Iraq: Ambiguity over legal age of marriage could devastate childhoods, warn UN officials
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:42 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Voicing concern over proposed amendments to laws governing marriage in Iraq – in particular the ambiguity over the legal age of marriage – senior United Nations officials called on the country to ensure adequate protection for children across Iraq.
UN chief proposes ‘sweeping’ management reform to budget committee
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:40 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday proposed sweeping management reform to Member States in the General Assembly’s main administrative and budgetary body, including the adoption of an annual budget cycle, the granting of the power for him to redeploy resources within the approved budget, and the elimination of duplicate functions currently undertaken by different departments.
UN chief urges universal ratification of International Criminal Court’s founding treaty
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:38 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday stressed the importance of all States ratifying the treaty that established the International Criminal Court as the central institution of the global criminal justice system, known as the Rome Statute.
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:35 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Noting that the movement of people across borders is a global reality, a senior United Nations official stressed that policy decisions governing migration must be based on fact and not on perception or myth.
UN voices support for Somali Government’s efforts at first-ever security conference in Mogadishu
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:30 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): At Somalia's first-ever security conference, hosted by the country’s Federal President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo” in the capital, Mogadishu, participants agreed to speed up security sector reform and develop a plan to transfer primary responsibility for the country’s security from the United Nations-backed African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to its own security forces.
Urgent action needed to address rising global hunger, says UN agency head
Dec 05, 2017, at 05:28 pm
New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Immediate action is needed to address the rise in global hunger, the head of the United Nations food security agency has urged, highlighting the need to build resilience in poor and vulnerable communities.
Canada-Trump officials discuss curb on phoney goods
Dec 05, 2017, at 12:18 am
Ottawa, Dec 4 (IBNS): Canada and US President Donald Trump's officials have discussed over the curbing phoney goods like fake iPhones and phoney Prada fashions, media reports said.
CIA warns Pakistan that US will act if safe havens of terrorists not destroyed: Dawn
Dec 04, 2017, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad, Dec 4 (IBNS): At a time when US Defence Secretary James Mattis is visiting Pakistan, country's CIA Director Mike Pompeo has warned the south Asian nation to eliminate alleged safe havens present within its territory, according to a Pakistan media report.
UN chief calls for end to all armed clashes, airstrikes in Yemen
Dec 04, 2017, at 01:32 pm
New York, Dec 4(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the parties to the conflict in Yemen to cease all air and ground assaults, expressing deep concern about the “sharp escalation” of armed clashes and airstrikes in the capital, Sana'a, and other parts of the war-torn country over the past several days.
Dec 04, 2017, at 01:31 pm
New York, Dec 4(Just Earth News): Persons with disabilities, as both beneficiaries and agents of change, can fast track the process towards inclusive and sustainable development, and for the 4030 Agenda to truly live up to its promise to 'leave no one behind,' all physical and cultural barriers must be removed to create societies that provide real opportunities for everyone everywhere, the United Nations has said.
Dec 03, 2017, at 01:43 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): Top officials from across the United Nations system called on Saturday for the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift its blockade of Yemen's Red Sea ports, warning that unless commercial imports are resumed, “the threat of widespread famine in a matter of months is very real.”
Canada: Liberal government wants to reduce cases against those hiding HIV status to sex partners
Dec 03, 2017, at 03:09 am
Ottawa, Dec 2 (IBNS): The Liberal government in Canada wants to limit the number of prosecutions against those who do not reveal their HIV status to thesexual partners, media reports said.
Daughter of Canadian couple detained in China pressurises Trudeau on foreign visit
Dec 03, 2017, at 03:08 am
Ottawa, Dec 2 (IBNS): Daughter of Canadian couple, who have been detained in China since 2016, is hoping that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's China visit would release her captive parents before Christmas this year, media reports said.
Pakistan: Boy set on fire over mobile theft allegation in Lahore
Dec 03, 2017, at 01:06 am
Lahore, Dec 2 (IBNS): A teenager was set on fire in Pakistan's Lahore city on Friday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Kabul explosion leaves four injured
Dec 02, 2017, at 11:54 pm
Kabul, Dec 2 (IBNS): At least four people were injured as an explosion hit Afghanistan's Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan terror attack: 9 suspects arrested
Dec 02, 2017, at 09:52 pm
Peshawar, Dec 2 (IBNS): At least nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the terror attack on the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Friday.
Afghanistan: At least 4, including 3 policemen, die in Taliban attack in Farah province
Dec 02, 2017, at 05:37 pm
Kabul, Dec 2 (IBNS): Taliban militants dressed as army-men killed at least four people, including three policemen, in Afghanistan's Farah province, local Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan: Airstrikes kill at least 12 ISIS militants in Nangarhar
Dec 02, 2017, at 05:02 pm
Kabul, Dec 2 (IBNS): At least 12 ISIS militants have been killed in separate aistrikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, local Tolo News reported.
Migration compact must balance regional, global realities, says UN envoy
Dec 02, 2017, at 02:02 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): A Global Compact on migration has to be “truly global” but it also has to take into account the regional specificities given the very diverse nature of the phenomenon, a senior United Nations official on international migration has said.
UN chief condemns terrorist attack against college dormitory in Pakistan
Dec 02, 2017, at 02:01 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday condemned the terrorist attack against a university dormitory in northern Pakistan that killed at least nine people and injured many others.
A survivor’s journey for justice: HIV advocate and UN retiree Eric Sawyer
Dec 02, 2017, at 02:00 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): "I contracted HIV before the discovery of the virus," Eric Sawyer began, as he told his story to an audience of nearly 50,000 gathered in New York’s Central Park earlier this year. The cheers and applause his heartfelt speech received would have been unimaginable three decades ago.
Central African Republic: ‘Restoring hope,’ UN agriculture agency helps ex-fighters start anew
Dec 02, 2017, at 01:59 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): Over 1,000 ex-fighters in the conflict-riddled Central African Republic (CAR) have traded their weapons for farming equipment, as part of a United Nations initiative, according to the UN agriculture agency.
Media coverage frames public thinking on migrants and migration – UN report
Dec 02, 2017, at 01:58 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): Changes in traditional media and growing use of social media are offering new avenues for “migrant-led” media and journalism as well as a unique opportunity for migrants to highlight their concerns and contributions – in their own words – the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said.
Massive underfunding hampering relief efforts for the displaced in DRC and Zambia – UN agency
Dec 02, 2017, at 01:58 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): With millions displaced within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and thousands more forced to flee across the border into Zambia, the United Nations refugee agency is appealing for urgent resources to make sure that relief programmes – hanging on by threads – do not collapse.
UN agency to fly 15,000 migrants home from Libya in wake of reported abuses
Dec 02, 2017, at 01:57 pm
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): The United Nations migration agency plans to fly 15,000 more migrants home from detention centres in Libya before year-end in the wake of shocking reports of rampant migrant abuse and squalid and overcrowded conditions at these facilities across the North African country.
UN relief wing appeals for record $22.5 billion in aid for 2028
Dec 02, 2017, at 06:31 am
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): A record level of aid funding – more than $22.5 billion – is needed to deliver lifesaving assistance around the world in 2028, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Friday.
World AIDS Day: If everyone, everywhere realizes right to health, epidemic can be defeated, says UN
Dec 02, 2017, at 06:30 am
New York, Dec 2(Just Earth News): The world will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – which include the target of ending AIDS by 2030 – without people attaining their right to health, the United Nations said Friday, marking World AIDS Day with a strong appeal for the full realization of this fundamental right by everyone, everywhere.
11 terrorists killed in Peshawar's Agricultural Training Institute attack
Dec 01, 2017, at 10:06 pm
Peshawar, Dec 1 (IBNS): At least 11 people were killed and 30 others were injured when terrorists stormed into Peshawar’s Agricultural Training Institute early on Friday morning, media reports said.
Speaker boots Tory MP Richards from house for excessive heckling
Dec 01, 2017, at 09:28 pm
Ottawa, Dec 1 (IBNS): Tory MP Blake Richards has been given boot by House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan for excessive heckling, media reports said.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to visit Nottingham today
Dec 01, 2017, at 09:22 pm
London, Dec 1 (IBNS): Prince Harry will marry American actress Meghan Markle will visit Nottingham on Friday.