Ban delivers favourable report card on early-stage talks at Paris climate summit
Dec 04, 2015, at 02:41 pm
New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave a favourable report card today to the early stages of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris, while at the same time urging both developed and developing countries to do more to reach universal agreement to mitigate the threat.
COP21: Digital map launched by UNICEF helps youth tell their climate change stories
Dec 04, 2015, at 02:39 pm
New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A digital mapping project called 'Act Now For Tomorrow,' which was recently launched by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is helping young people around the world identify climate issues in their communities and find ways to address them.
Ban appoints officials for roles in UN Agenda 2030 advisory board and peacekeeping operations
Dec 04, 2015, at 02:37 pm
New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced the appointment of David Nabarro of the United Kingdom as Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
COP21: UN joins France and private sector partners for action on electro-mobility
Dec 04, 2015, at 02:36 pm
New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Recognizing that transportation has the highest growth in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of any industrial sector, transport representatives at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) presented 10 initiatives on Thursday that aim to reduce these emissions and build more sustainable transport systems.
Slavery Abolition Day: Ban warns of enslavement, trafficking risks for refugees
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:31 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With more than 60 million people driven from their homes and millions more crossing borders to seek a better life, the risk of mounting human trafficking and enslavement with all its "horrific abuse" must be confronted, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Wednesday.
Resilience Day: UN and partners launch initiatives to protect millions of people
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:29 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On the third day of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), dubbed 'Resilience Day,' the UN and the Governments of Peru and France have announced major international partnerships that are mobilizing large-scale financing to protect people who are most vulnerable to climate impacts.
El Niño: UN emergency fund supports millions in affected countries
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:28 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following the devastating impact of El Niño, the United Nations relief wing has announced that the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has provided some $76 million for life-saving activities in response to drought, drought-like conditions, floods and related insecurity, and other disasters in East Africa, Southern Africa, the Pacific Islands, South East Asia and Central America throughout 2015.
UN Middle East envoy calls for action on West Bank arson attack case
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:26 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Four months after the arson attack against the Dawabsha family in the West Bank village of Duma, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, on Wednesday expressed concern at the slow progress on the case and called on the Israeli authorities to "move swiftly in bringing the perpetrators of the this terrible crime to justice."
UN report warns of 'abhorrent violations' against children in war-torn Iraq
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:23 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Boys and girls in war-weary Iraq are suffering from grave violations with "dramatic consequences," according to the latest report from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation of children and armed conflict in the country.
South Sudan at critical juncture, UN peacekeeping chief warns
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:22 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With both sides repeatedly violating the ceasefire, endangering progress so far made towards a political transition, the South Sudan peace process is at a critical juncture and in need of increased international support, the top United Nations peacekeeping official warned on Wednesday.
Yemen faces dire health crisis with funding gap and 15.2 million lacking care: UN
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:20 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than 15.2 million Yemenis now lack access to health care services, well over half the war-torn country's total population, yet there is a 55 per cent gap in requested international funding to address the crisis, according to the United Nations health agency.
Ban calls for international aid for African communities attacked by Boko Haram
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:18 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday called on the international community to provide urgent support for humanitarian aid to communities hit by the Nigerian-based Boko Haram, deploring its latest "appalling" attacks in Cameroon.
UN seeks to enlist citizens of world as foot soldiers in battle against hate speech
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:17 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations on Wednesday launched a campaign against hate speech, with senior officials calling for a global mobilization of citizens as foot soldiers in the battle to uproot a scourge that seeks to unleash a clash of civilizations in the name of religion.
Britain: Four suspected terrorists arrested
Dec 03, 2015, at 01:31 am
London, Dec 2 (IBNS) The police on Wednesday arrested four people from Britain's Luton town on suspicion of committing offences under the Terrorism Act.
COP21: Ban tells African leaders they have stake in success of climate conference
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:10 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): At a gathering of African leaders at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that their continent has an enormous stake in the success of the global event which aims to reach a new universal climate agreement to limit the rise of global temperature.
UN marks World AIDS Day with hope as momentum builds to break epidemic
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:08 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The first World AIDS Day since political leaders committed to ending the epidemic by 2030 as part of the United Nations-led Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has generated "new hope" to break the epidemic and keep it from rebounding in "an unparalleled opportunity to change the course of history for ever."
Palau becomes first Pacific nation to join global pact to curb illicit fishing
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:06 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Taking a massive step towards ocean conservation, the island nation of Palau is the latest in a growing number of countries- and the first Pacific island state- to ratify an international agreement to combat illegal fishing, which is estimated to deprive the global economy of up to $23 billion each year and endanger biodiversity and food security in many countries, said the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) on Tuesday.
UN agency launches appeal to protect Palestinian refugees from winter’s weather
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:04 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Without international support, thousands of Palestinian refugees could be left in the cold this winter, a United Nations aid agency warned on Tuesday, launching a $2-million ‘Share Your Warmth’ appeal to stave off the rigours of the bitter weather many now face.
COP21: UN spotlights need to protect forests and agriculture to improve livelihoods
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:02 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The impacts of climate change on forests and agriculture were in the spotlight on Tuesday at the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), as new alliances among organizations and stakeholders were announced aiming to eliminate natural deforestation and forest degradation, and to prevent threats to sustainable farming and people’s livelihoods.
Flow of refugee and migrant children into Greece doubles: UN agencies report
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:00 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): About a third of the refugees and migrants who have drowned in the Aegean Sea this year were children, while the number of children applying for asylum in the European Union has doubled compared to 2014, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday, warning of the increasing perils facing youngsters as winter takes hold.
Thousands of stateless people granted nationality in Thailand: UN refugee agency
Dec 02, 2015, at 02:58 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Welcoming Thailand’s announcement that it has granted nationality to more than 18,000 stateless people in the past several years, the United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday hailed the move as a further step in accelerating the global campaign to end stateless by 2024.
Violence claims nearly 500 civilian lives in November in Iraq: UN mission
Dec 02, 2015, at 02:57 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/ IBNS): Nearly 500 Iraqi civilians were killed in Iraq last month in a "vicious circle of violence," ranging from acts of terrorism to armed conflict, as the total number of Iraqi casualties rose to more than 2,100, according to the UN Assistance Mission in the crisis-gripped country.
Renowned recording artist P!nk named newest UNICEF Ambassador
Dec 02, 2015, at 02:53 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appointed Grammy award-winning recording artist P!nk as the newest UNICEF Ambassador, and announced that she will build on her current role as the agency's Kid Power National Spokesperson to raise awareness about its lifesaving health and nutrition programmes around the world.
Unilateral sanctions hit innocent harder than political elites in Sudan: UN expert
Dec 02, 2015, at 02:51 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday urged States to review their unilateral coercive measures imposed on Sudan over the past two decades, "given the developments taking place in the country since the imposition of the sanctions regimes."
Ban condemns 'heinous' terrorist attacks in Baghdad
Dec 02, 2015, at 02:49 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-Genera, Ban Ki-moon has condemned the two bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq, which on Sunday killed at least 15 civilians and injured several dozen, many of whom were marking the Shi'a religious observance of Arbaeen.
Veteran Australian rights official appointed deputy UN human rights chief
Dec 02, 2015, at 02:48 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday announced the appointment of Kate Gilmore of Australia, a veteran United Nations, Government and non-governmental organization (NGOs) official, as Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights.
London: BBC offices, surrounding buildings evacuated over 'suspicious vehicle'
Dec 02, 2015, at 03:08 am
London, Dec 1 (IBNS) The BBC’s headquarters in central London and several other offices were evacuated on Tuesday after a 'suspicious vehicle' was found near the area, media reports said.
More than a million children need urgent assistance in conflict-torn Central Africa: UNICEF
Dec 01, 2015, at 03:34 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Nearly three years after the "devastating" conflict began in the Central African Republic (CAR), an estimated 1.2 million children are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, said the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
'Hidden epidemic' of HIV hitting adolescents in Asia-Pacific region: UN agencies
Dec 01, 2015, at 03:27 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The Asia-Pacific region is facing a ‘hidden epidemic’ of HIV among adolescents, with an estimated 50,000 new infections in 2014 among those aged 15 to 19, United Nations agencies reported on Monday, calling on Governments to develop specifically targeted prevention strategies.
Racism will not disappear from football stadiums by magic: UNESCO report
Dec 01, 2015, at 03:25 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the professional Italian association football club Juventus have issued the first exhaustive overview of the effort to tackle and root out discrimination and racism in the world’s most popular spectator sport.