Ban marks genocide prevention as global responsibility
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:38 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): Addressing the International Conference on Genocide Prevention in Brussels, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday declared that defending human rights is a global responsibility, and called on all Governments to renew their commitment to vigilance and political will to prevent any mass atrocities from ever occurring again.
UN concerned over nutritional deficits in some countries
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:33 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) paints a picture of persistent nutrition problems due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and stunted growth in its latest snapshot of the Europe and Central Asia.
UN seeks real-time flight data on Malaysian airline
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:22 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): In the wake of the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the ongoing hunt for the plane, the head of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on Tuesday committed the agency to the search for a real-time inflight communications system, drawing on new technology to help improve on the 50-year-old "black box" model.
Guinea-Bissau: UN stresses need for free, fair polls
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:17 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): The United Nations panel dealing with peacebuilding efforts in Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday welcomed the successful preparations for the country's upcoming legislative and presidential elections and called on all stakeholders to cooperate in ensuring that the polls are free and fair.
South Sudan: UN concerned over harassment of staff
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:03 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): Amid growing humanitarian aid needs and despite recent assurances from the Government, the United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) continues to report increasingly difficult working conditions due to movement restrictions and other harassments against its personnel and partners.
MH 370: Malaysia releases transcript
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:06 am
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 1 (IBNS):Malaysia on Tuesday released a transcript of the communications between the cockpit of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370, which was declared lost forever last month, and air traffic controllers and said there was no indication of anything 'abnormal' in it.
Russia's intervention in Ukraine condemned
Apr 02, 2014, at 04:31 am
Brussels, Apr 1 (IBNS): The Foreign Ministers of the NATO-Ukraine Commission on Tuesday condemned Russia's intervention in Ukraine."We, the Foreign Ministers of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, are united in our condemnation of Russia's illegal military intervention in Ukraine, and Russia's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. We do not recognize Russia's illegal and illegitimate 'annexation' of Crimea. We will continue to work together to reach a political and diplomatic solution which respects international law and Ukraine's internationally recognized borders," the NATO said in a statement on Tuesday.
UN denounces mass death sentences in Egypt
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:41 pm
New York, Apr 1 (IBNS): A group of eight United Nations human rights independent experts on Monday urged the Egyptian authorities to quash the 529 death sentences announced in Egypt last week and give the defendants new and fair trials, in line with international human rights law.
UN officials reach South Sudan amid hunger, displacement
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:37 pm
New York, Apr 1 (IBNS): Senior United Nations relief officials began a visit to South Sudan on Monday to meet conflict-affected people and to review the ongoing response and needs amid a spiralling humanitarian crisis in the world’s youngest nation.
UN urges to abandon broken, reactive approach to aid
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:27 pm
New York, Apr 1 (IBNS): Relief aid should anticipate and prevent – not just react and treat, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) declared on Monday in a new report that challenges humanitarian and development actors to change the way they operate, and aims to kick-start an urgent global dialogue on preventing crises through effective risk management.
UN to probe violence against women in UK
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:11 pm
New York, Apr 1 (IBNS): Domestic and sexual violence, sexual bullying and harassment, forced and early marriages, and female genital mutilation – all these issues and more will be on the docket as the United Nations expert tasked with monitoring violence against women launched her first mission in the United Kingdom.
El Salvador: Ban commends turnout for presidential poll
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:57 pm
New York, Apr 1 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon followed with keen interest the electoral process in El Salvador, whose outcome confirmed the election of Salvador Sanchez Ceren as President.
Internet unsafe for expressing views: BBC Poll
Apr 01, 2014, at 07:16 am
London, Mar 31 (IBNS) Just over one in two citizens (52%) across 17 countries, including India, polled for the BBC World Service disagree that “the Internet is a safe place to express my opinions,†outnumbering the 40 per cent who agree it is safe.
CAR: Ban says perpetrators will be held accountable
Apr 01, 2014, at 07:14 am
New York, Mar 31 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday voiced concern at the latest upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), and reminded all those involved that they will be held accountable for their actions and brought to justice.
DR Congo: UNSC extends mandate of intervention force
Apr 01, 2014, at 07:10 am
New York, Mar 29 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Friday extended for one year the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) – along with its Intervention Brigade – noting the need for the Mission to strengthen its support so the Congolese government can address security challenges in line with the aims of a regional peace and security accord.
UN concerned at Turkey’s crackdown on YouTube
Apr 01, 2014, at 07:05 am
New York, Mar 29 (IBNS): A group of independent United Nations human rights experts on Friday voiced serious concern over the Turkish Government’s measures, taken in the context of upcoming elections, to prevent access to video-sharing website YouTube, a week after social media platform Twitter was shut down.
UN urges Kenya to stop scapegoating refugees
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:30 am
New York, Mar 29 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency on Friday denounced as “scapegoating†the Kenyan Government’s decision earlier this week to order some 50,000 refugees, believed to be mostly Somalis, to report to two camps after a recent upsurge in violence in the region.