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Celebrating Youth Day, the importance of good mental health
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 1:43 pm | UN News
Each year 20 per cent of the world's young people experience a mental health condition, the United Nations reported in a new publication launched to coincide with International Youth Day which this year shines a spotlight on the importance of mental health. More >>
In South Sudan, Security Council warns sanctions possible
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 1:31 pm | UN News
On a visit to South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council today reiterated that it is ready to impose sanctions against anyone who undermines the ongoing peace talks to stop the conflict which has uprooted some 1.5 million people and placed more than ... More >>
Ban urges countries to do more to help Iraqi civilians
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 12:27 pm | UN News
Amid spread of ‘hatred and brutality,’ Ban urges countries to do more to help Iraqi civilians More >>
Ebola: panel endorses use of experimental drugs
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 12:23 pm | UN News
A 12-member ethics panel convened by the United Nations health agency today reached “unanimous consensus” that it is ethical to treat Ebola patients with experimental drugs to counter the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak of the virus ... More >>
Gaza hospitals, health facilities need urgent donor support
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 12:01 pm | UN News
Hospitals and health facilities in Gaza are in dire need of support from the international donor community, a senior representative of the United Nations health agency today said following a visit to the Gaza Strip and Ramallah to survey the infrastructure ... More >>
First UN female force commander takes reigns in Cyprus
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 5:56 pm | UN News
Major-General Kristin Lund signing the hand-over document with outgoing Major General Chao Liu at the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus headquarters. Photo: UNFICYP More >>
UN chief urges Iraq political leaders to form new government
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 5:45 pm | UN News
A young girl sleeps surrounded by relatives in their new home, a primary school in Alqosh, Duhok, after fleeing their home in Mosul. Photo: UNHCR/S. Baldwin More >>
Ebola: UN convenes ethical review of experimental drugs
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 5:37 pm | UN News
A government health worker at the Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone attends to a victim. Photo: IRIN/Tommy Trenchard More >>
Ban: indigenous peoples can be 'powerful agents of progress
Monday, 11 August 2014, 5:05 pm | UN News
Marking the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said indigenous peoples have a central interest in development and can act as “powerful agents of progress.” More >>
UN agency provides assistance: Lebanese and Syrian refugees
Monday, 11 August 2014, 5:01 pm | UN News
As violence escalates in Lebanon, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners are distributing humanitarian supplies in the north-eastern Bekaa Valley to both Lebanese and Syrian refugees who had fled the town of Arsal, close to the ... More >>
UN Warns that Northern Iraq is Facing 'Cultural Cleansing'
Monday, 11 August 2014, 4:58 pm | UN News
UNHCR distributing aid near Duhok in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region. Photo: UNHCR/E. Colt More >>
Ukraine: Intensifying clashes, mounting casualties
Monday, 11 August 2014, 4:54 pm | UN News
A senior United Nations human rights official today declared the situation in Eastern Ukraine “extremely alarming” with intensifying fighting, mounting casualties and serious damage to infrastructure. More >>
Clashes in north-western CAR cause renewed displacement
Monday, 11 August 2014, 4:48 pm | UN News
Fighting from 30 to 31 July in Batangafo, Central African Republic (CAR) has caused renewed displacement, according to Jens Laerke of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). More >>
Gaza: hostilities resume, Ban urges return to ceasefire
Monday, 11 August 2014, 4:43 pm | UN News
Amid renewed hostilities in Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called firmly on the parties to the conflict not to resort to further military action but “swiftly find a way back to respect of the humanitarian ceasefire and continue ... More >>
UN calls for help: thousands in northern Iraq displaced
Monday, 11 August 2014, 4:39 pm | UN News
UN calls for urgent response to help thousands in northern Iraq displaced by militants' advance More >>
Rains Trigger Deadly Landslides in India, Nepal
Saturday, 9 August 2014, 2:21 pm | UN News
A massive landslide in Nepal in the early hours of Saturday, triggered by continuous monsoon rains, caused 10 deaths, displaced 5,000 families and destroyed dozens of houses, the United Nations said today. More >>
UN: Condemn Wave of Arrest, Sentencing of Activists in Iran
Saturday, 9 August 2014, 2:19 pm | UN News
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced grave concern over the escalating trend of arresting and sentencing people exercising their rights of freedom of expression and opinion, peaceful assembly and association. More >>
‘World Must Act Now’ to Avert Famine in Somalia
Saturday, 9 August 2014, 2:14 pm | UN News
A United Nations human rights expert today urged the international community to “act now” to avert a humanitarian disaster in Somalia, where a widening hunger crisis has sparked fears of a repeat of the 2011 famine that devastated the war-ravaged ... More >>
Ebola Outbreak Global ‘International Public Health Emergency
Saturday, 9 August 2014, 2:05 pm | UN News
In the Liberian capital Monrovia, a Ministry of Health employee sprays the sole of a colleague’s shoes at an Ebola Isolation Clinic, supported by the World Health Organization and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), as he prepares to leave the facility ... More >>
UNESCO Chief Deplores Killing of Russian Journalist
Friday, 8 August 2014, 2:17 pm | UN News
The head of the UN agency mandated to defend press freedom today condemned the death of journalist Timur Kuashev in Russia and called for a thorough investigation. More >>
