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Israeli, Palestinian Leaders to Make ‘Difficult Compromises’
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 12:48 pm | UN News
Assistant Secretary-General ad interim for Political Affairs, Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. UN Photo/Yubi Hoffmann More >>
Somalia: UN envoy calls for political stability
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 12:11 pm | UN News
17 November 2014 – The top United Nations official in Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has met with country leaders in Mogadishu to discuss the ongoing political crisis days ahead of the first high-level meeting held in Copenhagen to review the embattled ... More >>
UN Launches ‘Pocketbook’ on Nutrition
Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 12:08 pm | UN News
17 November 2014 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) has today published a comprehensive pocketbook of nutrition-related data covering all regions of the world ahead of the Second International Conference on Nutrition ... More >>
Signs of New Ebola Cases in Liberia
Monday, 17 November 2014, 3:22 pm | UN News
Amid Signs of New Ebola Cases, UN Health Official Tells Liberians ‘You Must Hunt the Virus’ More >>
UN Report: Civilians inside ISIL-controlled Syria
Monday, 17 November 2014, 2:57 pm | UN News
14 November 2014 – Shocking accounts of the use of terror by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to subjugate Syrians living under its control were revealed by United Nations human rights investigators today who said the group’s ... More >>
Mexico: ‘Deep concerns’ over case of missing students
Monday, 17 November 2014, 2:54 pm | UN News
14 November 2014 – The United Nations Human Rights Office ( OHCHR ) today cautioned against jumping to conclusions regarding the “complex and ongoing” investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, amid reports that a number badly ... More >>
Investigation into alleged mass rape in North Darfur town
Monday, 17 November 2014, 2:52 pm | UN News
14 November 2014 – Allegations of the mass rape of 200 women and girls in a town in North Darfur continue raise concerns in the war-torn Sudanese region as the African Union-United Nations hybrid mission there presses ahead with its efforts “to shed ... More >>
UN Agency Cuts Food Rations for Refugees in Kenya
Monday, 17 November 2014, 2:46 pm | UN News
Lacking Funds, UN Agency Turns to ‘Last Resort,’ Cuts Food Rations for Refugees in Kenya More >>
UN mission condemns bombings in Libya
Monday, 17 November 2014, 2:42 pm | UN News
13 November 2014 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya ( UNSMIL ) has strongly condemned the rising violence in eastern and western Libya, including the bombings this morning in Tripoli of the embassies of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, as ... More >>
‘Haiti Cannot Wait 40 Years’ to Eliminate Cholera
Monday, 17 November 2014, 2:37 pm | UN News
The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has partnered with Haitian Agencies to combat cholera by providing clean water. UN Photo/Logan Abassi More >>
Bollywood Icon Appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
Monday, 17 November 2014, 2:28 pm | UN News
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka meets with Bollywood icon Farhan Akhtar, the first-ever male appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Photo: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh More >>
Ceasefire in Ukraine under ‘Continuous, Serious Strain.'
Friday, 14 November 2014, 11:21 am | UN News
12 November 2014 – Prevailing hostilities in Ukraine in recent days are putting the ceasefire agreed to in September under “continuous and serious strain,” a senior United Nations political official told the Security Council today, warning ... More >>
Efforts Lag in Eliminating Measles
Friday, 14 November 2014, 11:05 am | UN News
A child receives the measles vaccine in the Kibati II camp, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: WHO/Christopher Black More >>
Palestinian Students in UN Relief Agency Schools
Friday, 14 November 2014, 11:02 am | UN News
According to a new report from the World Bank, UNRWA students in the occupied Palestinian territory and Jordan perform better than their peers in public schools despite their socioeconomic disadvantages. Photo: UNRWA Archives/Shareef Sarhan More >>
Defeating Ebola Requires Scaling up Response on the Ground
Friday, 14 November 2014, 10:54 am | UN News
Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, speaks at the briefing on the public health crisis emanating from the Ebola virus outbreak. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard More >>
Ebola: UN Special Envoy Says Combating Stigma Integral
Friday, 14 November 2014, 10:50 am | UN News
Special Envoy on Ebola Dr. David Nabarro briefing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at UN Headquarters. UN Photo/Loey Felipe More >>
UN Chief Urges Calm as Israeli-Palestinian Tensions Flare
Thursday, 13 November 2014, 1:53 pm | UN News
11 November 2014 – Amid an outburst of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all parties to do everything they can to reduce the simmering hostilities and continue, through dialogue, on the ... More >>
Opium Harvest in Afghanistan Hits New High in 2014
Thursday, 13 November 2014, 1:48 pm | UN News
12 November 2014 – Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan reached record levels this year, with the former increasing seven per cent to 224,000 hectares in 2014, and production levels potentially climbing as much as 17 per cent, according ... More >>
UN War Crimes Commission Records: Vital Justice Tool
Thursday, 13 November 2014, 1:46 pm | UN News
Out of the 'Darkness': UN War Crimes Commission Records Hailed as Vital International Justice Tool More >>
UN Praises China, US for Announcement on Emission Cuts
Thursday, 13 November 2014, 1:24 pm | UN News
The World Bank is working with a number of large Chinese cities to help reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. Photo: World Bank/Wu Zhiyi More >>
