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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 >>
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 >>
