Mali: UN mission condemns attack on Kidal base that kills one ‘blue helmet’
Jan 25, 2017, at 01:12 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Tuesday condemned the attack on its camp in the country’s restive northern region of Kidal, which left one ‘blue helmet’ dead and two others seriously wounded.
Responses to global ills must integrate peace and sustainable development, UN Member States told
Jan 25, 2017, at 01:12 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday highlighted the importance of recognizing the links between sustainable development and sustaining peace amid such intertwined global challenges as rising inequality, protracted conflicts and climate change.
With international agreement on ceasefire monitoring, UN envoy praises Syrian delegations in Astana
Jan 25, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): The talks to strengthen the ceasefire in war-torn Syria ended on Tuesday in Astana, Kazakhstan, with agreement on how to monitor the effort started last month and praise from the United Nations Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura.
UN chief Guterres pledges commitment to achieving world free of nuclear weapons
Jan 25, 2017, at 01:09 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): Disarmament can play an important role in ending existing conflicts and preventing the outbreak of new strife, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, pledging to actively pursue the abolition of all weapons of mass destruction and the strict regulation of conventional weapons.
In Helsinki, UN appeals for nearly $5B to help Syrians and host communities
Jan 25, 2017, at 04:20 am
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and partners on Tuesday appealed at an aid conference in Finland for $4.63 billion to help people inside Syria, those who fled and the communities hosting them.
UN, partners voice deep concern about 750,000 civilians as battle expands to western Mosul
Jan 25, 2017, at 04:19 am
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): A hundred days after the start of military operations to retake Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) militants, humanitarian partners are expressing deep concern about the plight of the estimated 750,000 civilians who are currently living in the western sections of the city where fighting is expected to start in coming weeks.
Religious leaders deserve full support in quest for peace, says UN adviser on genocide prevention
Jan 24, 2017, at 01:02 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): Religious leaders and faith-based organizations have a responsibility to contribute to peaceful societies and the international community must support these grassroots peacemakers in their daily activities, the United Nations official mandated to fight genocide on Monday told an international meeting on religion.
Seven million people in Lake Chad basin ‘living on the edge’ – UN relief official
Jan 24, 2017, at 01:00 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): Spotlighting the desperate plight of millions in Africa’s Lake Chad basin, the top United Nations humanitarian official for the Sahel region called on Monday for international solidarity with the people in urgent need.
Secretary-General Guterres approves updated UN whistleblower protection policy
Jan 24, 2017, at 12:58 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): Approving an updated United Nations whistleblower policy on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres is seeking to enhance protection for individuals who report possible misconduct or cooperate with duly authorized audits or investigations.
More than words, ending Yemen crisis needs results, UN envoy says, concluding mission in capital
Jan 24, 2017, at 12:57 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on Monday concluded a mission to Yemen with a call for a comprehensive political settlement of the crisis and the restoration of the cessation of hostilities, and underlined the need allow access of civilian commercial aircrafts to and from Sana’a airport.
At talks in Astana, UN envoy on Syria urges mechanism to oversee ceasefire
Jan 24, 2017, at 05:27 am
New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): International talks to extend the ceasefire in Syria started on Monday in the Kazakh capital of Astana, with the United Nations Special Envoy said the ceasefire can be solidified if a mechanism to oversee and implement it is created.
Syria: UNICEF calls for unimpeded aid access to children in besieged Deir Ez Zor
Jan 24, 2017, at 05:26 am
New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday called for unimpeded and unconditional access to children in the besieged city of Deir Ez Zor, noting that they have not received regular humanitarian aid for more than two years.
UN agency urges support for small farmers to help them not just get by, but thrive and feed others
Jan 23, 2017, at 05:46 am
New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): Highlighting growing challenges, such as climate change and natural resource scarcity, facing small farmers in developing countries, the head of the United Nations agricultural agency called for information technology tools that can help boost their resilience as well as feed a growing world population.
Jan 23, 2017, at 05:45 am
New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have commended the “goodwill and the statesmanship†of the former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, who decided to facilitate an immediate and orderly transition process and transfer of power to President Adama Barrow.
Gambia: Jemmeh decides to relinquish presidency
Jan 21, 2017, at 07:44 pm
Banjul, Jan 21 (IBNS): Following hours of dialogue with African mediators, former Gambian President Yahya Jemmeh has finally decided to relinquish his post, media reports said.
Italy: Bus crash kills at least 16
Jan 21, 2017, at 07:35 pm
Rome, Jan 21 (IBNS): At least 16 people died after a bus collided with the pylon and caught fire in northern Italy, media reports said.
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Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari congratulates his US counterpart Vice President Michael Pence
Jan 21, 2017, at 07:11 pm
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari, on Saturday, has extended his congratulations to his American counterpart, Michael R. Pence on assuming office of the Vice President of the United States of America.
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Pope Francis to US President Trump: Fight for the poor at time of grave humanitarian crises
Jan 21, 2017, at 07:05 pm
Vatican/Washington, Jan 21 (IBNS): Pope Francis congratulated US President DonaldTrump on his inauguration and urged to keep fighting for poor at time of grave humanitarian crises, the media reported on Saturday.
Denouncing terrorist attacks in West Africa, Security Council stresses need to address root causes
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:37 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): Strongly condemning all terrorist attacks in West Africa, particularly those carried out by Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad Basin, the United Nations Security Council on Friday stressed the need to combat terrorism in all its forms and to address the conditions conducive to its spread.
Backlogs and brutal weather put refugee and migrant children at risk in Europe – UNICEF
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:36 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): As the extreme cold weather and storms continue to sweep Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, refugee and migrant children are threatened by respiratory and other serious illnesses, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Ground-breaking UN-supported digital tool to enhance green finance
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:36 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations environment agency and a the leading Chinese online financial service provider on Friday rolled out an innovative programme at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, aiming to stimulate the advancement of digital technologies in green finance.
UN agriculture chief calls for stronger water management, improved access for small farmers
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:35 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agricultural agency on Friday urged the international community to promote more efficient use of water and to take steps to secure water access, especially for poor family farmers.
UN confirms destruction of sites in Palmyra, other ancient Syrian cities
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:34 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has confirmed the destruction of Palmyra’s famed tetrapylon and the facade of the ancient Syrian city’s Roman theatre, following its evaluation of the destruction of cultural heritage sites in iconic Aleppo.
UN-backed disaster risk reduction guidelines to help tackle hunger in Latin America
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:33 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have together crafted a blueprint for making the agriculture, food and nutritional security sectors more disaster-proof so the region can tackle hunger in a sustainable manner.
Political uncertainty forces tens of thousands people to flee The Gambia for Senegal: UN
Jan 21, 2017, at 04:36 am
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News): At least 45,000 people – mostly women and children – have arrived in Senegal from The Gambia after former President Yahya Jammeh's decided to not step down, United Nations agencies on Friday said warning that more people may leave if the political situation is not resolved peacefully.
UN agency revises funding requirements to tackle Africa's worst displacement crisis
Jan 21, 2017, at 04:35 am
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News): With conflict in South Sudan now entering its fourth year and its people facing dire humanitarian challenges, the United Nations refugee agency has revised upwards its funding requirements for 2017 to address new needs of those who have been displaced due to renewed fighting, increased violence and resulting food insecurity since July last year.
NATO Secretary General visit to Kuwait
Jan 20, 2017, at 11:04 pm
Zurich, Jan 20 (IBNS): At the invitation of the Kuwaiti authorities, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Kuwait on Jan 23 and 24.
Rescuers say they may have found six people alive in avalanche-hit central Italy
Jan 20, 2017, at 10:17 pm
Rome, Jan 20 (IBNS): Six people have been found alive in Italy's Rigapiano hotel, two days after it was buried in an avalanche, reported the media on Friday..
Syria: Al-Qaida facilitator killed
Jan 20, 2017, at 09:19 pm
Washington, Jan 20 (IBNS): The US government on Friday said on Jan. 12, U.S. forces killed Abd al-Jalil al-Muslimi, an al-Qaida facilitator, in a precision airstrike near Saraqib, Syria.
Jan 20, 2017, at 01:40 pm
Switzerland , Jan 20 (Just Earth News): Leaders from business and policy-making are not expecting a return to 1930s-style trade war, despite the populist backlash in parts of the world against globalization and free trade. Nevertheless, the reality is that nationalism and protectionism are on the rise globally and the case for globalization needs to be made, agreed panellists in a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.