UN agencies inject youthful energy into sustainable development for urban Africa
Oct 03, 2018, at 09:47 am
New York, Oct 3 (IBNS): Underscoring the importance of fully involving the young in decisions affecting their lives, three United Nations agencies announced an innovative partnership on Tuesday with African local governments, designed to inject youthful ideas and energy into urban planning policies.
Afghanistan: UN ‘outraged’ by new elections-related suicide attack
Oct 03, 2018, at 09:44 am
New York, Oct 3 (IBNS): Denouncing attacks and intimidation in the week since formal campaigning began for Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections next month, the United Nations voiced outrage on Tuesday at the death of 14 civilians, killed by a suicide bomber at a campaign rally. A further 42 were wounded.
UN expert denounces killing of more Palestinian protesters, as ‘affront to human rights’
Oct 03, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): As protests continue at the Gaza border fence against Israeli policies, so does the killing and wounding of Palestinian protesters, including children, by the Israeli security forces, said a UN independent human rights expert on Tuesday. With the death toll rising, the UN Special Rapporteur who monitors the human rights situation in the Palestinian territory, denounced the violence as an “ongoing affront to human rights and human dignity”.
Canada: CAQ wins Quebec polls, ends Liberal rule in province
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:35 pm
Quebec City, Oct 2 (IBNS): Putting an end to the Liberal rule, the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) has won the Quebec provincial polls by winning over 70 ridings, media reports said.
Oct 02, 2018, at 04:43 pm
Kabul, Oct 2 (IBNS): At least 13 people were killed as a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an election campaign rally of a parliamentary candidate in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon, media reports said.
USMCA is good for Canadians to go forward: Justin Trudeau
Oct 02, 2018, at 03:01 pm
Ottawa, Oct 2 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), a new trade deal, is good for all people to go forward.
Police, Catalan separatists clash in Barcelona; train services hit
Oct 02, 2018, at 01:13 pm
Barcelona, Oct 2 (IBNS): Spanish police clashed with Catalan separatists in Barcelona, as the latter took to the streets across Catalonia to celebrate the first anniversary of the referendum to gain independence from Spain, reports said.
Work together, act on promises made collectively, Sweden urges at UN Assembly
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:47 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the Swedish head of delegation underscored the importance of international cooperation and called on world leaders to work together to deliver on the promise of peace and prosperity for everyone everywhere.
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:44 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): In the end, after all was said and done in the marathon of speeches from Heads of State and Government at the General Assembly’s seventy-third annual general debate, it all came down to one thing – the centrality of a strengthened United Nations as the only global forum that can address the multiple challenges facing the world, from conflict resolution to climate change mitigation and sustainable development.
Curb throw-away culture, says UN-Habitat chief, highlighting world day
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:41 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): Marking World Habitat Day on Monday, UN-Habitat – the agency mandated with promoting sustainable cities – has called for greater imagination and innovation in tackling the world’s waste management challenges, in particular at the municipal level.
‘We must work together like never before’ to realize sustainable development, says Canada at UN
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): The international community must work together in new ways, to bring the aspirations of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to life, Canada’s head of delegation declared at the United Nations General Assembly.
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): Timor-Leste, a country which the United Nations shepherded to independence from Indonesia 16 years ago, is a prime example of what the world Organization can do in resolving international conflicts and disputes, Delegation Chair Maria Helena Pires told the General Assembly on Monday.
Oct 02, 2018, at 09:00 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged all political forces in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to implement plans to undergo a formal name change, following a consultative referendum on Sunday, through the country’s institutions.
Rights of older people celebrated, as historic UN Declaration turns 70
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:57 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): The UN International Day of Older Persons, celebrated each 1 October, promotes the human rights of older people worldwide and, this year, celebrates the continued importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), as it turns 70.
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:45 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): The quality of a civilization, depends on how it treats the weak, the indigent, the elderly, the persons with disability, and by the place it gives them in community life, the representative of the Holy See told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, urging everyone to value all human life and human dignity.
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:43 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): While the world was in the midst of a crisis largely sparked by interventionism and “savage capitalism”, Nicaragua continued to bolster peace, strengthen security, “and…promote and defend human rights,” Minister for Foreign Affairs Denis Moncada Colindres told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, underscoring his country’s commitment to the UN Charter.
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): The United Nations needs to adapt to meet the challenges facing the world, Thailand’s Deputy Foreign Minister Virasakdi Futrakul told the General Assembly on Monday, endorsing Secretary General António Guterres’s efforts to make the Organization more effective.
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:29 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): In spite of the criticism levelled against the United Nations, there is no other such platform for cooperation or a multilateral mechanism based on “equal and respectful attitude towards each and every country and their needs,” the foreign minister of Belarus told the General Assembly.
Canada: Quebec heads to provincial polls today
Oct 01, 2018, at 07:56 pm
Quebec City, Oct 1 (IBNS): The provincial elections in Quebec will be held on Monday as several voters will be heading to cast their votes, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Drone strike kills 21 Islamic State terrorists
Oct 01, 2018, at 04:42 pm
Kabul, Oct 1 (IBNS): A drone strike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province killed at least 21 Islamic State terrorists, media reports said on Monday.
US-Canada reach new trade deal along with Mexico
Oct 01, 2018, at 10:28 am
Ottawa, Oct 1 (IBNS): After a series of talks and discussions over a renewed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the US and Canada have finally reached at a trade agreement.
Afghanistan: Wolesi Jirga candidate shot dead in southern Ghazni
Oct 01, 2018, at 09:43 am
Kabul, Oct 1 (IBNS): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Wolesi Jirga candidate in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Traffic officer gunned down in Jalalabad
Sep 30, 2018, at 05:59 pm
Kabul, Sept 30 (IBNS): A traffic officer was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Afghanistan's Jalalabad area on Sunday, media reports said.
At UN, Somali Minister outlines country’s ongoing transformation; urges new partnerships
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:49 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): Even though Somalia has made “huge strides” in political and economic transformation, the country continues to grapple with terrorism, the nation’s Foreign Minister told world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:42 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): From the podium of the General Assembly, Niger – victim of the quadruple scourge of climate change, migration, poverty and terrorism – gave a ringing endorsement of the United Nations on Saturday as the “irreplaceable” Organization capable of resolving these and a host of other problems.
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:40 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): Osman Mohammed Saleh, Eritrea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, told the United Nations General Assembly that the recently signed Peace Agreement between his country and Ethiopia “brings to an end a dark, two-decades-old, a chapter of war, constant tension, and strife.”
Regional, global solidarity indispensable to achieve sustainable development, says Lao PDR minister
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:37 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): National governments and the international community must work “hand-in-hand” to realize the lofty goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Foreign Minister of Laos People’s Democratic Republic said at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.
UN remains only forum that can bring global solutions to global problems, Senegal tells Assembly
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:34 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): At a time of growing pessimism over the effectiveness of the United Nations, the international community must overcome political and ideological differences to strengthen the world Organization to address the multiple problems, from sustainable development and development aid to climate change and the fight against terrorism, Senegal told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
Global order ‘under assault,’ Pakistan Foreign Minister tells UN Assembly
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:31 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): The edifice of global order is “under assault,” Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, said on Saturday at the United Nations, pointing to rising inequality within and among countries.
Burundi should no longer be on UN Security Council’s agenda, says Foreign Minister
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:29 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council should “have the courage to remove Burundi from its agenda”, Foreign Minister Ezekiel Nibigira said on Saturday from the rostrum of the General Assembly.