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Passage of Implementing Legislation for Nuclear Security
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:48 pm | UN News
This week, President Obama signed into law implementing legislation for treaties that represent legal cornerstones of the global nuclear security architecture, the strengthening of which is a key goal of the Nuclear Security Summits. This legislation ... More >>
UN chief condemns rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:45 pm | UN News
4 June 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today has condemned the firing of rockets by militants from Gaza towards Israel which occurred yesterday. More >>
Feature: Nepal’s heritage sites on shaky ground
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:42 pm | UN News
5 June 2015 – Against the backdrop of Nepal’s humming capital of Kathmandu, in a centre just off Durbar Square, it would be difficult to miss the elderly woman smiling warmly in a bright red sari. She is among those offering traditional, homespun ... More >>
Citing ‘horrifying acts of cruelty’ in Nigeria
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:38 pm | UN News
Hadjara, 8, fled a Boko Haram attack against Baga in Nigeria with her family. She was shot during the attack and her arm had to be amputated at Baga-Sola hospital in Chad. Photo: OCHA/Caroline Birch More >>
Liberia's school systems recover after Ebola outbreak
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:31 pm | UN News
As Liberia's school systems recover after Ebola outbreak, UNICEF distributes thousands of learning kits More >>
UN health agency dispatches team to Seoul after fourth death
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:29 pm | UN News
5 June 2015 – The World Health Organization ( WHO ) today announced that in light of the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV, resulting in four deaths in the Republic of Korea, it will send a team to Seoul to conduct ... More >>
Pakistan: UN urge halt to execution of child offender
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:28 pm | UN News
Pakistan: UN experts urge halt to execution of child offender, reinstatement of death penalty moratorium More >>
Abduction of Eritrean asylum-seekers in eastern Sudan
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:27 pm | UN News
5 June 2015 – An armed group opened fire on a convoy transporting Eritrean asylum-seekers in eastern Sudan and kidnapped 14 of them, including six boys and one girl, the United Nations refugee agency reported today and urged the Sudanese Government to spare ... More >>
Syria: Security Council ‘outraged’ by intensifying attacks
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:25 pm | UN News
5 June 2015 – Amid surging violence in Aleppo, the United Nations Security Council today expressed “outrage” at all attacks against civilians in Syria, as well as indiscriminate attacks. More >>
Major funding gap has left Iraq on brink of ‘catastrophe."
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:24 pm | UN News
Major funding gap has left Iraq on brink of ‘catastrophe,’ UN warns as new humanitarian appeal launched More >>
UN takes aim at cyber-threats against nuclear safety
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 5:30 pm | UN News
The international community must intensify efforts to protect the world’s nuclear facilities from cyberattacks, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog declared today as he opened the Organization’s first-ever conference on the issue at the ... More >>
Give young people decent jobs to create a better future
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 5:27 pm | UN News
When young people have decent jobs, political weight, negotiating muscle and real influence in the world, they will create a better future, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he kicked off a Headquarters event on empowering youth ... More >>
Call for de-escalation of conflict in South Sudan
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 5:21 pm | UN News
Women and children have suffered devastating attacks in South Sudan’s Unity State. Photo: UNICEF/South Sudan/Sebastian Rich More >>
Emergency support to refugees fleeing Burundi crisis
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 5:12 pm | UN News
Burundians fleeing pre-election violence rest on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a gruelling 22-hour boat journey. More than 100,000 Burundians have fled over the past month, arriving in Tanzania, Rwanda and ... More >>
Commitment to advancing women's rights in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 4:52 pm | UN News
While the outgoing senior United Nations rights official in Afghanistan said she expected the human rights advances made “will be sustained, will not be rolled back, and will not be sacrificed,” she lamented the high level of violence against ... More >>
Greece and global financial institutions urged to reach deal
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 4:47 pm | UN News
UN expert urges Greece and global financial institutions to reach debt deal that respects human rights More >>
Security Council urges Yemeni stakeholders towards dialogue
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 4:41 pm | UN News
The Security Council today voiced deep concern about the “grave situation” in Yemen and urged the country's stakeholders to engage as soon as possible in United Nations-brokered inclusive political consultations. More >>
Burundi: UN urges return to political dialogue
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 4:35 pm | UN News
2 June 2015 – The United Nations is continuing its efforts to facilitate a dialogue among Burundian stakeholders amid the country’s ongoing political deadlock and a burgeoning humanitarian crisis, a spokesperson for the Organization announced today. More >>
European Parliament to work together to address migration
Sunday, 31 May 2015, 12:43 pm | UN News
27 May 2015 – In Brussels today, where he was addressing the European Parliament, the United Nations Secretary-General today the important role played by the European Union in boosting the UN agenda, particularly on matters of peace, development and ... More >>
Tony Blair is stepping down, UN and partners announce
Sunday, 31 May 2015, 12:41 pm | UN News
27 May 2015 – The diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East peace process today announced that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to step aside as the group’s Representative and expressed its “deep appreciation” for his “remarkable service” ... More >>
