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Botswana: UN expert calls for renewed 'nation-building'
Monday, 1 December 2014, 2:16 pm | UN News
28 November 2014 – Following an official visit to Botswana, the UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights has called on the country to embark on a second phase of nation-building that reflects, builds on and celebrates its cultural diversity, stressing that issues ... More >>
Cooperationin Mediterranean can help stem forced migration
Saturday, 29 November 2014, 11:33 am | UN News
28 November 2014 – If countries of the Mediterranean want to stem the tide on forced migration and human suffering, they must put agricultural, food and rural development, including youth-targeted incentives, at the core of regional cooperation, said the ... More >>
Security Council condemns attack on UK embassy vehicle
Saturday, 29 November 2014, 11:31 am | UN News
28 November 2014 – The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the attack yesterday on a United Kingdom embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, reiterating serious concern at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other ... More >>
UN children's agency urges more investment into AIDS
Saturday, 29 November 2014, 11:28 am | UN News
Ahead of World AIDS Day, UN children's agency urges more investment, access to treatment More >>
Open-source tool will support community resilience-building
Friday, 28 November 2014, 11:39 am | UN News
27 November 2014 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Programme ( FAO ) is teaming up with a coalition of partner agencies to develop a new data crunching tool to help national governments, development and relief organizations in their efforts ... More >>
UNESCO chief denounces murder of Somali radio journalist
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:42 pm | UN News
Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova. UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz More >>
Ebola: UN crisis response mission opens new office in Mali
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:31 pm | UN News
Workers build an enclosure at the Mayagba Ebola community care centre construction site in Bombali District, which is among the areas worst affected by the disease in Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF/John James More >>
Ebola: Target for response may not be met in some areas
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:28 pm | UN News
Ebola: December 1 target for response may not be met in some areas of West Africa, UN reports More >>
Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 12:05 pm | UN News
Makarim Wibisono, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories. UN Photo/Violaine Martin More >>
‘Technology bank’ for world’s poorest nations
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 11:59 am | UN News
26 November 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the formation of a High-Level Panel to study the scope and functions of a proposed new “technology bank” and dedicated to helping the world’s least developed countries ... More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Experts urge removal of anti-gay bill
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 11:37 am | UN News
26 November 2014 – A group of United Nations human rights experts have urged the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan to reject a bill that would introduce criminal and administrative sanctions for acts aimed at forming “a positive attitude towards non-traditional ... More >>
Obesity-related cancers on the rise
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 11:33 am | UN News
26 November 2014 – Being overweight or obese have become major risk factors for developing cancer, particularly among women and in more developed countries, the specialized cancer agency of the United Nations World Health Organization ( WHO ) ... More >>
Pressure to release report on CIA torture allegatiions
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 11:31 am | UN News
26 November 2014 – The United States must rise to meet the high human rights standards it has set for itself and others around the world, a group of United Nations human rights experts urged today, as they called on President Obama to support “the fullest ... More >>
Syria: humanitarian efforts falling short
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 11:28 am | UN News
25 November 2014 – While humanitarians have made some progress in delivering much-needed supplies to the growing numbers of people in conflict-riven Syria, efforts by the United Nations and its partners are still falling short, a top UN relief official ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns suicide bombing
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 3:14 pm | UN News
24 November 2014 – A brutal terrorist attack which killed at least 50 civilians in Afghanistan over the weekend is an “atrocity” and may amount to a war crime, the top United Nations envoy to the country declared today as he condemned the indiscriminate ... More >>
New bird flu strain in Europe threatens poultry sector
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 3:11 pm | UN News
24 November 2014 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) today warned that a new bird flu strain detected in Europe poses a significant threat to the poultry sector, especially in low-resourced countries situated along ... More >>
Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in Kenya
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 3:04 pm | UN News
24 November 2014 – The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned Saturday’s attack in Mandera, Kenya for which Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility and which has caused the deaths of numerous innocent people. More >>
Madagascar: Warning of ‘rapid’ spread of plague in capital
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 3:02 pm | UN News
Ny Hantra Andriatsifasoa survived the bubonic plague after being infected in Madagascar in 2011. Photo: IRIN/Tiana Randriaharimalala More >>
Palestinian refugees from Syria face worsening situation
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 2:54 pm | UN News
Palestinian women at a UNRWA distribution centre in the Jaramana refugee camp, Damascus, Syria. Photo: UNRWA/Carole Alfarah More >>
Peace process hangs from a thread in Palestine
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 2:52 pm | UN News
‘Peace process hangs from a thread,’ UN warns ahead of Day of Solidarity with Palestinians More >>
