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Humanitarian assistance to be scaled-up for Venezuelans
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 10:02 am | UN News
The United Nations humanitarian wing launched a new Response Plan (HRP) on Wednesday, that aims to help around 2.6 million people in Venezuela through to the end of the year, almost half of whom are youth. More >>
Winnie Byanyima ‘honoured to be joining UNAIDS’
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 9:51 am | UN News
The UN programme dedicated to the elimination of AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, has warmly welcomed the appointment of Winnie Byanyima as its new Executive Director. More >>
UN warns of spike in violations against children in Mali
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 3:10 pm | UN News
Voicing great concern over a sharp increase in the killing and maiming of children in Mali due to ongoing fighting and instability, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners on Tuesday, called on all warring parties to stop attacks and “keep ... More >>
Act with restraint UN urges Hong Kong
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 9:26 am | UN News
After two consecutive days of chaos at Hong Kong International Airport, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet expressed her concern and condemned “any form” of violence or destruction of property and urged the demonstrators ... More >>
Amidst new challenges, Geneva Conventions mark 70 years
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 9:01 am | UN News
In commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landmark Geneva Conventions, the president of the United Nations Security Council hailed the “significant body of law”, describing it as playing “a vital role in limiting brutality of armed conflicts”. More >>
More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards
Saturday, 10 August 2019, 11:32 am | UN News
More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home. More >>
UN food aid to Yemen will fully resume after two-month break
Saturday, 10 August 2019, 11:32 am | UN News
Life-saving food aid distribution is set to resume to 850,000 people in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, following guarantees by Houthi opposition forces that the supplies will reach those who need them most, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. More >>
World food security increasingly at risk
Friday, 9 August 2019, 10:41 am | UN News
More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late. More >>
Guterres appeals for ‘maximum restraint’ over Jammu, Kashmir
Friday, 9 August 2019, 10:03 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for ‘maximum restraint’ over the territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, which has been disputed by India and Pakistan, since the end of British rule in the late 1940s. More >>
UN Security Council ‘utterly failed’ Syrian detainees
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 8:41 am | UN News
The Security Council has “utterly failed Syrian detainees and their families”, Amina Khoulani, Co-founder of Families for Freedom, told the Security Council on Wednesday, during a meeting focussed on those who have been jailed or gone missing ... More >>
UN boosts humanitarian appeal to help Zimbabwe
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 8:35 am | UN News
With Zimbabwe now experiencing its “worst-ever hunger crisis”, the UN food relief agency has revised its humanitarian appeal to step up food assistance to people most affected by drought, flooding, and economic stagnation. More >>
All States have responsibility to protect against hate
Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 9:49 am | UN News
The UN’s top rights official has added her voice to condemnation of the weekend mass-shootings in the cities of El Paso and Dayton, insisting on Tuesday that “not just the US, but all States” should do more to stop discrimination. More >>
Myanmar companies bankroll ‘brutal operations’ of military
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 8:17 am | UN News
Money earned by the Myanmar military from international and domestic business deals, “substantially enhances its ability to carry out gross violations of human rights with impunity” according to a report released on Monday by an independent United ... More >>
A dangerously hot climate, simmering political tensions
Friday, 2 August 2019, 8:43 am | UN News
Global warming and rising political tensions are dangerous and avoidable, Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters on Thursday, previewing the UN’s upcoming Climate Action Summit , and spotlighting geopolitical hotspots. More >>
Ten years on, crisis in Nigeria ‘far from over’
Friday, 2 August 2019, 8:38 am | UN News
Ten years after the start of a violent insurgency in north-east Nigeria plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis that is “still far from over”, the United Nations and its aid partners have underscored the need to “collectively redouble ... More >>
Economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions stall growth
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 9:55 am | UN News
Citing “an external context of greater uncertainty and growing complexity”, the head of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said on Wednesday that the region’s economic growth is expected to decline. More >>
UN working ‘intensively’ to stop Ebola in eastern DR Congo
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 9:54 am | UN News
Senior UN officials tasked with controlling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have responded to Tuesday’s confirmation of a second case of Ebola in Goma, a major trading town in the vast country’s restive east, near ... More >>
UNICEF must triple budget to combat Ebola in DR Congo
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 10:30 am | UN News
With an unprecedented number of children affected by the Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday said it would need to triple its budget to tackle the complex ... More >>
Conflict, climate change fuel human trafficking
Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 8:57 am | UN News
To mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons , United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed that “human trafficking is a heinous crime that affects every region of the world” – especially women and children. More >>
UN chief extends condolences to family of landslide victims
Tuesday, 30 July 2019, 8:18 am | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of those killed in Sunday’s landslides, in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou, following heavy rains. More >>
