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UN mourns death of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali

New York, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Boutros Boutros-Ghali, veteran Egyptian diplomat and the first United Nations Secretary-General from Africa, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93.

Syria: UN 'gravely concerned' over repeated attacks on hospitals, school

New York, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday expressed grave concern over airstrikes on Mondayin Syria that hit at least four hospitals and a school, reportedly killing more than 45 people and injuring dozens of others.

Syria: Russian aerial bombardment kills 5 civilians

Al-Herak, Feb 16 (IBNS) Russian airstrikes has targeted Al-Herak town in Syria which left five people killed, reports said.

Gas explosion collapses Russian building, 7 killed

Moscow, Feb 16 (IBNS) At seven person was killed as a five-storey building collapsed in Russia's Yaroslavl city following a gas explosion on Tuesday, media reports said.

Conflicts and violence take 'huge toll' on children in 2015 - UN envoy

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) Increasingly complex and widening conflicts have taken a huge toll on children in much of the Middle East in 2015, with parts of Africa and Asia facing protracted and relapsing wars that show no signs of abating, a senior United Nations child rights official said on Monday.

UN experts urge Nigeria to make areas freed from Boko Haram 'truly safe' for returnees

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations human rights experts have urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for the displaced persons to return.

UNICEF chief 'appalled' by reports of attacks on hospitals, schools in northern Syria

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Anthony Lake said on Monday he is "appalled" by reports of attacks against four medical facilities in Syria, two of which are supported by UNICEF.

World's most vulnerable must benefit from promise and ideals of UN Charter - Ban

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) Although important steps were taken over the past year to uphold the values and advance the vision set out in the United Nations Charter, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today that bringing the promise of the Organization's founding document to the most vulnerable must continue to be the goal of its Member States.

UN envoy for Libya welcomes 'major breakthrough' on formation of unity government

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) Welcoming the announcement by the Libyan Presidency Council on the formation of the Government of National Accord, the United Nations envoy there called today on the House of Representatives “to do what is right for Libya and its people” and endorse the nomination of the national unity government.

Haiti: UN welcomes election of provisional President

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as well as the UN and its partners in Haiti, have welcomed the 14 February election by the Haitian National Assembly of Jocelerme Privert as the island nation's interim President, one week after the departure of former President Michel Martelly.

UN agency delivers added food supplies to besieged area inside Yemen's Taiz city

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) For the second time this year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to deliver food inside an area undergoing heavy fighting in the central Yemeni city of Taiz, where residents are in desperate need of external food assistance.

UN rights expert urges UK and Sweden to serve 'good example,' end arbitrary detention of Assange

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) A United Nations human rights expert today called on the United Kingdom and Sweden to promptly accept a UN working group's ruling that Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, is being arbitrarily detained and must be allowed freedom of movement.

Syria: for first time in months, UN agency delivers aid to residents of Yarmouk camp

New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East has been able to deliver urgently needed humanitarian supplies to the civilian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts Damascus, for the first time in nine months.

Ahead of polls, Ban calls on all Central Africans, including candidates, to ensure credible elections

New York, Feb 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all Central Africans, including the candidates, to ensure that the presidential run-off and the new round of legislative elections, set to take place Sunday are conducted in a peaceful and credible manner.

Engagement with communities can help address factors underlying violent extremism - UN chief

New York, Feb 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Fully understanding those who might be susceptible to poisonous ideologies – addressing root causes of radicalization and helping individuals and communities before problems escalate – will assist the international community in developing effective, dignified and rights-based responses to "one of the gravest threats our world faces," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.