Donors urged to meet critical funding shortfall faced by UNRWA for Palestinian refugees
New York, Aug 5 (IBNS): Voicing concern over the financial situation confronting the United Nations agency assisting Palestine refugees, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on all donors to urgently ensure adequate and sustainable financing for vital services as soon as possible.
'Catastrophic' floods in Myanmar hit most vulnerable, including children: UN
New York, Aug 4 (IBNS): Myanmar has suffered heavy rains, winds and flooding since Cyclone Komen made landfall in Bangladesh on 30 July, causing landslides and damage in different parts of the country, according to United Nations agencies.
UN-backed international forum delivers roadmap for Somalia’s future
New York, Aug 4 (IBNS): The United Nations and its partners have welcomed the significant commitments made at a recent high-level forum in Somalia that will be critical to the future of the Horn of Africa nation, including the holding of inclusive elections.
Ban concerned over ongoing deterioration of security in post-election Burundi
New York, Aug 4 (IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced concern over the situation in Burundi, where the security situation continues to worsen following the recent elections, and strongly condemned the assassination on Sunday of General Adolphe Nshimirimana.
Member States lauded for reaching agreement on UN development agenda
New York, Aug 4 (IBNS): Member States answered the call to make 2015 a year of global action by agreeing on a “bold, ambitious and transformative†sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
Central Africa: Security Council condemns attacks that killed peacekeeper
New York, Aug 4 (IBNS): The members of the Security Council condemned on Monday in the strongest terms the attacks against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), which were perpetrated on Sunday in Bangui and resulted in the death of one peacekeeper.
UN chief condemns killing of peacekeeper in Central African Republic
New York, Aug 3 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the killing of a peacekeeper from the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
Ban hails UN Member States' agreement on 'people's agenda' to end poverty, promote sustainability
New York, Aug 3 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised UN Member States for reaching agreement on the draft outcome document that will constitute the new sustainable development agenda, which will be formally adopted by world leaders in New York this September.
MH 370: Another plane part found
London, Aug 2 (IBNS): After the debris of an air craft suspected to be a part of the missing flight MH370 was found last week, another suspected plane debris has also washed ashore on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, media reports said on Sunday.
UN officials condemn West Bank arson attack that killed Palestinian child
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN special envoy on the Middle East have strongly condemned Friday’s arson attack in the West Bank that killed a Palestinian child and left the child’s parents severely injured.
In ISIL-controlled territory, 8 million civilians living in ‘state of fear’: UN expert
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has engaged in widespread and systematic human rights violations of the most serious kinds in Syria and Iraq, brutally forcing some 8 million people to “assimilate, flee or face death,†according to a United Nations expert.
Ebola: WHO announces possible ‘game changer’ vaccine
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): Having achieved its “core objective†of scaling up global action to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response will officially wind down on Friday, transferring its role to the World Health Organization (WHO), which just announced that an experimental vaccine being tested in Guinea appears to be highly effective and could be a “game changer.â€
UN envoy Angelina Jolie visits displaced people in Myanmar’s Kachin state
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): Oscar-winning actress and United Nations refugee agency Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie, travelled on Thursday to Myanmar’s Kachin state, where internally displaced persons (IDPs), including a number of women, told her their stories
Yemen: UN begins food aid distribution in war-torn districts of Aden
New York, Jul 31 (IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distribution of food to around 340,000 people in eight of the worst-affected areas of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.
Small islands need partnerships to battle climate change: Ban
New York, Jul 31 (IBNS): The global challenges facing the small island developing States (SIDS) are the international community’s collective responsibility, on Thursday stated the top United Nations official at the Security Council.