PODCAST: actress Gillian Anderson presents film at UN on human trafficking
Apr 12, 2016, at 01:42 pm
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): “Film can change the world,†said actress Gillian Anderson in a recent interview at the United Nations about the movie SOLD, the story of a 13-year-old Nepalese girl's journey into sexual slavery and eventual emancipation.
UN survey finds displaced Palestinian families in Gaza Strip live in desperate conditions
Apr 12, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than 75,000 Palestinian families internally displaced in the Gaza Strip as a result of the 2014 escalation of hostilities continue to live in fraught conditions and are in need of homes, the United Nations relief coordination wing for the Occupied Palestinian Territory reported on Monday.
New UN report focuses on green, inclusive industrialization in Africa
Apr 12, 2016, at 01:37 pm
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Welcoming the launch of the latest economic report on Africa, a senior United Nations official on Monday highlighted that African countries should leapfrog “business as usual,†carbon-intensive methods of growth and instead pursue a pathway to green industrialization.
Violence, use of teargas at Greek border 'matter of great worry' – UN refugee agency
Apr 12, 2016, at 01:31 pm
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency on Monday expressed concern about yesterday's violence at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Eidomeni and the extensive scenes of teargas in use.
UN agencies step up joint response to help drought-affected northern Somalia
Apr 12, 2016, at 01:30 pm
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are intensifying joint efforts to assist communities in northern Somalia coping with a severe drought exacerbated by El Niño conditions.
Yemen: UN officials welcome cessation of hostilities
Apr 12, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, Apr 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen has welcomed the start of the cessation of hostilities that began at midnight, 10 April, urging all parties to work to ensure that the terms are fully respected and create a conducive environment for the peace talks scheduled to resume next week.
Apr 10, 2016, at 12:59 pm
New York, Apr 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Ahead of a cessation of hostilities set to start on 10 April, the senior United Nations relief official for Yemen on Saturday expressed hope that all parties to the conflict in that country abide by the ceasefire agreement, noting that only a political solution can bring the lasting peace Yemenis deserve and are demanding.
UN envoy urges Libyan House of Representatives to vote on national unity government
Apr 10, 2016, at 12:58 pm
New York, Apr 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Welcoming yesterday's executive meeting of the House of Representatives, the United Nations envoy for Libya on Saturday called on the House to convene in the Libyan port city of Tobruk over the coming days to vote on the national unity government.
Apr 09, 2016, at 01:50 pm
New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations special coordinator on sexual exploitation and abuse is in Central African Republic (CAR) to discuss stronger measures to respond to the scourge.
Greece: UN agency urges full hearings for stranded refugee and migrant children
Apr 09, 2016, at 01:48 pm
New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With the process of returning refugees and migrants from the Greek islands to Turkey underway as part of a European Union-Turkey agreement, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is reminding States of their duty to care and protect all children and give them a full and fair hearing when deciding on their future.
Selecting a new UN Secretary-General: a job interview in front of the whole world
Apr 09, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The selection process for a new United Nations Secretary-General, traditionally decided behind closed-doors by a few powerful countries, will for the first time in history involve public discussions with each candidate campaigning for the world’s top diplomatic post.
Ban welcomes G20 support for Paris climate accord signing
Apr 09, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Photo: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the statement of China, this year’s President of the Group of 20, affirming the G20’s full support for the 22 April signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change, and calling for the accord’s entry into force as early as possible.
Apr 09, 2016, at 01:43 pm
New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In the wake of last week’s leak of a trove of confidential financial documents from a Panama law firm, a United Nations human rights expert called on the international community to urgently put an end to financial secrecy.
Apr 08, 2016, at 12:36 pm
New York, Apr 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Violent extremism is an affront to the very purposes and principles of the United Nations, the Head of the world body’s Geneva headquarters said on Thursday, urging government delegations and experts gathered there to back the comprehensive approach needed to proactively address the drivers of the scourge, including through support of the Secretary-General’s action plan on the issue.
Global food prices edge up in March; cereal production outlook robust – UN
Apr 08, 2016, at 12:29 pm
New York, Apr 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): World cereal production in 2016 is set to reach 2,521 million tonnes, just 0.2 per cent below last year’s and the third-highest on record, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.
Apr 07, 2016, at 01:37 pm
New York, Apr 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continued his programme in California on Wednesday, where he received an honorary doctorate from Loyola Marymount University, after addressing yesterday the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, where he gave the audience an overview of United Nations efforts to meet on Wednesday’s global challenges, from humanitarian crises to climate change to sustainable development.
UN agency condemns large-scale home demolitions in West Bank
Apr 07, 2016, at 01:33 pm
New York, Apr 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has condemned on Wednesday’s large scale home demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Bedouin refugee community of Um al Khayr in the South Hebron Hills.
Prosecutor to appeal UN tribunal's acquittal of Vojislav Šešelj of war crimes in the Balkans
Apr 07, 2016, at 01:31 pm
New York, Apr 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The long-serving Prosecutor of the United Nations tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday announced that he will appeal The Hague-based court's recent acquittal of Serbian politician Vojislav Šešelj on war crimes charges in connection with actions committed by Serbian forces between August 1991 and September 1993.
Fiji: UN warns of flooding as cyclone-battered country braces for another storm
Apr 07, 2016, at 01:22 pm
New York, Apr 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Less than two months after Tropical Cyclone Winston cut a path of destruction across Fiji, the country is bracing for the impact of another storm, the United Nations relief aid office said on Wednesday.
UN agency to train dozens of experts on nuclear-related techniques to identify Zika
Apr 06, 2016, at 01:11 pm
New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations atomic energy agency plans to train dozens of participants this month from mostly Latin America and Caribbean countries on how to use nuclear-derived techniques to detect the Zika virus in as short a time as three hours.
Rwanda: chronic malnutrition rates drop but remain ‘stubbornly high,’ UN-backed study reveals
Apr 06, 2016, at 01:10 pm
New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Chronic malnutrition in Rwanda have fallen significantly in the last three years, but still remain stubbornly high, especially in rural areas, finds a new study conducted over three years by the Rwandan Ministry of Agriculture with support from the World Food Programme (WFP).
Surge in mob killings in Malawi draws serious concern of UN human rights office
Apr 06, 2016, at 01:07 pm
New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday expressed concern over the increased number of mob attacks in Malawi since the beginning of the year, in 2016 and called for Government agencies to support police and for the strengthening of the rule of law in the country to combat such violence.
First-ever World Humanitarian Summit must usher in new era of global solidarity – UN chief
Apr 05, 2016, at 01:27 pm
New York, Apr 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Briefing Member States on preparations for the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Heads of State and Government to come to the event and deliver a strong message that “we will not accept the erosion of humanity which we see in the world on Monday.â€
Apr 05, 2016, at 01:26 pm
New York, Apr 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite a “deepening paralysis and divisions within multilateral disarmament bodies,†and the fact that many are looking outside traditional United Nations forums for progress, the top official on the issue stressed on Monday that the UN Disarmament Commission has considerable potential to demonstrate that the existing disarmament machinery can produce results.
UN agency launches school meals programme for Lebanese and Syrian children
Apr 05, 2016, at 01:24 pm
New York, Apr 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A carton of milk or juice, locally-baked snacks and a piece of fruit are included in a school lunch that some children in Lebanon are receiving, as part of a meals programme launched by the United Nations food relief agency.
Two years of conflict leaves 1.5 million people hungry in eastern Ukraine – UN agency
Apr 05, 2016, at 01:15 pm
New York, Apr 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The two-year long conflict in eastern Ukraine has left around 1.5 million people hungry, including almost 300,000 people who are severely food insecure and in need of immediate food assistance, the United Nations food relief agency said on Monday.
As Nagorno-Karabakh violence flares, Ban urges 'immediate end to fighting'
Apr 03, 2016, at 12:24 pm
New York, Apr 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Deeply disturbed by the recent reports of large-scale ceasefire violations along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged all relevant parties to put an immediate end to the fighting and take urgent steps to de-escalate the situation.
Marking Autism Awareness Day, UN officials call for inclusive societies
Apr 02, 2016, at 01:39 pm
New York, Apr 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On the eve of the World Autism Awareness Day, United Nations officials highlighted the contributions to humanity by people with autism, noting that shunning them is a “violation of human rights†and a “waste of human potential.â€
Iraq: UN envoy voices alarm at ongoing violence, 'unacceptable' loss of civilian lives
Apr 02, 2016, at 01:37 pm
New York, Apr 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The top United Nations official in Iraq has expressed concern over the continuing acts of violence in the country, which last month took 1,119 lives and injured another 1,561 – according to casualty figures recorded by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
UN peacekeeping chief condemns sexual exploitation; says victims' needs are 'top priority'
Apr 02, 2016, at 01:31 pm
New York, Apr 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The top United Nations peacekeeping official has underscored that the protection of and assistance to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic remains the Organization's top priority.