UN pays tribute to Secretary-General Ban’s ‘never-tiring service to humanity’
Dec 13, 2016, at 02:19 pm
New York, Dec 13 (Just Earth News): The General Assembly on Mondaypaid a tribute to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his “never-tiring service to humanity†over the past decade, while also swearing in his successor António Guterres, who will assume his duties on 1 January 2017.
Dec 13, 2016, at 02:01 pm
New York, Dec 13 (Just Earth News): Sworn in on Mondayas the ninth and next United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres pledged to reposition development at the centre of the Organization’s work and ensure that the UN can change to effectively meet the myriad challenges facing the international community.
UN chief condemns terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul
Dec 12, 2016, at 03:24 pm
New York, Dec 12 (Just Earth News): Senior United Nations officials, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) condemned last night's terrorist attack in the Turkish city of Istanbul that killed dozens of people and injured many more.
UN relief wing allocates $58 million for life-saving assistance in war-torn Yemen
Dec 10, 2016, at 01:12 pm
New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News): Amid soaring malnutrition and collapsing basic services in Yemen, a staggering 18.8 million people need humanitarian assistance, the United Nations relief wing has reported as it allocated $58 million through the Humanitarian Pooled Fund to bolster life-saving activities across the crisis-gripped country.
Dec 10, 2016, at 05:16 am
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News): A new report by INTERPOL and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) links environmental crimes with other serious illegal activity, including corruption, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, cybercrime, and financial crimes as well as with terrorist organizations and non-State armed groups.
On International Day, UN urges world to stand united against corruption
Dec 10, 2016, at 05:15 am
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News): No country is immune, and every country bears a responsibility to end corruption, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday, warning that corruption is a “broad barrier†in the path to world's achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
UN refugee agency reshapes protection ‘toolkit’ for a world on the move
Dec 09, 2016, at 12:44 pm
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has updated its ‘toolkit’ for protecting vulnerable people on the move, in response to a sharp increase in global flows of both refugees and migrants in the decade since it was published.
UN agriculture agency to support land reforms at core of Colombia’s new peace deal
Dec 09, 2016, at 12:42 pm
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News): On behalf of millions of Colombian farmers affected by the violent conflict that plagued the Latin American country for more than 50 years, a comprehensive rural reform, aimed at strengthening food security and peace, including measures which address issues of land access and restitution will be supported by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
UN launches $2.66 billion appeal for emergency assistance in Sahel region
Dec 08, 2016, at 01:19 pm
New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and its partner non-governmental organizations on Wednesday launched an appeal for $2.66 billion to provide emergency assistance across eight countries in the Sahel region, where “millions of people still live in conditions of deplorable human suffering.â€
UN rights expert urges Australians to stand up against country's 'alarming' hate speech and racism
Dec 08, 2016, at 05:48 am
New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights expert on contemporary forms of racism on Wednesday urged all Australians – from the Government to the media and civil society – to stand up against “alarming†hate speech and racism racial discrimination in the country, especially against indigenous people, refugees, migrants, and Musli
UN community makes New York's diversity more 'vibrant' – new report
Dec 07, 2016, at 12:43 pm
New York, Dec 7 (Just Earth News): Contributing to the 'vibrant diversity' of New York, the United Nations, its agencies and staff not only generated $3.69 billion in total economic output for the City, the UN community also supported nearly 8,000 jobs and brought in more than 30,000 visitors to attend meetings, according to the 2016 UN Economic Impact Report that was released on Tuesday.
UN agency urges EU to adopt stronger and more pro-active approach on refugees
Dec 06, 2016, at 01:21 pm
New York, Dec 6 (Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency on Monday proposed far-reaching reforms of Europe’s management of refugees, including the asylum system, recalling that scenes of chaos at borders last year led to a breakdown in the public’s trust in the capacity of governments to manage the refugee challenge and played into the hands of those wishing to turn those fleeing for their lives into scapegoats.
UN refugee agency boosts winter assistance for displaced Iraqis in conflict-affected villages
Dec 03, 2016, at 02:10 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): As the security situation has stabilized in villages near war-torn Mosul, where Iraqi military operations are under way to wrest the city from terrorists, the United Nations refugee agency and its partners are racing against time to distributing winter kits to those who remained or returned home and those newly-displaced as plunging temperatures hit the area.
UN agency urges Governments to recognize people fleeing war-plagued countries as refugees
Dec 03, 2016, at 02:07 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): Faced with record displacement due to conflict, the United Nations has moved to reinforce the global refugee protection regime by issuing new guidelines on dealing with people fleeing their country because of war, who are not recognized as refugees by some States.
UN chief commends peaceful polls in Gambia, congratulates President-elect Adama Barrow
Dec 03, 2016, at 02:02 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday commended the people of Gambia for the peaceful and orderly manner in which yesterday's presidential election was held and congratulated President-elect Adama Barrow.
On eve of major UN conference, alarms raised that efforts to halt biodiversity loss are lagging
Dec 02, 2016, at 01:17 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News): Time is running out to stop the global decline in biodiversity and protect ecosystems that are essential for the livelihoods and well-being of billions of people, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity warned on Thursday, as more than 190 countries prepare to meet on this issue in Cancun, Mexico.
Dec 02, 2016, at 01:15 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday apologized to the people of Haiti, expressing deep regret for the loss of life and suffering caused by the country’s cholera epidemic, and outlined the way forward including immediate steps to stem the outbreak and long-term support for those affected – while also highlighting the need for adequate funding of the proposal.
As 2016 draws to a close, UN rights chief outlines enormity of challenges to human rights
Dec 01, 2016, at 01:13 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News): Highlighting the challenges to human rights around the world, the United Nations human rights chief called on the international community to act collectively for the common good and to do “everything possible†to prevent the situation from deteriorating.
New UN report reveals barriers to inclusive development and highlights key steps to progress
Dec 01, 2016, at 01:10 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has just released its 2016 Report on the World Social Situation, which includes important new findings about persisting inequalities in education and economic opportunity and, challenges the international community to work harder to break down barriers to participation.
UN’s new LGBT expert urges global partnership to end violence and discrimination
Dec 01, 2016, at 05:25 am
New York, Nov 30 (Just Earth News): Global partnership is needed to end discrimination and violence against the worldwide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, a United Nations human rights expert has told an international conference in Bangkok, Thailand, outlining five key steps that should be taken.
UN launches new strategy to minimize environmental footprint of its peace operation
Nov 30, 2016, at 01:26 pm
New York, Nov 30 (Just Earth News): Underscoring the importance of environmental protection and management in the work of peacekeeping missions, the United Nations Department of Field Support (DFS) on Tuesday launched a new strategy to maximize its peace operations' efficiency in the use of natural resources, and to minimize their risk to people, societies and ecosystem.
UN committee on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage opens session in Ethiopia
Nov 29, 2016, at 12:54 pm
New York, Nov 29 (Just Earth News): More than 300 artists and performers showcased the wealth of Ethiopia’s intangible cultural heritage in Addis Ababa on Sunday ahead of on Monday’s opening of the 11th session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
UN agencies scaling up emergency health services as Mosul is made accessible
Nov 29, 2016, at 05:06 am
New York, Nov 28 (Just Earth News): United Nations agencies are rapidly scaling up efforts in eastern Mosul to ensure that more than 60,000 people living near the frontlines of the current military operations have access to life-saving care.
UN conference examines sustainable transport financing for developing countries
Nov 28, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, Nov 27 (Just Earth News): The first-ever United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference wrapped up on Sunday in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, with participants deliberating the needs of countries in special situations – mostly least developed countries – and avenues for financing sustainable transport.
Nov 26, 2016, at 12:53 pm
New York, Nov 26 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and other members of the international community have commended the efforts of Somalia’s electoral bodies to ensure a credible and legitimate electoral process and supported the bodies’ decisions to disqualify candidates who engaged in corruption, intimidation and manipulation in the ongoing parliamentary elections.
UN human rights body appoints Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
Nov 23, 2016, at 12:19 pm
New York, Nov 23 (Just Earth News): Following a decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council, in which it setup a commission of inquiry to investigate human rights violations and abuses in Burundi, including whether they may constitute international crimes, the President of the body has appointed the Commission’s Chair and members.
In wake of violence, UN entities in Colombia underscore their commitment to protect civilians
Nov 22, 2016, at 12:33 pm
New York, Nov 22 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern over recent violence, including killings, that targeted social leaders in several conflict-affected areas in Colombia, the United Nations Mission in the country, as well as the UN Country Team, underlined the need to protect civilians and to build communal harmony.
UN Women’s ‘Orange the World’ kicks off 16 days of activism to fight gender-based violence
Nov 22, 2016, at 12:30 pm
New York, Nov 22 (Just Earth News): The extent to which violence is embedded in society means that uprooting it is everyone’s job, senior United Nations official said on Monday, lamenting that violence against women and girls continue to be a low priority on the international development agenda and urging more action – and more funding – to end the pandemic of such violence now, once and for all.
Nov 22, 2016, at 12:25 pm
New York, Nov 22 (Just Earth News): Condemning illegal fishing and labour exploitation in the world’s oceans, the United Nations agriculture and labour agencies, joining forces with the Vatican, underlined on Monday the need for collective, global action to end labour and human rights abuse along the entire fisheries value chain.
UN chief urges rapid scale-up in action to prevent vehicle-related deaths and injuries
Nov 21, 2016, at 05:37 am
New York, Nov 20 (Just Earth News): With more than 3,400 people, many of them young men and women, losing their lives on the world's roads every day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims with a strong call to scale up action to prevent these deaths.