UN-led ministerial conference in Moscow agrees universal commitment to end tuberculosis
Nov 18, 2017, at 10:36 am
New York, Nov 18(Just Earth News): On Friday, 75 ministers announced a landmark agreement to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 at the conclusion of a World Health Organization (WHO) conference in Moscow, Russia, on eradicating the world's deadliest infectious disease.
New UN funding to help sustain critical aid programmes for nearly 150,000 in Chad
Nov 18, 2017, at 10:35 am
New York, Nov 18(Just Earth News): The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) – a pool of funding which supports critical relief operations in crises around the world – has allocated $11 million to help meet the life-saving needs of some 147,000 people in southern Chad, where aid operations are faltering in want of resources.
Wrapping up visit, UN rights chief urges El Salvador to address femicide and abortion ban
Nov 18, 2017, at 10:33 am
New York, Nov 18 (Just Earth News): At the end of his first visit to El Salvador, the United Nations human rights chief on Friday highlighted the Government's stated commitment to human rights, as well as several issues facing the Central American country, including the highest rate of femicide in the region and the abortion ban that punishes women “for apparent miscarriages and obstetric emergencies.”
Desperate Rohingya refugees use home-made rafts to get to Bangladesh – UN
Nov 18, 2017, at 10:32 am
New York, Nov 18(Just Earth News): Over the past 10 days, dozens of makeshift rafts carrying more than a thousand people have floated into Bangladesh, proof that Rohingya refugees are resorting to increasingly desperate means to flee to Myanmar, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
UN agencies rush in medical supplies for thousands wounded in Iran-Iraq earthquake
Nov 18, 2017, at 05:00 am
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): United Nations agencies have delivered medical supplies to the areas of Iran and Iraq struck by a devastating earthquake, and are urging vigilance against the possible outbreaks of infectious and waterborne diseases.
With UN support, more countries confronting threat of drug-resistant 'superbugs'
Nov 18, 2017, at 04:59 am
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): Efforts to stem the spread of antimicrobial resistant pathogens on farms and in food systems are gaining strength, thanks to strong backing by governments and technical support from the United Nations to boost national capacities, the Organization's food security and health agencies reported on Friday.
UN rights chief voices concern about Cambodia election after opposition ban
Nov 18, 2017, at 04:58 am
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief voiced grave concerns Friday about the conduct of credible, free and fair elections in Cambodia next year following the decision by the Supreme Court to dissolve the main opposition party.
Ontario announces legislation to ban college strike, NDP blocks
Nov 17, 2017, at 09:15 pm
Toronto, Nov 17 (IBNS): The Wynne government in Ontario on Thursday announced legislation to ban all college strikes in the province, a decision which has been blocked by the New Democratic Party (NDP), media reports said.
Canada-U.K. sign deal to curb coal usage with concerns on climate change
Nov 17, 2017, at 08:02 pm
Ottawa, Nov 17 (IBNS): While the U.S. pulled themselves out of the Paris Accord, Canada and the U.K. have signed a deal with an aim to curbing the usage of coal keeping the climate change in mind, media reports said.
Camboadia's highest court dissolves opposition part, HRW says death of democracy
Nov 17, 2017, at 05:59 pm
Phnom Penh, Nov 17 (IBNS): The Human Rights Watch has claimed death of democracy in Cambodia after the country's Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party on Thursday.
UN envoy urges greater support for Rohingya victims of sexual violence
Nov 17, 2017, at 05:55 pm
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): Following a visit to Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have settled in makeshift camps, a United Nations envoy has called for enhanced measures to protect and assist victims of sexual violence among the displaced population.
In Colombia, UN political chief urges parties to ‘stay the course’ set out in peace accord
Nov 17, 2017, at 05:53 pm
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): More must be done to ensure that the remarkable gains of the first phase of Colombia’s peace process are maintained, the top United Nations political official has said, wrapping up a visit to the country with an appeal to all Colombians to rally behind the accord, especially to ensure that former combatants are reintegrated into civilian life.
‘Discrimination against one is discrimination against all,’ says UNESCO on Day for Tolerance
Nov 17, 2017, at 05:51 pm
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): Marking the International Day for Tolerance, the head of the United Nations cultural agency underscored how tolerance must be nurtured to celebrate the diversity that makes us strong and the values that bring us together.
ISIS claims deadly Kabul attack as death tolls touches 19
Nov 17, 2017, at 05:49 pm
Kabul, Nov 17 (IBNS): ISIS has claimed the latest attack in Kabul which accounted for at least 19 lives, including policemen, local Tolo News reported.
UN plan for post-conflict transition in Libya makes headway, Security Council told
Nov 17, 2017, at 09:57 am
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): The political process for a successful post-conflict transition in Libya has made significant headway over the past two months, the United Nations envoy for the North African country said on Thursday.
Conflicts, climatic change drive food insecurity and undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa – UN
Nov 17, 2017, at 09:56 am
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): Adverse climatic conditions, a sluggish global economy and conflicts are key factors driving food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Thursday.
Nov 17, 2017, at 09:55 am
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): Noting that at least 11,000 terrorist attacks occurred in more than 100 countries last year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed on Thursday that “terrorism is fundamentally the denial and destruction of human rights.”
UN chief calls for calm in Zimbabwe, underlines need to resolve political differences peacefully
Nov 17, 2017, at 09:53 am
New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following developments in Zimbabwe, and has called for continued calm in the southern African country, the UN Spokesman said on Thursday.
Bonn: Climate engineering is risky, but should be explored, experts say at UN conference
Nov 17, 2017, at 09:52 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Climate engineering, or climate intervention, is risky but needs to be explored as a supplement – not as a 'Plan B' – to greenhouse gas emissions reduction, said experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), in Bonn, Germany.
UN agency chiefs call for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen
Nov 17, 2017, at 04:32 am
New York, Nov 16(Just Earth News): With much of Yemen's air, sea and land entry points closed, heads of three United Nations agencies on Thursday called for immediate lifting of such blockade in the conflict-ravaged southern Arabian country so that lifesaving humanitarian supplies can pass.
Central African Republic: UN mission mandate extended, additional ‘blue helmets’ authorized
Nov 17, 2017, at 04:31 am
New York, Nov 16(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), until 15 November 2018, increased the mission’s troop level by 900 military personnel.
Nearly a third of Darfur’s people still displaced, despite drop in violence, Security Council told
Nov 17, 2017, at 04:30 am
New York, Nov 16(Just Earth News): The armed groups in Darfur have largely been defeated and the ferocity of intercommunal violence has declined, but anxiety over safety continues to keep many people from returning to their homes, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council on Thursday.
Member of Toronto-18 group Saad Khalid denied paraole
Nov 17, 2017, at 01:56 am
Toronto, Nov 16 (IBNS): A member of a so-called Toronto-18 group, Saad Khalid, has been denied a day or full parole, media reports said.
Afghanistan: At least 18 killed in Kabul blast
Nov 16, 2017, at 10:01 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least 18 people have been killed and 10 others injured after a blast rocked Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city, local Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan: At least five policemen killed in Kabul blast
Nov 16, 2017, at 09:34 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least five policemen have been killed and dozens others injured after a blast rocked Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city, local Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan: At least two killed, eight injured as blast rocks Kabul
Nov 16, 2017, at 08:58 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least two people have been killed and eight others injured after a blast rocked Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city, reports said.
Explosion rocks Kabul, casualty feared
Nov 16, 2017, at 08:57 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): An explosion outside a restaurant in Kabul city has rocked Afghanistan's capital on Thursday afternoon, reports said.
Afghanistan: 9 militants killed
Nov 16, 2017, at 08:45 pm
Kabul, Nov 16 (IBNS): At least nine Taliban militants have been killed in Afghanistan's southern Helmand provinces, media reports said on Thursday.
Canada offers helicopters, planes, trainers to UN without proper details
Nov 16, 2017, at 07:58 pm
Vancouver, Nov 16 (IBNS): Canada offered helicopters, planes and trainers to the United Nations (UN) on peace missions but little did they reveal about the details of such a step, media reports said.
UN peacekeeper in DR Congo honoured for combatting sexual violence on the frontlines
Nov 16, 2017, at 09:52 am
New York, Nov 16(Just Earth News): United Nations peacekeeper Major Seitebatso Pearl Block was commended on Wednesday for developing a Mission-wide, short message service (SMS) campaign to combat gender-based abuse by connecting with women in remote parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).