World's jobless to rise amid economic uncertainty, growing inequality – UN labour report
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:58 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) released its 2017 World Employment and Social Outlook report on Thursday, which finds economic growth trends lagging behind employment needs and predicts both rising unemployment and worsening social inequality throughout 2017.
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:57 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): While the ceasefire in Syria is largely holding, the United Nations envoy for the country cautioned on Thursday that the truce may be under threat as clashes in villages in the Wadi Barada valley has damaged water infrastructure and left more than five million people in and around Damascus facing water shortages.
Humanitarian crisis in Lake Chad Basin 'growing in dramatic fashion,' Security Council told
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:56 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): Briefing the Security Council on Thursday, senior United Nations officials underlined the significant challenges and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad Basin region, including in particular those posed by the militant group, Boko Haram, and urged for sustained support to national and regional security, political and humanitarian action.
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:56 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): Armed fighting over land, water and other natural resources in Sudan's Darfur region continues to put civilians at risk, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council on Thursday, calling for long-term solutions that would allow 2.6 million displaced people to return or resettle.
UN agency hails new polio vaccination regimen in South-East Asia that curbs impact on global supply
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:55 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): Amid a global shortage of injectable inactivated polio vaccines (IPV), a new inoculation regimen, employed by governments in the South-East Asian region, involving two fractional vaccine doses – each about a fifth of a full dose – provides the same level of protection against all polioviruses as does one full dose, the United Nations health agency said on Thursday.
Global food prices fall for fifth year in a row, but economic uncertainties remain for 2017 – UN
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:54 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): Data from 2016 reveals that for the fifth year in a row, the prices of food around the world have declined, in some cases 1.5 per cent below 2015 levels, a monthly United Nations report revealed.
UN-backed campaign to help vaccinate millions of children against measles in north-east Nigeria
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:53 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): A United Nations-supported mass vaccination campaign is set to start on Fridayto protect more than 4.7 million children against a measles outbreak in conflict-affected states in north-eastern Nigeria.
'Cyprus can be symbol of hope' the world badly needs, says UN chief Guterres as conference opens
Jan 13, 2017, at 04:31 am
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): A United Nations-supported conference on Cyprus opened in Geneva on Thursday, bringing together the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot leaders in a dialogue chaired by Secretary-General António Guterres.
Mauritania aims to boost food production through new UN agency agreement
Jan 13, 2017, at 04:30 am
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): A new partnership between the United Nations rural poverty agency and officials in Mauritania could boost finances and nutrition for nearly 300,000 farmers in the southern part of the country.
Mexican President says his country will not pay for border wall with US
Jan 12, 2017, at 08:15 pm
Mexico City, Jan 12 (IBNS): President Enrique Peña Nieto has said that Mexico will not pay for the US-Mexico border wall, according to media reports on Thursday.
South Korea Scandal: Probe committee questions Samsung boss
Jan 12, 2017, at 04:25 pm
Seoul, Jan 12 (IBNS): The Probe committee in charge of the South Korean scandal, involving President Park Geun-hye, has interrogated Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong and has marked him as a suspect, media reports said.
Jan 12, 2017, at 12:23 pm
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): Highlighting that the Colombian peace process faced and continues to face a range of challenges but also offers “solid†opportunities, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country on Wednesday called on the United Nations Security Council for its continued attention and strong support to the country.
As millions suffer water shortages in Syria, UN looks to keep potable supply safe
Jan 12, 2017, at 12:16 pm
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): The United Nations expressed concern on Wednesday about fighting in the Wadi Barada area of west Damascus, which in addition to displacing thousands of people, has also restricted water supplies to some 5.5 million people in and around the Syrian capital.
World Bank sees ‘moderate’ pick up for global economy in 2017 despite weak investment
Jan 12, 2017, at 12:15 pm
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 per cent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year, the World Bank said in a report released on Wednesday.
Cyprus talks ‘on track’ ahead of international conference – UN envoy
Jan 12, 2017, at 12:13 pm
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): As the United Nations-facilitated talks on Cyprus went into their third day in Geneva ahead of an international conference tomorrow, the UN adviser on the issue has said the discussions are “on track†and while there is still much hard work to do, an “historic†outcome could be reached as part of ongoing reunification efforts.
Top UN peacekeeping official pushes for endorsement of DR Congo political accord
Jan 12, 2017, at 12:12 pm
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News): Addressing the Security Council, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations on Wednesday urged the international community to push for a swift endorsement of the so-called 31 December political accord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to put in place a transitional government of national unity.
Migrants battling exposure as freezing temperatures grip Europe, warns UN agency
Jan 12, 2017, at 04:43 am
New York, Jan 11 (Just Earth News): Sounding the alarm over the situation of thousands of migrants, asylum seekers and others enduring extreme cold conditions across Europe and Eastern Mediterranean, the United Nations migration agency has appealed for immediate action to save them from freezing to death.
UN agency renews call for protecting children after deadly attacks in Yemeni capital
Jan 12, 2017, at 04:40 am
New York, Jan 11 (Just Earth News): At least one girl has been killed and four others injured in attacks near a school outside the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, leading the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to renew its call on the people involved in the country's conflict to protect children and stop attacks on civilian structures.
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller to attend Snow Meeting in Lithuania
Jan 12, 2017, at 12:46 am
Zurich, Jan 11 (IBNS): The NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller will attend the Snow Meeting in Lithuania on Jan 12 and 13.
Russians in favour of naming street after Donald Trump
Jan 11, 2017, at 06:54 pm
Ryazan, Russia, Jan 11 (IBNS): Donald Trump's Russia stance seemed to have struck a chord with the country's people as citizens in the town of Ryazan wants a street to be named after the incoming US President, a CNN report said.
Hundreds from western Mosul getting medical attention amid fight to retake Iraqi city
Jan 11, 2017, at 02:00 pm
New York, Jan 11 (Just Earth News): Nearly 700 people have been moved to hospitals from the frontlines in Mosul, Iraq, as the United Nations and partners are working to scale up humanitarian efforts for thousands of people fleeing the fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Iraqi forces.
Jan 11, 2017, at 01:59 pm
New York, Jan 11 (Just Earth News): The United Nation’s former point person for Middle East negotiations has said that Israelis and Palestinians need at least the prospects of a two-state solution, and urged the international community to create conditions for more effective discussions in the future.
Amid dwindling donor support, one million displaced Somali refugees grow hopeless, UN agency warns
Jan 11, 2017, at 01:56 pm
New York, Jan 11 (Just Earth News): More than one million Somali refugees who have been displaced from their homes for decades are becoming despondent as they continue to be unable to return home and donor support is growing fatigued, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
UNICEF #EarlyMomentsMatter campaign promotes investments in early childhood development
Jan 11, 2017, at 05:01 am
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): On Tuesday marks the launch of a new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) campaign, #EarlyMomentsMatter, aimed at raising awareness about the critical impact that early experiences have on children’s brain development during their first 1,000 days of life.
At Security Council, UN chief Guterres makes case for new efforts to build and sustain peace
Jan 11, 2017, at 05:00 am
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): This morning, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will make his first address to the Security Council on conflict prevention and sustaining peace at time when the 15-nation body says the need for a UN that can fully deliver on the promise of its Charter to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war†is perhaps greater than ever.
Effective tobacco policies could save 8 million lives and $1 trillion annually, UN reports
Jan 11, 2017, at 04:59 am
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): Smoking and tobacco use cost world economies more than $1 trillion each year in healthcare and lost productivity, the United Nations health agency on Tuesday reported, refuting claims that control on tobacco products adversely impact economies.
Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in Egypt that kills 9 policemen
Jan 11, 2017, at 04:58 am
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): The Security Council has denounced the terrorist attack in Egypt yesterday that reportedly killed nine policemen and injured more than 13 people.
Austria: Police detains six Afghans over alleged assault of women
Jan 10, 2017, at 07:24 pm
Tyrol/Vienna, Jan 10 (IBNS): The Austrian police have arrested a group of six Afghan refugees for allegedly assaulting several women, reports said.
Haiti: UN-supported supply system provides clean water to remote community
Jan 10, 2017, at 01:52 pm
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): A new drinking water distribution system, partly funded by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), is now providing safe water for the people of Los Palis – a community in the district of Hinche, located in the centre of the island nation.
In opinion piece, Secretary-General António Guterres shares new vision for UN
Jan 10, 2017, at 01:51 pm
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): In an opinion piece on Monday for Newsweek, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres outlined a vision for addressing the enormous challenges facing the international community, including maintaining peace and security, promoting economic development, and combatting climate change.