When UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors “speak in their personal capacity, they retain the right to speak about issues that interest or concern them,” Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said at his daily briefing on Thursday in answer to a question about Priyanka.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday said the planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2030, precipitating the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people.

Following the delay to crackdown on Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaatud Dawa group, the Lahore High Court on Thursday warned the government against "harassment" of Hafiz Saeed, the LeT founder and prime suspect behind 2008 Mumbai attacks. The court ordered authorities to not disturb his "social" activities till the next hearing.

The website of the Maldives Mission to the UN has been hacked.

Amid global pressure, Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday signed an ordinance to ensure end of several terrorist organisations and its individuals.

Hafiz Saeed was listed as a terrorist by the UN under UNSCR 1267 (UN Security Council Resolution) in December 2008. He has been accused as the master mind of Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.

In a major victory for India and other developing countries on pre-2020 climate actions that the developed world on Wednesday agreed to discuss the issue at the next two climate conferences in subsequent two years.

Meeting under the grim shadow of the overnight Las Vegas massacre, the leadership of the global organisation on Monday renewed its commitment to embodying Mahatma Gandhi's belief in the power of nonviolence.

India and Japan on Thursday urged Pakistan to bring to justice terrorists who masterminded the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai and the attack on the IAF base at Pathankot in Punjab in 2016.

The United Nations Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third North Korea's $3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang's two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July.