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Ban to take up fight against Ebola with all UN Organisations
Sunday, 23 November 2014, 4:21 pm | UN News
Street sellers at Waterside market in central Monrovia, where there has seen a huge drop in customers over the past months due to the onset of the Ebola Virus Disease. Photo: UNDP/Carly Learson (20 November 2014) More >>
First-ever resolution on ‘invaluable role’ of UN police
Sunday, 23 November 2014, 4:18 pm | UN News
20 November 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today adopted its first-ever resolution focusing on the world body’s policing operations, stressing their invaluable contribution to peacekeeping, civilian protection and the rule of law, and pledging ... More >>
Anaemic growth for shipping industry
Sunday, 23 November 2014, 4:17 pm | UN News
20 November 2014 – The growth of global seaborne shipping over the past year has reflected the “stumbling” progress of the world economy, the United Nations trade and development body announced today as it presented its latest report on the “volatile ... More >>
Nearly 1,000 dead amid shaky Ukraine ceasefire
Friday, 21 November 2014, 12:07 pm | UN News
In latest report, UN rights office says nearly 1,000 dead amid shaky Ukraine ceasefire More >>
UN agency chief reports on Iran, DPR Korea nuclear files
Friday, 21 November 2014, 12:01 pm | UN News
UN agency chief reports on Iran, DPR Korea nuclear files, measures to curb climate change More >>
$9 billion in pledges to Green Climate Fund
Friday, 21 November 2014, 11:52 am | UN News
20 November 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the pledges of more than $9.3 billion made by Governments towards the initial capitalisation of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at the first pledging conference for the mechanism, ... More >>
Pope urges concrete action in global nutrition challenge
Friday, 21 November 2014, 11:15 am | UN News
Pope Francis addresses the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) at FAO Headquarters in Rome. Photo: FAO/Giulio Napolitano More >>
Legal amendment in Gambia targeting homosexuals
Friday, 21 November 2014, 11:10 am | UN News
20 November 2014 – The top United Nations human rights official today criticized a recent amendment to the criminal code of The Gambia that creates a broad and vague offence of “aggravated homosexuality” punishable by life imprisonment, and expressed ... More >>
Ebola Cases No Longer Rising in Guinea and Liberia
Friday, 21 November 2014, 10:33 am | UN News
In Conakry, Guinea, a mobilizer teaches children about proper handwashing techniques, which help prevent the spread of diseases, including Ebola. Photo: UNICEF/Timothy La Rose More >>
‘Insecurity on the March Again’ in Africa’s Sahel Region
Friday, 21 November 2014, 10:30 am | UN News
A woman and her severely malnourished son leave a UNICEF-supported health centre, in Maradi Region. Photo: UNICEF/Olivier Asselin More >>
UN: Alleged Mass Rape in North Darfur
Friday, 21 November 2014, 10:27 am | UN News
UNAMID commanders from Rwanda and Ethiopia exhange duties in Tabit, North Darfur, to escort a convoy of World Food Programme (WFP) trucks travelling from El Fasher to Shangil Tobaya. Photo: UNAMID/Albert González Farran More >>
Libya: UN Mission Brokers 12-Hour Humanitarian Truce
Thursday, 20 November 2014, 12:33 pm | UN News
19 November 2014 – The head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya ( UNSMIL ) announced today that all parties to the conflict in Benghazi have agreed to an unconditional humanitarian truce to evacuate civilians and retrieve the bodies of ... More >>
UN strongly condemns attack on Jerusalem synagogue
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 3:51 pm | UN News
18 November 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today’s attack on a synagogue in West Jerusalem that claimed four lives and injured several persons, calling for political leadership and courage on both sides to address ... More >>
DR Congo: UN Warns of Humanitarian ‘Catastrophe’
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 3:45 pm | UN News
DR Congo: UN Warns of Humanitarian ‘Catastrophe’ as Hundreds of Thousands Flee Violence in Katanga More >>
Burkina Faso: Ban Welcomes Appointment of Interim President
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 3:39 pm | UN News
17 November 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the people of Burkina Faso on the signing of the Charter of the Transition and on the appointment of former foreign minister Michel Kafando as Transitional President. More >>
UN health agency under way to step up Ebola response in Mali
Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 3:22 pm | UN News
Police turned away patients at the Clinique Pasteur in Bamako, Mali, after the hospital was put under quarantine for the Ebola virus. Photo: IRIN/Katarina Höije More >>
Ebola: DR Congo declares end to outbreak
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 1:18 pm | UN News
Ebola: DR Congo declares end to outbreak, as top footballers join global fight against virus More >>
INTERPOL operation targets environmental fugitives
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 1:07 pm | UN News
CITES is supporting INTERPOL’s Operation ‘INFRA-Terra’ (International Fugitive Round Up and Arrest), targeting nine fugitives wanted for environmental crime, in particular wildlife crime. Credit: INTERPOL/CITES More >>
Iraq: UN convoy hit by explosion in Baghdad
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 12:59 pm | UN News
17 November 2014 – A United Nations convoy of three vehicles proceeding from the Baghdad International Airport to the International Zone was hit with at least one explosion this morning, the Organization’s assistance mission in the country reported ... More >>
Darfur rape allegations: Ban urges unfettered access to town
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 12:57 pm | UN News
An unexploded bomb on the way to Tabit from Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur. Photo: UNAMID/Albert González Farran More >>
