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Ban establishes panel to review UN peace operations
Monday, 3 November 2014, 3:05 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and Jose Ramos-Horta, newly-appointed chair of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe (file photo) More >>
Ebola: UN envoy says response must be sustained
Monday, 3 November 2014, 2:38 pm | UN News
Ebola: UN envoy says response must be sustained ‘until every last case is contained and treated’ More >>
Expert urges ratification of treaty to phase out mercury use
Monday, 3 November 2014, 2:16 pm | UN News
The use of mercury to extract gold poses health risks to artisanal miners. Photo: IRIN/Kenneth Odiwuor More >>
UN chief says technology can change future of Africa
Monday, 3 November 2014, 2:07 pm | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pays a visit to the offices of the non profit technology company Ushahidi and its offshoot, iHub, while in Nairobi, Kenya. UN Photo/Evan Schneider More >>
Mission extracts 30 civilians from airstrip in South Sudan
Monday, 3 November 2014, 2:03 pm | UN News
MI-8 helicopter of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in Juba. UN Photo/Martine Perret More >>
‘Outraged’ Security Council condemns ongoing violence
Monday, 3 November 2014, 1:25 pm | UN News
Syrian Kurds from the town of Kobane seeking shelter in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Photo: UNHCR/D. Nahr More >>
Security Council condemns ISIL's murder of Sunni tribesmen
Monday, 3 November 2014, 1:20 pm | UN News
Displaced persons queue up to receive food supplies at a WFP distribution site in the Kasnazan area of Erbil Governorate, in northern Iraq. Photo: OCHA/Iason Athanasiadis More >>
UN mission welcomes Government request to boost presence
Monday, 3 November 2014, 1:16 pm | UN News
An armored personnel carrier on patrol near Beni, where the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) is supporting the Congolese National Forces (FARDC) in an operation against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) ... More >>
China 'key' to shaping future of global humanitarian action
Monday, 3 November 2014, 1:11 pm | UN News
1 November 2014 – United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, concluding a two-day mission to China today said the world can learn a great deal from the Asian country's experience in building disaster management ... More >>
Ebola response chief says disease 'still very much a crisis'
Monday, 3 November 2014, 12:59 pm | UN News
Citing progress in Guinea, UN Ebola response chief says disease 'still very much a crisis' More >>
'Stand up for justice', UN urges
Monday, 3 November 2014, 12:48 pm | UN News
'Stand up for justice', UN urges on first Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists More >>
'Leaders must act', urges Ban
Monday, 3 November 2014, 12:14 pm | UN News
'Leaders must act', urges Ban, as new UN report warns man's impact on climate may soon be 'irreversible' More >>
Rwanda Accelerates Move to Cashless Economy
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:47 pm | UN News
Digital payments are being used to transform economies to cashless. Photo: World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie More >>
Mass Protests Sweep Burkina Faso Capital
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:45 pm | UN News
30 October 2014 – Greatly concerned by the deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an end to the violence and announced that he is dispatching his special envoy for West Africa ... More >>
Kenya: Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:43 pm | UN News
At age one, Fatima was subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in her village in Afar Region of Ethiopia which has one of the world’s highest prevalence rates. Photo: UNICEF/Kate Holt More >>
Ukraine: Planned Holding of November ‘Elections’ by Rebels
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 3:38 pm | UN News
A monitor from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine inspects damage to a building, 9 July 2014. Photo: OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka More >>
Signs of Ebola Decline in Liberia Offer ‘Glimmer of Hope’
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 3:32 pm | UN News
Equipped with UNICEF-developed and Government-approved awareness materials, these girls go door-to-door in West Point, Monrovia, to educate their parents, family members and friends about Ebola and how it can be prevented. Photo: UNICEF/UNI171713/Griggers More >>
Status Quo Not Viable Option’ in Jerusalem
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 3:25 pm | UN News
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council at its meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe More >>
Donation for Reconstruction of Gaza Schools
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 3:16 pm | UN News
29 October 2014 – As the United Nations ramps up its reconstruction efforts of war-ravaged Gaza, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has announced a contribution of $50,000 to help with the rebuilding of UN schools heavily damaged during the recent ... More >>
Allegations of Misreporting by Joint Darfur Mission
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 3:02 pm | UN News
Ban ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Findings of Review of Allegations of Misreporting by Joint Darfur Mission More >>
