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Wreckage Found Near Haiti Too Recent to Be Columbus's
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 3:06 pm | UN News
6 October 2014 – A shipwreck found off northern Haiti could not be the Santa Maria, the flagship of Christopher Columbus's first crossing of the Atlantic, the United Nations cultural agency today reported. More >>
Major Conference on Biodiversity
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 2:58 pm | UN News
A young child plants a seedling in the dirt. (Image used under license from Shutterstock.com) More >>
Security Council Condemns Bomb Attacks on School in Homs
Monday, 6 October 2014, 2:28 pm | UN News
Aisha and two of her children stand outside the family’s caravan. She has lost three other children since the war in Syria began. Photo: Robinson/UNHCR/Iraq-15/05/14 More >>
Destruction of Syrian Holy Sites as ISIL Terror Continues
Monday, 6 October 2014, 2:25 pm | UN News
3 October 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern about the continuing wave of destruction unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) amid reports that the terrorist group has targeted and destroyed ... More >>
'Heinous And Cowardly Murder' of British Aid Worker
Monday, 6 October 2014, 2:22 pm | UN News
A wide view of the Security Council in session (file photo). UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras More >>
Release of 70 Kurdish Children After 120 Days in Captivity
Monday, 6 October 2014, 2:17 pm | UN News
3 October 2014 – The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) today welcomed the release of 70 Kurdish children, who were kidnapped in May while traveling from their home-town of Ai’n Al Arab in the northern Syrian governorate of Aleppo to ... More >>
Ebola Outbreak ‘Running’ Ahead of World’s Response
Monday, 6 October 2014, 2:14 pm | UN News
A team of 165 Cuban medical doctors and nurses have arrived in Sierra Leone to support the Ebola response efforts. Photo: WHO/S. Gborie More >>
Ban ‘Outraged’ by Deadly Attack on UN Peacekeepers in Mali
Monday, 6 October 2014, 1:31 pm | UN News
3 October 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed shock and outrage at the killing of nine peacekeepers in an attack in Mali and issued a warning that all hostilities waged against UN “blue helmets” constitute a serious ... More >>
Bahrain: UN Rights Office Deplores Activist's Arrest
Monday, 6 October 2014, 1:17 pm | UN News
3 October 2014 – The United Nations Human Rights Office voiced alarm today at the detention of a prominent human rights defender by Bahraini authorities in the Gulf country’s second such incident in less than a month, and urged the Government of ... More >>
Ukraine: UN Chief 'Disturbed' by Death of Aid Worker
Monday, 6 October 2014, 1:11 pm | UN News
An elderly returnee to Sloviansk, Ukraine, whose house was hit by artillery and needs major repairs, is comforted by a relative. Photo: UNHCR/Iva Zimova More >>
UN Ebola Response Mission Begins Work with Visit to Liberia
Friday, 3 October 2014, 4:16 pm | UN News
Amid Ongoing Outbreak, Head of UN Ebola Response Mission Begins Work with Visit to Liberia More >>
More Funding to Keep Madagascar Locust Plague in Check
Friday, 3 October 2014, 4:13 pm | UN News
2 October 2014 – Citing efforts to stave off a resurgence of Madagascar’s locust plague, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) today stressed the urgency of bridging a $14.7 million funding gap to cover aerial surveys, control ... More >>
Staggering Array’ of Gross Human Rights Abuses in Iraq
Friday, 3 October 2014, 4:11 pm | UN News
This Christian Iraqi family fled the town of Qaragosh, 30km east of Mosul, in June 2014, after militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) took control of Mosul and other areas of northern Iraq. Photo: IRIN/Louise Redvers More >>
Refugees Perish at ‘Alarming’ Rate on Crossing to Europe
Friday, 3 October 2014, 4:09 pm | UN News
UNHCR staff talk with some of the growing number of people making the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean to Italy. Photo: UNHCR/A. Belrhazi More >>
South Sudan: UN Confirms Situation Back to Normal
Friday, 3 October 2014, 4:07 pm | UN News
The Protection of Civilians (POC) site near Bentiu, in Unity State, South Sudan. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine More >>
Syria: Ban Strongly Condemns Deadly Bomb Attacks in Homs
Friday, 3 October 2014, 3:54 pm | UN News
A young boy sits in front of a destroyed building in Homs, Syria. Photo: WFP/Abeer Etefa More >>
Need for Greater Marine Protections from Plastic Waste
Friday, 3 October 2014, 3:51 pm | UN News
Marine litter affects communities and seas in every region of the world, and negatively impacts biodiversity, fisheries and coastal economies. Photo: UNEP GRID Arendal/Lawrence Hislop More >>
Tolerance And Education Critical Allies Against Terrorism
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:39 am | UN News
30 September 2014 – The international community must act swiftly and concretely to confront the root causes of violent extremism, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, underlining the need to address terrorism through more comprehensive ... More >>
UN Launches Strengthened Response as Ebola Shatters Lives
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 1:02 pm | UN News
Thirteen year-old Francis from Sierra Leone lost his parents, sister and grandmother to Ebola. At least 3,700 children in West Africa have lost one or both parents to the disease since the start of the outbreak. Photo: UNICEF/Jo Dunlop More >>
South Sudan: UN Agencies Reach More than Half a Million
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 12:58 pm | UN News
South Sudan: UN Agencies Reach More than Half a Million People with Life-Saving Aid More >>
