Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register UN News for InfoPages here.
UN News - Latest News [Page 252]
Athens urged to fast track asylum seekers amid island crisis
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:24 am | UN News
A spike in the number of refugees reaching Greek island reception centres is likely to worsen the situation in already “dangerously overcrowded” facilities there, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. More >>
Strict alcohol laws cut intake more than 40% in Russia
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:23 am | UN News
Strict laws put in place by the Russian authorities since 2003 have resulted in a significant drop in alcohol-related deaths nationwide, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday. More >>
Constitutional Committee breakthrough offers ‘sign of hope’
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 10:40 am | UN News
There is a “sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people” as a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible and inclusive Constitutional Committee is set to start deliberations next month, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council ... More >>
‘Are we ready for the age of disruption?’
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 9:33 am | UN News
“The Twenty-First Century is often described as the age of disruption. The question is, are we ready for it?”, asked Thailand’s Foreign Minister, Don Pramudwinai, as he addressed the UN General Assembly on Monday. More >>
UN Mission in Haiti calls on protestors, authorities
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 9:14 am | UN News
Following days of intensifying protests in Haiti, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday the UN was “concerned by reports of violence and arson” across the country. More >>
Timor-Leste Foreign Minister highlights value of UN
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 9:13 am | UN News
Timor-Leste continues to be a reflection of “the best the UN has to offer,” Foreign Minister Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares declared on Monday before the UN General Assembly. More >>
Despite Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh is ‘development miracle'
Saturday, 28 September 2019, 1:21 pm | UN News
Despite global turbulence and economic uncertainty, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh told the General Assembly on Friday evening that her country has often been cited as a “development miracle”. More >>
'We may be small islands, but no man is an island’
Saturday, 28 September 2019, 1:19 pm | UN News
“All of us from small islands can relate to the word’s perception of us, as small islands”, but rather than treating them as distant vessels, imagine instead “an undivided Pacific, connected by an ocean highway.” That was the plea to world leaders ... More >>
Pakistan’s Khan warns of all-out conflict amid tension
Saturday, 28 September 2019, 1:13 pm | UN News
In a fiery address on Friday to the UN General Assembly , Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned of an all-out conflict with neighboring India, saying that there will be a “bloodbath” once India lifts its nearly two-month long curfew in disputed ... More >>
Nauru President warns of ‘economic Armageddon'
Friday, 27 September 2019, 10:54 am | UN News
Climate change is putting Pacific tuna fish stocks at risk, potentially creating an “economic Armageddon” for Nauru, President Lionel Aingimea warned the UN General Assembly on Thursday. More >>
Elimination of nuclear weapons ‘only real way’ to allay fear
Friday, 27 September 2019, 9:37 am | UN News
Progress made in reducing the danger posed by nuclear arsenals has not only come to a halt, “it is going in reverse”, and any use of a nuclear weapon in the future would ignite “a humanitarian catastrophe.” More >>
Patriotism must have global dimension, says EU’s Donald Tusk
Friday, 27 September 2019, 9:04 am | UN News
The suggestion by some earlier this week at the UN that there is an immanent conflict between patriotism and globalism “is false and dangerous , even if it has many followers and powerful propagators,” European Council President said on Thursday. More >>
DR Congo President outlines vision for Security Council
Friday, 27 September 2019, 9:03 am | UN News
With Africa at the centre of many global challenges, it is time for the continent to have a seat in the UN Security Council, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) told world leaders on Thursday. More >>
At UN Abbas rejects Israeli ‘arrogance’
Friday, 27 September 2019, 9:02 am | UN News
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday denounced what he called “arrogance and aggression” by the Israeli Government and called on the United Nations to push harder for the two-state solution to resolve the conflict. More >>
Earth’s oceans and frozen spaces paying price for climate
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 9:41 am | UN News
Our oceans and frozen spaces have been “taking the heat” for global warming for decades, climate experts said on Wednesday , warning that without a radical change in human behaviour, hundreds of millions of people could suffer from rising sea levels, ... More >>
At UN, Iran proposes ‘coalition for hope’
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 8:40 am | UN News
The Gulf region is “on the edge of collapse”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told world leaders on Wednesday at the annual high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly , saying that “a single blunder can fuel a big fire”. More >>
‘Childhood is changing, and so must we’, UNICEF declares
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 8:30 am | UN News
Since its adoption 30 years ago, the milestone Convention of the Rights of the Child and its near universal membership has created “unprecedented international solidarity around children’s rights,'' the Secretary-General said at a commemorative event ... More >>
In ‘world of disquiet’, UN must deliver for the people
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 9:48 am | UN News
We are living in “a world of disquiet”, the United Nations chief told the High-level session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, urging the Heads of States present to advance “common good” while upholding “shared humanity and values”. More >>
Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 9:28 am | UN News
In Nigeria, homeless and other vulnerable people are being “rounded up” by police, “persecuted” and evicted, amid a massive housing crisis, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Tuesday. More >>
Trump says countries have ‘absolute right’ to protect border
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 9:27 am | UN News
The path to peace and a better world “begins at home,” United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, urging countries to look after their own interests on issues like trade, people smuggling and illegal immigration, and denouncing “open ... More >>
