Guyana emerging as a ‘green State,’ President tells UN Assembly
Sep 21, 2016, at 12:13 pm
New York, Sept 21 (Just Earth News): Underscoring the importance of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change, the President of Guyana highlighted that his country will continue to pursue a ‘green’ economy and will be a reliable and cooperative partner in international efforts to protect the earth's environment.
As ‘environment powerhouse,’ Brazil to join Paris climate accord, President tells UN Assembly
Sep 21, 2016, at 12:12 pm
New York, Sept 21 (Just Earth News): Following the tradition of being the first Head of State to address the annual United Nations General Assembly’s annual general debate, the President of Brazil on Tuesday pledged that his country will formally join the Paris Agreement on climate change by depositing its instrument of ratification at a special event tomorrow with the UN Secretary-General.
We must open our hearts and do more to help refugees: Barack Obama at UNGA
Sep 21, 2016, at 04:58 am
New York, Sept 20 (IBNS): In his final address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) here, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the world will be more secure if "we are prepared to help those in need."
Sep 21, 2016, at 02:51 am
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): While it is It is evident the 2030 Agenda is being increasingly used as the framework for improved national development plans around the world, “we are far from where we need to be,†the President of the United Nations General Assembly said on Tuesday, opening the 193-member body’s annual general debate with a strong call to do more to end conflict, erase poverty and bolster human rights for all.
UN General Assembly kicks off annual general debate
Sep 21, 2016, at 02:48 am
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): As world leaders gather at the United Nations Headquarters, the General Assembly this morning began its annual general debate, which defines international responses to many of the global challenges of on Tuesday, including protracted conflicts, extreme poverty and hunger, the refugee crisis and climate change under the theme of “The Sustainable Development Goals: a universal push to transform our world.â€
Syria: UN suspends aid after convoy attacked
Sep 20, 2016, at 11:03 pm
Aleppo, Sept 20 (IBNS): The United Nations has decided to suspend aid convoys in Syria, media reports said on Tuesday.
North Korea successfully tests rocket engines, to launch satellite
Sep 20, 2016, at 06:10 pm
Pyongyang, Sept 20 (IBNS): North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly asked the scientists and engineers to brace up for a satellite launch at the earliest after the country successfully ground tested a satellite launching rocket, according to state media.
UN announces inaugural class of 17 youth leaders to support Global Goals
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:11 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy on youth on Monday unveiled the inaugural class of 17 youth leaders who have been recognized for their leadership and contribution to the achievement of the 17 Global Goals, also known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030.
At Forum, Ban stresses key role of business in securing way forward on Global Goals
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:09 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday underscored the crucial role businesses play in the realization of Global Goals, or Sustainable Development Goals, adopted a year ago by 193 countries.
DR Congo: Ban condemns deadly clashes between protestors and security forces in capital
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:08 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General on Monday expressed deep concern about the violent clashes between protestors and security forces in Kinshasa, and several other locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sustainable livelihoods bring not only food security but dignity, for refugees – UN chief
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:07 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): Underscoring that millions of refugees around the world face food insecurity and the risk of malnutrition, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Monday for stronger response to ensure that refugees are able to meet their food and nutrition needs.
Mobile app raises awareness of Global Goals, connects people who want to make a difference
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:05 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): In collaboration with partners, the United Nations has launched a mobile application to provide a global forum for industry, governments and individual citizens to collectively realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:04 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): Condemning recent violence in Ndomete and Kaga Bandoro in Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the country (MINUSCA) called on local communities to remain calm and underlined its right to take appropriate measures to prevent destabilization of the situation.
Libya: UN and partners launch appeal for urgent life-saving assistance in a complex emergency
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:03 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and humanitarian agencies in Libya on Monday issued an urgent appeal for $10.7 million to meet life-saving emergency assistance for close to 80,000 people located within the Libyan city of Sirte until the end of the year.
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:02 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): Speaking at the opening of the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants, a number of senior UN officials stressed on the importance of the Summit and called on world leaders for collective action to address the global crisis.
Sep 20, 2016, at 01:01 pm
New York, Sept 20 (Just Earth News): In his address to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, the agency’s Director-General, highlighted work in various areas, including nuclear applications, nuclear safety and security, safeguards and technical cooperation, and modernizing a new pest control facility to tackle vector-brome diseases such as Zika.
As new UN development agency advocate, ‘Game of Thrones’ actor shows poverty the ‘red card’
Sep 20, 2016, at 04:27 am
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): Globally acclaimed Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has kicked off his role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the 17 Global Goals known as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, agreed last year by world leaders to tackle our planet’s toughest challenges by 2030.
INTERVIEW: Dame Margaret Anstee: first woman Under Secretary-General of the UN
Sep 20, 2016, at 04:26 am
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): “A woman of firsts,†is perhaps only a summary description of Dame Margaret Anstee, the first woman to serve as a United Nations Under-Secretary-General.
World leaders at UN summit adopt 'bold' plan to enhance protections for refugees and migrants
Sep 20, 2016, at 04:22 am
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War II, world leaders came together at the United Nations on Monday to adopt the New York Declaration, which expresses their political will to protect the rights of refugees and migrants, to save lives and share responsibility for large movements on a global scale.
Syria: UN relief chief 'disappointed' that aid workers still unable to safely access eastern Aleppo
Sep 20, 2016, at 04:21 am
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): Expressing disappointment that humanitarian actors have not been able to reach eastern Aleppo in Syria, the United Nations humanitarian chief urged all parties to the conflict to facilitate regular and sustained access to the besieged and hard-to-reach areas across the country.
UN atomic energy agency begins building new laboratory to fortify fight against Zika, insect pests
Sep 20, 2016, at 04:20 am
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): The United Nations nuclear energy agency has begun constructing a new laboratory that will enable it to better help countries use nuclear techniques, such as application of irradiation to sterilize insects, in the fight against pests, including mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus and other diseases.
Putin's United Russia party headed for victory in Parliamentary elections
Sep 19, 2016, at 07:43 pm
Moscow, Sep 19 (IBNS): President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party has won more than 54 per cent votes in 90 per cent of ballots counted for the nation's Parliamentary election, the media reported on Monday.
ISIS: 19 Yazidi women torched to death for refusing sex with soldiers
Sep 19, 2016, at 04:34 pm
Mosul, Sept 19 (IBNS): In a public execution, ISIS burnt 19 women alive to death in Iraq's Mosul recently, media reports said.
Sep 19, 2016, at 12:43 pm
New York, Sept 19 (Just Earth News): For too long, quality education has been accessible to the privileged few, but as people become more interdependent, quality education and lifelong learning must be available to all, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday, declaring education a “human right and universal good†at the launch of a United Nations-backed report setting out a plan for the largest expansion of education opportunity in history.
Sep 19, 2016, at 01:57 am
Ayutthaya, Sept 18 (IBNS): At least 13 people were killed as a boat, in which they were travelling, capsized in Thai city of Ayutthaya, media reports said.
Ban hails UN-backed fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria as partnership model for Global Goals
Sep 18, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, Sept 18 (Just Earth News): Praising the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as a model of partnership that brings together people and development partners, governments, civil society, the private sector and people affected by diseases, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said such broad cooperation is also the key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Senior ISIL leader killed in coalition strike
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:49 pm
Washington, Sept 17 (IBNS): A Sept. 7 coalition precision strike near Raqqah, Syria, targeted and killed "Dr. Wa'il," also known as Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, one of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's most-senior leaders, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement issued on Friday.
FEATURE: Music for the children of Yarmouk – and all refugees
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): “I took my piano and made it everything: my work, and my studies at university; to teach children music,†begins Ayham al-Ahmad, in an interview with United Nations Radio, ahead of a UN summit on large movements of refugees and migrants on 19 September 2016.
FEATURE: Curtain rises on world's busiest diplomatic arena at UN Headquarters
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:40 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): As world leaders gather in New York in the coming days, the curtain will soon rise on the busiest diplomatic season of the year at the United Nations Headquarters.
UN rights expert calls for durable solutions for the displaced in Serbia and Kosovo
Sep 17, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, Sept 17 (Just Earth News): Concluding his five-day visit to Serbia and Kosovo, a United Nations human rights expert called on the Government of Serbia and the authorities in Kosovo to find an urgent and sustainable solution for people who have been displaced for almost 17 years.