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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 >>
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 >>
