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Gaza Needs ‘New Deal’-Style Recovery Plan
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 1:52 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 >>
Ethiopia Becomes Africa’s Largest Refugee Host
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 1:17 pm | UN News
South Sudanese refugees sit in the shade of a tree in Ethiopia which hosts more than 600,000 refugees from several countries. Photo: UNHCR/P. More >>
Thai Law on Defaming Monarchy Effect on Free Expression
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 1:13 pm | UN News
Ravina Shamsadani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Photo: UN Multimedia More >>
Ebola: UN Health Agency Reports Encouraging Signs in Nigeria
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 1:08 pm | UN News
UNICEF and Partners take to the streets of Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to provide information on how to combat the Ebola outbreak as well as distribute soap and chlorine. Photo: UNICEF Guinea More >>
Somaliland: UN envoy pledges to step up support for peace
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 11:33 am | UN News
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today pledged to step up the world body’s support for peace and progress in Somaliland during a visit to the region, which declared itself independent in 1991. More >>
Libya: Aid reaches civilians displaced by ongoing violence
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 11:31 am | UN News
The United Nations refugee agency said today it has, for the first time, begun sending aid into western Libya from Tunisia to help some of the tens of thousands of people displaced by weeks of fighting in Tripoli. More >>
Mali: Security Council condemns recent deadly suicide attack
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 11:14 am | UN News
The Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms Saturday’s suicide attack on a United Nations base in Ber, Mali, that killed two UN Burkinabe peacekeepers and injured seven others. More >>
Iraq: UN humanitarian agencies scaling up efforts
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 10:36 am | UN News
Amidst an expanding displacement crisis in Iraq, several United Nations humanitarian organizations are scaling up efforts to get food and water to people fleeing attacks by the Islamic State (IS). More >>
Security Council approves sanctions against militants
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 10:33 am | UN News
Expressing its “gravest concern” that parts of Iraq and Syria are now under the control of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Nusra Front, the United Nations Security Council today placed six individuals affiliated with the ... More >>
UN launches 500 days of action to build a better world
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 10:30 am | UN News
With Malala Yousafzai by his side, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked 500 days of action until the deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals, known worldwide as the “MDGs.” More >>
UN health agency requests exit screening of travellers
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 10:24 am | UN News
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said any persons with an illness consistent with Ebola should not be allowed to travel by air, sea or land from affected countries unless it is part of a medical evacuation, as it also expressed ... More >>
Amid Missouri protests, Ban urges restraint
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 9:48 am | UN News
As protests intensify over the killing of an American teenager in Missouri, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all parties to exercise restraint and for authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly. More >>
UN expert calls for immediate release of political detainees
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 9:45 am | UN News
A United Nations human rights expert today denounced the arrest and sentencing of political activists in Sudan, reiterating his call on the Government to free all the political detainees to enable an inclusive national dialogue. More >>
Ban ‘deeply disturbed’ by reported attack on refugee convoy
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 9:42 am | UN News
Ban ‘deeply disturbed’ by reported attack on refugee convoy in eastern Ukraine 18 August 2014 More >>
UN urges: break ‘deadlock of violence and retaliation'
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 9:40 am | UN News
With the latest Gaza ceasefire due to expire at midnight, the United Nations special envoy for the Middle East urged all parties to reach an understanding on a durable truce which addresses underlying issues and breaks the deadlock of violence and retaliation. More >>
Meeting Malala gives boost to creators of #GirlWithABook
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 9:13 am | UN News
On October 11, 2012, two days after then 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai survived an assassination attempt on her way home from school in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the world that the abhorrent and cowardly attack exposed what really ... More >>
UN commend Iraq's al-Maliki's choice to back his successor
Monday, 18 August 2014, 2:03 pm | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his envoy in Iraq welcomed Nouri al-Maliki's decision to step aside as Prime Minister and urged national political leaders to build consensus on how to address security threats and other challenges ... More >>
In China, Ban urges young people to drive global action
Monday, 18 August 2014, 11:31 am | UN News
At a special event on the occasion of the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged young people everywhere to get involved and engaged in driving global action at this critical time in history. More >>
UN: Condemns Bentiu clashes, takes action to protect people
Monday, 18 August 2014, 10:21 am | UN News
The United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned this morning’s outbreak of violence in Bentiu which caused hundreds of people to seek shelter at the nearest airport. More >>
Ebola: cases, deaths ‘vastly underestimated,’ says UN health
Monday, 18 August 2014, 9:38 am | UN News
Health workers at Ebola outbreak sites are seeing evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimate the magnitude of the crisis as they work around the clock to stop the disease from spreading, according to the United Nations World ... More >>
