Russian Economic Development Minister held for taking bribe
Nov 15, 2016, at 06:50 pm
Moscow, Nov 15 (IBNS): Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev is facing a criminal investigation by the Investigative Committee, Russia's main anti-corruption body, for allegedly taking bribe, a RIA Novostire port said.
UN labour agency advocates policy changes to address rise in non-standard forms of employment
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:19 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) has released a report on the rising rate of non-standard jobs, including regional and global trends and policy recommendations to respond to concerns for both workers and businesses.
UN provides food assistance to 100,000 Iraqis as conflict in Mosul intensifies
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:18 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to some 100,000 people fleeing the intensifying conflict in Mosul, including a distribution on Sunday to 25,000 people in Gogjali, while also working tirelessly with its partners to reach families that remain trapped in Mosul city and newly recovered areas.
Without urgent action, world heading towards ‘post-antibiotic era’ – UN health agency
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:15 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): With a worldwide call on everyone, everywhere to play their part in maintaining the effectiveness of antibiotics, the United Nations health agency has kicked off a week-long campaign to make antibiotic resistance a globally recognized health issue and to raise awareness of the need to protect antibiotics through appropriate use.
2016 slated to be hottest year ever, with record-breaking emissions and melting Arctic ice
Nov 15, 2016, at 01:14 pm
New York, Nov 15 (Just Earth News): According to the United Nations weather agency, 2016 is set to be the hottest year on record with global temperatures of approximately 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, in part because of the powerful El Niño weather pattern that began late last year.
MARRAKECH: Deepening South-South cooperation is driving climate action among developing countries
Nov 15, 2016, at 04:35 am
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News): South-South cooperation is growing, as developing countries are helping each other to address climate change, sustainable development and implementation of the Paris Agreement, said senior United Nations officials and government Ministers at the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech (COP 22).
On World Day, UN chief urges prevention to reduce diabetes and associated blindness
Nov 15, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News): According to the United Nations, the global rate of diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980, with some 422 million adults living with diabetes as of 2014, representing a health risk that the General Assembly seeks to address through World Diabetes Day on Monday, November 14.
Suicide bomber blows himself up in Iraq, 6 killed
Nov 15, 2016, at 02:05 am
Karbala, Nov 14 (IBNS): A suicide bomber blew himself up in Iraq's Karbala city on Monday which left six people killed and six others injured, media reports said.
6.5 earthquake rocks New Zealand
Nov 14, 2016, at 02:55 pm
Wellington, Nov 14 (IBNS): A day after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand, another quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale hit the nation on Monday, as per the USGS website.
Narendra Modi wishes nation on Gurupurab
Nov 14, 2016, at 02:38 pm
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Gurupurab.
In DR Congo, UN Security Council delegation calls for consensual, inclusive electoral calendar
Nov 14, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News): Visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), members of the United Nations Security Council called on Congolese political and social actors to take greater responsibility to adopt a consensual and inclusive electoral calendar and asked that the ban on public demonstrations be lifted.
Ban commends Colombian Government and FARC-EP for concluding modified peace agreement
Nov 14, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the efforts by the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People's Army (FARC-EP) to conclude a modified peace agreement that incorporates many of the proposals of the groups representing Colombians who voted “No†in the 2 October plebiscite, Ban's spokesperson said on Sunday.
MARRAKECH: Dozens of heads of State and Government to attend UN climate conference
Nov 14, 2016, at 04:54 am
New York, Nov 13 (Just Earth News): Ten days after the entry into force of the landmark Paris Agreement, dozens of heads of State and Government are expected on Tuesday at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 22), which started in Marrakech, Morocco, on 7 November 2016.
Ban condemns terrorist attack against Sufi shrine in Pakistan
Nov 14, 2016, at 04:53 am
New York, Nov 13 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attack on a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan yesterday that reportedly killed dozens of worshippers.
MARRAKECH: Efforts to revolutionize transport gaining momentum, UN climate conference told
Nov 13, 2016, at 05:18 am
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): Efforts to revolutionize transport around the world are gaining momentum with more Governments and businesses exploring possibilities for electric vehicles and low-carbon emissions transport systems, said transport experts attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech (COP 22).
In phone conversation, Ban welcomes US President-elect Trump's calls for unity
Nov 13, 2016, at 05:17 am
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): In a phone call this afternoon, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Donald Trump on his election as the next President of the United States.
UN-brokered Cyprus talks to reconvene on 20 November; 'significant progress' achieved
Nov 13, 2016, at 05:16 am
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): Following five days of the United Nations-brokered reunification talks that generated “significant progress,†the leaders of the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities have decided to take a recess and reconvene on 20 November.
Nov 12, 2016, at 02:01 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): “The police in the UN peacekeeping operations are there to assist the host country police,†says Priscilla Makotose, United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Police Commissioner, the highest-ranking female police officer in the UN system, appointed in March 2016.
In new report, UN-backed sustainable development fund highlights importance of broad partnerships
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:57 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): As the world prepares to mark the first year of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in January 2017, a United Nations-backed global fund has highlighted the different perspectives from both large and small companies on the harmony of the new sustainable development agenda.
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): Gravely concerned about allegations of rape and sexual assault of women and girls in Northern Rakhine state in Myanmar following recent border attacks, Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict called on Friday on the Government to ensure that an impartial and effective investigation is conducted into the alleged incidents.
Risk of ‘outright ethnic war’ and genocide in South Sudan, UN envoy warns
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:55 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): Visiting conflict-plagued South Sudan, the United Nations envoy on genocide prevention on Friday warned that the African country is at risk of plunging into “an outright ethnic war†and of genocide being committed.
UN development agency working with Cuban government in areas hard-hit by Hurricane Matthew
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:53 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is cooperating with Cuban authorities to support early recovery in Baracoa, MaisÃ, ImÃas and San Antonio del Sur, the areas of the island nation most-affected by Hurricane Matthew.
Mosul offensive against ISIL pushing Iraq’s civilians into war-ravaged Syria – UN rights wing
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:52 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): Amid the intensification of the military offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) in Iraq’s Mosul city and the resulting displacement of civilians, the United Nations human rights wing said on Friday that it has received reports that Iraqi civilians are also fleeing into Syria, which itself is reeling under a five-year long conflict that has displaced millions of Syrians and left hundreds of thousands trapped in besieged cities.
Rehabilitating drylands key to global food security, according to new UN report
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:51 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): A new report released on Friday by the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reveals that drylands, which cover some 40 per cent of the earth’s land surface, are critical in order to buffer the negative impacts of climate change, land degradation, and drought.
MARRAKECH: Private sector commits to actions on sustainable energy for a just climate future for all
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): In connection with the theme-based actions being announced at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Marrakech (COP 22), new commitments and initiatives to use renewable energy were in the spotlight on Friday as one of the most effective ways to implement the landmark Paris Agreement, which entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Tough action on pneumonia and diarrhoea can save more than one million lives annually – UNICEF
Nov 12, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News): According to the latest statistics from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), pneumonia and diarrhoea kill some 1.4 million children each year, mostly in middle and low-income countries, despite the fact that these illnesses are largely preventable through straightforward and cost-effective solutions.
Nov 12, 2016, at 02:43 am
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): As mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave human rights abuses committed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) extremists in Iraq come to light, the top United Nations human rights official has called for immediate action to ensure that the rights and the needs of victims and survivors are met – including the need for justice, truth and reconciliation.
New letters by Indian Muslim soldiers from WW1 disclosed
Nov 11, 2016, at 11:16 pm
London, Nov 11 (IBNS): On Armistice Day, a literature expert at Birmingham City University (UK) has disclosed previously unreported letters from the early 1900s by some of India’s Muslim soldiers who fought in World War One.
Nov 11, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): Film star Liam Neeson has said that he was impressed by the strength and spark of the Syrian children after visiting the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan as part of his advocacy work as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador.
Nov 11, 2016, at 01:54 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): Despite continuing challenges, a mood of optimism has taken hold in Lebanon following the recent election of President Michel Aoun and additional political breakthroughs are expected.