Yemen: Senior UN relief official voices concern at reports of airstrikes on civilians
Aug 08, 2017, at 01:09 pm
New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): Expressing a deep concern about reports of airstrikes on civilians in Yemen's Sa'ada Governorate, a senior United Nations relief official has urged all parties to the conflict and those who influence and support them to uphold their responsibility under international humanitarian law to protect civilians.
UN health agency working to boost malaria prevention and control in north-eastern Nigeria
Aug 08, 2017, at 01:08 pm
New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency estimates that if more funds are secured, up to 10,000 lives in Nigeria could be saved by November through targeted steps in malaria prevention and control.
Colombia: UN Mission team ambushed; one wounded in attack
Aug 08, 2017, at 01:07 pm
New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): A team from the United Nations Mission in Colombia was ambushed on Sunday while working to uncover explosives left by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) in the Caloto municipality in the south-west of the country
On eve of elections, UN experts call on Kenyan authorities to ensure peaceful polls
Aug 08, 2017, at 01:06 pm
New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): The Government of Kenya should urge all parties to maintain the highest standards of behaviour before, during and after Tuesday's general elections to avoid a repeat of the violence that took place in 2007, three United Nations human rights experts have said.
'Don't turn a blind eye' to dire situation of children in DR Congo's Kasai region – UNICEF
Aug 08, 2017, at 04:32 am
New York, Aug 7(Just Earth News): The world must not turn a blind eye to the dire situation of children and families in the Grand Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, stressing that nothing can justify terrible acts of abuse against women and children.
Germany:Two Chinese tourists arrested in Berlin for giving Nazi Salute
Aug 07, 2017, at 04:45 pm
Berlin, Aug 7 (IBNS): Two Chinese tourists were arrested by Berlin police from the city's Reichstag building on Saturday for giving the Nazi Salute, reports said.
Aug 07, 2017, at 05:04 am
New York, Aug 6(Just Earth News): With the presence of some 15,000 nuclear weapons on earth, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday urged all States to intensify their efforts in the shared pursuit of a nuclear-weapons-free world.
UN Security Council toughens sanctions on DPR Korea over ballistic missile launches
Aug 07, 2017, at 05:03 am
New York, Aug 6(Just Earth News): In response to the launches of ballistic missiles of possible intercontinental range by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council on Sunday moved to strengthen sanctions on the Northeast Asian country's exports.
Man with knife arrested at Eiffel Tower
Aug 07, 2017, at 12:44 am
Paris, Aug 6 (IBNS): Police have arrested a person, who was carrying a knife, as he was trying to forcefully make his way to the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, media reports said.
Dubai: Fire strikes another tower, no injury reported
Aug 06, 2017, at 11:25 pm
Dubai, Aug 6 (IBNS): The fire which broke out at a high-rise tower in Dubai has been brought under control.
UN notified of US intention to withdraw from Paris climate pact
Aug 06, 2017, at 04:54 am
New York, Aug 5(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday received a notification from the delegation of the United States expressing the country's intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change as soon as it is eligible to do so, his spokesman has confirmed.
Five killed in Turkey bus accident
Aug 05, 2017, at 09:22 pm
Ankara, Aug 5 (IBNS) : Five people were killed and 36 wounded in a bus accident in Turkey's northern Amasya province on Saturday.
Tallying fewer crossings, UN agency reports rise in migrant deaths at US-Mexico border
Aug 05, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Aug 5(Just Earth News): Even as the flow appears to have thinned, migrants crossing the United States-Mexico border are dying at a faster rate in 2017 than in past years, according to a new United Nations agency study.
UN Latin America commission forecasts low but positive growth for region in 2017
Aug 05, 2017, at 09:44 am
New York, Aug 5(Just Earth News): With better commodity export prices and an improved international context, the Latin America and the Caribbean region will record a small positive growth rate this year – with the exception of Venezuela and two Caribbean countries, according to a new report of the UN Latin America commission.
Syria: UN study finds foreign fighters return 'disillusioned' by groups they joined
Aug 05, 2017, at 09:40 am
New York, Aug 5(Just Earth News): A number of “disillusioned and disappointed†foreign terrorist fighters left Syria and returned to their countries of origin when they found these groups hardly make good on their promises, except promise of death and destruction, according to a report issued by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).
DR Congo: UN report indicates Government participation in ethnic massacres in Kasai
Aug 05, 2017, at 04:51 am
New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): Violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appears to be taking on an increasingly disturbing ethnic dimension, a United Nations human rights wing has warned, citing testimonies that Government forces have led ethnicity-based attacks.
UN, Government join forces to boost Somalia's drought response capacity
Aug 05, 2017, at 04:49 am
New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): In the wake of a severe drought in Somalia that has displaced more than 800,000 people, the United Nations migration and development entities are helping the Horn of Africa country enhance its national drought response capacity.
Fire rips through Dubai skyscraper, no injuries reported
Aug 04, 2017, at 05:05 pm
Dubai, Aug 4 (IBNS): A residential skyscraper in Dubai was engulfed in fire, for the second time in two years, reports said.
UN sanctions 'formidable instrument for global peace and security,' Security Council told
Aug 04, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): United Nations Security Council sanctions are “a formidable instrument for global peace and security,†a senior UN political official said on Thursday, stressing that these measures, when implemented effectively, can contribute to preventing conflict, countering terrorism and constraining the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Organizational reform moves ahead as Guterres receives proposals on a strengthened UN-Habitat
Aug 04, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): An independent panel reviewing the effectiveness of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has proposed the programme be recast as the Organization's 'urban champion,' including through the establishment of a coordinating mechanism to complement the its work and convene all UN agencies and partners on urban sustainability.
ISIL's 'genocide' against Yazidis is ongoing, UN rights panel says, calling for international action
Aug 04, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): Marking three years since the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) attacked the Yazidis in Syria, a United Nations-mandated inquiry has called for justice and rescue plans.
UN Standing Police Capacity fills critical need in peace operations, underscores outgoing chief
Aug 04, 2017, at 04:40 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): Over the past 10 years, the United Nations Standing Police Capacity has filled a critical need in global peace operations by providing them with readily available police expertise, according to the outgoing head of the unit, who says she is proud to have played a part in putting the SPC “on the map,†while also highlighting the need to recruit more women officers to carry out this important work.
Mauritania: UN rights office voices concern about unrest ahead of constitutional referendum
Aug 04, 2017, at 04:39 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Thursday expressed concern about the ongoing unrest in Mauritania, ahead of the constitutional referendum scheduled for Saturday, particularly the apparent suppression of dissenting voices and the reported use of excessive force by the authorities against protest leaders.
Food prices surge in July; UN agriculture agency cites cereals, sugar and dairy as main drivers
Aug 04, 2017, at 04:38 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): Driven mainly by higher cereal, sugar and dairy quotations, global food prices rose for the third consecutive month in July, according to the United Nations agriculture agency.
Australia: University of Sydney hit by racist graffiti
Aug 03, 2017, at 06:39 pm
Sydney, Aug 3 (IBNS): Officials at the University of Sydney were left embarrassed and apologised after racist graffiti emerged in at least two places on Wednesday, reports said.
China extends hold on terror tag for Jaish chief Masood Azhar
Aug 03, 2017, at 05:54 pm
United Nations, Aug 3 (IBNS) : Maintaining its earlier stand that comes significant in the light of the worsening relationship with India, China has extended its hold on the pending application in the UN to designate Pakistan-based JeM terror group leader Masood Azhar as a terrorist.
Amid 'political impasse' in Burundi, Security Council urges all parties to cease violence
Aug 03, 2017, at 09:50 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council today expressed “deep concern†over the political situation in Burundi – including increasing numbers of refugees and reports of torture, forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings – and strongly urged the Government and all parties to immediately cease and reject such violence.
Adopting new resolution, UN Security Council moves to thwart terrorists' access to weapons
Aug 03, 2017, at 09:49 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons, particularly small arms and light weapons, the “destabilizing accumulation and misuse†of which the 15-member body said “continue to pose threats to international peace and security and cause significant loss of life.â€
In South Sudan, UN peacekeeping chief says regional engagement 'good thing' for peace process
Aug 03, 2017, at 09:48 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping chief said today the involvement of eastern African countries in revitalizing the peace process in South Sudan was among the main topics he discussed with that nation's President, describing such regional engagement “a good thing.â€
DR Congo: UN envoy expresses concern over arbitrary arrests, urges restraint
Aug 03, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Aug 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today expressed his concern over arbitrary arrests and detentions across the country, following civil society's call for the holding of elections before year-end and their peaceful protests against delays in the publication of the electoral calendar.