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Liberia on the way to being declared ‘Ebola free'
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:18 pm | UN News
Karin Landgren, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), briefs the Security Council. UN Photo/Mark Garten More >>
UN deplores deadly attack on ‘blue helmets’ in DR Congo
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:13 pm | UN News
Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in suit) tells Tanzanian peacekeepers he strongly admires them despite the tragic loss of 2 comrades as they continue to actively protect the population. ... More >>
Congo: UN official condemns attack on mission helicopter
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:11 pm | UN News
A peacekeeper in an armoured vehicle providing protection for civilians in downtown Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Photo: MONUSCO/Abel Kavanagh More >>
New Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East peace
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:09 pm | UN News
4 May 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Robert Piper of Australia as his new Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, a United Nations spokesperson confirmed today. More >>
UN health agency expands support to areas cut off by quake
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 9:19 pm | UN News
Nepal: opening first field hub, UN health agency expands support to areas cut off by quake More >>
UN rights office launches website on albinism
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 9:14 pm | UN News
5 May 2015 – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ( OHCHR ) launched today a website dedicated to the issue of albinism aimed at debunking the myths of the rare condition which is “still profoundly misunderstood, socially ... More >>
UNICEF brings aid to displaced Yarmouk families
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 9:10 pm | UN News
5 May 2015 – The United Nations children’s agency participated in two missions this week to provide humanitarian assistance to families recently displaced from Yarmouk camp, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. More >>
Ban Ki-moon condemns Texas shooting
Tuesday, 5 May 2015, 1:49 pm | UN News
4 May 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned yesterday’s shooting in Texas that injured a law enforcement officer, reiterating that such criminal acts have nothing to do with religion or belief. More >>
UN urges release of Sudanese child soldiers
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 1:03 pm | UN News
28 April 2015 – The United Nations Special Representative for South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, travelled to Pibor town in the eastern part of the country, where she met some of the recently released child soldiers and urged the release of the ... More >>
Air pollution in Europe costs $1.6 trillion a year
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 1:01 pm | UN News
Air pollution in Europe costs $1.6 trillion a year in deaths and diseases, UN study shows More >>
Burundi: Ban condemns election-related violence
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:59 pm | UN News
28 April 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today condemned the outbreak of violence in Burundi following the nomination of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the presidential candidate of the country’s ruling party, and appealed ... More >>
Global tide of nuclear abolition has ebbed
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:57 pm | UN News
28 April 2015 – Achieving a world free of nuclear weapons is “one of the most crucial debates of our time,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, emphasizing that the international tide of nuclear abolition – so strong ... More >>
UN urges Mali to ‘immediately cease hostilities’
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:56 pm | UN News
28 April 2015 – Amid an upsurge in violence in Mali, the top United Nations official there today warned parties about the serious consequences their actions could have on the country’s peace process. More >>
Journalist Killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:28 pm | UN News
30 April 2015 – The head of the United Nations body mandated to defend freedom of expression and press freedom called today for an investigation into the killing of a journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 16 April. More >>
Experts welcome US review of lethal drone attacks
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:19 pm | UN News
29 April 2015 – A group of United Nations independent experts today welcomed the announcement by the United States Government of a review of two counter-terrorism operations involving the use of drones, while stressing the need for transparency ... More >>
Nepal: quake’s impact on food security likely ‘very high,'
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:18 pm | UN News
30 April 2015 – Some eight million dollars is urgently needed to help disaster-struck Nepalese farmers rapidly recover lost agricultural inputs and resume preparations for the imminent rice sowing season, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ... More >>
UN envoy urges Palestinian unity, end to Israeli blockade
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:16 pm | UN News
Arriving for talks in Gaza, new UN envoy urges Palestinian unity, end to Israeli blockade More >>
Somalia registers record export of livestock in 2014
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 4:44 pm | UN News
Somalia registers record export of livestock in 2014 due to trade boost with Gulf States More >>
Ban condemns attack on Yarmouk, as UN agency delivers relief
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 4:39 pm | UN News
Ban condemns attack on Yarmouk, as UN agency delivers 'critical' relief to displaced in camp More >>
New UN special envoy on Ebola response visit to Sierra Leone
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 4:37 pm | UN News
29 April 2015 – The United Nations World Health Organization ( WHO ) today said that surveillance and community engagement still require improvement in some areas of Guinea and Sierra Leone where new cases continued to surface, a day after the ... More >>
