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Ebola: UN Chief Hails Progress in Fight Against Virus
Monday, 10 November 2014, 5:02 pm | UN News
Doctors from the Liberian Ministry of Health, working with personnel from WHO and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), attend to a patient quarantined at a Liberian ebola isolation unit in the capitol city Monrovia. Photo: UNMIL/Staton Winter More >>
Ban Welcomes Release of Two US Nationals Held by DPR Korea
Monday, 10 November 2014, 4:59 pm | UN News
8 November 2014 – The release of two United States nationals by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) provides hope for “positive momentum” as international parties work to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula, ... More >>
South Sudan: UN Chief Lauds Steps to Ending Conflict
Monday, 10 November 2014, 4:53 pm | UN News
People fleeing violence in Bentiu, the capital of Unity state, South Sudan, arriving at UNMISS base on 15 April 2014 to seek shelter. Photo: UNMISS/Mihad Abdallah More >>
Yemen: UN Welcomes New Government Aimed at Bringing Peace
Monday, 10 November 2014, 4:47 pm | UN News
8 November 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the formation of a new Peace and National Partnership Government in Yemen aimed at ending a period of political turbulence and bringing about a full transition towards democracy ... More >>
Security Council Honours Role of Rwandan Genocide Tribunal
Monday, 10 November 2014, 4:25 pm | UN News
8 November 2014 – The Security Council today marked the 20th anniversary of the United Nations tribunal established in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, recognizing the court's role in fostering a process of national reconciliation and the restoration ... More >>
Burundi: Elections Draw Near
Monday, 10 November 2014, 4:23 pm | UN News
The police in Bujumbura, Burundi, have increasingly broken up opposition party gatherings. Photo: IRIN/Desire Nimubona More >>
UN Agency Chief Lament Sheer Unsustainability of Gaza Crisis
Friday, 7 November 2014, 5:26 pm | UN News
Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Pierre Krähenbühl (right), briefs the General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on 4 November 2014. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas More >>
Ebola Vaccine Trial Estimated to Begin in January
Friday, 7 November 2014, 3:59 pm | UN News
Clinical trials of this candidate Ebola vaccine will take place in the US, Germany, Gabon and Kenya. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro More >>
Kenya: UN Agency Voices Alarm Over Refugee Camp Safety
Friday, 7 November 2014, 3:48 pm | UN News
4 November 2014 – Following a spate of deadly violence at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, the United Nations refugee agency ( UNHCR ) today voiced concern about the security situation in the overcrowded settlement, urging a return to calm for ... More >>
Opioid overdose claims 70,000 lives each year
Friday, 7 November 2014, 3:45 pm | UN News
A drug user injects a tranquilizer-type substance with a safe injection kit provided by a Thailand NGO. Injecting drug users (IDUs) can shoot all sorts of drugs intravenously. Photo: IRIN/Sean Kimmons More >>
Plight of Palestine Refugees Must Be Fully Addressed
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 5:19 pm | UN News
After 65 Years, Plight of Palestine Refugees Must Be Fully Addressed, UN Agency Chief Says More >>
Gaza Reconstruction Effort Moves Forward
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 5:17 pm | UN News
4 November 2014 – The United Nations-backed mechanism designed to provide war-ravaged Gaza with reconstruction materials for urgent shelter repairs has commenced its operations, a senior UN official in the region has announced. More >>
UN Warns of Economic Hardship in Ebola-Hit Countries
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 5:07 pm | UN News
UN Warns of Economic Hardship in Ebola-Hit Countries as World Bank Agrees Finance Package More >>
Ebola: UN Envoy Warns Against Letting Guard Down
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 5:01 pm | UN News
Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury (left) meeting with the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (to his left) in the capital Monrovia. Photo: UNMEER/Ari Gaitanis More >>
Terrorist Attack at India-Pakistan Border
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 3:20 pm | UN News
Peacekeepers from the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) speak with the local population near Bhimbar UN Field Station, Pakistan. UN Photo/Evan Schneider (file) More >>
UNICEF to Boost Staff in Ebola-Hit Countries
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 3:16 pm | UN News
UNICEF to Boost Staff in Ebola-Hit Countries; UN Health Chief Deplores Lagging Vaccine Research More >>
Ebola Mission Chief Reports Mixed Picture in Sierra Leone
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 3:12 pm | UN News
UN Ebola Mission Chief Reports Mixed Picture in Sierra Leone, as Victims Outpace Beds in Port Loko More >>
UN agency accelerates efforts on Nigerian refugee transfer
Monday, 3 November 2014, 3:21 pm | UN News
New arrivals from Nigeria in the Minawao refugee camp, located 120m kilometres from the Cameroon border with Nigeria. Photo: UNHCR/D. Mbaiorem More >>
Burkina Faso: Ban notes resignation of President
Monday, 3 November 2014, 3:12 pm | UN News
President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso addresses the UN General Assembly (September 2013). UN Photo/Rick Bajornas More >>
UN agency warns Somalia on verge of food crisis
Monday, 3 November 2014, 3:08 pm | UN News
A farmer with his livestock at th e Hargeisa Livestock Market in Somaliland. Photo: FAO More >>
