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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 >>
One Million Somalis at Risk of Starvation
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 4:20 pm | UN News
A young boy carries away a box of food from a distribution centre in Afgoye, Somalia. Photo: AU/UN/IST/Tobin Jones More >>
Member States Must Increase Efforts to Stop Ebola Outbreak
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 3:34 pm | UN News
In Race Against Time, Member States Must Increase Efforts to Stop Ebola Outbreak – UN Official More >>
Gaza: Unity Needed to Build One Palestine
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 3:10 pm | UN News
In War-Ravaged Gaza, Ban Urges Ministers of New Government to Unite on “Building One Palestine” More >>
ISIL Advance on Iraqi Town Unleash New Flood of Displacement
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 2:43 pm | UN News
Syrian Kurds from the town of Kobane seeking shelter in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Photo: UNHCR/D. Nahr More >>
South Sudan: Steps to Tackle Widespread Sexual Violence
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 3:51 pm | UN News
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura speaks to journalists during her visit to South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS More >>
Gaza Efforts to Resolve ‘Root Causes' of Conflict
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 3:31 pm | UN News
In Middle East, Ban Urges Gaza Rebuilding Amid Efforts to Resolve ‘Root Causes’ of Conflict More >>
Game-Changer Software to Help Developing Countries Monitor
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 2:52 pm | UN News
FAO has launched free software tools that it hopes will improve the way many developing nations monitor the state of their forests to tackle deforestation and climate change. Photo: FAO/Joan Manuel Baliellas More >>
Security Council Condemns Deadly Attack on UN Peacekeepers
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 2:36 pm | UN News
10 October 2014 – Strongly condemning the recent deadly ambush of a convoy of United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR), the Security Council today deplored all attacks and provocations by armed groups against the UN stabilization ... More >>
Libya: Intensifying Fighting Continues
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 2:33 pm | UN News
10 October 2014 – In the last three weeks alone, intensified fighting between rival armed groups in Libya has forcibly displaced nearly 290,000 people across the country, including 100,000, who urgently need food, health care and adequate shelter, especially ... More >>
Security Council Condemns Deadly Attacks in Yemen
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 2:24 pm | UN News
10 October 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms yesterday’s bomb attack in Sana’a, Yemen which killed at least 47 seven people, including children. More >>
In Cairo, Ban Urges Parties to Gaza Conflict to End
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 2:22 pm | UN News
In Cairo, Ban Urges Parties to Gaza Conflict to End ‘Cycle of Building And Destroying’ More >>
Massive Reconstruction Effort in Gaza
Monday, 13 October 2014, 2:59 pm | UN News
12 October 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he will travel to Gaza on Tuesday to visit several sites destroyed during last summer's conflict, spotlighting the need to help the enclave "look ahead and build a better future” ... More >>
Ebola Response Escalation Needed Amid Worsening Outbreak
Friday, 10 October 2014, 4:10 pm | UN News
With funds from the World Bank Group, UNICEF delivers essential supplies to Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola outbreak. Photo: World Bank/Francis Ato Brown More >>
Malta Must Work Toward Preventing Ill-Treatment of Detainees
Friday, 10 October 2014, 4:07 pm | UN News
9 October 2014 – The Government of Malta has made strides towards preventing the torture and ill-treatment of people in detention, a group of independent United Nations rights experts confirmed today, but added that more needed to be done for the island ... More >>
Malaysian Law Criminalizing Dissent Threaten Free Expression
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 11:30 am | UN News
8 October 2014 – A group of independent United Nations rights experts today urged the Government of Malaysia to withdraw its Sedition Act of 1948 amid allegations that critics of the country’s authorities have faced increasing criminalization ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Mission Calls for Restraint Following Explosion
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 10:48 am | UN News
7 October 2014 – The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon today urged maximum restraint after two Israeli soldiers were wounded in the Shaba’a area as a result of an improvised explosive device, and Israel retaliated with artillery fire towards ... More >>
