UN agencies scaling up emergency health services as Mosul is made accessible
Nov 29, 2016, at 05:06 am
New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News): United Nations agencies are rapidly scaling up efforts in eastern Mosul to ensure that more than 60,000 people living near the frontlines of the current military operations have access to life-saving care.
Refugees in Chad facing continued food insecurity, joint UN agency assessment reveals
Nov 29, 2016, at 05:04 am
New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News): A joint assessment by the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP), has revealed that 43 per cent of refugees who have been living in Chad for more than 10 years continue to face a precarious food security situation and require assistance.
With 500,000 children living under siege in Syria, UNICEF calls for humanitarian access
Nov 29, 2016, at 05:02 am
New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News): As the number of children living under siege has doubled in less than one year to nearly 500,000 amid escalating violence across Syria, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for lifting sieges and allowing immediate humanitarian access.
UNESCO to host international conference on Great migratory movements in history: the case Asia Minor
Nov 29, 2016, at 03:32 am
Paris, Nov 28 (IBNS): UNESCO will host an international conference on 'Great Migrations in Ancient Asia Minor: Circulation, Exchange and Social Transformation' at its Headquarters in Paris, from Nov 29 to 30.
Paul Nuttall appointed as UKIP leader
Nov 29, 2016, at 01:35 am
London, Nov 28 (IBNS): British political party United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) on Monday named Member of European Parliament Paul Nuttall as its new leader.
UN conference examines sustainable transport financing for developing countries
Nov 28, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, Nov 27 (Just Earth News): The first-ever United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference wrapped up on Sunday in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, with participants deliberating the needs of countries in special situations – mostly least developed countries – and avenues for financing sustainable transport.
As Cuba mourns passing of former President Fidel Castro, Ban offers condolences, UN support
Nov 27, 2016, at 06:41 am
New York, Nov 27 (Just Earth News): Speaking on behalf of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this morning extended condolences to the Cuban people and to the family of former President Fidel Castro Ruz, who passed away overnight at the age of 90.
Nov 27, 2016, at 06:40 am
New York, Nov 27 (Just Earth News): Opening the first-ever Global Sustainable Transport Conference, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegations gathered in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, that the world has the resolve, commitment, imagination and creativity “to transform our transport systems in a sustainable manner that will improve human wellbeing, enhance social progress and protect our planet.â€
Somalia: At least 11 dead in car bomb blast in Mogadishu market
Nov 27, 2016, at 03:50 am
Mogadishu, Nov 26 (IBNS): At least 11 people have died and 16 sustained injuries following a car bomb blast in a market in Mogadishu, reports said.
Iran: Two trains collide, 45 killed
Nov 26, 2016, at 09:42 pm
Tehran, Nov 26 (IBNS): At least 45 people were killed as two trains collided in Iran on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro dies, aged 90
Nov 26, 2016, at 05:34 pm
Havana, Nov 26 (IBNS): Former Cuban President and communism poster boy for decades, Fidel Castro breathed his last on Saturday, according to Cuban state TV.
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:53 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and other members of the international community have commended the efforts of Somalia’s electoral bodies to ensure a credible and legitimate electoral process and supported the bodies’ decisions to disqualify candidates who engaged in corruption, intimidation and manipulation in the ongoing parliamentary elections.
Violence against women ‘serious obstacle’ to sustainable development, Ban says on World Day
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:52 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): Underlining that violence against women and girls is not only a human rights violation but also a serious obstacle to sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for “meaningful†action to prevent and respond to such violence.
DR Congo: UN envoy calls on political stakeholders to show flexibility to aid election process
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:51 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): Wrapping up a visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region, a United Nations envoy on Friday urged stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) electoral process to do more to help ensure the country is able to hold peaceful elections.
UN conference to address way forward on global sustainable transport challenges
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:49 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): The first-ever global conference on sustainable transport takes place this weekend in Turkmenistan, bringing together representatives from the United Nations, governments, the private sector and civil society to set new directions for global transport efforts.
More than 729,000 Haitians vaccinated against cholera in UN-supported campaign
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:48 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): A Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/ United Nations World Health Organization (WHO)-backed vaccination campaign has reached more than 729,000 people in Haiti’s areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew, which hit the country last month, the health agencies said.
DPR Korea: With victims’ suffering ‘enormous,’ urgent solution needed –UN rights expert
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:47 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): Wrapping up a 10-day visit to Northeast Asia, a United Nations human rights expert on Friday called for a multi-faceted and people-centred approach to improve the “extremely complex†situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
UN refugee agency steps up support as winter bites for displaced in Iraq and Syria
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:46 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): With winter approaching and temperatures falling, the United Nations refugee agency is preparing to open more camps and increase life-saving assistance to support the nearly 15 million people displaced by fighting in Iraq and Syria.
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:45 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): Condemning the recent outbreak of ethnic violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) that has killed scores of people, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide has called for an immediate end to the hostilities and urged the authorities to take urgent measures to protect the population from further violence, regardless of their ethnicity or political affiliation.
Fundamentalism and populism pose deepening threat to women human rights defenders, UN experts warn
Nov 26, 2016, at 03:01 am
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News): Women who step up to defend human rights are facing worsening obstacles amid a global trend of fundamentalism and populism, a group of United Nations experts has warned.
UN chief welcomes new peace deal between Colombian Government and FARC-EP
Nov 25, 2016, at 01:55 pm
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News): Welcoming the signing on Thursday of the new peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed the hope that Colombians will "come together at this time to move the peace process forward."
Space community underlines need for stronger cooperation as UN conference in Dubai closes
Nov 25, 2016, at 06:04 am
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News): Members of the global space community have affirmed the need for stronger international cooperation and dialogue as they wrapped up the work of a high-level United Nations forum in Dubai.
Travel bans imposed by Egypt on human rights defenders 'choke' legitimate debate – UN expert
Nov 25, 2016, at 06:03 am
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News): Warning that Egypt's travel bans and other restrictions on the free speech of human rights defenders appear politically motivated to “choke legitimate and democratic debate, both within and outside,†the country, a United Nations rights expert on Thursday, strongly advised the Government to repeal the existing travel bans and refrain from imposing further restrictions.
'Immediate action' needed as millions in north-eastern Nigeria face food insecurity – UN
Nov 25, 2016, at 06:01 am
New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News): Warning that ongoing unrest and rising inflation have left more than five million people in restive north-east Nigeria facing acute food insecurity, the United Nations agriculture agency on Thursday appealed for $25 million through May 2017 to support irrigated vegetable production and micro-gardening in the dry season, as well as rebuild livestock systems.
Iraq: IS Suicide bomb attack kills nearly 80 Shia pilgrims
Nov 25, 2016, at 04:33 am
Baghdad, Nov 24 (IBNS): Nearly 80 people were killed in a suicide bombing attack in Iraq on Thursday, reports said.
Israel: Hundreds evacuated as forest fires reach city
Nov 25, 2016, at 01:40 am
Jerusalem, Nov 24 (IBNS): At least over a hundred people have been evacuated by rescue workers in Israel as forest fires reach the city, reports said.
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria
Nov 25, 2016, at 12:57 am
Damascus, Nov 24 (IBNS): At least three Turkish soldiers were killed and 10 others injured in Syria, reports said.
Nigeria: At least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra activists killed in crackdown
Nov 24, 2016, at 09:05 pm
Washington, Nov 24 (IBNS): The Nigerian security forces, led by the military, embarked on a chilling campaign of extrajudicial executions and violence resulting in the deaths of at least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra protesters in the south east of the country, according to an investigation by Amnesty International published on Thursday.
At least two killed, 16 injured in Governor's house in southeastern Turkey city
Nov 24, 2016, at 06:52 pm
Adana,Turkey, Nov 24 (IBNS) : At least two people were killed and 16 wounded after an explosion outside of a government building in Adana, in southeast Turkey on Thursday.
ISIS beheads 15 Iraqi soldiers
Nov 24, 2016, at 04:53 pm
Duhok , Nov 24 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has executed 15 Iraqi soldiers in central Mosul area of Iraq, media reports said on Thursday.