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Death of Spanish peacekeeper in Lebanon

Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:55 pm | UN News

4 February 2015 – The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the death of Lance Corporal Francisco Javier Soria Toledo of Spain, killed last week while deployed at a UN position in Lebanon along the border with Israel on the “Blue ... More >>

UN-hosted aviation safety conference

Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:50 pm | UN News

4 February 2015 – Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have recommended the adoption of a 15-minute aircraft tracking standard that “will be an important first step in providing a foundation for global flight tracking.” More >>

ISIL’s ‘manipulation’ of desperately needed food in Syria

Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:48 pm | UN News

4 February 2015 – The United Nations World Food Programme ( WFP ) is “extremely concerned” about images circulating on social media showing WFP food boxes bearing Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) labels. More >>

Armed groups to be ‘neutralised’ says UN DR Congo envoy

Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:47 pm | UN News

4 February 2015 – The head of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUSCO ) has today strongly condemned massacre of civilians that took place in the area of Beni town in the vast country’s restive northeast. More >>

Libya: UN mission condemns attack on oilfield

Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:44 pm | UN News

4 February 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya ( UNSMIL ) has strongly condemned the attack carried out by armed groups operating under the Alshuruq Operation in the ‘oil crescent’ area, causing many deaths and undermining the recent efforts ... More >>

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Civilian

Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:26 pm | UN News

In excessive use of force, on Saturday, 31 January 2015, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy and wounded and arrested another one in Burin village, south of Nablus. According to PCHR's investigations and eyewitnesses' accounts, Israeli forces could ... More >>

International Court of Justice dismisses genocide claims

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 11:27 am | UN News

3 February 2015 – The International Court of Justice ( ICJ ), the main judicial body of the United Nations, today rejected claims made by Croatia and Serbia accusing each other of committing genocide during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, a decision ... More >>

Escalation in Ukraine fighting

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 11:19 am | UN News

3 February 2015 – The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is proving “catastrophic” for the country's civilians amid escalating violence, indiscriminate shelling, and harsh winter conditions which have made life increasingly precarious for millions ... More >>

Security Council denounce murder of Jordanian pilot

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 11:16 am | UN News

3 February 2015 – For the second time in as many days, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have jointly condemned the brutal killing of a civilian by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – this time deploring ... More >>

Ebola: large-scale vaccine trials under way in Liberia

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 11:12 am | UN News

WHO welcomed the donation by the Public Health Agency of Canada of 800 vials of one of the leading candidate Ebola vaccines, rVSV-ZEBOV. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro (file) More >>

US measles outbreak: UN urges parents vaccinate children

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 11:08 am | UN News

3 February 2015 – Parents in the United States must vaccinate their children against measles in order to maintain the high levels of immunity necessary in keeping outbreaks of the aggressively contagious virus small and contained, the United Nations World ... More >>

UN agency boosts aid for Malawi’s flood victims

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 10:56 am | UN News

UN agency boosts aid for Malawi’s flood victims, as Member States are briefed on situation More >>

Somalia envoy ‘excited and worried’ about political progress

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 10:52 am | UN News

4 February 2015 – Underlining the importance of the partnership between the African Union and the United Nations in Somalia, which he called “unique, strong and essential for success,” the top UN official there briefed the Security Council today on the ... More >>

‘It’s now or never’ for Central African Republic

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 10:49 am | UN News

‘It’s now or never’ for Central African Republic, UN warns urging more international support to end crisis More >>

World Cancer Day

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 10:47 am | UN News

On World Cancer Day, UN says ‘goal must be equitable access for all patients, in all countries’ More >>

Role of health emerges as vital concern

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 10:45 am | UN News

4 February 2015 – As Member States accelerate efforts to finalize the successor to “the world’s most encompassing framework” on disaster risk reduction ahead of a critical United Nations conference in Japan next month, the role of health in ... More >>

UNESCO deplores ‘cultural cleansing’ of Iraq

Thursday, 5 February 2015, 10:40 am | UN News

3 February 2015 – The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) voiced alarm today over the reported destruction of thousands of books in museums, libraries and universities across Mosul – the northern Iraq ... More >>