One month into Mosul battle, UN and partners ‘profoundly concerned’ for civilian safety
Nov 18, 2016, at 04:15 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): At the one-month mark of Iraqi military operations to oust terrorists from Mosul, the United Nations and its partners on Thursday said tens of thousands of families in newly retaken areas urgently requiring life-saving assistance and warned that the humanitarian community in Iraq faces a “massive scope†of need.
Philosophy is an art of living together,' says UNESCO on World Philosophy Day
Nov 18, 2016, at 04:11 am
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Marking World Philosophy Day, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is encouraging people of the world to share their philosophical heritages and “dare to open spaces for free, open and tolerant thinking.â€
Top UN peacekeeping officials hail success of community violence reduction programmes
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:32 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Community violence reduction (CVR) programmes are not well-known, but are proving to be an effective peacekeeping tool, senior United Nations officials said today during an event to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the launch of CVR in Haiti.
Kosovo situation yielding ‘fewer results than hoped’ in 2016, UN envoy tells Security Council
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:31 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Many of the political expectations with which Kosovo began the year yielded fewer results than hoped, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission there said on Wednesday, expressing hope that next year will see clear progress on political dialogue accompanied by necessary progress at community level.
Ban welcomes Canada’s announcement of donation to UN Palestine refugee agency
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:30 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed Canada’s announcement that it was resuming support to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by donating CDN $25 million for the agency’s essential health, education, relief and social services and humanitarian programmes that benefit 5.3 million Palestine refugees.
Global humanitarian response affected by lack of funding – senior UN relief official
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:27 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Returning from recent visits to Haiti, Sudan and South Sudan, a senior United Nations humanitarian official said that while low funding for aid operations around the world challenge prompt and needed relief, the deteriorating humanitarian situation in conflict-riven South Sudan is the most “alarming.â€
Welcoming Kenya’s decision on Dadaab camp, UN urges flexibility on time frames for Somali refugees
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:25 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): The Office of the United Nations High Commissions on Refugees (UNHCR) welcomed on Wednesday a statement on Wednesday from the Government of Kenya in which it reiterated its continued search for solutions for refugees at the Dadaab camp, where it has been hosting and protecting refugees from Somalia for many years.
MARRAKECH: UN chief urges rapid scale-up in funding to address climate change
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:23 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): As the United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP 22, continued its work on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged greater efforts to mobilize funding to address climate change, especially to support developing countries.
Do not betray the victims; stand by the Rome Statute and the ICC – UN human rights chief
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:22 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): In the wake of three States withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, the top United Nations human rights official has underlined that there is no substitute for the Court and called on the international community to “place [their] collective shoulder behind [the] institution.â€
Central African Republic: Justice and reconciliation key to lasting peace, UN expert says
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:21 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): The justice system in the Central African Republic (CAR) must be urgently strengthened if the country is to achieve lasting peace, a United Nations human rights expert has said, ahead of a major donors’ conference in Brussels, Belgium, tomorrow, which aims to raise funds in support of the country’s national peace-building plan.
MARRAKECH: Middle East and North Africa region taking action to combat climate change
Nov 17, 2016, at 12:20 pm
New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): Aware of their vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have begun taking action to confront the phenomenon and on Wednesday, several highlighted their initiatives at the United Nations Climate Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, known as COP 22.
Tolerance is a commitment 'to seek in our diversity, the bonds that unite humanity' – UN
Nov 17, 2016, at 03:55 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Underscoring the importance of tolerance, particularly in on Wednesday's diverse world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have called for seeing the world through the prism of “we the peoples†and to collectively build societies that are more inclusive, more peaceful and more prosperous.
IOM Iraq: Displacement tops 56,000 as Mosul military operations continue
Nov 16, 2016, at 03:24 pm
London, Nov 16 (IBNS): The total number of individuals currently displaced in the Mosul emergency now tops 56,400 according to data released on Tuesday by IOM Iraq’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Emergency Tracking.
INTERVIEW: What extreme weather and global temperature rise means for humanity - WMO Chief
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:36 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): “In a new report analyzing the global climate between 2011-2016, the World Meteorological Organization – the United Nations system’s weather agency – found an increasingly visible human footprint on extreme weather and climate events with dangerous and costly impacts.
Ban welcomes resolution of border dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:32 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday hosted on Tuesday a signing ceremony on the margins of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (popularly known as COP-22) in Morocco’s capital Marrakech.
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:29 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): As aid officials prepare to meet in Brussels on Thursday to seek funding to continue their programmes in Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday that more than 850,000 people there – half of them children – are still on the move, either internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring countries.
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:28 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): The United States is using excessive force against protestors in North Dakota who are trying to stop an oil pipeline project that runs through land sacred to Indigenous Peoples, according to a United Nations human rights expert.
UN agriculture agency calls for giant research leap to rein in farm-driven antimicrobial resistance
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:27 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Combating anti-microbial resistance (AMR) requires much better scientific understanding than now of the myriad of pathways by which resistance emerges and spreads, a United Nations report urges.
Poor rains, supply bottlenecks exacerbating food security woes in war-torn Syria, UN warns
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:26 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Reeling under the effects of a seemingly unending conflict, Syrian farmers may have “no other option†but to abandon food production, with grave consequences on food availability in the whole country, the United Nations agencies dealing with food security and emergency food relief warned on Tuesday.
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:25 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Using a venture capital approach – investing in companies with short track records but long-term growth possibilities – the United Nations Children’s Fund announced on Tuesday the first five emerging market start-ups to which it will provide seed money to source solutions for issues like transportation, wearable technology, finance, and personal data.
MARRAKECH: Ban hails 'new dawn of cooperation on climate change,' urges action on Paris accord
Nov 16, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): As senior government officials gather in Marrakech, Morocco, to chart the implementation course for the landmark Paris Agreement, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday hailed the opening of a “new dawn for global cooperation on climate change†and told the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 22) that it is critical to now translate words into effective actions.
Russian Economic Development Minister held for taking bribe
Nov 15, 2016, at 06:50 pm
Moscow, Nov 15 (IBNS): Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev is facing a criminal investigation by the Investigative Committee, Russia's main anti-corruption body, for allegedly taking bribe, a RIA Novostire port said.
UN labour agency advocates policy changes to address rise in non-standard forms of employment
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:19 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) has released a report on the rising rate of non-standard jobs, including regional and global trends and policy recommendations to respond to concerns for both workers and businesses.
UN provides food assistance to 100,000 Iraqis as conflict in Mosul intensifies
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:18 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to some 100,000 people fleeing the intensifying conflict in Mosul, including a distribution on Sunday to 25,000 people in Gogjali, while also working tirelessly with its partners to reach families that remain trapped in Mosul city and newly recovered areas.
Without urgent action, world heading towards ‘post-antibiotic era’ – UN health agency
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:15 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): With a worldwide call on everyone, everywhere to play their part in maintaining the effectiveness of antibiotics, the United Nations health agency has kicked off a week-long campaign to make antibiotic resistance a globally recognized health issue and to raise awareness of the need to protect antibiotics through appropriate use.
2016 slated to be hottest year ever, with record-breaking emissions and melting Arctic ice
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:14 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): According to the United Nations weather agency, 2016 is set to be the hottest year on record with global temperatures of approximately 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, in part because of the powerful El Niño weather pattern that began late last year.
MARRAKECH: Deepening South-South cooperation is driving climate action among developing countries
Nov 15, 2016, at 04:35 am
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News): South-South cooperation is growing, as developing countries are helping each other to address climate change, sustainable development and implementation of the Paris Agreement, said senior United Nations officials and government Ministers at the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech (COP 22).
On World Day, UN chief urges prevention to reduce diabetes and associated blindness
Nov 15, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News): According to the United Nations, the global rate of diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980, with some 422 million adults living with diabetes as of 2014, representing a health risk that the General Assembly seeks to address through World Diabetes Day on Monday, November 14.
Suicide bomber blows himself up in Iraq, 6 killed
Nov 15, 2016, at 02:05 am
Karbala, Nov 14 (IBNS): A suicide bomber blew himself up in Iraq's Karbala city on Monday which left six people killed and six others injured, media reports said.
6.5 earthquake rocks New Zealand
Nov 14, 2016, at 02:55 pm
Wellington, Nov 14 (IBNS): A day after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand, another quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale hit the nation on Monday, as per the USGS website.