Collapse of Iran nuclear deal would be ‘great loss,’ says UN atomic agency chief
Mar 06, 2018, at 02:11 pm
New York, Mar 6 (JEN): Iran is implementing a series of commitments under the nuclear agreement reached with key countries in 2015, the head of the United Nations nuclear energy agency said Monday.
UN agency sets ambitious target to reduce hunger and poverty for millions worldwide
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:29 pm
New York, Feb 14 (JEN): Amid a global rise in hunger and poverty on back of the impacts of climate change and conflict, the United Nations rural development agency today announced an ambitious target to generate resources to fund loans and grants to enable millions in developing countries strengthen their food security and livelihoods.
United Nations ‘backbone’ of global order, stresses Norway at Assembly
Sep 26, 2017, at 01:29 pm
New York, Sept 26(Just Earth News): Underscoring that the “unprecedented†progress achieved by human kind over the last decades cannot be taken for granted, Norway called for continued international cooperation to safeguard the achievements and to ensure that they remain sustainable.
With more people sedentary, UN health agency urges everyone to get moving
Feb 02, 2017, at 01:46 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News): Not enough exercise contributes to cancer, diabetes, depression and other non-communicable diseases, according to the United Nations health agency, which is urging people to get up and get active.
António Guterres takes oath as 9th Secretary-General of UN
Dec 13, 2016, at 04:10 am
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): Former Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres was on Monday sworn in as the new United Nations Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon.
Nov 01, 2016, at 01:40 pm
New York, Nov 1 (Just Earth News): Highlighting that the humanitarian situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate despite the efforts of relief actors, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen called on all parties to recommit themselves to the promises made earlier and to engage fully and constructively with the UN-mediated peace process.
UN reports reveal 'mixed' progress on efforts to end child refugee detention
Aug 19, 2016, at 04:21 am
New York, Aug 18 (Just Earth News): While two new reports released on Thursday as part of a new global strategy by the United Nations refugee agency found an overall drop in the total number of refugee children detained in 12 focus countries, they also revealed mixed progress in two critical target areas: ensuring alternatives to detention, and improving detention conditions.
UN rights chief expresses concern about Iraq's fast-tracking of executions
Aug 02, 2016, at 03:54 am
New York, Aug 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday expressed serious concern that Iraq has created a committee to accelerate implementation of death sentences.
Jul 29, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): Citing persisting instability in number of African countries – from South Sudan to Mali and Libya, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday stressed that building peace and restoring institutions in post-conflict settings are long-term processes that must be rooted in a country’s historical, political, social, cultural and economic contexts.
Some 4,000 South Sudanese fleeing into Uganda daily – UN warns
Jul 27, 2016, at 02:51 am
New York, July 26 (Just Earth News): Recent fighting in South Sudan has forced 37,491 people to flee to Uganda in the past three weeks, averaging more than 4,000 a day in the past week, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday.
Over 26,000 people flee South Sudan into Uganda; influx sets single-day record
Jul 23, 2016, at 03:52 am
New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): Some 26,500 South Sudanese, mostly women and children, have crossed into Uganda since fighting between rival forces erupted in and around the capital, Juba, on 7 July, the United Nations refugee agency reported on Friday.
Yemen: UN envoy urges 'definitive decisions' as peace talks continue in Kuwait
Jul 17, 2016, at 01:54 pm
New York, July 17 (Just Earth News): The United Nations-supported Yemeni peace talks continued in Kuwait on Saturday after several weeks of daily sessions and two weeks of intensive consultations with regional and political leaders, the UN envoy for the country has said.
Jul 13, 2016, at 02:16 pm
New York, July 12 (Just Earth News): Globally, new HIV infections among adults and children have been reduced by 40 per cent since the peak in 1997, but the decline among adults has stalled for at least five years, according to a new report from the United Nations agency leading the world’s HIV/AIDS response.
Liberia: UN mission lauds Government, people for 'historic' handover of country's security
Jul 02, 2016, at 03:11 pm
New York, July 2 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations mission in Liberia on Friday lauded the people and Government of Liberia for reassuming full control of the country's security for the first time since its civil war ended 13 years ago.
UN-supported Yemeni peace talks entering new phase, says UN envoy
Jun 30, 2016, at 12:01 pm
New York, June 30 (Just Earth News): With an agreement on the guiding principles for the Yemen peace talks, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on Wednesday announced that the UN-supported talks will enter a new phase for the next two weeks.
Jun 22, 2016, at 02:14 pm
New York, June 22 (Just Earth News):The United Nations–supported Yemeni peace talks under way in Kuwait have progressed “slowly, yet constructively,†over the last two months, with agreement still to be reached on the sequencing of the various steps proposed, including the timing of establishing a national unity government, the UN envoy for the country said on Tuesday.
UN determined to work collectively to ensure people worldwide are protected, says Ban
Jun 11, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, June 11 (Just Earth News):Speaking at a Security Council debate on the protection of civilians, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday stressed that the United Nations is determined to work collectively to support governments to protect their people, and to persuade parties to conflict to abide by their obligations.
Ireland: UN experts urge amending abortion ban subjecting women to suffering and discrimination
Jun 10, 2016, at 05:13 am
New York, June 9 (Just Earth News):A woman in Ireland who was forced to choose between carrying her foetus to term, knowing it would not survive, or seeking an abortion abroad was subjected to discrimination and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment as a result of Ireland’s legal prohibition of abortion, United Nations experts have found.
Selecting the next UN Secretary-General: informal briefings reopen
Jun 08, 2016, at 01:30 pm
New York, June 8 (Just Earth News):Two more candidates for the position of the next United Nations Secretary-General will be heard on Tuesday, answering questions on how they would promote sustainable development, improve efforts to create peace, protect human rights, and deal with huge humanitarian catastrophes should they be selected to lead the 193-member Organization.
Afghanistan: UN condemns attack targeting Logar judicial officials
Jun 06, 2016, at 12:15 pm
New York, June 6 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has condemned on Sunday's attack in Pul-e-Alam town of Logar Province in which seven civilians were killed and more than 20 injured.
'Together, we can move from aspiration to action,' Ban tells global, regional leaders in Qatar
May 22, 2016, at 01:16 pm
New York, May 22 (Just Earth News):With the Doha Forum meeting “at a time of fragility and vulnerability,†United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday that while progress on the UN's 2030 Agenda is crucial to usher in sustainability and equity, more must be done now to end conflict and suffering.
May 20, 2016, at 12:25 pm
New York, May 20(Just Earth News): The environment is deteriorating faster than previously thought, making it imperative that governments act now to reverse the worst trends, says the most authoritative study the United Nations has ever published on the state of the planet’s health.
Yemeni people must be at centre of reinvigorated crisis response – senior UN relief official
May 18, 2016, at 01:30 pm
New York, May 18 (Just Earth News): A senior United Nations relief official on Tuesday called for increased global efforts to support the more than 13 million people in need of immediate, life-saving assistance in Yemen, following his visit to the conflict-torn country.
Yemen’s food situation on verge of ‘humanitarian disaster’ – UN
May 13, 2016, at 01:43 pm
New York, May 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The food security and nutrition situation in Yemen will turn into a humanitarian disaster unless urgent funding is accessible for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to deliver timely aid in the April/May cereal and vegetable planting season and the summer fishing season, and vaccinate livestock before winter, the United Nations agency has warned.
UN must 'champion change' to become more relevant and better able to tackle on Tuesday's challenges
May 11, 2016, at 10:35 am
New York, May 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): To respond to both current and future threats to world peace and security, the United Nations must become more relevant, credible, legitimate and capable, by taking concrete steps that include finding political solutions to sustain peace, fostering partnerships for building prosperous and stable societies, and tackling terrorism and preventing violent extremism, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday.
Egypt: UN experts report worsening crackdown on protest
May 10, 2016, at 10:35 am
New York, May 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Three United Nations human rights experts on Monday urged the Egyptian Government to put an end to the disproportionate reactions against the exercise of the rights to assembly and expression in the country.
May 05, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, May 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The top United Nations management official reported on Wednesday that the Organization’s financial situation is “sound and positive,†noting, however, that there is “some worry†regarding the areas of regular budget and reserves.
UN officials urge innovation at session on integrating sustainability agenda
May 05, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, May 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Integration across sectors and disciplines, and between actors and institutions, is essential to drive forward and successfully implement the United Nations development agenda, the Vice-President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) emphasized at the conclusion of a three-day segment on promoting integration of the three pillars of sustainable development.
UN report reveals increasing incidents of female genital mutilation in Guinea, including on infants
Apr 26, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, Apr 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite being forbidden by national and international law, according to a new United Nations report, female genital mutilation shows no sign of abating in Guinea – with more infants and very young girls undergoing the excisions than before.
UN urges action on sustainable development to create pathways for global 'transformation'
Apr 22, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Apr 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The President of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday called on the international community to take action on the new UN sustainable development agenda in order to begin a transformation for the benefit of all people and the planet, or risk failure that will be felt for generations to come.