UN agency ready to play 'essential role' in verifying DPRK nuclear programme
Jun 05, 2018, at 08:48 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) remains ready to play “an essential role” in verifying the status of North Korea’s nuclear programme as international talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula continue, the agency’s chief said on Monday.
UN agencies express outrage over killing of Palestinian volunteer medic in Gaza
Jun 05, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): United Nations officials have expressed their outrage over Friday’s killing by Israeli security forces of a 21-year-old Palestinian volunteer medic who was helping the injured along the Gaza border.
Fuego Volcano eruption: Death toll rises to 25, hundreds injured
Jun 04, 2018, at 11:44 am
Guatemala City, June 4 (IBNS): At least 25 people have died as Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday for the second time this year, media reports said.
Tunisia: Boat capsizes off eastern coast, 48 migrants die
Jun 04, 2018, at 09:12 am
Tunis, June 4 (IBNS): At least 48 migrants died after the boat in which they were traveling capsized off the eastern coast of Tunisia, media reports said on Monday.
Guatemala volcano erupts, several dead
Jun 04, 2018, at 08:28 am
Guatemala City, June 4 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed as Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday for the second time this year, media reports said.
Berlin: Police officer shoots knife-yielding man
Jun 04, 2018, at 08:11 am
Berlin, June 4 (IBNS): The police on Sunday shot a knife-yielding man in Berlin city of Germany.
Jun 03, 2018, at 04:38 pm
New York, June 3 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for “calm and restraint” on Saturday, following violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police in Mali’s capital Bamako.
France, UK, Canada rap Trump, say US trade tariffs absurd, illegal
Jun 02, 2018, at 11:52 am
Paris/LondonJun 2 (IBNS): As US trade tariffs came into force, allies France, the UK and Canada have joined hands in condemning American President Donald Trump, stating that the move is absurd and illegal.
Security Council fails to adopt competing texts on protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt two competing draft resolutions; one produced by Kuwait, in response to the killing of dozens of Palestinian protestors in Gaza, and the other tabled by the United States, which vetoed the initial resolution saying it was “grossly one-sided” against Israel.
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:44 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): Commemorating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at the Organization’s headquarters, in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the service and sacrifice made by UN “blue helmets” for the cause of peace around the world.
UN agencies and Myanmar lay groundwork for possible Rohingya return
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): United Nations agencies and Myanmar have agreed a framework which it is hoped will lead to the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, but only if their “voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable” return from camps in Bangladesh can be guaranteed.
UNHCR raises alarm over deadly detention centre escape in Libya
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): More than a dozen people have been killed or wounded by traffickers as they attempted to flee a detention centre in Libya last month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, describing it as the “latest horror story” to emerge from the war-torn country.
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): The United Nations has called on Nicaragua to allow access to the Organization’s human rights arm into the country amid reports that over 100 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in over six weeks of anti-Governments protests.
Countries back ‘ambitious and comprehensive’ reform of UN development system
Jun 01, 2018, at 02:59 pm
New York, June 1 (IBNS): The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday gave the green light to a bold new plan to make sustainable development a reality, described by UN chief António Guterres as “the most ambitious and comprehensive transformation of the UN development system in decades.”
UN agencies join forces against environmental risks that cause 12.6 million deaths a year
Jun 01, 2018, at 02:53 pm
New York, June 1 (IBNS): Two United Nations agencies are combining their expertise to counter the growing threat of extreme weather, climate change and air pollution, which cause more than 12.6 million deaths a year, it was announced on Thursday.
European court finds Romania, Lithuania guilty of colluding with the US and torturing prisoners
Jun 01, 2018, at 02:10 pm
Strasbourg, May 31 (IBNS): The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Romania and Lithuania guilty of conspiring with the US and allowing the latter to torture suspects in makeshift cells run by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aforementioned European countries.
Gaza is ‘on the brink’ warns UN envoy, urging more international intervention
Jun 01, 2018, at 02:06 pm
New York, May 31 (IBNS): Rocket fire this week across the border between Gaza and Israel shows how close the region is “to the brink of war” a senior United Nations official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to do more to help Israelis and Palestinians return to the negotiating table.
After democratic elections, Iraqi leaders must form ‘truly national’ government, urges UN envoy
Jun 01, 2018, at 02:03 pm
New York, May 31 (IBNS): The low voter turnout for Iraq’s recent national elections was a “strong signal” to the country’s ruling political elites that they must work harder to ease sectarian divides and promote democratic accountability over nepotism and patronage, the United Nations envoy to the country said on Wednesday.
World needs generation of self-empowered ‘superheroes’, UN youth forum told
Jun 01, 2018, at 01:58 pm
New York, May 31 (IBNS): The world needs young people who dream big and can endure both failure and pain, a Tongan Olympic idol told a gathering of youth at the United Nations on Wednesday.
Jun 01, 2018, at 01:55 pm
He is best known for his bare-chested appearances at the Rio and Pyeongchang Olympic Games, but Pita Taufatofua now wants to use his social media muscle to empower youth, and get them to share their stories.
UN rights chief urges action in Mexico to end ‘outrageous’ wave of disappearances
Jun 01, 2018, at 01:52 pm
New York, May 31 (IBNS): Authorities in Mexico are being urged to act to end what the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has described as “a wave of enforced disappearances” in the city of Nuevo Laredo, amid “strong indications” that federal security forces may be involved.
Mali: In Mopti, UN chief finds ‘a determination to fight for peace’
Jun 01, 2018, at 01:49 pm
New York, May 31 (IBNS): On the second day of his visit to Mali, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres travelled some 460 kilometers outside the capital, Bamako, to Mopti, where he highlighted how insecurity in the region is threatening the country’s fragile peace process.
UN chief condemns killing of police officers and civilian in Belgium’s Liège
Jun 01, 2018, at 01:40 pm
New York, May 31 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Tuesday’s attacks by a gunman in the Belgian city of Liège, which left two police officers and a civilian dead.
UN calls for ‘new political energy’ to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine
May 30, 2018, at 04:10 pm
New York, May 30 (IBNS): The United Nations top political affairs official on Tuesday stressed the need to breathe life back into ongoing efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, now in its fifth year, which has killed and injured thousands of civilians, plunging the country into a humanitarian crisis.
Promoting biodiversity across all agricultural sectors ‘fundamental’ — FAO chief
May 30, 2018, at 04:07 pm
New York, May 30 (IBNS): Changing how countries across the world produce food is “fundamental” to protecting the future of the Earth’s ecosystem, said the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday.
‘Positive’ community building helps combat hate online: UN counter-terrorism chair
May 30, 2018, at 04:05 pm
New York, May 30 (IBNS): In an increasingly interconnected world, the glorification of terrorism online impacts everyone, the chair of a United Nations counter-terrorism body said on Tuesday, calling for a renewed effort to combat hateful propaganda and promote community solidarity.
In Mali, Guterres honours dedication and sacrifice of UN peacekeepers
May 30, 2018, at 04:01 pm
New York, May 30 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Mali on Tuesday, to honour the service and sacrifice of peacekeepers around the world, and mark the official International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
UN releases $2.7 million to help cyclone-hit 'Somaliland'; urges focus on longterm rebuilding
May 30, 2018, at 03:56 pm
New York, May 30 (IBNS): Following a visit to a cyclone-hit community in ‘Somaliland’, the United Nations has released close to $3 million to help people affected by an unprecedented storm which delivered a full year's worth of rain in just a few days, compounding damage caused by recent severe flooding.
UN aid chief highlights 2 million Syrians in greatest need
May 30, 2018, at 03:53 pm
New York, May 30 (IBNS): Less than 20 per cent of the “desperate” civilians living in Syria’s hard-to-reach areas have got the humanitarian aid they need so far this year, a senior United Nations official warned on Tuesday, calling for the Security Council to help ease their plight.
Spirit of compromise needed to combat workplace ‘brutalism’ – UN labour agency
May 30, 2018, at 02:10 pm
New York, May 30 (IBNS): The head of the United Nations labour agency has called for a new spirit of cooperation and consensus between workers, employers and Governments, to end what he called the “new brutalism” of sexual harassment and violence in the workplace.