On eve of Literacy Day, UN Secretary-General highlights literacy's role in 2030 Agenda
Sep 08, 2016, at 11:34 am
New York, Sept 8 (Just Earth News): On the eve of International Literacy Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on governments and their partners, including in the private sector, to join forces for universal literacy and build peaceful, just, inclusive and sustainable societies – a vision set out in the new global development agenda.
State Parties to UN-backed treaty agree to aim for clearance of cluster bombs by 2030
Sep 08, 2016, at 11:33 am
New York, Sept 8 (Just Earth News): An annual meeting of State Parties to the United Nations-backed pact banning cluster bombs ended on Wednesday in Geneva, with an agreement on a target to complete by 2030 clearance of these explosive remnants of war that kill large numbers of civilians.
Multisectoral approach needed to address different facets of malnutrition – UN health agency
Sep 08, 2016, at 02:43 am
New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed the importance of a multipronged approach to address the challenges brought on by occurrence of both under nutrition, and overweight and obesity, often within the same communities, and even in the same households in several south-east Asian countries.
Sep 07, 2016, at 01:05 pm
New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations deputy chief said on Tuesday that collective global action is needed to overcome barriers to implementation of States’ legal commitments to protect populations from atrocity crimes – the principle known as “responsibility to protect†or R2P.
Manufacturing growth expected to remain low in 2016 – UN report
Sep 07, 2016, at 01:03 pm
New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): A new United Nations report has indicated that global manufacturing growth is expected to remain low in 2016 due to weakened financial support for productive activities.
UN-backed report finds urgent need for greater headway to achieve world education goals
Sep 07, 2016, at 12:59 pm
New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): There is an urgent need for greater headway in education without which, on current trends, the world will be half a century late for achieving the education-related goals contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to a new United Nations-backed independent report.
Sep 07, 2016, at 04:20 am
New York, Sept 6 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency charged with eradicating rural poverty has been awarded the inaugural Africa Food Prize – and dedicated it to “the millions of African women who silently toil to feed their families.â€
Iraq: UN food relief agency’s supplies reach Qayyarah’s 30,000 people under 2-year siege
Sep 07, 2016, at 04:19 am
New York, Sept 6 (Just Earth News): The United Nations food relief agency has delivered urgently-needed aid to more than 30,000 people in and around the northern Iraqi town of Qayyarah in the past week, reaching an area that has been under siege and inaccessible for more than two years.
UN human rights office 'deeply worried' about situation in Cambodia
Sep 07, 2016, at 04:18 am
New York, Sept 6 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern over recent incidents of intimidation of opposition politicians and their supporters, civil society, and peaceful demonstrators in Cambodia, the United Nations human rights arm has called on the authorities to create an environment that is conducive the enjoyment of human rights.
On World Day, UN chief says 'charity is one of best investments for common future'
Sep 06, 2016, at 04:27 am
New York, Sept 5 (Just Earth News): “Charity is one of the best investments we can make in our common future,†United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday, the International Day of Charity, noting that the world is now seeing the dramatic rise of philanthropy in developing countries.
Sep 05, 2016, at 03:22 am
New York, Sept 4 (Just Earth News): At a G20 summit in the southeastern city of Hangzhou in China, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday welcomed the conference's focus on sustainable development and climate change, urging all countries to take early action on these.
UN Secretary-General condemns bomb attack on night market in Philippine
Sep 05, 2016, at 03:21 am
New York, Sept 4 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Friday's bomb attack on a night market in Davao City in the Philippines that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Sep 04, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, Sept 4 (Just Earth News): On the second day of its visit to South Sudan, a delegation from the United Nations Security Council on Saturday met with displaced people living in camps, known as “protection of civilians†sites, seeing first-hand “the human consequences of the failure of political leaders to bring peace back to their country.â€
Millions vaccinated against yellow fever in Africa in record time – UN health agency
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:59 pm
New York, Sept 3 (Just Earth News): Together with its partners, the United Nations health agency has vaccinated more than 7.7 million people in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in less than two weeks.
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:58 pm
New York, Sept 3 (Just Earth News): Following a meeting of its Emergency Committee on Zika yesterday, the United Nations health agency said on Friday that the infectious disease, and its associated congenital and other neurological disorders, continues to be an international public health emergency due to continuing geographic expansion and considerable gaps in understanding of the virus and its consequences.
UN Secretary-General condemns deadly terrorist attacks in northern Pakistan
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:52 pm
New York, Sept 3 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned two separate terrorist attacks which took place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, reportedly targeting a Christian neighbourhood and a district court, according to his spokesperson.
Mozambique: UN expert warns masterminds of attacks against persons with albinism still at large
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:51 pm
New York, Sept 3 (Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert on Friday said that despite all the success in tackling crimes against persons with albinism in Mozambique, their situation remains precarious as the authorities have yet to identify and arrest the masterminds behind such crimes.
DR Congo: UN chief notes launch of national dialogue towards elections, urges more inclusive process
Sep 03, 2016, at 03:50 pm
New York, Sept 3 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has taken note of the 1 September launch of the national dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and urged the political groups that have not yet joined the dialogue to “play a constructive role which contributes to the holding of timely and credible elections,†according to his spokesman.
FEATURE: WFP in Emergency Operation to Assist Around 80,000 South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
Sep 02, 2016, at 02:05 pm
New York, Sept 2 (Just Earth News): Halima, aged 22, is from the village of Yei in South Sudan. Now, though, Yei is only a name, and a distant dream for her and her four children. Bidi Bidi: she will have to get used to that, as the new name for her new home. Bidi Bidi. Besides this name and its new beats, she will learn new names, of new neighbours, too. Her husband is not here with her; he was shot dead two weeks ago, when her village was attacked.
UN agriculture chief stresses role of healthy oceans as drivers of Africa’s prosperity
Sep 02, 2016, at 01:58 pm
New York, Sept 2 (Just Earth News): Addressing an African ministerial conference, the head of the United Nations agricultural agency on Thursday stressed the need to mitigate the impacts of climate change and illegal fishing on oceans and coastal communities as fisheries and aquaculture emerge as driving forces behind the transformation of the continent’s economies.
Sep 02, 2016, at 01:55 pm
New York, Sept 2 (Just Earth News): Involvement of all sections of the society, in particular its young people, in bottom-up peace building approaches is vital to ensure sustainable social justice, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday at a youth event in Sri Lanka.
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:40 am
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): As millions of children around the world prepare to return to school this month, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday highlighted that in the top ten countries with the highest rates of children missing out on primary education, nearly two in every five children – 18 million – are out of school.
Time to improve governance in labour migration in Latin America and Caribbean – UN
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:38 am
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): With migrant workers representing 64 per cent of the 232 million migrants in the world in 2015, it is urgent to deal “correctly†with labour migration by implementing good governance mechanisms, a United Nations report on these movements in Latin America and the Caribbean has warned.
Iraq: More than two-thirds of those killed in August civilians, reports UN mission
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:37 am
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): Civilians continue to disproportionately bear the burden of acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq, accounting for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August, the United Nations mission announced on Thursday.
Inclusive education vital for all, including persons with disabilities – UN rights experts
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:36 am
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): Inclusive education is central to achieving high quality education for all learners, including those with disabilities, and for the development of inclusive, peaceful and fair societies, UN human rights experts have said in authoritative new guidelines on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
UN envoy tells Security Council that military escalation in Yemen aiding spread of terrorist groups
Sep 01, 2016, at 02:06 pm
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Yemen told the Security Council on Wednesday that the military escalation in Yemen will provide opportunities for the spread of terrorist groups, as Al Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continue to wreak havoc in many parts of Yemen.
Senior UN official deeply concerned over reports of children used in fighting ISIL in Iraq
Sep 01, 2016, at 02:02 pm
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): The top United Nations humanitarian official in Iraq has expressed deep concern over reports that boys are being sent to areas near front lines in the country’s war, possibly to join armed groups fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
UN calls for ‘breakthrough’ in bringing nuclear test ban treaty into force
Sep 01, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations on Wednesday spoke up for an early entry into force a global treaty that bans nuclear explosions on the Earth’s surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground, with a senior official describing the treaty as a “low-hanging fruit.â€
UN agency lays foundation for its biggest logistics base in Gaza
Sep 01, 2016, at 01:59 pm
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees has started work on what will become its largest logistics base in the Gaza Strip.
Somalia: UN envoy condemns terrorist attack on Mogadishu hotel
Sep 01, 2016, at 03:56 am
New York, Aug 31 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy in Somalia has spoken out against the bombing yesterday of a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, that killed at least 13 people and injured more than 20.