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'Vicious circles linking violence and hunger’ must end
Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 5:32 pm | UN News
26 January 2015 – Agriculture and food security must be treated as essential components of peacebuilding and conflict resolution, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) said during a special meeting of the UN Peacebuilding ... More >>
UN spotlights ‘string of successes’ in Asia-Pacific region
Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 5:25 pm | UN News
26 January 2015 – The United Nations main development programme spotlighted today its string of successes in 36 countries and territories in the Asia and Pacific region in the areas of poverty reduction, conservation of natural resources, democratic ... More >>
Libyan political dialogue set to resume in Geneva
Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 5:22 pm | UN News
25 January 2015 – Libyan stakeholders will return to Geneva this week for a new round of United Nations-facilitated dialogue aimed at resolving the war-torn country's longstanding political crisis, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya ( UNSMIL ... More >>
Ban congratulates Zambia for 'peaceful' election
Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 5:20 pm | UN News
25 January 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the Government and people of Zambia for the peaceful conduct of their recent presidential election, according to a United Nations spokesperson. More >>
N relief official calls for kidnapped aid worker’s release
Saturday, 24 January 2015, 11:32 am | UN News
20 January 2015 – A senior United Nations relief official in the Central African Republic (CAR) has strongly condemned the abduction of a French aid worker by unknown assailants and called for her immediate release, the Office for the Coordination ... More >>
Genocide occurs when ‘warning signs’ ignored
Saturday, 24 January 2015, 11:28 am | UN News
21 January 2015 – During a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp today, United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson called for reflection on how better to prevent horrific crimes witnessed ... More >>
Burundi making strides towards ‘peaceful, credible’ election
Saturday, 24 January 2015, 11:24 am | UN News
21 January 2015 – Amid a flare-up in fighting and ongoing political tensions between the Government and opposition members, the organization of legitimate elections in Burundi remains ‘one of the most pressing challenges’ facing the African country ... More >>
Ukraine ceasefire exists ‘in name only,’
Saturday, 24 January 2015, 10:58 am | UN News
21 January 2015 – After weeks of relative calm, the United Nations political chief said the Security Council was meeting today amid the ‘worst hostilities’ in eastern Ukraine since the Minsk Protocol was agreed on 5 September, with the urgently needed ... More >>
International Monetary Fund downgrade global growth forecast
Thursday, 22 January 2015, 12:53 pm | UN News
20 January 2015 – Despite a sharp decline in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest economic outlook today lowered growth expectations for this year and the next for most countries due to slowdown in investment, and urged governments ... More >>
Child suicide bombers attack northern Nigeria market
Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 11:05 am | UN News
UN condemns Boko Haram's 'depraved act' as child suicide bombers attack northern Nigeria market More >>
Unity march in wake deadly terrorist attacks in France
Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 10:13 am | UN News
UNESCO chief joins world leaders for historic unity march in wake deadly terrorist attacks in France More >>
UN mourns slain French cartoonists
Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 10:11 am | UN News
At UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the UN flag flies at half-mast in homage to victims of yesterday's attack on Charlie Hebdo. UNESCO/Pilar Chang-Joo More >>
Security Council Demands End to LRA Attacks in Africa
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 11:22 am | UN News
A Congolese refugee at an emergency school in Obo, Haut-Mbomou, Central African Republic, (CAR) after fleeing attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Photo: OCHA/Lauren Paletta More >>
Ban urges action for climate change
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 11:13 am | UN News
‘The more we delay, the more we will pay,’ says Ban, urging action on climate More >>
Iran: UN atomic agency chief appeals for funds
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 11:10 am | UN News
Iran: UN atomic agency chief appeals for funds to extend monitoring mission until June 2015 More >>
Patience ‘wearing thin’ with warring parties in South Sudan
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 11:06 am | UN News
11 December 2014 – Leaders on both sides of the conflict in South Sudan must inject “a new sense of urgency” into the peace process in order to reach a comprehensive peace agreement as soon as possible, the Special Representative of the United Nations ... More >>
US must now recover moral high ground in torture allegations
Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:34 pm | UN News
Mr. Juan Mendez, Special Rapporteur on Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas More >>
Record cereal crop as Ebola conflict threatens food security
Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:29 pm | UN News
A farmer works in her cornfield in Swaziland. Southern Africa has had a strong maize harvest in 2014. Photo: FAO/Giulio Napolitano More >>
UN congratulates frontline Ebola response workers
Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:25 pm | UN News
10 December 2014 – The United Nations today congratulated the front line workers in the field battling Ebola on their well-deserved recognition as Time “Person of the Year,” while countries affected by the outbreak and their partners met to ... More >>
UN-backed reconstruction efforts continue in Gaza
Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:14 pm | UN News
11 December 2014 – Reconstruction efforts in Gaza are continuing as thousands of people will soon have access to building materials for urgent repairs to their homes following last summer’s conflict in the war-ravaged enclave, the United Nations ... More >>
