UN envoy urges protection of children as key to peace-making and conflict prevention

Mar 08, 2017, at 01:03 pm

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): The rights of children must also be a cornerstone of conflict prevention, peace-making and peace building efforts, the United Nations focal point on children in armed conflict on Tuesday told the UN Human Rights Council, expressing deep concern at the scale and severity of grave violations committed against children in the past year.

Hungarian law that could detain all asylum-seekers violates country’s legal obligations – UN agency

Mar 08, 2017, at 01:02 pm

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency voiced deep concerned at a new law voted on Tuesday by the Hungarian Parliament that could lead to mandatory detention of all asylum-seekers, including many children – for the entire length of the asylum procedure – and warned that it would have a terrible impact on people who have already suffered greatly.

Disasters in Americas show challenge of meeting global risk reduction targets – senior UN Official

Mar 08, 2017, at 01:01 pm

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Disasters in the Americas over the past year such as Hurricane Matthew show the challenge the world faces meeting the risk reduction targets established by the UN’s Sendai Framework.

Women’s progress uneven and facing backlash, UN rights chief warns ahead of International Day

Mar 08, 2017, at 01:00 pm

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday launched a joint report with the African Union and UN Women detailing the progress and challenges to women’s struggle for human rights in Africa, while the UN rights chief warned that the women’s movement around the world is facing a backlash that hurts both men and women.

UN agency expanding camps around Mosul to cope with surge in displacement

Mar 08, 2017, at 12:59 pm

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Amid a spike in new displacement triggered by the Iraqi military offensive to recapture western Mosul, the United Nations refugee agency is setting up new camps and expanding existing ones to shelter new arrivals, many of whom are visibly traumatized, hungry and dehydrated.

‘The world must act now to stop this,’ UN chief Guterres says on visit to drought-hit Somalia

Mar 08, 2017, at 12:57 pm

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Hearing the heart-wrenching stories of desperate families displaced in Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged a massive scale up in international support to avert a famine in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa nation and curb the spread of cholera.

UN migration agency seeks $25 million to aid families in Eastern Ukraine

Mar 08, 2017, at 12:56 pm

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): To meet the emergency needs of 180,000 people in Eastern Ukraine, the United Nations migration agency on Tuesday announced plans to provide aid ranging from blankets to money to cover electricity costs and psychological support at a cost of $25 million.

People’s Tribunal on Myanmar State Crimes on Rohingya and Kachin victims to be announced

Mar 07, 2017, at 05:25 pm

London, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): On March 6-7, representatives of Rohingya and Kachin victim groups of Myanmar are presenting first-hand, live and recorded, testimonies about crimes allegedly committed by the Myanmar state against their groups to the Rome-based Permanent People’s Tribunal.

We are bringing back jobs in America, says Donald Trump

Mar 07, 2017, at 04:18 pm

Washington, Mar 7 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump, whose campaign revolved around creating more jobs in America for the Americans, said his government is delivering on the promise.

UN chief Guterres condemns reported firing of multiple ballistic missiles by DPR Korea

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:20 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the reported firing of ballistic missiles on Monday by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), three of which landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

West Africa can serve as a model for preventive diplomacy – UN political chief

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:19 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations political affairs chief on Monday stressed that West Africa could be a model of how the UN can work with local partners in bringing stability to regions or sub-regions.

UN global aviation body adopts new carbon emissions standards for aircraft

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:17 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations aviation body on Monday adopted new aircraft emissions to curb the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate.

World must ‘act fast,’ scale up life-saving assistance in drought-hit Somalia – UN

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:16 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): As a severe drought deepens in Somalia, the risk of famine is looming in the long-troubled country, with about half the population in need of some form of assistance, according to an assessment by United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners.

Security Council wraps up Lake Chad Basin visit; stops in ‘epicentre’ of Boko Haram violence

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:15 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): The crisis in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin is of global concern and action is needed “right now,” the United Nations Security Council on Monday said, wrapping up its four-country tour with the promise of long-term support for the Governments and the people in their fight against Boko Haram.

UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:13 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.

UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:12 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.

UN agency concerned new US refugee plan may 'compound the anguish' of people fleeing conflict

Mar 07, 2017, at 01:11 pm

New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): Refugees are ordinary people forced to flee war, violence and persecution in their home countries and who remain in urgent need of life-saving assistance and protection, the United Nations refugee agency underscored on Monday in the wake of the latest Executive Order signed by the President of the United States on refugee resettlement.

Donald Trump signs revised travel ban order, excludes Iraq

Mar 07, 2017, at 04:37 am

Washington, Mar 6 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Monday signed the revised travel ban order which restricts migrants from predominantly Muslim nations excluding Iraq.

Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children each year, UN health agency reports

Mar 07, 2017, at 04:28 am

New York, Mar 6 (Just Earth News): Unhealthy environments are responsible for one-quarter of young child deaths, according to two new reports from the United Nations health agency, which reviewed the threats from pollutants such as second-hand smoke, UV radiation, unsafe water and e-waste.

Pakistan cannot dictate terms on Durand Line, says former Afghan President Karzai

Mar 06, 2017, at 07:07 pm

Kabul, Mar 6 (IBNS): Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on Durand Line, said former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, according to media reports on Monday.

In Niger, Security Council links aid and development in fight against Boko Haram

Mar 06, 2017, at 12:29 pm

New York, Mar 6 (Just Earth News): The Security Council – which is in the Lake Chad Basin to draw attention to the humanitarian and development needs of a region grappling with Boko Haram's terror – visited for the first time Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world.

Central African Republic: UN condemns threats by armed group against civilians, peacekeepers

Mar 06, 2017, at 12:28 pm

New York, Mar 6 (Just Earth News): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) is warning a rebel movement against impeding humanitarian access, saying any threats to peacekeepers, aid workers or civilians are “unacceptable” and could be tried as warm crimes.

Japan: Helicopter crash kills 1

Mar 05, 2017, at 09:15 pm

Tokyo, Mar 5 (IBNS): A helicopter crashed in Japan's central Nagano area which left at least one person killed, media reports said.

IOM launches USD 24.6 million drought appeal for Somalia

Mar 05, 2017, at 07:16 pm

Somalia, Mar 5 (Just Earth News): In order to meet the emergency needs of over a million Somalis affected by drought, IOM in Somalia is scaling up lifesaving interventions throughout the country and appealing to international donors for funding.

Internal displacement in Mali could end in 2017, If no further violence: IOM

Mar 05, 2017, at 07:13 pm

Mali, Mar 5 (Just Earth News): According to the International Organization for Migration, internal displacement in Mali can be resolved by the end of 2017, but only if there is no resurgence of communal violence or armed conflict.

Unknown attacker shoots Sikh man in US, shouts 'go back to your country'

Mar 05, 2017, at 05:31 pm

New York, Mar 5 (IBNS): In another instance of hate crime, a 39-year-old Sikh man has been injured in a shooting incident in the US city of Kent, media reports said on Sunday.

In Chad and Cameroon, Security Council hears of Boko Haram terror and survivors' needs

Mar 05, 2017, at 01:55 pm

New York, Mar 5 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council is on Saturday in Chad, as part of a four-country visit “to shine a spotlight” on the ongoing humanitarian challenges in the Lake Chad Basin region and draw international attention to the plight of about 11 million people.

UN aid chief calls for access, funds to prevent spread of South Sudan's famine

Mar 05, 2017, at 01:54 pm

New York, Mar 5 (Just Earth News): Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan will starve unless relief workers gain access to needy populations and more funding is raised, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Saturday warned after meeting malnourished children who fled the raging conflict in the country.

Another Indian origin person shot dead in US

Mar 05, 2017, at 06:28 am

New York, Mar 4 (IBNS): Few days after Kansas shooting that claimed the life of an Indian engineer, another Indian-origin man, Harnish Patel, was shot dead on Thursday night outside his home in USA in Lancaster under South Carolina, according to media reports.

Canada consumer price index rises in Dec last finance na us/canada?

Mar 05, 2017, at 12:46 am

Calgary, Mar 4 (IBNS) As per recent report of Statistics Canada, the consumer price index- which measures changes in the price level of market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households- had gone up by 2.1 percent in Dec 2016 in comparison to Dec 2015.