Yemen: UN, partners seek $2.1 billion to stave off famine in 2017
Feb 09, 2017, at 04:11 am
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and humanitarian partners on Wednesday launched an international appeal for $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017 – the largest-ever humanitarian response plan for the war-torn country.
Security Council, UNAMA condemn attack near Afghanistan's Supreme Court
Feb 09, 2017, at 04:10 am
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The Security Council and the United Nations political mission in Afghanistan have joined Secretary-General António Guterres in condemning the deadly attack outside of the Supreme Court in Kabul.
Ontario Premier discusses OSAP with UOIT students
Feb 09, 2017, at 02:01 am
Toronto, Feb 8 (IBNS): Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne had been at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa near Toronto this week to discuss future changes to Ontario Student Assistance Plan (OSAP) with local students, media reports said.
Canada’s skills training to be enhanced
Feb 09, 2017, at 12:44 am
Toronto, Feb 8 (IBNS): In the wake of technological advances leading to automation of jobs, Governments needed to work hard to find relevant ways to avoid the risks of jobs becoming obsolete and irrelevant, said the head of the government's economic growth advisory council, media reports said.
ADB, UK Aid Support Pakistan National Transport policy, master plan
Feb 08, 2017, at 10:54 pm
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IBNS): The Government of Pakistan has kicked-off a 2-year project to formulate the National Transport Policy. The comprehensive national transport policy and master plan will help cut travel time and boost the country’s economic outlook, while positioning it as a regional trade and business hub. It also seeks a safe, efficient, and sustainable transport system to realize Pakistan’s Vision 2025.
Pakistan condemns suicide attack outside Afghan Supreme Court
Feb 08, 2017, at 10:10 pm
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IBNS): Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the suicide attack outside Supreme Court of Afghanistan on Feb 7 that has led to loss of twenty precious human lives and left more than 40 injured.
Somalia polls: Roads, airport sealed off ahead of elections
Feb 08, 2017, at 07:14 pm
Mogadishu, Feb 8 (IBNS): The Somali government has imposed a traffic ban and blocked several roads in the capital ahead of the presidential polls, media reports said.
Haitian Government, UN and partners launch two-year plan aimed at saving lives, building resilience
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:41 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations together with relief organizations in Haiti have launched a two-year, $291 million response plan with the Government to reach more than 2.4 million people across the island that was struck by a devastating hurricane last October.
Afghanistan: UN condemns deadly suicide attack in Kabul near Supreme Court
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:40 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations condemned on Tuesday’s suicide attack outside the Supreme Court complex in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and stressed that those behind the deadly bombing must be held to account.
INTERVIEW: UN marks 20 years of work to improve protection of children affected by conflict
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:40 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The senior United Nations advocate for children caught up in conflict is reaching out to parents, elders, and the entire international community to keep children away from armies and militias – a UN role that over the past two decades has helped more than 115,000 child soldiers regain their youth.
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:39 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The setting up of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was a “reckoning†for those who had long disregarded the lives and dignity of their people, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide has said and warned that withdrawing from the tribunal could have grave implications for victims seeking redress for serious human rights violations.
Russia, Turkey, Iran and UN hash out details of monitoring regime for Syria ceasefire
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:38 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The delegations of Russia, Turkey and Iran as well as United Nations representatives held their first meeting yesterday to discuss the establishment of a ceasefire implementation regime in Syria that was decided at the 23-24 January talks held in the Kazakh capital of Astana, a UN spokesperson in Geneva said on Tuesday.
Adapting to increased military pressure, ISIL shifts to ‘dark web,’ UN Security Council told
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:37 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The terrorist group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), is on the defensive militarily in several regions, but is also adapting to military pressure by resorting to covert communications such as the ‘dark web,’ the top United Nations political affairs official warned on Tuesday.
Israeli legislation on settlements violates international law, says UN chief Guterres
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:36 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday deeply regretted the adoption by Israel’s legislative body, the Knesset, of the so called “Regularisation bill,†saying the measure contravenes international law and will have “far-reaching legal consequences†for the country.
Senior UN official urges Libya to protect migrants from conflict-related sexual violence
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:35 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The highest United Nations official tasked with advocating against the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war urged on Tuesday Libyan authorities to protect migrants from rape and other human rights violations.
FEATURE: Diplomacy of the conscience – The Holy See at the United Nations
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:33 pm
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): Ever since 1964, when it was informally accepted to the United Nations General Assembly, the Holy See has had a permanent seat at international discussions and used its observer status to go on record about matters of peace and human dignity.
Feb 08, 2017, at 05:51 am
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): Stalled peace talks in Burundi are forcing hundreds to flee every day seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday, appealing for more support, particularly land to shelter for new arrivals and to ensure protection of children and prevention of sexual and gender-based violence.
Thousands of children out of school as classrooms shelled in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF
Feb 08, 2017, at 05:50 am
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): With thousands of children forced out of school in eastern Ukraine due to last week's surge in fighting, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners have strongly condemned the indiscriminate shelling of schools, and called for all sides to immediately recommit to the ceasefire signed in Minsk in August 2015.
UN rights expert urges Thailand to loosen restrictions around monarchy defamation law
Feb 08, 2017, at 05:48 am
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): As a student activist awaits trial in detention for posting a news article about the new monarchy on social media, an independent United Nations expert on Tuesday called on Thai authorities to stop using royal defamation laws to stifle free speech
China blocks move to blacklist Masood Azhar again
Feb 08, 2017, at 05:36 am
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IBNS): Extending its support for Pakistan, China has once again blocked the move of United Nations to blacklist Masood Azhar, the chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group.
Canada: Three supervised injection sites approved in Montreal
Feb 08, 2017, at 02:15 am
Toronto, Feb 7 (IBNS): In the wake of upsurge of opioid crisis, Health Canada has authorized three supervised injection sites in Montreal, media reports said.
Man tries to commit suicide next to Kaaba in Mecca
Feb 08, 2017, at 01:47 am
Manama, Feb 7 (IBNS): A man attempted to set himself on fire close to Kaaba in Mecca on Monday, media reports said.
Canada: Woman charged with disposing 6 infants in storage locker
Feb 07, 2017, at 11:50 pm
Toronto, Feb 7 (IBNS): Andrea Giesbrecht from Winnipeg has been found guilty of disposing of the remains of six infants in a U-Haul storage locker, media reports said.
Secret campaign of mass hangings and extermination in Syrian prison, says Amnesty International
Feb 07, 2017, at 11:33 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass hangings at Saydnaya Prison.
Canada: Saskatchewan deficit climbs to $1.2 billion
Feb 07, 2017, at 07:44 pm
Toronto, Feb 7 (IBNS): The province of Saskatchewan in west Canada is facing a deficit up to about $1.2 billion, said Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban leader joins peace talks
Feb 07, 2017, at 05:54 pm
Kabul, Feb 7 (IBNS): A Taliban leader has severed ties with the militant group and joined the ongoing government peace talk, local Khaama Press reported.
Threats from radical Islamic terrorism real, says Trump
Feb 07, 2017, at 04:15 pm
Washington, Feb 7 (IBNS): Urging American courts to act fast, US President Donald Trump said that the threat from radical Islamic terrorism is real.
Afghanistan avalanche deaths: Pakistan condoles loss of lives
Feb 07, 2017, at 03:14 pm
Islamabad, Feb 7 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Monday condoled the loss of more than hundred lives and massive damage to property due to recent avalanches that have hit various provinces of Afghanistan.
Syria: UN provides emergency water around Aleppo, as 1.8 million cut off from water supply
Feb 07, 2017, at 01:49 pm
New York, Feb 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations on Monday voiced grave concern about nearly two million Syrians in the area of Aleppo who have been without water for almost a month, as UN agencies are helping to provide emergency access to some of the people in need.
Violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity – UN special adviser
Feb 07, 2017, at 01:48 pm
New York, Feb 7 (Just Earth News): The scale of violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar's Rakhine state documented in a recent United Nations human rights report is a level of dehumanization and cruelty that is “revolting and unacceptable,†the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said on Monday, underlining the Government's responsibility to ensure that populations are protected.