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Pacific Islands Facing ‘Existential Threats’
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 2:44 pm | UN News
Joe Natuman, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak More >>
World Needs ‘Paradigm Shift’ towards Sustainable Agriculture
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 2:41 pm | UN News
29 September 2014 – In order to move towards more sustainable agriculture, a broader approach is needed to overhaul the world’s food system, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) said today, as he pressed for a ... More >>
Victims of ISIL Brutality 'Waiting on Us to Act'
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 2:33 pm | UN News
Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem of Syria addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak More >>
ROK:UN Meeting Tackles Safe Use of Living Modified Organisms
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 2:30 pm | UN News
Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias. UN Photo/Maria Elisa Franco More >>
DPR Korea, Says Reunification ‘Only Way to Prevent War...'
Monday, 29 September 2014, 4:40 pm | UN News
Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Kim Haughton More >>
Small Island Nations Sound Climate Alarm at UN
Monday, 29 September 2014, 4:21 pm | UN News
King Tupou VI of the Kingdom of Tonga addresses the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak More >>
Ebola:UN Readies to Start Work as Death Toll Surpasses 3,000
Monday, 29 September 2014, 4:13 pm | UN News
Ebola response: medical supplies, including protective equipment and essential medicine, are loaded onto trucks at the Lungi International Airport in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF/Sulaiman Stephens More >>
Syria/Iraq: Some 330,000 to Seek Refugee Status
Monday, 29 September 2014, 4:09 pm | UN News
Asylum-seekers and economic migrants take to the seas, waiting out the dangerous journey in the boat's cramped cargo space. Photo: UNHCR/A. D'Amato More >>
Guinean Journalists Killed Raising Awareness on Ebola
Monday, 29 September 2014, 4:02 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 >>
'No Other Option But to Defeat ISIL..' Iraqi Leader Tells UN
Monday, 29 September 2014, 3:57 pm | UN News
26 September 2014 – While the Iraqi people were determined to defend their land of against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – “an infamous group that has taken terror to a new era and a new level” – the country's President ... More >>
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 >>
