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Increased Taxes Regulation Key to Fighting Tobacco ‘Epidemic
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 1:33 pm | UN News
20 October 2014 – The implementation of higher taxes on tobacco products and greater regulation for electronic cigarettes are among the decisions passed by a United Nations-backed conference amid comprehensive efforts to clamp down on the tobacco “epidemic” ... More >>
City-Backed Water Shut-Offs Contrary to Human Rights
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 1:19 pm | UN News
20 October 2014 – The city of Detroit must restore access to water for its citizens who remain unable to pay their bills, two United Nations experts urged today, adding that a failure to do so would be a violation of the most basic human rights of those ... More >>
Venezuela: UN Calls for Release of Opposition Leader
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 1:15 pm | UN News
High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré More >>
UN Agency Ramps up for Gaza Reconstruction Push
Monday, 20 October 2014, 4:23 pm | UN News
UNRWA estimates around 17,000 destroyed or damaged homes, rendering 100,000 people homeless in Gaza. Photo: UNRWA Archives/Shareef Sarhan More >>
Alarming Rise in Use of Death Penalty in Iraq
Monday, 20 October 2014, 4:21 pm | UN News
19 October 2014 – Top United Nations officials are today calling on Government of Iraq to impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty after a new UN report found an alarming rise in executions carried out by the country since capital punishment ... More >>
Ebola: Coordinating Global Crisis Response
Monday, 20 October 2014, 4:20 pm | UN News
This ship in Las Palmas, Spain, is being loaded with WFP supplies and 1,920 metric tons of USAID-donated commodities and headed for Ebola response operations in Guinea. Photo: WFP/Enrique Pulido More >>
Ebola: UN Official Says Survivors Now Helping with Care
Monday, 20 October 2014, 4:15 pm | UN News
“I lost my parents to Ebola,” says survivor Tafala, at the Ebola Treatment Centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF Sierra Leone/2014/Tanya Bindra More >>
'ISIL Must Be Defeated', Declares Security Council
Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:53 pm | UN News
18 October 2014 – The Security Council has urged the world to step up measures to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after the terrorist group carried out a spate of brutal attacks in Baghdad and Anbar over the past few days, ... More >>
Central African Republic: Militia’s Targeting of Hospitals
Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:52 pm | UN News
Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic (CAR), Claire Bourgeois (centre). Photo: OCHA/John James. More >>
UN Demands Safe Release of Abducted Personnel in South Sudan
Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:49 pm | UN News
Residents at the camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the UN Mission for South Sudan (UNMISS) Malakal Base in the Upper Nile State wait in line at the base's health facility. UN Photo/Isaac Billy More >>
Small Chance for Asylum-Seekers Attempting to Reach Yemen
Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:44 pm | UN News
More Asylum-Seekers Died Trying to Reach Yemen in 2014, than 3 Past Years Combined – UN More >>
UNESCO Chief Denounces Killing of Cambodian Journalist
Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:39 pm | UN News
17 October 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the killing of a Cambodian reporter shot while investigating illegal logging in the eastern part of the country. More >>
DR Congo: Head of UN Mission Condemns Deadly Rebel Attacks
Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:13 pm | UN News
A MONUSCO APC is greeted by FARDC soldiers on their way back from the front line in the Beni region of the DRC where the UN is backing the FARDC in an operation against ADF militia. Photo: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti More >>
Urgent Global Action Needed as Ebola Continues Rampage
Friday, 17 October 2014, 3:46 pm | UN News
WFP food convoy delivers assistance across Sierra Leone to various districts (September 2014). Photo: WFP/Gon Myers More >>
Funding Gap Looms Amid Efforts to Tackle Ebola & ISIS
Friday, 17 October 2014, 3:30 pm | UN News
Funding Gap Looms Amid Efforts to Tackle ‘Twin Plagues’ Ebola, ISIL, Warns UN Rights Chief More >>
Somalia: Second Deadly Terrorist Attack in Less than a Week
Friday, 17 October 2014, 3:09 pm | UN News
16 October 2014 – The top United Nations official in Somalia today condemned the latest terrorist attack to hit the African country's capital city of Mogadishu leaving a number of people dead and many more injured. More >>
UN Lauds Role of Family Farmers in Ending Global Hunger
Friday, 17 October 2014, 2:44 pm | UN News
A farmer at work in a dragon fruit field in Viet Nam (July 2013). Photo: FAO/Hoang Dinh Nam | See more photos More >>
Killing of Iraqi Politician as Violence in Country Spikes
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:49 pm | UN News
15 October 2014 – The United Nations envoy for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, today voiced condemnation for the killing of an Iraqi politician amid an increase of violence in the Middle Eastern country. More >>
Ebola Response in ‘High-Gear’
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:42 pm | UN News
Ebola Response in ‘High-Gear’ as UN Official Warns ‘Things Will Get Worse Before They Improve More >>
Eradicating Poverty Eqaul with Biodiversity Protection
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:39 pm | UN News
A Cheetah mother with her two cubs in Kenya. (Image used under license from Shutterstock.com) More >>
