Apr 05, 2017, at 12:54 pm
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday expressed its support for the efforts of President Faustin Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic (CAR) to restore State authority as well as for the African Union-led mediation initiative to find a political solution to the situation in the crisis-torn country.
Syria: UN chief ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of alleged chemical attack; OPCW investigating
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:53 pm
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said that he is “deeply disturbed†by reports of alleged use of chemical weapons in an airstrike in the Khan Shaykhun area of southern Idlib, Syria.
Weather, existing socio-economic factors compounded Colombian landslide tragedy – UN agency
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:52 pm
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): Very heavy rainfall triggered the landslides that hit Colombia over the weekend, but “exceptional†level of rains were not the sole cause, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday, noting that many other factors, such as loss of forest cover, added to the devastation.
NEWS-FOREIGN/CONFLICT-RECENT ATTACKS-PIRATES-SOMALIA-POTENT THREAT-UN
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:52 pm
New York, Apr 5 (Just Earth News): The African Union (AU) and the United Nations are actively discussing with the Government of Sudan how best to configure a strategy for AU-UN peacekeeping to eventually leave Darfur, the head of that operation said on Tuesday.
Health care goals in Indonesia can be reached only if challenges are addressed – UN expert
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:20 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): Indonesia is on track to develop a sustainable and equitable healthcare system, but problems related to access and quality of services persist, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Puras, said on Tuesday.
US funding cuts to UN population agency based on ‘inaccurate perception’ – UN chief
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:19 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday voiced deep regret at the decision by the United States to cut financial support for the United Nations population agency, stating that the announcement is based on a misinterpretation of the UN agency’s work.
UN warns funding cuts threaten aid to Syrian refugees and hosts, as Brussels conference opens
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:18 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): As a major international conference on Syria gets underway in Brussels, United Nations agencies have warned that a sluggish financial support by Member States would put vital assistance for millions of refugees and the communities hosting them at risk.
Mali ratifies amendment to Montreal Protocol, first country vowing to slash HFCs – UN
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:16 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): Mali has become the first country to ratify the Kigali Amendment, a ground-breaking amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations environment agency on Tuesday announced.
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:14 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): Stressing that the rates of incarceration for Australia’s indigenous peoples have reached astounding, “tsunami†proportions, a United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday called on the authorities to respect the peoples’ right to self-determination, to full and effective participation in society, and to step up the fight against racism.
INTERVIEW: Fast-response ‘vanguard brigade’ of peacekeepers now a reality
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:13 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): A “vanguard brigade†of UN Peacekeepers which can be deployed within 60 days to new trouble-spots, would have been “impossible†to envisage just two years ago.
Afghanistan: Police thwart car bomb attack
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:34 am
Kabul, Apr 4 (IBNS): The Afghanistan police on Tuesday claimed to prevent a car bomb attack in Kabul.
Canada: A Dutch court clears repatriation of Amanda’s cyberbully to Canada
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:22 am
Toronto, Apr 4 (IBNS): A Dutch court has convicted a cyberbully and sentenced him to nearly 11 years in prison for cyberbullying dozens of young girls and gay men., media reports said.
Suspected gas attack in Syria kills nine children among 35 dead
Apr 04, 2017, at 08:42 pm
Damascus, Apr 4 (IBNS) : Suspected gas attack by Syrian Government or Russian jets has killed at least 35 people, including nine children, The Telegraph reported quoting a British-based war monitoring group.
St. Petersburg explosion: Death toll rises to 11, at least 45 injured
Apr 04, 2017, at 04:16 pm
Moscow, Apr 4 (IBNS): At least 11 people have died in the twin underground stations blast, which rocked Russia's St. Petersburg on Monday afternoon, reports said.
Australia: Woman, two children drown in flooded river
Apr 04, 2017, at 03:54 pm
Sydney, Apr 4 (IBNS): A woman and her two children drowned in a flooded river in New South Wales, after their car plunged into the water-body, reports said.
Renewable energy sources could be cheaper than fossil fuels within 10 years – UN-backed report
Apr 04, 2017, at 11:02 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): A new United Nations-backed report has revealed overwhelming consensus that renewable power will dominate in the future, with many experts saying that even large international corporations are increasingly choosing renewable energy products either from utilities or through direct investment in their own generating capacity.
UN supporting Colombian authorities to aid landslide-effected community
Apr 04, 2017, at 11:01 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): The United Nations humanitarian community is working closely with Colombian authorities as Government-led search-and-rescue efforts are underway in the country’s Putamayo province after deadly landslides over the weekend.
Population ageing and decline ‘key focus’ as UN Commission opens 50th annual session
Apr 04, 2017, at 11:01 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): The United Nations advisory body on issues related to population and development on Monday kicked off its annual session, with a focus on changing population age structures and sustainable development.
Peace ‘incomplete’ without demining, UN chief says ahead of World Mine Awareness Day
Apr 04, 2017, at 10:59 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): On the eve of the International Day for World Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Secretary-General António Guterres urged all Governments to remember landmines and explosive remnants of war when discussing peace agreements or when sending urgent humanitarian aid to conflict zones.
Those responsible for St. Petersburg metro attack must be held accountable – UN chief Guterres
Apr 04, 2017, at 10:58 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned on Monday’s explosion on the metro in Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg and underlined need to bring those responsible to justice.
Russian metro explosion kills ten, investigators call terrorist attack
Apr 04, 2017, at 05:16 am
Moscow, Apr 3 (IBNS): In what is being considered as a "terror attack", a bomb explosion in a metro at St. Petersburg in Russia killed ten people while leaving several injured on Monday, media reports.
Follow China’s example, shut down ivory factories and shops, UN agency urges countries
Apr 04, 2017, at 04:12 am
New York, Apr 3 (Just Earth News): Applauding the Chinese Government’s closure of many of its ivory factories and retail outlets, the United Nations environment wing has called on other countries and territories to follow China’s example and improve the survival prospects for elephants across the world.
Lack of infrastructure, jobs drives rural youth to cities, says UN rural poverty agency head
Apr 04, 2017, at 04:11 am
New York, Apr 3 (Just Earth News): Investing in rural youth is essential to stem the migration of young people looking for work in cities and to keeping a global food supply, the new head of the United Nations agency charged with eradicating rural poverty on Monday said.
Syria: Agriculture should be kick-started now despite huge destruction – UN report
Apr 04, 2017, at 04:10 am
New York, Apr 3 (Just Earth News): With six years of conflict in Syria causing more than $16 billion of lost crop and livestock production and destroyed farming assets, a United Nations report published on Monday stressed the need to reboot and kick-start the agricultural sector now to dramatically reduce the need for humanitarian aid and migration.
Russia: St Petersburg metro explosions kills 10
Apr 04, 2017, at 12:06 am
Moscow, Apr 3 (IBNS): At least 10 people have been killed as explosion rocked inside a metro train at the Sennaya Square station in St. Petersburg, Russian media reports said.
Ontario calls for equal pay for women
Apr 03, 2017, at 11:03 pm
Toronto, Apr 3 (IBNS): Indira Naidoo-Harris, Ontario’s Minister for the Status of Women, has said although women made up some 55 percent of the workforce within the public service, they take home about 12 percent less money than their male counterparts, media reports said.
Tory proposes vacant properties’ owners should be taxed
Apr 03, 2017, at 11:03 pm
Toronto, Apr 3 (IBNS): Toronto Mayor John Tory has suggested, in a recent meeting with experts in the real estate, banking, business and housing sectors, that in the wake of the recent increases in prices of houses in Toronto, taxes should be levied on the vacant houses, media reports said.
If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will, says Donald Trump
Apr 03, 2017, at 03:57 pm
Washington, Apr 3 (IBNS): Responding to nuclear threats from North Korea, US President Donald Trump has said that his government is going to take on the Kim Jong-un led nation, with or without the help of China.
Pakistan: Explosion in North Waziristan, 2 injured
Apr 02, 2017, at 11:20 pm
Islamabad, Apr 2 (IBNS): An explosion hit Pakistan's North Waziristan area which left at least two security personnel injured on Sunday, media reports said.
Dubai building fire brought under control
Apr 02, 2017, at 09:54 pm
Dubai, Apr 2 (IBNS): Fire broke out at a building close to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai city on Sunday, media reports said.