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COP25: Italy and Mexico pave the way on climate education
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 10:24 am | UN News
A commitment by Italy and Mexico to ramp up climate and environmental education has been welcomed by the UN office which supports global efforts to respond to climate change. More >>
Deliver ‘significant results now’, COP25 told
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 8:42 am | UN News
It is “imperative” that the COP25 climate conference underway in Spain delivers “significant results now”, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA), said on Tuesday. More >>
Samoa measles outbreak claims 70 lives, majority children
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 8:41 am | UN News
Seventy people have now died from Samoa’s measles outbreak, UN humanitarians confirmed on Tuesday, as the organization released emergency funding to help the authorities step up efforts to eradicate the preventable disease. More >>
Aung San Suu Kyi appears at ICJ
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 8:40 am | UN News
Making the appeal is the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee , who reports that online hostility against activists has increased since the announcement last month of international legal proceedings over the atrocities. More >>
Human Rights Day celebrates activism of global youth
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 4:13 pm | UN News
The United Nations is highlighting the role of young people in leading the way to a better future for all people for this year’s observance of Human Rights Day , celebrated on Tuesday. More >>
Inequality threatening human development, report warns
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 9:54 am | UN News
Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a “new generation of inequalities” indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) argues in its latest report released on Monday. More >>
Corruption thwarts attempts to build a better world
Monday, 9 December 2019, 5:16 pm | UN News
As we enter a decade of ambitious action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ), stepping up efforts to eradicate corruption and promote good governance is “essential…to deliver on our global pledge to leave no one behind”, the ... More >>
Decade ending 2019 likely to be hottest on record
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 9:34 am | UN News
Exceptional global heat driven by greenhouse gas emissions mean this decade will most likely go down as the warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) which released its provisional statement on the State of the ... More >>
Protests & unrest show ‘renewed sense of patriotism’ in Iraq
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 8:51 am | UN News
After decades of sectarian strife and conflict, “a renewed sense of patriotism has taken hold”, the head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Zimbabwe ‘facing worst hunger crisis in a decade’
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 8:34 am | UN News
Zimbabwe is facing its worst hunger crisis in a decade with half of the population – 7.7 million people – food insecure, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. More >>
Green economy not to be feared
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 9:31 am | UN News
A green economy is “not one to be feared but an opportunity to be embraced”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday , in a keynote speech to delegates at the opening of the COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid on Monday. More >>
Armed groups kill Ebola health workers in eastern DR Congo
Friday, 29 November 2019, 9:19 am | UN News
Deadly night-time attacks by armed groups have once again claimed the lives of frontline healthworkers helping to confront the deadly Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. More >>
UN commemorates Day of Solidarity with Palestine
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 8:27 am | UN News
The United Nations has underlined its unwavering commitment to the Palestinian people in their ongoing struggle to achieve self-determination, independence and sovereignty. More >>
Measles claims twice as many lives than Ebola in DR Congo
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 8:19 am | UN News
Since the beginning of 2019, measles has taken more than 5,000 lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a top UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official said on Wednesday, pointing out that over 90 per cent of the deaths were children under-five. More >>
UN emissions report: World on course for spike
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 9:19 am | UN News
Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, leading to even wider-ranging and more destructive climate impacts, warns ... More >>
UN mission in DR Congo appeals for calm as protests continue
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 10:37 am | UN News
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has met with national authorities in the wake of an attack against its headquarters in Beni on Monday, which left the building badly damaged. More >>
UN Mission, community leaders, condemn South Sudan violence
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 8:47 am | UN News
Community leaders issued an apology on Monday after rioting on 21 November by “drunken youth” within a UN Protection of Civilians site run by UNMISS in South Sudan, left two dead and eight UN personnel injured, including five police officers. More >>
Climate change: Another year of record gas emissions
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 8:40 am | UN News
Levels of the three main heat-trapping gases emitted into the atmosphere – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and nitrous oxide – have reached yet another high, the UN meteorological agency, WMO , said on Monday. More >>
Missile strike kills at least 12 civilians, including kids
Friday, 22 November 2019, 8:33 am | UN News
Violence in Syria continues to kill and maim civilians with reports that missiles fired into settlements for people fleeing conflict in the country’s northwest on Wednesday night, killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more, including children, ... More >>
Israeli settlements remain ‘flagrant violation’ of law
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 9:32 am | UN News
Regardless of any national policy declarations, Israeli settlement activities are “a flagrant violation under international law”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process spelled out to the Security Council on Wednesday. More >>
