Bonn: UN climate conference set to recognize the role of women in climate action
Nov 14, 2017, at 04:19 am
New York, Nov 13(Just Earth News): With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23), in Bonn, Germany, entering its final week of negotiations, the Fiji Presidency on Monday announced an agreement on a Gender Action Plan, highlighting the role of women in climate action.
Syria: UN health agency calls for immediate and unimpeded access to save lives in Ghouta
Nov 14, 2017, at 04:18 am
New York, Nov 13(Just Earth News): Amid worsening humanitarian, health and security situation in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta, the United Nations health agency has demanded that all parties to the conflict stop attacks on civilians, facilitate immediate medical evacuations, and allow safe passage of medical supplies.
Over 200 people killed as 7.3M earthquake strikes Iraq-Iran border
Nov 13, 2017, at 06:15 pm
Baghdad/Tehran, Nov 13 (IBNS): Over 200 people have died after a quake with magnitude 7.3 struck the border region of Iraq and Iran, local Mehr news agency reported.
7.3M earthquake strikes Iraq-Iran border, kills at least 130 people
Nov 13, 2017, at 02:48 pm
Baghdad/Tehran, Nov 13 (IBNS): At least 130 people have died after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the border region between Iraq and Iran, reports said.
Bonn: new efforts announced at UN climate conference to push for further, faster climate action
Nov 12, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): Cities, the transport sector and ocean advocates today announced a number of new initiatives to push for further, faster climate action, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23) in Bonn, Germany.
Nov 12, 2017, at 01:10 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): Ratings agencies must downgrade businesses responsible for unethical practices such as tax evasion carried out through off-shore-registered companies, two United Nations human rights experts warned, while urging countries to cooperate to counter this global tax abuse problem.
Tension mounts in Middle East after reports of Saudi Arabian citizen's kidnapping in Lebanon
Nov 11, 2017, at 07:51 pm
Riyadh/Beirut, Nov 11 (IBNS): Tensions among Riyadh and Beirut is on the rise after the National News Agency (NNA) of Lebanon reported that a citizen belonging to Saudi Arabia was kidnapped from his house in the vicinity of the Keserwan locality of Adma.
France’s former Culture Minister appointed new UNESCO chief
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:45 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday appointed Audrey Azoulay, a former culture minister of France, to the top post of the agency.
Unhealthy diets could undo progress on food security in Asia-Pacific, warns UN report
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:43 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): Urgent action is needed to tackle malnutrition and promote consumption of healthier foods in the Asia-Pacific region – home to most of the world’s undernourished people – the United Nations food security agency said Friday.
Bonn: New initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors announced at UN Climate Conference
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:42 am
New York, Nov 11(Just Earth News): New commitments and initiatives in energy, water and agriculture sectors were announced on Friday, at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, under the auspices of the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action to help implement the Paris Agreement.
Accelerate climate action and raise ambition, urges UN chief
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:03 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): As the impact of climate change worsens around the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the global community to redouble efforts to help countries respond to climate shocks, especially the most vulnerable.
Science and technology can help tackle key sustainable development challenges
Nov 11, 2017, at 04:01 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): Integrated science is essential to strengthen water management, sustainably use the oceans and tackle climate change, the head of the United Nations cultural agency said on World Science Day for Peace and Development.
German nurse suspected to have killed at least 106 patients out of 'boredom'
Nov 10, 2017, at 06:52 pm
Berline, Nov 10 (IBNS) : A former German nurse has emerged as the country's worst serial killer as he is being linked to at least 106 deaths, media reports said.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE order citizens to leave Lebanon
Nov 10, 2017, at 06:01 pm
Riyadh, Nov 10 (IBNS): The Middle East is rife with tension as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have all ordered its citizens to return from Lebanon, while urging them to not travel to the former nation, reports said.
Syrian conflict has now lasted longer than World War II – UN humanitarian envoy
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:59 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): While there had been a period of de-escalation in many areas of war-riven Syria – reducing human suffering to some extent – the fighting now seems to be returning to some of the “bleakest days” of the conflict, a senior United Nations official warned on Thursday.
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:58 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): One out of every four people in Central African Republic (CAR) is either displaced or living as a refugee in another country, a senior United Nations official said Thursday, urging the international community to provide more resources for a humanitarian plan that up to now is only partially funded.
Global food import bill rising despite robust output in 2017 – UN
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:56 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): The cost of importing food is rising in 2017, driven by increased international demand for most food stuffs, as well as higher freight charges, the United Nations agriculture agency said Thursday.
Nov 10, 2017, at 09:55 am
New York, Nov 10(Just Earth News): Youth groups working in Africa’s Congo Basin countries are supporting economic progress in isolated rural communities while protecting the forest, and it is high time their voices were heard, a young woman at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, said on Thursday.
Yemen facing largest famine the world has seen for decades, warns UN aid chief
Nov 10, 2017, at 04:30 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): Yemen will be gripped by famine – one the likes of which the world has not seen in years – if the blockade on basic supplies into the country imposed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition is not lifted immediately, the top United Nations humanitarian official has warned.
UN migration agency expands HIV/AIDS services in South Sudan displacement sites
Nov 10, 2017, at 04:29 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): Thanks to the recent expansion of HIV/AIDS services conducted by the United Nations migration agency, some 171,000 civilians and their host communities have gained benefit from these health facilities in South Sudan.
Nov 09, 2017, at 09:39 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Major Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli, a commander in the Al-Saiqa Brigade accused of murdering 33 people in the context of the ongoing conflict in Libya, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the United Nations Security Council.
UN agriculture agency launches handbook to improve safety in banana farming sector
Nov 09, 2017, at 09:38 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): The United Nations agriculture agency and the Government of Ecuador launched Wednesday a practical guide for workers in the banana sector – the most exported fresh fruit in the world, both by volume and by economic value – to promote healthier and safer work conditions.
Bonn: Participants at UN conference examine human mobility in an era of climate change
Nov 09, 2017, at 09:37 am
New York, Nov 9(Just Earth News): As the number of people displaced worldwide due to climate change-related events continues to grow, the United Nations and its partners are focusing on regional approaches, framed by existing international practice, to respond to the issue of ‘climate refugees.’
Agreement boosts cooperation between UN space affairs office and UAE
Nov 09, 2017, at 04:40 am
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): The United Nations and the United Arab Emirates have underscored their commitment to work together in the peaceful uses of outer space.
Fears of 'severe deterioration' of humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine, warns UN official
Nov 09, 2017, at 04:38 am
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): Recent escalation of fighting in close proximity of critical infrastructure and services in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, could endanger over a million lives, the top United Nations official in the country has warned.
Union Minister Smriti Irani flags off Digital Rath to create awareness about cashless transactions
Nov 08, 2017, at 06:47 pm
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IBNS): Union Minister for I&B, Smriti Irani, on Wednesday, flagged off the Digital Rath to create awareness among people for regrding cashless transactions, according to media reports.
Both ISIL and Syrian Government responsible for use of chemical weapons, UN Security Council told
Nov 08, 2017, at 05:55 pm
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) was responsible for using sulfur mustard in a September 2016 attack in Umm Hawsh and the Syrian Government was accountable for the release of sarin in an April 2017 attack in Khan Shaykhun, the head of a Security Council-mandated investigation said on Tuesday.
Security Council re-authorizes EU-led force in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nov 08, 2017, at 05:39 pm
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): The Security Council on Tuesday extended the authorization of the European Union-led multinational stabilization force in Bosnia and Herzegovina for an additional year, following an analysis by a United Nations envoy that a resurgence of divisive nationalism is threatening to take the country backwards.
DR Congo: Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts to justice
Nov 08, 2017, at 09:52 am
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Security Council urged the country’s authorities to continue to cooperate with investigations into the incident.
UN Security Council urges ‘comprehensive response’ to piracy off Somali coast
Nov 08, 2017, at 09:51 am
New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): Condemning the acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called for a comprehensive response to prevent and suppress such acts and tackle their underlying causes.