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UN Urges Stay for Defendants in Afghan Gang-Rape Case
Monday, 29 September 2014, 3:46 pm | UN News
UN Rights Office Urges Stay for Defendants in Afghan Gang-Rape Case Sentenced to Death More >>
Brutal Killings by ISIL of Women Politicians in Iraq
Friday, 26 September 2014, 4:45 pm | UN News
25 September 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the recent brutal, cold-blooded slaying by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) of human rights defender Sameera Salih Ali Al-Nuaimy, as well as the continuing detention, ... More >>
Terrorism & Ebola Are Impeding Development
Friday, 26 September 2014, 4:32 pm | UN News
Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, addresses the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak More >>
UN Officials Call for End to Death Penalty
Friday, 26 September 2014, 4:21 pm | UN News
25 September 2014 – The continuing application of capital punishment is a “primitive” practice which has no place in the 21st century, United Nations officials declared today, as they pressed global leaders to set course towards abolishing the death ... More >>
South Sudan: Civilians Fleeing Violence Nears 2 Million
Friday, 26 September 2014, 4:02 pm | UN News
Food distribution at refugee site in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. Photo: WFP/Ahnna Gudmunds More >>
Thousands of Children at Risk of Starvation in South Sudan
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:51 pm | UN News
Urgent funding is needed now to help support the children of South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF South Sudan More >>
Syrian Kurds Live in Fear of Islamist Extremist Violence
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:49 pm | UN News
Syrian Kurdish refugees cross the border into Turkey after fleeing fighting around the city of Kobani in north-east Syria. Photo: UNHCR/I. Prickett More >>
Oil, Gas Industry Launches Plan to Slash Emissions
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:34 pm | UN News
By harnessing the power of the sun, the United Arab Emirates is cutting greenhouse gas emissions, generating jobs and a laying the foundation for low-carbon economic progress. Photo: UN More >>
Financial Sector to Aid in Fight Against Climate Change
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:31 pm | UN News
New UN report says investment in climate change adaptation can help promote the ivelihoods of 65 per cent of Africans. Photo: UNEP More >>
Historical Announcements Made at UN Climate Change Summit
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:27 pm | UN News
The Congo Basin harbours the world’s second largest tropical forest. It is also a key resource for stabilizing the global climate. Photo: FAO/Giulio Napolitano More >>
At Summit, UN Agencies Pledge Action to Curb Climate Change
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:14 pm | UN News
23 September 2014 – Joining the chorus of Government, businesses, civil society and indigenous leaders at today’s landmark Climate Summit at Headquarters, United Nations agencies pledged action to help curb the effects of climate change and transition ... More >>
Thai Court Upholds Conviction on Insulting Monarchy
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:10 pm | UN News
23 September 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced its disappointment at the decision of a court in Thailand to uphold the conviction and sentencing of an editor for publishing articles considered offensive to the monarchy. More >>
Ebola: UN Warns 20,000 May Be Infected by November
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 2:07 pm | UN News
A team of volunteers in Gbaneh Bana Village, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone, discussing Ebola prevention with a family. Photo: WHO/S. Gborie More >>
Film Industry Perpetuates Discrimination Against Women
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 1:58 pm | UN News
22 September 2014 – Nowhere to be “scene,” women protagonists have less than one-third of all speaking roles in film and are largely absent from powerful positions, according to a United Nations-backed survey released today which argues for the involvement ... More >>
Accountability for Israel Vital for Peace
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:45 pm | UN News
A young girl walks through a severely damaged street in Gaza. Photo: UNICEF/Eyad El Baba More >>
Leaders, UN Chief Spotlights Climate Change, Ebola, Regional
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:42 pm | UN News
21 September 2014 – Ahead of this week's opening of the United Nations General Assembly's annual high-level session Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed a host of top Government officials throughout the day, continuing the tradition of meeting ... More >>
First World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:36 pm | UN News
A woman of Quechua ancestry in the mining town iof Llallagua, in the Bolivian department of Potosí. After the collapse of tin prices in the early 1980's, mining towns have fallen into decay, their population has diminished and mostly the elderly remain. ... More >>
Newly-Detected Bird Flu in Southeast Asia
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:33 pm | UN News
Newly-Detected Bird Flu in Southeast Asia Poses Threat to Animal Health, People’s Livelihoods More >>
Extreme Weather Hits Asia and Europe
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:29 pm | UN News
22 September 2014 – Heavy rains and flooding devastated parts of the Philippines, France and Italy over the weekend and may be further indications of the ‘new normal’ that the world will have to deal with if no accelerated action is taken to curb global ... More >>
Indigenous Peoples World Conference
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:26 pm | UN News
A participant at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held at the UN Headquarters between 22 and 23 September, 2014. UN Photo/Yubi Hoffmann More >>
