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Sahel: Act now before the crisis ‘becomes unmanageable'
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 1:21 pm | UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is stepping up response in Africa’s Sahel region where escalating violence has forced a rising number of people to flee their homes. More >>
Refugee resettlement: ‘Tremendous gap’ persists
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 1:19 pm | UN News
Although around 1.4 million refugees are estimated to be in urgent need of resettlement worldwide, only 63,696 were resettled through the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) last year - that's only 4.5 per cent - due to a continuing shortage of offers of sanctuary ... More >>
Both sides in Libya agree need for lasting ceasefire
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 8:50 am | UN News
The UN negotiator leading talks in Geneva to secure an end to fighting in Libya said on Tuesday that high-ranking officials from both sides of the conflict have agreed on the need for a “permanent and lasting” ceasefire to replace an uncertain truce. More >>
Global initiative launched to keep top sports events safe
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 9:34 am | UN News
Representatives from international sporting federations and the private sector joined with ambassadors at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to launch a global programme aimed at safeguarding major sporting events from terrorism-related threats. More >>
Syria: UN health agency highlights 'critical health threats'
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 9:31 am | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the alarm on Monday over critical health threats facing hundreds-of thousands of Syrians forced to flee due to intensified hostilities in Syria’s northwest, where health facilities and workers have increasingly ... More >>
Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop before it’s too late
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 10:14 am | UN News
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday that a recent upsurge in violence between pro-Government and rebel forces following weeks of relative calm, had to end “before it’s too late”. More >>
New UN finance panel to push Global Goals forward
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 10:13 am | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday encouraged Member States to support a new panel that has been set up to help make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality, by 2030. More >>
UN HR report voices concern over conduct of ISIL fighters
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 8:50 am | UN News
A new UN report published on Tuesday shows that while considerable effort has been made by Iraqi authorities to bring former ISIL terrorist fighters to justice, there are “serious concerns” about the fairness of the proceedings. More >>
Societies must unite against ‘global crisis of hatred'
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 9:05 am | UN News
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, and the six million Jews and others murdered on Nazi orders during the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a ceremony in New York on Monday that ... More >>
UN chief outlines solutions to defeat ‘four horsemen’
Thursday, 23 January 2020, 8:43 am | UN News
The start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday. More >>
Healthcare’s a human right, not ‘a privilege for the rich’
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:17 am | UN News
The UN agency devoted to ending AIDS as a public health threat is calling on top politicians and governments across the world to ensure the right to quality healthcare is upheld, and not just a privilege to be enjoyed by the wealthy. More >>
Lebanon: UN rights office calls for de-escalation
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:16 am | UN News
What had been largely peaceful demonstrations against Lebanon’s Government in the capital Beirut grew increasingly violent over the weekend, sparking the concern of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. More >>
UN health agency to gauge global threat of new Coronavirus
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:14 am | UN News
Following an announcement by China’s national health body that a new virus first identified there, can be transmitted from person to person, the World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold a meeting on Wednesday to decide if it should be declared a global ... More >>
UN ruling could boost climate change asylum claims----------
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:13 am | UN News
The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats. More >>
Smokers who quit one month before surgery reap benefits
Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 8:31 am | UN News
Tobacco smokers who quit at least four weeks before undergoing surgery not only have a lower risk of complications, but also show better results six months later than those who continue, the United Nations health agency said on Monday. More >>
‘This terrible situation cannot be allowed to continue’
Monday, 20 January 2020, 9:59 am | UN News
Speaking at a major, high-level summit on Libya, held in the German capital Berlin on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres evoked the disastrous humanitarian situation faced by thousands of civilians, as conflict in the North African country ... More >>
Yemen resilient & ‘unscathed’ in face of latest Gulf crisis
Friday, 17 January 2020, 3:21 pm | UN News
Despite the threat posed by recent tensions in the Gulf, Yemen was able to weather the crisis thanks in part to restraint exercised by its political leaders, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday. More >>
Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams
Friday, 17 January 2020, 3:20 pm | UN News
Nearly nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight or subjected to torture, rape and sexual ... More >>
2019 second hottest year on record, UN confirms
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 11:17 am | UN News
Last year was the second warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) confirmed on Wednesday. More >>
UN peacekeepers protecting hundreds displaced
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 11:16 am | UN News
Fresh clashes in the Central African Republic’s southeast have driven some 400 people to seek shelter at a UN base there, the United Nations Spokesperson said on Wednesday. More >>
