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Ebola cases evade detection - lack of trust in communities
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 7:37 pm | UN News
The origin of the new cluster of Ebola cases is “not yet well understood,” the United Nations World Health Organization ( WHO ) said today about the outbreak in West Africa where a residual lack of trust in the response means that some cases ... More >>
UN spotlights data and technology as key to sustainability
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 7:24 pm | UN News
The importance of quality data and cutting edge information communication technologies (ICTs) is increasingly critical to the shaping of the future sustainable development agenda, the head of the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ) confirmed today. More >>
AIDS is a 'human rights issue,' Ban declares
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 12:43 pm | UN News
AIDS is a 'human rights issue,' Ban declares, launching major new UN report in Barbados More >>
Destruction at Palmyra site
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 12:41 pm | UN News
Destruction at Palmyra site 'perverse' attempt to deny Syrian people their heritage, UNESCO chief warns More >>
South Sudan: UN deplores deadly attack
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 12:38 pm | UN News
2 July 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a deadly attack against a United Nations 'protection-of-civilians' site in South Sudan amid a renewed flare-up of violence in the newfound nation. More >>
UN chief condemns latest Egypt terrorist attack
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 12:36 pm | UN News
1 July 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned today's deadly attack in North Sinai. More >>
Boko Haram's 'extensive and far-reaching' abuses
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 12:34 pm | UN News
UN rights chief urges concerted action to tackle Boko Haram's 'extensive and far-reaching' abuses More >>
UN report projects steady decline in food prices
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 12:32 pm | UN News
1 July 2015 – Real prices for global agricultural products will continue their gradual decline over the coming decade due to a combination of strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand, according to a new report ... More >>
Ebola: virus resurfaces in Liberia
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:44 am | UN News
3 July 2015 – In a speedy response to Liberia's first confirmed cases of Ebola in more than three months, the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ) has begun distributing emergency supplies in the affected communities including tents for isolating ... More >>
Mali: UN condemns attack which killed six peacekeepers
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:43 am | UN News
2 July 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the attack against a convoy of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ( MINUSMA ), which killed six peacekeepers and injured five others. More >>
Syria's ‘cataclysmic conflict’
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:38 am | UN News
30 June 2015 – The international community should be ashamed that three years since the adoption of the Geneva Communiqué on Syria, the Middle Eastern country’s “cataclysmic conflict” continues unabated, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said ... More >>
Cholera eradication in Haiti will take ‘some years,’
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:31 am | UN News
30 June 2015 – While some 16,000 new cases of cholera have been reported in Haiti so far this year, the disease is now under control but it will not be eradicated unless improving water and sanitation conditions are given a higher priority by both ... More >>
Year of sustained violence across Iraq
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:28 am | UN News
30 June 2015 – The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) today said that over the past year in Iraq, it has seen a 75 per cent increase in grave violations against children that include killing and maiming, abduction, recruitment as soldiers, ... More >>
Thousands flee Burundi for neighbouring countries
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:27 am | UN News
30 June 2015 – Some ten thousand refugees fled Burundi over the weekend before authorities managed to close the borders ahead of yesterday’s parliamentary elections, the United Nations refugee agency ( UNHCR ) reported today. More >>
Yemen crisis deteriorates
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:24 am | UN News
30 June 2015 – The ongoing conflict in Yemen is having a devastating impact on the country’s health system and has exposed millions of children to the threat of preventable diseases, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has warned. More >>
Internal displacement doubles in Libya since September
Saturday, 4 July 2015, 11:23 am | UN News
30 June 2015 – According to the United Nations refugee agency, the number of people displaced within Libya has almost doubled from an estimated 230,000 last September to more than 434,000 amid escalating fighting this year in different parts of the ... More >>
Ban welcomes new post-2020 climate targets
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 8:17 pm | UN News
30 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today's formal submission of post-2020 climate change targets or Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) by both the China and the Republic of Korea. More >>
First country to halt mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 8:00 pm | UN News
Cuba becomes first country to halt mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis – UN health agency More >>
Ban condemns killing of former Lesotho military commander
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 1:50 pm | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General today condemned the killing of Lt. Gen. Maaparankoe Mahao, former Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force, on 25 June, near Maseru. More >>
Ban welcomes US Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 1:14 pm | UN News
Ban welcomes US Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing right to same-sex marriage Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) pride march. Photo: OHCHR/Joseph Smida More >>
