On World Day, UN urges stronger action to shield millions from human trafficking
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:16 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News): The international community must do more to end the inhumane practice of human trafficking and protect migrants and refugees – particularly young people, women and children – from those who attempt to exploit their opportunity for a better future, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging all nations to recognize their responsibility in combating the global scourge.
UN rights office shocked by inhumane treatment of children in Australian detention centre
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:04 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations human rights office said on Fridayit is shocked by video footage that has emerged from Don Dale youth detention centre in the Northern Territory in Australia, showing children as young as 10 years old – many of whom are Aboriginal children – being held in inhumane conditions and treated cruelly.
Millions worldwide trapped in vicious cycle of violence and hunger – UN
Jul 30, 2016, at 05:24 am
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): Two United Nations agencies warned the UN Security Council on Friday that ongoing conflicts around the world have pushed more than 56 million people into “crisis†or “emergency†levels of food insecurity and are hindering efforts to eradicate malnutrition.
Gambia: UN human rights office concerned over prison sentences of opposition party
Jul 30, 2016, at 05:23 am
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed concern over the three-year prison sentences handed down last week to 30 members of the main opposition party in Gambia, including its leader Ousainou Darboe, following their participation in peaceful protests in mid-April.
On International Tiger Day, UN calls for urgent action against illegal wildlife trade
Jul 30, 2016, at 05:21 am
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific on Friday marked International Tiger Day with a call for urgent action to protect tigers and combat illegal trade in wildlife.
Syria: ISIS positions targeted
Jul 29, 2016, at 10:11 pm
Homs, July 29 (IBNS): Syrian Army targeted terrorist organizations in the country on Friday, media reports said.
One alleged suspect in custody in San Diego shooting
Jul 29, 2016, at 07:23 pm
San Diego (California), Jul 29 (IBNS): San Diego Police Department has taken in custody one alleged suspect in the shooting incident that took place on Thursday.
Two police officers shot at in San Diego, California
Jul 29, 2016, at 06:43 pm
San Diego (California), Jul 29 (IBNS): San Diego police confirmed that two officers were shot at on Thursday in the city's Southcrest area, according to media reports.
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): Opening the first meeting of the 2017 session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the body’s new President, Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, of Zimbabwe, said on Thursday that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a “rallying call†to address the complex challenges facing the world.
Security Council urges cooperation among countries in West Africa and the Sahel to tackle Boko Haram
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): While welcoming recent political developments recently observed in West Africa, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday stressed the need to increase military cooperation between the States in the region and Sahel to fight against the terrorist group Boko Haram.
UN and OSCE experts condemn Turkey’s crackdown on media
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): Two top media freedom experts of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday condemned the ongoing crackdown on journalists and the media by the Government of Turkey in the wake of the recent attempted coup.
Racism in US casts ‘dark shadow’ over rights to free assembly, association – UN expert
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:43 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): The United States is struggling to live up to its ideals in the area of racial, social and economic inequality, which is negatively affecting the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, a United Nations human rights expert said on Thursday at the end of his first official fact-finding mission to the country.
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): Citing persisting instability in number of African countries – from South Sudan to Mali and Libya, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday stressed that building peace and restoring institutions in post-conflict settings are long-term processes that must be rooted in a country’s historical, political, social, cultural and economic contexts.
UN appeals for halting imminent execution of prisoners in Indonesia
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:40 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and a group of UN rights experts on Thursday appealed to the Government of Indonesia to stop the reportedly imminent execution of a number of prisoners for alleged drug-related crimes.
Proposed humanitarian corridors in Aleppo must be guaranteed by all sides, says UN relief chief
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:37 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): Amid reports that Aleppo is ‘de facto besieged,’ as the war-battered city is now almost completely encircled by Syrian troops, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Thursday reiterated his demand for safe, regular and sustained access to the quarter of a million people trapped behind the front lines, and stressed that “all options must be considered.â€
With planting season weeks away, millions in drought-hit southern Africa need support – UN
Jul 29, 2016, at 04:19 am
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): Some 23 million people in southern Africa are in need of urgent support to be able to produce enough food to feed themselves and avoid being dependent on humanitarian assistance until mid-2018, the United Nations agricultural agency has warned.
Jul 29, 2016, at 04:17 am
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): Many African elephants continued to face serious threats to their survival in 2015 from the illegal trade in ivory and unacceptably high levels of poaching, although the sharp upward trends in poaching since 2006 have started to level off, according to the Secretariat of the United Nations-backed treaty regulating wildlife trade.
UN warns of more heatwave deaths as climate change pushes up temperatures
Jul 29, 2016, at 04:12 am
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): Warning of a possible rise in heatwave deaths due to climate change, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Thursday called for measures to reduce mortality from this natural hazard.
Syria: Militant attack kills 44
Jul 28, 2016, at 09:04 pm
Qamishli, July 28 (IBNS): A militant attack at al-Qameshli city of northeastern Syria killed at least 44 people on Wednesday, media reports said on Thursday.
French church attack: Another suspect identified
Jul 28, 2016, at 08:34 pm
Berlin, July 28 (IBNS): The second suspect at a church in French city Normandy has been identified, media reports said.
Root causes of Boko Haram threat in Lake Chad Basin must be tackled – UN political chief
Jul 28, 2016, at 01:29 pm
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): To bring an end to the Boko Haram threat in the Lake Chad Basin region, affected countries must address the root causes that contributed to the emergence of the group, including the social, economic and political grievances of marginalized communities, the top United Nations political affairs official said on Wednesday.
UN deputy aid chief calls for strengthened response to upcoming La Niña weather event
Jul 28, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): Following a week-long visit to southern Africa, the United Nations deputy humanitarian chief has called for increased efforts to help mitigate the impact of the La Niña weather phenomenon occurring towards the end of the year.
FEATURE SERIES: What is UN peacebuilding and its role in preventing conflicts?
Jul 28, 2016, at 01:26 pm
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): In conflicts, the United Nations is commonly associated with peacekeeping and UN ‘blue helmets,’ but increasingly the international community’s focus is on “peacebuilding†– the idea of supporting a country throughout all stages of a conflict, including post-conflict recovery and socio-economic development, and on preventing the outbreak of fighting.
Turkey: In call with Foreign Minister, Ban seeks update on current probe into attempted coup
Jul 28, 2016, at 01:25 pm
New York, July 28 (Just Earth News): In a telephone call with the Turkish Foreign Minister on Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought an update on current investigations and measures to hold those responsible for the attempted coup to account, and reiterated his expectation that Turkey adhere to its international human rights obligations.
Explosion occurs near Germany's migration office: Reports
Jul 28, 2016, at 05:18 am
Berlin, July 27 (IBNS): An explosion took off near an office for migration in the town of Zirndorf close to Nuremberg in Germany on Wednesday, media reports said.
UN experts urge Dominican Republic to protect women’s rights to reproductive health
Jul 28, 2016, at 04:43 am
New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): Expressing serious concern over the proposed penal code amendment that would criminalize abortions, United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Dominican Republic’s President and legislators to protect women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health in the Caribbean country.
UN anti-crime chief calls for greater prevention efforts, youth advocacy to fight terrorism
Jul 28, 2016, at 04:42 am
New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): The threat of terrorism has expanded and become increasingly decentralized and diffuse throughout the past 10 years, the top United Nations anti-crime official said on Wednesday, calling for greater efforts to tackle links between crime and terrorism and for increased advocacy among youth.
Yemen: Amid rising tensions in Taiz, senior UN official calls for humanitarian pause
Jul 28, 2016, at 04:39 am
New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): Extremely concerned by reports of rising tensions in Yemen’s Taizz governorate, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the crisis-gripped country has called for a “humanitarian pause†to protect civilians.
FEATURE: Tackling cholera in Haiti by building sanitary cordons
Jul 28, 2016, at 04:37 am
New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): “Wash my hands before eating and nursing the baby, wash my hands after relieving myself, use Aquatabs to purify the water…†and so, Sherline Deus lists the steps she must take to protect herself and her children from cholera in the town of Grand Bois, located in in north-eastern Haiti, near the country's border with the Dominican Republic.
UN rushes to ramp up support for South Sudan's battle against cholera outbreak
Jul 28, 2016, at 04:36 am
New York, July 27 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and its partners are rushing to ramp up support for South Sudan's fight to contain a cholera outbreak through measures, including an oral vaccination campaign to reach over 14,000 people and the creation of treatment and rehydration centres.