Oct 07, 2018, at 05:08 pm
New York, Oct 7 (IBNS): The top United Nations relief and development officials on Saturday called for national and international partners to step up support for humanitarian efforts in north-eastern Nigeria and help millions of people rebuild their lives in the region that has been ravaged by Boko Haram’s near decade-long insurgency.
Concern rising over fate of Rohingya refugees sent home by India: UNHCR
Oct 06, 2018, at 07:38 am
New York, Oct 6 (IBNS): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has voiced ‘great concern’ for the safety and security of seven Rohingya men who have been sent home by Indian authorities, after reportedly being denied access to lawyers, or full consideration of their asylum applications.
Execution of juvenile offender in Iran ‘deeply distressing’ – UN rights chief
Oct 06, 2018, at 07:36 am
New York, Oct 6 (IBNS): Denouncing the execution of a juvenile offender in Iran, whose trial was also reportedly marred by irregularities, the top United Nations human rights official has called on the country to end the use of the death penalty for those under-18, in line with its obligations under international law.
Access still an obstacle to reaching stricken communities on Indonesian island: UN agencies
Oct 06, 2018, at 07:33 am
New York, Oct 6 (IBNS): Aid is getting through to victims of last Friday’s deadly earthquake and tsunami, which struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, but stricken communities are still in dire need, UN aid agencies said on Friday.
Idea of ‘homogenous’ Polish culture is a myth: UN human rights expert
Oct 06, 2018, at 07:31 am
New York, Oct 6 (IBNS): An independent UN rights expert has accused the Polish Government of disseminating the “myth” of a “homogenous” Polish culture, in a statement released on Friday.
UN chief urges peaceful, free and fair elections in Cameroon
Oct 05, 2018, at 10:06 am
New York, Oct 5 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a peaceful, credible and inclusive elections in Cameroon, as the country prepares to hold presidential elections this coming Sunday.
Syria: UN Humanitarian Coordinator calls for unimpeded access from within the country
Oct 05, 2018, at 10:04 am
New York, Oct 5 (IBNS): Highlighting the “complexities of the situation in Syria” with close to 13 million people in need of life-saving assistance, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in the country called on warring parties to allow access to all areas from within the country, so aid can reach those in need “fast and efficiently”.
Child sexual abuse and exploitation: UN event sheds light on the unthinkable
Oct 04, 2018, at 08:00 am
New York, Oct 4 (IBNS): Governments can and must do more to end the daily sexual abuse and exploitation of girls and boys worldwide, an event at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday highlighted, including through a newly launched tool designed to help countries track progress and gaps.
‘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.
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 08:38 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.
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.
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:17 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): The Philippines, under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte, is on track to reverse its decline towards becoming a “Narco State”, or one that is being “held hostage” by the rich and powerful, said its Foreign Affairs minister at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual debate on Saturday.
Sep 30, 2018, at 04:14 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): Welcoming the growing attention the world is paying to the Pacific Ocean, Rimbink Pato, Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, urged the international community to ensure that the Ocean becomes a “zone of cooperation, of stability and security, of pristine beauty and prosperity,” and expressed his hope that the it lives up to its name: “the Ocean of Peace.”
Sep 29, 2018, at 07:45 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Regularly threatened, attacked and killed, journalists are also being imprisoned in record numbers around the world, an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly highlighted on Friday. These practices undermine not only the fundamental human rights of the reporters themselves, but also the public’s right to receive and impart information, rights experts warn.
Now is the time for cooperative leadership, not nationalist rhetoric, Spain’s President says at UN
Sep 28, 2018, at 10:27 am
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): The world is facing enormous global challenges, Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of Spain, told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, underscoring that these times “do not need nationalist or non-inclusive rhetoric.”
Sep 28, 2018, at 10:16 am
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): With collective will, compassion and humanity, world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly Hall have what it takes to deal with complex and worsening global challenges, the Indonesian Vice-President declared on Thursday.
World leaders commit to continue UN fight against sexual exploitation and abuse
Sep 28, 2018, at 08:44 am
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): World leaders joined with United Nations entities on Thursday to reaffirm their continued personal commitment to support efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse across the Organization.
Sep 28, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on Thursday called on the international community to provide the necessary development aid as the Caribbean island nation prepares for the transition nest year of the United Nations mission to a non-peacekeeping presence in the country.
Sep 28, 2018, at 08:03 am
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): What are the key events that have led the Central African Republic (CAR) to go from being a land-rich nation full of optimism at independence, in 1960, to an impoverished country facing multiple challenges, and the subject of a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Friday?
Sep 28, 2018, at 08:01 am
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): A 50 million euro investment aimed at helping to end the scourge of femicide – where women and girls are killed just because of their gender – was announced at United Nations Headquarters on Thursday, thanks to the ‘political courage’ of a group of Latin American countries, said the UN deputy chief.
Sep 27, 2018, at 02:12 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): The people of Venezuela are being harassed and attacked in the economic, political, diplomatic spheres, and facing “permanent aggression by the media” at the hands of the United States, President Nicolás Maduro told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
From UN Assembly podium, Central African Republic leader appeals for lifting arms embargo
Sep 27, 2018, at 02:07 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Central African Republic (CAR) Head of State Faustin Touadera on Wednesday thanked the world body for helping to restore stability in his country, but also called for the complete lifting of the UN Security Council arms embargo affecting its army.
Yemen in the grip of war imposed by Iran-backed militia, country’s President tells UN assembly
Sep 27, 2018, at 01:36 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): The Yemeni Government is striving to restore peace, security and stability and provide essential services to its people, while the country remains gripped by a war imposed by Iran- and Hizbullah-backed armed militias, Yemen’s President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
UN chief celebrates spirit of hope in Mali, calls for greater international support
Sep 27, 2018, at 01:23 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): Climate change, poverty, violence… As countless challenges hamper the stability and development of Mali and the Sahel region, a high-level event on Wednesday explored progress made in the implementation of the UN Support Plan for the Sahel (UNSS), and galvanized renewed commitment for the Malian peace process initiated in 2015.
Governments urged to ‘do the hard work’ to better manage global migration
Sep 27, 2018, at 01:19 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): As world leaders met at the United Nations on Wednesday to discuss the first global agreement designed to better manage international migration, a leading voice on migrants’ rights urged them to “do the hard work” of turning words into action.
Sep 27, 2018, at 01:12 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): With more years of peace than the preceding years of war “Liberia has finally turned the corner”, the country’s President told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, pledging his efforts to consolidate the nation’s achievements and bring peace dividends to all Liberians.
In UN address, Afghan leader lays out vision of peaceful, prosperous State in talks with Taliban
Sep 27, 2018, at 01:09 pm
New York, Sept 27 (IBNS): Saying his country had turned a page with its unprecedented overtures to the militant Taliban opposition, Afghan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday called on the United Nations, the European Union and State partners to help promote a new Afghanistan in a country that has known nothing but conflict over the past four decades, with hundreds of thousands of casualties.