UN-backed cholera vaccination campaign kicks off on Tuesday in Haiti
Nov 09, 2016, at 01:53 pm
New York, Nov 9 (Just Earth News): A vaccination campaign against cholera began on Tuesday in the areas of Haiti hit hard by Hurricane Matthew, with support from the United Nations and other institutions.
Past five years hottest on record, says UN weather agency
Nov 09, 2016, at 01:51 pm
New York, Nov 9 (Just Earth News): In a new detailed analysis of the global climate between 2011 and 2015 – the hottest 5-year period on record – the United Nations weather agency has found an increasingly visible human footprint on extreme weather and climate events with dangerous and costly impacts.
Aiming to curb pregnancy risks and improve experience, UN launches new prenatal care model
Nov 09, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Nov 9 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced a new prenatal care model, designed to enhance pregnancy the experience for women, and reduce the risk of stillbirths and other complications.
ISIL forces civilians towards Mosul airport; UN rights office probes reports of mass graves
Nov 09, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, Nov 9 (Just Earth News): Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) fighters have forced 1,500 families towards the airport in Mosul, the United Nations human rights wing said on Tuesday, adding that it is also looking into reports of mass graves near the city, where military operations are under way to oust the terrorists.
New direct funding available for low- and middle-income countries to regulate tobacco – UN
Nov 09, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, Nov 9 (Just Earth News): New funding is now available to support tobacco control implementation for low and middle income countries through the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) , currently the strongest global instrument to control tobacco.
Nov 09, 2016, at 01:38 pm
New York, Nov 9 (Just Earth News): Beyond the work of governments, other stakeholders such as businesses, cities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have a crucial role to play in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change, ‘Climate Champions’ Laurence Tubiana and Hakima El Haité said on Tuesday in Marrakech, where the United Nations conference known as ‘COP 22’ is under way.
US Polls close in North Carolina and Ohio
Nov 09, 2016, at 12:14 pm
North Carolina, Nov 8 (IBNS): At 7:30 EDT the polling closed in North Carolina, Durham County, and results are waiting soon from the region.
Shooting in US polling station, 1dead, multiple injured
Nov 09, 2016, at 11:24 am
Azusa, Nov 8 (IBNS): One man died while multiple people were injured in a shooting incident near a polling station in Azusa, in the Los Angeles county of California.
US poll Season Finale grabs Canadians
Nov 09, 2016, at 09:35 am
Toronto, Nov 8 (IBNS): The US presidential elections are in its final stage and soon the new era of Hillary or Trump will take over the entire world. Being neighbours, Canada is all up like US, keeping its fingers crossed to look out for the right president of America. IBNS approached a few Canadians around and sought their reactions.
UNESCO chief deplores killing of television journalist in Afghanistan
Nov 09, 2016, at 04:49 am
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today spoke out against the murder of a broadcast journalist in Afghanistan's Helmand province on 4 November.
US presidential elections: Trump, Clinton cast votes
Nov 09, 2016, at 04:35 am
Washington, Nov 8 (IBNS): As the high profile US Presidential polls is underway in the US, Republican nominee Donald Trump acast his vote in New York on Tuesday.
US presidential elections: Voting underway
Nov 09, 2016, at 12:24 am
Washington, Nov 8 (IBNS): Voting is currently underway in the US as voters are deciding the fates of Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump who are contesting the high -profile US Presidential polls.
Afghanistan: Five policemen killed in blast
Nov 08, 2016, at 09:52 pm
Kabul, Nov 8 (IBNS): At least five cops were killed as a bomb blast rocked southern Paktia province in Afghanistan on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Jens Stoltenberg to meet Bosnian delegate
Nov 08, 2016, at 08:59 pm
Brussels, Nov 8 (IBNS): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bakir Izetbegović, at NATO Headquarters on Wednesday.
Samsung offices raided by South Korean prosecutors
Nov 08, 2016, at 06:51 pm
Seoul, Nov 8 (IBNS): South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday raided several Samsung offices in the country, a BBC report said.
Afghanistan: Taliban commander among four killed in IED explosion
Nov 08, 2016, at 05:16 pm
Kabul, Nov 8 (IBNS): A Taliban commander was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, planted by his own men, in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, reports said.
Afghanistan's Information and Culture Minister resigns
Nov 08, 2016, at 04:41 pm
Kabul, Nov 8 (IBNS): Afghanistan's Information and Culture Minister Abdul Bari Jahani resigned from his post on Monday.
US Presidential polls: America to decide fates of Trump, Clinton today
Nov 08, 2016, at 03:07 pm
Washington, Nov 8 (IBNS): The fates of Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump, who are contesting the high -profile US Presidential polls, will be decided as voters are expected to cast their votes on Tuesday to elect their next President.
Nov 08, 2016, at 02:12 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) is mandated with many tasks in the east African nation as it continues to make significant strides in its peace process after two decades of lawlessness and conflict.
South Sudan will face escalating food crisis in 2017, UN agriculture agency warns
Nov 08, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): As the conflict in South Sudan grinds on, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday that 31 per cent of the country’s population, or 3.7 million people, are facing a severe food security risk, despite the end of the lean food season and start of harvests – a major increase from the one million who were in a similar situation at this time last year.
Nearly one billion travel abroad in first nine months of 2016 – UN agency
Nov 08, 2016, at 02:09 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): Recording an almost four per cent increase over the same period last year, the first nine months of 2016 witnessed 956 million international tourists travelling to different parts of the world, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said on Monday.
Guy Ryder re-elected for a second term as head of UN labour agency
Nov 08, 2016, at 02:08 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Monday re-elected Guy Ryder, of the United Kingdom, as ILO Director-General for a second five year-term to start on 1 October 2017.
Over-generalized approach could expose peace operations to greater risk, warns UN deputy chief
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:51 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): Amid increased attacks from violent extremist and terrorist groups, the United Nations peace operations must be better prepared to face such asymmetric threats by ensuring the safety and security of UN personnel and adapting to varying situations on the ground, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told the Security Council on Monday.
UN released two million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015 latest ‘Greening the Blue’ report shows
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): In the latest edition of the United Nations report on the organization’s greenhouse gas emissions, the world body announced that it emitted two million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2015 and that a total of 28 UN system entities took systematic approaches to improve their environmental performance, all part of its commitment to become climate neutral by 2020.
Future of food security depends on irrigation methods that adapt to climate change – UN agency
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that in order to adapt agriculture to a changing climate, new approaches to irrigation will need to be developed and implemented worldwide.
New UN survey reveals extensive damage to health system in war-torn Yemen
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): There are critical shortages in medical doctors in over 40 per cent of all Yemeni districts, with more than half of all health facilities closed or partially functioning as the conflict continues, a new World Health Organization (WHO) survey has revealed.
UNICEF renews call for protection of children after kindergarten hit in deadly Damascus attack
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that a kindergarten in Harasta, Rural Damascus, was reportedly hit in an attack yesterday, killing at least four children and injuring many others.
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered his “full support†to the talks between the Greek Cypriot leader and the Turkish Cypriot leader, concentrated on the chapter of territory, as well as other outstanding issues interdependently, kicked off on Monday in Switzerland.
Afghanistan: UN Mission probing air strikes that allegedly killed 32 civilians in Kunduz
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has said that it is currently investigating allegations that at least 32 civilians were killed and a further 19 injured in airstrikes in Kunduz city, which is in the north of the country, last Thursday.
Nov 08, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as ‘COP 22,’ opened on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, just days after the entry into force of the landmark Paris Agreement which has now been ratified by 100 countries.