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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 >>
World Food Prices Hit Six-Month Low
Friday, 8 August 2014, 2:12 pm | UN News
Global food prices fell for a fourth consecutive month in July, a sharp decline for grains, oilseeds and dairy products outweighing strong meat and sugar prices, the United Nations agriculture agency reported. More >>
Tribunal Sentences Khmer Rouge Leaders to Life in Prison
Friday, 8 August 2014, 1:30 pm | UN News
A United Nations-backed court has found the two most senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced them to life in prison. More >>
South Sudan on brink of a ‘humanitarian catastrophe,’
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 11:01 am | UN News
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet briefs the Security Council on the situation in South Sudan. UN Photo/Loey Felipe 6 August 2014 More >>
Ebola: UN Meeting Underway as Death Toll Surpasses 900
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 10:52 am | UN News
Doctors from the Liberian Ministry of Health, working with personnel from WHO and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), attend to a patient quarantined at a Liberian ebola isolation unit in the capitol city Monrovia. Photo: UNMIL/Staton Winter More >>
Japan’s Stance on ‘Comfort Women’ Issue
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 10:45 am | UN News
The United Nations human rights chief today expressed profound regret that Japan has not provided effective redress to victims of wartime sexual slavery leading back to the end of the Second World War. More >>
Iraq:Sinjar Violence Reportedly Claims Lives of 40 Children
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 10:15 am | UN News
Iraqi refugee children who fled from Tal Afar and found shelter in schools, mosques and unfinished buildings in the area of Sinjar, in Ninawa governorate. Photo: Iraqi Red Crescent/UNOCHA More >>
Gaza Conflict: UN Chief Urges Peace Talks in Cairo
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 10:11 am | UN News
Following the announcement yesterday of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all parties to commence talks in Cairo for a durable peace. More >>
Ban Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to Observe Ceasefire Agreement
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 10:05 am | UN News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his opposition to the renewed fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus, urging the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides to respect a ceasefire agreement. More >>
South Sudan: Aid Worker Killed in Bunj
Thursday, 7 August 2014, 10:04 am | UN News
South Sudan: After Killing of Aid Worker in Bunj, UN Calls for Militias to Be Reined In More >>
Ebola: UN Health Agency to Convene Emergency Meeting
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 4:48 pm | UN News
A woman waits to enter an Ebola isolation ward to feed her husband, along with Liberian Ministry of Health, WHO, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) personnel who are treating several Ebola patients located in the capital Monrovia. Photo: UNMIL/Staton Winter More >>
UN promotes breastfeeding, aims to cut substitutes
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 4:11 pm | UN News
The United Nations children’s agency today said it is working with governments, the private sector and local communities to make it easier for women to breastfeed their infants, and to end false marketing of breast milk substitutes. More >>
UNESCO denounces killing of journalist, urges investigation
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 4:06 pm | UN News
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the killing of a Mexican television journalist in his hometown of Guadalupe, in the north-central part of the country. More >>
Gaza: Temporary Ceasefire Allows UN to Provide Aid
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 3:54 pm | UN News
Amid a seven-hour ceasefire announced by Israel in Gaza, the Unite Nations and aid partners are restocking supplies in schools and other buildings being used as temporary shelters for the nearly 270,000 displaced people throughout the Gaza Strip. More >>
UN: Doctors, nurses, staff, urgently needed to combat ebola
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 3:44 pm | UN News
The United Nations health agency today appealed for urgently needed contributions to combat the deadly Ebola disease in West Africa, saying hundreds of doctors, nurses, health staff and materials are needed in the region “as fast as possible.” More >>
UN condemns fighting in northeastern border town with Syria
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 3:41 pm | UN News
The top United Nations relief official in Lebanon today strongly condemned attacks on the Lebanese Armed Forces and the ongoing fighting in and around the city of Arsal, in the northeastern part of the country near its border with Syria. “Those attacks ... More >>
