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UNGA for Palestinian state without Hamas

The UN General Assembly voted Friday to back the ‘New York Declaration,’ a resolution which seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine—without the involvement of Hamas.

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US should not deny Palestinians access to UNGA: France

French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Saturday there should be no restrictions on access to next month’s UN General Assembly, after the United States said it would deny visas to members of the Palestinian authority.

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Soil: care for irreplaceable resource

SENEGALESE conservationist Baba Dioum at a meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in New Delhi in 1968 said: ‘In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught.’ If we accept the statement to be true, World Soil Day is of paramount importance in conserving soil, a non-renewable resource...

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Biden pleads for democracy in emotional UN farewell

Joe Biden gave a somber farewell address to the United Nations on Tuesday, using his own decision to drop out of the US presidential election to warn of the dangers of autocrats around the globe refusing to quit.

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Offenders in economic data fabrication must be punished

BANGLADESH is set to graduate from the category of the least developed countries to become a developing country in 2026. The UN General Assembly in 2021 decided on Bangladesh’s graduation after it had qualified for it. The graduation was initially set to take place in 2024, but it was deferred by two years on a request by the government...

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Biodiversity crucial for survival

INTERNATIONAL Biodiversity Day is observed on May 22 every year and the day is important in raising awareness about biodiversity and in deciding what to do about it. The day was set for December 29, 1993, but the UN General Assembly...