UN deputy aid chief urges support for millions in southern Africa hit by El Niño-induced droughts
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): Wrapping up a visit to southern Africa, the United Nations deputy humanitarian chief on Friday called for urgent action to assist millions of people across the region where local coping capacities have been impacted by the worst El Niño-induced drought in 35 years.
UN-backed AIDS conference closes with calls to end discrimination, bolster HIV care, support
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): As the 21st International AIDS Conference wrapped up in Durban, South Africa, the Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), Luiz Loures, called for ending discrimination against patients, especially those from the most vulnerable populations.
Somalia: UN envoy calls for better protection of children affected by armed conflict
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): Concluding a six-day visit to Somalia, a United Nations child rights envoy has called for better protection of children caught up in armed conflict, urging the country's authorities to treat former child soldiers as victims in need of protection rather than as criminals.
UN launches e-learning training to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations department providing logistical support to field missions announced on Friday the launch of a new mandatory online programme for all uniformed and civilian personnel to strengthen training on the standards of conduct, with a special focus on sexual exploitation and abuse.
Lebanon: Security Council calls for presidential and parliamentary polls by next May
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): Expressing deep concern over the two-year-long vacancy in the presidency of Lebanon, the United Nations Security Council on Friday urged Lebanese leaders to urgently convene a parliamentary session and called on all parties to negotiate a compromise agreement in order to end the country's political and institutional crisis.
Ban appoints Chilean national as Deputy Special Representative for Central African Republic
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:43 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced the appointment of Fabrizio Hochschild of Chile as his new Deputy Special Representative for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
UN body agrees framework to make globalization and trade work for billions across global south
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Friday wrapped up its fourteenth quadrennial conference, with delegations in Nairobi, Kenya reaching agreement on a framework that will guide the body's work over the next four years, largely focused on ensuring broad achievement of the new UN Sustainable Development Agenda.
UN agencies launch new tool to help displaced populations manage fuel needs
Jul 23, 2016, at 01:40 pm
New York, July 23 (Just Earth News): Two United Nations agencies have issued a new technical handbook to assist humanitarian workers to address multifaceted problems related to cooking fuel for refugees and displaced people.
Multiple deaths feared in Munich shopping centre shooting
Jul 23, 2016, at 05:16 am
Munich, July 22 (IBNS): Several people are feared killed and many injured as gun shots were fired at a shopping center in Germany's Munich city, reports said.
Germany: Shots fired at Munich shopping center, several feared killed
Jul 23, 2016, at 04:27 am
Munich, July 22 (IBNS): Several people are feared killed at a shopping center in Germany's Munich where shots have been fired, media reports said.
Over 26,000 people flee South Sudan into Uganda; influx sets single-day record
Jul 23, 2016, at 03:52 am
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): Some 26,500 South Sudanese, mostly women and children, have crossed into Uganda since fighting between rival forces erupted in and around the capital, Juba, on 7 July, the United Nations refugee agency reported on Friday.
UNESCO chief condemns killing of journalist in Ukraine
Jul 23, 2016, at 03:49 am
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Friday denounced the killing of award-winning journalist Pavel Sheremet and urged the authorities to bring those responsible for the crime to justice.
Afghanistan: Laghman bomb attack kills 6
Jul 22, 2016, at 09:35 pm
Kabul, July 22 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed as a magnetic bomb went off in the Alishing district of Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province on Friday, media reports said.
US:Trump accepts Republican presidential nomination
Jul 22, 2016, at 03:44 pm
Cleveland, July 22 (IBNS): With the race for becoming the next US President gaining momentum, Donald Trump on Thursday formally accepted Republican nomination as US presidential candidate.
Rio Olympics: Brazil arrests 10 suspects for 'plotting terror'
Jul 22, 2016, at 03:04 pm
Sao Paulo, July 22 (IBNS): In a major development ahead of the Rio Olympics, which will be staged in Brazil from Aug 5, police have arrested 10 people who were suspected to be planing terrorist acts during the important sporting event of the year.
Ban welcomes new agreement with Inter Parliamentary Union; reiterates concern at South Sudan crisis
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday signed a new partnership agreement with the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) that will further strengthen the collaboration between the two organizations in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
UN officials alarmed by closure of access route in eastern Aleppo; call for ‘humanitarian truce’
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): The United Nations humanitarian chief on Thursday expressed grave alarm over developments in the eastern part of Aleppo city in Syria, where civilian, humanitarian and commercial movements have been effectively cut off following the closure of the last remaining access route in and out of the area.
Partnerships and coherence vital to development cooperation, UN deputy chief tells Forum
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): The United Nations deputy chief on Thursday stressed the importance of partnerships and coherent policy and action in tackling global challenges, including inequalities, conflicts, terrorism and climate change, and achieving the new international development goals.
Ban urges Turkish authorities to respect constitutional order, human rights amid state of emergency
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): Following the declaration of a three-month state of emergency in Turkey as a result of an attempted military coup late last week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Turkish authorities to ensure that constitutional order and international human rights law are fully respected.
As DR Congo polls approach, UN rights chief warns of threats to free speech, public assembly
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): Concluding a four-day mission to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, on Thursday commended the country’s efforts to strengthen human rights but cautioned that some of these advances may be under threat, especially what he saw as repression against opposition parties in the coming elections.
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:38 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): Following its first-ever private discussions with the candidates vying for selection as the next United Nations Secretary-General, the UN Security Council on Thursday conducted the first round of informal polls on those seeking the world’s top diplomatic post.
Syria: After week of ‘horrific’ incidents, UNICEF calls for end to all violence against children
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:37 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): In a week marked by the brutal on-camera murder of a 12-year-old boy in Aleppo and the killing of more than 20 children killed during air strikes in Manbij, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for an immediate end to all forms of violence against children in Syria and urged all parties to the conflict there to make every effort to avoid the loss of civilian lives.
2016 on pace to be hottest year ever as climate change trends reach ‘new climax’– UN
Jul 22, 2016, at 01:36 pm
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): Global temperatures for the first six months of this year reached new highs, setting 2016 on track to be the hottest-ever on record, the United Nations weather agency said on Thursday.
South Sudan: UN human rights expert calls for the release of journalist Alfred Taban
Jul 22, 2016, at 03:01 am
New York, July 21 (Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert on Thursday urged the Government of South Sudan to immediately release Alfred Taban, a prominent journalist and chief editor of the daily English newspaper, Juba Monitor.
Poland: Suspected owner of online piracy site Kickass Torrents arrested
Jul 22, 2016, at 12:33 am
Warsaw, July 21 (IBNS): The police have arrested a man who is said to be the owner of online piracy website Kickass Torrents from Poland on Wednesday, media reports said.
Jul 21, 2016, at 09:10 pm
Kabul, July 21 (IBNS): Afghanistan security forces have foiled an attack on Supreme Court here on Thursday, media reports said.
Dubai residential skyscraper fire brought under control
Jul 21, 2016, at 04:13 pm
Dubai, July 21 (IBNS): A fire, which broke out at a residential skyscraper in Dubai on Wednesday, has been brought under control, officials said.
Turkey: Three months state of emergency declared
Jul 21, 2016, at 03:47 pm
Ankara, July 21 (IBNS): Following a failed coup in the country, Turkey's President has declared a state of emergency for three months in the nation.
UN chief invites leaders to fast-track ratification of Paris climate deal
Jul 21, 2016, at 12:51 pm
New York, July 21 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and speed up the process to restrict greenhouse gas emissions.
UN agency steps up operations in South Sudan to thwart possible cholera outbreak
Jul 21, 2016, at 12:50 pm
New York, July 21 (Just Earth News): Dozens of people in South Sudan may have cholera, the United Nations children’s agency on Wednesday announced, saying it is working with partners to step up its operations to avoid a possible cholera outbreak in the country.