UN officials urge Member States to make young people ‘drivers of change’
New York, Aug 13 (IBNS): Marking International Day of Youth, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that no one knows better than young people the issues at stake in Wednesday's rapidly changing world or the best way to respond, and declared, “That is why I am calling on young people to speak out – and I am urging leaders to listen.â€
Yemen: UN official calls for scaling up efforts to meet humanitarian needs
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen is appealing for significant contributions to scale up efforts to meet the “staggering†needs across the country, where some 21 million people, or 80 per cent of the population, require live-saving assistance.
UN officials seriously concerned by verdicts in trial of former members of Qadhafi regime
New York, Jul 29 (IBNS): The verdicts in the trial of 37 Qadhafi regime officials, including against the former leader’s son, Saif al-Islam Qadhafi, handed down today by the Tripoli Court of Assize, has drawn serous concern from senior United Nations human rights officials in Libya, as well as in Geneva, amid fears the trial did not meet international standards on a number of fronts.
UN official in Somalia condemns terrorist attack on hotel in Mogadishu
New York, Jul 27 (IBNS): The most senior United Nations official in Somalia has strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack on Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu that resulted in several deaths and injuries.