US (PANA) - As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Scourge of genocide remains a ‘threat and a reality’ today: UN human rights chief
14 september 2018 - 06:46:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Genocide remains a “threat and a reality” in the 21st century, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet [...] Full text...
thread Society
Polish FM pays tribute to Rwanda genocide victims
13 april 2018 - 20:09:52Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The visiting Foreign Minister of Poland, Jacek Czaputowicz, on Friday paid tribute to victims of the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN calls for 'sharper action' to prevent mass atrocities on anniversary of Rwandan genocide
07 april 2018 - 04:41:57New York, US (PANA) - As the world officially remembers the genocidal murder of 800,000 Rwandans in 1994, United Nations [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UNESCO chief 'deeply regrets' Israel's decision to withdraw from agency
30 december 2017 - 04:24:08Paris, France (PANA) – The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voiced “deep regret” [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Campaign to mark 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights starts
10 december 2017 - 04:40:33New York, USA (PANA) - This year, Human Rights Day, which falls on Sunday, kicks off a year-long campaign to [...] Full text...
thread Society
US: US decides to withdraw from UNESCO, UN agency 'regrets' decision
12 october 2017 - 16:48:18Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - The US announced on Thursday that it has decided to withdraw from the UN Educational, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
South Africa: Politician under fire over Holocaust tweet
28 august 2017 - 14:27:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The leader of an organisation seeking to resolve South Africa’s apartheid-era land redistribution problems [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UNESCO: Candidates for post of DG to be interviewed on Wednesday, Thursday
25 april 2017 - 14:11:28Paris, France (PANA) - The 58-member Executive Board of UNESCO, chaired by Michael Worbs of Germany, will interview candidates for [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Ghana: Former Ghana President Rawlings lashes out at West for Syria missile strikes
12 april 2017 - 10:32:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former president Jerry John Rawlings has lashed out at the West following last week's missile [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US: 'Reject bigotry, build bridges across communities' – UN chief
08 september 2016 - 09:13:39New York, US (PANA) - Describing religious intolerance as one of the greatest global threats, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwanda: Israel, Rwanda share similarities on genocide, says Netanyahu
06 july 2016 - 13:43:38Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The visiting Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday paid tribute to the victims of 1994 [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: Ban 'deeply saddened' by death of Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel
03 july 2016 - 08:38:50New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has said he is “deeply saddened” to learn [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN rapporteur calls for strategies to counter xenophobia in migration crisis
28 june 2016 - 20:54:17New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mr. Mutuma Ruteere on Tuesday urged the [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN chief stresses need to denounce hate speech
07 april 2016 - 16:15:41New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the international community to stand firm in [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN tribunal on Rwandan genocide formally closes
01 january 2016 - 08:52:19New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations tribunal set up 21 years ago to judge those guilty for the [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN remembers World War II victims, reaffirms need for peace dignity for all
05 may 2015 - 19:17:17New York, US (PANA) - The tens of millions of people who died during the Second World War have been [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: Ban urges faith leaders to speak up against injustice, brutality
23 april 2015 - 07:03:07New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged faith leaders to stand up for the collective good [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN human rights chief calls for better global leadership to curb atrocities
06 february 2015 - 22:15:54New York, US (PANA) - World leaders too often choose to violate international law and set aside moral principles, UN [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN deputy scribe stresses inter-faith understanding
18 january 2015 - 22:04:13New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Sunday stressed the importance of improving understanding among faith-based [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN: UN official says no country immune from risk of genocide
10 december 2014 - 19:43:44New York, US (PANA) - Not a single country is immune to the risk of genocide, the UN Special Adviser [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwanda: Kenyatta apologises for EAC failure to intervene during Rwanda genocide
07 april 2014 - 22:41:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta offered an apology for the East African region’s failure to intervene in [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Angolan FM visits Israel Tuesday
30 july 2012 - 16:20:31Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georges Rebelo Chicoti, will Tuesday begin a three-day visit to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Holocaust survivor named UNESCO Special Envoy for Holocaust Education
23 january 2012 - 17:06:15Paris, France (PANA) - Dr. Samuel Pisar, a Polish-born Holocaust survivor and acclaimed international lawyer, author and human rights activist, [...] Full text...
thread
South Sudan President's visit to Tel Aviv worries Sudan
22 december 2011 - 16:27:48Khartoum, Sudan (PANA ) - A row is fomenting in Sudan over a recent visit by the President of South [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UNESCO laments US decision to withhold funding over Palestine
02 november 2011 - 16:06:58Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO has said that the decision of the US administration to withhold its contributions to the [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Senegalese president, other world leaders to visit Holocaust scenes 1 Feb
28 january 2011 - 19:06:28Paris, France (PANA) – A delegation of 150 eminent personalities and representatives of governments from 40 countries, headed by President [...] Full text...
thread Society
Libyan Imams condemn US pastor's plan to burn Koran
12 september 2010 - 14:09:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Imams in Libya have strongly condemned the plan, now she lved, by an American Pastor to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza-bound Cargo ship, illegal migration capture headlines in Libya
18 july 2010 - 14:00:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan ship, Al-Amel, loaded with humanitarian materials destined for Palestinians in the Gaza, and the [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Kadhafi calls on Muslims to 'unite to face tyranny and attack'
07 june 2010 - 22:01:00Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan revolutionary leader, Mouamar Kadhafi, has called on Muslims in Europe to unite to face [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN official wants end to discrimination
11 december 2009 - 15:35:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Navi Pi llay, Thursday called for an [...] Full text...
thread Society
UNESCO commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
13 january 2009 - 17:55:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The second International Holocaust Remembrance Day, will be held at UNESCO headquarters here on 26 January, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Jammeh decries "Palestine holocaust"
02 january 2009 - 12:30:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has called on "civilized members of the human race" to rise up [...] Full text...
thread Politics