UN launches innovative plan to significantly cut new HIV infections
Oct 12, 2017, at 04:44 am
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): Despite a 50 per cent drop in AIDS-related deaths since the peak of the epidemic, new HIV infection declines among adults are lagging, prompting the United Nations to launch a 10-point plan that lays out immediate, concrete steps countries can take to accelerate progress.
Attacks against Rohingya ‘a ploy’ to drive them away; prevent their return – UN rights chief
Oct 12, 2017, at 04:43 am
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): Brutal, well-organized, coordinated and systematic attacks have been carried out against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar, with the intention of not just driving them away but also preventing their return, a new United Nations human rights report has revealed.
Youth obesity increases 10-fold in four decades, UN-backed study reveals
Oct 12, 2017, at 04:42 am
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): The number of obese children and adolescents aged five to 19 years worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades, and if current trends continue, there will be more obese children and adolescents than those moderately or severely underweight by 2022, a United Nations-backed study shows.
Important to retain female politicians than recruiting: Justin Trudeau at Washington Summit
Oct 12, 2017, at 04:28 am
Washington, Oct 11 (IBNS): Addressing a gathering at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, said it is important to retain female politicians than merely recruiting them, media reports said.
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US flies two supersonic bombers over Korean peninsula in show of force against North Korea
Oct 11, 2017, at 09:32 pm
Washington DC, Oct 11 (IBNS): The United States, in a 'show of force' against North Korea, flew two supersonic heavy bombers over the Korean peninsula, according to media reports on Wednesday.
California fires: Death toll touches 15, over 150 missing
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:34 pm
Napa, Oct 11 (IBNS): The death toll in the deadly California fires has increased to 15, while scores of people are still missing, reports said.
Security Council condemns attack on UN mission base in DR Congo
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:29 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council has called on the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to investigate into, and bring to justice those behind Monday’s attack on a peacekeeping mission base in North Kivu that resulted in the deaths of two “blue helmets.â€
Libya: Security Council endorses UN plan on restarting political process
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:26 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): The Security Council on Tuesday endorsed the United Nations’ action plan to resume an inclusive political process in Libya.
Housing ‘most urgent need’ for hurricane-ravaged Dominica, UN agency reports
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:25 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): Three weeks since category 5 Hurricane Maria ripped through Dominica, the scope of the damage remains daunting, with islanders in dire need of water, electricity, food and supplies, the United Nations migration agency reported on Tuesday as it continued to carry out an array of activities as part of the response.
Creating a healthy workplace improves mental wellbeing and productivity – UN
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:24 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): People spend a large proportion of time at work, where experiences there factor into their overall wellbeing, the United Nations said on World Mental Health Day, noting that depression and anxiety disorders are common mental disorders that have an impact on our ability to work, and to work productively.
Leaders ‘not interested’ in finding solution to Yemen crisis, UN envoy tells Security Council
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:23 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): Parties to the conflict in Yemen are eroding the path to peace while the country’s people suffer amid a man-made humanitarian catastrophe, said on Tuesday a senior United Nations official, urging Security Council member countries to use their political and economic powers to pressure warring sides to commit to a path of peace.
New UN-led partnership to help curb unsustainable wildlife hunting, protect biodiversity
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): To help African, Caribbean and Pacific countries stop unsustainable wildlife hunting, conserve natural heritage and strengthen people's livelihoods and food security, the United Nations agriculture agency launched on Tuesday a €45 million multi-partner initiative.
'The death penalty has no place in the 21st century' – UN chief Guterres
Oct 11, 2017, at 01:21 pm
New York, Oct 11(Just Earth News): The death penalty does little to deter crimes or serve victims, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, calling on all countries which have not forbidden the extreme practice to urgently stop executions.
UN agencies launch cholera immunization campaign for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:12 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): In a race to prevent a cholera outbreak among the more than half a million Rohingya refugee arrivals over the past six weeks in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, United Nations agencies launched on Tuesday a massive immunization campaign.
UN health agency establishes high-level commission to tackle noncommunicable diseases
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:10 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency on Tuesday announced the establishment of a high-level global commission on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to identify innovative ways to curb the world’s biggest causes of death and extend life expectancy for millions of people.
Disaster risk outpaces resilience in Asia-Pacific, warns UN regional commission
Oct 11, 2017, at 04:09 am
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Disaster risk is outpacing resilience in Asia-Pacific and putting people in this most disaster-prone region at risk of being pushed back into poverty, the latest report from a United Nations regional commission has revealed.
Homeless Syrian family finds new place after fire destroyed their Mississauga house
Oct 10, 2017, at 11:36 pm
Mississauga, Oct 10 (IBNS): A Syrian family, who had turned out to be homeless after their Mississauga house was destroyed in a fire, found a new place as an Iranian offered them an apartment, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 7 terrorists blown up by their own bomb
Oct 10, 2017, at 09:44 pm
Kabul, Oct 10 (IBNS): Explosion of their own bomb left at least seven Taliban insurgents killed and nine others injured in Alingar district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: Boiler blast leaves 11 injured
Oct 10, 2017, at 09:34 pm
Dhaka, Oct 10 (IBNS): At least 11 people were injured in a boiler explosion at a steel manufacturing factory in Sitakunda upazila of Bangladesh city Chittagong on Tuesday, media reports said.
California: Deadly fire kills at least 10 people
Oct 10, 2017, at 06:29 pm
Napa, Oct 10 (IBNS): At least 10 people have lost their lives in a deadly fire which devoured parts of California's wine region, media reports said.
UN Treaty ‘beginning of the end for nuclear weapons,’ say Nobel Peace Prize winners
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:23 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Speaking to journalists at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, representatives of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winner – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – urged countries around the globe to eliminate nuclear weapons.
UN concerned for safety of more than five million displaced in northern Iraq
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): As the Iraqi offensive in and near Hawija in Kirkuk Governorate is drawing to a close, the United Nations and its humanitarian partners expressed deep concern on Monday for the safety of civilian populations in the region.
On World Day, UN spotlights posts’ contributions to development
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:21 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The post plays an important role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as contributes to global social and economic development, the United Nations postal agency said Monday, marking World Post Day.
Global unemployment passes 200 million in 2017, UN labour agency reports
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:20 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): More than 200 million people are out of work around the world – an increase of 3.4 million since last year, the United Nations labour agency said Monday, calling for policies that can recharge “sluggish†growth of small and medium-sized businesses.
UN emergency response fund reaches annual goal of $450 million, but more needed
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:19 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): The United Nations global emergency response fund has reached its 2017 funding target of $450 million, but much more is required given that the number of people in need of assistance is at a record high.
DR Congo: Two UN ‘blue helmets’ killed in attack in North Kivu
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:18 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and several injured in an attack on their base in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesperson said.
Rural areas have potential to feed and employ 'younger, more crowded planet' – UN report
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:17 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): Long seen as poverty traps, rural areas are in fact key to economic growth in developing countries when pegged to food production, according to a new United Nations agriculture agency report released Monday.
Rohingya refugee children perish as boat capsizes off Bangladesh – UN migration agency
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:16 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): At least 13 Rohingya refugees, 11 of them young children, fleeing violence in Myanmar have drowned when the fishing boat they were on capsized in stormy weather, the United Nations migration agency said.
UNICEF warns of nutrition crisis affecting 165,000 children in Mali
Oct 10, 2017, at 01:15 pm
New York, Oct 10(Just Earth News): A nutrition crisis, exacerbated by continuing violence, instability and displacement, is threatening the lives and futures of thousands of children in Mali, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.
Troops can be employed despite being medically unfit, hints Canada's top general
Oct 10, 2017, at 03:44 am
Ottawa, Oct 9 (IBNS): Canada's top general has dropped a hint that troops, who get medically unfit for deployment, can be employed in some other services in the future, media reports said.