From thorny to tasty: UN agriculture agency looking at cactus as climate resilient food
Dec 01, 2017, at 02:29 pm
New York, Dec 1(Just Earth News): With the reality of climate change becoming more real by the day, including its impact on food sources, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is urging communities around the world not to take the prickly cactus for granted.
Syria: UN-supported talks in Geneva extended until mid-December
Dec 01, 2017, at 02:28 pm
New York, Dec 1(Just Earth News): Previewing what he said will be “not just a normal round of talks,” Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, insisted Thursday there should be no preconditions heading into the current round of discussions aimed at resolving the over six-year-long Syrian conflict that has resulted in immense human suffering.
Security Council hails ‘remarkable achievements’ one year after Colombian peace accord
Dec 01, 2017, at 02:27 pm
New York, Dec 1(Just Earth News): The Security Council on Thursday marked the one year anniversary of the signing and entry-into-force of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC-EP).
Dec 01, 2017, at 02:27 pm
New York, Dec 1(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday focused its attention on global efforts to stop the traffic in and destruction of cultural property, with the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) laying out steps to protect cultural heritage and ensure that it can serve “as a source of belonging and peace for all people in times of conflict.”
Antalya: South-South Development Expo closes with strengthened cooperation to achieve Global Goals
Dec 01, 2017, at 02:26 pm
New York, Dec 1(Just Earth News): The Global South-South Development Expo 2017 wrapped up on Thursday in Antalya, Turkey, with delegations from dozens of countries, key international organizations, and United Nations agencies reaffirming their commitment to strengthen partnerships and cooperation agreements to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Global blueprints on refugees, safe migration should include protections for children – UNICEF
Dec 01, 2017, at 06:03 am
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The rights, protection and wellbeing of uprooted children should be central commitments of global migration policies, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, as it released a new report prior to a meeting next week on safe, regular and orderly migration.
New funding provides much needed boost for Yemen aid operations, but needs outstrip means
Dec 01, 2017, at 06:02 am
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): A United Nations-managed humanitarian emergency fund has allocated $70 million to strife-ridden Yemen, enabling critical life-saving relief operations across large parts of the country.
Ontario plans to expand First Link program to communities to promote diagnosis of dementia
Dec 01, 2017, at 04:16 am
Toronto, Nov 29 (IBNS): Ontario has planned to expand the First Link program to every community across the province to promote diagnosis of dementia with a patient navigator, media reports said.
Bosnian war criminal drinks poison inside court, dies
Nov 30, 2017, at 06:17 pm
Hague, Nov 30 (IBNS): A Bosnian Croat war criminal, Slobodan Praljak, who was under trial, died after drinking poison inside the court during a hearing in The Hague, media reports said.
US tourists held in Thailand for nude temple photo
Nov 30, 2017, at 04:01 pm
Bangkok, Nov 30 (IBNS): Be careful about what you brag on the internet, as not everything goes unnoticed and unpunished, like two Americans learned, the hard way.
One in 10 medicines in developing countries substandard or falsified – UN health agency
Nov 30, 2017, at 03:01 pm
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): Substandard or fake medicines that fail to prevent and cure disease – and could even cause death – are becoming more and more prevalent, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, calling on Governments to take urgent actions to tackle this global problem.
Four billion people have no social security protection - UN labour agency
Nov 30, 2017, at 03:00 pm
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): More than half of the global population – some four billion people – have no social security protection, UN labour experts said on Wednesday.
Libya’s planned transit centre would keep migrants from risky Mediterranean crossing – UN agency
Nov 30, 2017, at 02:59 pm
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the decision by the Libyan authorities to set up a “transit and departure facility” in Tripoli for refugees and migrants in need of international protection – an initiative that offers viable alternatives to their dangerous journeys along the Central Mediterranean route.
South Sudan: UN envoy condemns ‘horrific’ killings of civilians in Jonglei
Nov 30, 2017, at 02:58 pm
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The most senior United Nations official in South Sudan has condemned the “horrific” killing of some 45 civilians in the Jonglei region on Tuesday when a Murle ethnic group attacked a Dinka village.
On Day of Solidarity, UN reaffirms two-state solution as only answer to ‘question of Palestine’
Nov 30, 2017, at 02:58 pm
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The Question of Palestine is inextricably linked with the history of the United Nations and is one of the longest-standing issues on the Organization's agenda, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Nov 30, 2017, at 02:57 pm
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): With actors from the Global South increasingly among the frontline responders in fragile and protracted crises, fully leveraging the comparative advantage of South-South cooperation has the potential to have great humanitarian and development impact, a senior United National relief official said on Wednesday.
UN aid chief spotlights challenges delivering relief inside war-torn Syria, urges continued support
Nov 30, 2017, at 02:56 pm
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The conflict in Syria – now into its seventh year, longer than World War II – continues to ratchet up misery on its people, with millions living in besieged and hard-to-reach areas, a third of the country’s children out of school, and over half of its health facilities rendered inoperable, the United Nations top relief official said on Wednesday.
Nov 30, 2017, at 02:50 pm
Washington, Nov 30 (IBNS): Amid missile tests, the US on Thursday urged global community to send a 'unified message' to North Korea that it must abandon its weapons of mass destruction programs.
US President Donald Trump slams UK PM May for criticism over anti-Muslim video
Nov 30, 2017, at 01:43 pm
Washington, Nov 30 (IBNS): Triggering a controversy, US President Donald Trump has urged Theresa May to focus on "terrorism" in the UK after the British Prime Minister criticised him for sharing 'anti-Muslim' videos.
Malaria response at ‘crossroads,’ risks backward slide – UN
Nov 30, 2017, at 05:48 am
New York, Nov 29 (Just Earth News):After unprecedented global success in controlling malaria, progress has stalled, the United Nations health agency reported on Wednesday, citing an estimated five million more cases in 2016 than in 2015, and around 445,000 deaths.
In Côte d'Ivoire, UN chief spotlights importance of AU-EU strategic partnership
Nov 30, 2017, at 05:47 am
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The importance of regional organizations grows with every decade that passes as they are essential to face the difficult challenges that threaten the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday at the African Union-European Union Summit in Côte d'Ivoire.
Lack of jobs, money for rent, add to woes in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine, says UN agency
Nov 30, 2017, at 05:46 am
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): As temperatures plummet across eastern Ukraine, many – including the elderly – who fled their homes following hostilities are forced to return to their original place of residence due to lack of jobs and money to pay rent in the places they were sheltering, the United Nations migration agency has reported.
UN chief 'strongly condemns' latest ballistic missile launch by DPR Korea
Nov 30, 2017, at 05:45 am
New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres “strongly condemns” the launch of yet another ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), his Spokesman has said.
Parvez Musharraf declares full support for terror groups-Lashkar and JuD
Nov 30, 2017, at 05:04 am
Islamabad, Nov 29 (IBNS): Days after Pakistan released Jamaatud Dawa’s (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, former military dictator Pervez Musharraf declared his complete support for the militant groups.
Nov 29, 2017, at 11:39 pm
Kabul, Nov 29 (IBNS) : Five convicts were hanged to death in Pul-e-Charkhi prison of Kabul early Wednesday.
Man arrested in Kabul over grenade attack that left 8 dead, 36 wounded
Nov 29, 2017, at 11:38 pm
Kabul, Nov 29 (IBNS) : A suspect has been arrested in connection to a grenade attack in Kabul city that left at least eight people dead and around 36 others wounded.
Taliban and ISIS clashes spread to Laghman as both sides suffer heavy casualties
Nov 29, 2017, at 11:36 pm
Kabul, Nov 29 (IBNS) : The infighting among the Taliban and ISIS militants has spread to eastern Laghman province as reports indicate the two sides have suffered heavy casualties in the latest clashes.
Bali airport reopens after closure due to Mt.Agung eruption
Nov 29, 2017, at 09:17 pm
Bali, Nov 29 (IBNS) : Bali airport reopened on Wednesday, two days after a volcanic eruption spread ash across the island and forced it to close.
Canada PM Trudeau apologises to LGBT community over ill-treatment, calls 'collective shame'
Nov 29, 2017, at 07:55 pm
Ottawa, Nov 29 (IBNS): Apologising to the LGBT community, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said it is "our collective shame" to mistreat people on the basis of their sexual orientation, continuing in the country for a long time, media reports said.
Seven Taliban militants killed in airstrikes in Afghanistan
Nov 29, 2017, at 05:27 pm
Kabul, Nov 29 (IBNS): At least seven Taliban militants have been killed in an airstrikes conducted by foreign troops in Afghanistan's Logar province.