World drug problem: UN adopts new framework for policies to ‘put people first’
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations on Tuesday adopted a new framework putting people at the centre of global policies on drug control, which the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says can help promote the “urgent, united and concerted action we need.â€
South Sudan: UN refugee agency warns of worsening civilian situation
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday expressed extreme concern over a combination of new fighting in previously peaceful areas, food insecurity and severe humanitarian funding shortages, which continue to cause a worsening of the situation in South Sudan for many civilians.
UN agency welcomes Jordan’s measures to improve Syrian refugees’ access to jobs
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday welcomed a series of recent measures by the Government of Jordan that could help up to 78,000 Syrians to able to work legally in Jordan in the short term and thousands more in the coming years.
Ecuador: UN food convoy heads to quake-ravaged areas; some 150,000 children impacted
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations food relief agency has sent a convoy to assist some 8,000 people severely affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the coast of Ecuador, leaving more than 400 people dead and thousands more in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
UN rights chief welcomes release of 83 prisoners in Myanmar
Apr 20, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations rights chief on Tuesday welcomed the release of a second wave of 83 prisoners on Myanmar's New Year last Sunday, by Presidential amnesty.
NATO Secretary General to visit Turkey
Apr 20, 2016, at 12:21 am
New York, Apr 19 (IBNS) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to the Republic of Turkey on Apr 20 and Apr 21.
UN envoy announces delay in Yemen peace talks
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:17 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations envoy for Yemen has announced that the start of the Yemeni-Yemeni peace negotiations set to begin on Monday in Kuwait has been postponed.
Syria: UN envoy to 'take stock' of peace talks by week's end
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:16 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following reports that the opposition delegation had announced a pause in the intra-Syrian talks under way at United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, the UN envoy mediating a resolution to the crisis said on Monday that he plans on continuing discussions with all sides and take stock of the situation on Friday.
Addressing sexual violence central to Mali peace process, UN envoy says
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:14 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Concluding her first visit to Mali, a United Nations envoy has stressed the need to make the issue of sexual violence in conflict a central consideration of the ongoing peace process in the African country.
Central Africa Republic: UN condemns killing of Moroccan peacekeeper
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:12 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the killing of a Moroccan peacekeeper from the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) yesterday in the town of Rafai in Mbomou prefecture.
FEATURE: Ahead of Paris Agreement signing, cyclone-hit Fiji champions climate change action
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:10 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As Fiji and Governments of more than 100 other United Nations Member States are preparing this week for the historic signing of the Paris Agreement, back in Fiji, residents of the South Pacific country are clearing debris and trying to recover from one of the region’s fiercest storm.
Colombia: UN office expands alternative development strategy to eliminate illicit crops
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:08 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As part of an initiative providing assistance to family farms that depended on illicit crops for income, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has announced that hundreds of personnel and visitors can now purchase alternative development products on the premises of its central office in Bogota, Colombia.
Torture and illegal detention on the rise in Burundi – UN rights chief
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:06 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday warned of a “sharp increase in the use of torture and ill-treatment in Burundi†and voiced concerns about worrying reports of the existence of illegal detention facilities, both in Bujumbura and in the countryside.
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:05 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday that a two-state solution, which envisages peaceful co-existence of Palestine and Israel, seems more distant than it has for many decades, citing the ongoing violence, Israel’s settlement activity and demolitions of Palestinian homes, and the absence of Palestinian unity.
UN urges ‘tangible actions’ from world leaders to finance sustainable development for all
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:03 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Hailing 2015 as a year of “crucial milestones†for development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said world leaders must now meet the agreed financing targets to ensure implementation of the numerous landmark agreements on eradicating poverty, building resilient societies and addressing climate change in order to put the world on a sustainable development path.
UN food relief agency to assist one million Haitians hit by three-year drought
Apr 19, 2016, at 02:01 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Monday it will launch an emergency operation in Haiti to assist one million people devastated by three years of prolonged drought exacerbated by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
FEATURE:UN Envoy in Haiti discusses upcoming elections and UN’s transitioning role
Apr 19, 2016, at 01:57 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Sandra Honoré is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the country (MINUSTAH). A post she has held since 15 July 2013.
Following earthquake in Japan, UN stands ready to provide assistance
Apr 19, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations stands ready to provide assistance to Japan following powerful earthquakes that struck Kumamoto province last Thursday and Saturday, killing over 40 people and displacing some 110,000 from their homes.
UN supporting authorities in Ecuador following strongest earthquake in decades
Apr 19, 2016, at 01:54 pm
New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): While the Government of Ecuador is leading the response to continue helping people and communities affected by Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake, the United Nations announced it has deployed relief teams to provide additional support.
NATO Deputy Secretary General to meet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Apr 19, 2016, at 12:09 am
New York, Apr 18 (IBNS) NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow will meet with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko on Tuesday, officials said.
General Jens Stoltenberg to attend Foreign Affairs Council
Apr 18, 2016, at 09:01 pm
New York, Apr 18 (IBNS) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on Apr 19 in Luxembourg.
China's fighter jet makes first public landing on disputed island
Apr 18, 2016, at 04:42 pm
Beijing, Apr 18 (IBNS) A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday.
Ecuador earthquake toll rises to 246
Apr 18, 2016, at 02:10 pm
Quito, Ecuador, Apr 18 (IBNS): As a strong earthquake rocked western Ecuador on Saturday, the death toll has touched 246, reports said on Monday.
Gambia: Ban calls for release of detained protesters after death of opposition members
Apr 18, 2016, at 12:35 pm
New York, Apr 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Concerned about the apparent use of excessive force on peaceful demonstrators in Gambia after at least three people died in State custody, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called on authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those arrested during Thursday's protest.
77 dead after 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Ecuador
Apr 17, 2016, at 07:58 pm
Quito, Ecuador, Apr 17 (IBNS): The death toll in the powerful earthquake that hit western Ecuador on Saturday rose to 77, media reports said.
7.8 magnitude quake hits Ecuador, kills 41
Apr 17, 2016, at 04:51 pm
Quito, Ecuador, Apr 17 (IBNS): At least 41 people have been killed as a powerful earthquake hit western Ecuador on Saturday, media reports said.
In Washington, Ban urges multilateral action to aid refugees, close infrastructure gaps
Apr 17, 2016, at 12:34 pm
New York, Apr 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Addressing the global challenge of forced displacement and fostering greater investment in infrastructure were the main topics of discussion on Saturday as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke to leaders in Washington, D.C., at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group.
Civilians in embattled Yarmouk facing 'starvation and dehydration', UN agency warns
Apr 17, 2016, at 12:32 pm
New York, Apr 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Up to 10,000 civilians in Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria, have gone without food and water for more than a week due to ongoing fighting, on Saturday warned the United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East.
Yemen at ‘critical crossroads,’ Security Council told ahead of face-to-face peace talks
Apr 16, 2016, at 01:51 pm
New York, Apr 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Yemen is now at a critical crossroads, the United Nations Security Council heard on Friday from the UN special envoy for the country, with one path leading to peace while the other can only worsen the security and humanitarian situation.
‘Refugees have a right to asylum – not bias and barbed wire,’ Ban says in Washington
Apr 16, 2016, at 01:49 pm
New York, Apr 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As the world faces the biggest refugee and displacement crisis of our time, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday reiterated a call to leaders across Europe and throughout the world to show greater solidarity as they strive to combat the deeper roots of conflict and continue to work towards securing human rights for all.