Thailand's deportation of ethnic group prompts grave concern by UN human rights office
New York, July 11 (IBNS) The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed grave concern over Thailand's deportation to China of more than 100 people understood to be ethnic Uighurs – including some 20 women – and strongly urged Thai authorities to ensure the protection of 60 others who remain in detention.
Thailand's deportation of ethnic group prompts grave concern by UN human rights office
New York, July 11 (IBNS) The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed grave concern over Thailand's deportation to China of more than 100 people understood to be ethnic Uighurs – including some 20 women – and strongly urged Thai authorities to ensure the protection of 60 others who remain in detention.
Libya: UN envoy calls for end to fighting in Benghazi, urges political solution to crisis
New York, July 11 (IBNS): The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino León, has condemned the escalating hostilities in the country's eastern city of Benghazi and the heavy toll being felt by the area's civilians, the United Nations mission in the country confirmed on Friday.
Man arrested over death of two people in Germany
Berlin, July 10 (IBNS) A person has been arrested by police in connection with the deaths of two people who were shot dead in Germany's Ansbach city, media reports said on Friday.
Leaders' personal rivalry has undermined South Sudan's hard won independence - Security Council
New York, July 10 (IBNS) Months of politically motivated violence in South Sudan has left thousands dead and caused a "man-made catastrophe," the United Nations Security Council declared on Thursday, expressing "profound disappointment" with President Salva Kiir, former Vice-President Riek Machar and other leaders "who have put their personal ambitions ahead of the good of their country and their people."
A week from presidential polls, Burundi on 'brink of devastating violence,' Security Council told
New York, July 10 (IBNS) Two weeks after the contested legislative and communal elections that took place in Burundi and with presidential polls just days away, senior United Nations officials warned the Security Council on Thursday that situation prevailing in the Central African country is once again at risk of sliding into violence.
Yemen: UN chief welcomes announcement of humanitarian ceasefire
New York, July 10 (IBNS) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the decision by Yemeni stakeholders to implement a humanitarian pause in the country's ongoing conflict and has reiterated his belief that the only sustainable solution to the crisis is through “peaceful and inclusive dialogue and negotiations,†the United Nations confirmed on Thursday.
Syrian refugee numbers pass four million as war rages on - UN
New York, July 10 (IBNS) The exodus spawned by the four-year long Syrian conflict has now become the United Nations refugee agency's largest crisis in almost a quarter of a century and risks deteriorating even further as fighting in the country shows no sign of abating.
Forecasting positive 2015 world crop prospects, UN agency warns of food insecurity 'hotspots'
New York, July 10 (IBNS) Favorable worldwide conditions for cereal crops will lead to better-than-expected production this growing season at the global level, on Thursday said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
New York, July 9 (IBNS): As the United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that some of its permanent members called “vital†and others called “divisive,†senior UN officials stressed that the horror of the genocidal massacre at Srebrenica continued to haunt the Organization 20 years after thousands of ethnic Bosnian Muslim men and boys were slaughtered during a week of preventable brutality.
South Sudan: four years on, UN marks 'grim' independence anniversary amid ongoing conflict
New York, July 9 (IBNS) The people of South Sudan are preparing to mark the fourth anniversary of their country's founding amid ongoing suffering, unconscionable levels of violence and unspeakable sexual abuse, according to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
With fast action to rescue staple crops 'we can save lives' in DPR Korea, 'UNICEF says
New York, July 9 (IBNS) Children are already suffering as a result of drought in some parts of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK), where deaths of young children attributed to diarrhoea have increased seriously in the first six months of 2015 in the drought-affected provinces, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Amid stalled reconstruction, UN official says 'root causes' of Gaza crisis still unresolved
New York, July 9 (IBNS) The root causes of last year's conflict in Gaza – which claimed nearly two thousand lives and ravaged large swathes of the Palestinian enclave – remain unaddressed despite a growing humanitarian crisis in the area, the head of the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees has warned.
Greece pledges to enact reforms next week
Athens, July 8 (IBNS) Greece on Wednesday said the country will implement pension and tax reforms next week.
Nigeria: Ban strongly condemns Boko Haram attacks targeting Muslims and Christians
New York, July 8 (IBNS)United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned attacks by Boko Haram in Lake Chad Basin countries, including the deliberate targeting of Christian and Muslim worshippers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Nigeria's northeast states of Borno and Yobe.