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UN pledges support to Ukraine
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:49 am | UN News
8 May 2015 – Continuing his travels in Europe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined the people of Ukraine today to honour the millions of soldiers and citizens who fought to defend human ... More >>
Unemployment rate for Palestine refugees reaches 44%
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:47 am | UN News
Unemployment rate for Palestine refugees reaches 44 per cent in Gaza Strip, UN agency says More >>
Discovery of bodies in smuggler’s camp in Thailand
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:41 am | UN News
Discovery of bodies in smuggler’s camp in Thailand prompts UN call for joint action against people trafficking More >>
Yemen’s children at immediate risk of severe malnutrition
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:34 am | UN News
8 May 2015 – More children in Yemen are at risk of dying from hunger and lack of health services than from bombs and bullets, the United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) warned today amid ongoing fighting across the Gulf country. More >>
Ebola transmissions plummet in Liberia
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:31 am | UN News
8 May 2015 – United Nations agencies and their partners today announced a massive campaign to vaccinate more than 600,000 children against polio and measles in Liberia as a crucial step towards recovery and the restoration of health services in the ... More >>
UN rights experts call on Iran to end death penalty
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:21 am | UN News
8 May 2015 – Two United Nations human rights experts have condemned the sharp increase in executions across Iran in recent weeks, urging the Government in Tehran to heed the Organization's appeal for an immediate halt on the use of the death penalty. More >>
CAR: Armed groups agree to release child soldiers
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:17 am | UN News
This little boy is not even 5 years old and he is already enrolled in an armed group. UNICEF and partners are working to release him and several thousand other kids in the Central African Republic (CAR). Photo: UNICEF CAR More >>
UNICEF and EU begin airlift humanitarian supplies to Nepal
Saturday, 9 May 2015, 11:15 am | UN News
UNICEF and EU begin airlift of 80 metric tonnes of humanitarian supplies to quake-hit Nepal More >>
UN condemn recent upsurge in executions in Iran
Friday, 8 May 2015, 9:48 pm | UN News
GENEVA (8 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on extrajudicial executions, Christof Heyns, today condemned the sharp increase in executions in recent weeks in the Islamic Republic ... More >>
World’s forcibly displaced hit record 38 million
Friday, 8 May 2015, 9:46 pm | UN News
World’s forcibly displaced hit record 38 million, prompting UN appeal for ‘all-out effort’ for peace More >>
UN warns of sexual violence in Syria
Friday, 8 May 2015, 9:42 pm | UN News
7 May 2015 – Sexual violence is being committed strategically, in a widespread and systematic manner, and with a high-degree of sophistication by most parties to the conflict in Syria and Iraq, the Special Representative of the United Nations ... More >>
Areas of Sahel impacted by Boko Haram violence
Friday, 8 May 2015, 9:39 pm | UN News
‘ Gruelling’ lean season ahead for areas of Sahel impacted by Boko Haram violence – UN agency More >>
Yemen conflict death toll nears 650
Friday, 8 May 2015, 1:29 pm | UN News
Yemen conflict death toll nears 650, with UN rights office spotlighting plight of 3 million disabled More >>
Nepal: UN agency calls for boost to health services
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:36 pm | UN News
Nepal: UN agency calls for ramped-up efforts to boost health services in quake-hit country More >>
UN labour agency set to ramp up operations in Nepal
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:35 pm | UN News
A man in Goddamchour Lalitpur trying to clear debris from the first floor of his house, as communities look for ways to start rebuilding their lives after the powerful earthquake devastated Nepal. Photo: UNDP Nepal/Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi More >>
INTERVIEW: Liberia moves past Ebola ‘nightmare’
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:21 pm | UN News
INTERVIEW: as Liberia moves past Ebola ‘nightmare,’ security and political challenges still ahead, UN envoy cautions More >>
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 >>
