The move came a day after China and Russia vetoed a US-led push to impose more UN sanctions on North Korea.
Eastern DRC has experienced near-constant conflict since 1996, in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
US expresses ‘disappointment’ after Security Council fails to tighten sanctions after slew of banned missile launches.
Vote was called by the US after Pyongyang launched three missiles in the space of an hour on Wednesday morning.
Millions of Africans have been pushed into extreme poverty by COVID and face rising costs because of the Ukraine war.
At informal UN Security Council meeting on press freedom, Al Jazeera’s Abderrahim Foukara urges independent probe.
The UNSC expressed ‘deep concern’ over the Taliban order forcing women to cover their faces in public, including on TV.
Human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has demanded ‘unfettered’ access for years, but experts doubt she will get it.
All 15 members of the United Nation’s highest body are expected to attend the meeting on Tuesday convened by Ireland.
The threat to the global food supply has become an increasing concern for all nations in recent months.
Boris Bondarev criticised the ‘aggressive war unleashed’ by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
Michelle Bachelet’s visit marks the first trip to China by a UN human rights commissioner since 2005.
The decision to abandon the multinational effort may further isolate Bamako on the regional and global stage.
UN chief Guterres says he is in talks with multiple partners to take action before crises in poor countries worsen.
