UN experts call for sensitive and timely response to online gender-based abuse
Mar 09, 2017, at 02:29 pm
New York, Mar 9 (Just Earth News): Urgent attention, creativity and cooperation are needed to address online gender-based abuse, but authorities should be careful to avoid curtailing freedom of expression in doing so, two United Nations human rights experts said on Wednesday.
Mar 09, 2017, at 02:27 pm
New York, Mar 9 (Just Earth News): The richness, welfare and prosperity of countries depend on the full integration of women in the development process, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, commemorating International Women’s Day at a ceremony in Nairobi as part of his visit to Kenya.
Latest ballistic launches by DPR Korea raise risk of regional arms race, UN Security Council warns
Mar 09, 2017, at 08:08 am
New York, Mar 9 (Just Earth News): Expressing strong condemnation of the most recent ballistic missile launches carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council reiterated that the country should refrain from any actions, including nuclear tests, in violation of the relevant Council resolutions, and comply fully with its obligations under those resolutions.
Recent initiatives important milestones towards greater peace in Mali, say UN, regional partners
Mar 09, 2017, at 08:06 am
New York, Mar 9 (Just Earth News): Commending recent progress, including the launch of interim authorities in Kidal, northern Mali, the United Nations together with regional blocs urged the parties to the peace agreement in the African nation to overcome the difficulties which are impeding the establishment of such authorities in the Taoudéni and Timbuktu regions.
International Day, UN calls for women's full participation in labour force
Mar 09, 2017, at 08:04 am
New York, Mar 9 (Just Earth News): As the rights of women and girls around the world are being reduced and restricted, the United Nations on Wednesday marked International Women's Day with calls for empowering and educating women and girls to reach gender equality in the work place.
Afghanistan: UN mission condemns terrorist attack on Kabul military hospital
Mar 09, 2017, at 08:02 am
New York, Mar 9 (Just Earth News): The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned on Wednesday's terrorist attack on a military hospital in Kabul for which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) claimed responsibility.
Mar 09, 2017, at 02:11 am
Kabul, Mar 8 (IBNS): At least 30 people were killed as terrorists attacked Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Military Hospital in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday, media reports said.
Kabul hospital attack: 4 killed, ISIS claims responsibility
Mar 08, 2017, at 10:44 pm
Kabul, Mar 8 (IBNS): At least four people were killed as militants attacked Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Military Hospital in capital Kabul city of Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
At least two killed as military hospital comes under attack in Kabul
Mar 08, 2017, at 07:58 pm
Kabul, Mar 8 (IBNS) : At least two persons were killed and seven injured as a military hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul came under attack on on Wednesday, CNN reported.
UN human rights experts call for global treaty to regulate dangerous pesticides
Mar 08, 2017, at 01:05 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Two United Nations human rights experts are calling for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming, and move towards sustainable agricultural practices.
UN envoy urges protection of children as key to peace-making and conflict prevention
Mar 08, 2017, at 01:03 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): The rights of children must also be a cornerstone of conflict prevention, peace-making and peace building efforts, the United Nations focal point on children in armed conflict on Tuesday told the UN Human Rights Council, expressing deep concern at the scale and severity of grave violations committed against children in the past year.
Mar 08, 2017, at 01:02 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency voiced deep concerned at a new law voted on Tuesday by the Hungarian Parliament that could lead to mandatory detention of all asylum-seekers, including many children – for the entire length of the asylum procedure – and warned that it would have a terrible impact on people who have already suffered greatly.
Disasters in Americas show challenge of meeting global risk reduction targets – senior UN Official
Mar 08, 2017, at 01:01 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Disasters in the Americas over the past year such as Hurricane Matthew show the challenge the world faces meeting the risk reduction targets established by the UN’s Sendai Framework.
Women’s progress uneven and facing backlash, UN rights chief warns ahead of International Day
Mar 08, 2017, at 01:00 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday launched a joint report with the African Union and UN Women detailing the progress and challenges to women’s struggle for human rights in Africa, while the UN rights chief warned that the women’s movement around the world is facing a backlash that hurts both men and women.
UN agency expanding camps around Mosul to cope with surge in displacement
Mar 08, 2017, at 12:59 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Amid a spike in new displacement triggered by the Iraqi military offensive to recapture western Mosul, the United Nations refugee agency is setting up new camps and expanding existing ones to shelter new arrivals, many of whom are visibly traumatized, hungry and dehydrated.
‘The world must act now to stop this,’ UN chief Guterres says on visit to drought-hit Somalia
Mar 08, 2017, at 12:57 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Hearing the heart-wrenching stories of desperate families displaced in Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged a massive scale up in international support to avert a famine in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa nation and curb the spread of cholera.
UN migration agency seeks $25 million to aid families in Eastern Ukraine
Mar 08, 2017, at 12:56 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): To meet the emergency needs of 180,000 people in Eastern Ukraine, the United Nations migration agency on Tuesday announced plans to provide aid ranging from blankets to money to cover electricity costs and psychological support at a cost of $25 million.
People’s Tribunal on Myanmar State Crimes on Rohingya and Kachin victims to be announced
Mar 07, 2017, at 05:25 pm
London, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): On March 6-7, representatives of Rohingya and Kachin victim groups of Myanmar are presenting first-hand, live and recorded, testimonies about crimes allegedly committed by the Myanmar state against their groups to the Rome-based Permanent People’s Tribunal.
We are bringing back jobs in America, says Donald Trump
Mar 07, 2017, at 04:18 pm
Washington, Mar 7 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump, whose campaign revolved around creating more jobs in America for the Americans, said his government is delivering on the promise.
UN chief Guterres condemns reported firing of multiple ballistic missiles by DPR Korea
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:20 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the reported firing of ballistic missiles on Monday by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), three of which landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
West Africa can serve as a model for preventive diplomacy – UN political chief
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:19 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations political affairs chief on Monday stressed that West Africa could be a model of how the UN can work with local partners in bringing stability to regions or sub-regions.
UN global aviation body adopts new carbon emissions standards for aircraft
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:17 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations aviation body on Monday adopted new aircraft emissions to curb the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate.
World must ‘act fast,’ scale up life-saving assistance in drought-hit Somalia – UN
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:16 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): As a severe drought deepens in Somalia, the risk of famine is looming in the long-troubled country, with about half the population in need of some form of assistance, according to an assessment by United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners.
Security Council wraps up Lake Chad Basin visit; stops in ‘epicentre’ of Boko Haram violence
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:15 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): The crisis in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin is of global concern and action is needed “right now,†the United Nations Security Council on Monday said, wrapping up its four-country tour with the promise of long-term support for the Governments and the people in their fight against Boko Haram.
UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:13 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.
UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:12 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.
UN agency concerned new US refugee plan may 'compound the anguish' of people fleeing conflict
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): Refugees are ordinary people forced to flee war, violence and persecution in their home countries and who remain in urgent need of life-saving assistance and protection, the United Nations refugee agency underscored on Monday in the wake of the latest Executive Order signed by the President of the United States on refugee resettlement.
Donald Trump signs revised travel ban order, excludes Iraq
Mar 07, 2017, at 04:37 am
Washington, Mar 6 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Monday signed the revised travel ban order which restricts migrants from predominantly Muslim nations excluding Iraq.
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Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children each year, UN health agency reports
Mar 07, 2017, at 04:28 am
New York, Mar 6 (Just Earth News): Unhealthy environments are responsible for one-quarter of young child deaths, according to two new reports from the United Nations health agency, which reviewed the threats from pollutants such as second-hand smoke, UV radiation, unsafe water and e-waste.
Pakistan cannot dictate terms on Durand Line, says former Afghan President Karzai
Mar 06, 2017, at 07:07 pm
Kabul, Mar 6 (IBNS): Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on Durand Line, said former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, according to media reports on Monday.