Event president says ‘no Plan B’ for annual summit to be held elsewhere but Belem.

OTTAWA, July 31 — Canada plans to recognise the State of Palestine at a meeting of the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced yesterday, ratcheting up pressure on Israel as starvation spreads in Gaza.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — Malaysia has called for urgent reform of global institutions, particularly the United Nations, proposing three concrete measures, including the institutionalisation of regular dialogue between the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the UN Security Council.

BRUSSELS, July 30 — The United Nations’ climate bureau held an urgent meeting yesterday over concerns that sky-high accommodation prices for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out of the negotiations, according to diplomats and a document seen by Reuters.

UNITED NATIONS, July 29 — Dozens of ministers gathered at a United Nations conference yesterday to urge the world to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, but the United States and Israel boycotted the event.

GENEVA, July 28 — A long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, United Nations agencies said today after mounting pressure prompted Israel to ease restrictions in the Palestinian enclave.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Malaysia is in the process of joining the Budapest Convention and will sign the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime to reinforce international collaboration strategies against cyber crime, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

WASHINGTON, July 22 — United States President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) today, repeating a move he had ordered during his first term, which was reversed under ex-president Joe Biden.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Malaysia, together with Asean members, is proposing reforms to the veto power held by the five permanent members (P5) of the United Nations Security Council, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

GENEVA, July 15 — There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, the United Nations human rights office said today.

GENEVA, July 12 — The United Nations rights office yesterday said it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza, Palestine, run by the United States- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and near convoys run by other relief groups.

UNITED NATIONS, July 10 — A review of the embattled United Nations Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, ordered by UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, has identified four possible ways forward for the organisation that has lost United States funding and been banned by Israel.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Malaysia will send a representative to attend the United Nations conference in New York, the United States, next week, which will discuss a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

UNITED NATIONS, May 31 — The situation in Gaza is the worst since the war between Israel and Hamas began 19-months ago, the United Nations said on Friday, despite a resumption of limited aid deliveries in the Palestinian enclave where famine looms.

BERLIN, May 15 — Malaysia has been honoured with a United Nations award that recognises the participation of female peacekeepers, at the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025 here.

GENEVA, May 13 — Countries met at the United Nations yesterday to revive efforts to regulate the kinds of artificial intelligence-controlled autonomous weapons increasingly used in modern warfare, as experts warn time is running out to put guardrails on new lethal technology.

PUTRAJAYA, May 12 — Malaysia has proposed that the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) be strengthened into a formal convention to enhance national commitments towards the sustainable management, conservation, and development of forest resources.

PUTRAJAYA, May 8 — Malaysia is aiming to lead the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) assembly for the 2026-2029 term, said Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming.

PUTRAJAYA, April 6 — Malaysia has been successfully elected to the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) for the term 2026-2030 during the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) meeting in New York on April 4, said a statement from the Foreign Ministry.

GENEVA, March 24 — Two United Nations agencies said today that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.