Ban marks UN Public Service Day with call for shared drive to achieve sustainability agenda
Jun 24, 2016, at 03:12 pm
New York, June 24 (Just Earth News):The efforts of women and men engaged in public service are crucial to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, United NationsSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, paying tribute to public servants on the day set aside by the General Assembly to spotlight their invaluable contributions.
EU referendum: Leave campaign ahead
Jun 24, 2016, at 02:54 pm
London, June 24 (IBNS): In a close battle, the UK's EU referendum is seeing the 'leave' campaign is leading even as London has overwhelmingly voted in favour to remain in the European Union (EU).
Germany: Masked gunman shot dead after opening fire at cinema complex
Jun 24, 2016, at 05:16 am
Frankfurt, June 23 (IBNS): A masked gunman on Thursday opened fire and wounded about 20-50 people at a cinema complex in the small western German town of Viernheim near Frankfurt in Germany, media reports said.
UN agency boosts support in Lake Chad Basin to safeguard agricultural livelihoods
Jun 24, 2016, at 04:56 am
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News):The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday it is providing agricultural and livelihood assistance to affected host communities and displaced people in the Lake Chad Basin as a result of massive population displacements and insecurity that are putting livelihoods and food security at high risk.
World's oft-marginalized widows must be part of sustainable development agenda – UN chief
Jun 24, 2016, at 04:55 am
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News):With nearly half the world’s 259 million widows living poverty, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged greater efforts to “make them more visible in our societies†and ensure they are a vital part of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda’s pledge to ‘leave no one behind.’
Latin American labour market policies must be reoriented to address output gaps – UN report
Jun 24, 2016, at 04:53 am
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News): Countries in the Latin America region should carry out a strategic reorientation of their labour market policies in order to increase productivity and address rising unemployment resulting from an economic slowdown, a new report by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged on Thursday.
Record 29 million people drug-dependent worldwide; heroin use up sharply – UN report
Jun 24, 2016, at 04:52 am
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News):The number of people suffering from drug use disorders has increased disproportionally for the first time in six years in 2014, while the number of people who used at least one drug stayed at five per cent of the adult population, according to the annual report prepared by the United Nations.
UN mourns death of former General Assembly President John Ashe
Jun 24, 2016, at 04:51 am
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News):United Nations General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft expressed sincere condolences on Thursday to the widow, friends and colleagues of former Assembly President John Ashe, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday.
Jun 23, 2016, at 08:48 pm
London, Jun 23 (IBNS) Amid speculations of a knife-edge finish, Britons are voting on Thursday to decide on whether the UK will remain a part of the 28-member European Union even as the outcome will be crucial for Prime Minister David Cameron and his continuing in office as he made a plea to all to keep the country a part of EU in the historic poll.
UK starts voting on whether to leave European Union
Jun 23, 2016, at 06:25 pm
London, Jun 23 (IBNS) Britons are headed for polling stations on Thursday to vote on whether the UK will remain a part of the European Union.
Welcoming Sudan’s cessation of hostilities, Ban urges ‘final peace’ through national dialogue
Jun 23, 2016, at 12:12 pm
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the announcement by the Sudanese Government of a four-month unilateral cessation of hostilities, beginning on 18 June 2016, in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states.
Jun 23, 2016, at 12:11 pm
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations head of humanitarian operations for Lebanon on Wednesday urged the international community to develop a comprehensive approach of support, or risk the implosion of a country that is vital to the regional dynamics.
UN summit jump-starts global drive for responsible business actions on Sustainable Development Goals
Jun 23, 2016, at 12:09 pm
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News):United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday rallied corporate leaders and entrepreneurs gathered for a summit in New York to focus on key areas required to reach a new era of sustainability, including responsible practices, transformative partnerships, breakthrough innovation and targeted investment.
Jun 23, 2016, at 12:07 pm
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News):Sustaining peace requires more coherence and coordination among the United Nations system, the head of the intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in countries emerging from conflict told the Security Council on Wednesday.
UN pays tribute to British parliamentarian Jo Cox
Jun 23, 2016, at 12:05 pm
New York, June 23 (Just Earth News):Standing up for values and principles that unite us – not divide us – and never succumbing to violent provocations in on Wednesday’s world is vital so that extremists and perpetrators do not declare victory, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General emphasized on Wednesday at a ceremony in tribute to Jo Cox, the United Kingdom Member of Parliament who was killed this past week.
UN special adviser stresses urgency of de-escalating tensions sparked by protests in Bahrain
Jun 23, 2016, at 04:40 am
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):Noting the new protests and increased tensions in Bahrain triggered by the revocation of the citizenship of a prominent Shia religious leader, a senior United Nations human rights advisor called on the Government to ensure that the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is fully respected and that any response to the protests is in accordance with the country’s obligations under international human rights law.
UN report finds Caribbean region must boost efforts to prepare for increased drought
Jun 23, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News): Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean, so countries in the region must enhance their capabilities to deal with this and other extreme weather-related challenges to ensure food security and hunger eradication, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said in a new report.
Disarming armed groups, civilian protection crucial for Central African Republic – UN expert
Jun 23, 2016, at 04:30 am
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):Concluding her seventh visit in the country, Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR), expressed concern about the threats from armed groups and large-scale banditry to the protection of civilians, natural resources and to the crisis recovery process.
UNESCO chief condemns killing of journalist in Texas
Jun 23, 2016, at 04:29 am
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Wednesday called for an investigation into the killing of Jacinto Hernández Torres, also known as Jay Torres, a Spanish-language journalist in Texas.
NATO Secretary General condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile launch
Jun 22, 2016, at 07:54 pm
Brussels, Jun 22 (IBNS): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday condemned the missile launch by North Korea, according to reports.
South Korea, US military accuse North Korea of firing two missiles; leaves Japan wary
Jun 22, 2016, at 05:33 pm
Seoul, Jun 22 (IBNS): The South Korean and US military jointly accused North Korea of firing two missiles from its eastern coasts on Wednesday morning, reports said.
Ban condemns terrorist attack against Jordanian guard post at Syrian border
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:24 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):Condemning on Tuesday's terrorist attack against a Jordanian border guard post at the north-eastern border with Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered his condolences to the families of the victims and reiterates his solidarity with the Government and people of Jordan.
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South Sudan: Special investigation into Malakal violence completed, says UN
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:23 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):A United Nations independent high-level board of inquiry has completed a special in-depth investigation into how the UN responded this past February to deadly violence in a protection of civilians site in the town of Malakal, in northern South Sudan.
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:22 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News): Addressing an event commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on Tuesday stressed the importance of prevention and early response efforts, as well as the need to shift shame and stigma from victims to perpetrators.
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:20 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):While Governments around the world have been working decidedly and collectively to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons, the international community must intensify efforts in that regard in order to keep up with and effectively address global challenges, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.
UN humanitarian wing and partners respond to unprecedented suffering in 2015
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:17 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released its 2015 annual report, articulating its response to the humanitarian challenges and human suffering, in all corners of the world that have overstretched the UN relief arm.
Niger: UNICEF reports more than 240,000 uprooted from homes in Diffa region
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:16 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):More than 240,000 people, or a third of the population, in Niger’s Diffa region have been uprooted from their homes since 3 June attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, the single largest displacement since 2013, a senior United Nations official said on Tuesday.
‘Credibility of international community at risk’ as Syria war grinds on – senior UN officials
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:15 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):With the conflict in Syria now well into its fifth year, and the country dealing with a grinding crisis that has brought death, displacement and regional instability, the international community must not lose momentum in attaining a comprehensive and concrete political solution, senior United Nations officials emphasized on Tuesday.
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:14 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):The United Nations–supported Yemeni peace talks under way in Kuwait have progressed “slowly, yet constructively,†over the last two months, with agreement still to be reached on the sequencing of the various steps proposed, including the timing of establishing a national unity government, the UN envoy for the country said on Tuesday.
ICC sentences former Congolese vice-president Bemba to 18 years in prison for war crimes
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:13 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced the former Congolese Vice-President, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, to 18 years of imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic between October 2002 and March 2003.