Closing 2016 Youth Forum, senior UN official says young people key to new sustainability agenda
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:49 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Marking the end of the two-day United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, the President of the 54-member body told hundreds of youth leaders that the event exceeded high expectations and that the time is now for young people to get behind global efforts to ensure sustainable development for all.
Turkey's Erdogan visits UN regional commission in Latin America and Caribbean
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:47 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Appealing for international collaboration to cope with the crisis of Syrian refugees and the challenges to peace in the Middle East, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a recent keynote lecture delivered at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), that his country would like to broaden its political and trade relationships with the region.
Nigeria: Security Council condemns 'heinous' terrorist attack attributed to Boko Haram
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:46 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Condemning in the strongest terms Saturday’s "horrific terrorist attacks" attributed to Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, which resulted in a large number of dead and wounded, the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on all States to cooperate in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Senior UN humanitarian official deeply concerned at Israel's administrative detention practices
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:42 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A senior United Nations humanitarian official on Tuesday voiced deep concern at the administrative detention of more than 525 Palestinians in Israeli jails and detention centres, including one who has been on hunger strike for over two months.
UN envoy for Syria meets with Government delegation in Geneva
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on Tuesday met with a delegation from the country’s Government, one day after meeting with representatives of the opposition High Negotiation Committee (HNC), which he said had officially begun the UN-mediated intra-Syrian talks in Geneva.
As flood of child refugees and migrants into Europe soars, UN calls for enhanced protection
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:31 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Child protection systems across Europe are completely overwhelmed as the rate of youngsters in the flood of refugees and migrants has soared to one in three compared with one in 10 less than a year ago, the United Nations warned today, calling for strengthened steps to prevent exploitation and abuse.
With 4 million Syrian children out of school, $1.4 billion sought by UN to save 'lost generation'
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:20 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With four million Syrian and host community children in need of education and no let-up in sight in the fighting tearing the country apart, the United Nations and its partners are seeking $1.4 billion at a major conference in London on Thursday to save the current youth generation.
UN in Central African Republic releases $9 million to respond to urgent needs
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:19 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations announced on Tuesday that the Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has released $9 million for life-saving assistance to 2.3 million people who need urgent support, including those displaced by violence, returnees, refugees and vulnerable host communities.
UN experts urge Cyprus to address migrant detention conditions
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:22 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Cyprus has seen many positive developments concerning the treatment of people in detention, but still faces several challenges, particularly regarding the independent monitoring of places of detention and the treatment of migrants, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Monday after visiting the country.
Films with on-screen smoking should carry warnings to protect children: WHO
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:14 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Noting that films showing on-screen smoking have enticed millions of young people around the world into tobacco addiction, the United Nations health agency on Monday called for them to be rated and display warnings to save children from subsequent disability and death.
Turkey: UN rights chief concerned by actions of security forces
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:13 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday called on the Turkish authorities to respect the fundamental rights of civilians in its security operations and to promptly investigate the alleged shooting of a group of unarmed people after "shocking" video footage of the event.
Syria: Ban condemns bombings in Damascus
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In the wake of a "heinous" terrorist bombing outside Damascus on Sunday, which reportedly killed more than 60 people, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Syrian Government and opposition negotiators at UN-mediated talks in Geneva to "agree on immediate improvements to Syria’s dire humanitarian situation."
At Youth Forum, UN launches new initiative to tackle employment crisis
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:09 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As more than 800 young leaders gather in New York for the annual United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, UN officials on Monday launched a new initiative to tackle youth unemployment, making it clear that success in fighting poverty and inequality will largely depend on them being a driving force.
Don't just seek to resolve war once it erupts, prevent it in the first place: Ban
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:02 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Speaking in a region that is witnessing widespread turmoil – from Syria to Yemen – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Oman's National Defence College on Monday that preventing conflicts rather than resolving them once they have erupted is the surest path to stability.
Zika virus an international public health emergency: WHO
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Meeting on Monday on the Zika virus outbreak, the World Health Organization announced that the recent cluster of neurological disorders and neonatal malformations reported in the Americas region constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
UN-brokered Intra-Syrian talks officially start in Geneva with opposition meeting
Feb 02, 2016, at 01:58 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The delayed intra-Syrian talks to end five years of bloody warfare officially started in Geneva on Monday with two hours of talks between the United Nations mediator and the opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC).
Libya: $166 million UN-backed humanitarian appeal barely one per cent funded
Feb 02, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Almost two months after its launch, a humanitarian appeal to aid 1.3 million vulnerable people in conflict-torn Libya is 99 per cent unfunded, a senior United Nations official for the North African country warned on Monday, calling on the international community to step up to the plate.
Nigeria: Boko Haram attack on village kills 50
Feb 01, 2016, at 03:35 pm
Maiduguri, Feb 1 (IBNS) A gun and bomb attack by suspected militant group Boko Haram, reports said.
Ban urges world to support Ethiopia's efforts to battle worst drought in 30 years
Feb 01, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, Feb 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The international community must stand with the people of Ethiopia in their time of need, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, urging donors gathered in Addis Ababa to step up assistance to the drought-hit country, which is battling the effects of one of the most powerful El Niño events in recorded history, made worse by the impact of climate change.
Syria: High Negotiations Committee arrives in Geneva where UN-mediated talks are under way
Feb 01, 2016, at 01:59 pm
New York, Feb 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has met with the delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) at their hotel in Geneva following their arrival last night in Geneva, where UN-mediated intra-Syrian talks began Friday after days of delays.
Crisis-torn Burundi's leaders should pursue dialogue, listen to concerns of their people - UN chief
Feb 01, 2016, at 01:59 pm
New York, Feb 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The Government and people of Burundi should resolve the country's months-long political crisis through inclusive dialogue, United Nations Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said as he wrapped up three days of wide-ranging meetings with African Union (AU) leaders today, warning that the deteriorating situation in Burundi is "a source of great concern, not only in the region, but in the continent and the world."
NATO warns Russia over alleged violation of Turkey's airspace
Jan 31, 2016, at 09:04 pm
New York, Jan 31 (IBNS): Asking to take all necessary measures to ensure no more violations occur, NATO on Saturday warned Russia after Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador over the claimed violation of its airspace.
In Addis Ababa, Ban urges leaders to build on progress in human rights and women's empowerment
Jan 31, 2016, at 02:48 pm
New York, Jan 31 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Hailing vital commitments the African Union (AU) has made on human rights and women's rights, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday encouraged the continent's leaders to move on from setting standards to what he called “the three I's†– Implementation, Institution-building and Investment in real change – and set a shining example for the wider world.
UN chief 'alarmed' by Hamas leadership's pledge to keep building tunnels, firing rockets at Israel
Jan 31, 2016, at 02:34 pm
New York, Jan 31 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Alarmed by recent statements from the Hamas leadership in Gaza about the group's intention to continue building tunnels and firing rockets at Israel, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said such remarks and actions do "serious disservice" to the enclave's long-suffering people and put at risk the international community's humanitarian and development efforts.
Security Council condemns terrorist attack on mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia
Jan 30, 2016, at 03:20 pm
New York, Jan 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the terrorist attack at a mosque in the Ehsaa region of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, which left many people dead and wounded.
Syria: UN relief agencies amplify calls for access to besieged civilians
Jan 30, 2016, at 03:15 pm
New York, Jan 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With United Nations-mediated talks on ending the five-year crisis in Syria getting under way today as scheduled, UN relief agencies and their partners are reiterating their appeal for unhindered access by relief workers to more than four million desperate people spread across 18 besieged areas in the war-torn country.
Security Council urges Haitian parties to refrain from actions disrupting polls
Jan 30, 2016, at 03:12 pm
New York, Jan 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Expressing strong concern regarding the indefinite postponement of the final round of elections in Haiti – scheduled for 27 December but postponed, for the second time, to January 24 – the United Nations Security Council on Friday reiterated its condemnation of any attempt to destabilize the electoral process, and urged all parties and political actors to refrain from violence.
African Union: Ban discusses Burundi, South Sudan and counter-terrorism
Jan 30, 2016, at 03:07 pm
New York, Jan 30 (Just Eath News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, in an address to the African Union Peace and Security Council, spotlighted three topics high on the regional body's agenda – counter-terrorism, and the ongoing crises in both South Sudan and Burundi – all of which require urgent attention at the continental-level and from the wider international community.
Paris Agreement 'decisive turning point' on climate change: UN Official
Jan 30, 2016, at 03:04 pm
New York, Jan 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Less than two months after 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, the global community is already seeing signs of it being a decisive turning point, according to a senior UN official dealing with climate issues.
Los Angeles bound flight returns to Heathrow Airport after mysterious illness plague passengers
Jan 29, 2016, at 05:36 pm
London, Jan 29 (IBNS) A Los Angeles bound American Airlines Boeing 777 returned back to the Heathrow Airport just a couple of hours after it took off, owing to several passengers mysteriously falling ill, according to reports.