DR Congo: Ban takes note of appointment of new Prime Minister
Nov 18, 2016, at 01:57 pm
New York, Nov 18 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki moon has taken note of the appointment on Thursday of Samy Badibanga as Prime Minister ahead of the formation of a transitional government of national unity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in line with the political agreement of 18 October.
Nigeria: UN expert seeks urgent answers on ‘brutal’ eviction of 30,000 people in Lagos
Nov 18, 2016, at 05:08 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert has appealed to the Government of Nigeria for an urgent explanation of the forced eviction of 30,000 people in Lagos state in the last week.
RBC and TD banks raise fixed mortgage rates in Canada
Nov 18, 2016, at 04:47 am
Toronto, Nov 17 (IBNS): Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and TD bank have increased their fixed mortgage rates in Canada effective Thursday and Tuesday respectively, said media reports.
UN health agency denounces attacks on health facilities in Syria
Nov 18, 2016, at 04:16 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday condemned attacks on five Syrian hospitals – including two trauma centres and an emergency obstetric centre – as well as a mobile medical clinic, and demanded that all parties to the five-year conflict respect the neutrality of health workers, health facilities and medical supplies.
One month into Mosul battle, UN and partners ‘profoundly concerned’ for civilian safety
Nov 18, 2016, at 04:15 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): At the one-month mark of Iraqi military operations to oust terrorists from Mosul, the United Nations and its partners on Thursday said tens of thousands of families in newly retaken areas urgently requiring life-saving assistance and warned that the humanitarian community in Iraq faces a “massive scope†of need.
Philosophy is an art of living together,' says UNESCO on World Philosophy Day
Nov 18, 2016, at 04:11 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Marking World Philosophy Day, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is encouraging people of the world to share their philosophical heritages and “dare to open spaces for free, open and tolerant thinking.â€
Afghanistan: Woman elopes with lover after poisoning in-laws
Nov 17, 2016, at 06:16 pm
Kabul, Nov 17 (IBNS): At least seven family members, in-laws, fell victim to poisonous food served by a woman, who later eloped with her lover, reports said.
Afghanistan: ISIS shoulders responsibility for Kabul attack
Nov 17, 2016, at 04:50 pm
Kabul, Nov 17 (IBNS): Terror outfit ISIS has shouldered responsibility for a recent attack in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, which accounted for at least four deaths and injured 11 others, reports said.
Ontario grandparents demand access to grandchildren in custody disputes
Nov 17, 2016, at 03:36 pm
Toronto, Nov. 17 (IBNS): Another attempt was being made by some grandparents in Ontario to the get Children's Law Reform Act of Ontario changed to safeguard access of children to their grandparents in the event of parents’ divorce or separation, media reports said.
Canadians averse to face reality owing to joblessness
Nov 17, 2016, at 03:10 pm
Calgary, Nov 17 (IBNS): Many Canadians were not prepared to face the consequences in the wake of job loss, though they were well aware of the fact that job market had been worsening day by day in Canada.
Future of US-Canada relationship under the Trumpian Regime
Nov 17, 2016, at 02:45 pm
Calgary, Nov 16 (IBNS): The future of Canada USA Bilateral relationship would be under big question mark, as it was a well known fact that Donald Trump’s deep antipathy to NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)which during the campaign for presidency he had made one of the prime election issue and had been fiercely vitriolic towards Mexico but said nothing against Canada.
Top UN peacekeeping officials hail success of community violence reduction programmes
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:32 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Community violence reduction (CVR) programmes are not well-known, but are proving to be an effective peacekeeping tool, senior United Nations officials said today during an event to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the launch of CVR in Haiti.
Kosovo situation yielding ‘fewer results than hoped’ in 2016, UN envoy tells Security Council
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:31 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Many of the political expectations with which Kosovo began the year yielded fewer results than hoped, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there said on Wednesday, expressing hope that next year will see clear progress on political dialogue accompanied by necessary progress at community level.
Ban welcomes Canada’s announcement of donation to UN Palestine refugee agency
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:30 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed Canada’s announcement that it was resuming support to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by donating CDN $25 million for the agency’s essential health, education, relief and social services and humanitarian programmes that benefit 5.3 million Palestine refugees.
Global humanitarian response affected by lack of funding – senior UN relief official
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:27 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Returning from recent visits to Haiti, Sudan and South Sudan, a senior United Nations humanitarian official said that while low funding for aid operations around the world challenge prompt and needed relief, the deteriorating humanitarian situation in conflict-riven South Sudan is the most “alarming.â€
Welcoming Kenya’s decision on Dadaab camp, UN urges flexibility on time frames for Somali refugees
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:25 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): The Office of the United Nations High Commissions on Refugees (UNHCR) welcomed on Wednesday a statement on Wednesday from the Government of Kenya in which it reiterated its continued search for solutions for refugees at the Dadaab camp, where it has been hosting and protecting refugees from Somalia for many years.
MARRAKECH: UN chief urges rapid scale-up in funding to address climate change
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:23 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): As the United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP 22, continued its work on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged greater efforts to mobilize funding to address climate change, especially to support developing countries.
Do not betray the victims; stand by the Rome Statute and the ICC – UN human rights chief
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:22 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): In the wake of three States withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, the top United Nations human rights official has underlined that there is no substitute for the Court and called on the international community to “place [their] collective shoulder behind [the] institution.â€
Central African Republic: Justice and reconciliation key to lasting peace, UN expert says
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:21 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): The justice system in the Central African Republic (CAR) must be urgently strengthened if the country is to achieve lasting peace, a United Nations human rights expert has said, ahead of a major donors’ conference in Brussels, Belgium, tomorrow, which aims to raise funds in support of the country’s national peace-building plan.
MARRAKECH: Middle East and North Africa region taking action to combat climate change
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:20 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Aware of their vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have begun taking action to confront the phenomenon and on Wednesday, several highlighted their initiatives at the United Nations Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, known as COP 22.
Tolerance is a commitment 'to seek in our diversity, the bonds that unite humanity' – UN
Nov 17, 2016, at 03:55 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Underscoring the importance of tolerance, particularly in on Wednesday's diverse world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have called for seeing the world through the prism of “we the peoples†and to collectively build societies that are more inclusive, more peaceful and more prosperous.
Man dies in elevator accident in Downtown Toronto
Nov 17, 2016, at 02:09 am
Toronto, Nov16 (IBNS): Paramedics have confirmed the death of a male worker following an elevator accident at a building in downtown Toronto Tuesday evening, media reports said.
IOM Iraq: Displacement tops 56,000 as Mosul military operations continue
Nov 16, 2016, at 03:24 pm
London, Nov 16 (IBNS): The total number of individuals currently displaced in the Mosul emergency now tops 56,400 according to data released on Tuesday by IOM Iraq’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Emergency Tracking.
Afghanistan: Explosion rocks Kabul
Nov 16, 2016, at 03:05 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): An explosion rocked Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Wednesday, media reports said.
TDSB Curriculum to be more diverse, inclusive and reflective campaigns TDSB trustee
Nov 16, 2016, at 11:48 am
Toronto, Sept. 15 (IBNS): Neethan Shan, recently elected Trustee of Toronto District School Board (TDSB) presented his campaign to have Ontario government to review the curriculum to make it more diverse, inclusive and reflective at a Press Conference organised by the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPCC) at the Toronto City Hall.
Salute to the unconquerable spirit: Invictus Games
Nov 16, 2016, at 11:15 am
Toronto, Nov 15 (IBNS): In a press conference organized by the National Ethnic Press Council of Canada (NEPCC), CEO of Invictus Games, Michael Burns informed the media how the games in 2017 will spread across the country, bringing in all war veterans and their families under one roof.
INTERVIEW: What extreme weather and global temperature rise means for humanity - WMO Chief
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:36 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): “In a new report analyzing the global climate between 2011-2016, the World Meteorological Organization – the United Nations system’s weather agency – found an increasingly visible human footprint on extreme weather and climate events with dangerous and costly impacts.
Ban welcomes resolution of border dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:32 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday hosted on Tuesday a signing ceremony on the margins of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (popularly known as COP-22) in Morocco’s capital Marrakech.
Afghanistan: UN launches nine-month operation to assist returnees with emergency food and cash
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:31 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a nine-month operation to assist Afghanistan in dealing with the growing numbers of returnees from Pakistan, as well as and internally displaced people, by providing emergency food and funds.
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:29 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): As aid officials prepare to meet in Brussels on Thursday to seek funding to continue their programmes in Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday that more than 850,000 people there – half of them children – are still on the move, either internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring countries.