African migrants reportedly being sold in ‘slave markets’ in Libya, UN agency warns
Apr 12, 2017, at 05:03 am
New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Hundreds of migrants along North African migrant routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration agency, which warned that these reports “can be added to a long list of outrages†in the country.
Millions across Africa, Yemen could be at risk of death from starvation – UN agency
Apr 12, 2017, at 05:02 am
New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Warning of increasing risk of mass deaths from starvation in many countries in Africa and in Yemen due to worsening drought and conflict, the United Nations refugee agency has called for international support to prevent the repeat of the 2011 tragedy in the Horn of Africa that claimed more than 260,000 lives.
Malala Yousafzai designated youngest-ever UN Messenger of Peace
Apr 11, 2017, at 02:11 pm
New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday designated children’s rights activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls’ education.
Apr 11, 2017, at 02:10 pm
New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Trade and trade-related policies have a role to play not just in promoting growth and prosperity, but helping share that prosperity more widely, United Nations global finance partners said on Monday, launching a report that calls on national governments to pursue policies that help those who might lose their jobs, one of the unintended consequences of trade integration.
Iraq: UN agency ramps up emergency medical care to women and girls affected by conflict
Apr 11, 2017, at 02:09 pm
New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): The United Nations population agency, with financial support from the European Union (EU), has increased its humanitarian response in Iraq to meet the urgent needs of women and girls as fighting peaks in the war-torn country.
Urgent action needed to stave off ‘hunger crisis’ in Iraq – UN food relief agency
Apr 11, 2017, at 02:08 pm
New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Warning that deepening food insecurity in Iraq could leave more than half the population facing “unprecedented levels†of vulnerability, the United Nations emergency food relief agency on Monday called for improving nutrition awareness and strengthening social safety nets and livelihoods in rural areas, to avoid a hunger crisis in the country.
Millions of children in Yemen vaccinated against polio through UN-backed campaign
Apr 11, 2017, at 02:05 pm
New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Despite daunting challenges, United Nations agencies and partners in war-torn Yemen have completed a major nationwide polio inoculation campaign, vaccinating nearly five million children under the age of five against the paralyzing disease.
UN envoy 'deeply concerned' by growing tensions in Gaza stemming from pay cuts
Apr 09, 2017, at 12:03 pm
New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process on Saturdaycalled for Palestinian unity amid concerns over local pay cuts.
Syria: As US responds militarily to chemical attack, UN urges restraint to avoid escalation
Apr 08, 2017, at 02:21 pm
New York, Apr 8(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Fridayurged restraint to avoid any escalation of the situation in Syria, after the United States responded militarily to an alleged chemical weapons attack earlier this week.
'Horrible attack' in South Sudan town sends thousands fleeing across border – UN refugee agency
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:21 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): Host communities and aid agencies in Uganda are struggling to feed and shelter new refugees who have been displaced following a spike in violence in parts of neighbouring South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria province, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:18 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): Marking the twenty-third anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed, United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres on Friday said the only way to honour the memory of the victims is to ensure such events never happen again.
UN emergency food agency resumes full food rations in Kenyan refugee camps
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:16 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The United Nations emergency food agency resumed rations this month to refugees in Kenya's Dadaab and Kakuma camps, but cautioned that there is not enough funding to also provide cash transfers through the summer.
UN rights agency condemns PLO's executions in Gaza, urges moratorium on death penalty
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:14 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Friday strongly condemned the execution of three men in Gaza for “collaboration with the occupier†and urged authorities to halt all further executions and comply with Palestine's obligations under international law.
Cost of renewables fell in 2017, lowering global investment in clean energy – UN
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:59 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2017, even as investment in clean energy fell, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday reported.
Zika could end up costing Latin America and the Caribbean up to $18 billion, UN reports finds
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:58 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): In addition to the impact on public health, the tangible impact of the Zika outbreak, such as on gross domestic product (GDP), could cost the Latin American and the Caribbean region as much as $18 billion between 2015 and 2017, a new United Nations report has revealed.
At Security Council, new UN peacekeeping chief urges faster implementation of Mali peace deal
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:57 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The new United Nations peacekeeping chief on Thursday stressed the need for the parties to the conflict in Mali to redouble their efforts to accelerate the implementation of their 2015 peace agreement while expressing a concern about the volatile security situation in the landlocked West African country.
UN General Assembly creates International Day for small, medium-sized enterprises
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:55 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): Recognizing the importance of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in achieving the new global development goals, the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday designated 27 June as International Day for those actors.
Global food prices fall in March as sugar and vegetable oils slide – UN
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:52 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday reported that global food prices fell in March amid large available supplies and expectations of strong harvests, and also projected “robust cereal harvests†in 2017.
Bridging global infrastructure gap tops agenda at annual UN Partnership Forum
Apr 06, 2017, at 01:11 pm
New York, Apr 6(Just Earth News): Addressing the Partnership Forum convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), senior UN officials on Wednesday discussed how to promote infrastructure growth in the least developed countries, particularly in Africa, to reach the world's development goals by 2030.
UN envoy for Iraq condemns suicide bombings in Tikrit
Apr 06, 2017, at 01:10 pm
New York, Apr 6(Just Earth News): The top United Nations official in Iraq has strongly condemned the multiple suicide attacks that took place yesterday in Tikrit, which resulted in many casualties. New York, Apr 6(Just Earth News): The top United Nations official in Iraq has strongly condemned the multiple suicide attacks that took place yesterday in Tikrit, which resulted in many casualties.
Protecting refugees, ensuring security of countries 'complimentary goals, special UN forum told
Apr 06, 2017, at 01:06 pm
New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News): Protecting refugees and assuring the safety of countries that receive them are complementary goals, a senior United Nations official on Wednesday said in a special security forum that discussed denying safe havens to people who finance or commit terrorist acts, or to terrorists who try to abuse the asylum system.
Humanitarian needs have never been greater in Syria, UN chief tells Brussels conference
Apr 06, 2017, at 04:07 am
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): Speaking at a major international conference on Syria, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the international community to increase support for the victims of the conflict in the war-ravaged country as well as for the neighbouring ones that are sheltering millions of refugees.
Recent attacks show pirates off Somalia’s coast still a potent threat – UN agency
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:55 pm
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): Noting that recent attacks on commercial ships off the coast of Somalia highlight the continued threat of piracy, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged ships to follow advice of navies and that of the International Maritime Organization while planning passage through the region.
Syria: UN chief ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of alleged chemical attack; OPCW investigating
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:53 pm
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said that he is “deeply disturbed†by reports of alleged use of chemical weapons in an airstrike in the Khan Shaykhun area of southern Idlib, Syria.
Weather, existing socio-economic factors compounded Colombian landslide tragedy – UN agency
Apr 05, 2017, at 12:52 pm
New York, Apr 5(Just Earth News): Very heavy rainfall triggered the landslides that hit Colombia over the weekend, but “exceptional†level of rains were not the sole cause, the United Nations weather agency said on Tuesday, noting that many other factors, such as loss of forest cover, added to the devastation.
Health care goals in Indonesia can be reached only if challenges are addressed – UN expert
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:20 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): Indonesia is on track to develop a sustainable and equitable healthcare system, but problems related to access and quality of services persist, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Puras, said on Tuesday.
US funding cuts to UN population agency based on ‘inaccurate perception’ – UN chief
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:19 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday voiced deep regret at the decision by the United States to cut financial support for the United Nations population agency, stating that the announcement is based on a misinterpretation of the UN agency’s work.
UN warns funding cuts threaten aid to Syrian refugees and hosts, as Brussels conference opens
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:18 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): As a major international conference on Syria gets underway in Brussels, United Nations agencies have warned that a sluggish financial support by Member States would put vital assistance for millions of refugees and the communities hosting them at risk.
Mali ratifies amendment to Montreal Protocol, first country vowing to slash HFCs – UN
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:16 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): Mali has become the first country to ratify the Kigali Amendment, a ground-breaking amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, the United Nations environment agency on Tuesday announced.
Apr 05, 2017, at 05:14 am
New York, Apr 4(Just Earth News): Stressing that the rates of incarceration for Australia’s indigenous peoples have reached astounding, “tsunami†proportions, a United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday called on the authorities to respect the peoples’ right to self-determination, to full and effective participation in society, and to step up the fight against racism.